Russians Free 3 Americans in Berlin Raid Seizes German Photographer
In Berlin the United States reports three Americans freed after arrests in the Cold War area. Meanwhile ten Soviet soldiers abducted a German photographer in a raid into the American sector near Potsdamer Platz. Several German policemen were also released as patrols tighten.
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Berlin
U.P
J. Thomas Headen
U. S
Kansas City
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Potsdamer Platz
Sherman Turner, Jr
Council Bluffs
Bavaria
Roland M. Meyers
Brooklyn
N. Y
Turner
Meyers
U. S. Army
Frankfurt
Franz Erdmann
Royal Air Force
Lubeck
Hamburg
Stresemann Street
Times Square
Three Democrats Seek J.P. Post in District 2 Race
The Tucson Daily Citizen previews the district two justice of the peace race with three Democrats contesting the post and Republicans not fielding opponents. Candidate bios note Clark H. Johnson’s recent appointment, law background, and Tucson roots. Harvey Davis’ prior radio management and military service. and Robert K. Cahn’s real estate career and legal education.
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Justice of Peace
Justice of Peace Court
Clark H. Johnson
County Board of Supervisors
Johnson
University of Arizona Law School
Southern Pacific Legal
Railroad
Tucson
South Seventh Avenue
Harvey Davis
KGAR
KTUC
Frank Howe
Davis-Monthan Field
West 21St Street
Robert K. Cahn
Hargrave Military Academy
University of Miami Law School
Cahn
South Meyer Street
el Presidio Hotel
East Broadway
Welfare Heads To Draft Plea
State and county welfare boards will review a proposed request for extra funds at a Phoenix meeting. Harry W. Hill says the aid to dependent children appropriation is inadequate and will be raised. He also reports on federal action to place Indians on welfare rolls and on higher old age assistance costs starting Oct. 1.
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Phoenix
Harry W. Hill
Hill
Dan Garvey
Washington
Chinese Banks for Currency: Govt Loan Rates Spark Clash
The Shanghai Bankers Association criticized the government move to back the new yuan by setting loan rates at 15 percent monthly. The Central Bank had fixed 3 percent for loans by state banks and bureaus, with no cap on private banks. Previously old Chinese dollar loans ran at 35 percent and black market rates hit 65 percent.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Bankers’ Association
Central Bank of China
Consul Lomakin Returns as Recall Sparks Uncertain Outcome
Consul General Jacob Lomakin returned to the Soviet consulate in New York after a weekend absence amid U S demands for his recall. Vice Consul Chepurnykh declined to confirm whether Lomakin would go back to Russia. Meanwhile hospital officials reported 52 year old Oksana Kasenkina improving after a fall from the consulate rooftop. She faces three months hospital care and knee surgery. Five travelers left the consulate with luggage. three Russian couriers departed New York on a Scandinavian Airlines flight. In Washington, Elizabeth Bentley prepared to testify on Soviet espionage in wartime industry.
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New York
Jacob Lomakin
United States
Zot I Chepurnykh
Lomakin
Russia
U. S. State Department
Chepiurnykh
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
New
Ruth Estate To Aid Kids Of America
Babe Ruth's will directs for the welfare of "the kids of America." The will provides for his widow and daughters and leaves 10 percent of the remainder for the children, with the document filed in surrogate's court for probate.
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Ruth Estate
Kids of America
New York
Babe’ Ruth
America
Jerusalem Quiet Amid Fire as Bells Toll Faith
John Roderick reports from Jerusalem as mortars crack and machine guns echo around the city. He describes civilians and soldiers alike, the mix of holy sites and scarred streets, and a quiet day punctuated by shelling while church bells toll a message of faith.
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Jerusalem
St. Stephen’ 'S
Via Dolorosa
Arab Legion
Pueblo Gardens to Open Tucson Housing Project Model Homes
Del E. Webb Construction opens six Pueblo Gardens model homes in Tucson at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday with special visitor parking. The $20 million project plans 3,000 homes for about 7,500 residents, plus a $2.5 million Pueblo Plaza shopping center and planned schools and churches. Architect A Quincy Jones leads design. Life photographer Peter Stackpole to cover the opening.
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Tucson
Pueblo Gardens
del E. Webb Construction Company
Phoenix
del Wieble
Pueblo Plaza
Cherry Avenue
East 22Nd Street
A. Quincy Jones
Los Angeles
Paul R. Williams
Palm Springs
Jones
Life
Peter Stackpole
Southwest
National Magazine
Webb
California
Work Stoppage To Hit Docks
San Francisco August 23 CIO longshoremen plan a 24 hour waterfront stoppage and a coastwide strike set for September 2. Delegates from Pacific coast ports returned to speed preparations while demanding a uniform 24 hour weekly off day. The walkout targets San Francisco Los Angeles Long Beach Portland and Seattle with Sundays preferred.
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San Francisco
CIO
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Portland
Seattle
Greenlee And Graham Split On Candidates
In Graham and Greenlee counties the governor race shows division. Voters in Graham favor Jim Smith, while Greenlee residents split between Thad Moore and Dan E Garvey, with William R Bourdon favored among Republicans. A.J. Melvin Goodson also draws Democratic support, with Safford area showing Goodson leading Harlis. Garvey receives no votes in the Safford tally, and Moore also trails.
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Safford
Graham and
Greenlee
Clifton-Morenci
Graham County
Jim Smith
Greenlee County
Thad Moore
Dan E. Garvey
William R. Bourdon
J. Melvin Goodson
Goodsen
Richard Harless
Garvey
Smith
Moore
Dewey Plans Education Statement Amid Teachers Lobby Charge
PAWLING N Y August 23 Governor Thomas E Dewey focusing on campaign speeches and a statement on education to respond to accusations he criticized the teachers lobby He will stay at his Pawling farm preparing two to three speeches and plans a brief campaign start after Labor Day September 6 Aides deny the charge and note Dewey will not meet visitors but will reveal his views on education and appoints to the state university board.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Albany
New York City
Dewey
Associates
New State University
Portsmouth
N. H
National Education Association
James C. Hagerty
GOP
Hagerty
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Maw
Gruening
Democratic National Committee
Military Chiefs Tight-Lipped After Newport Meeting
Washington reports note the top military chiefs returned to duty after a secret Newport gathering. Gen. Carl Spaatz urged a guided missile capable of delivering an atom bomb 5,000 miles, while debates over strategic bombing and the rival navy air force plans continued among Forrestal, Bradley, Denfeld, and Vandenberg.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Key West
Fla
Defense Forrestal
Newport
R. I
Naval War College
Forrestal
Washington
Air Force
Carl Spaatz
Hoyt Vandenberg
Spaatz
United States
Navy
Congress
Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs Group
Omar Bradley
Army
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Wallace accuses Missouri official of stealing ballot
Henry A. Wallace denounces Secretary Edgar C. Nelson for barring the Progressive party from Missouri ballots as a bold move to influence the race. He accuses Democratic leaders of fear and cites unresolved Kansas City vote questions. Douglas C. Macleod pledges to appeal to the state supreme court.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Missouri
Edgar C. Nelson
Congress
Kansas City
Wallace
Nelson
Progressive Party
Douglas C. Macleod
State Supreme Court
Roswell Sailor Lost Off Japanese Coast
Tokyo reports Lawrence Wilson Garcia of Roswell New Mexico a seaman aboard the minesweeper Chatterer was lost at sea after falling overboard on August 20 the navy announced Monday.
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Tokyo
Lawrence ‘Wilson Garcia
Roswell
N. M
Navy
Stalin Meets With Envoys In Climactic East West Talks
In Moscow on August 23 Premier Josef Stalin conferred with U S ambassador Walter Bedell Smith British envoy Frank Roberts and French ambassador Yves Chataigneau as Western and Soviet diplomats neared a final session on Berlin blockade Germanys fate and broader postwar peace issues with Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov present.
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Moscow
U.P
Josef Stalin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Protest Parade Plans Collapse in Nogales
A state wide protest against high prices tied to the peso devaluation failed in Nogales Sonora as only 40 people attended and the plan for a street parade was switched to a meeting hall. Mexican authorities suppressed similar plans elsewhere in Sonora.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Red Cross Parley Opens Door Again
The 17th International Red Cross conference in Stockholm has invited nations that declined the first invitation to join the final plenary on Aug. 30 or the executive committee meeting on Sept. 1. The conference began Aug. 20.
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Stockholm
Sweden
International Red Cross
Red Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
Acting Gov Garvey Sets Sept. 13 Special Session
Flagstaff August 23 Acting Gov Dan E Garvey said he will call a seventh special session of the legislature for September 13. He did not reveal the topics but noted details will be announced later.
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Flagstaff
Dan E. Garvey
France Boosts United States of Europe Plan
AP analyst notes France backs a plan to convene an international assembly to draft a western European federal charter. The move aligns with Count Carlo Sforza and Paul Reynaud, with Duncan Sandys heading the coordinating committee formed after the Hague congress.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
United States
Western Europe
France
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Paul Reynaud
Britain
United States of Europe
Francois Mitterand
International Committee For Coordination of Movements For
European Union
Duncan Sandys
Winston Churchill
Sandy
Congress of Europe
Hague
Churchill
Mitterand
Reynaud
Paris
Europe
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Ridgewood
John Roderick
Middle East
China
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the Citizen
James Kearney
Longshore Union
Cleveland
Matson
Lurline
American President Lines
Graham
By Bob Brooks
Goodson
Japanese Coast
Stalin
Red Cross Parley
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