Berlin crisis peace program again stymied
Paris AP report notes Argentina's Juan Bramuglia prepares for a final round of calls with Soviet and Western delegates to offer a rough currency accord draft. Moscow and Washington positions remain edged apart, with western powers demanding lifting of the Berlin blockade before any currency deal and the Russians insisting on an agreement prior to changing the currency status. UN officials consider new approaches as Evatt and Lie seek a fresh path to reconcile East and West.
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Paris
Berlin
Juan Bramuglia
UN Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
America
Philip C. Jessup
Britain
Alexander Cadogan
France
Alexander Parodi
Irumuglia
Security Council
Bramagtia
Moscow
U. S
U.S
Russia
Bramuglia
Assembly
Herbert Evatt
Trygve Lie
Ken Murray Ready To Wed Betty Lou Walters
Ken Murray a cigar puffing comedian plans to wed Betty Lou Walters 21 a radio actress turned stage screen and radio performer They obtained a marriage license in Riverside California and expect to marry next Wednesday The actor who has been married twice before Charlotta La Rose and Cleatus Caldwell both actresses is divorcing those unions now turning his attention to his bride to be Betty Lou Walters
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Los Angeles
Ken Murray
Betty Lou Walters
Riverside
Calif
Murray
Charlotta la Rose
Cleatus Cladwell
Veterans push anti red plan at AVC convention
Cleveland AP report notes administration forces won convention approval to push a Communist purge resolution at the American Veterans Committee. The national planning committee suspended 13 New York City chapters and denied delegate seats after Richard Crohn was seated at a metropolitan AVC Council meeting. The Ernie Pyle New York chapter charter was revoked and Morris Pottish was expelled.
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Cleveland
American Veterans Committee
Communist Party
National Planning Committee
New York City
Richard Crohn
AVC Council
Crohn
Planning Committee
AVC
Ernie Pyle
New York
Morris Pottish
Youth Killed During Chase At South Park Pool
A 15 year old boy, Thomas Wright of Knoxville, was shot during a police chase after a burglar alarm triggered at a telephone pay station by South Park pool. Patrolman Jerrard Mills of Allentown fired several shots in the air. Wright died from a back-of-head wound at Mercy Hospital. No charges yet filed against Mills or the youths. four youths linked to the incident, with two picked up and one identified.
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Pittsburgh
South Park Pool
George Thomas
South Park
Jerrard Mills
Allentown
Thomas
Thomas Wright
Knoxville
Mercy Hospital
Mills
Red Drive On Suchow Reported Stalemated
Nanking reports the Communist drive on Suchow stalled again with claims of 230000 Reds killed or wounded. Government leaders say the offensive is crushed though fighting centers shift toward Nanking about 200 miles away. Casualty figures are unconfirmed and appraisals vary by side.
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Suchow
Nanking
Liu Chih
Liu
Central China
Chang Yu-Chin
Chang
Tom Lambert
Associated Press
Hast Ohio Gas to shut gas lines in 100 homes without permits
Akron Ohio AP reports Hast Ohio Gas Company will plug gas furnace lines in about 100 homes where heating units were installed without permits. Fuel to furnaces in three homes was halted yesterday to comply with a ban ordered by the Ohio Public Utilities Commission that took effect last summer.
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Akron, O
Ohio Gas Company
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
CIO Set to Launch Largest U.S. Labor Drive
Portland AP report says CIO Executive Board will authorize aggressive organizing in fields where unions have failed. Philip Murray, in his ninth year as CIO president, aims a broad campaign and may empower top officers to act. He criticizes Communist influence and signals potential political cooperation with the AFL amid changing labor fortunes.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
James Carey
United Office and Professional Workers Union
United Public Workers
Food and Tobacco Workers
American Communications Association
Communist Party
AFL
Labor
Truman Heads to Army Navy Game on Special Train
President Truman travels to Philadelphia to attend the Army Navy football game aboard the same special train used during his campaign. Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret accompany him along with Chief Justice Fred Vinson and other guests, marking his fourth Army Navy appearance. The party departs Union Station at 8 40 a m and returns after ceremonies.
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Washington
Truman
Army - Navy
Philadelphia
Margaret
White House
Fred Vinson
G F. Stewart
New York City
Crucie Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
St. Louis
John Morrison
Robert Lashley
Mr. Truman
Navy Rooters
Army
Union Station
Municipal Stadium
Cincinnati man charged with murder in Manning death
Cincinnati police charged 34 year old Clarence Harding with murder after Manning died from a fractured skull suffered in an altercation two weeks earlier. Lt William Burks said Harding hit or pushed Manning during the incident. Manning died Thursday night after being unconscious.
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Cincinnati
Clarence Harding
James Manning
William Burks
Harding
Manning
Hex Works Fifth Member Of Trial Dies
TACOMA Washington AP Jake Bird death hex claims fifth victim in the case J W Selden the defense lawyer dies of a heart attack in Pierce County Jail Birds appeal to the State Supreme Court is pending after his conviction for slaying Mrs Bertha Kludt and her 17 year old daughter with an ax authorities later tied him to numerous other killings The deaths include two policemen a court clerk and a judge connected to the trial
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Jake Bird
J. W. Selden
Bird
Pierce County
Jake
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Bertha Kludt
Benny's Show Switches to CBS Next January 2
New York AP report says the Benny show moves from NBC to CBS on January 2, with trade sources citing up to 4 million dollars involved in the deal. CBS declined to confirm if the arrangement is a capital gains sale of Benny and Amusement Enterprises, Inc. The program currently pays 25 thousand dollars weekly on NBC.
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NEW York
Jack Benny
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
NBC
CBS
Benny
Amusement Enterprises, Inc
Congress
Amos ’N’ Andy
Minimum Standards On GI House Loans Established By VA
The Veterans Administration sets minimum building standards for GI loan houses to guard World War II veterans from shoddy construction or predatory contractors. Effective December 15, the rules cover materials, construction techniques, workmanship, equipment installation and structural details for loan guarantees, aligning with FHA requirements. VA credits pre construction appraisals and periodic inspections to ensure plans meet the new standards. VA Chief Carl R. Gray Jr. notes appraisals will be issued only when plans and specs comply.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Agency
Carl R. Gray Jr
Fumes Kill Three in Harriettsville Home
Marie Schoeppner 28 and her children Kay 2 and Edward 7 died from monoxide fumes in their Harriettsville home in an accidental cause. Edward Schoeppner Jr. found the bodies on returning from work. The mother was pulseless when rescue attempts began and could not be revived.
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Harriettsville, O
Marie Schoeppner
Kay
Edward
Don Wilson
Marietta
Wilson
Edward Schoeppner, Jr
Venezuelan ambassador quits after govt overthrow
Venezuelan ambassador Gonzalo Carnevali resigns his post in Washington as the government that appointed him was overthrown this week. He says the move avoids wrong interpretations of the dignity of his position here.
Akron Teen Killed by Tank Truck Hit
Akron authorities report 19 year old Russell L. Yoder was fatally crushed after an automobile struck him and sent him under the wheels of a gasoline tank truck last night.
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AKRON
Russell L. Yoder
Mother Freed After Bedroom Slaying Of Detroit Husband
In Detroit AP report Frances Fitzpatrick a 32 year old mother of four was found innocent by reason of insanity in the murder of her husband John 32 She will be committed to Ionia State Hospital pending a sanity hearing tentatively set for December 9 The verdict came after about four hours of deliberation The defense argued she was provoked by her husband whose bragging about affairs she testified she had been forced to endure The court released her on habeas corpus to her attorney and she expressed a desire to return home to tell the children.
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Detroit
Frances Fitzpatrick
W. McKay Skillman
John
Fitzpatrick
Colombo
Joseph P Ryan
ILA
Communist Party
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Paul Baker
Union International
August C. Idzik
Tito Renews Plan After Cominform Pressure
Belgrade Premier Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslavia must revamp its five year plan due to trade restraints by Cominform nations. Speaking before the Croatian Communist Party congress in Zagreb, he insisted restructuring advances the plan’s goals and will counter capitalist remnants and internal critics. He denounced dissenters as megalomaniacs and warned them to bow or disappear.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Croatian Communist Party
Zagreb
Yuoslavia
Yugoslav Communist Party
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Death Grants Youths Wish for Donald Younglove
Seffner Florida AP report tells of 14-year-old Donald Younglove who died after six months battling dermatomyositis a painful muscle wasting disease. Once active and weighing 105 pounds he fell to 35 pounds as doctors and parents watched his suffering end. Funeral is planned Tuesday with classmates to accompany the body and his mother expressing relief that her son is at peace at last.
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Seffner
FLA
Donald Younglove
Donald
T. F. Younglove
Landing Blame Placed On Plane Blaze At L A Airport
Trans World Airlines Constella tion burned at Los Angeles municipal airport after landing. Civil Aeronautics Board spokesman said fire started post landing with no one aboard at ignition. Eighteen passengers and five crew exited safely before flames destroyed the aircraft. Preliminary findings cite heavy landing damaging gear and nose wheel and engine. Fuel system rupture from impact likely caused gasoline leakage and ensuing fire.
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Washington
Constellation
Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board
Opposition Bears Head To Signing New Agreements
New York AP says waterfront workers vote today on contracts that would free most of the nation's merchant fleet from strikes. integrada details indicate acceptance would end ongoing labor action and stabilize shipping.
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NEW York
Newsmen barred from Tojo hangings loosened slightly
Tokyo reports MacArthur’s HQ still bans eyewitnesses to the hangings of Tojo and six others but Col. Echols agrees to release a bulletin after the executions. The timing shifts from a fixed 10 a.m. release to a post hoc typed release as soon as possible.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
M. P. Echols
MaceArthur
Sugamo
Echols
Biologist resigns from Red Academy over scientific truth
London report says Sir Henry Dale resigns from the Soviet Academy of Sciences criticizing claimed Communist political bias in science. He attacks T. D. Lysenko and his inherited acquired traits theory, noting dissenting scientists are pressured to conform.
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London
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Henry Dale
Times
T. D. Lysenko
Lenin Academy of Genetics
Lysenko
Soviet Union
Tragic Child Run Over Near Findlay
AP report from Findlay Ohio states four year old James Davis was killed when struck by a passing automobile near his home. His brother William seven sustained minor injuries in the incident investigated by highway patrol.
Alabama Faces Flood Threat From Rising Rivers
Alabama faces a definite flood threat as rivers rise and heavy rains move north. Montgomery rainfall set an all time record with 5.91 inches in 24 hours. The Weather Bureau predicted a danger stage of 48 feet on the Alabama River at Wilcox County by tomorrow and flood warnings were issued at Miller's Ferry. The Tallapoosa at Milstead could reach 30 feet, flooding lowlands.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. D. Emigh
Wilcox County
Miller’s Ferry
Tallapoosa
Milstead
All Hope Abandoned For Sophoulis Life
Athens AP Doctors gave up hope for Greek Prime Minister Themistokles Sophoulis aged 89 after two heart attacks in two days. He sank fast and received last rites while an attendant said there was no hope. He asked to see five grandchildren and to pass on. War Minister Rentis was summoned to deploy troops to the Peloponnesus as guerrilla activity worsened. U.S. Ambassador Grady and opposition leaders Venizelos Papandreou and Kanalopoulos visited.
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Seaboard
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Pacific Coast
CIO
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Peloponnesus
Themistokles
American College
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Sophocles Venizelos
George Papandreou
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
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Frank Welling
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Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Ralph Murphy
Welling
Eric Wildman
Horsley Hall
Eccleshall
England
Wildman
National Society For the
Tacoma
Wash
Red Academy
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