Dutch Deny Malay Plane Shot Down Mercy Mission
Dutch military statement disputes Indonesian version of a bombing near Jogjakarta that killed nine aboard an Indian Red Cross jet carrying two tons of medical supplies. The Dutch account claims the bomber threat was a Japanese type and the craft crashed after evasive maneuvers.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands Army
Republic
Netherlands East Indies
Ndia
Jogjakarta
Jayakarta
Marang
B. J. Ruesink
W. E. Erkelens
Jackson
Miss
Republican
Jodakarta
Singapore
S. H. Algunied
Red Cross
Warm Weather Shifts Across Regions As Heat Lingers
The U S Weather Bureau forecast relief from the Midwest heat but warned of rising heat and humidity on the East and West Coasts. Readings near 100 in Missouri and Iowa, with 95 to 100 in Illinois and Indiana, were noted as cooler Canadian air advances.
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Associated Press
Midwest
U. S. Weather Bureau
Missouri
Iowa
Kans
Illinois
Indiana
Canada
Plains States
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Ohio River Valley
Kansas
Kansas City
Burlington
New York City
Washington, D. C
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
West Coast
Jones says FDR renewed Hughes flying boat contract
Former Commerce Secretary Jesse H. Jones testified before the Senate war investigating committee that President Roosevelt overrode an RFC cancellation in 1944 and ordered continued work on a $20 million flying boat assigned to Howard Hughes. Jones noted the project had cost about $13.5 million and that the cabinet decision aimed to gain experience from completing one large cargo plane.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate War Investigating Committee
RFC
Big Texan
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Senate Committee
Hughes
Hollywood
J. Hughes
Brewster
R-Me
Trans-World
Juan Trippe
Pan-American Airways
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Henry J. Kaiser
Martin
Kaiser
Ferguson
R-Mich
California
John Meyer
Paris
Fred L Branson Dies After Distinguished WWI Service
Fred L Branson longtime Bluefield rail conductor and WWI hero died at his home 338 Fourth Street He served 32 years with Norfolk and Western and was the first Bluefield man drafted in WWI He earned the Silver Star for rescuing eighteen men during the Meuse Argonne offensive Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 p m at Hawkins Chapel with burial at Walnut Grove cemetery Committal by Bluefield Masonic order He was born April 18 1892 at Lebanon Virginia and survived by his wife Sally Hunt two stepchildren and siblings
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Fred L. Branson
Bluefield
Field Artillery
Montfalcon
France
Fourth Street
Branson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Hawkins Chapel
C. G. Eastwood
Trinity Methodist Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Russell County
Virginia
Lebanon
H. L
Lucy Branson
Norfolk and Western
United States
Mr. Branson
Camp Lee
Blue Ridge
Sally Hunt
Ralph Branson
Kelley Shumate
John Branson
Berwind
Luke Durkin
Baltimore
Francis Booth
Washington, D.C
Coal Operator James F. Prince Dies at 79 in West Virginia
James F. Prince of Raleigh county prominent southern West Virginia coal operator and financier died at Laird Memorial hospital in Montgomery at age 79 after a two week illness following a four month ordeal. He headed New River Banking and Trust in Oak Hill and held posts at Bank of Raleigh Beckley Acme Limestone Fort Spring West Virginia Steel Charleston and Pemberton Coal and Coke. Prince and family built extensive mining and mercantile interests in Charleston and Raleigh county.
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Montgomery
W. Va
James F. Prince
Prince
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Laird Memorial Hospital
William Prince
Beckley m
Frank A. Prince
Charleston
New River Banking and Trust Company
Oak Hill
Bank of Raleigh
Beckley
Acme Limestone Company
Fort Spring
West Virginia Steel Corporation of
Pemberton Coal and Coke Company
Attlee Outlines Do Or Die Plans For Britain
Prime Minister Attlee told Labour MPs Britain will cut armed forces in Germany, withdraw troops from Italy and Greece, shorten living standards, and extend working hours to rescue the faltering economy. A crisis meeting backed his plan as markets slid and a public broadcast was planned for Aug 10.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Germany
Italy
Greece
No. 10 Downing Street
Stock Exchange
U. S
U. S. Treasury
Labor
Socialist Daily Mirror
Inmates Die As Fire Rips Paris Prison Barracks
A blaze at the Caserne des Tourelles detention barracks in Paris killed at least 21 inmates, all believed to be women, with fire suppression ending the rapid flash fire. About 500 women were housed there as authorities searched for additional victims and restricted reporter access.
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Paris
Ais
Caserne Des Tourelles
Bricker Puts Taft Boom Under Way
Columbus Ohio July 30 Senator John W Bricker endorsed for the GOP presidential nomination in 1948 Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio Bricker urged a united Ohio campaign Taft declined comment Dewey silent on Bricker move Bricker says he is not a candidate for any national post and has no personal reasons to change that view
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Michigan
Bricker
Dewey
James C. Hagerty
Flint
Mich
Congress
United Campaign
State Committee
GOP
Wendell L. Willkie
Gov
Two British Sergeants Said Executed by Irgun Claim
A telephone claim from Irgun Zvai Leumi said British sergeants Clifford Martin and Mervyn Paice were hanged for being enemies. Searches by police and guards found no trace of the men, who were taken near Natanya 18 days earlier. The message linked the executions to a related Irgun incident and warned against approaching the alleged site.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Grenadier
Palestine Police
Associated Press
Clifford Martin
Mervyn Paice
Government
Natanya
Natanyua
Hagana
Pares
Dutch Hold Indonesian Issue Outside U N
Netherlands ambassador Eelco van Kleffens told reporters the Indonesian dispute lies outside United Nations jurisdiction and rejected reports of Dutch mediation talks. He noted Australia and India urged UN Security Council action, while Dutch parties broadly back force in Indonesia.
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Washington
Netherlands
Eelco van Kleffens
United Nations
van Kleffens
Security Council
Australia
India
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Hague
Britain
Paul Revere of Nazi Radio Receives Life Term
Douglas Candler, a 58 year old Chicago born writer, was sentenced to life in prison for treason tied to Nazi broadcasts under the alias Paul Revere. Judge Ford rejected insanity claims and noted propaganda as a weapon of war while prosecutors sought the death penalty.
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Paul Revere
Nazi Radio
Boston
Douglas Candler
Chandler
Francis J. W. Ford
Claude B. Cross
Ford
Harvard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oscar R. Ewing
Ewing
Russia Vetoes U.N. Watchdog Plan as U S Protests Balkan Asset Grab
The United States protested to the Soviet Union over its seizure of German and Italian assets in Hungary, Romania, and Paria in apparent violation of peace treaties. Washington seeks guidance on next steps after the Soviet veto of a UN watchdog proposal on the Greek border. The note warns transfers before treaties take effect are provisional and requests notification and consultation.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Balkans
State Lovett
State Department
Security Council
United Nations
Constantine Tsaldaris
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Europe
Hungary
Paria
Romania
Britain
France
Molotov
Balkan
U.N
Ireland
Portugal
Trans- Jordan
China
Belgium
Syria
Brazil
Colombia
Australia
Poland
Prince the 37-Year-Old Draft Horse Heir to Trust Fund Dies
Prince, a 37-year-old draft horse and heir to a $5,000 trust fund, died of old age in the pasture after 14 years with Nellie. The fund, created by the late De Forrest Piazze for Prince and Nellie, will revert to the University of Kansas student aid fund.
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Stanley
Kas
Prince
Nellie
de Forrest Piazze
Kansas City
S. W. Boyd
University of Kansas
Truman vetoes two bills and signs fifty seven in adjournment rush
President Truman vetoed two measures and approved 57 others as he pushed through a backlog of legislation. He signed five major appropriation bills totaling about 16 billion dollars to fund the government for the new fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Herman Trahn
New York
Congress
White House
Kansas City
Man Dies Of Rabies Despite No Animal Bite
Richmond report details a Mecklenburg county resident who died of rabies in May after never being bitten. Dr. W A Browne of the health bureau urged preventive treatment for those in contact with rabid animals. The man owned a dog kennel near the North Carolina line. eight kennel dogs died of an undiagnosed illness last fall. The case, rare without bites, shows infection can occur through open cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mecklenburg County
W. A. Browne
State Health Department
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Browne
North Carolina
Duke University
Henderson
Beauty Shop Blast Probed in Harrisonburg
City officials moved to a thorough investigation of Tuesday's basement explosion at Pauline's Beauty Shop, which killed ten and injured about 30 in Harrisonburg Virginia. Fire marshal officials and Underwriters Association aids were requested. guards posted to keep out sightseers as investigators prepare to arrive from Richmond.
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Harrisonburg
Bernard T. Denton
George Conrad
Commonwealth
Wrence Hoover
Louis Armentrout
Julius Ritchie
W. G. Meyers
State
Underwriters Association
Denton Sa
Denton
Richmond
Underwriters’ Association
Ritchie
Pauline
Rockingham County Memorial Hospital
Lorraine Hartman
Clinton
William Edward Johnson
Mildred Moore
William Shoemaker
George L Stokes
Wisconsin City Inferno Destroys Main Block
Firefighters battled seven hours in 90 degree heat to save the downtown of Fon du Lac Wisconsin a city of about 30000. A major block was gutted and losses are at least 500000. Hill Brothers department store a three story brick building and the Ames dress store annex were destroyed. Nearby shops flooded as hoses sprayed water through the streets.
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Fon du Lac
Wis
Wisconsin
Hill Brothers Department Store
Ames Dress
Hill
Rare Bird Parades Streets of New York
Early risers saw a silver white long tail pheasant about three feet long strolling Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. A New York garbage collector chased it briefly before the bird allowed itself to be captured with dignity. An ASPCA attendant identified the male bird as a silver pheasant native to China and possibly an escapee.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Midtown Manhattan
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
China
Russia vetoes UN bids as two applicants face bloc
At Lake Success the Soviet Union again vetoed UN membership bids and moved to block Austria Italy Romania Hungary, while United States and others urged full discussion for a vote. China accused Moscow of backing a second front in Asia as Outer Mongolia was discussed.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
Ireland
Portugal
Trans-Jordan
Alexei N. Krasilnikov
Security Council
Moscow
Krasilnikov
Austria
Italy
Romania
Hungary
United States
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Yemen
China
Sinkiang
Shihsi Hsu
Far East
Manchuria
Former Convict Charged In Slaying At West Virginia Mine
Logan West Virginia July 30 former Kentucky convict Paul Burton was arrested after a day long search in the Omar district and booked in the Logan county jail on charges connected with the rifle slaying of Willard Simpson a 23 year old mine worker and veteran of World War II. Sheriff Frank White said jealousy over the replacement of Willard’s brother Wayne Simpson at Stirrat No 19 was the motive and that Burton waited at the mine entrance with a rifle and pistol. The weapon a 32 30 rifle was recovered and Burton will face formal charges.
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Burton
Omar
Stirrat
Logan County
White
Williard Simpson
Wayne Simpson
Willard Simpson
Seth
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Therlands
Pematangsiantar
Sumatra
Toba
Jesse Jones
FDR
U. N
Douglas Chandler
U.S
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