Political Campaign Resumes After Sabbath Pause
President Truman urged world peace at a San Antonio dinner with Texas Democrats while Dewey called for unity in Paris peace efforts. Rayburn warned foreign policy could weaken under new leadership as press opposed the administration. Truman spoke again from an Austin trainside rally praising Tom Clark and the bill of rights amid press hostility.
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San Antonio
Thomas E. Dewey
San Francisco
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Paris
Berlin
Sam Rayburn
House
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Ross
Alamo
Dewey
80Th Congress
Austin
State Capitol
Tom Clark
Specia
San Marcos
Six Civil War Vets Attend GAR Reunion at Grand Rapids
The 82nd annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens in Grand Rapids with 99 year old Theodore Penland of Portland as presiding officer. Leading attendees include James A Hard aged 107 from Rochester and Charles L. Chappel aged 102 from Long Beach. Also present are John H. Grate 103 Atwater William H. Osborn 104 Joplin and Albert Woolson 101 Duluth. The memorial service marked the start of the gathering which runs through Thursday.
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Portland
Ore
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Rochester
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Hard
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New York
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Long Beach
Cal
Chappel
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Atwater
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Joplin
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
GAR
Funeral services set for James Boyd Martin founder of church firm
Columbus service Tuesday for James Boyd Martin 176 founder of a contracting company specializing in church buildings who died Saturday night three days after his wife Anna Laura Martin was buried Saturday.
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Columbus
James Boyd Martin
Anna Laura Martin
Ohioans Lose Lives In Weekend Auto Crashes
At least 20 Ohio residents died in traffic crashes over a brutal weekend on highways and streets. Victims include Springfield's John Mills 23 and Elsa Mae Millis 17 struck at a crossing, and Newark's Judy Blackford 6 darting into traffic between parked cars. Others in Easton Mount Vernon Columbus Grove Berlin Heights Van Wert Venice Springfield Centerville Cleveland and more suffered fatal injuries or serious harm in motorcycle and tractor trailer collisions and related incidents.
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Springfield
John Mills
Elsa Mae Millis
Newark
Judy Blackford
Easton
Wayne County
Carroll D. McNutt
Mount Vernon
Columbus Grove
Putnam County
Joe Brice Wiswasser
William Reeder
Berlin Heights
Erie County
Ruth Lyons
Huron
Kenneth
van Wert
Merle Powers
Canton
Summit
Here
Henry Roberts
Ft. Wayne
Venice
Phillip Lally
Floyd Shaffer
Martha
Centerville
Montgomery County
Richard Dice
Dayton
Cleveland
Jacob Annesbach
Anna I. Snell
Stunt Flier Falls To Death At Air Show
Milwaukee AP report details the death of Dick Powell, 46, a Waukesha daredevil, who slipped while hanging by his feet from the bottom wing during an opening act at Hales Corners Airport. As 5,000 spectators watched, Powell hooked his feet in guy wires and hung head down before slipping at 250 feet.
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Milwaukee
Dick Powell
Margaret
Waukesha
Wis
Hales Corners
Powell
Five College Students Die In Plane Crash
Five Fresno State College students were killed in a private plane crash in Portland Oregon. They were returning home after attending a football game between Fresno State and the University of Portland. The wreckage sprawled across the hillside with school pennants and paraphernalia nearby.
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Portland
Ore
Fresno
Cal
State College
Portland Hills
California
University of Portland
Japs Start Fast to Seek War Prisoner Release
In Tokyo an estimated 100 Japanese began a fast on the steps of a Buddhist temple to press the Russians to repatriate about 500000 Nipponese war prisoners still held. A parade of 1500 men and women followed with placards reading send back our fathers and husbands.
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Tokyo
Captain Yeager At Controls Of X-1 In Record Flight
Captain Charles Yeager of Hamlin West Virginia led test flights of the rocket powered X-1 from Wright Patterson Air Base He and about four others flew the plane which reportedly surpassed the speed of sound Secretary Symington announced speeds between 763 and 1000 miles per hour The X-1 is carried aloft under a B 29 and has fuel for about two plus minutes at top speed The original design aimed for 1107 miles per hour at 40000 feet and 1700 miles per hour at 80000 feet There are two X 1 planes known one operated by the Air Force and the other by NACA
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Charles Yeager
Hamlin
W. Va
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Muroc
Cal
Symington
Flying Research Laboratory
The
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National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Reign Of Terror Reported In Albania Over Tito Split
Belgrade reports allege Albania’s split from Tito has unleashed a reign of terror with orders to shoot pro Yugoslav sympathizers. Montenegro’s Pobeda cites Albanian fleeings of officers and militia, as Albania aligns with Cominform and cuts land links to other satellites.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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Montenegroin Peoples Front
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Montenegro
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Journal of Commerce Late Press Run Attracts Union Sympathy
Top Journal of Commerce executives operated the presses through the night after the regular crew stayed off shift. The 13 hour late run came as nine printers refused to work amid alleged threats to their families, with broader labor sympathy for 82 idle workers from the AFL International Typographical Union and International Printing Pressmen's union.
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NEW York
Journal of Commerce
Financial
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ALF International Typographical Union
One Air Force For U S Urged By AFA
The Air Force Association urged a single air force to cover national aviation duties. It criticized a Navy plan for a strategic bombing program using super-carriers as waste and said the 1947 National Security Act is saturated with waste.
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New York
The
Air Force Association
AFA
Fire Damages Garage Adjoining Cincinnati Funeral Home
A fire at a garage attached to Charles A. Miller and Sons funeral home in Cincinnati caused about $25,000 in damage. Fire Marshall Robert Williams says the blaze likely started in a wooden shed beside the garage.
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Cincinnati
Charles A. Miller and Sons
Robert Willams
Truman's Name Can Be Listed In Louisiana
President Truman supporters in Louisiana have nine days to file with the secretary of state to place his name on the general election ballot without designating him as a Democrat. A new bill allows an easy restoration method with conditions that satisfy states' rights Democrats and frustrate pro Truman party members.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
Mr. Truman
State Central Committee
Thurmond
Wright
Truman Seeks Safety Plan In Industry
President Truman urged a long term cooperative program to cut industrial accidents at the opening of the President's conference on industrial safety. He cited sixteen to eighteen thousand deaths and ninety thousand cripplings annually and said preserving workers and their families is essential for national production and obligations.
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Washington
Truman
Conference On Industrial Safety
Lausche Urges All To Register For Vote
Former Gov. Frank Lausche urged all voters to register at a Young Democrats rally in Cleveland. He said turnout is crucial even if his candidate loses, because a strong vote benefits the nation and the majority is fundamentally good.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Lausche
Western College for Women launches $3 million centennial fund
Oxford Ohio AP reports Western College for Women starts a $3 million fundraising drive to grow its endowment and boost faculty salaries. The $2 million segment marks the opening of the centennial celebration planned for 1953.
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Western College For Women Today
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Talks Collapse
Secret talks with Russia over Berlin have fully collapsed, pushing the Cold War to a new explosive phase. The State Department denounced Soviet bad faith and released a 3,000 word note alongside a 24,000 word record. The blockades remain a focal issue before the UN Security Council in Paris, with fears of incidents and possible open conflict.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Britain
France
United Nations Security Council
Kremlin
State Department
Stalin
Security Council
Paris
Swiss Refuse Schach Asylum in Zurich
Switzerland denies asylum to former German Finance Minister Hjalmar Schach after he inquired about settlement. A German appeals court recently acquitted him of Nazi offense.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hjalmar Schach
Foreign Ministry
Schach
Move May Wreck UN Bevin Says In Assembly Talk
Paris AP British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin warned in parliamentary debate that the Western powers move on the Berlin crisis could wreck the United Nations. He voiced fear the action might undermine the new world body and hinder international cooperation.
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United States
Britain
Bevin
Paris
Security Council
Ernest Bevin
United Nations
World Organization
Bevin urges fast UN action on Bernadotte plan
Bevin urged speedy UN action on Count Folke Bernadotte’s Palestine recommendations. He backed an Arab Jew peace settlement offered by the mediator in Britain’s General Assembly policy address. A US poll indicated broad delegations’ support for the Bernadotte plan and its key issues.
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Death of Ohio Man Will Be Probed
A Navy board of inquiry will investigate the death of Clyde S. Ammon 20 of Massillon Ohio an enlisted Navy man reported killed when pinned beneath an overturned gasoline truck at Boca Chica Field near Key West Florida The next of kin is his mother Mrs Lotis Ammon
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Clyde S. Ammon
Lotis Ammon
Massillon
O. Ammon
Boca Chica Field
Israel Says Fighter Downed Arab Plane Killing Reporters
Israeli government confirms a fighter shot down an Arab plane after it ignored a warning. Two British correspondents from the London Daily Telegraph and BBC, David Woodford and John Nixon, were killed when the aircraft crashed in flames. Officials say Arab planes have flown over Jewish lines near Safad for weeks. There is also an unconfirmed rumor of a threat against Premier Ben-Gurion.
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Israel
David Woodford
London Daily Telegraph
John Nixon
BBC
Safad
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Driver, 27, Unharmed After Martinsburg Taxicab Crash
Mount Vernon Ohio AP report says 19 year old Jerry D Kearns of Martinsburg was killed when a taxicab failed to make a curve and hit an embankment southeast of Mount Vernon. The cab driver Robert Sturgeon 27 of Mount Vernon was not hurt. Kearns was thrown from the cab and struck a tree.
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Mount Vernon
Jerry D. Kearns
Martinsburg
Here
Kearns
Robert Sturgeon
Spy Confession Promises Focus on Atomic Espionage Report
The House Un American Activities Committee says a one time spy’s confession will highlight a forthcoming congressional report on efforts to steal America’s atomic secrets. The inquiry into an alleged Russian spy ring spans three months and the document should be released this week. A committee source identifies the confessed witness as a principal in the espionage case.
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Washington
America
House Un-American Activities Committee
Bevin Appeals for Open World Light in UN Speech
British Prime Minister Bevin urged the world to open up to knowledge as he spoke to the Security Council. The Allies pressed unity in Berlin resisting Soviet actions while warning of potential veto or walkout and insisting on keeping four power status in the city.
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Security Council
West
Russia
Berlin
Bevin
U. S
Marshall
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
Vishinsky
Three Arrested On Indictments In Meat Probe
In Lancaster Ohio three people were arrested on indictments from a grand jury probe into gambling and meat thefts. Mrs Anna Bauer wife of police Captain Lawrence Bauer posted bond along with James Shirey and Perry Wilkinson who faced charges of buying and receiving stolen property. The probe tied meat thefts to a broader case involving 27 indicted individuals and Swift and Company workers in Columbus.
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Lancaster
Anna Bauer
Lawrence Bauer
Orphan Annie
James Shirey
Perry Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Shirey
Bauer
John L. Johnson
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Swift and Company
Columbus
Fairfield Grand Jury
Last Rites Held for Count Folke Bernadotte
Funeral services were conducted in Gustav Vasa church in Stockholm for Count Folke Bernadotte the UN mediator for Palestine. Attending were King Gustaf V diplomats and UN representatives, marking a high level international tribute.
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Folke Bernardotte
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Gustaf V
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