79th Congress Aims for Quick Adjournment Amid Barriers
Washington AP report details the 79th Congress racing toward final adjournment with a last-minute compromise on freezing the social security tax and a world court dispute as the final kinks. It notes the House favored adjournment, the Senate stalled on an emergency session, and mentions plans for a new 80th Congress after November elections. The piece recalls wartime cooperation with Roosevelt and Truman and outlines Truman's 32 legislative requests, most rejected, with labor and price-control battles shaping the final days.
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9Th Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
House
Senate
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Congress
Truman Wilh
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Harry S. Truman
Germany
Japan
Edwin W Pauley
California
Great Britain
Diplomats Wrangle Over Chairmanship at Paris Peace Confab
The European peace conference Rules Committee failed to decide who should be permanent chairman. New Zealand led opposition to a rotating chair, urging election by acclamation of George Bidault of France, who may not want the post. Molotov cited a prior decision for rotation as Byrnes supported Evatt against Poland’s demand to sit on Hungary commission.
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Paris
New Zealand
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Hector MacNeil
George Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Bidault
Peace Conference Commission
Hungary
Poland
Molotoy
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
James F. Byrnes
Evatt
Plan for partition of Palestine by Anglo American Cabinet Committee
The plan envisions a partitioned Palestine with Zionist Arab and central government districts. Jewish province would cover about 1500 square miles, nearly twice the size of New Jersey, while central government areas remain under strong British control and limited autonomy for Arab and Jewish regions.
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Palestine
New Jersey
Servant Held as Murderer in Nassau County Case
Nas sau County detective chief said a 23-year-old Black butler and chauffeur is arrested for murder in the July 24 death of Mrs Marjorie Church Logan and for the assault and shooting of her daughter Marjorie Jean Logan. Miss Logan identified him as the attacker in her home. Mrs Logan died in the living room.
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Mineola
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County
Marjorie Church Logan
Marjorie Jean
Pummell
Halt to Liquor Sales During Fairs Sought
The State Department of Liquor Control weighed closing all drink spots within two miles of Ohio agricultural fairs amid pressure from the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Delegates from more than a dozen states attended the National Flying Farmers Association convention nearby, highlighting machinery know how and farm implements in sessions.
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State Department of Liquor Control
Ohio
Department
Women's Christian Temperance Stillwater
Okla
Fi —Umion
Wlegal
Si- Stillwater
National Flying Farmers Association
Burbank
Calif
Oklahoma
New York
Boyd L. Grubaugh
van Wert, O
Steam Bath Fire Forces 30 Women to Flee in West Philadelphia
A fire at the Pine Baths steam rooms in West Philadelphia destroyed two buildings and forced about 30 women to flee in smoke and flames. Firefighters could not save the women's clothing and belongings.
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Philadelphia
Pine Baths
West Philadelphia
Motorcycle Rider Decapitated by Truck at Patterson Field
Day on Patterson Field ends in tragedy as Sgt Gordon F Andersons motorcycle is struck by a truck near the main gate. Andersons, 28, from Columbus, was set to transfer from Wright Field to California. Also noted: Fort Stephenson anniversary observed in Fremont and engineer Adelphia Hopkins dies after last December auto crash.
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Dayton
Gordon F
Fremont
Fort Stephenson
George Croghan
Cincinnati
U — Adelphia
Hopkins
Baltimore and Ohio
Caskets for War Dead To Cost 35 Million
Jeffersonville contracts for 250000 caskets and cases for returning bodies of American servicemen who died overseas in World War II have been awarded to five concerns at an approximate cost of 25 million dollars.
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Jeffersonville
War Department
Patrol Seeks Identity Of Man Killed by Auto
The State Highway Patrol seeks the identity of a man about 60 killed by an automobile on State Route 5 west of Warren. Bus tickets on his body suggest he may have lived in the Niles Girard area.
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Warren
State Highway Patrol
Here
Niles- Girard
Jail Fugitive Bride Arrested For Speeding
A one day honeymoon ends as escaped convict August Bernard Doak and his 16 year old bride Constance Blondell Doak are arrested after abducting state trooper Charles Kell near Raritan Somerset County. Kell was held at gunpoint until the couple fled and were pursued. One trooper eventually captured Doak as he attempted to cross the Hopewell railroad bridge.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles R. Kell
Kell
Raritan
Somerset County
Charles H. Schoeffel
Constance Ethel Blondell Doak
Mettler Goes On Vacation Halts Board Hearings
Columbus report notes two State Liquor Board members are away leaving only Mrs Maide McQuate and William Hess. With three members required to act, hearings on liquor law violations scheduled for early August will be postponed indefinitely due to Harry Mettler’s vacation and imminent resignation.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Maide MrQuate
Harry Mettler
New Lexington
Richard Lindemann
Delphos
Mrs. McQuate
William Hess
Cincinnati
Civil Service Posts Open for Inter State Commerce jobs
Examinations announced by the Civil Service Commission for a tariff examiner and several railway inspector posts with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Provisional appointments lead to permanent status. Positions include Washington DC tariff examiner pay 5397 per year and locomotive inspector 3397 annually plus other inspectors at 4902.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D.C
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
Vets Offer To Identify Defective Mortar Shells
War Investigating Committee receives letters and offers from veterans and former soldiers to supply lot numbers of faulty 4.2 inch mortar shells. They seek the manufacturers responsible, with reports from Fort Bragg tests and shipments to Italy and Belgium. Erie Basin Metal Products is named among the companies in the field.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
EA Wig Luaueet Stiauiel Truitt
Italy
Chemical Warfare Service
Fort Bragg
N. c
65Th Chemical Company
Belgium
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Plane Pilot's Drinking Charges Enter Guilty Plea
Howard W. Hulse 36 of Chicago pleaded guilty to being drunk after local officials found no statute for piloting an airplane under liquor in Fulton County. He was fined 40 dollars plus costs by Judge F S Ham in Common Pleas Court.
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Wauseon
Fulton County
Howard W. Hulse
Chicago
Hulse
F. 5. Ham
Cormmon Pleas Court
Two Children Succumb In House Fire Tragedy
Cincinnati police report two children Frances eight and Curtis four died in a fire that trapped them on a second floor bedroom after smoke and flames blocked the stairs. Firefighters battled the blaze as investigators began work at the Spillman residence.
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Cincinnati
George Pearcy
Frances
Curtis
Charlies Spillman
One Is Killed In Bus Crash On Memorial Bridge
Washington dispatch reports one person killed and undetermined number injured when a bus crashed through the guard rail of the Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River before dawn. Occupants were trapped on the riverbank after the plunge. initial word said a collision with a automobile preceded the guard rail breach. An ambulance en route to the scene crashed nearby and details on the second accident were not available.
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Washington
Memorial Bridge
Potomac River
Federal Jury May Try Wright Kidnap Suspects
Okey James Blair and Carl Richard Duralia, both from near Steubenville, face federal charges of kidnapping and injuring Rosalie Wright of Parkersburg. Blair allegedly accosted Wright in a Parkersburg nightclub on June 26 and forced her to accompany them to Belpre, Ohio.
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Elkins
W. Va
Okey James Blair
Carl Richard Duralia
Steubenville
Rosalie Wright
Parkersburg
Blair
Duraha
Belpre
Eleven Killed in Navy Privateer Bomber Crash Near Camp Kearny
The crash of a four engine Navy Privateer bomber four miles west of Camp Kearny killed at least 11 service personnel including possibly a woman. The land based patrol aircraft had departed from Camp Miramar Marine Air Field bound for Dallas and burned after the emergency landing attempt. A separate report notes Edwards Evans, 11, of Beunguat, Ohio, drowned in an abandoned stone quarry near Benton.
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Calif
Camp Kearny
11Th Naval District
Camp Miramar Marine Air Field
Dallas
Ohio
Tiffin
Edwards Evans
Beunguat
Benton
Democrats Hint Truman May Enter Ohio Campaign
Democratic leaders weigh a Truman Ohio visit to boost Huffman in a pivotal race with Bricker for the Senate seat. White House consideration discussed, with timing aimed at influencing November outcomes. Huffman, a Truman ally, invited the president to Cleveland. funds also cited for 1946-47 vocational education in Ohio.
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Ohio
Huffman
Washington
Democratic High Command
House
James W. Huffman
Lis
John W. Bricker
Senate
Harold H. Burton
Frank Lausche
Burton
Supreme Court
White House
Robert A. Taft
Bricker
American Legion
Cleveland
Legion
Southern Jail Besieged By GI Ticket Supporters
Athens Tennessee election clash escalates as about 50 deputized officers surrender after a six hour standoff at McMinn County jail. Armed citizens patrolled the town following a bloody election night gun battle tied to a dispute over ballot campaigns and a GI ticket effort.
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GI Ticket
Athens, Tenn
Athens
McMinn County
Ron
Mare
Washington
Tom Clark
Tenn
Ers
Windy Wise
Duggan
George Woods
County Election Commission
Funds Granted For Expanding State Forests
Ohio state boards released funds to buy 11,126 acres for four state forests in five southern counties Shawnee Hocking Zaleski and Pike with total costs shown. Also $49,900 approved to build a dining lodge at Lake Hope despite a protest from a Jackson Republican.
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Ohio
State Board of Control
Shawnee State Park
Scioto
Adams
Hocking State Forest
Hocking County
Zaleski State Forest
Vinton County
Pike State Forest
Pike County
Lake Hope
Paul Ballard
Jackson Republican
McKellar Re-Elected in Tennessee Senate Primary Victory
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar, 77, secured Democratic renomination and a sixth Senate term after a Vigorous statewide primary. Backed by Edward H. Crump's Shelby County machine, he won about a two to one margin over CIO-backed Edward Ward Carmack, with Shelby County giving the decisive vote. Gov. Jim Nance McCord also won renomination on a Crump-supported coalition ticket. McKellar has served 29 years in the Senate and since 1911 as a national legislator.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kenneth D. McKellar
Washington
Edward H. Crump
Shelby County
Memphis
McKellar
CIO
Edward Ward Carmack
Carmack
Jim Nance McCord
Crump
Senate
OPA Protests Eviction Rule in Cleveland
OPA officials said they would seek Supreme Court review to overturn a federal court ruling upholding eviction orders. The decision came yesterday from Federal Judge Paul Jones in Willoughby, where Louis E Merhar, a married veteran, faced eviction from a home he bought last March with two boarders and the Jepson family.
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Cleveland
OPA
Supreme Court
OFA
Paul Jones
Louis E. Merhar
Fromm
Jepson
Merhar
Willoughby
Service Policy Loans Reduced One Per Cent
The Veterans Administration cut the government life insurance policy loan rate from 5 to 4 percent effective immediately. About 127000 veterans from both world wars hold loans totaling $115000000, with the new rate saving more than $1000000 annually for borrowers.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service
Ohio Federation of Labor Re-Elects Officers at Conclave
In Cleveland the Ohio Federation of Labor re elected all officers by acclamation at the close of its 61st annual convention. Secretary treasurer Phil Hannah, recently named assistant secretary of labor, participated. Hannah noted the revival of OPA and the Wage Adjustment Board restoring wage control in construction.
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Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Labor
Phil Hannah
Hannah
OPA
Wage Adjustment Board
Mary B Price Dies at 88 in Tuppers Plains
Mary B Price, 88, died Thursday evening at the home of her son William near Long Bottom. She is survived by her only son. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Stiversville Church. friends may call at Arbaugh Funeral Home in Tuppers Plains.
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Tuppers Plains
Mary B. Price
William
Long Bottom
Price
Stiversville Church
Arbaugh
Just Peace Outlook Says Sam Simmons
Sam Simmons argues the German people should be allowed to produce their own food and attain prosperity rather than rely on U S relief. He notes Germany is not united for trade and warns against political discord among delegates while praising German Americans who are industrious and misled by politicians.
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Germany
United States
Hitler
Leedea
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