Early revival of OPA law unlikely in capital
Washington reports show Congress returning to the price control fight as OPA has ended. Stakeholders debate a 20 day stopgap, with Senate filibusters feared and public pressure mounting after Truman veto. Spence pledges quick drafting of a new price law while rent controls gain legislative traction. Taft accuses Truman of causing chaos and fights back against the veto.
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Taft
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Wolcott
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Taft Taft
Bikini Atom Bomb Blast Sinks Ships at Bikini Atoll
The atomic test aboard the USS Appalachian sank one destroyer and two transports with 16 more vessels damaged while a large fleet remained afloat. No lives were lost as Adm Blandy and Forrestal praised the operation. observers described the fireball and mushroom cloud as the test reached for 30,000 feet and beyond.
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Forrestal
Associated Press
Howard Blakeslee
None Escapes Damage In Pacific Nuclear Test Feeds Damage Report
The first craft reached the lagoon within three hours of the blast to study damage and fuel effects. Most ships showed small damage like bent masts and wrecked superstructures. Fireboats battled the Independence and Pennsylvania as the Nevada suffered scorching but remained salvageable. Nevada, Nagato, Sakana, and Prinz Eugen faced heavy damage. two transports Gillam and Carlisle sunk. Lamson destroyed. Saratoza extinguished. planes lashed to decks and fires threatening scientific instruments aboard the Hulls. Admiral Blandy reported the bomb was slightly less powerful than Nagasaki’s.
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Panamint
Associated Press
Paul K. Lee
Independence
Pennsylvania
Saratoza
Elton C Fay
Blandy
Nagato
Sakana
Prinz Eugen
Gillam
Carlisle
Lamson
Little Noise Results From Bomb Test Fire Event
Blakeslee described the B 29 Daves Dream dropping a bomb that created a pink to gold dust cloud seen by military observers and reporters aboard a press ship. Witnesses noted a quiet blast with heat waves and a modest blast image, while officials said the operation largely went as planned and spectators struggled to interpret the event.
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Panamini
Lee
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Tid News
Goats Survive Bomb Blast On Pennsylvania Site
New York dispatch reports goats placed aboard the USS Pennsylvania near the atom bomb blast were seen standing at ease and eating hay after inspection by Rear Schmial A Solberg and CHR correspondent Don Mozies. The report cites operations crossroad materials director as the source.
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Uss Pennsylvania
Don Mozies
CHR
Mt. McKinley
Mozies
Schmial A Solberg
Crossroad
Ohio Bell plans Middletown exchange improvements
Ohio Bell Telephone Co announces Middletown exchange upgrades costing about 235000 dollars. An addition to the dial system equipment room will cost 33000 dollars while the remainder funds operating equipment and other facilities, according to local company spokesmen.
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Middletown
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Igdax
Rightwing Party Leads In Germany's Election
Frankfurt dispatch reports first returns show the Christian Social Union leading in the Bavaria Greater Hesse and Wuerttemberg Baden states in the American occupation zone as voters cast ballots in Sunday constituent assembly elections.
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Germany
Christian Social Union
Bavaria
Greater Hesse
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Jeep Collision Fatal to 3. 1 Perish in Accidents
A jeep auto crash near Osborn Green County Akron killed three occupants including Eugene E Smith Jr and Amelia Chance 23 and left Sue Cantrell seriously injured. Meanwhile Ina Gibbs 38 and her 15 month old Franklin perished in a stove explosion fire destroying their farmhouse. Motorcycle crashes claimed Adrian Combs 38 near Washington D H and John Hoffman 19 of Selma. Other deaths included Mrs Walter Lach 38 Amherst and Eugene Koch 6 hit by cars, Adele Niebling 30 drowned in the Ohio River, Zelma Shaw 1 died from accidental rifle discharge by a seven year old girl.
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Ohio
Eugene E. Smith, Jr
Amelia Chance
Akron
Sue Cantrell
Osborn
Green County
Ina C. Gibbs
Osene
Franklin
Adrian Combs
Washington D. H
John Hoffman
Selma
Springfield
Sandusky
Walter Lach
Amherst
Eugene Koch
John Koch
Cincinnati
Adele Niebling
Ohio River
Zelma Shaw
Anti Saloon Pioneer H H Russell Dies at 59
The Rev Howard Hyde Russell founder of the Anti Saloon League died at his Westerville home aged about 59 after waging liquor opposition for nearly six decades. A Oberlin College theologian turned reformer he led campaigns to curb alcohol and oversaw league activity from Westerville HQ established in 1909. The league began in 1893 at Oberlin and formalized in Washington in 1895.
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Howard Hyde Russell
Anti-Saloon League
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Russell
Oberlin College
Ohio
Minnesota
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United Brethren
Oberlin
Washington
Frisco Transit Strike Halts City Services
San Francisco street cars and buses stopped as about 2400 A L and C S O workers walked out seeking higher wages. Mayor Roger Lapham condemned the strike as a government challenge and argued increases must fit city charter provisions.
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C. SO
Carmen
Roger C Lapham
Trieste Riots Injure Five as Yanks Quell Turkish Backlash
Paris AP reports the Big Four Foreign Ministers Council revisits Trieste amid plans for a 21 nation European peace conference. Five American soldiers were wounded aiding police during clashes sparked by pro Italian residents. The discussion centers on internationalizing Trieste under UN guidance for at least ten years with mixed Italian Yugoslav and Allied control.
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Foreign Ministers Council
Trieste
James F. Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Treste
Bidault
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Alcide de Gasperi
London
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Raise Sends Glass Strikers Back to Work
About 2,400 AFL workers at Columbia Chemical Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass were to return to work after a 60 day strike. A second walkout of 2,600 Babcock & Wilcox workers loomed as talks continued on wage and security. An estimated 1,000 AFL-CIO Mine Workers accepted a 23 cent hourly wage increase offered by Pittsburgh Plate Glass, while B and WY union talks pursued a 20 percent raise and broader protections.
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Early End To Flour Shortage Predicted
Cleveland dispatch reports hopes for a bumper crop and rising export demand may end the flat flour shortage soon. Walter R. Barra of Minneapolis, VP and director of General Mills, Inc, said yesterday.
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Walter R. Barra
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Two Airliners Leave With Serum for China
Toledo dispatch says two American airliners prepared to fly to Shanghai carrying 17 1 2 tons of cholera serum. The cargo is from the government medical supply depot here to combat a cholera epidemic in China.
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Shangha
China
Hamilton Sets Record In Building Permits For 1946
Hamilton issued 132,723 in construction permits in the first half of 1946, an all time city record, reported by city building inspector Thomas L Armstead. Soviet prices cut by about 40 percent on consumer goods across the USSR, Moscow radio announced.
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London
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Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Milk Sugar and Meat Prices Forecast Rise After Price Controls End
Reports from multiple nations indicate the expiration of government price controls could trigger immediate increases in meat milk and sugar. Projections show meat up 10 percent milk two cents per quart sugar one cent per pound while many stores plan no near term hikes.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Chicago
Board of Trade Directors
Ralph Walter
Chicago Live Stock Exchange
O.P.A
Connecticut Milk Producers Association
F. Eugene Ackerman
American Wool Council
National Association of Retail Grocers
Gvylim
Price
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Detroit
The
American Hotel Association
Lausche Seeks Special Session for Ohio Rent Curbs
Gov Frank Lausche indicated he may summon a special session of the Ohio Legislature to pass a state wide rent control law He also urged citizens to hold the line against inflation in a proclamation issued today in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Soaring Rents Prompt Call for Ohio Action
Rents rise sharply in Ohio with some increases cited at a0 percent as the demise of the Office of Price Administration looms. State Rep Howard Metzenbaum urged Governor Lausche to reconvene the Legislature to enact rent controls. He labeled the OPA ending a trigger for urgent emergency action as tenants fear gouging.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Frank JL. Lausche
Office of Price Administration
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cleveland
U S Supports Siam Appeal at United Nations
The United States will back a full hearing for Siam before the United Nations Security Council on its border dispute with French Indochina and support Siam's bid for UN membership. Siam's Parliament plans to submit the case to the world body, with Bangkok reports noting a delegation would visit in July. Negotiations are also under way for air service between New York and Bombay.
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United States
Siam
United Nations Security Council
U.S
World Agency
Bangkok
Bombay
Government of India
First Vacation Ship Sails From New York
The luxury cruise liner Stella Polaris departed New York yesterday for the Caribbean with 185 vacationers aboard. It marks the first postwar planned ocean cruise.
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Caribbean
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