Russians Train Near Berlin Frontiers In Joint War Games
American and British troops conducted delaying action maneuvers in Grunewald Forest near Berlin while U S and French forces mounted their first postwar joint exercises along the Rhine near Heidelberg. About 1 500 troops took part with U S Constabulary units and P 47s supporting as German observers called in by name. Marshal Vassily D Sokolovsky offered western Berliners 600 tons of coal as winter aid amid the surrounding Soviet zone.
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Berlin
Grunewald
Hamburg
Gatow
Rhine
Heidelberg
U. S
Rhone
Altussheim
U. S. Constabulary
Theodore T. King
North Little Rock
Ark
U. S. Air Force
86Th
Michael Ingelido
New Britain
Conn
Grunewald Forest
Associated Press Bureau
16Th Infantry Regiment
D. B. Miller
San Antonio
Tex
Britain to ease cigarette shortage by sourcing tobacco abroad
A government spokesman indicated Britain plans to ease the nationwide cigarette shortage by buying more tobacco from non-dollar countries. The move would substitute for leaf previously bought in the United States.
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London
Britain
U. S
Local Climate Update Shows August Rainfall Surplus
The report notes August rainfall to date at 7.37 inches, with a quota of 5.04 inches and an excess of 2.33 inches. City records indicate BRigh VOGROPGay weather trends affecting recent conditions.
Lincoln Emerges as MetLife Chief From Legal Roots
Leroy A. Lincoln born August 18 1880 Little Valley New York son of a lawyer rose from Yale graduate to Buffalo attorney then joined Metropolitan Life Insurance Co as attorney Lincoln succeeded Frederick H Ecker as president when Ecker became chairman of the board.
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Leroy Alton Lincoln
Little Valley
N. Y
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Lincoln
Yale
Buffalo
Metropolitan
Leroy A. Lincoln
Frederick H. Ecker
Ecker
Campaign Preview Shapes Senate Race in Washington
In Washington, Aug 8, Senator Murray argues President Truman attacks Congress to gain political leverage as voters head to the November 2 election. Senator Watkins counters that only Truman loyalists support his inflation critique and that real progress requires sacrifices, not quick laws.
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Washington
Murray
Mont
Truman
Congress
Watkins
Utah
West
Montana
Young Girl Slain Near Cherryville
Cleveland county officers investigated a fatal shooting at Ray Sellers home in Kings Mountain to Cherryville area. Betty Smith, 15, was found dead with a bullet in her left temple, neighbor Robert Howell 36, shot and slightly wounded. Ray Sellers 40 in custody. Mrs Howell questioned. two firearms seized for ballistics.
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Cleveland County
Ray Sellers
Robert Howell
Ifio
Ee S O
Betty Smith
Sellers
Ollie Harris
Kings Mountain
Cherryville
Hugh A. Logan Jr
Howell
Randolph Peeler
Lee Sellers
Smith and Wesson
Men Should Share Housework Says Youth Conference
London reports from the International Youth Conference include Emilie Arnold of Belgium presenting a commission on women and family work. The panel urged men to handle housekeeping tasks though no methods were prescribed. Sigridur Valgeirsdottir of Iceland proposed education in child psychology and home skills for men. Abdul Razzak Naman of Baghdad argued women’s main task is child care and that women need not work outside.
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London
Man
Emilie Arnold
Belgium
Sigridur Valgeirsdottir
Iceland
Abdul Razzak Naman
Baghdad
Hiss and Chambers Tied in Years Long Spy Probe
Congressional investigators linked Alger Hiss former State official to Whitaker Chambers a former Communist underground member. Hiss admitted knowing Chambers as George Crosley and as a freelance writer while Chambers testified Hiss was part of the underground apparatus in Washington. Both denied current Communist ties as CHambers described the group’s aims and Hiss’s reaction.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Red Underground
Hiss
Chambers
George Crosley
New York
House Un-American Activities Committee
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Time Magazine
Communist Party
Reds
Mrs. John Nance Garner Dies At 78 In Texas
Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of former Vice President John Nance Garner known as Cactus Jack, died in Uvalde Texas at age 78. The couple's son Tully Garner, a banker, and granddaughter Mrs. John J. Currie of Amarillo, plus two great grandsons, survive. Funeral arrangements were to be announced.
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John N. Garner
Uvalde
Tex
John Nance Garner
Cactus Jack
United States
Ettie
South Texas
Garner
Tully
John J. Currie
Amarillo
City Council Sets 90 Day Goal for Franklin Ave Widening
Gastonia council aims to place a contract within 90 days to widen and resurface Franklin avenue from city limits to city limits. The work would cost up to 700000 with state and federal highway departments sharing most costs and railroads funding sidings and tracks for P and N and Southern railways.
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Franklin Ave
Lyle Edwards
Gazette
Gastonia
Franklin Avenue
Piedmont & Northern Railroad
Southern Railroad
Citizens Committee
Parkdale
Trenton Mills
West Gastonia
Southern
Main
Franklin
Broad Street
Factory Made Homes Seen As Step To Ease Housing Shortage
Washington reports a plan to allocate 59 000 tons of steel for six months to support factory made steel houses. The move, backed by steel industry and Secretary Sawyer, could yield about 8000 dwellings though overall housing need remains vast. Housing expeditor Tighe Woods calls the concept the first real attempt to address the shortage. Lustron Corp. in Columbus operates the largest plant.
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Washington
Steel Industry
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Tighe E. Woods
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Morgan to preside at Gaston Legion meeting
Commander Ernest Morgan will preside for the first time at Gaston Post No. 23 American Legion meeting at Memorial Hall. Inducted as 30th commander last July, he will lead the Thursday night session beginning at 7:30 with music by the Gastonia Municipal Band under Fred Stowe and a door prize offered.
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Ernest Morgan
Gaston Post No. 23 American Legion
Memorial Hall
Gastonia
Fred Stowe
Gastonia Shops Array for Dollar Day Bargains
Twenty two uptown Gastonia stores prepare discounts for Dollar Day the first in months. Free bus rides provided on Gastonia Transit Co. buses from 9 20 to 10 40 a m without tickets or coupons. Passengers ride to uptown Gastonia then hunt for bargains. The arrangement is between the transit company and Pauline Scruggs. See DOLLAR DAY Page 13.
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Uptown
Gastonia
Pauline Scruggs
Gaston County Merchants Association
The
Gazette
Talley Denies Bottle Attack in Bowman Fight
Art Talley a 230 pound Cramerton umpire and Morganton Aggies foe, says he used only fists in a Thursday night altercation after a Morganton game. He pleads guilty to simple assault in Newton court and faces suspension from the Western Carolina league.
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Rugged Art Talley
Talley
Cramerton
Western Carolina Baseball League
Newton Recorder’s
Bob Bowman
Morganton Aggies
Arbiter
League
John Moss
Kings Mountain
Moss
Newton
Morganton
Marshall plans answer to Red blasts over refugee cases
Secretary of State Marshall said Washington views Soviet protests over refugee school teachers cases in New York with serious concern. An official note to Moscow is prepared and to be released after delivery to the Soviet delegation. He noted the Kosenkina escape from the New York Soviet consulate as part of the incident.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
New York
New York City
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Panyushkin
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Jacob M. Lomakin
State Department
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Soviet Union
Mikhail Lamarine
Russia
Cloudy and Warmer With Odd Umpire Remark
Aloysius interviewed Um pire Art Talley about a run in with Pitcher Bob Bowman of Morganton. Talley claims the umpire said four strikes, though baseball allows three. He denies hitting Bowman with a bottle and jokes about a glass jaw. Bowman is advised to avoid fox hunting to prevent further confusion. Weather notes cloudy and warmer tonight with Thursday scattered showers.
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Aloysius
Art Talley
Bob Bowman
Morganton
Bowman
Boweman
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