Greeks Strike From Vitsi Heights in First Commando Action
Newly trained Greek commandos seized Mount Vitsi and Mount Mankovitsi from guerrillas in the Vitsi triangle. Government reports list four Greek dead and 21 wounded, 61 rebels killed and 19 captured. Secretary Marshall toured Europe en route to the UN.
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Associated Press
Athens
Markos Vafiades
Free Greece
Mount Vitsi
Mount
Mankovitsi
Vitsi
Kastoria
U. S
State Marshall
Rome
Overtime Pay Scale Enforcement Starts
The Wage and Hour Administration begins enforcing the Supreme Court ruling on overtime for workers in shift premium cases. Regulations require that special night weekend premiums be included in the base rate for overtime calculations, potentially affecting back pay in the longshore case and similar agreements across industries. AFL President William Green urged members not to exploit the ruling to avoid undermining the wage hour law.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Wage and Hour Administration
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
William R. McComb
Justice Department
Lonyshore
AFL
William Green
Green
Second Daughter Born To Veronica Lake
The film actress Veronica Lake gave birth to a six pound four ounce girl Saturday night at Good Samaritan hospital. The baby’s father is director Andre De Toth. Lake and De Toth also have a son, Michael, nearly three. Lake has another daughter, Elaine, seven, by former husband John Detlie.
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Hollywood
Veronica Lake
Good Samaritan Hospital
Andre de Toth
Michael
Miss Lake
Elaine
John Detlie
Kansas voters face repeal of 68 year old prohibition
Nine states including Kansas will decide November 2 on liquor questions under a constitutional amendment allowing government regulation licensing and taxation of liquor. Randolph J Carpenter the Democratic gubernatorial candidate attacks prohibition as a dismal failure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas
Arkansas
California
Colorado
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Randolph J .Carpenter
Four Die As Air Force Transport Crashes Near Clinton
A crippled Air Force C-82 transport crash landed in a ravine near Clinton Louisiana injuring 29 artillery officers and 4 crew members among 33 aboard. The lead plane from Biggs Field El Paso was en route to operations at Eglin Field Florida. Survivors blamed a ground rise that crumpled the left wing tip into the fuselage.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Here
Biggs Field
el Paso
Tex
Combine II
Eglin Field
Fla
Fort Bliss
Fort Sill
Oklo
Air Force
Wallace Presses Third Party Fight as Union Rift Grows
Henry Wallace shifts 1952 campaign to Pittsburgh while urging continued fight for the Progressive Party. He speaks in Detroit and Flint insisting he will not quit and that the party will endure despite CIO UAW opposition. United Auto Workers rejects a Wallace third party and vows a new party after election.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Henry Wallace
Pittsburgh
Progressive Party
Wallace
Flint
Mich
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Detroit Music Hall
Anti- Reuther
UAW
Explosion Kills One at Melvindale Gas Station
DETROIT An explosion at a Mich gan Consolidated Gas Co compressor station in Melvindale early today killed W A Blascak 26 Allen Park and injured four other employees. Company official Lawrence K Richey put damage at 250000 to 500000, with windows shattered in a two mile radius and Melvindale’s business district left in ruins.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
Melvindale
Lawrence K. Richey
W. A. Blascak
Allen Park
Area Men Enlist in Army
Three area men enlisted in the army for three years. Capt. R. Bruns, commanding officer at the Beckley Recruiting Station, announced the names Armon L. Weikte 20 of Sarton James F. Plumtey 21 of Oak Hill Silas L. Honaker 21 of Caldwell and William E. Carder 35.
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Army
R. Bruns
Tl. Beckley
Armon L. Weikte
Lot Sarton
James F. Plumtey
Oak Hill
Silas L. Honaker
Lot Caldwell
William E. Car ‘der
Three Airlift Fliers Die In Frankfurt Crash
A C-54 Berlin airlift aircraft crashed near Frankfurt Neu-Isenburg today killing its three American crewmen. The four engine plane was returning from Berlin to reload food and coal for the blockaded city. Wreckage spread for yards as authorities investigated no immediate cause given.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Neu-Isenburg
Rhine-Main
Seasonal Lows Sweep Midwest
Chicago reports sub freezing readings as a premature winter blast pushes south to Nashville and Texas. Nashville sees 29 degrees while Minneapolis 35 and Bismarck 39. Snow covers Lake Michigan shorelines with up to three inches in Sault Ste Marie and Traverse City. warmer air to reach plains and Chicago later today.
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Chicago
Mercury
Atlantic Coast
Nashville
Tens
Texas
Minneapolis
Minn
Bismarck
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Lake Michigan
Lake Elie
South Bend
Ind
Cleveland
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Traverse City
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
Plains
Action Promised in Siegel Case New York Amnesia Incident
Senator Robert F Wagner suffered temporary amnesia after vanishing from his son’s Long Island estate and being found at a Manhattan restaurant. Doctors reported no lasting harm. Beverly Hills police say developments may unfold in the Sugsy Siegel murder inquiry as authorities pursue the suspects.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
D-Ny
Long Island
William C. Carhardt
Manhattan
Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Calif
Starling
Sugsy Siegel
Clinton H. Anderson
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Eee
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Saber
Crosby
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Colin McLuckey
Mgr
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S. Fayette St
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Siegel Carhardt
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IHG
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Aetet
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Bahall Motor Sales
Third Ave
Beckley, W. Va
A. B.C. Motors
Mullens, W. Va
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Fayetteville, W. Va
Taylor Motor
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
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Waterville, W. Va
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