Georgia Governor Urges Laws to Ban Klan Meetings
Gov M E Thompson denounces the Ku Klux Klan for intimidation and links its actions to aiding Communists and race baiters. He calls for strong anti lynching measures and says federal proposals are unnecessary while Harlem area demonstrations influence voting rights. Thompson also orders four penitentiary prisoners moved to authorities.
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Atlanta
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
South
Ku Klux Klan
Truman
Thompson
Klan
Oe Kian
Pene Cary
Erguery
Eaton Negro To Take Stand In Damage Suit
Fred Hamiet of Eaton Ohio will again take the stand Monday in a $25,000 civil rights damage suit against Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines Inc before a U S District Court jury Hamiet a Negro seeks damages for violation of the Ohio Civil Rights Law and injuries alleged after he was forcibly ejected from a Greyhound at West Alexandria Ohio claiming removal because he was a member of the Negro race
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Dayton, CO
Fred Hamiet
Eaton, C
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc
U.S
Hamiet
Ohio
West
Alexandria
Ten Foreign Educators To Study Here
A Rockefeller Foundation grant of 38 060 supports bringing ten top German and Austrian education experts to the United States for about a year of study. Dr Grady Cammage, president of Arizona State College, will chair the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education committee coordinating their visit. Eight Germans and two Austrians from occupied zones will be chosen by Military Government authorities and will travel widely to learn methods to aid rebuilding European teacher education facilities.
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Tempe
Ariz
Rockefeller Foundation
Grady Cammage
Arizona State College
Themerican Association of Colleges For
U. S
Europe
Dr. Gammage
Samue S. Marbee
Pyaceamen College
Wilmington
Student Sentenced for Peddling Dope in Cincinnati
A 32 year old Negro pre law student at the University of Cincinnati received a three year federal sentence after pleading guilty to 18 counts of narcotics law violations. Narcotics agent Roy Anderson testified that the defendant served nearly 100 narcotic customers in Dayton, Ohio, and that after his arrest in Cincinnati addicts there broke into drugstores and robbed doctors offices for drugs.
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Cincinnati
Universi of Cincinnati
Ames Cophus
Roy Anderson
Fire destroys home of Virgil Root on Thomas Road
The two story frame home owned by Virgil Root was destroyed by a fire that began in an upstairs room. Witnesses said the fire caused about 10000 in damage as neighbors and family could not save furniture or clothing. Root was away at a cemetery board meeting when the blaze was found at 315 PM and by 4 PM the house was leveled.
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Virgil Root
Thomas Rd
Root
Cemetery Board
Maude Thomas S
Missing Natchez Towboat Crew Sought After Sinking
A persistent search for the Natchez towboat master and 10 crewmen continued on the Mississippi River at Greenville Mississippi. The vessel sank after striking a concrete bridge pier while pushing three barge payloads. 13 crew escaped and two died from injuries.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi
Natchez
Lake Village
Ark
Witnesses Set In Condon Probe
The House Un American Activities Committee plans to summon four witnesses to testify at hearings on a subcommittee report accusing Dr Edward A Condon of being a weak link in atomic security and alleging he knowingly or unknowingly associated with alleged Russian spies. Names not released.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
Sovernment
Farley Predicts Wallace Attracts Five Million Votes
Former Postmaster General James A. Farley says Henry A. Wallace could win about five million votes in the coming November election with New York contributing 0.5 to 1 million. He warns Wallace is a bigger threat to Democrats than leaders admit and notes Wallaces appeal beyond New York. Farley says Wallace would draw 75 to 80 percent from Democrats in New York and could push the state toward the Republicans, potentially aiding an old line Dewey nomination.
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NEW York
James A. Farley
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Wallace
Meet the Press
Boston
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Camden
New Jersey
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
Milwaukee
Farley
Empire State
Dewey
Rubenstein seeks review of draft evasion conviction
Rubenstein, a Russian-born immigrant who arrived in 1938, asks for a review of his conviction for violating the Selective Service Act. He received two and a half years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Co-defendant Allen Gordon Foster also appealed. Foster was convicted of aiding Rubenstein and received a suspended two-year sentence, five years probation, and a $10,000 fine.
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Washington
M. Rubenstein
Rubenstein
Wall Street
Allen Gordon Foster
Supreme Court
Foster
Gunmen Captured After Nightlong Pittsburgh Shootout
Two house robbers sought in a nationwide search were captured about 10 miles from the scene where they shot two radio patrolmen. They remained handcuffed together and were wounded in a shoulder during the firefight. Detectives identified them as John Wilson and Eden Pofi, both about 24.
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Pittsburgh
Momen
McMurray
Oey
Allegheny
CSS Johnston
John Wilson
End Eden Pofi
Drackett Co President Harry R Drackett Dies at 80
The Drackett Company president Harry R Drackett aged eighty died yesterday at Holmes Hospital in Cincinnati following a brief illness. He led the Cincinnati firm for decades and oversaw major product lines.
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Cincinnati
The
Drackett Co
Harry R. Drackett
Holmes Hospital
UN Deadlock Over Palestine Shifts To Major Powers
After two weeks of debate the United Nations Security Council urged Washington and Moscow to decide the Holy Land split. Britain and France showed reluctance to fully join. Britain may boycott the talks, while the U S prepares for early conferences with Rusk and Marshall in New York. The plan centers on implementing the UN Assembly partition despite mixed votes and abstentions.
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Lake
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Warren R
Dean Rusk
Washington
Rusk
Tary
George C. Marshall
Lime
Austin
U. S
Mi Sts
Britain
Manda Palest
London
Ee We Ee
UN Assembly
Hitler Escaped Claim Reignites World War II Saga
An ex pilot from Germany claims Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun fled to Denmark in a Junkers 52 before Germany’s surrender. US Army officials call the statement fantastically unlikely while questioning Mackensen who says he saw the Fuehrer and Braun depart by air to Spain.
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U. S&s. Army
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Germany
Arthur Otte Hackensen
Denmark
Pp Baumeart
Warsaw
Hitler
Bertin
Mackensen
Tiend
Fuehrer
Spain
France
Finland Delays Decision on Russian Treaty Offer
President Juho Paasikivi weighs acceptance of Stalin’s proposal for a friendship and mutual assistance pact with the Soviet Union. The foreign affairs committee debates negotiations as political groups split, with key advisers and parliamentarians guiding Finland’s stance.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Stalin
Halfvudstadsbladet
Swedish Test Party
Grea
Foreign Affairs Committee
Paasikivi
Mauno Pekkala
Socialist Unity Party
Popular Democratic Union
Karl Enckell
Russia
Reinhold Svento
Lennart Haljas
Agrarar
Eino Kilpi
Social Democrat
Interior
Yrio Leino
Shiprock Woman Wins 35000 From Three Million Contest
Mrs. Parrett of Shiprock New Mexico won 35000 from a national radio sweepstakes, chosen from 3,000,000 entries. She did not expect to win and learned of the result by phone from a relative in Montebello California. The prize package included an automobile and trailer, a $1000 fur coat, a diamond ring and watch, home appliances, and a two week trip to New York City Bermuda and Miami.
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Hollywood
Sgucen
Radio Prom Parrett
Shiprock
Mra Parrett
Paul Lunsford
Montebello
Cal
New York City
Bermuda
Fires Strike Japan Killings and Destruction Across Regions
Kyodo News Agency reports fires engulfing over 700 buildings across Japan. One person is dead and at least 20 injured as fires are scattered through multiple prefectures.
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Rokyo (Ap
Kyodo
Japan
Huk Guerrillas Outlawed by Philippine Leader
President Roxas linked Hukbalahap to the Huk guerrillas and said the group formed to resist Japan. He cited 95 clashes with the Philippine Army since April 26 thirty years after his election, and claimed evidence shows plans to overthrow the government.
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Hukbalahap
Manuel
Nist
Lauzon Armed Peasant Organization
Roxas
Huks
Winits
Phiti
Philippine Commonwealth
Hexas
Department Justice
Muks
Czechoslovakia vows no currency devaluation for trade
Foreign Trade Minister Antonin Gregor says Czechoslovakia will nationalize foreign trade but not devalue its currency to set trade dollar value. He hopes to keep doing business with western rivals under a planned economy. New trade pacts with Norway and Belgium are in progress. France and Switzerland deals extended.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Gregor
Norway
Belgium
France
Switzerland
AMG Officials Call For Force To Stop Soviet
Two officials of the Military Government of Germany urged America to stop Russia with force if needed. James R. Newman, civil governor of Hesse, and Louis Glaser, Berlin political affairs chief, arrived at Westover AFB Mass on an Air Transport Command flight en route to Washington to confer with Army Department officials before returning to Germany.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Germany
America
Russia
KKK
James R. Newman
Akron, D
Louis Glaser
Washington, D.C
Air Transport Command
Overse
Newman
Hesse
Glaser
Berlin
Washington
Army Department
Four Rescued Off Schooner Cape Ann
Nine crewmen of the New Bedford schooner Cape Ann were afloat off Cape Cod when the vessel grounded and broke near the stern. Five were saved by a breeches buoy as heavy seas hindered lifeboats. four including the master waited their turn on the breaking hull. The Coast Guard reported the ship split at the stern and took on water amid large waves.
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Nauset
Cape Cod
Mase
New Bedford
Cape Ann
Coast Guard
Chatham
Alliance Rubber Co Warned by NLRB Over Union Ire
The Alliance Rubber Company in Alliance Ohio was warned by the National Labor Relations Board to stop interfering with the CIO United Rubber Workers union. The NLRB ordered the firm not to threaten discharge of workers who joined the union nor to pressure them to forgo rights or threaten to move the plant to another state.
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Washington
Allance Rubber Co
Alliance, C
National Labor Relations Board
CIO United Ru Workers of America
NLRB
Southern senators demand equal radio time on civil rights
Twenty one Dixie senators from eleven states telegrammed Edgar, Mutual Broadcasting Co president, demanding equal air time to counter President Truman's civil rights proposals. They oppose the measures and pledge to stay united in the Senate and House, with leaders signaling possible filibuster tactics.
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Washington
Dixie
Truman
Edgar
Mutual Broadcasting Co
Mutual
South
Stual
New York
Kodak
Robert Swetey
Besia
Senate
Russell
Byrd
Johnston
Maybank
Congress
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Two Die in Eaton Crash Reported Collision
A three car crash in Eaton left two people dead and others injured in the early hours. Names and ages were not fully confirmed in available text. authorities investigated the scene and identified victims as residents of the area.
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Eaton
Riverfront Sow Refill Sparks Youthful Farm Venture
A young farmer plans to fill riverbank sows with modest gear and simple routines, eschewing the glamour of mothers and expensive habits. The project emphasizes practicality over showy care and aims to prove a leaner model for sow management along the river.
Royal Tour Planned by King and Queen in 1948
Buckingham Palace disclosed plans for King VI to visit Australia and New Zealand early in 1948. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret will accompany him on the trip.
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Aincon
King VI Will
Australia
Zealand
Eliabeth
Margaret Will
Buckingham Palace
Bridges Ousted As CIO Director Amid Rumors of Feud
The CIO dismissed Bridges from the Northern California regional director post after he opposed the Marshall Plan and aligned with Wallace's third party. Bridges warned two weeks earlier by the Executive Committee faced ouster. investigations by the Justice Department were reportedly underway.
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Tom Gark
Bridges
The
CIO
Northern California
National Cio
Wallace
Marshall Plan
Aia
Eurene
Pelicy
Se Cio
Rentschier Rites Set For Monday In New York
Funeral services for 62 year old Gordon S. Rentschier chairman of the National City Bank of New York will be held in New York Monday at St James Protestant Episcopal Church. The body will be taken to Hamilton Ohio for burial.
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New York
Gordon S. Rentschier
The
National City Bank of New York
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church
Hamilton
Ohio
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