British Plan for Breaking Paris Deadlock Backed
The United States and China backed a British compromise at the Paris Peace Conference to allow the conference to make recommendations to foreign ministers by two thirds or simple majority on five treaties. Byrnes endorsed the plan and pledged support for a two thirds outcome in the Foreign Ministers Council if broadly agreed. The Trieste issue and Danube navigation remain points of contention among the major powers.
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Paris
United States
China
Britain
France
Russia
Byrnes
Foreign Ministers Council
Conference
Trieste
Danube
W. L. Mackenze
Canada
London
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Slavs seize U.S. Major and family near Caporetto
American Army major George Woods and his wife and child were taken into custody by Yugoslav troops near the Caporetto battle area in the Venezia Giulia sector. Woods, a veteran of the South Pacific, had his family with him when detained, according to military sources.
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Trieste
Caporetto
Venezia Giuna
George Woods
South Pacific
Seventeen Injured in Bus Auto Collision Near Monaca
Seventeen persons were injured in a head on crash of a Greyhound bus and an automobile on Route 930 a half mile east of Monaca Pennsylvania last night. state police reported.
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Monaca
Here
Accidents Take 10 Lives In Ohio During Weekend
Ohio suffered ten deaths over the weekend from road crashes plane crashes and other incidents. Names and ages include Cleveland 38 Erdely Joliet. Middletown 18 Burt. Dayton driver Long. Ironton 23 Frazer. Akron 27 Catherine Hardy and 29 Harley Hardy in a trainer plane crash. Sandusky 13 Franklin and 14 Kenneth Lavely. Akron 16 Richard Sonntag electrocuted. Hollywood police report Janet McKee 7 fatally burned. Newark 56 Reichart killed after three passengers robbed and forced him off a hillside road. rescue crews saved a man who clung to a 200 foot precipice.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Vincent P Erdely
Joliet
Lil
Westlake
Middletown
Pauline Burt
Franklin, O
Charles Long
Dayton
Ironton
Sherman Frazer
Huntington
W.va
Akron
Catherine Hardy
Harley Hardy
Farchild
Tallmadge Village
Sandusky
Franklin
Kenneth
Glenn J. Lavely
Mansfeld
Lake Erie
Richard Sonntag
Sonntag
Hollywood
Cinamaty
Janet McKee
Bradley Wayne
Newark
Hairs Reichart
Brush
Death Camp Chief Seized in Tokyo Arrest
Allied Headquarters announce the arrest of Japanese Army captain Toshio Tsunetoshi, commander of Camp O’Donnell in the Philippines, where Bataan death march survivors endured torture and starvation. He awaits trial at Sugamo Prison for atrocities. Lt Masoner also imprisoned and linked to I-8 submarine activities.
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Tokyo
Allied
Camp O'Donnell
Philippines
Bataan
Toshio Tsunetoshi
Sugamo
Masoner
Hatton
Bricker Urges Church to Bar Communism in U S Life
John Bricker, GOP Senate nominee, told Lakeside Bible Glass that the church must keep American life free of Communist influence and that clergy should lead in postwar rehabilitation efforts.
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Bricker
Lakeside
John Bricker
GOP
U. S. Senate
Lakesite Bible Glass
British and Americans dispute over derelict freighter American Farmer
A damaged American freighter limped toward England under U S Navy escort as British papers claim salvage prize. The 8358 ton American Farmer carrying wheat and eggs was involved in a collision with the William J Riddie west of Lands End. A British tow, a small ship and a tug arrived as the Elizabete was instructed to tow. The U S Navy described its role as port access, while London seeks government intervention.
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London
England
U. S
William J. Ridde
Lands End
U.S Lines
William J. Riddie
Moore-McCormick Lines
War Shipping Administration
Elizabete
Wales
Perry
U. 5S. Lines
American Ranger
Ranger
Hudson Steamshop Co
Ministry of Transport
U.S. Navy
North China Marines Stand Ready After Ambush
Adm. Charles M. Cooke Jr. said U S Marines in North China will defend themselves if attacked after a July 29 convoy ambush near Peiping killed four Marines. Chinese Communists were named as the attackers. Ta Kung Pao hinted Truman may order withdrawal plans, but officials denied any such directive.
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Shanghai
China
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Peiping
Nanking
Ta Kung Pao
Truman
Marshall
U. S
Washington
Independence
Charles G. Ross
Probe Report Being Finished
Senate War Investigators race to finish a final report as new leads emerge. Chairman Mead says a comprehensive resume of the committee’s work will be issued soon while interest grows in when Rep. May may be questioned after leaving a sickbed for a Prestonburg home rest.
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Senate
Rep
May
D. Kky
Prestonburg
Mead
D-Ny
Jehovah's Witnesses Open World Meeting in Cleveland
More than 50 000 members from almost every country gathered in Cleveland for the group s first postwar international convention. Grant Suuter, convention chairman, warned that while religionists preach unity some foster deadly hatreds, Jehovah s Witnesses aim to show the sole unifying force for mankind.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Auditorium
Grant Suuter
Army Veteran Charged With Double Murder
Army veteran Ward Mike was charged with a double murder in Pineville West Virginia. He allegedly killed Ray West twenty and Archie Hensley twenty four at Wests home at midnight Saturday as Millers wife watched. Sheriff Paul Goode reported the case and said the suspect was to be arraigned today in Ohio related to a clinic plan for veterans treatment.
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Columbus
Henri Luidens
Pineville
W. Va
Nesses
Ohio
Paul Goode
Goode
Ward Mike
Ray West
Archie Hensley
West
Millers
Severe Atlantic Quake Damages Caribbean Seismographs
An Atlantic Ocean quake centered near Santo Domingo or Milwaukee depth rattled the Caribbean Sunday, knocking out seismographs in St Louis and triggering felt reports from San Juan to Trinidad. Officials noted possible tidal effects if centered undersea and described the quake as catastrophic and major on multiple seismographs.
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Caribbean
Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
St- Louis
Marion Gilmore
Army and Navy
Puerto Rico
Milwaukee
Santo Domingo
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Gilmore
U. S. Naval Station
Guantanamo Bar
Cuba
Trinidad
Pan-American Airways
San Juan
Walla
G. J. Brakesman
Cincinnati
Weston
Mass
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Pasadena
Calif
Gallia Oxen Demonstrate At Ashland Exposition
A yoke of oxen weighing about 3000 pounds will illustrate century old farming methods at Ashland County's 1946 fair centennial theme. The pair has worked in logging camps near Gallipolis for two years. Washington report notes Senate approval of two Ohio postmaster nominations Grace E. M. Allen of Portland and Clara B. Sohngen of Roscoe.
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Ashland
Ashland County
Gallipolis
Washington
Senate
Ohio
Grace E. M. Allen
Portland
Clara B. Sohngen
Roscoe
County Acts To Establish Government In Tennessee
Athens Tenn Pi Mc Minn County moves to reestablish constitutional government replacing a citizens committee after a bloody election night battle. The quarterly court may meet to fill vacant offices including Sheriff Pat Mansfield whose resignation was telegraphed to Gov Jim McCord. Certification of a bipartisan all veterans slate for county offices is slated.
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Athens
Tenn
Jim Buttram
Knox Henry
Pi— Mc- Minn
Thequarterly Court
Pat Mansfield
Mansfield
Jim McCord
Plant Opens Pickets Nabbed In Connersville Riot
CONNERSVILLE Ind Fourteen pickets were arrested as Rex Manufacturing reopened with state guardsmen and state police at the gates. Two hundred guardsmen arrived after Gov Gates ordered forces to protect workers entering the plant. Pickets arrested today bring total to twenty six since a circuit court injunction barred interference with access to the plant.
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Connersville
Ind
Rex Manufacturing Company
Ralph F. ‘Gates
Fayette County
CIO
Truman Prestige at Stake in Fifth District Ballot
President Truman backed Enos Axtell while staying aloof from clashes in the Fifth District race against Roger C. Slaughter. Campaign spending arguments intensified as Jerome Walsh urged a House investigation, drawing national focus.
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Kansas City
Truman
Independence
Volved
Enos A. Axtell
Roger C. Slaughter
Jackson County
Margaret
Jerome Walsh
Rayburn
U.S. House of Representatives
Slaughter
Axtell
Walsh
Cio-Political Action Committee
James Pendergast
Bombs Hit Legations in Beirut a Simultaneous Attack
Bombs exploded almost simultaneously at the American Legation and the British consulate in Beirut Lebanon wounding no one but causing substantial damage. Police theorize the act as a protest against the British American Palestine semi partition plan. One blast blew out a window at the American legation and another destroyed a wall at the British consulate.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Legation
Palestine
Farm Prices Hit New High Across Ohio
Ohio farmers saw a surge in prices for July 15 with record or near record levels for beef cattle veal calves lambs milk cows chickens butter and butter fat. Corn wheat oats barley hogs sheep and wholesale milk also at their highest since postwar, while potatoes hay and apples declined.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Passenger Saves Child and Breaks Wrist in Canandaigua
Mrs Mary Harrington 55 riding with husband saw 8 year old John Coons dash toward the car and shove him back. Johnny Coons examined at hospital and discharged uninjured. Mrs Harrington suffered a broken wrist and was advised to remain in the hospital.
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Canandaigua
Mary Harrington
John Coons
Johnny
Hartington
Children Blamed For West End Storage Fire
Cincinnati marshal Joseph Devine of the Fire Prevention Bureau blames three children aged three to six for a blaze at a West End storage house. He says they admitted playing with matches shortly before the fire began, causing heavy damage to the plant.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Devine
The
Fire Prevention Bureau
West End
Devine
Butler Wheat Harvest Tops 130000 Bushels in Butler County
County Agent Gerald Huffman reports Butler County farmers have harvested over 130000 bushels of wheat from about 35000 acres, with receipts around 234000 dollars as the season nears completion.
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Hamilton
Gerald Huffman
Butler County
Hulfman
Woman Admits Slaying Husband With Rock In Ohio Creek Death
In Athens County a former State Hospital inmate told Sheriff George Bateman she killed her husband with a rock after a heated argument. Elizabeth Willie, 55, from near Canaanville, described dragging him to a creek and taking a bus to Columbus to visit her daughter. Authorities note serious injuries from a mattock and a rock, with Dr. H Creed saying Willie claimed nagging led to the fatal blows. She remains in custody as interviews continue to determine her sanity.
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Athens County
State Hospital
George Bateman
Columbus
Elizabeth Willie
George Willie
Mary Foley
Willies
Stroud
Creed
Willie
Athens
Columebus
Life sentence handed for Piketon shotgun slaying
A Pike County jury found William Brigner 63 guilty of first degree murder in the June 14 slaying of David P Williams Sr 43 during a backyard tree limb dispute near the town of Piketon. The panel of 12 recommended mercy to Common Pleas Judge Earl D Parker.
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Waverly
William Brigner
David P. Williams
Piketon
Brigner
Common Pleas
Earl D. Parker
West Virginia primaries urged amid voting concerns
Editorial notes skepticism about the wisdom of voters and calls for turnout in West Virginia primaries. The writer questions the integrity of the process amid alleged intimidation by political workers, labor bosses, and educators, lamenting distrust of broad public influence and urging action.
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West Virginia
Kuesy
God
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