War Dept probes defective 4.2 shells in wartime probe
Washington wartime inquiry widens as Undersecretary Royall orders a full investigation into the use of defective 4.2 mortar shells that killed American troops. Hearings focus on shell design by contractor Henry M. Garsson and the handling of wartime costs and influence.
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G.I
Henry Garsson
Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
G.i’s
Royall
Senate
Henry M. Garsson
War Department
Army
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
Senate A War Investigating
Waitt
Rep
May
D-Ky
Mead
D-N.y
White House
Truman
Awaited second atom test outcome at Bikini Atoll
History’s underwater atomic blast proceeds as scheduled despite uncertain skies. Vice Admiral Blandy announced the test set for 8 35 am Bikini time with a weather contingency of half hour delays and a two day postponement if needed. Some officials warned weather could affect observation and safety.
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W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini
Blandy
Bikini Lime
Convict Trapped In Wall Inmate Survives Ten Days
Frederick Finnegan, 22, who vanished July 13 while serving five to ten years for armed robbery, was found buried alive in a wall cavity at a Maine state prison. Guard Justin Willett heard tapping at 3 a.m. and freed Finnegan after ten days of extreme hunger and exposure.
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Thomaston
Maine
INS
State Prison
Frederick Finnegan
Finnegan
Justin Willett
Gold Coins Stolen By Army Officers
The War Department reports theft of Chinese gold coins valued at 50 000 to 60 000 dollars in the China theater. An Army investigation by the Provost Marshal General is under way in Washington. One officer is on terminal leave and the other discharged, neither below major rank. The investigator described the latter as about 0 percent innocent.
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Washington
INS
War Department
China
U S Ponders Holding Reparations in Germany
Edwin Pauley, Truman’s reparations envoy, says Russian removals of machinery in Manchuria cripple eastern industry and that withholding German reparations could counterbalance losses. He warns against repeating World War I mistakes and notes slow action on moving MacArthur’s machinery to Manchuria.
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Pauley
Edwin A. Pauley
Truman
Korea
Manchuria
Far East
Washington
Edwin Pauley
East Asia
Europe
United States
Germany
Pausley
Molostov
Russia
Potsdam
Russsians
Food price rollback doubts surface in OPA and USDA
Washington sources from the OPA and the agriculture department questioned if food prices could be rolled back to June 30 levels if price controls are revived. They differed on why a rollback would be difficult or impossible and outlined three possible approaches to restore or modify controls.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Senate
Department
INS
Reds Reject Atom Plans
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet ambassador to the UN atomic energy commission, rejected major U.S. proposals for control of atomic energy. He refused to accept the plan for an atomic development authority or to drop the veto on atomic matters, signaling that the Soviet stance rejects Baruch's third memorandum in full or in part.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations’ Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Gromyko
Bernard M. Baruch
Nurse given seven year term for manslaughter in Tehachapi
Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt a 45 year old San Francisco musician and society figure must serve seven years for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of nurse Veda Martin last October. The parole board at the California Institution for Women set the term Tuesday.
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Tehachapi
Calif
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
San Francisco
Veda Martin
Parole Board of California Institution For Women
Drafted Fathers To Be Discharged By September 30
The War Department announced all nonvolunteer enlisted fathers will be discharged by September 30. The plan lists criteria by service months for discharge beginning October 1 and applies to women personnel as well. WACs with terms expiring by June 30 1947 are urged to volunteer, with hospital staff encouraged to finish duties if not volunteering.
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Washington
INS
War Department
WAC
Senate approves billions in terminal pay for veterans
The Senate passed a plan granting 2 to 3 billion dollars in terminal leave pay to enlisted and discharged service members, mostly to be issued as bonds. The measure faced objections over cash vs bond payments, inflation risk, and perceived political timing, with votes 44 33 and 67 12 defeating related amendments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Sen. Pepper
D-Fla
Sen
Johnson
D-Coro
Treasury and Budget Bureau
Prices Halt Wholesale Food Price Rise After Three-Week Jump
Wholesale food prices leveled off after a three week rise following the suspension of OPA controls. Dun and Bradstreet reports the index at $5.20, unchanged from the prior week, with declines in flour and livestock offsets by gains in meat and dairy items. Hog prices surged on Chicago St Louis and Indianapolis markets, hitting new postwar highs with top quotes around 22.75 at St Louis and 22.50 at Indianapolis. Chicago cattle opened higher as receipts fell from last week’s heavy run.
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OPA
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
CPA
Department of Agriculture
Cool Weather To Remain Thursday In Cedar Rapids
The Gazette notes partly cloudy cool weather will persist into Thursday after a drop from Tuesday’s 95 degrees. By midday Wednesday the temperature was 67, with no rain expected unless an unlikely Bikini Atoll splash occurs. The weatherboy’s umbrella joke aside, no rain is forecast for Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
the Weatherboy
the Gazette
Bikini Atoll
Bikini crewman dies after drinking duplicator fluid
One crewman aboard the USS Mr. McKinley, flagship of Operation Crossroads, died Wednesday and six others were seriously ill from drinking wood alcohol. The deceased, James Richard Reagan, about 26, from Homer New York, died three days after consuming a gallon can labeled poison used for duplicator fluid for dispatches.
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Bikini Atoll
James Richard Reagan
Homer
N. Y
Navy
Truman Expected to Act on OPA Bill This Week
President Truman likely to approve the trimmed down OPA revival bill after Congress passes it, with a written message to Congress and no radio address. The House sent the measure to the Senate 210 to 142 after opposition from Republicans and some Democrats, while Iowa lawmakers opposed the bill. The plan creates a three member price control board and bans price ceilings on major foods for 30 days while restoring controls on manufactured goods rents and other items.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Ross
House
McCormack
Mass
Price de Control Board
Tueseday
Senate
Iowa
Republican House
OPA
Lt Farrell Found Guilty of Assault in Boston Trial
Lt Thoma Farrell was convicted on three counts of assault with a cigarette and a razor blade against Miss Helen Stavrou. He was acquitted on related charges of lesser assault and unnatural acts. Farrell, a veteran of 35 air missions in the Pacific, showed little emotion as the verdict was read.
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Boston
Thoma Farrell
Helen Stavrou
Farrell
Pacific
Heirens Hearing Set for Thursday in Slaying Case
State's Attorney William Touhy announced Thursday appearance before a Cook County grand jury in the case against 17 year old William Heirens, University of Chicago student, charged in the Degnan and Brown slayings. Witness list includes James Degnan, former OPA official and Suzanne's father.
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Chicago
William J. Toithy
Cook County
William Heirens
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Touhy
James Degnan
OPA
Suzanne
Furniture at Moderate Price Is Long Way Off
New York AP report notes buyers seeking moderate priced furniture face shortage. Walter M Engel of the New York Furniture Exchange says current production concentrates in high price brackets and even there demand is weak. Showrooms with record attendance are selling on an allotment basis as lumber scarcity drives tight supplies of bedroom and dining room sets and other large wooden pieces.
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NEW York (Ap
Npt
Walter M. Engel
New York Furniture Exchange
Engel
Burglars Loot Dan 38 Apartment in Chicago Heist
A Chicago burglary report notes thieves entered the apartment of a man identified as Dan 38 and took cigarettes lighters and related items. The event targets a residential unit with no injuries reported. Police investigations continue as authorities seek suspects and recover stolen goods.
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Chicago
Dan‘ 38
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