Russia seeks to push Allies out of Berlin
Associated Press reports Allied sectors in Berlin face renewed pressure as Russia cuts food flow and disrupts rail and electric service. British Foreign Secretary Bevin warns Berlin remains delicate while Gen. Clay insists only war can eject Americans. Warsaw conference endorses unified Germany under a four power framework amid rivalry over demilitarization and Ruhr control. Israel accuses Egypt of truce violations with bombings in Negev and a UN mediator notes damage to a UN plane.
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Associated Press
Russia
U. S
Berlin
Germany
Thie
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
U.S
Lucuis D. Clay
Europe
Warsaw
Ruhr
Israel
Egypt
United Nations
Negeb
Folke Bernadotte
Bad Weather Predicted for Summer by McCormack
Long-range forecaster George J. McCormack, who predicted last winter's heavy snow, says this summer will be awful with the hottest weather expected from late June into early July across the Mississippi Valley to the continental divide. He notes a cooler break in the second week of July and a stormy Fourth of July weekend with thunderstorms from July 3 to July 5 moving east toward the Atlantic.
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Fair Lawn
N. J
George J. McCormack
McCormack
Mississippi Valley
Continental Divide
Atlantic
Film Group Opens Regional Meeting in Cincinnati
The Allied Non-Theatrical Film Association started its first regional session in Cincinnati with Glen Burch of New York as chief speaker. Burch is the executive director of the Film Council of America. The association aims to promote the use of 16 millimeter film by education, religious, industrial, and community groups.
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Cincinnati
Allied non-Theatrical Film Association Incorporated
Glen Burch
New York
Burch
Film Council of America
The
Film Association
Orsae
Coal Owners Lewis Sign New Contract
Washington AP John L Lewis and most soft coal operators signed a new wage and welfare pension fund contract. It keeps most terms of the previous agreement and includes a $1-a-day wage increase and doubled pension funding. A steel-industry owned mine official would not sign. The union shop provision remains despite Taft Hartley, and Harry Moses balked at signing for captive mines. Miners start a 10 day vacation tomorrow, return July 6.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Man Sues For 50000 Over Joke Backfire in Bowling Green
James A. Wheeler sues Harrison J. Berry for 50000 in Wood County Common Pleas Court claiming a Christmas tree lamp joke led Berry to fire a shotgun. Wheeler was wounded by about 100 pellets, underwent ten operations, cannot work, and walks awkwardly. The incident occurred December 26, 1947 in a Wood County suburb of Toledo.
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Wood County Common Pleas Court
Wheeler
Harrison J. Berry
Berry
Harrison
Wood County
Toledo
Mother Indicted In Poison Death
Cincinnati AP reports Mrs. Mary Clay Watts age 43 was indicted by the grand jury on a first degree murder charge in the poison death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann on May 3. The indictment given to Judge Nelson Schwab cites unlawful death by poison. Watts was arrested June 13 after coroner Herbert P. Lyle ruled the death a homicide and autopsy showed mercurial and barbiturate poisons.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
Nelson Schwab
Ann
Ford Company Gets Revised UAW Demands
In Detroit the CIO United Auto Workers countered Ford Motor Company’s offer of an 11 to 14 cent hourly raise with revised demands totaling twice that. A UAW spokesman said the extra cost to Ford would be up to 28 cents per hour. The union seeks a flat 14 cent raise, company financed health care, and elimination of wage differentials including night and vacation pay plus added fringe benefits totaling about six cents an hour. Ford had offered 14 cents for most workers and 11 cents for those earning less this week, arguing wage rates are high versus competitors. The UAW had initially demanded 30 cents and other concessions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Ford
44 Man Crew Saved At Sea
New York AP reports the 44 man crew of the flame swept Norwegian tanker Fenris was rescued at sea. The vessel, 9,804 tons, was abandoned 649 miles northwest of Brest France after fire and explosions swept the engine room and superstructure. The master was aboard one rescue ship.
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New York
Brest
France
Sisters die after auto struck by train in Forest
In Forest, Ohio two Musgrave sisters Madeline 16 and Marjie 13 were killed when their family's car was hit by a New York Central train. The girls were daughter s of Mr and Mrs Harvey Musgrave of Delaware township Hancock County. The father suffered back injuries in the crash.
Wife's Love And Pride Dewey's Greatest Reward At Convention
Hal Boyle reports at the 1956 Republican convention Mrs. Thomas E Dewey wore a black hat and pearls as her husband won the presidential nomination She shared a look of proud loyalty with the cheering 14 000 crowd highlighting a wife’s devoted role and the celebration of Dewey’s return to the nomination.
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Dewey
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Tom
Tom Dewey
Highlights of Career Of Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia AP summary recounts Thomas E. Dewey born in Owosso Michigan March 24 1902. Education at University of Michigan Columbia Law School marriage to Frances Eileen Hutt in 1928. Careers include U S attorney district attorney New York County special prosecutor racket buster New York governor 1938 and 1942 election defeats 1944 presidential nomination defeat and 1946 landslide reelection. Last night nominated for President by Republicans.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
George
Annie Dewey
University of Michigan
Columbia University Law School
Frances Eileen Hutt
Sapulpa
Okla
Thomas E., Jr
John M
Hotel Roosevelt
New York City
Albany
New York State
Pawling
N. Y
U. S
New York County
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Firefighters oppose Ohio sales tax distribution plan
The Ohio Firefighters Association at its annual convention urged a fair share of sales tax revenue be returned to the cities or subdivisions it comes from. It also argued that a 65 percent legislative majority should govern tax decisions, not a 36 percent minority.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Firefighters Association
Newsmen Consider Two For Ohio Hall Of Fame
Ohio State University announced balloting on nominees for the Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame will be held this summer. Nominees are Charles L. Knight former Akron Beacon Journal publisher and O. O. McIntyre famed for his New York column. A sub committee of 70 Ohio newspapermen chose them. The Hall of Fame dinner is set for November 5.
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Ohio State University
Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame
Charles L. Knight
Akron Beacon Journal
O. O. McIntyre
New York
Ohio F
Stealing a Woman's Thunder Is Lightning Work
An old classified blurb promotes Journal Want Ads with quick results for buyers, renters, sellers, or finders. It features a sold black Cocker puppy, 6 months old, AKC registered, with a contact number. The ad urges readers to place a Want Ad by dialing a local number.
Conservatives Control GOP Dewey Nomination Provokes Truman Comments
AP reports Senator James E Murray quoted President Truman as saying the Republican convention shows conservative interests control the party. Official comment from Truman on Dewey’s nomination was not given, though Murray cited Truman noting the platform echoes past Republican promises. Charles G. Ross confirmed no official remark and said Truman watched the nomination on television.
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Washington
Ator James E Murray
D-Mont
Truman
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Murray
White House
Charles G. Ross
Dewey
Ross
Truman Law
Senator Ball Supports Dewey for President
Senator Ball of Minnesota announced at the White House that he will support Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president. He noted a previous 1944 split with Roosevelt over policy but said, “Why, sure, I’m supporting him,” and he offered no preference for a vice presidential candidate.
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Washington
Ball
R-Minn
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
Release Demanded Of U. S. Soldiers In Yugoslavia
The United States protests to Yugoslavia over an 11 day detention of five American soldiers who swam in the Trieste zone. The State Department says Ambassador Cavendish Cannon will present the protest in Belgrade. The five men arrested June 15 are T-4 George G. Wilson T-5 Augustine Santana T-5 Jarvis L. Saulnier Private Gordon J. Foster and Private Archie M. Van Why.
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Washington
American official rejects British Palestine decoration
Cleveland regional attorney Aaron A. Caghan for the U S Department of Labor refused a British decoration yesterday. He said he did not agree with what he called the British program of empire politics with respect to Palestine.
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Cleveland
Aaron A. Caghan
U. S. Department of Labor
Palestine
Move Against Truman Grows Says Arkansas Governor
Gov Ben Laney of Arkansas said it is evident the Democratic standard bearer nomination for President Truman is not assured. He noted eight state delegates would attend a states rights caucus before the Democratic convention and predicted the movement is growing across sections to oppose Truman at Philadelphia. He warned if Dewey wins, civil rights laws may be pursued.
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Marianna
Ark
Ben Laney
Arkansas
President Truman
States Rights Democrats
Truman
South
Laney
Arkansas Free Enterprise Association
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Mr. Truman
Philadelphia
Athens reports mass executions in treason cases
Athens AP reports 26 people executed in morning trials for treason sabotage or murder. Other dispatches note General MacArthur receiving Belgium’s Croix de Guerre and Grand Cross, a Koriyama fire destroying 120 downtown buildings with $1 million damage, and the Greek staff noting surprise attacks weakening guerrilla resistance near Nestorion and Grevena. Marion Letcher, aged 76, former U.S. consul general, died in Chatham New Jersey yesterday.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Order of the Crown
Belgium
Athens
Nestorion
Grevena
Chatham, N. J
Marion Letcher
U. S. Counsul
Cleveland man killed by lightning in Virginia
John L. Morrissey aged 68 of Cleveland was killed by lightning yesterday while standing in an open doorway in Hot Springs Virginia. He was vice president of the Ferry Cap and Set Screw Company.
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Hot Springs
John L. Morrissey
Cleveland
Ferry Cap and
New Yorker Wins Third Ballot Bid Picks Californian
The 1948 Republican convention in Philadelphia settled on Thomas E. Dewey for president and Earl Warren of California for vice president. Dewey’s nomination was assured after a late ballot, with Warren acclaimed as running mate. Delegates from Illinois Ohio Indiana and California voiced support while negotiations continued through the night. Warren’s acceptance speech pledged loyalty as the party sought to end 16 years of Democratic rule.
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California
Warren
New York
Dewey
Joe Martin
United States
Arizona
Harold E. Stassen
Joseph Martin
Dwight Green
Illinois
John Bricker
Ohio
George Bender
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Joseph Pew
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Shibi
Park
Washington
John W. Brickes
Taft
Stassen
Aunt Emma
Raymond A. Baldwin
Connecticut
Baldwin
Herbert E. Brownell
Irving Ives
Ferguson
Michigan
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Knows Land
Earl Warren
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Vandenberg
Connecticu
Henry Fletcher
House
Martin
California Delestation
Knowland
Kentucky Health Commissioner Found Dead at Home
Dr. Philip Earle Blacks erby, 66, Kentucky state health commissioner, was found dead at his Louisville home. Deputy Coroner Joseph Beck cited cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Philip Earle Blackserby
Joseph Beck
Dewey Regains Gop Nomination In Dramatic Convention
Philadelphia reports the 1944 Republican convention elevated Thomas E. Dewey as the first defeated candidate to reclaim the GOP nomination. A frantic roll call left Dewey needing only 33 votes for a third ballot win, as rivals sparked a tense parliamentary clash and lengthy recess that cooled the dramatic moment.
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