US strips Soviet consul general in New York
The United States removes the Soviet consul general in New York from his post over his conduct in the Kosenkina affair and demands his expulsion from the United States. The move follows a confrontation in the refugee teachers dispute as the U S presents an American note to the Soviet Embassy rejecting Soviet charges about the teachers, including Mrs.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
New York
Kosenkina
Russia
Department
U. S
Jacob M. Lomakin
State Department
State accuses Lomakin in Kosenkina case
The United States, rejecting Soviet charges, demands Lomakin leave the United States within a reasonable time. It notes Lomakin misled U S authorities and blocked police interviews while asserting Mrs Kosenkina was kidnapped and later jumped from the Soviet consulate window to avoid repatriation.
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State Department
Truman
Lomakin
United States
Marshall
Robert Lovett
Department of State
Lovett
U N Warns Jews Arabs to Avoid Truce Violations
United Nations Security Council urged both Arabs and Jews to prevent further Palestine truce violations. The warning followed fears by mediator Count Folke Bernadotte that Jerusalem tensions were escalating. The resolution, advanced by the United States Britain France and Canada, passed with several abstentions and no votes against.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine
Count Folke Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Security Council
Paris
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Britain
France
Canada
Russia
Ukraine
Syria
Colombia
Forrestal to Confer With Defense Chiefs
Secretary of Defense Forrestal will convene with the joint chiefs of staff at the Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island starting late today through Sunday. The meeting mirrors the Key West pattern and aims to discuss policy questions away from Washington pressures. Forrestal will report on talks with Canada’s Defense Minister and other officials in Ottawa.
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Newport
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Fla
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Defense
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Ottawa
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Vandenberg
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Mass
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Westover
U S Puts Brakes on Free Wheeling Credit
Washington imposes new rules to stiffen easy payment loans for items from fifty to five thousand dollars. Effective September 20, the measure led to mixed reactions among consumers and business leaders. Banks and loan companies foresee reduced borrowing and shorter payment plans, with penalties and Fed oversight to curb credit expansion.
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Sterlin F. Green
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Beckley
Author Says He Saved Samarine From Russians
Victor A. Kravchenko, author of I Chose Freedom, says he saved Russian schoolteacher Mikhail Samarine from Soviet authorities. He claims to have spirited Samarine from a New Jersey farm on August 8 and arranged protection with the House Committee on American Activities, with FBI contact and a subpoena later issued for Samarine. Kravchenko says Samarine dislikes politics and wants to teach in an American college.
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Mikhail Samarine
Kravchenko
Samarino
New Jersey
House on-American Activities Committee
Oksana Kosenkina
New York State
Yes Kravchenko
Samarine
New York City
FBI
House Committee
Smith Followers Forming Party in St Louis Convention
Followers of Gerald L. Smith gather in St Louis to form a new political party and nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Opening sessions begin tonight at Kiel Auditorium with speakers Phil W. Davis Jr of Tulsa and Don Lohbeck of St Louis, editor of The Cross and the Flag.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Gerald L. K. Smith
Kiel Auditorium
Smith
Christian Nationalist Crusade
Phil W. Davis, Jr
Tulsa
Don Lohbeck
Lohbeck
Cross
Stalin Orders Yugoslav Coup, Names Tito Successor
London Evening News reports Stalin has ordered a coup in Yugoslavia and chosen a successor to Marshal Tito. The undated dispatch cites no sources and carries no attribution beyond the paper’s diplomatic correspondent.
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Associated Press
London
London Evening News
Yugoslavia
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Evening News
Fact-Finding Board Says East Coast Dock Strike Imminent
A presidential fact finding board told President Truman a 45 000 member east coast dock workers strike is imminent. The report supports possible use of the Taft Hartley act cooling off for 80 days as the 40 hour work week overtime dispute remains unresolved. The 1947 case involves AFL ILAs and New York Shipping Association across Atlantic ports from Hampton Roads to Portland with current day rate 1 75 hourly and overtime at 2625 to 3035 hourly.
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Washington
Truman
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
New York Shipping Association
Volved
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Portland
Supreme Court
Red Army and German PoliceRaid in Berlin Blockade Zone
Russian military police and German Communist police raided the American sector of blocked Berlin seizing five German police units tied to U S forces. Earlier they raided Potsdamer Platz arresting about 60 Germans with no violence. In total about 66 in custody.}
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Associated Press
Berlin
U. S
Zonal
M. P
Potsdamer Plats
Five Germans Hurt in Skirmish With Russian-Controlled Police
Berlin reported fighting near Potsdamer Platz as Soviet controlled police clashed with about 600 Germans over trading in the black market. Five hours after the clash the area remained active with police from British American and Russian sectors present. One fatality could not be confirmed and the incident raised fears of further clashes between rival police factions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Potsdamer Platz
New Agency
Western Envoys Hold Conference in Moscow
Western power diplomatic envoys met at the French Embassy in Moscow at noon in a preliminary session likely preluding another East West conference at the Kremlin perhaps this afternoon. U S Ambassador Walter B Smith and British envoy Frank Roberts conferred in the morning at the American Embassy before visiting French Ambassador Yves Chataigneau.
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U. S
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Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Imperative Call for Missing Spy Witness Peters
Rep Nixon presses the Immigration Service to produce missing witness J Peters for the House Un American Activities Committee hearings. An admitted former Communist testified Peters headed the U S Red underground, and Peters is reportedly under deportation action worth under 5000 dollars. The story also covers Soviet replies to protests over refugee teachers in New York and various Hiss and Chambers allegations.
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Okesana
Kosenkina
Sitll
Ica
Sviet
New York
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Samarine
House Committee
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
George Crosley
Crosley
Senate Munitions Investigating Committee
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
House
Republicans May Propose Labor Law Changes Amid Debate
Democratic pressure over Taft Hartley spurs talk of GOP revisions. Dewey signals openness to corrections without abandoning core principles. McGrath accuses Dewey of dodging reform and hints GOP platform favors study to improve labor management laws. Truman comments on NLRB ruling affecting Great Lakes hiring halls.
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Dewey
Salt Lake City
J. Howard McGrath
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Albany
McGrrath
Martin
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National Labor Relations Board
CLO Maritime
Great Lakes
Eight Seriously Hurt in Bus Crash Near Charlestown
A Greyhound bus left the highway near Charlestown Maryland and tipped onto its side injuring eight seriously and wounding fourteen others. The Associated Press reports the crash occurred early today as responders rushed to assist passengers and assess injuries.
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Elkton, MD
Greyhound
Charlestown
Truman orders selective service questionnaires mailed by Sept seven
President Truman ordered selective service to begin mailing classification questionnaires to single non veteran registrants by September 7 as part of a 30 page regulation set for the peacetime draft. Deferments are outlined for dependents veterans farm workers conscientious objectors and other classes. Questionnaires go to oldest first by birth date with a 10 day return and begin September 30 for remaining registrants. Registration runs Aug 30 to Sept 17 for younger men. first inductees likely to be about 15 000 next week with initial uniformed service by November.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Selective Service Boards
Army
Reds Seek Control Wallace Party Struggle Told
The Baltimore Sun reports a former Wallace for President leader says a struggle roils the Progressive Party. Rexford Tugwell, ex Puerto Rico governor and Platform Committee chairman, hopes the party’s program and organization will evolve to attract old fashioned American progressives. The Washington dispatch by Howard Norton notes Tugwell’s quoted remarks.
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Progressive Party
Rexford Guy Tugwell
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Platform Committee
Philadelphia
Washington
Howard Norton
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Weather Fragments From Bellepoint Area Report
Readable fragments describe temperatures around Bellepoint with references to Greenbrier New River and Glade Creek. Mention yesterday’s high and low, 11 am readings, and several coded station notes. Data appears incomplete but indicates a regional weather bulletin.
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