Berlin blockade lift fails to end German want
Four power conference in Berlin seeks to clear confusion over post blockade trade. Russians push to revive old East West German trade pacts, but West Berlin argues the deals are outmoded as barter remains the only clear inter zonal method. Food and money remain scarce as June cigarette removals promise comes with caution.
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Berlin
S. Curran
U. S
West Berlin
Curran
West Germany
Berlin airlift cost tops 190 million dollars
The U S government estimates the Berlin airlift total at about 190 077 million dollars. Of this 181 308 million covers air operations by the Air Force and Navy and 8 770 million covers Army ground work through June 30. Through Thursday British and American planes carried 1 589 567 tons, with American planes delivering 1 221 281 tons.
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Washington
National Military Establishment
United States
Berlin
Air Force
Navy
Army
Air Force Navy
Cate
Child Drowns Retrieving Toy in Dayton Water Trough
Dayton Ohio AP reports a tragedy as two year old Linda Marie Bolinger drowned yesterday while attempting to retrieve a toy from a water trough. The incident occurred in Dayton with authorities investigating the accidental death.
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Dayton
Linda Marie
Thirteenth Drunkard Case Dismissed in Pittsburgh
The 13th drunkenness arrest in Pittsburgh police court yesterday led to a case dismissal by Police Magistrate W H K McDiarmid after reviewing the evidence. The suspect, Robert Johnson, was lodged in cell 13.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Johnson
W. H. K. McDiarmid
Red Drive Forcing Nationalists Back Near Shanghai
AP dispatch reports Red forces pushing Nationalists toward Shanghai with heavy artillery. Woosung front 20 to 25 miles northwest. control of Woosung crucial to sea escape from the city. Reds threaten Lungwha airport and near 15 miles from the airport as garrison fights back. U.S. Navy ferries continue on the Whangpoo. two destroyers anchor at Woosung. Rumors swirl of Manchuria troops aiding, but unconfirmed.
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Shanghai
Lungwha
Kunshang
Taichang
Kiating
Woosung
U. S. Navy
Whangpoo River
U.S
Hankow
Peiping
Red
Fukien
China
Formosa
Irish Protest in Dublin Over Ulster Rule
Thousands jam Dublin streets in a protest against continued Ulster rule by Britain. The crowd reacts to a British Commons bill affirming Ireland’s right to stay in the United Kingdom if chosen and granting Irish residents in Britain British subject privileges. Prime Minister Costello pledges Ireland’s friendship with Britain in pursuit of justice.
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Dublin
Ireland
Ulster
England
George VI
House of Commons
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Irish Republic
Britain
John Costello
Republic of Ireland
Emerald Isle
Costello
Edward Jacobs Dies At 79 Former Movie Critic
Columbus reports Edward Jacobs aged 79 a former movie critic for the Cleveland News and the New York Dramatic News died of a heart attack yesterday.
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Columbus
Edward Jacobs
Cleveland News
The
New York Dramatic News
Paraguay swears in new president Felipe Molas Lopez
In ASUNCION, AP reports dentist Felipe Molas Lopez, 50, taking the oath as Paraguay's president with minimal ceremony after seizing power in February amid a year with five government changes.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Felipe Molas Lopez
Progress Shown In Ford Strike Talks
Detroit AP report says ten day Ford strike idling at least 100000 workers shows progress but no settlement. Mediation chief Cyrus Ching warned government entry if no significant progress soon. UAW CIO presented a written proposal. Ford's John Bugas said it was the first concrete offer. Talks to resume at 1 30 p m EST.
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Detroit
Ford
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Washington
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford OU
Uaw-Cio
Reuther
UAW
John S. Bugas
Bugas
Dispatch
United Nations Okays World Press Freedom Pact
The United Nations Assembly approved the world’s first proposed treaty on press freedom. The Convention on the International Transmission of News and the Right of Correction would extend rights to news, radio, and film correspondents in adherent countries and introduce an international right of correction. The U.S. question now is whether to join.
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New York
Assembly
U. S
Geneva
Delganton
Canham
Plane crashes near Kansas City ball park
A light plane piloted by Edward Lobdell of Fargo narrowly missed the Kansas City baseball park after engine trouble during an American Association game. He escaped with minor scratches as the craft hit power lines and a fence, flipped, and came to rest near Lincoln High School field.
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Kansas City
Edward Lobdell
Fargo
N. D
Lobdell
Blues
Lincoln High School
Ball Park
Woman psychologist charged with murder of 15 month old son
Wilkes-Barre authorities report prison precautions against death by own action after Martha Woodson Kalwaic a 30 year old child psychologist is charged with murdering her son Henry Charles Kalwaic 15 months old in Hazleton. Police say she beat the child citing fear of a Freudian complex and jealousy of the sister Karen 2 1/2. Coroner L S Reese calls the autopsy findings the worst in 10 years.
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Wilkes-Barre
Martha Woodson Kalwaic
Hazleton
Henry Charles
Steve Harrilla
Kettering Honored as Ohio's Outstanding Citizen
Dayton AP reports Charles F. Boss Kettering a former GM research head won the first annual Ohio Bar Association citizenship award. The award named him Ohio's outstanding citizen of the year during the group's annual convention.
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Dayton, D
Charles F. (Boss) Kettering
Dayton
General Motors
Ohio Bar Association
Kettering Ohio
International Police Force Advised by Senate Members
Senators Mundt and Hendrickson discussed an Atlantic Pact international police force to enforce peace. Culbertson proposed a contingent volunteer army drawn from non allied nations, to be overseen by a central council with U S two votes. Mundt backs exploring the plan alongside the $1.13 billion arms program for pact nations.
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Washington
North Atlantic Alliance
Mundt
R-Sd
Hendrickson
R-Nj
Spain
Turkey
China
Argentina
United Nations
Ely Culbertson
United States
Culbertson
Senate
U. S.S
Government faces $5 billion red ink forecast
Washington AP reports the Senate House Committee on revenue and taxation will hear experts project a $5 billion deficit for the year beginning July 1. The forecast, seen as alarming, cites sagging business and lower expected federal income, with spending rising on requests including $16 billion for military aid.
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Washington
Senate House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Congress
Colin Stein
Treasury
Truman
Senate
House Committee
Neighbors find truck driver dead in Cleveland home
Police report a 36-year-old truck driver, Philip A. Farnada, was found shot to death in the downstairs hallway of his west side residence late last night after neighbors heard a gunshot and rushed to investigate. Friends and relatives offered no motive for the slaying.
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Cleveland
Philip A. Farnada
West Side
Holland Tunnel Blast Repairs Being Speeded
In New York the Holland Tunnel, carrying 46 000 vehicles daily, faced a Friday truck blast that released fire and gas through 300 feet of tunnel. Repair crews cleared ooze and wreckage. 250 feet of inner ceiling must be replaced. Authorities seek negligence answers. 66 rescuers were affected by gas and smoke, with 26 hospitalized. The tunnel remained structurally intact and was expected to reopen by late afternoon.
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Holland Tunnel
Jersey City
N. J
New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hudson
Wage Increase Proposed for Hotel and Restaurant Workers
A state minimum wage board recommends a 72 percent wage hike for hotel and restaurant workers, affecting thousands if adopted. Three dissented, and the report goes to Albert A. Woldman for consideration, with public hearings likely before any new minimums take effect. The increases reflect higher living costs since 1939 to 1949, and current minimums have been in place since July 1, 1937.
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Columbus
Albert A. Woldman
Jor
Woldman
Car Crash Claims Life Of Gerald Grafmiller Near Upper Sandusky
Gerald Grafmiller, 24, of near Upper Sandusky, was killed when his car skidded and overturned four miles west of the town on U S Route 30 north. The vehicle struck a small oak run concrete bridge in the fatal incident.
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Upper Sandusky, O
Gerald Grafmiller
Near
Upper Sandusky
U. S. Route 30
Oak Run
Conservatives Gain Ground in Britain Local Elections
In Britain Conservative wins over Labour in borough council races prompted observers to say results may not predict next year's general election. Final unofficial returns show Conservatives 1856 seats to Labor 1778 with independents 941 and Liberals 107. London losses and gains noted. press reaction mixed.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Labor
Conservative Party
Lord Woolton
Morgan Phillips
British Press Association
Daily Express
Special court session called over Eisler ship stowaway case
Southampton authorities convened a special court as Scotland Yard sought to land Communist Gerhart Eisler from the Polish liner Batory. The ship's overdue tender delayed his transfer amid protracted talks with officials, with U S authorities pressing for extradition to New York. The captain said he would land Eisler at Gdynia after departure from Southampton.
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Southampton Eng
Southampton
Batory
Gerhart Eisler
Scotland Yard
Fisler
Eng
New York
Eisler
America
W. F. Bray
Immigration and
London
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Alfred Bedford
Gdynia
Lanchor
Cowes Road
U. S
United States
Indicted in Robberies in Cincinnati Trio
Armed robbery indictments were returned against Howard Blalock Albert J. Smith and Edward J. Mieshler. They are accused in the North Hyde Park Savings and Loan holdup where 1800 was taken and the Norwood Improved Building and Loan Association robbery where 425 was looted. Blalock and Smith absolved Walter R. Maley and Frank Czernewski in the case. Maley and Czernewski are held in Columbus on other bank robbery charges.
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Cincinnati
Howard Blalock
Albert J. Smith
Edward J. Misehler
North Hyde Park Savings and Loan Company
Norwood Improved Building and Loan Association
Blalock
Smith
Walter R. Maley
Dayton
Frank C. Czernewski
Nippon Coal Miners Strike Across Japan
Tokyo AP reports the National Federation of Coal Miners says 420000 members began a 48 hour strike at midnight to protest wage cuts of about 20 percent by mine operators. A union leader says other labor groups including railway workers and seamen will meet Monday to support the coal strike.
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Tokyo
National Federation of Coal Miners Today
Japan
Cool air moves through Great Lakes and west regions
A mass of cool Canadian air moved through the Great Lakes region bringing thunderstorms in the Upper Mississippi area and near Lake Michigan. It also produced violent storms in the Texas Panhandle and pushed into Kansas, while the southwest saw tornado activity. Elsewhere the nation remained generally seasonable.
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Great Lakes
Upper
Mississippi
Lake Michigan
Central Rockies
Oregon
California
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
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