Joint Trial Opens In Slaying Of Morris Abbott
A packed Butler County courthouse in Hamilton witnesses the start of a high profile joint murder trial for Marie Abbott and Cyril Gordon. Juror polling begins as three groups of lawyers seek a panel acceptable to all sides in the case over the June 30 Reily Township farm death. The trial may extend days as jury challenges proceed with court officials and local firemen on duty to maintain order.
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Marie Abbott
Cyril Gordon
Butler County
Hamilton
Fred B. Cramer
Abbott
Morris R. Abbott
Reily Township
Gordon
Paul Baden
J. Joe Marr
Ted Weiss
P. P. Boll
Cramer
Man Killed In Dayton Police Trap
In Dayton Ohio an early morning police trap near St Elizabeth's Hospital left one man dead and another at large. Detectives identified the deceased as Oscar Brooks 30 of Chattanooga Tennessee. Patrolmen Birk and Granson staged the ambush with one in a woman's disguise. a man armed with a knife charged the car and was shot twice in the back after warning shots.
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Dayton
St Elizabeth's Hospital
P. C. Geralds
Oscar Brooks
Chattanooga
Tenn
Geralds
Joseph Birk
L. A. Granson
Blik
Townsend Heads to New Party Plank Meeting
Dr. Francis E Townsend 81, founder of an old age pension movement with 2,000,000 members, travels to Philadelphia for a pre-convention meeting of Henry A Wallace’s New Party Platform Committee. He demands definite policy or he will return home. The Townsend plan proposes a 3 percent gross income tax to finance $90 monthly pensions for all over 69 who retire, with payments due within the month received.
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Cleveland
Francis E. Townsend
Henry A. Wallace
New Party
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Townsend
Meyers Seeks Dismissal in Defamation Suit
New York AP Meyers a former major general asks Brooklyn federal court to dismiss a $250,000 defamation suit filed by his former secretary Mildred Lamarre of Dayton Ohio. He denies all charges while serving 20 months to five years for pressuring her husband to testify falsely before a U S Senate Committee and linked to a firm where Meyers allegedly profited.
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NEW York
Bennett E. Meyers
Mildred R. Lamarre
Dayton
O. Meyers
Brooklyn
Meyers
Army
Aijir
Bleriot Lamarre
U. S. Senate
Lamarre
U S Citizen Killed by Egyptian Mob in Cairo
Stephen Haas a 53 year old Philadelphia real estate man was stoned to death by an Egyptian mob in Cairo while traveling with his wife The U S embassy reported several Egyptian companions and a British family were hurt Mrs Haas avoided injury The American charge d affaires in Cairo is pressing the Egyptian government on the case
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Washington
Cairo
State Department
Stephen Haas
Philadelphia
Lincoln White
U. S
Haas
Miss Brooks
Brown
McCoy-Leffler
Howard S. Brooks
Birmingham
England
Vera F. Willis
Dorry Rossfeld
Middletown
Kalamazoo
Mich
Franklin
Barbersville
West Second St
Route 73
Sentry Keeps Lonely Vigil At Pershing Grave
Arlington grave of General John J. Pershing receives a 72 hour guard as flags fly at half staff for 30 days. Tens of thousands line the rain dampened procession to honor the World War I commander with Eisenhower Bradley Devers Truman among attendees.
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General Pershing v
Washington
Arlington
John J. Pershing
France
National Cemetery
Capitol
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Omar Bradley
Jacob L. Devers
United States
Truman
Bugle
Battle Rages In Holy Land Despite Truce
Fighting continued in northern Palestine despite a three day old truce. A plane bombed a main Cairo street and another gave Da mascus a 40 minute alert. Jerusalem was quiet as UN officials pressed ahead with the truce. Yugoslavia agreed to pay 17000 dollars in U.S. claims and had 47000000 dollars in gold unfrozen in Washington.
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Cairo
Damascus
Jerusalem
United Nations
Yugoslavia
U.S
Washington
Marshal Tito
Tito
Cominform
Communist Party Congress
Belgrade
Russia
U. S
Germany
Bohumil Hasal
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Japan
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Palmiro Togliatti
Alcide de Gasperi
Kyuichi Tokuda
Ford and UAW Near New Talks on Strike Action
Detroit AP reports the Ford Motor Company and CIO United Auto Workers plan a fresh conference after the UAW executive board backed a 116000-employee strike. UAW President Reuther urged Henry Ford II for talks, and Ford quickly agreed, signaling a possible de-escalation as prestrike preparations were sparse.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
Walter P. Reuther
Henry Ford II
Young Automobile Executive
Ken Bannon
Man Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide in Milford
In Milford, Ohio, 56-year-old Alex Recker killed his wife by slashing her throat and then shot himself. Sheriff Bassantz said Mrs. Recker had been living at a Milford tourist home for five weeks before being forced back to their residence.
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Milford
Alex Recker
Marvin Bizzantz
Bassantz
Barkley Receives Huge Welcome in Paducah
Senator Alben W. Barkley, Democratic vice presidential nominee, returned to Paducah to a tumultuous reception with about 10,000 people lining the streets as he rode into town in a convertible and waved his hat.
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Paducah
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Two Killed In Auto Crash Near Hamilton
Butler County officials consider manslaughter charges after an auto crash on Route 4 near Lines Hills left Irene Brooks and Walter Brown dead. Harry Sizemore and William Porter remain hospitalized, condition uncertain as investigation continues.
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Hamilton
Irene Brooks
Bexley Dr
Middletown
Walter Brown
Franklin
William Porter
South Broad St
Mercy
Truman Seeks Senate Ratification of Wheat Pact and UN Loan
President Truman will ask the Senate to ratify the international wheat agreement next week and request a $65 million loan to the United Nations for a permanent headquarters in New York City. The actions aim to ease international tension and foster world peace amid broader budget and policy discussions.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Senate
Congress
United Nations
New York City
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Capitol Hill
Truman Dewey Set For Dedication Talk At Idlewild
President Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will speak briefly at the Idlewild Field dedication ceremony next Saturday as part of a rare campaign year meeting. Dewey pursues strategy talks with Stassen and Taft while Truman presses Congress on a cost of living bill and GOP platform promises. Dixiecrat Thurmond Wright ticket plans also move forward in the Deep South.
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New York
New International
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Idlewild Field
White House
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Robt A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
The
New Yorker
Washington
Deep South
Govs
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
South Carolina
Mississippi
Wer
Navy official denies sinking of atomic bomb ship
Rear Admiral El is Zacharias, retired, said no Navy ship carrying an atomic bomb disappeared. He cited a Mutual network radio statement noting a vessel with an atomic bomb headed for Tinian vanished near war’s end, sparking the denial.
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Washington
Elis Zacharias
Pacific
Navy
Tinian
Togliatti Convenes After Wounding To Lead Anti De Gasperi Drive
In Rome the ailing leader Palmiro Togliatti, gravely wounded by a would be assassin, is reported by L Unita to be well enough to confer with Communist lieutenants and push a new campaign against Catholic Premier Alcide De Gasperi.
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Romeap
Rent Control Office Moving As Rent Hiked
Newark rent control office announces relocation as tenants face rent increases. Landlord raised the rent prompting the move and attention to housing costs in the city.
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Newark, N. J
Newark Office of Rent Control
President Orders Registrations To Start August 30
President Truman issues proclamation directing the draft registration to begin August 30 in a national mobilization effort. The announcement outlines the start date and the call for eligible men to register in support of national defense.
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Washington
Truman
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
District of Columbia
Russians Plan to Sell Food to Berliners
Berlin reports Soviet propaganda claiming to supply food to 2,000,000 Western Berliners under blockade, with limited actual availability and ration coupons rejected in the Russian sector. The notice also addresses a Soviet currency for purchases and notes Western Allies cannot lift the blockade. Additionally, the piece covers U.S. wartime draft proclamation timing, ages to register, and initial deployment expectations under the Selective Service Act with Major General Hershey and Royall remarks.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
General Clay Summoned to Washington Over Berlin Crisis
General Lucius D. Clay, U S commander in Germany, was summoned to Washington to report on the Berlin crisis. He will fly from Frankfurt with Ambassador Robert D. Murphy. Officials said only their report to the Army would be disclosed, but it could influence the next American move against the Soviet blockade and possible armed convoy action.
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Paris
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Vincent Auriol
France
Robert Schuman
Auriol
Communist Party
National Assembly
Andre Colin
Popular Republican
MRP
Schuman
Georges Bidault
Hague
Western European Union
Auviol
Guy Mollet
Charles Lussy
Alex Roubert
Gen. de Gaulle
French People’s Party
Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Washington
Berlin
Clay
Robert D. Murphy
Department of the Army
Russia
Britain
United States
Beavers on Britains Menu Prompt Dollar Import Query
Laborite T C Skeffington Lodge will ask the chancellor of the exchequer to state how much England spends in dollars to import beaver meat as Britons already eat horse meat and whale steaks in make do menus.
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London
T. C. Skeffington- Lodge
England
Five Nations Adopt Go Slow Policy Toward Russia
The five powers of the Western European Union Britain France Holland Belgium and Luxembourg agreed on a cautious go slow approach toward Russia over Berlin presenting a united Western front against force or ultimatums. France floated a proposal for a Western Europe federation but observers doubt quick action. The talks covered Berlin deadlock the blockade and possible expansion of the American British airlift with Bevin Bidault Spaak Dupong and Van Boetzelaer in attendance.
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Hague
Holland
Western European Union
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Berlin
United States
Europe
Western Europe
Washington
U. S
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Paul-Henri Spaak
Pierre Dupong
Baron
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Togliatti
Armed Services
Royall
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
General Clay
Five-Nation Council
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