UN and Reds Clash Over Korean Buffer Zone
In Korea talks today the United Nations and Communist cease fire teams clashed over the buffer line, urging it along the 38th parallel versus current battle lines. Gen Nam II pressed a forceful Red stance, while UN delegates remained firm and offered no ground. Tomorrow’s session was set for 11 a.m. as both sides faced tough remaining items on ending shooting and prisoner exchange.
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Korea
United Nations
Korean Peninsula
Nam II
Red
38Th Parallel
Air Force
William P. Nuckols
Kaesong
Andrew J. Kinney
Nuckols
Nam
Adm. C. Turner
Joy
C. Turner Joy
Japan
Lightning Fire Destroys Butler Brothers Store in Athens
A lightning strike is blamed for a three story fire at Butler Brothers department store in Athens causing about 300000 in damage. The blaze gutted the third floor and damaged the roof after a satellite antenna was hit during a storm. Firefighters from Athens and nearby Nelsonville worked for hours. Two firefighters were slightly injured. Guests fled nearby hotels as flames threatened surrounding buildings.
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Athens
Butler Brothers
Clarence A. Parker
Nelsonville
Berry
Fourth Red Bail Fund Trustee Put In Jail
A fourth Civil Rights Congress bail fund trustee Abner Green was jailed for contempt for refusing to aid the government hunt of fugitive top Reds. Federal actions target CRC leaders and fund contributors as 34 American Communists face indictment for conspiring to overthrow the U S government.
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Red Bail Fund
NEW York
Civil Rights Congress
CRC
Abner Green
Green
United States
William Z. Foster
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
William Schneiderman
Schneiderman
U. S
The
Party
Robert Thompson
Gus Hall
Gilbert Green
Henry Winston
Angeles
Sylvester Ryan
Great Lakes Greyhound Bus Walkout Set to End
A wildcat strike by western Ohio Great Lakes Greyhound drivers will end at midnight in sympathy with the people. AFL union officials say the 48 hour walkout began Thursday midnight over seniority disputes and affects many commuters and plants.
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Dayton
Ohio
Great Lakes
Greyhound
AFL
Western Ohio
Great Lakes Greyhound
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway
Ogee
Amerca
Edward Oliver
Detroit
Charles C. McCaffrey
Local 1303
Thomas Murphy
Woman Wrestler Jeannette Wolfe Dies After Bout
Jeannette Wolfe 18 of Columbus died at Osteopathic Hospital after collapsing during a match at Patterson Field Stadium in East Liverpool following two earlier bouts. Coroner Dr. Ernest R. Sturgis will hold an inquest. Wolfe was the adopted daughter of Mildred Burke and Billy Wolfe.
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East Liverpool
Jeannette Wolfe
Columbus
Osteopathic Hospital
Patterson Field Stadium
Ernest R. Sturgis
Columbiana County
Ella Waldek
Eva Lee
Miss Wolfe
Mildred Burke
Billy Wolfe
Three California women face prison unless bail posted
In San Francisco FBI roundup of Communist leaders, three women were ordered jailed by noon unless they posted bail. Federal Judge Louis F Goodman set bail at 50,000 for each of the three women and four men, lowering the men's bail from 75,000. Two women had bail at 2,500 and one at 7,500, which the defendants called outrageous.
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San Francisco
FBI
California
Liberty
Louis F. Goodman
Goodman
Pilot Killed in Two Passenger Plane Crash near Sharpsville
State Police said a two passenger plane rented from Watson Airport Youngstown Ohio crashed in a field near Sharpsville yesterday killing the pilot John Jacob Harsh about 40 from New Castle Pennsylvania. Police believe fuel ran low and an emergency landing was planned.
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Sharpsville
Watson
Youngstown
John Jacob Harsh
New Castle
Harsh
Senate Passes New Economic Controls Bill In Contention
The Senate approved a revised economic controls bill by voice vote, shifting it to the House for a Monday vote. If enacted, it would extend wage price rent and other emergency controls through June, loosen consumer credit limits, permit rent increases up to 20 percent, and roll back some prices to pre Korea levels while protecting margins for retailers and wholesalers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Mr. Truman
Office of
Taxpayers Reel From Diplomats Rum and Bow Claims
Rep Frank Bow says since 1942 the State Department spent over 6 million on liquor, about 4.8 million fifths at 1.25 per bottle tax free. He adds experts estimate this would yield 122 million cocktails and notes taxpayers bear the cost.
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Washington (Ap
Frank T. Bow
Canton Republican
State Department
Bow
Channel Silly Season Returns With English Channel Feats
A flock of swimmers chased the English Channel crossing from Cap Gris Nez to England and back. Ned Barnie, a 54 year old Scot, attempts the reverse run after last year’s voyage France to England. Doris Fell, 17, and Phil Rising, 41, joined the morning event. Kathleen Mayoh swam 16 miles in 15 hours 20 minutes before being pulled from the water. Lars Warle quit due to strong tides after starting yesterday. others include Elna Anderson and Philip Mickman awaiting their turn.
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Deal
Eng
Ned Barnie
Edinburgh
Barnie
Cap Griz Nez
France
England
Doris Fell
Barrow In
Furness
Phil Rising
Toerham
Lars Warle
Karlskroma
Sweden
Cap Gris Nez
Kathleen Mayoh
Elna Anderson
Denmark
Philip Mickman
Ring Breaks Up in Bogus Money and Narcotics Trade
Eight men and a woman linked to a $3 million yearly counterfeit and drug ring were arrested in New York. Authorities named deported vice king Charles Lucky Luciano as head of the Italian French link in the 19 member smuggling group. Seven arraigned after $100,000 in counterfeit bills were delivered in a Midtown hotel to an undercover agent. The scheme moved drugs from merchant seamen at a rate up to 20 kilograms monthly. Suspects identified include Anthony Martello Salvatore Shillitani Salvatore Mezzasalma Jean Leget John Sperandeo Ralph Cianchetti Carmelo Sansone.
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New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
U.S
Louis I. Kaplan
Manhattan
Federal House of Detention
Anthony Joseph Martello
Astoria
Queens
Salvatore Shillitani
Salvatore Mezzasalma
Jean Leget
John Sperandeo
Ralph Cianchetti
Carmelo Sansone
Doctor's Death Ruled Natural Near Tampa
New Port Richey Florida authorities believe retired Ohio physician Dr Ormond Derrell Miller died of natural causes after picking up a hitchhiker. The 52 year old former East Canton resident was found dead in the front seat of his car beside 21 year old Jacksonville painter Albert H Miller who drove to New Port Richey after the collision. Magistrate Dowling noted old neck and rib fractures and a prior stroke as context for the death ruling. The hitchhiker was released after testimony to a coroner's jury.
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New Port Richey
Fla
Ohio
Jacksonville
Albert H. Miller
Gulf Coast
Tampa
Ormond Derrell Miller
East Canton
David A. Dowling
Miami
Odessa
Miller
Clearwater
Dowling
Linesman Electrocuted Near Urbana
Urbana ap report says Fred Hinson 31 of North Lewisburg was electrocuted yesterday while touching a high voltage line. He worked for the Dayton Power and Light Company.
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Urbana
Fred Hinson
North Lewisburg
Dayton Power and Light Company
Texas Woman Killed in Route 37 Accident North of Lancaster
Mrs. Mary Ellen Thomas, 30, of Pasadena, was killed when a car driven by her husband Charles W. Thomas, 38, crashed through a guard rail on Route 37 six miles north of Lancaster. The husband was seriously injured in the crash.
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Lancaster
Texas
Route
Mary Ellen Thomas
Pasadena
Tex
Charles W. Thomas
Icar
Truman accuses Russia of warlike world preparations
President Truman charged the Soviet Union with dangerous military build ups around the world and warned Americans to prepare for any emergency. He cited large Russian arms flows to North Korea and China, rising satellite forces, and heavy concentrations on the Manchurian border.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Detroit
Truman
Russia
Korea
Free World
Soviet Union
Europe
Far East
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Romania
Manchurian
Bus Crash Injures 20 On Pennsylvania Turnpike
A Greyhound bus traveling from New York to Pittsburgh crashed into the rear of a steel truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset. The driver William Bigley 30 of North Braddock Pa was trapped and later freed with a compound leg fracture. Other injured included J B Lane of Springfield Ohio.
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Somerset
New York
Pittsburgh
William Bigley
North Braddock
Bigley
J. B. Lane
Springfield
Department washes label on briefing officer’s Korea remarks
Defense Department officials avoided naming the officer’s warnings as official while not denying their accuracy. The episode coincided with Secretary Marshall’s Senate testimony on foreign aid, amid reports of a large European troop commitment and a UN force withdrawal from Korea.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Pentagon
Defense Marshall
United States
Europe
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Army
Evans Resigns as Tigers General Manager in Slump Season
Detroit Tigers general manager and executive vice-president William G. Evans resigned today as the club endured its worst season since his December 1946 hire. Charlie Gehringer, former Tiger star second baseman, will assume vice president duties on October 1.
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Detroit
William G
Billy) Evans
Detroit Tigers
Charlie Gehringer
Tiger
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Edward McDonald
Eugene F. Roth
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