Library Unit Fights Wave Of Book Bans
New York area report on the drive led by the American Library Association to curb book bans in schools and libraries. 26 state committees on intellectual freedom formed since April. cases span from California to New York City where The Nation is barred from schools and loyalty probes arise in Los Angeles. Birmingham also bans Scholastic Magazine over a brotherhood issue and Civil Rights article.
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New York
American Library Association
ALA
David K. Berninghausen
Woraman
Cooper Union
Berninghausen
California
Building America
New York City
the Nation
National Education Association
Los Angeles
Truman
Berlin Berlin Crisis Signals End of Allied Kommandatura
Berlin from page one notes forecasts lack official confirmation while a blunt Soviet claim that Allied Kommandatura no longer exists ends four power rule. Lucius D. Clay says conditions in Germany are serious as three options for Allies emerge: a three power Kommandatura for the west, maintain the current arrangement, or form an informal West Berlin government with German officials.
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Lucius D. Clay
Ino
Frankfurt
Germany
West Berlin
Nationwide Strikes Start in Italy Shake Labor World
Italy braces for a nationwide strike wave called by the Communist controlled General Confederation of Labor. Six million workers in metal, chemical, mining, petroleum, printing, publishing, building and coal will halt operations. Theater and film workers quit 12 noon to 3 PM and transit stops 5 PM to midnight. Public utilities to remain unaffected. More nationwide strikes expected.
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Italy
General Confederation of Labor
Siker Public
Calteii
Tucker Strike Threat Ties Up Tucker Car Production
Tucker faces a week of walkouts and a potential halt as the CGIL calls for timed strikes. The company reports one car per day and warns SEC actions may stop mass production at its Chicago area facility and a Detroit supplier plant.
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Chicago
Securi
CGIL
Tles and Exchange Commission
Tucker
Detroit
Associated Press
SEC
Tyby
Austine
Chainereing Anil
Commission
Arabs Reject Bernadotte Peace Proposals In Cairo
In Cairo a police official said Bernadotte would visit to salvage peace plans as Arabs threaten rejection after leaders declined to send reps to Rhodes. An Arab League informant said the league will spurn the mediator with a committee drafting a reply. Bernadotte arrived in Jerusalem to discuss food allotments, while Moshe Shertok met civic leaders. Archbishop Gustave Testa inspected Holy City buildings to assess siege damage. The nationalist press claimed Bernadotte proposed linking Arab Palestine with Trans-Jordan and accepting Israel as a Jewish state.
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Bernadotte
Palestine
Arab League
Rhodes
United Nations Palestine
Jerusalem
Moshe Shertok
Gustava Testa
Vatican
Holy City
League
al Misri
Yugoslavs Rally Behind Tito Amid Cominform Row
The Communist Central Committee of Slovenia and Belgrade broadcasts defend Tito as protests flare in Albania. Borba accuses Bulgarian Communists of unprincipled methods while Trieste papers note mass demonstrations in the Yugoslav zone and across Yugoslavia for Tito and against the Cominform.
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Communist Central Committee of
Slovenia
Tito
Belgrade
London
Albania
Belgrane
Borba
Cominform
Trieste
Free
Yugoslavia
Vandenberg Eaton Consulted on Berlin Crisis
Secretary of State announced the State Department is consulting with Congressional leaders and conferring with Britain and France on the Russian blockade of Berlin. Policy decisions are being shaped with Senators Vandenberg and Eaton, Republicans from Michigan and North Dakota, respectively.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
France
Berlin
Secretary of State
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eaton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Yugoslavia Appeals Directly to Stalin Over Tito Claims
Yugoslavia filed telegrams to Soviet leader Stalin denying the Cominform charges against Premier Tito and his aides. About 13,000 party members urged Moscow to reveal the truth and maintain durable friendship with Russia while declaring loyalty to Tito. In London officials described Western drafting of a Berlin protest to Russia as tough yet short of an ultimatum. In Bucharest Cominform bulletin coverage sparked emergency talks among the United States Britain and France on how to respond while avoiding an ultimatum.
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Yugoslavia
Stalin
Russia
Central Committee
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito London
Berlin
Bucharest
Romania
Indi
United States
Great Britain
France
Tbey
Songwriters Sue for One Million for Manana Infringement
Sue and McClintock seek an injunction to stop Peggy Lee and others from singing Manana alleging note for note copying of their 1922 song Midnight on the Ocean. They demand royalties of at least one million dollars and claim copyright infringement by Lee Barbour Capitol Songs RCA and several recording firms.
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Los Angeles
Sterling Sherwin
Harry K. McClintock
Manana
Peggy Lee
Dave Barbour
Capitol Songs, Inc
Radio Corporation of America
Sherwin and McClintock
Miss Lee
Pensions Up For Veterans Dependent Widows and Children
Washington D C widows, children and dependent parents of veterans who died in service become eligible for pension boosts totaling over 30 million dollars annually. President Truman signed the measure into law. The new benefits raise widow payments, vary by number of children, and specify higher amounts for wartime deaths versus peacetime cases. The changes affect dependents of regular military personnel as well as those of veterans who died from service-related disabilities.
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Washington (P
Truman
Supervisors Named For Playgrounds In Auburn
Mrs Betty Jewett and Edwin Blair named supervisors of girls and boys activities at Auburn playgrounds that opened yesterday. Blair serves as the playgrounds’ physical director at West High School. Jewett, a Russell Sage College graduate, worked on the playgrounds last year.
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Auburn
Betty Jewett
Edwin Blair
Me. Blate
Hove
West High School
Strikers Return After Waterfront Strike Ends
Twelve Ura jsand tug and lighter workers and several hundred stevedores returned to their jobs today. The waterfront strike, which had tied up shipping for three days, ended with pay increases won by the workers.
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Ura Jsand
Cominform Attacks Tito Regime Across Yugoslavia
Cominform blasted Yugoslav leaders including Premier Marshal Tito and the Belgrade government. It accuses them of hateful policy toward Russia and deviating from Marxist Leninist lines. Romanian Communists joined the assault, with George Gheorgiu-Dej accusing Yugoslav leaders of self-praise and downplaying Moscow's role in liberation.
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Belgrade
Bucharest
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Russia
Yugosslavia
Tito
George Gheorgiu-Dej
Romanian Workers Party
Air Lift Beats Soviet Blockade Says Berlin Officials
American officials reported the Western air lift is overcoming the Soviet blockade with July 25 target to bolster food stocks for 2,000,000 Germans through September. They said enough airborne rations will cover a month in Berlin, creating about six weeks of supply for the western sectors. The note also mentions Ecuador as the lone South American country cut by the equator across its Pacific coast.
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Berlin
White House Renews Rail Peace Move
The White House resumes efforts to settle the railroad wage dispute. Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman meets union leaders and will conference with management, with a possible Army settlement if talks fail. Justice Goldsborough orders no strike, keeping 190000 workers on the job while negotiations continue. Royall testifies he has final authority to set wages under the May 10 railroad seizure order.
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Washington U
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Army
T. Alan
Georgia Backs Eisenhower and Russell for 1948 ticket
Georgia Democrats surprised the nation by openly backing Dwight Eisenhower for President and Richard Russell for Vice President. The state convention urged Truman’s withdrawal to avoid national chaos and urged Georgia delegates to shift to Russell if Eisenhower declines a draft.
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Macon
Georgia
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Russell
Truman
Democratic Party
Svorgia
Russell
Fasenhower
Courts soon to act on illicit horse meat dealers
Dr. Berwyn F. Mattison Erie County health commissioner said courts would act soon against dealers selling illicit horse meat. The statement was made in Buffalo. Authorities pledged swift legal action to curb the practice amid public health concerns.
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Buffalo
Berwyn F. Mattison
Erie County
Two Firms Raise Prices on Home Appliances and Parts
Westinghouse Electric Corp raises prices on its electric home appliances by 5.3 to 7.1 percent. General Motors Corp increases prices on some replacement parts by about 5.9 percent after item level cost study. Jet flight delay delays first Royal Air Force jet transatlantic flight en route to Montreal New York with stops at Iceland Greenland and Labrador.
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Mansfield
D.up
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Stornoway
Scotland
Royal Air Force
Atlantic
Montreal
New York
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Slayer Executed in Sing Sing for Mineola Child Murder
Anthony Papa known as a child slayer died in the electric chair at Sing Sing last night. Convicted of first degree murder for slashing to death Rose Marie Fusco, aged 6, in her Mineola home the previous April.
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Ossining
Anthony Papa
Sing Sing Prison
Rose Marie Fusco
Mineola
Greek Guerrilla Casualties Reported in Northwest Greece
Athens dispatch reports the Greek army says guerrillas have suffered 1,020 casualties out of a 7,000 fighting force since the offensive began June 20 in northwest Greece.
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Athens
Greece
Fune 20
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Ycen
Myron Melvin Cowen
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Mational Distillers Products Corp
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