Eisler Press Talks Mark East Zone Informality in Berlin
East Zone press conferences in Berlin feature Gerhart Eisler, the exiled communist press chief, guiding briefings with coffee and cookies, deflecting tough questions, and keeping replies within the German Democratic Republic line while polite to allied reporters. He uses aides to answer hard questions and avoids referring to West Germany as a government.
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Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
U. S
Eisler
Germany
Leipzig University
Joseph Goebbels
West Berlin
East Berlin
German Federal Republic
West Germany
East Zone
German Democratic Republic
City Police Plan Offender Catalogue System
Detective Herbert Frazier leads Middle Town Police in a new identi fication file using categorized offender pictures. Five sections will cover sex offenders bogus check writers shoplifters armed robbery and larceny by trick to aid identification and quick checks. Police will compile data from arrest books with about 3 500 records on file as of now and more added daily.
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Middletown
Herbert Frazier
Frazier
Cyeles
Police Issue Winter Warning To City Drivers
Acting Police Chief Joseph Newkirk urges extra caution during winter driving. He notes wet surfaces halve traction and braking can be 3 to 12 times longer on snow and ice. He stresses wipers, defrosters and lights, and lists six safety rules for starting, speed, visibility, speed reduction at curves, safe following distance, and signaling turns.
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Joseph Newkirk
Newkirk
New York Sun Panel Is Sold
The New York World Telegram yesterday bought the New York Sun and the combined afternoon panel will be called the World Telegram and the Sun starting tomorrow. Roy W. Howard and Thomas W. Dewart announced the merger with Sun features added to the World Telegram. Dewart cited union demands as a reason for the sale, reshaping Manhattan’s newspaper landscape with five morning and three afternoon dailies.
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NEW York
New York World-Telegram
New York Sun
the World-Telegram
The
Sun
Roy W. Howard
World-Telegram
Thomas W. Dewart
Dewart
Manhattan
Compass
Daily News
Herald Tribune
Mirror and Times
Journal- American
New York Post
World Telegram
the Sun
Be careful Be careful the life you save may be your own
Dashboard safety stickers promoting no traffic accidents in 1940 are available at the Middletown Safety Council office. Sponsored by the National Safety Council the program was announced on the Aldridge Family radio show December 29. The slogan emphasizes constant driver reminder. Legal notice concerns Church of God of the Union Assembly in Lemon Township Ohio seeking court authority to encumber real estate lot 180 in Oneida subdivision with hearing set January 14 1940.
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Middletown Safety Council
Civic Association
Paul E. Wilson
National Safety Council
Aldridge Family
NSC
Church of God of the Union Assembly
Seneca Street
Oneida
Lemon Township
Butler County
Ohio
R. R
Middletown
Court of Common Pleas
R.R. Middletown
Oneida Subdivision
Butler, County
Thousand Parcels Delinquent Listed in Ohio Notice
About 1000 parcels of real estate are set for publication under Ohio law in January by Butler County Auditor R H Smith due to unpaid 1949 taxes. Delinquents may pay to erase their properties from the list, with an auction likely later in spring for longer unpaid properties.
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Ohio
R. H. Smith
Butler County
Smith
Former Mayor Dickson Repays Canfield Village Shortage
Former Canfield mayor Hugh M. Dickson has repaid a 10268 shortage cited by State Auditor Joseph Ferguson. His attorney David C. Haynes said records were never lost and Dickson turned missing records over to state examiners after returning to Canfield in August. A prior fire at the village hall sparked questions about the disappearance.
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Youngstown
Hugh M. Dickson
Canfield
Joseph Ferguson
Dickson
David C. Haynes
Haynes
State Seals Are Available for Capitol redecorating
Washington AP reports frosted glass skylights bearing state and territorial seals have been removed from the House chamber. Representative McGregor says the special committee welcomes suggestions. He notes seals could go to state historical societies or inspire other uses amid the redecorating effort.
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Washington
House of Representatives
McGregor
Rohio
House Senate
Canton School Board Suit Rejected in Custodian Union Case
Judge George N. Graham ruled the Canton School Board need not recognize the AFL local 3 custodian union as bargaining agent after a strike last August. The Akron based group claimed majority representation. 12 of 97 custodians were fired and later rehired under the Ferguson Act which bars public employee strikes.
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Canton, C
George N. Graham
Canton School Board
Akron
AFL International Union of Operating Engineers
Rehire Rules Limit Promotions and Raises for Year
Fragment from a longer article notes employees losing promotion and raise rights for a year after rehiring and being placed on probation for one year, with references to Civil Service sections omitted. The passage reflects personnel policy changes within a public or governmental context.
Silk trade shows revival as exports rise in October
Tokyo AP report: Japan’s Foreign Trade organization sees signs of a textile revival as export contracts for over 8,500 bales of raw silk were signed in October, up more than 1,000 bales. Silk merchants aim for 10,000 bales monthly by year end, though that would still be about one fifth of prewar levels.
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Tokyo
Japan
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