Berlin election yields strong anti Soviet surge in West
Western Berlin voters defied threats from Communist allies to back Social Democrats in a pivotal city election seen as a barometer of East West tensions. The Social Democrats won an absolute majority, signaling a shift away from Kremlin influence in the blocked city.
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Berlin
Sonal Democrats
SSE
Carstian Democrats
Conservate
Liberal Democrats
Conservaive
F & al
Mats
Amercan
Kremlin
Racerzaton
England
West City
Ber- Lners
Socal Democratic Party
Fumes Kill 2 in Car Companions in Coma
In Vernonia Oregon two 12 year old girls were found dead in a car with two unconscious youths. A funeral parlor worker found the bodies in the coupe near Lovers Lane by a cemetery. Police identified Holly Holcomb and Mam Lou Wolf as the deceased girls and Alien Turvata ren and Robert J Philips as the unconscious youths taken to Portland hospital.
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Vernomia
Holly Holcomb
Mam Lou Wolf
Mama
Alien Turvata
Ren
Clatstaine
Robert J Philips
Portland Hospital
Accused Wife-Killer Dies in Ohio Jail
A jailed man convicted of murdering his wife died in an Ohio jail from a heart attack. Deputy said the stress of first degree murder charges contributed. The killing occurred in Bonnett's city apartment on November 27 after a long marital quarrel.
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Ohio
Rairoader
Bennett
gShenry Lloyd Skiner
Bonimett
Tiniy
Bonnett
One Way Street Plan Debuts Downtown Traffic
Police implement new one way system on Sixth Seventh and Marietta streets to ease flow. Officers stationed at key intersections to guide drivers as rush hour tests the plan and signs on the Sixth Street bridge confuse some motorists.
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Sixth Street
Police
C. H. Courtney
Marietta
North Ion Severth
Elberon
South
Ion Sixth
Marisette
Sixth
Seventh Street
Putnam
Plane Missing With 4 Aboard
A Navion four place plane piloted by W J Blanchard, 3Ms Aero products division head at Dayton, vanished near Jamestown after leaving Buffalo on Saturday. Passengers were Ian Johnson and Mrs Blanchard. Civil Air Patrol and private planes searched four states including New York and Michigan, with Westover Field and Selfridge Field crews aiding.
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Jamestown
General Motors
W J. Blanchard
Aero Products Division
Dayton
Ian Johnson
Air Force
Assi
Westover Field
Mass
Self Iridge Field
Mich
New Year
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Authoriy
Blanchard
Darton
Buffalo
Miss Johnson
Marshall Johnson
Charles
Locasien
Westover
Stephenville
Double Funeral at Malta for Father and Soldier-Son
Two funeral services planned in Malta for McKinley Smith 51 and his son Staff Sgt Robert Smith killed in action in Germany. Elder Smith died at Good Samaritan hospital after long illness, while his son’s body arrives from the European theater. Burial at Malta Cemetery.
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Malta
McKinley Smith
L. Smith
Mr. Smith
Good Samaritan Hospital
Germany
Smith
Husson Qed
Sermith
Ota Linn Smith
John Hamnmond
McConnelsville
Robert Clapper
Frances Smith
the Fame
Don Smith
Newark
Mire
Neilie Milkean
Bertha Wood
Deibert Saker
Akron
Serosert Mercer
John
MecConnelsvile
Rlvert
Athens
Fred and
Dale
Therot Smith
M&m High School
Miami University
Anzio
Fisher Funeral
Prince’s First Baby Buggy Ride In Palace Garden
In London Princess Elizabeth’s three week old son had his first outdoor outing escorted by a nurse in the palace garden. The royal baby rode in a carriage similar to the one his mother used 22 years ago while she stayed indoors on a mild December day.
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London
Elizabeth
Palace Garden
Janitor Held For 2 Murders in Pennsylvania Case
Colorado Springs report says janitor John W. Givens 51 arrested on a Santa Claus workshop lead and to be returned to Pennsylvania to face charges of murdering two farm hands Joseph Neugebauer 72 and Matthew Mrgana 70 at Baden Mt Galliting academy. Bruce notes killings followed an argument over who was bows. Givens described as a traveling janitor with prior prison terms.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pennsylvania
Denver
FBI
Russell PB. Kramer
John W. Givens
Los Angeles
Salvation Army
LB. Bruce
Givens
Joseph Neugebauer
Matthew Mrgana
Mt. Galliting Academy
Baden
Bruce
Sacramento
Cali
Dom San’ Quenimm
California
Ohio State Penitentiary
Rebhery
Grants Pass Football Team Bus Crash Kills Two
A Grants Pass high school chartered bus carrying 19 players and 3 coaches crashed and burned on Highway 99 near Section Mountain. Star halfback Al Newman and lineman Ster ny Heater died. five others were hospitalized with serious injuries including Vernon Craft and Russ Jacobson. The team had just learned they would be welcomed home after a state championship win in Portland.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Ign Schoor
Portland
Victuems
Helfback
al Newman
Sterny Heater
Josephine Hospital
Vernon Craft
Ray Alpeter
Russ Jacobson
Kim Peckham
Bob Graze
High School Princial
Frank Thomas
Supreme Court Grants Hearing to Two Condemned Japanese
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, agrees to hear appeals from General Keng Dohihara and Ko ki Hiroten, condemned former Japanese premier, challenging Tokyo wartime trials. Justices Jackson Black Douglas Murp hey Rutledge favor the review. Vinson Reed Frankfurter Burton dissent.
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Supreme Court
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Metro
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Keng Dohihara
Koki Hiroten
Japan
International Multards Tabunal
Tokyo
MarcArthur
Hideki Zojo
Macarthur
Dohifera
China
Manchana
Hirota
Attorners Willam Logen, Sr
New York City
Davis *. Smith
City
Survivors sighted as sea plane crash probes continue
A navy search plane circled survivors of an Air Force C-54 transport with 27 aboard, en route to the scene about 340 miles southwest of Johnston Island. The week end toll rose to 37 with crashes reported in Germany, China, and several US states.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Germany
China
Johnston Island
Snangnay
Kiangyan
Salinas
Calif
Navy
United States
Door County
Perim‘sule
Wise
Lake Michigan
Dubuque
Marseilles
Air Force
Alexandra
Amar
Barstow
Cali
California
Coldson
Cansga Park
Los Angeles
el Monte
Encirclement Reported As Battle For Nanking Intensifies
Bulletin from Nanking notes Chinese Communist radio claiming air tight encirclement of the Nationalist Sachow garrison in the ongoing fight for Nanking. In Oslo coal miners die in Spitzbergen blast. pit gas cited. Paris assembly votes to adjourn and reconvene in New York April 1 1949. Washington Supreme Court rules a defense base released by Britain may be a U S possession under wage hour law. Berlin electric workers refuse Soviet sector duties citing police spying and harassment. mass vote to report to central offices tomorrow.
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Nanking
Red
Paris
United Nations Assembly
New York
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Berlin
Bewag
Stern Berlin
California Quake Causes No Major Damage
A Southern California quake caused no deaths or major structural damage. Palm Springs reported two broken legs and scattered injuries while windows, dishes, and plaster fell. a 500 gallon water tank split open and wells shed plaster. The quake was described as minor with no significant destruction.
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Los Angeles
California
Usc-Notre Dame
Palm Springs
Winds Sweep Zanesville and Midwest with Strong Gusts
Strong winds lashed Zanesville and southeastern Ohio with gusts up to 31 miles per hour, while Chicago Milwaukee and Springfield reported peak gusts from 52 to 73 mph. The federal forecast projected colder seasonal temperatures as the system moved northeast across Lake Superior, bringing snow in some areas.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Municipal
Chicago
Middle
West
Federal
J. E. Hovder
Lake Superior
Great Plains
Midwest
Springfield
Milwaukee
Wis
Rocky Mountains
Navy
Kansas
Nebraska
St. Cloud
Minn
Wisconsin
Man
Nnnesota
Nashport Man Dies In Burning Truck Crash
A Nashport man Clarence R. Miller 38 died when his truck overturned on Route 62 one mile north of Salem and caught fire. State patrol reports Miller, driving a truck owned by a Columbus firm, lost control and struck a tree. No witnesses. Body taken to Stark Funeral Home in Salem.
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Nashport
Salem
Clarence R. Miller
Nashsport
Maller
Columbus
Stark Funeral Home
Rancher Arrested In Socialite's Death
Beaufort South Carolina a cattle rancher was freed in $3 000 bond as state police investigated the death of Willasn Moseley Swain a prominent Philadelphia socialite Victor Stroy 36 was charged with murder after an inquest into Swains fatal skull fracture at the Swan Plantation home near Bluffton Swain a 36 year old socialite and member of a Philadelphia publishing family died from the skull fracture suffered Thursday night
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Beaufort
Willasn Moseley ‘Swain
Victor Stroy
Swain
Swan Plantation
Bluffton Swain
Paladelpha
Cold and windy in Ohio with snow flurries near Lake Erie
Weather forecast notes colder conditions across Ohio with partly cloudy skies and wind. Snow flurries near Lake Erie expected today with a dearth of precipitation tonight and on Tuesday as temperatures drop.
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Ohio
Lake Ere
Nixon Heads to Washington on Secret Panama Mission
Rep. Nixon accompanied by a coast guard plane rendezvoused south of Jamaica then flew to Miami aboard a navy transport. Upon arrival he met with Stripling to review documents described as "so damnably important" and discussed what could be released. Sumner Welles had already seen some papers to flag which items might be too hot to publicize.
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Sion
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Washington
Reds
Chambers
Maryland
Robert E. Stripling
House Committee
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Panama
Coast Guard
St Petersburg
Fla
Aklins Istead
Jamaica
Miami
Navy
Stripling
Stepling
Sumner Welles
No Ill Effects From New Smog at Donora
Donora Pennsylvania district reports renewed smog over the weekend with no serious health effects. Health board president Charles Stacey said a few complaints appeared from asthma victims but overall conditions were fine.
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Donora
Donora Pa
Pennsylvania
Charles Stacey
Board of Health
Stacey
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Prince
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