Ammonium nitrate ship blast leaves many dead in Brest
In Brest France 15 people died and at least 422 were injured when the Norwegian freighter Morenan Tiharty exploded after a fire aboard while being towed from a dock. The blast damaged gas lines and a hospital, and the Liberty ship Ocean Liberty crew included Erveus Holst among the dead.
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Brest
Ministry of Marine
Landerneau
Ponchalet Hospital
Texas City
Texas
Grandcamp
Erveus Holst
Ocean Liberty
United States
Antwerp
British Hang Three Jews for Jail Break Incident
In Jerusalem the British reported the execution of Meir Nakar Yacoub Weiss and Absalom Habib between 4 and 5 am at Acre Prison for their role in the May 4 prison break that freed 251 inmates and left 16 dead. An underground source linked Irgun Zvai Leumi to the attack on British sergeants Clifford Martin and Mervin Paice, who were condemned as occupying forces. The sergeants were held at Natanya since July 12.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Meir Nakar
Yacoub Weiss
Absalom Habib
Acre
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Clifford Martin
Mervin Paice
Natanya
Man Nabbed After Shotgun Killing of Girl
37 year old ex war worker Stephen Gajdos faced possible murder charges in the shotgun killing of 16 year old Margery Martin in Cleveland. Police said there was no doubt he would be charged after homicide detective Theodore Carlson investigated the shooting. Gajdos was wounded in a gun battle with patrolmen and remained in Lutheran Hospital. a 12 gauge shotgun was used. Margery was described by her mother as a wonderful girl as she carried soft drinks into her driveway when she was shot.
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Cleveland
Stephen Gajdos
Margery Martin
Theodore Carlson
Gajdos
Lutheran Hospital
Harry Weiss
Stephen Martin
Margery
Flood Leaves 22 Homeless in Salem West Virginia
A flash flood submerged Salem's business district under three to five feet of water, evacuating 22 homes. The Harrison County Red Cross planned national aid for rehabilitation as waters receded and utilities returned to service.
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Salem
W. Va
West Virginia
Harrison County Red Cross
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Point Pleasant Awaits Flood Wall to Safeguard City
SAM SIMMONS praises a $600,000 congressional appropriation to build a flood wall for Point Pleasant. He notes delays or war could halt it, cites prewar floods as crippling local business, and argues a flood wall would let the city move forward and attract investment.
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Congress
Ole Man
Point Pleasant
Russia
Steel Price Boost Probed
U S Steel Corp directors met to review second quarter earnings and possible price increases. Competitors announced price hikes of 5 to 10 dollars per ton over the weekend, which could raise consumer costs by about 300 million dollars annually on products from autos to nails. Producers cited rising production costs.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Personality Hoax Costs Pseudo Hughes 166
A Chicago youth posed as Ines Hughes Jr and ran up a 166 hotel and auto bill before his real identity emerged. Officer Killacky said Glen Cordes 15 admitted wanting a big time and his father Gilbert Cordes paid the weekend party bills.
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Chicago
Ines Hughes, Jr
Herbert Killacky
Glen Cordes
Gilbert Cordes
State Patient's Death Declared Accidental
Coroner W E Lukens ruled Otto H Schirner a 60 year old Columbus State Hospital patient died by accidental drowning. His body was found in Big Darby Creek north of U S Route 40. A head mark was noted but cause of death remained undetermined due to body condition.
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London
W. E. Lukens
Otto H. Schirner
Columbus State Hospital
Big Darby Creek
Schirner
Forecast Sees Temperatures Slightly Above Normal This Week
Extended outlook shows average highs two to four degrees above normal with normal max 78 and min 69. Temps trend cooler by Saturday after a warm midweek, while precipitation averages about half an inch mainly as thunderstorms late week. In a separate report, Chinese naval forces claim to have killed about 100 pirates off the Kwantung Coast on July 23.
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Canton
China
I Kwantung Coast
Taft Seeks Frank Debate on Domestic and Foreign Issues
Senator Taft of Ohio called for a frank Republican discussion of domestic and foreign issues ahead of Congress. He plans a Western tour through California Nevada Oregon Washington Idaho and possibly Wyoming to state his positions including the Marshall Plan and Taft Hartley Act. Bricker to endorse Taft as favorite son. Stassen may test strength in northern Ohio.
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Taft
Ohio
Columbus
Europe
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Marshall
Salt Lake City
Friends
California
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
American Bar Association
Santa Cruz
Illinois
Ber of Commerce
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio State Republican Committee
Harold E. Stassen
Spending Near Truman Budget Despite Congress Cuts
Washington budget experts say federal spending this fiscal year will stay close to the $37.5 billion Truman estimate, possibly higher when June 30 votes finalize items mainly for foreign aid. Analysts note Congress added savings claims but the administration tracks roughly 1.6 billion in genuine reductions amid party figures.
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Congress
Washington
Administration
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Sparkplug
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
Blazing Tug Runs Amok in Puget Sound
An abandoned 91 foot tug named Alitak circled at 11 knots for over an hour in Puget Sound and rammed a 600 foot gravel barge spilling 600 tons of crushed gravel. Captain W. G. Sampson and two crewmen jumped to a nearby tug as fire and Coast Guard units moved in. Sampson declared the tug a total loss.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
W. G. Sampson
Paul Rineberg
San Francisco
Gene Langstaff
Alitak
Sampson
Coast Guard
Former Carnival Men Hanged for Slayings
Two ex carnival workers Cecil Tate age 22 of Jacksonville Texas and George Gumtow age 21 of Battle Creek Michigan were hanged at Kansas State Prison in Lansing for the killings of W. W. McClellan 60 and his son Arnold 36 who had befriended them. The executions occurred at 1 01 a.m. after the pair were convicted of fatally shooting the men in a grain elevator area.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Prison
Cecil Tate
Jacksonville
Tex
George Gumtow
Battle Creek
Mich
W. W. McClellan
Arnold
Two Dead and Three Injured in Two Car Crash
In Hartford City Indiana a two car collision at Roads 3 and 18 left Clayton Palmer 58 of Korea Kentucky and Fred R Earhart 35 of Greensburg Indiana dead. Three other people were injured in the crash north of the city.
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Hartford City
Ind
Clayton Palmer
Korea
Fred R. Earhart
Greensburg
Here
Carrier Boys Visit Washington After Magazine Contest
The Mes senger carriers, 29 in number, arrived in Washington from Athens after an eight week magazine contest winning trip aboard the National Limited. They toured the FBI and the White House before noon and planned a five day stay ending with a concern over delivering papers to Union Furnace.
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Fred W. Weber
The
Messenger
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Ohio
National Limited
Athens
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
Pan-American
Buck Edgar
Union Furnace
Buck
Weber
Washington
Marietta College Board Demands President Shimer Resign
The Marietta College board informs Dr. Wilmer Allison Shimer that it seeks his resignation over his separation divorce and remarriage. The executive committee had pressed for resignation two weeks earlier without stating reasons. The board says a president should model life for students and campus communities.
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Marietta
Marietta College Today
Wilmer Allison Shimer
Shimer
Manslaughter Charged After Youth's Death
Cincinnati reports H Price Conner, 62, a salesman, facing manslaughter, leaving scene, and reckless driving charges after a three year old, Philip Groeniger, was fatally struck by a car yesterday. Conner was involved in the fatal accident.
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Cincinnati
H. Price Conner
Philip Groeniger
Heat Tops 100 Across Corn Belt As Heatwave Persists
Heat pushed past 100 degrees in 14 states including the West and Great Plains with a top 111 in Phoenix Yuma Blythe and Las Vegas. Forecasters expected 95 to 100 in Iowa Illinois and 90s in Minnesota and Wisconsin as a Pacific cold front moves into Montana and the Dakotas.
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Pacific
Montana
Dakotas
Chicago
Mercury
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Phoenix
Yuma
Ariz
Blythe
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Wagner Quits NLRB Post in Cincinnati
Martin J. Wagner resigned as regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Cincinnati. He had served since 1943 and said Taft-Hartley is unworkable and undermines sound collective bargaining and industrial peace. He cited provisions that withdraw essential protections for bargaining.
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Cincinnati
Martin J. Wagner
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Wagner
Farmer crushed to death in tractor overturn accident
A 71 year old farmer Bert Campbell was fatally crushed yesterday when a tractor drawn by an automobile overturned on a hill.
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Bellefontaine
Bert Campbell
Kaiser Testifies Letter To Roosevelt Helped Navy Carrier Reversal
Henry J. Kaiser testified before the Senate War Investigating Committee that a brief four paragraph letter to President Roosevelt helped win Navy approval for small aircraft carriers after top officials initially resisted his offer. He described a chain from Marvin McIntyre to Admiral Land and Admiral King, and cited orders for carriers being issued then canceled as officials shifted from destroyers to air carriers. He defended against a smear campaign and noted procedural clashes with Senators Ferguson and Pepper.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
Navy
Senate War Investigating Committee
White House
Kaiser
Howard Hughes
Ferguson
R - Mich
Marvin McIntyre
Mac
McIntyre
Emory S. Land
Land
Admiral King
R.mich
Pepper
D-Fla
Hitler
Truman to Return to White House After Mother's Funeral
President Truman prepared to fly to Washington from Grandview Missouri for congressional duties as his mother Martha Ellen Truman 94 was laid to rest in Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City. The simple funeral included a neighbor led service, few relatives, and a modest procession of sixteen cars with no flowers sent by request.
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Truman
White House
Missouri
Washington
Congress
Martha Ellen Truman
Forest Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
John A. Truman
Welbern Bowman
Trumans
First Peace Time Atom Pile Building Contract Let
The United States Atomic Energy Commission announced that a contract to build the first peace time atomic energy pile has been awarded to the H. K. Ferguson Co. of Cleveland and Houston. The facility will be at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. The award was reported last night.
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New York
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven
Long Island
H. K. Ferguson Co
Cleveland
Houston
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Bricker Attacker Faces Intent to Kill Charges
William L. Kaiser aged 49 a former policeman was indicted by a grand jury on assault with intent to kill for firing two shots at Senator Bricker a Republican from Ohio at the Capitol on July 12.
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Washington
William L. Kaiser
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Capitol
Forrestal Pushes Unification of U S Armed Forces
James V. Forrestal, first Secretary of Defense, leads effort to unify the Army Navy and Air Forces under a single military establishment by a new Armed Forces Unification Law. The plan envisions co equal services and coordinated control.
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James V. Forrestal
Defense
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Armed Forces
Kenneth C. Royall
War
John L. Sullivan
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Herbert Shuns Wilberforce U. Church Fight
Herbert declines involvement in the Wilberforce University dispute between Dr. Charles Wesley and the AME Church board of trustees. Bishop Ransom led a delegation to the governor to seek removal of Wesley as president and to transfer state college operations to the church, with the governor noting he would not decide the matter now.
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Columbus
Gav
Thomas J. Herbert
Wilberforce University
Charles H. Wesley
African Methodist Episcopal Church
R. C. Ransom
Church
Wesley
Dr. Wesley
Grand Jury to Resume Vote Frauds Probe
A Federal Grand Jury prepared to resume its investigation today into alleged vote frauds in the 1946 Kansas City primary. Attorney General Tom Clark announced two special assistants would work with the jury in Washington.
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Kansas City
Washington
Tom Clark
Ousted Pastor Seeks Back Pay From Church
The Rev. Ernest L. Wiedernmann, ousted pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Miami, seeks $10,200 plus interest for eight and a half years of service. The congregation had filed a bill of complaint after Ku Klux Klan members attended a memorial service last June 15, which they called un Christian.
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Miami
Fla
Ernest L. Wiedernmann
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bodies Found in Lake After Boat Test Disaster
The bodies of Dale Henry aged 29 and Willard Hoffmaster aged 30, both of East Palestine, were recovered from Lake Milton last night. They had been missing since Wednesday after going to the lake to test a new motor boat.
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Youngstown
Dale Henry
Willard Hoffmaster
East Palestine
Lake Milton
Chicago grain exchange leader dies at 60
Harry C. Schaack former president of the Chicago Board of Trade and longtime grain exchange member since 1911 died last night at age 60 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Harry C. Schaack
Chicago Board of Trade
The
Grain Exchange
Ford CIO UAW seeks strike permission on Ford contract
The UAW CIO Ford Council asked to strike Ford Motor Co by Aug. 4 as negotiations continue. Richard T. Leonard said he would seek an immediate board meeting to consider the action taken yesterday.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Council
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Richard T. Leonard
Youth to Be Charged With Year-Old Slaying
Pittsburgh police say a 21 year old will be charged in the year old murder of choir boy Raymond Howe. The decomposed body was found in a wood near his home forty one days after he vanished from a swimming party in August 1946.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond Howe
Harevey Scott
OSU Names Engineer Chairman of Civil Engineering
President Howard L. Bevis of Ohio State University named Prof. George E. Large, 48, of Columbus, as chairman of the Civil Engineering Department.
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OSU
Columbus
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
George E. Large
Beer Can Halts Operation DDT Over Carter Lake
A fisherman in Carter Lake tossed a beer can into a DDT spraying plane propeller, forcing an emergency landing at Omaha Municipal Airport. Pilot Larry Anderson of Kansas City landed safely, but propeller repair took five hours, according to H. A. Herschfield of Aerial Corp Service.
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Omaha
Carter Lake
Larry Anderson
Kansas City
H. A. Herschfield
Aerial Corp Service
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