Violent Berlin Boundary Shootings Target German Victims
Berlin reports two further shooting affrays along zonal frontiers. A German woman was wounded by a shot from Russian uniformed officers at the boundary between western Berlin and the Soviet zone. In Bavaria, a Bavarian border clash over a captured American intelligence operative left a Thuringian policeman held and a wounded U S agent dead in hospital. Soviet commandant Kotikov accused Berlin city officials of hindering police morale and aiding black market operations.
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Berlin
Germany
Fuerth Amsberg
Coburg
Thuringia
U. S. Army
Thuringian
Alexander Kotikov
Four Deaths Traced to Smoke in Kinston
Sheriff Sam Churchill reported that a drink called smoke, a mix of industrial alcohol and soft drinks, may have caused four recent deaths in Kinston. Coroner Raymond Jarman identified Johnny E. Hill, 35, and Ira Hardy Holloman, 34, as died Monday from the drink. Their deaths followed within 24 hours by Ralph Cox, 46, and Adrian Leroy Fulghum, 45.
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Kinston
Sam Churchill
Raymond Jarman
Johnny E. Hill
Ira Hardy Holloman
Ralph
Goboy) Cox
Adrian Leroy Fulghum
Plan Message To World Churchmen Study Last West Conflict
In Amsterdam on August 25 the World Council of Churches gathers to study the east west conflict and ask what actions churches will take in response to the growing division.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
World Council of Churches
Yankees Dixie Leaders Meet In Roundtable On Race Policy
In Montgomery Alabama on August 25 Southern spokesmen and visiting Yankees convened a roundtable forum to address Dixie views on President Truman's racial policies. The meeting aimed at easing North South Civil Rights tensions through exchange of views and ideas, with the Blue Gray Association hosting as part of the North South football game observance. The event featured a historic tour of Montgomery, group discussions among civic leaders, and a focus on church related responses to East West tensions in a broader assembly context.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixie
Truman
Blue-Gray Association
Fort Sumter
Drew Pearson
Washington
Pearson
R. F. Hudson Jr
Hudson
Montgomery Advertiser-Journal
Berlin
Hare Named Democratic Nominee in S C Primary
James B. Hare son of a former Congressman won the Democratic nomination for U S representative from the Third South Carolina District in a runoff. Final returns show Hare with 38440 votes to 20419 for John C Taylor of Anderson.
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Columbia
S&s. C
James B. Hare
U. S
South Carolina
John C. Taylor
Anderson
Soviet government cuts consular ties with United States
Moscow moves to close Russian consulates in New York and San Francisco and the Vladivostok U S consulate while voiding the Leningrad consulate agreement. The action stems from the Kasenkina affair involving a Russian schoolteacher in New York and the U S demand for Lomakin's recall.
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Oksana Kasenkina
Moscow
New York
United States
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Leningrad
Fire crews respond to oil stove blaze in Gastonia
Gastonia firemen were dispatched to 423 North Firestone Street on Tuesday at noon to extinguish a fire from an oil stove. Damage described as slight.
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Gastonia
North Firestone Street
Nine Die As Big Planes Collide Near Newton New Jersey
Nine airmen and crew members die after a C-47 crashes at 400 to 500 feet near Newton New Jersey following a cloud breach. The B-25 crew reports a minor jolt and returns safely to Stewart Field New York. Enlisted men were en route to a religious conference in West Redding Connecticut. names include Beety Fitts Stringer and others.
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Newton
N. J
U.S. Air Force
New Jersey
Stewart Field
N. Y
Bolling Field
Washington
Danbury
Conn
Air Force
West Redding
Fred Anderson
Duluth
Minn
James E. Ford
de Valls Bluff
Ark
Forrest M. Grate
Council
Biddeford
John B. Fitts Jr
Linkhorn Park
Virginia Beach
Tech
John Edmond Stringer
Beety
Marshall
Secretary of the Army
Royall
Europe
Second White Woman Raped In Florida
Clearwater Florida police hunt a rapist after a second white woman was assaulted in her home early Tuesday. Detective William Foster said the victim, attacked by choking, matches the earlier case three blocks away involving a brides to be. The husband reported seeing a Black suspect flee. bloodhounds followed a scent to the Clearwater Country Club before it was lost.
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Clearwater
Fila
William Foster
Foster
Clearwater Country Club
Alleged Poisoner Held Over Family Dinner Feud
Mrs. Kate Good aged 72 and her daughter Mrs. Katharine Lee aged 34 are jailed in Bowling Green Kentucky on suspicion of poisoning Allie Lee 42 and James Croslin 52 with strychnine in buttermilk at a family dinner. The case stems from a long running feud after Lee ordered the elder woman to leave the home where she had lived for 16 years.
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Kate Good
Bowling Green
Katharine Lee
James Croslin
Allie Lee
Lee
Massive vote expected in Gaston county beer wine referendum
Gaston county election chairman James Mullen predicted a record turnout in the beer and wine referendum with upwards of 30 000 registered voters and ongoing registration drives. Polls open 34 precincts from 6 30 am to 6 30 pm with results expected by 9 pm. Voters will vote separately on beer and wine with Yes for legal sale and No against. Both sides warn of heavy campaigning and potential shifts in wine or beer legality.
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James Mullen
Gaston County
Mullen
Landslide Vote May Block Truman Labor Law Repeal
Washington reports Republicans deem the Taft Hartley Act secure in Congress unless Truman wins decisively in November. Analysts say 27 of 38 Senate seats and an equal House majority are needed for repeal, with leaders predicting the law won’t be repealed. Truman backs outright repeal in the Democratic platform, but next Congress odds look unfavorable.
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Washington
Truman
Detroit
Congress
Senate
House
Hickenlooper
R-lown
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Four Surviving Crew After Hawaii Bomber Crash
At Hickam Field Hawaii sixteen airmen died when an Okinawa bound B-29 from the 98th Bomber Group crashed after takeoff from Barber’s Point. Four crew members survived with serious burns and were taken to Tripler Army General Hospital. The plane struck a parked transport, exploded, and wreckage covered about a 100 yard area. Names were withheld until kin are notified.
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Hickam Field
Hawaii
Barber's Point
98Th
Spokane
Wash
Tripler Army General Hospital
Air Force
Okinawa
First Air Division
Local Man Draws Six Months But Appeals Decision
Wiley Jackson 25 of Mt View street received a six month road sentence in city court after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon on Woodrow Norton 35 of West Fourth avenue Norton testified he was struck with a beer bottle and cut with a knife leaving him blood stained clothing Jackson claimed Norton started the argument Norton denied motive and insisted the attack was unprovoked Jackson’s bond set at 500 He also notes other local cases including Marvin Marshell 30 given 30 day road sentence suspended on costs and a disorderly conduct case against Edward Lewis not pressed due to lack of witness appearance A MacAdenville youth David Hayes 18 was arrested for an alleged assault on his sister case in Magistrate court
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Wiley Jackson
Mt. View Street
Woodrow Norton
West Fourth Avenue
Julius T. Sanders
Norton
Sanders
Jackson
Marvin Marshell
West
Lincoln Avenue
Daisy Marshell
Edward Henry Lewis
Carl Whitt
Whitt
MacAdenville
David Hayes
Hayes
D. Beaty Price
Rankin to win another term in Mississippi primary
Mississippi voters back John E Rankin for a 15th congressional term. The veteran white supremacist easily defeated two rivals in the Democratic primary, with Rankin painting opposition as a Stalinist threat. Across the region New York and South Carolina also renominated incumbents. Reed and Marcantonio faced light opposition, while Williams in Mississippi and Colmer and Abernethy in safe positions held leads.
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Rankin
House Committee On UnAmerican
Joe Stalin
House
New York
South Carolina
Daniel A. Reed
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Marcantonio
ALP
Leo Isacson
Isacson
Henry Wallace
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Air Force
William M. Colmer
Thomas C. Abernethy
Lodge Meets Thursday at Hol land Memorial Lodge
A called communication of Hol land Memorial Lodge No. 668 A F and A M will be held Thursday evening at 7 30 oclock at the Masonic Temple.
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Communication of Holland Memorial Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Not Much Change Not Much Change in Gaston County
Aloysius studied draft-age men in Gaston county who avoid marriage to dodge induction. He concluded that young men prefer sackcloth over armor. The note adds that the weather will be fair to partly cloudy and continuing hot tonight and Thursday.
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Aloysius
Gaston County
Local Temperature and Rainfall Update
Temperature readings show high yesterday and low last night with no exact values provided. Noon today reports no change. Rainfall to date reaches 7.63 inches, exceeding the 5.04 inch quota by 2.59 inches.
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Gazette
Gastonia Gazette Classified Ad Dept
Henry Pitney van Dusen
Faculty
Union Theological Seminary
John Foster Dulles
Hare
S. C
Kasenkina
Lomakin
U. S. Airforce
Florida
Drys
Associated Press
John E. Rankin
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