U N Security Council falters over Indonesian strife
Aug 23 report from Batavia and New York shows the United Nations Security Council struggling to reach a decision on Indonesia as Dutch envoy Van Kleffens issues an ultimatum to send troops or let Dutch handle the cease fire. Gromyko blocks proposed commissions amid calls for compromise.
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Lake
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
Eelco N. van Klefens
Wetherland
Council
van Kleffens
Australia
Poland
Egypt
Sudan
U. N
Cairo
Batavia
Java
Netherlands Army
Sumatra
Father Of 10 Elopes With "Sitter"
A 37 year old California carpenter and his 18 year old traveling companion are held in Phoenix without charge at California authorities request. California officials say the couple left his wife and ten children in Bell Gardens. Local officers note relief payments totaling 2443 dollars were collected after they moved to Los Angeles from Mesa 16 months ago. The wife in Los Angeles recalls shared relief and notes Betty Jo had moved from Denver to care for the Bray children after the birth of their youngest 22 days ago.
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Phoenix
Ariz
California
Bell Garden
Calif
Joseph Bray
Betty Jo Roberts
Los Angeles
Raymond V. Darby
Brays
Mesa
Bray
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Application Filed for Sale of WABI Radio Station
An application to transfer ownership of Adrian based WABI from Gale Griner and Alden Cooper to James Gerity Jr was filed with the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. Gerity also submitted an offer to purchase and a request for full time operation with increased facilities and service. Processing typically takes about two months.
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Adrian
WABI
Gale Griner
Alden Cooper
James Gerity Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Gerity
Federal Commission
the Communications Commission
What a Business Grand Rapids Ambulance Heat Casualties
On a hot day in Grand Rapids officer Harry Moore returns from his fourth ambulance call. Three patients were stretcher cases over 250 pounds and a fourth, about 100 pounds, rose from the pavement and sat in the ambulance.
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Grand Rapids
Harry Moore
Contractors Endorse Adrian Annexation Plan Approval
The Southern Michigan Contractors Association executive board reaffirmed the Adrian annexation program by unanimous action. The group extended the contract with the Lenawee Building Trades Council to June 22, 1948 following an overwhelming winter vote by the membership.
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Adrian
Southern Michigan Contractors Association
Lenawee Building Trades Council
Fifth polio case develops in Lenawee County
The fifth poliomyelitis case in Lenawee County was reported today by Dr. H. C. Huntley. Patient Maynard Ingraham, 42, of Tecumseh Route 1, was taken to Securiseh Hospital two days ago and sent to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor for observation. Diagnosis confirmed by university staff.
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Lenawee County
H. C. Huntley
Maynard Ingraham
Tecumseh
Securiseh Hospital
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor
University Hospital
Plane designer dies in Tudor II crash at takeoff
Roy Chadwick, famed designer of Britain's Lancaster bomber, and three other aeronautical experts were killed in a Tudor II test flight crash shortly after takeoff. The four engine airliner, built to carry 36 passengers, featured innovations including a cocktail bar.
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Woodford
Eng
Roy Chadwick
Britain
U S proposes plebiscite in Korea to break deadlock
Seoul Aug 23 The United States proposed an internationally supervised plebiscite in Korea to break the Soviet American deadlock over government for the occupied nation. Maj Gen Albert E Brown said Moscow had not replied to Secretary Marshall’s Aug 8 proposal and that the plan would use a general election with free campaigning and multi party ballots to name a national legislature. The Russians favor consultation with political parties and social organizations, while the Americans seek broad consultation and upholding a decision on trusteeship not the issue itself.
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Seoul
United States
Korea
Albert E. Brown
Korean Joint Commission
Marshall
Brown
South
Joint Commission
John R. Hodge
North
Moscow
Congresswoman seeks colored U S paper money
Mrs Edith N Rogers a Republican congresswoman from Massachusetts urged Secretary John W Snyder in a letter to print U S bills in varying colors by denomination so the public can easily discern value. The Aug 23 dispatch notes Rogers wants color coding to aid recognition and reduce confusion in everyday transactions.
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Lowell, Mass
Congress
Edith N. Rogers
R-Mass
Rogers
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Independent probe urged of General Lee command by CWV
Manx Sorensen, national commander of the Catholic War Veterans of the United States, invites an independent investigation into Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee's command as announced by the CWV post in Rome.
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Rome
Doc Keyes Leads In State Fair Racing Deal
In Lansing and at the state fair the race for public favor centers on Doc Keyes. The Lt. Gov. Keyes gains ground by pressing for continued pari mutuel betting at the fairgrounds, appealing to rural voters while Gov. Sigler faces political pressure and a board shakeup over the racing question.
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Doc Keyes
State Fair Racing
Jack Green Lansing
Doc
Eugene C. Keyes
Sigler
Dearborn
Keyes
Detroit Racing Association
Fairgrounds
State Fair Track
Racing Association
Lansing
Lapeer
Robert M. Myers
State Fair Board
War of extermination in Punjab roils villages in raid surge
August report from India describes Sikh raiders overrunning at least 150 villages in two weeks. Moslem targets are slain with varied weapons as looters and arsonists strike after the initial assault. Bodies and graves dot the scene near Naru Nangal. Brigadier Stevens warns many villagers may flee to Pakistan to survive.
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India
Punjab
Naru Nangal
F. H. Stevens
Pakistan
Romania ratifies Allied peace treaty in special session
In Bucharest this morning the Romanian Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the Allied peace treaty. Foreign Minister Gheorghe Tatarescu urged ratification, saying the accord ends a lost war and marks the final form of World War II peace. Romania to pay 300 million dollars in reparations to Russia and cede Bessarabia and southern Dobruja, with Transylvania recognized in Romania’s favor. United Nations membership bid failed in the Security Council with Syria voting yes and the rest abstaining.
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Bucharest
Romania
Romanian Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Gheorgie Tatarescu
Russia
Bessarabia
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Transylvania
Hungary
Germany
Italy
Tatarescu
United Nations
Security Council
Syria
Booster Shots Help Lansing Cut Diphtheria Cases
A Michigan state immunization program focusing on booster shots for school children has halted the diphtheria rise. After peaking at 580 cases in 1945-46, the state reports 310 cases in the last year, down from 242 in 1941, the lowest in state history.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Health Department
Helen Hayes Fall Closes Show After Fall
New York August 23 Helen Hayes’ fall in a shower at her Nyack home ended a performance and forced an early closing. Doctors found ten stitches beneath a bandage she wore nightly since the show opened ten months ago. A matinee will be missed and lines will be altered.
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New York
Helen Hayes
Miss Hayes
Nyack
N. Y
30 Oil Burner Permits Issued In Three Days
Charles Dibble city building inspector issued 30 oil burner permits at $1 each and reports 100 inquiries about the new permit under Michigan law. He also granted two building permits for new houses and three remodeling permits. Clifford Poll and Clyde Renner Jr acquired the new house permits. Polls home at 555 North Winter Street is 24 by 40 feet with a basement, Renner’s 24 by 32 foot frame house with a basement sits in Maple Vista. Arthur Clark received a frame addition permit at 950 South Oak Street. Cutler Engineering and Construction Co. holds remodeling permits for buildings at 1865 West Maumee Street and 306 College Avenue, the latter for Louis Frank & Son junk dealers.
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Charles Dibble
Mr. Dibble
Public Acts of Michigan
Clifford Poll
Clyde Renner Jr
Mr. Poll
North Winter Street
Tribute to Bethune Matriarch Who Gave Birth to 27
Bethune France honored 75 year old Madame Cousin Smagghe who bore 27 children. Seven survive and she has 20 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. She comes from a family of 24 siblings.
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Bethune
France
Madame
AFL In Toledo Tests Taft Hartley Law Ad Demands Defeat
In Toledo a three column ad by the AFL Toledo Central Labor Union challenges the Taft Hartley Act framed as a test of its constitutionality. The union vows to defeat any Ohio legislators backing the act and taunts Sen. Taft with a looming political loss. Gerald Openlander said no action until guidance from the attorney general. The ad is mailed to Washington.
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Toledo
AFL
Toledo Central Labor Union
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
American Federation of Labor
Taft
Gerald P. Openlander
Tom Clark
Washington
Bandits Steal 40000 in Dawn Windsor Bank Heist
Bank robbers armed with a sub machine gun and pistol struck the Royal Bank of Canada in Windsor Ontario during closing hour. They ordered patrons to line up, emptied cash drawers into a bag, rejected bonds, and fled in an escape car left abandoned on the east side. Police closed in but found no trace within ten hours. The men, about 30, remain at large.
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Windsor
Ont
Royal Bank of Canada
Canadian Mounted
John W.mcintyre
McIntyre
Ten Men Believed Dead In British Mine Blast
The British Press Association reports that ten men are believed killed and five seriously hurt in a mine explosion at Annfield Plain near Durham, with fifteen more missing. Durham county crews aided the scene as black damp hindered rescue, the first body recovered two hours after the blast.
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London
British Press Association
Annfield Plain
Durham
Durham County
William
Greek coalition cabinet collapses as three ministers resign
In Athens the coalition cabinet led by Dimitrios Maximos fell after three former premiers Venizelos Papandreou and Kanellopoulos demanded cabinet changes. The resignations followed a dispute over reconstitution and foreign policy amid ongoing guerrilla activity and new American aid. Tsaldaris opposed reshuffle citing national needs.
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Athens
Demetrios Maximos
Constantin Tsaldaris
Washington
Maximos
Paul
Sophocles Venizelos
George Papandreou
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Venizelos
Venizelos Liberal Party
Nanellopoulos
Papandreou
Stephanos Kalabalikis
Volos
Kanelliopoulos
German SS Sergeant sentenced by U.S. war crimes court
Theodor Stutz-Zenner, formerly an SS sergeant at Mauthausen, was condemned to death by a U.S. war crimes court for his role in the hanging of two Russians and for beating concentration camp prisoners. The Aug. 23 decision at Dachau follows the trial and conviction.
False alarm at Girls Training School fires department
Fire department responded to a drill at the Girls Training School at 11:30 this morning. The alarm signal mistakenly triggered the city fire alarm circuit during a fire drill, causing a citywide alert but no fire.
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Girls Training School
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U. S. State Department
State Department
Albania
Yugoslavia
Tsaldaris
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