U S Film Producers Halt Exports To Britain
New York August 9 film industry leaders announce immediate suspension of all feature and short films to Britain in retaliation for a new British tax aimed at easing dollar shortage. The MPA estimates Britains levy would slash American film earnings by about 75 percent, with about 68 million dollars previously earned abroad now largely redirected.
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New York
Atlantic
Britain
Eric A. Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Great Britain
Johnston
England
U. S
MPA
United States
London
Cheever Cowdin
Universal Films, Inc
Cowdin
Universal
J. Arthur Rank
Costello Named Superintendent at Boys Vocational School
John B. Costello age 37 from Elmira Heights is named superintendent of the troubled Boys Vocational School in Lansing. Appointed by the State Social Welfare Commission, he will assume duties Sept 1, coming from assistant director at the New York State Department of Corrections Reception and Classifications Center.
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Lansing
John B. Costello
Brooklyn
Boys
State Social Welfare Commission
W. J. Maxey
Costello
Elmira Heights
N.Y
New York State Department of Corrections
Probe into Immoralities at Two Michigan Reform Schools
Detroit August 9 A probe into reported immoralities at the Boys Vocational School in Lansing and the Boys Republic at Farmington was begun by Michigan Attorney General Eugene F Black. An assistant was appointed to review statements from ten boys sent from Wayne County to the institutions.
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Detroit
Boys Vocational School
Lansing
Boys Republic
Farmington
Michigan
Eugene F. Black
Black
Harry Jackson
Wayne County
James N. McNally
Little Old Lady Saved Shame Of Getting Ticket
Chicago report recounts a Friday at Oak Park bank where a longtime elderly driver parks her electric car for exactly one hour. A police officer notices the new parking meter, contemplates issuing a ticket, but chooses to write a friendly note instead to spare her mortification.
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Chicago
Oak Park Bank
Joseph Plum
Adrian Men Hurt As Car Rolls Over
Two Adrian men were injured at 2 a m when their car left the road and overturned on US 223 east of Rome Center. Jesse Dunn and Wilbur Fenicle were unconscious on arrival, both treated for cuts and bruises, car demolished. Deputy Harrington noted uncertain driver. both were taken to Bixby hospital. Later, four cars were involved in a freak crash at East Maumee and South Broad Streets. Rita Burns of 408 Division Street cited for not having her car under control after colliding with parked cars and Miss Pearl Stadler’s car. Burns pled guilty and paid $5 fine and costs.
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Adrian
US 223
Rome Center
Lee Harrington
Jesse W. Dunn
Hahn Street
Wilbur Fenicle
Harrington
Bixby Hospital
East Maumee
South Broad Streets
Rita Burns
Division Street
Pearl Stadler
East Church Street
Miss Burns
East Maumee Street
South Broad Street
Broad Street
Burns
Miss Stadler
George Evilsiser
College Avenue
Lillian Foote
East Front Street
Stadler
John K. Lowe
Heat wave expands across central region into Great Lakes
A new heat wave from the Associated Press grows from Montana and the southern plains toward the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains this afternoon and eastward tomorrow. Temperatures near and above 100 degrees will wither corn as the Midwest remains reeling from a prior four day hot spell. Adrian topped 87 with a 60 degree overnight low.
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Associated Press
Montana
Plains States
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Ohio River Valley
Great Lakes
Midwest
Adrian
Eighteen States Ratify 22nd Amendment in Five Months
Eighteen states have ratified the proposed 22nd amendment limiting Presidents to two terms, done in under five months. It may be more than two years before 18 more states act unless many special legislative sessions are convened next year.
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Washington
Missing German Crown Jewels Spark U S Search
U S agents opened an intensive probe into the disappearance of 29 crown jewel pieces valued at two million dollars from a 95 piece collection once owned by Princess Hermine and linked to Kaiser Wilhelm I. The jewels were smuggled from the Russian occupied zone and a woman linked to Prince Ferdinand is suspected.
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U.S
Berlin
Ferdinand
Princess Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Germany
Frankfurten-Oder
Two Cubs Set Out On World Flight
TETERBORO N J Aug 9 UP A pair of tiny single engine planes piloted by former army flyers took off on a 21350 mile flight around the world the first such circuit by planes under 575 horsepower The 100 horsepower Cubs led off at 1010 a m EST with a two minute gap The pilots George Truman 39 of Los Angeles a former army flight instructor and Clifford W Evans 26 of Washington DC who served in the China Burma India theater in the war expect a 200 to 220 flying hour mission lasting 30 to 45 days.
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Teterboro
George Truman
Los Angeles
Clifford W. Evans
Washington, D. C
China-Burma-India
Increase in living costs across eight Michigan cities
Lansing records the largest quarterly rise in living costs at 2.6 per cent from March 15 to June 15, with Battle Creek 1.7 per cent higher and Detroit Saginaw and Bay City at 1.4 per cent. Grand Rapids shows no change while Flint up 0.7 per cent and Marquette 0.3 per cent. The year to June 15 marks a 15.9 per cent rise since last year.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Department of Labor and Industry
Battle Creek
Detroit
Saginaw
Bay City
Flint
Marquette
Grand Rapids
Pearl Harbor
Saginaw Bay City
Japanese governor weighs incentives for standout workers
Tokyo August 9 Kyodo says the Japanese governor is considering badges free movie tickets and streetcar and train passes to outstanding workers to boost production. The plan reflects wartime measures to raise output and morale.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
U S Seeks Decentralized German Economy
Berlin Aug 9 The U S military government plans a decentralized economy for Germany with many small unregimented firms as the model for productivity. Lloyd V Steere acting director of the U S office of political affairs told Germans in a radio broadcast that 31,400,000 small businesses under competitive system supply 98 percent of U S firms. He argued benefits spread to all social groups and cited global gains from American farm and factory output.
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Germany
Berlin
U.S
America
Lloyd V. Steere
Steere
Cadiz
Ohio
U. S
Twins Gather For Fun In Columbus
In Columbus Ohio 150 pairs of twins gathered for the 13th annual International Twins Association convention. The event emphasizes double the fun with two officers for each elective post and dresses duplicated for twin participants. Activities included a daytime tour a kid party and a banquet with an all twin talent show. Urbana Ohio twins Lizzie Ward and Jennie McGill age 14 hoped to win gold cup awards as the convention’s oldest twins.
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Columbus
Ohio
International Twins Association
Paris
New York
J T
Lizzie Ward
Jennie McGill
Urbana Ohio
Vast Brush Fire Is Under Control
A major brush fire in Big Tujunga canyon near Los Angeles burned nearly 4000 acres along a 16 mile front. More than 1000 firefighters remained on duty as the blaze, which began last Tuesday, was finally controlled the previous day. Three deaths were reported including two firefighters and an elderly resident who died of a heart attack. About 200 firefighters suffered injuries, mostly minor burns.
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Los Angeles
Big Tujunga Canyon
Here
Red Cross
Carrier Exercises Canceled by British After Crashes
In Brisbane on Aug 9 British carrier Glory and Theseus canceled flying drills after seven sailors died and seven planes were destroyed in crashes since July 20. Officials blamed pilot inexperience for the accidents and the reduction in practice.
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Brisbane
Australia
Glory
Theseus
Odom’s Bombshell Passes Shanghai on World Hop
Flight manager Franklin Lamb said the Bombshell circled Shanghai at about 10:15 a m EST and appeared to head toward Tokyo as the next stop in William Odom’s around the world flight. Odom began the journey in Chicago at 12 53 p m EST Thursday.
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Chicago
Franklin Lamb
William Odom
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Odom
President Truman Relaxes at Shangri La in Maryland
President Truman enjoys a quiet weekend at Shangri La near Thurmont Maryland. He completed 194 last day bills, hikes swims and reads at the Catoctin Mountain retreat with Mrs Truman and a secret service detail. No staff or newsmen accompany him, and no visitors are expected while he stays through Monday. Shangri La, once Navy wartime hideaway for Roosevelt, features rustic trails and an outdoor pool.
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Thurmont
Truman
Catoctin Mountain
Congress
Washington
Secret Service
Catoctin Park
Shangri-La
CCC
Navy
Roosevelt
Mass of Dead Fish Spoils Some Beaches
Clearwater Florida reports a fish plague along the gulf coast killing fish by the tons. Patches of dead fish drift ashore at Indian Rocks Beach and other shores, sparking odors and tourist cancellations. Officials cite red tide and micro organisms while officials study possible causes including mustard gas disposal. Representative Peterson says scientists believe a tiny organism explains the fish kill pace.
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Clearwater
Fla
Florida Gulf Coast
Gulf
Indian Rocks Beach
Here
Paul Ficht
Clearwater Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Beaches
Gulf Coast
War Department
Interior Department
Peterson
D-Fla
Lakeland
Boy 13 Nearly Escapes When Clothes Caught in Wheel Shaft
Addison Milling Co. incident at 4 30 p m yesterday left James Decker 13 uninjured aside from scalp lacerations and bruises after his clothes were ripped from his body by a water wheel shaft. He was found unconscious by mill worker Charles Ingall and treated by Dr A O Abraham. James rests at home with his parents as mill owner H E Branch calls it a miracle.
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Addison
James Decker
Addison Milling Co
Clare Linton
James
Charles Ingall
A. O. Abraham
Hudson
Albert Decker
H. E. Branch
Britain to end double summer time tomorrow
London reports Britain will revert from double summer time to standard daylight saving time tomorrow six hours ahead of East Lan Standard Time. The change ends the extra hour of daylight in the evenings and returns clocks to the standard DST schedule.
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London
Britain
Eastlern
Partisan Woman Converts to Peace in Yugoslavia
Munira Karahasanovic, 32, once a Partisan fighter who fled German pursuers across Herzegovina and Montenegro, now works in Belgrade as a secretary dealing with foreigners. She recalls mud, hunger, and a vow of vengeance, later embracing Yugoslavia's postwar social changes while quietly avoiding party labels. She fondly recalls American airman Peterson and Briton McDonald who aided her unit.
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Daniel DE Luce
Belgrade
Munira Karahasanovic
Tito
Munica
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Sarajevo
Munira
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Roumanija
Peterson
McDonald
Mac
Pete
Milan Youth Dies of Shock From Truck
John Bruckner a 17 year old Milan high school student was killed July 24 by an electric shock from a truck he was rewiring in his father's garage at the University of Michigan doctors said Today Monroe county authorities state police and University physicians aided in the investigation pathologists differed noting a shock from a truck electrical system would not usually be fatal but this case was different autopsy results were inconclusive and visceral specimens were sent to the state police laboratory no poison traced Monroe County Coroner Edward Rupp would accept the hospital verdict
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Ann Arbor
John Bruckner
Milan
University of Michigan
Bruckner
Monroe
A. J. French
Edward Rupp
Fourth Husband Of Woman, 75, Is A Young Feller
In Murphysboro Illinois an elderly widow Mabel Genevieve Pitts, 75, marries her 39-year-old stepson from a prior marriage. The couple honeymoon in a two-room frame cottage after a Thursday ceremony in the First Lutheran church parsonage. Mrs Pitts says she plans to work to supplement her $30 monthly old age pension while her third husband, who died two years ago, is noted.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Mabel Genevieve Pitts
Victor Robert Pitts
First Lutheran Church
Tunisian Riots Claim 36 Lives as Strike Ends
Paris reports the Committee for Freedom of North Africa says 36 were killed and 213 injured in Tunisian riots tied to a weeklong general strike among 2.2 million inhabitants. The French foreign office announced peace and quiet had been restored and the strike was called off to prevent more bloodshed.
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Paris
Committee For Freedom of North Africa
Threaten Rubber Strike at B F Goodrich Plants
In Akron on August 9 representatives of 21,000 CIO United Rubber Workers warned of a strike starting August 14 and ending August 19 at seven nationwide Goodrich Co plants unless a company wide contract and wage increases are bargained. The plan would align with the expiration of local working agreements in seven states.
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Akron
Cio-United Rubber
B. F. Goodrich Co
B. F. Goodrich
International Policy Committee of
Goodrich Urwa
Cable back in service to Europe resumed tomorrow
The French Telegraph Cable Company, which halted operations in May 1942 due to the war, will resume cable service to London Paris and other European points tomorrow announced manager A Berenger.
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New York
French Telegraph Cable Company
London
Paris
A. Berenger
Hughes denies profit on 200-ton flying boat contract
Howard Hughes testified before the Senate war investigating committee that he expected no profit from the 200-ton flying boat project and that if the effort failed he would leave the country. He said the contract precluded profit and that he spent over seven million of his own money, with losses potentially reflected in tax returns.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Hollywood
Senate War Investigating Committee
Pepper JD
Hughes
Lin i
Homer Ferguson
Rmich
Williams
Rdel
Henry J. Kaiser
Hughes Company
Corn futures hit fourth weekly record at $2.35 a bushel
Chicago August 9. A new record high for the week was posted as the September corn future rose to $2.35 a bushel on the board of trade, surpassing yesterday's 99 year peak of $2.31.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
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Hart
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Casey Jones
Barbara Jones
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Lucius Beebe
Charles Clegg
Ferguson
Jingh Fulton
Brewster
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