They Know What Freedom Means Thelen Family Find Home
Saarbrucken natives Mr. and Mrs. Anton Thelen arrive in Canton after 11 months of perilous escape. They seek work and a self built home in a free country, aided by sister in law Johanna Leiberg and neighbor Virgil Pickens who sent 120 food packages since 1945.
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Anton Thelan
Canton
Saarbrucken
France
Thelan
Johanna Leiberg
Virgil L. Pickens
Norwood
New York
Thelen
Mr. Thelan
Thelens
Mr. Pickens
Mr. Thelen
Anton Thelen
Mrs. Leiberg
Norwood Pf NW
Taylor Quits Progressive Party in Idaho Senate Pivotal Move
Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho ends his affiliation with Henry Wallace's Progressive party after the 1948 campaign. He may seek re election in 1950 as a Democrat and favors a new unemployment and disability compensation bill to maintain purchasing power. The plan sets a base unemployment benefit at 85 percent of prior earnings and requires accepting reasonable job offers when available.
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Washington
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Wallace
Mutual
Meet the Press
Taylor
Senate
U S West Talks At UN On Atomic Control With Russia
United States Britain France China and Canada plan closed UN talks with Russia to press for an international plan governing atomic energy. The plan seeks to know if Stalin can allow UN teams to inspect atomic activity within Soviet zones and allied states.
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West
Pierre J. Huss
Success
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United States
Britain
France
China
Canada
Russia
United Nations
Frederick Osborn
Stalin
U.N
Soviet
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Tibet
Himalayas
European
Oklahoma
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
America
U. S
Labor aide to speak at Ohio University commencement
John W. Gibson assistant U S Secretary of Labor will speak at Ohio University's summer commencement on August 13 His talk titled Labor s stake in Maximum Production and Employment emphasizes labor policy impact at the ceremony.
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Athens
John W. Gibson
U. S. Secretary of Labor
Ohio University
Truce Favored On Farm Relief
WASHINGTON July 30 AP Secretary of Agriculture Brannan promised senators full cooperation on any farm price support plan they draft. He ruled out any compromise on his own plan to set prices of certain perishable farm products and provide Treasury subsidies if needed. Chairman Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma said Brannan’s letter showed irritation at reports of no new proposal. After House defeat of the Brannan plan, Brannan testified that he felt frustrated by congressional rejection during a closed Senate session.
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Washington
Brannan
Treasury
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
House
Cleveland Worker Fatally Burned at Heights Incinerator
Peter Fasciano a 63 year old bricklayer died when he fell onto a white hot furnace at the Cleveland Heights incinerator. He was standing on a truck load of garbage collecting lettuce for his rabbits and was obscured from view by coworkers.
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Cleveland
Peter Fasciano
Cleveland Heights
Fasciano
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