Russians Quit Berlin, Ending Four-Power Rule in City
Berlin crisis deepens as Russians withdraw from the Kommandatura and declare it no longer exists. Potent diplomatic maneuvers unfold with the United States Britain and France increasing airlift and rail shipments to feed two million Berliners amid a full Soviet blockade.
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Boris Kalinin
Frank Howley
William Babcock
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Marshal Sokolovsky
Clay
Western Germans Offered Self Government by Western Allies
The United States Britain and France proposed a Western German self government for 45 million people to form a federal state as a substitute for a peace treaty. One government likely to emerge early next year would govern western Germany except in foreign relations under Allied occupation.
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U. S
France
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Moscow
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Brian Robertson
Britain
Pierre Koenig
U. S. Army
I. G. Farbenindustrie Chemical Trust
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
London
Ruhr
Clay
Europe
Transistor radio debut unv eiled in New York
A Bell Telephone Laboratories display in New York unveiled a radio set with no vacuum tubes that plays instantly without warm up and uses tiny hollow metal cylinders. The device, termed a transistor, runs with less power than a flashlight, but remains experimental and not yet on the market.
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New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell
Local Weather Update Shows June Rain Decrease
The report notes high and low temperatures yesterday and last night with new rainfall at a fraction of an inch. It cites June rainfall 4.22 inches, deficit 2.7 inches, and July quota 4.3 inches with no July rainfall to date.
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Jung
Reiniell
Freezing In Wisconsin Cooler Weather Heads For East
Freezing weather hit northern Wisconsin with Land O Lakes near the freezing mark. Cool dry air moved into the central states and eastern Seaboard, bringing relief from heat. Chicago reported 53.2 degrees, matching a near record, as other cities showed varied summer temperatures and weather-related deaths were noted in New England.
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Seaboard
Land O’ Lakes
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Central States
Truman Slams GOP Congress In New Broadside Attacks
President Truman issued three additional broadside attacks against the Republican controlled Congress as intra party criticism of his anti-Truman position within the Democrats intensified.
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Associated Press
Truman
80Th Congress
Methodists Hear Call to Be on the March
Bishop W Walter Peele of Richmond urged the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference to rally Methodism for global Christian mission. The assembly reviewed four years of progress and outlined 1948 52 goals while two bishops will be elected and consecrated.
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Columbia
8. C
Methodist Church
W. Walter Peele
Richmond
College of Bishops
Walter K. Greene
Wofford College
Spartanburg
Truman predicts victory in 1948 election race
President Truman told reporters he expects to win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot in Philadelphia and would consider Mrs. Roosevelt as a running mate. He dismissed questions about withdrawing, urged labeling Republicans as responsible for postwar issues, and declined to promise a special session while touting his critique of Congress.
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South Carolina
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Tony) Vaccaro
Associated Press
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Eagles Club Meeting and Dallas Citizens Assembly
Activity calendar lists an Eagles Club meeting at 7 30 p m in the club room followed by a citizens assembly at 8 p m to oppose beer and wine at Dallas High School auditorium.
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Eagles Club
Dallas High School
Allies Plan Sharp Protest To Russia
London sources say United States Britain and France prepared a joint note demanding an end to the Berlin blockade and restoration of four power rule. After approval by Marshall Bevin and Bidault the note to the Kremlin may go by weekend.
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Whitehall
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Kremlin
Arab League Rejects UN Palestine Proposals
A high Arab League source said the league will reject United Nations proposals for the Palestine question. Bernadotte is expected in Cairo within two days to discuss his peace plan, while Trans-Jordan rejects any loss of sovereignty and the annexation idea. The British withdrawal from Haifa ends 31 years of occupation as Jewish authorities in Tel Aviv report renewed UN truce violations by Fawzi Pasha Al Kaukji's forces in Sejera lower Galilee.
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United Nations
Palestine
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U.N
Holy Land
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Tewfik Abu Houda Pasha
Trans- Jordan
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U. N
Britain
Haifa
Israel
Tel Aviv
Fawzi Pasha al Kaukji
Sejera
Galilee
Fawzi Pasha
Tito elected Yugoslavia party delegate for congress
Belgrade July 1 Premier Marshal Tito was elected a delegate to the Fifth Communist party congress to be held in Belgrade July 21. The Central Committee urged Yugoslav independence and a Balkan bloc with Bulgaria and Albania. Slovenia’s central committee defended Tito and rejected Cominform charges.
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Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Communist Party Congress
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Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
Slovenia
Tito
Cominform
Central Committee
Tite
Three Negroes to Face Murder Charge in Clarkton
Sheriff says three youths Alex Johnson 21 James E Sinclair 17 and Marshall L Stevens will be charged with first degree murder for slaying 75 year old Curtis H Tucker at his Clarkton store. Tucker died after being shot and robbed Sunday. suspects were arrested Monday and held in Elizabeth Town amid high tension.
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N. C
John B. Allen
Curtis H. Tucker
Lumberton
Allen
Alex Johnson
James E. Sinclair
Marshall L. Stevens
Elizabethtown
Cloudy Cooler Weather Returns to Gaston County
A brief shower system dampened Gaston County as cooler air followed yesterday’s heat. Forecasters expect light showers today mainly in coastal mountains with cloudy skies and a relief from the heat, while tonight’s breeze returns comfortable sleep for residents.
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Gaston County
Gaston Mountains
Jupe Pluvius
Lina
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