Russians Postpone German Elections in Their Zone
Marshal Sokolovsky announced Germans in the Soviet zone will not hold community elections this fall and the vote will be delayed one year. The move, opposed by non Communist parties, signals the first election postponement by a occupying power in postwar Germany and follows Soviet efforts to stabilize the region amid food shortages and party purges.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Wassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Socialist Unity Party
Roosevelt unions as fascist mode of government per Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues Roosevelt’s unionism was fascist in character, noting the NRA’s collapse after the Supreme Court ruling and alleging corruption, coercion, and parasitic taxation by unions. He claims Truman continued Roosevelt’s approach for political reasons, leading to Taft Hartley and broader labor tension.
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New York
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Supreme Court
NRA
Hugh Johnson
Congress
Truman
Tru
United Nations asks for 1949 budget of 33 million at Lake Success
Secretary-General Trygve Lie asks for 33,469,587 to operate the UN in 1949, about a million below 1948. The plan includes staff rise to 2936, with major costs in Lake Success operations, meetings in Geneva, and reductions from relocating the assembly from Lake Success.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Arizona
Idaho
Rhode Island
Vermont
Lie
General Assembly
Paris
Assembly
United States
Greece
Korea
Geneva
Four Die When Auto Hits Pole Near Mobile
Mobile Aug 24 Four occupants of an automobile including the driver were killed instantly when the car left the highway and struck a power line pole near here. A fifth person escaped unharmed. Names given include John Otis Barnes Jr and Mrs Barnes of Mobile John Travis White 20 of Mobile Virgil G Rawlins 51 the driver a Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad employee from Chicago George Thames 24 of Mobile under observation at City Hospital. The car traveled at a very high speed zigzagged crossed a highway embankment and smashed into the pole after 725 feet.
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Mobile
Ala
Here
John Otis Barnes
John Travis White
Virgil G. Rawlins
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
George Thames
City Hospital
A. D. Lambert
Campaign to oust Tito gains momentum in Europe
Washington reports Russia and eastern European satellites intensify attacks on Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia regime. Italian and French party leaders align with Moscow condemning Tito as a traitor while Yugoslavia hosts the Danube conference. Officials see no troop intervention but warn of UN involvement if force is used.
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Washington
Russia
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Europe
Italy
France
Moscow
Belgrade
West
United Nations
U. N
Security Council
Dixiecrats Claim 1000 Signatures For Thurmond Wright Ticket
Robert G. Chandler, co chair of the Louisiana states rights committee, says 1000 independent voter signatures are gathered to place Thurmond Wright on the ballot. He will deliver petitions from 387 Caddo and Bossier parish independents in New Orleans.
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Shreveport
Robert G. Chandler
Louisiana States’ Rights Executive Committee
Thurmond- Wright
New Orleans
Caddo and
Bossier Parish
Senate race grows hotter in Louisiana contest
The Kennon Long U S senate race heats as candidates Trade barbs in a week left. Kennon mockingly urged voters not to elect governor and senator from the same family and accused Gov Long of influencing voters and harming workers. Long attacked Kennon as pursuing the race on state administration and pledged federal funds for a new Mississippi River bridge and Lake Pontchartrain causeway. Gerth and Domengeaux also contend for Ellender seat amid pressure to quit.
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Associated Press
United States Senate
Robert F. Kennon
New Orleans
United States
Kennon
Egypt
Young Long
Jimmie Davis
Long
Senate
Mississippi River
Lake Pontchartrain
Orleans
St. Tammany Parish
Charles S. Gerth
James Domengeaux
Allen J. Ellender
Gerth
Radio ambulances to operate free for charity hospitals
The state will order ten radio equipped ambulances to provide free service to charity hospitals. Vehicles will be stationed at New Orleans Shreveport Lafayette Independence Bogalusa Monroe and Alexandria hospitals and linked to the state police wavelength for quick emergency summons. Estimated cost is about 2600 dollars each.
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Baton Rouge
A. R. Johnson
State Hospital Board
New Orleans
Shreveport
Lafayette
Independence
Bogalusa
Monroe
Alexandria
Johnson
Four U S fliers killed in Berlin supply run crash
Two American C 47 transports collided near Ravotzhhausen Germany while returning from Berlin to Wiesbaden after delivering supplies to blockaded Berlin. Four fliers died, five previously killed in related crashes on the same airlift. Eyewitness reports describe midair impact and wreckage scattered across cornfields near the German village 14 miles northeast of Frankfurt.
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Ravotzhausen
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
Air Force
60Th
Templehof
Wies
Oak Hill estate to be auctioned in Leesburg Va
Oak Hill estate once home of President James Monroe is set for auction. U S deputy marshals took possession from 70 year owner Frank Littleton after he blocked foreclosure and a pistol faced sheriff’s deputies during an inspection. Court order directs federal seizure for bankruptcy proceedings.
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Leesburg
Oak Hill
James Monroe
U. S
Frank C. Littleton
Loudoun County
S. P. Alexander
Littleton
New York
Stern gang charged with abducting American in Jerusalem
The U S consul general protested to the Jewish governor of Jerusalem after Stern gang members abducted and mistreated George F Paro a consulate confidential clerk He was held for seven hours cuffed blindfolded and questioned before release and nine more hours by Israeli military police The incident prompted a state department protest and a formal note to Dr Bernard Joseph the military governor in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
U. S
John J. MacDonald
George F. Paro
Paro
Palestine
Granville
N. Y
MacDonald
State Department
Bernard Joseph
Stern
State of
Israel
Record Wildlife Conservation Fund Hit New High
The Interior Department set aside a record 10,780,520 for federal wildlife conservation aid to states before July 1. The fund, sourced from an 11 percent tax on sporting arms and ammunition, exceeds the previous high by 2,500. States must add 3,593,540 to claim their 19 nine fiscal year allotments. Arkansas 130,247 Louisiana 161,963 Mississippi 166,284.
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Washington
Interior Department
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Political battle lines form over seven border states
Washington dispatch says Republicans target Missouri Kentucky Maryland New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee West Virginia to swing electoral votes and potentially decide control of the Senate. Dewey’s campaign plans an intense push in Tennessee with Carroll Reece running for the Senate as Brownell predicts tight state contests influence overall victory. Senator Tydings of Maryland cautious about early sentiment while campaigning for Truman Barkley.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Republican High Command
Maryland
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennessee
West Virginia
New York
Mr. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Carroll Reece
Dewey
Warren
Tydings
D-Md
Truman-Barkley
Hatch
N. M
Democratic
Midnight Fire Destroys Highland Cotton Gin in Louisiana
A midnight blaze destroyed the Continental galvanized gin on Highland plantation, six miles north of Lake Providence Louisiana. Volunteers extended a hose from Lake Providence and saved nearby structures. the gin owner had just installed a diesel engine after removing an electric motor. No cotton can be ginned locally for the current season.
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Lake Providence
Highland Plantation
Keeler Howard
Digby to Hear Gulf Oil Allowables Request
Conservation Commissioner S. L. Digby was to hold a hearing in Baton Rouge to set oil allowables for Gulf of Mexico wells. Operators seek higher allowables due to increased drilling and operating costs. Digby noted 17 new fields discovered this year, including three offshore, just two fewer than last year.
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Baton Rouge
S. L. Digby
Gulf of Mexico
Digby
Gulf
Drake University Bulldog Bites Six-Year-Old Girl
Six-year-old Paula Jo Robinson is hospitalized after severe bites to the forehead scalp right leg and both forearms from Drake University's bulldog mascot "Butch" at Des Moines. The dog is under observation pending rabies testing.
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Des Moines
Paula Jo Robinson
Drake University
Butch
Allies Envoys Reach General Agreement In Moscow Talks
Western envoys and Russia near a general agreement after four hours and forty minutes of talks climaxed by a Kremlin interview with Prime Minister Stalin. Eddy Gilmore reports from Moscow on the August 24 developments.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Whitehall
London
Hiss Chambers Open Confrontation Set for Tomorrow
Congressional spy probes questioned a maid and three officials from Cherner Company along with Louis Budenz, former Communist leader, as Hiss and Chambers prepare for a highly anticipated public confrontation. Budenz and the maid provided useful information while Cherner and others offered less help.
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Washington
Congressional
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Committee
Joseph Cherner
Sam Menshh
Henry Gertler
Cherner
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Fordham University
New York
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Budenz
George Crosley
Crosley
Carl
Menshh
Daily Worker
Hiss-Chambers
Nixon
California
Russian teacher to be interviewed in New York
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, a 52 year old teacher, received 13 questions from reporters about her Soviet consulate ordeal and her leap from a third floor window. Roosevelt Hospital officials said she would answer later, with hospital spokesmen suggesting more than four reporters might be admitted for the interview.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Royal Trio to Tour Britain and Overseas
Buckingham Palace announced King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret will tour New Zealand in March as part of a six month royal tour of Australia and related regions. They depart Britain January 27 aboard the Vanguard and return via the Cape of Good Hope after visiting New Zealand and Australia. Princess Margaret will accompany her parents amid rumors of a potential betrothal with the Marquess of Blanford.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
New Zealand
Buckingham Palace
Dominion
Australia
Britain
Devonport
Vanguard
South Africa
Panama Canal
Colon
Balboa
Wellington
Sydney
Cape of Good Hope
Capetown
Marquess of Blanford
Marlborough
Winston Churchill
Balmoral
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U.N
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Judy
Peter
Thomas Headen
Headen
Potsdamer Platz
Kennon and Long
Stern Gang
E. Carroll
Midnight Blaze
Highland
Gulf Oil
Royal Trio
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