Century heat bakes Adrian as Michigan records fall
Adrian and southern Michigan endure the hottest spell in three years with highs near 102 degrees and 94 by noon. Beaches crowd Lenawee county as residents cope with rising temps and low water pressure elsewhere. Yuma tops the nation at 111 degrees while Michigan forecasts hint at cooler weather tomorrow.
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Michigan
Mercury
Consumers Power Company
Yuma
Arizona
Chicago
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Briton Sentenced for Aiding Anti Jewish Riot
Magistrate J H Chapman jailed Jack Piggott aged 38 for six months after he helped smash a shop window during a demonstration against Jews in Eccles. Police testified he was part of a mob active in vandalism causing about 4000 pounds in damage. The case followed retaliatory violence linked to actions in Palestine involving Irgun Zvai Leumi.
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Eccles
Enz
UPI
J.H. Chapman
Jack Piggott
Piggot
England
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine
Irgun
Peron visit marred by stone and tomato throwing
In Bern Eva Duarte Peron faced apologies from the Swiss federal council after tomatoes were thrown at a car carrying the wife of the Argentine president and Swiss Foreign Minister Manx Petitpierre. A tomato hit Petitpierre. police arrested two men and a woman described as Swiss Labor party members for questioning. Also noted is Margaret Truman's planned Hollywood debut with the Fitalisisoor Bowl Symphony Orchestra in late August.
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Peron
Swiss
Bern
Switzerland
Eva Duarte Peron
Federal Council
Manx Petitpierre
Petitpierre
Margaret
Hollywood
Aus
Margaret Truman
Good Neighbors In Palmyra Report Mutual Aid
Mrs Harrington recounts Palmyra neighbors aiding her family during her husband’s illness. Neighbors planted 60 acres and cut and baled seven acres of hay in a single night, assisting after two operations at University hospital.
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Tecumseh
Melvin Herrington
Palmyra
John Quigley
Harrington
University Hospital
Lenawee County Receives State Road Funds for Maintenance
Lenawee County Road Commission reports 44756.09 in second quarterly gas and weight tax payments for primary roads. About a quarter will go to cities and villages. funds will cover maintenance with no new construction planned. Palmyra Township funds two mile blacktop project as the sole new work this year. Legislature recaptured 365000 in liquor tax funds, affecting future allocations. Cities may lose service for 13 miles of roads. last year municipalities received 836,620.20 while the county got 246,276.40. County has roughly 200 per mile for maintenance. some towns have 427 to 1.20 per mile.
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County Road Commission
Elmer Hillard
William E. Swick
Palmyra Township
Blacktop
Ogden Road
Robb Road
U S and Britain Agree to High Level Loan Conference
Secretary of State Marshall announced that the United States will hold a high level conference with Britain to discuss relaxing provisions of the Anglo American loan agreement. The August 6 statement signals potential easing of terms and closer financial cooperation between the two nations.
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Washington
State Marshall
United States
Actress Madge Meredith Pleads Innocent in L A Court
Madge Meredith a film actress pleads not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to charges including kidnaping robbery and felonious assault. She stands with three co defendants in an arraignment linked to a Hollywood Hills beating noted by former Meredith agent Nicholas Gianaclis noted in CAP wirephoto.
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Madge Meredith
The
Screen
Los Angeles
Calif
Nicholas Gianaclis
Meredith
Hollywood Hills
Adrian Airport Gets $19 500 Federal Grant for Expansion
Federal funds appropriated by the Civil Aeronautics Administration total 19 500 for Adrian City Airport to finance land purchase, runway extensions and drainage as part of a 1 871 281 federal program across 35 Michigan fields. Monroe also allotted 20 500 for its airport. Plans call for extending runways to 3 300, 3 500 and 2 600 feet and completing drainage this fall.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Adrian City
Washington
Michigan
Monroe
Monroe-Custer
T. P. Wright
CAA
Adrian
Eugene F. Olsen
City Airport Commission
Prentice, Inc
Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo Celebrates 21st Birthday
Bamboo the 300 pound gorilla turned 21 and his keepers planned a party. The birthday bash featured a sign reading Happy Birthday Bamboo followed by treats of tomatoes, a lemon meringue pie, and a watermelon. Bamboo wrapped up by nibbling on his birthday sign as his enclosure settled into celebration.
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Philadelphia
Bamboo
Philadelphia Zoo
U S Aid To Greece Begins Work On Transport Facilities
The State Department prioritizes rebuilding Greek highways railroads and ports under the 300 million program to bolster Greece against Communism. Contracts totaling 82,400,000 were awarded to American firms for highway railroad and seaport projects.
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U. S
Greece
Washington
State Department
President Truman Accepts Brazil Invitation for Rio Visit
President Truman accepted a Brazil invitation and will fly to Rio de Janeiro for a three day visit in late August or September aboard the battleship Missouri. The White House did not confirm whether he will address the Inter-American Security Conference opening August 15.
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Truman
Brazil
White House
Mr. Truman
Rio de Janeiro
United States
U.S.S. Missouri
Charles G. Ross
Mr.Truman
Rio
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Observes 86th Birthday at Sagamore Hill
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt widow of the President celebrated her eighty six birthday at home in Oyster Bay today. She plans a quiet day with friends at Sagamore Hill according to associates.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Continue Search for Clues in Baby Case
State police at Blissfield report no new developments in the investigation of a six month old baby boy found in the River Raisin near Blissfield. Autopsy in Ann Arbor showed no bone fractures or physical violence though decomposition was extensive. The body was buried at the county infirmary by order of Assistant Prosecutor Paul Betz.
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Blissfield Post
Raisin
Blissfield
Ann Arbor
Paul Betz
Planes Damaged as Teal Grass Fire Rips Hicks Field
A grass fire swept Hicks Field north of Fort Worth destroying or severely damaging about 300 planes. Five buildings were leveled and the blaze wrecked 1,000 plane batteries and nearly 200 props and fires for the 1,200 planes stored there. Loss estimated at over 500000.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Hicks Air Field
Here
Nine-Foot Mummies Reported From Mu, Skepticism Grows
Dr. F Bruce Russell, Los Angeles psychoanalyst, defends claims of eight to nine foot tall mummies in the lost Kingdom of Mu and plans a fall expedition at Wolf Hole near St George Utah. Critics in Los Angeles raise doubt, while Ariss of the Los Angeles County Museum says giants stories are common but lacks proof.
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Los Angeles
F. Bruce Russell
Russell
Wolf Hole
St. George
Utah
Rus
Sell
Amazing Explorations, Inc
California
Howard Hill
Dr. Russell
Los Angeles Transportation Club
R. M. Ariss
Los Angeles County
Nineteen Die In Truck Collision Near Waxahachie
Nineteen people were killed when a gasoline truck collided with a laborer carrier four miles north of Waxahachie, Texas. Eighteen of the dead were Negro construction workers headed to Dallas. The fire trapped most occupants, leaving only four survivors.
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Waxacachie
Tex
Texas
Waco
Here
Hughes Arrives for Senate Investigation
Howard Hughes landed at National Airport early in the day to testify before the Senate war investigating committee led by Chairman Brewster. He said he would repeat statements about hotel bill payments and cross examine witnesses as needed. Roosevelt concluded a two day stand, praising the committee’s fair treatment and denying personal smear aims.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Hughes
National Airport
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
John Meyer
Elliott Roosevelt
Tulsa
Oklo
Army
Roosevelt
Committee
British Arrest Three More Jewish Leaders
In Jerusalem Aug 6 UPI three additional Jewish leaders were detained as British authorities widen a roundup for alleged sympathy with violence or contact with the underground. A grenade near a British post at the Jewish Agency building caused an early alarm, with no casualties reported. About 40 Jewish leaders are held at Latrun camp, including mayors of Tel Aviv Natanya and Ramat Gan, many linked to the Revisionist movement which papers say has no underground ties.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Brith Army
Jewish Agency
Latrun
Rocal
Tel Aviv
Natanya
Ramat Gan
Revisionist
September Trial Set for Benzedrine Smuggling Case
James C. Moore a 21 year old former state employee from Lansing will go on trial in September on a charge of smuggling benzedrine to inmates at Southern Michigan Prison. Moore stood mute at arraignment before Circuit Judge Harry D. Boardman who ordered a plea of innocent and set bond at 1000 dollars.
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Jackson
James C. Moore
Lansing
Southern Michigan
Moore
Harry D. Boardman
Ibond
All He Saw Was Dogs All He Saw Was Dogs
In Auburn Massachusetts on August 6 a county commissioner reported counting 29 dogs at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Walker during a mill worker complaint investigation. The selectmen ordered the couple to dispose of all but two dogs. The owner and his wife defended keeping the pets, citing affection and laws, while the commissioner described crowded windows and roaming dogs.
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Auburn
Mass
Board of Selectmen
Ralph Walker
Elbert M. Crockett
Walker
Ford Union Strike Fallout Hits Parts Shortage
In Detroit Aug 6, about 51,000 CIO Ford workers faced a week of layoff as parts from Murray Corp were unavailable halting all assembly until Aug 12. The Murray plants, tied to a wildcat strike, push Ford and UAW CIO talks on Taft-Hartley immunity and a rumored $20,000,000 pension plan. Meanwhile 27,000 auto workers in 10 Detroit plants were idled by heat and walkouts at Briggs, Plymouth, DeSoto, and other Chrysler plants, marking a third straight hot day reducing production nationwide.
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Ford-Uaw
Ecross
Mercury
Lincoln
Richard T. Leonard
UAW Ford Department
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
DeSoto
Chrysler
First Atomic Bomb Remembered in Hiroshima
Hiroshima marked the second anniversary of the destruction by the atomic bomb with quiet reverence at 8 14 a m. bells tolled and citizens prayed for a minute. The city noted 92 000 dead or missing and General MacArthur warned that warfare would progress unless humanity finds a way to curb annihilation.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
One wheel landing feats by Michigan Center pilot
Marvin Clairday a private pilot from Michigan Center executed a successful one wheel landing at Reynolds Field on Tuesday after the left wheel of his light plane broke during takeoff.
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Jackson
Marvin Clairday
Michigan Center
Reynolds Field
Attlee Plans to Ease British Economy Crisis
Ann Arbor August 6 Joseph H Drake 87 longtime University of Michigan law professor died Monday after a long illness. A Lebanon Ohio native, he graduated in 1885 and taught Latin at UM before becoming a law professor in 1908. He authored Latin and law books and contributed to the Michigan Law Review. Funeral services were today.
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Joseph H
Ducky) Drake
University of Michigan
Williams
Board of Regents
Lebanon
Ohio
Drake
Battle Creek
Michigan Law Review
Packard raises auto prices across line after loss
Detroit August 6 Packard Motor Car Co raises prices on all current models by 92 to 200 dollars after reporting a 1.872 million dollar loss for the first half of 1947. The five percent average boost matches GM actions and cites higher steel and parts costs.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
General, Motors . Corp
General Motors
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
A A. MacDonald
Kaiser
Frazer
Dutch Claim Natives Violated Peace Order in Java
Batavia August 6 The Netherlands army accuses Indonesian Republic of five cease fire violations while denying Indonesian charges. Indonesian PM Amir Sjarifoeddin alleges Dutch breach at Gombong near Jogjakarta after the deadline. Dutch say they occupied Gombong before the cease fire. Rumors say Adm. Leahy may mediate if US “good offices” offered. Foote delivered the offer to deputy PM A K Gani. Leahy rumors remain unofficial.
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Java
Amir Sjarifoeddin
Gombong
Jogjakarta
Adm
William D. Leahy
Washington
United States
Walter A. Foote
U. S
A. K. Gani
Foote
Leahy
New Radio Treaty Planned At Atlantic City Conference
At Atlantic City 77 nations work on a new international radio treaty to replace the 1932 Madrid Convention. The agreement, to be signed September 15, would allocate frequency bands and establish broadcasting regulations among participating nations.
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N. J
Britain to cut armed forces and raise labor hours
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain would shrink the armed forces by 420000 by next March and push longer hours in essential industries. He also proposed a quarter of film earnings convertible, tighter overseas spending, and a reduced gasoline allowance to ease the U S loan driven crisis while seeking to relax loan clauses and curb imports.
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