Big Four near set date for general European peace talks
Paris AP report says the Big Four foreign ministers move toward a 21 nation peace conference as Trieste internationalization and a Franco Yugoslav border settlement progress. Molotov accepts a boundary plan, easing a major hurdle to convening the European peace conference.
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Trieste
Big Four
Paris
Council
Georges Sbidault
Yugoslavia
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Byrnes
Edward Kardelj
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Tarvisia
Gorizia
Capodistria
Tarvia
Austria
Monfalcones
Russia
Adriatic
Cis
Italy
United Nations Atom Control Talks Advance
Six men from the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission work on an atomic control charter in secret sessions in New York. Andrei Gromyko favors a comprehensive treaty while the United States advocates a step by step approach, with disputes over enforcement and individual accountability.
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NEW York
United Nations
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
United States
Athens Merchants Keep Prices Despite OPA Decision
William A. Mechem, president of the Athens Retail Merchants Association, announced no policy change for members regarding OPA. Merchants will maintain low prices and avoid increases unless manufacturers raise costs. Cr. H. Trout of the Scott store also said no price changes were directed by company president.
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Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
OPA
William A. Mechem
Marysville Reformatory Improvement Plan Announced
State Welfare Director Frazier announced a request to the State Department of Public Works to contract a new hospital isolation and security building at the Marysville Reformatory. The plan aims to upgrade medical isolation and security facilities for inmates and staff.
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Columbus
Frazier _heams
State Department of Public Works
Marysville
Runaway Horses Kill Chillicothe Farmer
Chillicothe farmer Robert Hertenstein, 63, died when a team of horses bolted and dragged a wagon over him yesterday. The incident occurred as he worked on his farm, with authorities noting the fatal injuries and continuing investigations.
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Chillicothe
Robert Hertenstein
Cincinnati customs receipts fall sharply from prior year
Cincinnati customs office reports receipts for the year ended June 30 at 5.543 million dollars, down from 14.779 million last year, deputy collector C H Petersen cites the cane alcohol import ban as the main cause of the decline.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Customs Office
C H. Petersen
Fighting Flares Rise at Hollywood Studios Clash
Mass violence flared at Warner Brothers in Burbank and IGM in Culver City as police escorted non strikers past massed pickets. Marvin H Hoffman, 41, a Studio Unions picket, was stabbed and hospitalized. Sherman B Osmond, 34, a non striking union member, was arrested. John Reynolds, 22, a picket, resisted arrest and was subdued.
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Warner Brothers
Burbank
IGM
Culver City
Urienal Studio
Marvin H. Hoffman
County General Hospital
Sherman B. Osmond
Warners
Burbank City
John Reynolds
Legislators Seek Ohio Named Road in DC
Ohio and Missouri representatives urge the DC commissioners to name streets after their states. They ask Brandenburg Road be renamed for Ohio. Garfield birthplace town hall to be auctioned July 20. Comptroller issues call for national bank condition statements as of June 29.
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Washington
Ohio
Missouri
District of Columbia
Jenkins, Griffiths
Huber
Brandenburg Road
Franklin Township
James A. Garfield
Garfield
House of Representatives
Comptroller of the Currency
Nuclear tests spark optimism amid Bikini fleet damage report
Navy officials briefed on the Bikini lagoon test say most ships survived the first air drop, with 73 vessels in the fleet and five sunk. A second underwater blast is planned within weeks to gauge deeper hull effects as crews battle fires and radiation in the lagoon.
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Appalachian
Bikini Lagoon
Navy
Forrestal Radioad
Mr. McKinney
Roger M. Ramey
Air Force
Janjalem
Forrestal
Sakawa
Anderson
Gilliam
Ramey
Eniweetok
Bullsee
Nevada
Pensacola
Price Change Confuses Diners at Denver Eatery
A Denver couple, after noting the price moved from 30 to 35 cents on their hamburgers, watched a waitress alter the check from 11 to 40 cents claiming it was citywide price changes implemented by the boss.
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Denver
Canton Firm Workers Given Wage Increase
Inover Co North Canton Plant production workers returned today after CIO unionists ratified an agreement ended a 75 day strike. The deal provides an average wage increase of 19 12 cents per hour, with Ralah BC Marcus as business agent for the union Local Electric.
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Inover Co
North Canton
CLO
Frida
Ralah BC
Marcus
CIO
Wnied Electrical
Rad
Free Ride Expensive Cost To Hiker 6350
Sandusky report says Petro Picciani 75 of Huron told Erie County officers a couple offering a ride from Hur on drove away with his suitcase and handbag containing six thousand in cash plus 330, totaling 6 350. He reported his life savings were missing.
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Sandusky
Petro Picciani
Huron
Erie County
Suspect Heirens Denies Guilt in Degnan Case
Chicago prosecutors press 19 charges against William Heirens 17 University of Chicago student for assault with intent to kill and burglary linked to the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and dismemberment. FBI palm print and fingerprint matches tied him to the ransom note. Heirens remains uncooperative.
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Degnan
Chicago
William J. Tunhy
William Heirens
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Jane
Tuohy
Heirens
FBI
FBT
Nial
Bridewell Hospital
Central Station
Walter Storms
Gates Hall
British Find Weapon Cache Near Haifa Uncountable Munitions Found
The British Army disclosed a vast underground cache of munitions at Masheq Yagur near Haifa. They said the quantity could not be counted or estimated and noted an overhead trolley for moving ammunition. The discovery arrives as Palestine quiets and Zionist leaders urge calm amid mass arrests while Jewish officials plot a course.
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Masheq Yagur
Haifa
Palestine
Delegates Set for Ohio Legion District Convention Near Franklin
More than 200 delegates representing 17,500 members of the Fourth District Ohio American Legion will meet Sunday at Chautauqua grounds near Franklin. District Commander William M. Smith said the gathering will elect 17 delegates to the national convention in San Francisco this September.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Chautauqua Grounds
Franklin
William M. Smith
San Francisco
Hopes Slip for Stop Gap as Nation Feels Price Upheaval
The Associated Press reports a cautious consumer mood amid price uncertainty as the OPA faces revival questions. Rent controls spread, landlords hike rents in some cities while others pledge to hold line. Meat and grain costs rise. auto makers and major stores plan to keep OPA prices. Govs in several states freeze rent charges. Iowa urged restraint on evictions.
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OPA
Congress
CPA
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
New Jersey
Alabama
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Lchances
Radcliffe
D-Md
Maryland
House
Senate
Labor Department
Paul Porter
Chester Bowles
Spenc
Banking Committee
Chamber
Taft
Ohio
Officials Act To Stop Rise In Ohio Rents
Ohio officials moved to shield renters from rent hikes and evictions, delaying evictions in Warren and deferring cases in Tiffin and Fostoria while seeking policy clarity. Gov. Lausche urged a waiting period and talks with real estate leaders on further action. In Washington, a Senate Banking Committee split over reviving OPA echoed the national shift toward inflation concerns and rent controls amid price surges.
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Ohio
Columbus
OPA
Frank J. Lausche
Ralph R
Warren
Tiffin
Fostoria
Edward F. Wagner
Oklahoma Ballot Cast Inches Toward Governor Race
In Oklahoma City about 400 000 voters were expected to cast ballots in the first step toward choosing a governor and eight congressmen though most nominees will await the July 28 runoff. Eight Democrats and three Republicans appear on the primary ballot with state officials also on the line. A separate Toledo strike shut down city transit as AFL operators halted service demanding a 30 percent wage hike, leaving thousands stranded.
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Oklahoma City
Toledo
WFA Wildcat
Robstrike
AFL Streetcar
Bussert
Kerr
City Transit
Labor-Management-Citizens Committee
Sale of Swiss Cheese Resumed by Ohioans
The Ohio Swiss Cheese Association with 31 member factories in Tuscarawas Holmes and Coshocton Counties met at Sugar Creek and voted to market Swiss cheese at 45 cents a pound wholesale, about 72 cents retail. A month earlier the group had withheld cheese pending a seven cent per pound OPA increase.
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New Philadelphia
Ohio Swiss Cheese Association
Tuscarawas
Holmes
Coshocton
Sugar Creek
OPA
Boy on Fender Dies in Car Crash Near Shelby
Kenneth Chapman Jr. aged 11 died from injuries after a car crash en route to a swimming pool in Tiro. He was riding on a front fender when the automobile overturned after hitting a post on Saturday. Authorities report the accident as a fatal mishap involving youngsters. Nineteen killed and 130 injured in sect clash in Ahmedabad during a parade between Muslims and Jain sect members.
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Shelby
Kenneth Chapman
Tiro
Ahmedabad
India
Bank Robbers Use Children as Shields in Warsaw Hold Up
Two gunmen with more than 31 000 fled Warsaw Savings and Loan after taking 15 people inside. They held two small children about five years old as shields until leaving for their car. The incident followed a bank raid in Cleveland and Jackson Mississippi reports note federal protection promised amid voting in the Democratic primary.
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Cleveland
Warsaw Savings and Loan
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theo G. Bilbo
Segero
Tom Clark
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Truman Approves Bill To Incorporate Civil Air Patrol
Washington report notes President Truman signed a bill incorporating the Civil Air Patrol, which operated under the Army Air Forces during the war. Cincinnati item states Ciro Law, 40, of Hamilton, waived preliminary hearing on a charge of possessing stolen auto wheels and tires from an interstate shipment.
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Washington
Tlk
Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Forces
Truman
Cincinnati
Ciro Law, 40
Hamilton
300 Million Tax Drop Noted in Cleveland Area
The Cleveland district covering 22 Ohio counties saw federal tax collections fall by over 300 million dollars for the year ending Sunday. IRS Collector Thomas M. Carey reported the drop despite total taxes levied reaching 31,407,083,312.67. Cancellations of contracts and wartime employment reductions were blamed for the decline.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Internal Revenue
Thomas M. Carey
Strikers Stage Walkout After Negotiations Fail
NEW PHILADELPHIA nearly 300 workers at Belmont Stamping and Enameling Co walk out after six weeks of failed talks seeking an 18 12 cent hourly wage increase. The strike followed a unanimous union vote of AFL Enamel Workers Union members. Bond matters later note Percy W. Brown of Cleveland named acting advisory chairman of the S Savings Bond Organization in Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Belmont Stamping & Enameling Co
AFL Enamel Workers Union
Cleveland
Percy W. Brown
The
S. Savings Bond Organization
Ohio
Youth Dies in Akron Truck Crash
Harold Moore aged 22 of Akron died in a late night truck accident at Bath Village. Four others were injured in the same crash. Authorities investigated the collision and identified the vehicle involved. The incident prompted responses from local emergency services.
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Akron
Harold Moore
iBath Village
Sam Simmons on free enterprise and OPA impact
Sam Simmons argues that 1929 car prices and later bed sheet costs show free market competition delivering better goods for less. He laments OPA rules raising production costs, predicting restored value once government red tape ends. He seeks affordable quality sheets and criticizes ongoing price controls.
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OPA
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Ross Collins
Tom Q. Ells
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