Dutch Forces Win Strategic Area in Java
Dutch forces claim control of a key Java strategic zone after four days of operations, with ground gains reported near Jogjakarta and Bandowoso. Indonesian defenses retreat to guerrilla tactics as Dutch armor and air support push from Cheribon to the Indian Ocean region.
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Java
Batavia
Jave
Jogjakaris
Jogia- Karta
Semarang
Salatiga
Toentang
Heedeeuler
Thin Ir
Bandowoso
Fucheat
Probolinggo
Madoera
Stralt
Indian Ocean
Band ‘ Oonoe
Reblicam
Cheribon
Soemedang
Jipaten
Malang
Farmers' Surplus Disposal Studied
Washington reports the White House weighing a plan to dispose of surplus commodities via foreign sales to aid Europe’s recovery after the Sevastopol war. Officials say the idea is in the thinking stage and would involve governments selling grain as the Marshall Plan proceeds.
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Washington
INS
White House
Aries G. Pens
Truman
John
U.S. Anderson
Steelman and
Rams
Indonesians Ask Truman to Stop War With Dutch
Indonesian president Soekarno urged President Truman and the U.S. public to exert every effort to halt the war in Indonesia and seek a peaceful settlement. He compared the struggle to America’s fight for independence and urged mediation to end Dutch military action. He asked the United States to uphold democracy and the principles of justice in supporting a resolution.
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Ent Soekarno
Jogjakarta
Indonesia
Java
Soekarno
Truman
United States
Sue
President Truman
Immigrant Ships Nearing Palestine Amid Conflicts
Reports say two more illegal Jewish immigrant ships approach Palestine as Britain enforces a policy to return uncertified entrants. Exodus 1847 passengers have been sent to France after a battle near Haifa. The underground has attacked British ferries in retaliation.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
France
Strait of Messina
RAF
North African
Wilcoms
Underground
Empire Lifeguard
Haifa’s
Deed by Beckley Couple Bears Jap Mayor's Seal
A Beckley deed transferring land at Jennings Street ends with the seal and statement of Mayor Taketu Tomiya of Sapporo Japan. Mrs Agnes Lilly needed civilian certification of her signature as seller to M J Meadows. Basil Lilly of the 11th Airborne Division joined in Japan last year. The county clerk’s office records note the first deed with a Japanese seal ever recorded here.
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Beckley
Jennings St
Taketu Tomiya
Sapporo
Haddaido
Japan
Agnes Lilly
M. J. Meadows
Raleigh
Soviet Rejects French Balkan Plan In U N Debate
The Soviet Union led by Andrei Gromyko rejects the American semi permanent Balkan commission plan and opposes excluding the Big Five from the panel. Debates continue as Britain and France push alternative compositions while the U N Security Council weighs a neutral seven nation option.
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Russia
Lake Success
Bethane
Saunas
Andrei, A. Gromyko
Security Council
U. S
Gromyko
United States
China
Britain
Alexandre Parodi
Sweden
Red Influences in Union Linked by Congress Probe
Washington dispatch reports the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing Communist influence in a major union. CIO president Albert J. Fitzgerald alleges labor group aims to defeat four Republican reelection targets, including Rep. Thomas. Thomas vows action under Taft Hartley against unions under Communist control and to pursue an independent inquiry into related activity.
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Washington
INS
House un-American Activities Committee
Rep
Thomas
R-Nj
Congress
NLRB
Albert J. Fitzgerald
CIO
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
McDowell
Vail
Nixon
Pisano
Probe on Housing Shortage and Costs Voted
The House voted to create a 14 member Senate House committee to study the housing field. It would report to Congress by March 12 with recommendations and a $100000 funding provision to finance the probe.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House Committee
Congress
Lawmakers form committees to oversee forestry amendment
Speaker Amos appointed 4 delegates to the government and finance group and 5 to the forestry committee with Ames and Vickers as members. The forestry panel will draft enabling legislation for the 1949 Legislature and oversee a conservation fund of about 1.11 million dollars, with over 250 thousand remaining, while promoting soil erosion control and timber industry revival.
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Fame and Fish Committee
William Sey
D-Fendtlewm
Frank A- 4Hae Knight
D-Kanawha
George Frefoot
Beneke
Edgar
Uncle Joe
White
R-Harrison
Thagte Aiready
Amns
Vickers
Altiei
Aast
Forestry Committee
Navy court martial hears testimony in Hirshberg case
Brands Ex-Comrade Lt Thomas Burtt testified for the prosecution at a Navy court martial over maltreatment of American prisoners at a Japanese camp. Burtt described Hirshberg as a harsh leader who beat his men and won favor with the Japanese, noting he received gifts from Japanese guards.
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Brands
Thomas B. Burtt
Navy
Harold E. Hirshberg
Hurtt
Hirshberg
Congress Acts To Speed Up Adjournment For Special Session
Republican leaders plan a Saturday adjournment allowing a fall special session if needed. Progress on must legislation includes the final conference version of the armed services under a single secretary of defense. The GOP adjournment resolution names the Speaker of the House the Senate presiding officers and Republican leaders as triggers.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Armed Services
Senate
House
Recession News Hopes Rise in Kanawha Valley
Kanawha Valley business indices show higher activity in mid 1947 with retail sales up 10 percent over 1948 and wholesale 15 to 20 percent ahead. Wages in Kanawha County for the first five months of 1947 also increase as forecasts shift away from recession fears.
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Charleston
Kanawha
Explosion Traps Miners At Old Ben No 4 Mine In West Frankfort
A blast at Old Ben company No 4 mine in West Frankfort injures two fatally, with six more burned and about 200 trapped. Carroll Stevens and Thomas Palmer die in hospital or en route. Rescue teams work as 23 men remain unaccounted for, with surface communications and air shaft access aiding efforts.
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West Frankfort
Old Ben Company
No. 4
Carroll Stevens
Thomas Palmer
Burna
Howard Lewis
Charles.Lansbury
United Mine Workers
Frank Casper
Charles Smith
Thomas Kirby
Noa Chance
Amerts
Eddie Franco
UMW
Stevens
Willliam’ W. Lamont
Centralia
State Mines and Minerals Department
Investigation Plans Near Mid September Amid Senate Standoff
The text notes discussions of starting an investigation around mid September despite unresolved action by Senator Baldwin to order it. The fragment references a page turn cue and a pending Senate resolution, indicating political maneuvering and timing concerns.
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Baldwin
R.-Conn
House Unit Seeks Removal of Excess Russian Nationals
A House sub committee urged immediate removal of all excess Russian nationals from the United States after a Soviet visa denial. Rep. Kersten led the push and asked Secretary of State Marshall to apply reciprocal limits on Soviet nationals. The panel planned a September visit to Russia to study education and labor conditions.
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Washington
Russia
House
Isber
United States
Rep
Kersten
R.wis
Marshall
Soviet Union
Moscow
Novikov
Conferees Vote to Scrap Installment Buying Curbs
Washington reports a Senate House conference voted to end controls on installment buying by Nov 1 1947. President Truman’s remarks caused a brief misunderstanding about emergency powers, later clarified as no intention to extend curbs. The bill denies authority to continue rules after Oct 31 while keeping current limits till then.
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Washington
White House
Senate House
Truman
Congress
Flanders R.vt
Songrees
House
Het
Three-Power Talks On Reich Put On Paris Agenda
Paris reports a Franco British and U S three power conference on German industry. France signals willingness to join talks at Secretary Marshall's invitation to discuss Ruhr mines and industry levels in Western Germany. The meeting would be the first since four power control began.
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France
U. S
Paris
Britain
United States
Germany
George C. Marshall
Ruhr
Italians Begin Debate On War and Peace Treaty
In Rome on July 24 Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza opened a debate on ratification of Italy's peace treaty. He cited telegrams showing Soviet Russia wants ratification. The assembly approved a government motion 232 to 204. Sforza called the pact "satisfactory" but urged acceptance by August 10 to keep Italy's UN membership chances intact this year.
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Rome
Carlo Sforza
Russia
Sforza
Sutfor
Italy
United Nations
Pressure Used To Delay Hughes Probe
Washington reports say Interior officials and Sen. Krug testified about claims that political influence sought to delay a wartime airplane contract hearing involving Howard Hughes. Kaiser and associates faced questions over lavish parties and potential pressure to postpone the inquiry.
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Solon
Hughes
Washington
CINS
Hollywood
Kaiser
Elliott
Roosevelt
Ferguson
Krug
Man Forl
Hughes Hughes
Palm Springs
Cal
Coed Heiress Feared Kidnapped in Mysterious Disappearance
Anne Straw a 20 year old Smith College junior and heir to 7 million dollars vanished from her family summer home on Little Squam Lake after 10 pm Monday. Authorities initially suspected drowning but searches found no clues and she may have run away or been forcibly removed. Her father H Evis Straw, a Manchester banker, revealed the trust and the payout on her 27th birthday.
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Holderness
N. H
INS
Anne Straw
Smith College
Little Squam Lake
H. Evis Straw
Manchester
Anne
Patterson Leaves and Urges Universal Military Training
Retiring Seer of War Patterson left President Marys cabinet today with a strong appeal for universal military training and continued production of atomic bombs. He returns to private law practice in New York and told reporters he would press on with UMIT in private life. He warned that the United States must continue to produce atomic bombs until an effective international control system is in place.
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80Th Congress
Senate House
Aspethe
Charleston
Kon
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Patterson
Marys
New York
Kenneth C. Royall
Umit
United States
1000 Scouts Embark For Paris Jamboree
One thousand American Boy Scouts head to Europe for the first World Scout Jamboree since 1937. They depart New York aboard the Gen G H Muir, stay at Camp Kilmer, travel from all states and Alaska, with many family pairs among the contingents, to disembark at Antwerp and set up at Moisson near Paris.
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New York
INS
Europe
G. H. Muir
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Union
Alaska
Dick Woodward
Antwerp
Belgium
Moisson
France
Paris
President revisits old home week amid crowd
Local readers recall Hingling the Ness event with Stan Arnold noting the president’s playful return to town. The piece reflects on the celebration atmosphere and spectators’ reactions during the visit.
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