Western Allies Bar Rail Traffic With Soviet Zone
Western Allied leaders in Frankfurt reach final plan for a western German government while US and Britain halt trains to from the Soviet zone. The ban blocks goods moving from the Russian zone to Switzerland Bremen and Scandinavia, cites technical difficulties, and aims to pressure the Berlin blockade.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Western Zones
Robert Murphy
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
United States
Britain
Switzerland
Bremen
Scandinavia
Europe
Poland
Brian Robertson
U. S
Western
Dayton Plant Reopens Under Heavy Police Guard
Dayton Ohio AP reports Univis Lens Company reopened with the largest police detail since 1913 flood. About 235 nonstrikers entered by 8:45 a m as a jeep loud speaker blasted jeers from pickets, while 100 workers stood outside. Guards numbered 93 as workers voted 302 to 272 last Friday to drop CIO Local 768 United Electrical Workers.
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Dayton, O
Univis Lens Company
M. H. Stanley
National Labor Relations Board
CIO United Electrical Workers
Progressive Party Opens New Crusade
In Philadelphia Henry A. Wallace unveiled the Progressive Party's new campaign aiming for peace with Russia as the party hosted a long convention. The event named Sen. Glen Taylor of Idaho as the vice presidential nominee with Wallace signaling the start of a broad drive across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Russia
Wallace
United States
Sen
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Missing cabin cruiser found off Cleveland harbor
A converted cabin cruiser with six aboard was found by a coast guard picket boat three miles off Cleveland harbor after 12 hours at sea. Towed to safety by a Coast Guard cutter, the vessel was expected at Edgewater Yacht Club. Passengers include George Kahoun 23 Edward Ondrejka 22 Leona Edel 23 Dorothy Smisek 22 and another unidentified couple. Kahoun is a former Navy veteran who survived the sinking of the Aircraft Carrier Wasp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Cleveland Harbor
Edgewater Yacht Club
George Kahoun
Edward Ondrejka
Leona Edel
Dorothy M. Smisek
Kahoun
Wasp
Pay Hike Granted by Ford in Windsor
Ford Motor Company of Canada granted 14,500 employees a nine cent per hour wage increase plus additional holiday pay worth three more cents per hour. The move raises hourly compensation and adds holiday benefits for plant workers in Windsor Ontario.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd
Crippled man recaptured after hospital escape
Julius Bayken 35 crippled fugitive shot his way out of Detroit Receiving Hospital with accomplice Harry McQuire 37 and Bayken's wife Jean 25. Bayken was recaptured in Toledo while McQuire and Jean remained at large after a chaotic escape that included handcuffing a patrolman and a doctor and firing on officers. no injuries were reported.
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Toledo
Julius Bayken
Detriot
Harry McQuire
Gary
Ind
Bayken
Jean
Joseph Switecki
Toledo Detective Bureau
Switecki
Detroit
McQuire
Squire Parkinson
Parkinson
Jet plan es land in Germany and air show displays
Sixteen jet fighters ready for action arrive at Fuerstenfeldbruck in Germany with 75 more to follow, as U S and British jets train in Britain and Germany. In Moscow Stalin watches a major air show highlighting new jet fighters and bombers believed to approach sound speed.
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Fuerstenfeldbruck
Germany
United States
Moscow
Russia
U. S
Lockheed Shooting Stars
Selfridge
Mich
Atlantic
Britain
England
Malcolm Stewart
Stalin
Vassily Stalin
Tito Ready To Trade With U S No Political Ties
Culbert Olson says Tito told him Yugoslavia is willing to trade with the United States but on one condition no political ties. Olson, on a personal trip, discussed why Yugoslavia limits western trade and plans to report to President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Culbert L. Olson
California
Marshal Tito
United States
Olson
Truman
Tito
Ales Bebler
Bebler
America
Sawyer Named Phil Manager For Phillies
Philadelphia AP report states Ed die Sawyer, former Toronto Maple Leafs manager in the International League, is named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. He replaces acting manager Dusty Cooke, who had led the team after Ben Chapman was fired 11 days earlier.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Sawyer
Toronto Maple Leafs
Philadelphia Phillies
Sawyer
Dusty Cooke
Blue Jays
Ben Chapman
Mystery Deepens As It Seen Across U S in 1950s Report
In a two part dispatch from Patuxent Maryland and Atlanta Georgia the navy reports the Constitution giant aircraft crossed the nation in 10 hours 19 minutes with 184000 pounds and 260 mph average speed while weather and flight tests continue. Separately reports from multiple sections describe a wingless fiery mystery object observed near Montgomery Alabama and other sites prompting widespread public inquiries.
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Patuxent
Naval
Air Station
Lockheed Aircraft
Naval Transports
Moffett Field
Cal
Eastern Airlines
Montgomery
Ala
Clarence L. McKelvie
Columbus
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Yakima
Wash
Governor Herbert To Confer With State Parole Commission On Supervision Of Parolees
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert will meet parole authorities in Columbus to discuss supervision of Ohio parolees after a two man crime wave linked to Robert M. Daniels and John West. Daniels, West and other officials outline parole statistics while counties debate prosecution. Sgt. Conn improves after a gunfight that led to Daniels capture.
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Herbert
State
Parole Commission
Columbus
Robert M. Daniels
John West
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Daniels
West
Mansfield Reformatory
van Wert
Charles L. Sherwood
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Lawrence C. Hackenberg
Percy R. Lowery
Raymond A. Younger
G. R. Klopfenstein
Bureau of Probation and Parole
Governor’s Office
Franklin
Richland
Seneca Counties
F. Roy Shaffer
Franklin County
Earl C. Ambrose
John Niebel
Noranda
Phyllis
Seneca County
James Smith
Orville Taylor
Niebel
Shaffer
Sgt. L. D. Conn
Conn
Bus And Truck Crash Claims Sixth Victim
A Duluth Dukes bus crash in St Paul left six dead among players and staff led by 23 year old Steve Lazar of Oliphant Pennsylvania. James Grealish of St Paul died as the truck driver. Fourteen others were injured with several in serious condition as the team’s season continued with Cardinal and farm system support.
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Duluth, Minn
St. Paul
Minn
George Treadwell
Superior
Wis
Gerald
Peanuts) Peterson
Proctor
Duluth Dukes
Bernard Gerl
Joliet
Ill
Sam Paitich
Donald Gilmore
Columbus
Donald Vanderwier
Muskegon
Mich
Joseph Becker
St. Louis
Robert F. Vogeltanz
Evergreen Park
John Ritonga
Omaha
Duluth
St. Louis Cardinals
Dukes
Cardinals
GOP Delays Decisions Await Truman Message to Congress
The Republican leadership said no steps on a legislative program will be taken until President Truman presents his extra session recommendations to Congress tomorrow.
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Washington
Republican High Command
Truman
Congress
House
Martin
Mass
Senate
Bunker Hill
White House
Trueman
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Mich
Wherry
Ned
Millikin
Cole
Halleck
Ind
Brown
Arends
Til
DSC
Johnston
Barkley
Charles G. Ross
Lucas
Ill
Representative McCormack
McGrath
Priest
Tenn
Kirwan
Murdock
Aziz
Leslie Biffle
Pair Planned Abbott Death Heard In Court
Cyril Gordon and Mrs Marie Abbott admitted planning to kill Morris R Abbott, with Gordon’s statements read to a Common Pleas Court jury. Witnesses including Eugene Derickson testified to Abbott and Gordon’s relationship, Abbott’s visits, and plans. judges ruled some sections inadmissible.
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Abbott
Jury
Cyril Gordon
Marie Abbott
Morris R. Abbott
BE. L. McSavaney
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Common Pleas Court
McSavaney
Reily
Paul Baden
Fred B. Cramer
Ted Weiss
Gordon
Weiss
William Hopkins
Cramer
Fog blamed as plane crashes on Gaspe peninsula
In Rimouski Quebec authorities attributed fog for a Saturday night crash that killed 29 aboard a two motor Dakota charter. Most were lumberjacks traveling for a holiday. Among the dead was Odette Ouellet daughter of Rimouski Airways vice president. The craft crashed near Grand Neve after a 50 mile gulf hop from Port Meunier.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Gascape
Odette Ouellet
Wilfrid Ouellet
Rimouski Airlines
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Port Meunier
Anticosti Island
Gaspe
Grand Neve
Shaw at 92 Keeps Birthday Scorn and Wit Alive
Ayot St Lawrence England AP George Bernard Shaw turned 92 today and remains sharp witted despite aging. He scorns birthday celebrations calling them rubbish. Telegrams visits and interviews pour in while his secretary and biographer handle notices. Close neighbor friends Stephen and Clare Winston are among his oldest friends. Shaw attributes good health to vegetarianism teetotalism and strict living rules though his sight hearing taste and memory have faded somewhat.
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Ayot ST. Lawrence
England
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
CBS
E. Loewenstein
Winstons
Stephen
Clare
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Idelwild
New York
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GOP
Eugene Derickson
Shera Rd
Oxford Township
Derickson
College Corner
Mrs. Abbott
Derrickson
Indianapolis
Della O’haver
Breevport
Reily Township
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