GOP Outlines Anti-Inflation Plan In Congress
Washington August 2 AP The congressional Republican high command drew a preliminary anti inflation program to counter President Truman. Key points include tighter bank credit via higher reserve requirements and a housing bill reenacting Title 6 with tax breaks for rental investors. Senate adjournment vote and price control debates color a tense extra session as Porter ridicules Truman proposals.
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Congressional
Republican High Command
Truman
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Martin
Taft
Ohio
Harleck
Walcott
Congress
Policy Cases Develop In Clarksburg Area
In Clarksburg West Virginia Aug 2 health officials report a suspected infantile paralysis case now diagnosed as a knee injury for Albert Iaconis 15 from Northview hospitalized at Morris Memorial. Polio cases rise in Hepzibah with four last week and three more over the weekend prompting bans and cleanup actions.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
C. O. Post
Alpert Iaconis
Northview
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Harrison
Hepzibah
A. J. Kemper
Dr. Kemper
Sam Mazzie
Clarksburg Playgrounds
Icanonis
J. W. Bartlett
Maple Lake
Virginia Primary Voting Is Today
Voter turnout forecast for Virginia primary suggests a light state vote near 150000 amid three congressional races and a statewide U S Senate contest. Key contests include the third, sixth, and eighth districts with Democrats and Republicans voting. incumbent A Willis Robertson seeks renomination amid anti-poll tax debates.
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U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
A. Willis Robertson
Truman
Senate
Robertson
James P. Hart
Roanoke
James E. Gardner
J. Vaughan Gary
Truman Barkley
Burton
Menfee
National Party
GOP
State Board of Elections
Washington Area
Arlington
Alexandria
Fairfax
Souther
National Guard Deployed in Dayton Over Plant Strike
Ohio Governor Herbert ordered the National Guard to Dayton to protect the Univisiens company plant amid 90 day strike disorders. Officials planned a plant reopening next morning as unions called mass pickets. Five UK officials and pickets were found in contempt for ignoring a court order.
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Dayton
Thomas J._Herbert
Ohio National Guard
Univisiens Company
CIO Electrical
Herbert
Paul T. ‘Klapp
Louis Lohrey
Ben Smith
Adjt
Chester W. Goble
Regionwide education move leader named for study
Tallahassee August 2 Dr John E Ivey of the University of North Carolina was chosen to lead an 18 month study to map a regional education system for the south He is a 30 year old specialist on southern resources and will direct the plan with headquarters in Atlanta He resigned from UNC and will begin duties immediately
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Tallahassee
Fla
John E. Ivey
University of North Carolina Today
Atlanta
University of North Carolina
Junk-Filled House Searched Reveals Hidden Fortune
Miami police and City Attorney sifted through a junk filled one story hovel of Julia Kearney 67 who died of starvation to uncover a fortune. Over $160000 hidden boosters include more than $20000 cash and $80000 in bonds. A nurse found 1600 cash and three diamond rings sewn to underclothes.
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Miami
Fla
George F. Meister
John Parkerson
Julia Kearney
Dixie Senators Win Round In Poll Tax Row
Washington reports filibustering Dixie senators won a major round in their bid to kill the anti poll tax bill. Senator Vandenberg ruled a move to curb debate out of order, keeping the talkathon alive as the extra session debated poll tax voting qualifications. Taft appealed. Robertson argued the bill tramples state sovereignty and is unconstitutional. Only seven states require poll taxes to vote, with repeal efforts noted in several.
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Dixie Senators
Washington
Dixie
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Wherry
R-Ned
President Truman
Desperado Nabbed After 60 Mile Chase
Chicago August 2 police across Kane Cook and Du Page counties chased Harry C Bauman 29 of Chicago after a 60 mile pursuit through Elgin stop signs and red country. A Wheaton officer finally disabled his car by puncturing a rear tire. Bauman surrendered explaining he was scared and was booked on a reckless driving charge.
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Chicago
Harry C. Bauman
Bauman
Elgin
Ill
Dale Ramft
Richard Diekman
Kane
Cook
du Page
P. M. Hale
Wheaton
West Virginia Vets Reinstate Insurance
The veterans administration announced that 396 West Virginia veterans filed to reinstate $2,610,500 in lapsed National Service Life Insurance on Saturday July 1. From now on a physical exam will be required if lapse exceeds 90 days.
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West Virginia
Vets
Huntington
W. Va
Veterans Administration
West Vicgnna
GJT
Postal Wage Hike Bill Introduced in Senate
Washington Aug 2 Senators Lanter and Johnston introduced legislation to raise pay for most post office workers by 350 a year and to establish a 35 hour work week. Langer hopes study for action early next year, criticizing recent salary measures as inadequate. The bill adds 20 percent extra for night work replacing 19 percent and would provide an annual uniform allowance for letter carriers who currently buy their own uniforms.
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Washington
Lanter
R-Nd
Johnston
Dlanger
Communists Praise Wallace Third Party at Madison Square Garden
William Z Foster, national communist party chairman, lauded Henry A Wallace s party at a rally opening the 14th national convention in Madison Square Garden. He warned that voting for Truman or Dewey favors fascism or war and accused major parties of Wall Street domination and imperialism. The ABC broadcast drew about 20 000 attendees as messages from foreign communist groups arrived.
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William 2. Foster
National Communist Party
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Dewey
Communist Party
Foster
Madison Square Garden
ABC
Bulgaria
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Marshall Tito
Wall Street
New Progressive Party
Wallace
Taylor
Reds Plot To Put Danube Under Communist Control
Belgrade August 2 Russia unveiled a plan to place the Danube under exclusive control of central Europe’s communist bloc seeking a simple majority vote for decisions. The plan would create a Danube commission with one representative from each Danube state including Russia Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Hungary Romania Bulgaria and the Soviet Ukraine Austria would join after a peace treaty. Navigation would remain free and open to all nationals and vessels on equal terms.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Danube
Central Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Europe
Austria
Vishinsky
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Paris
Four Men Injured In Huntington Autoclave Blast
Four men were injured at the Standard Ultramarine Co plant in Huntington when an autoclave exploded in the chemical color section, releasing chlorine gas. The blast tore a hole in the building but caused little other damage. injuries were not life threatening.
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Huntington
W. Va
Standard Ultramarine Co
Commie Fifth Column Cited By Witness
Senate investigators heard Louis Budenz describe a considerable red fifth column in the U.S. government with Moscow loyalty amid wartime espionage ties. He linked Elizabeth Bentley and Jacob Golos to a larger Soviet espionage network guiding party discipline and entry into government posts.
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Commie
Witness
Washington
U. S
Senate
Louis Budenz
United States
Russia
Budenz
Moscow
Elizabeth Bentley
Vassar
Jacob Golos
Bentley
Golos
America
Communist Party Commission
Ferguson
R-Nich
Daily Worker
Fordham University
New York
Communist Party
Ball Of Fire Delights Indianapolis Crowd
Indianapolis on August 2 witnessed a sparkling "ball of fire" that delighted the city. A surplus army balloon with a railroad fusee attached rose, as columnist Lowell Nussbaum reported, and Dr. Howard Aldrich admitted he sent it up, saying he never dreamed it would cause such excitement.
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Indianapolis
Lowell Nussbaum
Indianapolis Star
Howard Aldrich
Western Envoys Meet Stalin In Moscow Talks
United States Britain and France sent envoys to Moscow for a two hour meeting with Premier Stalin on Berlin tensions and four power Germany talks. Molotov attended. envoys Bedell Smith Chataigneau and Roberts left the Kremlin in good spirits amid cautious optimism.
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U.S
Britain
France
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Stalin
Berlin
HULU
V. M. Molotov
U. S
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Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Smith
Washington
London
Paris
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Chataigneau
U. S. State Department
Russia
Hugh Lunghi
Hic
Germany
This Mama Takes Care Of Her Little Dears
Daisy Oklahoma August 2. A white tail doe near George Rowland's ranch keeps her three fawns fed by leaving a bucket of warm milk at the back door each day. The doe delivers a meal one by one, then leads her brood into the woods.
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Daisy
Okla
Wild Life Books
Mama Deer
George Rowland
U S Delays Berlin Action Amid Moscow Conference
Western diplomats meet with Stalin in Moscow delaying U S moves on the Berlin currency crisis. American authorities planned to urge banks to loan western Berlin firms but held since the conference. Russian sector police arrest western officers, seizing four policemen as tensions rise over events surrounding Johannes Stumm and Paul Markgraf.
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Berlin
Stalin
Moscow
Stumm
Paul Markgraf
Markgraf
RAF Spitfires Bombard Malay Insurgents in Kelantan
RAF planes armed with rockets and machineguns attacked insurgent positions along a British column in Kelantan state northern Malaya. The action aimed to suppress communist led rebels threatening the Malayan government with insurgent huts and observation posts set ablaze in two waves. Casualties were not reported and no further movement was seen.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
RAF
Kelantan
Leper Patients Flee To Avoid Transfer
In Manila 226 patients at San Lazaro Leper Hospital, Aug 3, fled to avoid transfer to Tala Leprosarium nine miles northeast. Only 100 remained as health secretary Villarama’s order was halted and the matter sent to President Quirino. Lepers had mingled with the public, fearing banishment to the distant facility.
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Manila
Elpdio Quirino
San Lazaro
Antonio Villarama
Tala
Woman Reunites With Twin Brother After 43 Years
Edna Earle Rosenheim a 43 year old SEC secretary, traced a Baltimore cousin and found twin brother Milton Gunn. A hospital-bound aunt she believed to be her mother is actually her aunt, and she was given to relatives at 10 days old after being turned over to them. The reunion followed a hunch visit and library research at Pratt.
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Washington
Baltimore
Edna Earle Rosenheim
Securities and Exchange Commission
Pratt Library
Milton Gunn
Gunn
U S Soviet Clash Over Arms Reduction
At a U N conventional arms commission meeting in Lake Success Frederick H. Osborn of the United States clashed with Jakob Malik of the Soviet Union over efforts to cut and unify world arms. Malik accused the West of sabotage as talks waned with no agreement on an arms regulation convention.
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Lake Success
United States
Russia
United Nations
Frederick H. Osborn
Jakob A. Malik
U. N. Commission
U.S
Malik
Osborn
Landlady Sleeps In Bathtub Sparks Tenants Suit
Nine rooming house tenants in Los Angeles filed suit in superior court seeking 50,000 dollars in damages. They allege landlady Mrs June Gilbert levied rents above OPA ceilings and, when they wished to bathe, she slept in the porcelain bedstead instead of allowing use of the bath.
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Los Angeles
the Superior Court
June Gilbert
Firm Increases Price Of Stainless Steel
Pittsburgh Aug 2 Alleg heny Ludlum Steel Corp today increased the price of all stainless steel products ten percent the first general price boost in two and a half years The increase covers base prices and extras and is effective immediately The firm cited continued rising production costs and higher labor costs as reasons for the move
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Pittsburgh
Pi—Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
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