Berlin clashes as anti-Communist rally meets Soviet force
Massive Berlin protest inside the British sector ends with the crowd, estimated up to 250000, moving toward the Soviet area at Brandenburg Gate. Russians fire on anti-Communists after a jeep carrying five soldiers is stoned. British sector police try to keep the crowd out, while American protests over arrests and kidnappings in City Hall are rejected by Soviet commandant Kotikov.
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Brandenburg Gate
Western Zone
Alexander Kotikov
Otto Suhr
Republic Square
Reichstag
Frank Howley
Howley
Taeglche Rundschau
Kotikov
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Truman
United States
Harold Stassen
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Dexter
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Colorado
Salt Lake City
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Los Angeles
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Henry A. Wallace
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Marshall
Ernestly
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Men from city area slated for November induction
Six Middletown and area men under Draft Board No 10 are to be ready for induction in the armed forces in November, announced John Winger, board chairman.
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Board 10
Middletown
Draft Board No. 10
Thousands Idle as Strike Grips 170 Union Workers
State Selective Service orders prep for October pre induction exams. In Ohio 499 men to be called, nationwide 10 000. Detroit strike idles 50 000 auto workers, raising total idle to 115 000. West coast oil and shipping strikes continue with mixed negotiations and rationing plans. Draft board changes include Carl H. Martin to Board No 10 and a processing center to open in Cincinnati.
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Talmadge Wins Georgia Vote by Wide Margin
Georgia Democrats backed Herman Talmadge for governor in a primary with Thompson trailing by about three to one. Incumbents Cox Wheeler and Davis won reelection. Russell unopposed. Nationally Truman faced GOP critiques as Stassen and Dewey sparred over the Albany program.
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Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Talmadge
Thompson
Eugene Cox
W. M. Wheeler
James Davis
Washington
Richard B. Russell
Truman
Detroit
Stassen
United States
Albany
Dewey
Russian Flights Bring Complaint Over Baltic Border Violation
Danish naval authorities reported at least 50 Russian aircraft violated Denmark’s territorial border with flights off Bornholm in the Baltic. One group flew low over a Danish Navy unit, and the Russians crossed the border. The article notes 1946 events and prior occupation of Bornholm.
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Denmark
Bornholm Island
Baltic
Russian Tool Order Shifts Burden to European Recovery Effort
A reported 48 million dollar Russian demand for machine tools from Craven Brothers in Britain moves the issue to Paul Hoffman. Officials say Russia may have been blocked by the United States from obtaining tools, while Hoffman stresses reviving Western European trade to aid recovery. British firm expansion would be needed to meet the order, but no official confirmation has been received.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
United States
Hoffman
Congress
Soviet Union
Russia
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Southport
England
W. H. Russell
America
Russell
VESSELS URGED TO AID RESCUE FROM ERUPTION
Manila AP reports an urgent radio appeal to all ships to help evacuate the remaining 15,000 residents from Camiguin Island as Mt Hibok Hibok erupts with deadly ash. 36,000 islanders had already been evacuated. eruption sites shifted as a new emergency arose. Arturo Alcaraz, volcanologist of the Philippines weather bureau, issued the call from a Navy patrol boat off Camiguin.
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Philippines Navy
Globe Wireless
Four Foreign Ministers Meet to Discuss Italian Colonies
Paris reports Russia proposed a meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers to map the future of former Italian colonies. The United States Britain and France accepted the call and officials say it may begin as soon as tomorrow though a start time has not been fixed. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Russian For- eign Minister are among those planned to attend.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Iirnest Bevin
United States Rejects Paris Start for Four-Power Talks
The United States reaffirmed readiness for four power talks on prewar Italian colonies but rejected a Russian proposal to begin meetings in Paris tomorrow. State Department spokesman Michael McDermott said tomorrow is too soon and that an American representative could hardly attend. He added that another date would be proposed.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Michael McDermott
State Department
McDermott
Molotov and Marshall in Paris Effort Amid Shifting Roles
Molotov and Marshall vie for timely Paris arrival as France lacks a government. Schuman could stand in as foreign minister. The State Department initially called the Russian proposal propaganda but the United States accepted it yesterday.
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France
Robert Schuman
U. S
State Department
Major union backs Dewey in AFL endorsement
Gov Thomas E Dewey won the endorsement of the executive board of the Building Service Employees International Union representing about 175 000 members This marked the first outright union endorsement for Dewey while AFL president William Green supports Truman and another AFL committee backs Truman.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
AFL
Building Service Employes _ International Union
William L. McFetridge
Chicago
Dewey
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Truman
Russian Yak Fighters Fly Over Berlin
A dozen Russian Yak fighter planes flew over Berlin leaving vapor trails. U S officials say the maneuver appears to be part of air exercises announced by Moscow to be conducted over Berlin and the adjacent occupation zone.
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Berlin
De Gaulle Demand Shifts French Cabinet Talks
In Paris De Gaullists push for constitutional revisions as price for backing Henri Queuille. They seek elections to the Council of the Republic and more executive power for the chief executive. In Washington President Truman vows U S defense of rights in Berlin while pursuing ongoing negotiations for peace. He rejects claims of duress and outlines planned western travel.
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Berlin
Truman
Paris
de Gaullists
Henri Queuille
Charles de Gaulle
Paul Giacobbi
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Queuille
Robert Schuman
Firemen and Chief Hurt In Downtown San Diego Fire
In San Diego last night twelve firemen including Chief George Courser were injured when a four story downtown building burned. Eighteen people, many elderly, were rescued from a hotel on the top floor. Courser warned others could have been trapped amid the flames.
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San Diego
Cal
George Courser
Courser
Engineer Alfred Newhouse Resigns for Ohio Station
Wooster Ohio city engineer Alfred E Newhouse resigns to take the role of chief engineer of the Ohio experiment station.
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NEW Post Wooster, O
Alfred E. Newhouse
Ohio Experiment Station
Planes to Fly Over Buckeye State for Air Forces Day
Two B-29 Superfortresses will reach Ohio from the Azores and Hawaii for Air Forces Day on September 18. B-36 bombers will also overfly six major Ohio cities including Cleveland and Cincinnati, with routes passing through Fort Worth to Ohio locations. The missions involve long non stop flights, with timing in the afternoon and crews of 15 aboard each B-36.
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United States
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Doctors Save Life Of Baby As Mother Dies
In Salem Ohio two doctors rushed to deliver by caesarean section shortly after the mother died. Dr. W S Elliott tried to save Mrs Florence McRoberts 45 of Enon Valley Pa but died from heart artery failure. Drs L C Ziegler and Paul Corso revived the baby girl who weighed nine pounds fourteen ounces and began breathing in an incubator.
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L. C. Ziegler
Paul Corso
W. S. Elliott
East Palestine
Florence McRoberts
Enon Valley
Plane catches fire killing four in Decorah training flight
In Decorah Iowa a four place plane used for night training crashed and burned after a flare ignition. The instructor Robert Sattre 19 and students Tom Knowlton 19 Doyle Wagner about 24 and Harold Hoffman about 26 perished. The wreck occurred half a mile south of the airfield and the bodies were delayed by magnesium flare burns. All victims were from Decorah.
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Decorah
Iowa
Robert Sattre
Tom Knowlton
Doyle Wagner
Harold Hoffman
Miss America prelims crown Tennessee and Kansas winners
Dorothy Free 19 of Tennessee led the talent side while Vera Ralston 18 of Kansas topped the beauty parade as the first preliminary winners in the 1948 Miss America pageant. A 10 000 strong crowd watched in Atlantic City as Free sang two pop songs in a black crepe gown.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tennessee
Kansas Curves
Dorothy Free
Vera Ralston
Chattanooga
586 Slot Machines Licensed in Ohio District
The Internal Revenue Department reports 586 slot machines were licensed in the 13 counties of Ohio's first internal revenue district during the fiscal year ending June 30. The government collects a 100 dollar fee for each machine.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue Department
Ohio Internal Revenue District
War minister reports Yugoslav invasion. nine attackers killed
Athens AP dispatch says Yugoslav troops invaded Greece yesterday and Greek forces killed nine of the attackers. Stratos, the war minister, announced the casualty figure and confirmed the confrontation occurred along the border.
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Athens
George Stratos
Greece
Order Issued To Slow Down Bank Lending
The Federal Reserve Board ordered member banks to add 1.9 billion dollars to reserve vaults to curb inflationary lending. Officials expect banks to raise funds mainly by selling government bonds, with only a modest tightening of lending likely.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
FRB
Cleveland Youth Dies In Hallway Gate Choke
In Cleveland 16 year old Dale Miklausich died when his head became caught between two expansion gate rungs in the hallway of his east side home.
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Cleveland (Ap
Dale Miklausich
East Side
Circus Vessel Sinks in Hurricane at Sea
A 140 foot Honduran motor vessel Euzkera carrying 56 aboard including 46 circus officials performers and laborers with 59 trained animals sank in a Caribbean hurricane 1380 miles off the Colombian coast. The Norwegian Caribe rescued 12 survivors and searchers reported 9 more passengers saved with many feared lost.
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Caribbean
Caribe
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Caribbean Sea Frontier
Panama
Euzkera
Razzore Circus
Cartagena
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