New Republic of Philippines Emerges
The Republic of the Philippines was born amid war ruins with Manuel Roxas sworn in as president and Elpidio Quirino as vice president. President Truman pledged U S aid as Douglas MacArthur urged a democratic future. Cultural and economic plans included the Tydings rehabilitation bill offering about 620 million dollars and eight years of free trade.
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Manila
Republic of the Philippines
Sam
Truman
United States
New Philippines
Manuel A. Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
Roxas
America
Douglas MacArthur
Robert E. Hannegan
W. Stuart Symington
Art
J. Weldon Jones
Budget Bureau
Philippines
House
Senate of the American Congress
Paul V. Meute
U.S
Commonwealth
Tidings
General MacArthur
Republic
Commonwealth Congress
Ex Husband Charged With Attempted Arson
Walter F. Norris is charged with attempted arson in connection with a fire Tuesday night that damaged a house occupied by his wife Mary Norris. Mary had been awarded a divorce from Norris last Thursday on grounds of neglect and extreme cruelty, and ownership of the home was given to her.
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Kent
Walter F. Norris
Ter “Ag
Mary
Norris
Bread ration blamed on U S unrest in Britain
Food Minister John Strachey accused American strikes of restricting grain into Britain and urged the United States to ship 360000 tons of wheat to the British zone or risk serious political and social consequences across Europe.
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London
John Strachey
United States
Germany
Curzon Line Stakes Driven By Red Troops
Soviet soldiers stake the Curzon Line along Poland eastern border near Bialystok signaling its firm status as Poland’s eastern frontier. Ref ballot counts reveal strong Polish opposition to a western boundary on the Oder and Neisse rivers, while eastern territorial changes go unreferenced.
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Warsaw
Poland
Curzon
Bialystok
Oder
Neisse
Germany
Russia
British troops raid Trieste Communist HQ amid riots
British and American forces occupied the San Giacomo district today to control a strike torn city as two people were killed and 60 injured in earlier rioting this week. The Communist HQ was raided for weapons but only stones were found and troops paused to guard, with armored cars patrolling the area. In Lancaster an 11 year old girl, Patricia Ann Tracy, died of a heart attack while swimming at Muller Park pool.
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Yrieste
Communist Party
San Giacomo
Venezia Giulia
Lancaster
Patricia Ann Tracy
Blanche Tracy
Muller Parkunicipal Swimming Pool
Chauffeur Testifies on Hitler and Braun Deaths in Berlin
Erich Kempka, Hitler’s chauffeur, testifies before the international tribunal that he saw the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun in the Reich Chancellery and witnessed Martin Bormann collapse after a bazooka blast in Berlin. Kempka, who escaped the siege and was captured at Berchtesgaden, is described by Prosecutor Thomas Dodd as the only witness who can affirm both deaths.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
International Tribunal
Hitler
Eva Braun
Reichschancellery
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Erich Kempka
Berchtesgaden
Thomas Dodd
Barmann
Bilbo Wins Mississippi Senate Primary Amid Strong Rural Support
Theodore G Bilbo a white supremacy advocate appears to win a third term in the U S Senate after tallying 96593 votes to Ross Collins 18590 Tom O Ellis 57288 Frank Harper 1397 and Nelson T Levings 15333 securing a comfortable 3787 majority. Rankin also wins renomination but loses his home county by 33 votes.
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Associated Press
Theodore G. Bilbo
U. S. Senate
Mississippi
Bilbo
Ross Collins
Tom O Ellis
Frank Harper
Nelson T. Levings
Ellis
Supreme Court
John Rankin
Misssppi
Man Killed Operating Farm Mowing Machine
Carl E Hours of Bladen was killed Tuesday afternoon while operating a mowing machine. He became entangled in the reins and was thrown backward from the implement.
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Gallipolis
Carl E Hours
Bladen
Three Die and Three Hurt in Gallipolis Bridge Crash
A one lane Centenary bridge on State Route 141 near Gallipolis failed in a two-vehicle collision early Wednesday. Killed were Alfred Glover and Cecil Wedge and Mrs. John Sayre. injuries included Colley McLaskey Joy Thaxton and Virginia Sayre. All six were taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment. the wreck heavily damaged both vehicles.
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Gallipolis
John Sayre
Evans
W. Va
Colley McClaskey
Bidwell
Gallia County
Joy Thaxton
McClaskay
Virginia
Sayre
John Seyre
Holzer Hospital
Centenary Bridge
Ironton
Gallipoli
Wedge
Glover
Thaxton
Truman’s Board Probes Airline Dispute Cause
President Truman created an emergency board to investigate a machinists strike at Northwest Airlines arguing the dispute threatens interstate commerce and essential transportation service. City council in Cincinnati passed an emergency ordinance freezing all rentals at the June 30 level when OPA expired.
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Truman
Washington
Truman Joflay
Cincinnati
Reds Abandon Two-Thirds Rule Fight in UN
In New York the Soviet Union dropped its bid for a two-thirds majority in the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. The commission, with 12 nations, settled on a simple majority of seven for all decisions after a 39 minute meeting. Andrei Gromyko urged keeping a two-thirds standard on substantive items, but the bloc agreed to procedural rules by a committee of experts.
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New York
Soviet
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Commission of 12 Nations
Committee of Experts
Hobbs Labor Law Enacted
President Truman signed the Hobbs bill as the first general labor law of his administration. It makes it unlawful for unionists to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion or robbery. The administration insists it does not bar legitimate strikes or picketing, despite union objections.
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Washington
Truman
Clark
Georgia KKK Seeks Dismissal Of State Charter Suit
The Ku Klux Klan asks Georgia courts to dismiss a state suit to revoke its charter, arguing the organization has not existed since April 23, 1944. It asserts that imperial officers meeting on that date suspended the Klan's governing documents and installed a five member board of trustees led by James A. Cofescott as president.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux’ Klan
State of Georgia
James A. Cofescott
Cleveland Flour Mill Faces Shutdown Next Week
Cleveland's only flour mill may close next week as loans of famine wheat for domestic grinding are suspended by the federal government pending price clarification. The suspension came from the Chicago office of the Production and Marketing Administration. An unrelated filing in Columbus shows The Neal House paid 24,991 into the federal treasury to settle an OPA suit over-ceiling charges.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Columbus
U. S District Court
Nei
Federal Treasury
OPA
July Fourth In Ohio Reflects Family Oriented Celebrations
Ohio residents marked the Fourth with picnics and outings as civic groups planned multi family observances for the 469th birthday of American independence. In Cleveland a major festival of freedom was set as the state's largest event.
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Associated Press
Ohio
OPA
Banner Und Furling
Cleveland
Navy Merger Fight Opens Over Unified Defense Plan
Navy minded lawmakers outlined a two pronged attack on the latest plan to unify land sea and air forces. They directed Acting Secretary of the Navy W John Kennedy to prepare a written brief on Navy objections and take it to the president. They also opposed pending legislation approved by the Senate Military Committee backing the War Department for not following Truman’s compromise guidance.
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Washington
Navy
W. John Kennedy
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Truman
Note Says Degnan Suspect Is Innocent
Chicago police say an unsigned note received this week claimed the Degnan suspect is innocent and warned Release Heirens at once or I will strike again. It threatened a 16 year old girl as the next victim.
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Chicago
Heirens
Frankfurt AMG Hunts For Soviet Plane Riders
The U S Army constabulary held a general alert for two airmen who fled from a Soviet plane that landed Sunday in the American zone southeast of Frankfurt. The craft was identified as Russian and five occupants fled into nearby woods after the landing.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army Constabulary
Youths Escape From California Youth Authority Camp
Five detainees escaped Whitmore camp early Wednesday after a failed auto start at a lumber camp. Superintendent Theo Sahlbers reported 16 year old Sonny Wasecarver and four others fled on foot into the brush country heading south.
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Redding
Call
Ellsworth
Sonny) Wasecarver
California Youth Authority
Whitmore
Theo Sahlbers
Brush
Bomb Burst Reported Higher Than Planned
A Kwajalein radio broadcast from San Francisco said the atomic bomb detonated three seconds early at Bikini On Monday The report claimed the blast occurred about a mile and a half higher than planned producing the greatest vertical force yet and a nest down.
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San Francisco
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
George W. LeRoy
Chicago
U. S
American Medical Association
Bikini
LeRoy
Joint Commission
U.S
Kwajalein
Price Control Bill Faces Delay as Senate Committee Recesses
The Senate Banking Committee, after a four hour closed session, recessed with no agreement on a new OPA extension. Barkley plans a floor bill by Friday, considering substitutes to amend pricing rules for manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers amid volatile market signals and rising food prices nationwide.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Barkley
Senate
Truman
White House
Taft
Ohio
Peppe
House
Pepper
Congress
Anderson
American Meat Institute
National Association Real Estate Boards
Anderson's
Chicago
New York City
Boston
Massachusetts
Mail
New Hampshire
New York State
Probers Bare Contract Help By Legislator
Senate War Investigating Committee heard Rep May intervene with the War Department for two Illinois munitions firms. May defended actions as expediting the war effort and noted other congressmen did the same. Testimony revealed efforts to prevent contract cancellation and to unfreeze 200000 in blocked payments.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
D-Ky
War Department
Illinois
Pikeville
Mead
William N. Porter
House Military Committee
Porter
Chemical Warfare Service
Batavia Metal Products Co. Inc
Jewish youths escape death in Palestine clemency ruling
Sir Alan Cunningham commuted death sentences of two Jewish youths to life imprisonment for firing on British soldiers. The Irgun Zvai Leumi pledged to free three British officers held as hostages. The underground group expressed gratification at the clemency. British forces uncovered nine caches of munitions in Mesheg Yagur.
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Jerusalem
Alan Cunningham
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Mesheg Yagur
Opposition to British loan forms in House vote
In Washington 75 of 433 House members issued a statement opposing the proposed 3.75 billion dollar loan to Britain. The group, largely Republicans and one Progressive from 22 states, calls for prioritizing veterans and old age pensions before any large foreign loan. They pledge to devote the debate day to veteran and old age pension concerns.
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Washington
Britain
House
Congress
America
House Passes Expansion of Railroad Benefits Bill
The House approved an expansion of the railroad retirement and unemployment acts to broaden coverage and raise benefits. The rail call vote was 234 to 49, and the measure, originally by Rep Crosser of Ohio, now goes to the Senate. Republican and some Democratic changes were defeated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep
Crosser
Ohio
Army Engineer Office Moves from Columbus to Cincinnati
War Department announced the Army Engineers Ohio River Division Office will relocate from Columbus to Cincinnati starting in a month or so. The move will be phased over several months as operations return to the prewar location, with Cincinnati cited for closer river interests and better communication facilities.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Ohio River
Columbus
Cincinnati
War Department
Government jobs for all would ease labor strain
Sam Simmons argues against expanding government employment as a solution. He envisions more workers in cushioned offices with comfortable desks, but doubts the trend will continue and urges restraint despite widespread calls for regulation and public sector growth.
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Alfred Glover
Vinton
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Cleveland Flour Mill
Degnan
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Army Engineer Office
Sam Simmons
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