Move To Vote OPA Bill Intact
Washington lawmakers moved to send a revised price control bill to President Truman as the Senate had, while a gentleman’s agreement delayed the House showdown until Tuesday to organize opposition to decontrol measures. Taft warned the move signals Congress disapproval of OPA methods, urging removal of decontrolled food items if the president fails to fix the program.
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Sharp Denial Snapped Back By Rep May
Washington AP report details a heated exchange as the Senate war investigating committee finds Rep May unable to explain or contradict evidence linking him to munitions makers and a group profiting from wartime contracts. May demands rights to cross examine witnesses and bring attorneys, while the committee rejects special privileges, leaving his appearance in limbo.
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Hughes Condition Slightly Improves After Crash
Beverly Hills Calif BEVERLY Hills Calif UP reports Howard Hughes the famed aviator and film producer shows a slight improvement in the 12 hours since a plane crash. Doctors say he slept briefly and ate a bit despite pain from a pressure on the left chest hindering lung fluid removal and no immediate surgery planned.
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Byrnes to Report to Nation Monday on Conference Results
Secretary of State James Byrnes announced he would report to the nation Monday night on the month long foreign ministers conference. He said the United States accepted some compromises on European treaty proposals to avoid a clash no one wants. Byrnes would press for a new meeting of foreign ministers of the four powers after the July 29 European peace conference and before the UN session in New York.
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Paris
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United States
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Iceland
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Tom Connally
D-Texas
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
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Moscow
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New York
Butter sale stuns Frisco shoppers at 88 cents
Frisco windows display butter at 88 cents a pound, with signs promising unlimited quantity. San Franciscans, long unable to butter their bread, read the new price and lines form outside grocers.
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Farmer 70 and wife 50 welcomed quadruplet daughters
In Isfahan AP reports Ad sayed Ahmed Peykar, 70, and his wife Hoghra Baghche bozorg, 50, became parents to quadruplet girls Fatemah Zahra Rahzieh and Marzieh on the Fourth of July. The newborns and mother are reported to be in good health. The couple previously had one child, a six year old daughter Sakineh.
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Ahmed Peykar
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Hoghra Baghche
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Zahra
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Marzieh
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Pedestrian Struck Near Center Point Road Intersection
Charles M Brennan of 1247 Lake Avenue NE was hit by a car near the crosswalk at Center Point Road and G Avenue NE. He suffered a possible basal skull fracture and was taken to St Luke's Hospital in serious condition. Driver W A Frontress of Toddville was booked for operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Frontress
Brother Dowell to Take Lie Detector Test in Triple Dueling Death
Terre Haute Indiana. Prosecutor John Jett said William Dowell 30 agreed to lie detector testing Monday at Indiana State Police labs. Walter Dowell 27 died after a shotgun duel following a beer soda argument. Coroner ruled homicide. William held without bond. murder charge planned pending grand jury.
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Howard Watson
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Other War Contract Firms To Be Probed by Mead Asserts
Democratic senator James M. Mead chairs a special senate committee probing waste and excess profits in war production. Hearings focus on Chicago area firms with seven key owners and about 78 million dollars in war contracts. The panel aims to expose weaknesses in wartime procurement and strengthen government controls postwar.
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Ark on Pearl Street: Joe Vaughn Sails Through City Battle
In Elizabethtown Illinois Joe Vaughn refuses to move his houseboat Ark from city property despite orders from a six member town board. After months of legal pressure and resignations the mayor intervenes and Vaughn sells the boat to Irving Frisco who plans to relocate it with his family once payment clears.
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Hawaii Gov Ingram Stainback Reappointed by Senate
The U S Senate unanimously confirms President Truman's appointment of Ingram M Stainback as governor of the Territory of Hawaii. The action was announced from Washington on a Saturday.
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Three Children Drown While Swimming Near Freetown
In Freetown Indiana three playmates ages 14 and 10 drowned on Saturday while swimming in the east fork of the White river. The victims were J C Cochran 14 James Deavers 10 and Robert Stafford 10.
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FBI Ties Heirens to Wave Murder Case in Print Match
The FBI confirmed fingerprint similarities between William Heirens and a latent print in the Frances Brown case. Chicago police and state prosecutors had already linked Heirens to the Degnan ransom note prints, as authorities cautioned that Heirens has not been charged in either killing.
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Richmond
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Leither
Vet Slain in Row Over Tank Infantry Merits
Madison AP report states Lloyd Vv. Myrvang a 21 year old tank corps veteran was fatally injured in a sidewalk fight Saturday with a former infantryman over rival merits of Myrvang: his 14th armored division of the Seventh army. Detected said the other man is held without charge after admitting a battle over the issue.
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Italian Planes Crash Kills Six Near Rome During Maneuvers
Six Italian airmen died Saturday when two military aircraft crashed in the Giustiniana suburb during maneuvers near Rome.
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United States proposes veto elimination by atom treaty
The United States urged the United Nations to remove the atomic veto through a new treaty rather than by amending the UN Charter. Bernard Baruch outlined a plan where the five permanent Security Council members pledge not to use their veto on atomic questions, with an atomic development authority handling violations not endangering peace.
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Atomic Commission
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Chinese Reds Seek Bigger UNRRA Role in China
Chinese Communist spokesman Chou En-lai praised UNRRA relief moves but pressed for broader participation. He urged Communist areas join the Far Eastern meeting in Shanghai on July 20 and seek seats on allocation and staff committees, with an inspection mission including Communists. The Central Daily News mocked UNRRA supplies stoppage as absurd and imprudent.
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Butterworth Estate Put at 150000 in Probate Will
The estate of screen comedian Charles Butterworth, killed in a car crash last month, is valued at 150000 in the will filed for probate. Most of the estate is left to St Vincent's Hospital in New York.
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INS
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York
House Vote Sends It to White House
The House approved a 3.75 billion dollar loan to Great Britain by a 219 to 155 vote sending the measure to President Truman. Supporters argued the loan would shape Allied leadership while opponents warned of risk to U.S. interests and urged collateral conditions were rejected.
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Britain salutes US loan as sign of shared trade aims
London AP reports Great Britain’s Labour government welcomes the $3.75 billion United States loan. Chancellor Hugh Dalton says approval speeds inter zonal trade revival and shared living standards, while some Britons fear rising US prices may affect loan value.
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