Poles Demonstrate Over Byrnes Speech and Burn Newspaper Office
About 2,000 Poles gathered before the Polonia hotel in Warsaw to denounce Secretary Byrnes and the western border, then attacked Gazeta Ludowa’s offices, setting a section on fire. Demonstrations faded under militiamen as crowds dispersed.
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Byrnes
U. P
Peasant Party
Larry Allen
Warsaw
Arthur Bliss Lane
Germany
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Mikolajczyk
Byres
Polonia
Lane
Gazeta Ludowa
Batty
Ambassador Lane
Gomulka
Roma Auditorium
Poland
Potey i
Gamulka
Polish, Workers’ Party
Britain
United States
Yanks on Chinese truce team shot report
An未 confirmed Communist report says some wounded members of the US cease-fire team were bombed and strafed by Chinese planes on August 31 and reached Kalgan in Chahar. An American sergeant was badly wounded. Executive headquarters has not confirmed the attack. Meanwhile Tatung, a key rail hub west of Peiping, was expected to fall to the Communists as government forces push to lift the Kalgan siege or face broader actions.
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Psiping
Executive
Kalgan
Chahar
Chengten
Rapitol
Jehor
Great Wall
Kupeikou
China
Tatung
Second Escape Attempt by Jewish Immigrants at Cypriot Camp
About 2,009 unauthorized Jewish immigrants detained at the Catalans camp in Cyprus staged a second rush at the gates within four weeks. They were halted by extended barbed wire fences and bayonets, as guards and inmates clash over Palestine. Isaac Posner age 16 spoke at a news conference, pledging to reach Palestine, recalling Allied service and the four freedoms.
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Cyprus
Nicosia
Palestine
Caralags
Catalans
Isaac Cohen
Isaac Posner
Isaac
Caralios
Carrier Airplanes to Fly In Greek Air Show Today
Athens awaits the return of the air show as planes from the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt prepare to fly over the city tomorrow during a courtesy visit by Roosevelt and other US ships. Rear Adm. John H. Cassady hosted a reception aboard the carrier while U S Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh attended a dinner at the Yacht Club in Athens.
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Athens
Franklin D. Roosvelt
Roosevelt
US 5
Malas
Algiers
Tangier
Cakwolanca
Ieint
John H. Cassady
U. S
Lincoln MacVeagh
Yacht Club
General Strike Threat Based Seamen Move
Idle seamen intensified threats of a general maritime walkout while ports held 1,400 to 1,600 ships immobile across coasts. In New York 490 tugboats joined harbor strikes as Wage Stabilization Board hearings loomed. John L. Lewis offered help to seamen, urging AFL to withdraw from the board, while officials downplayed a government troops move.
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Associated Press
America
AFL
New York City
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
OAS Seaton
Paul Hall
New York
AFL Seafarers International Union
Philip Pearl
San Francisco
Sailors Union of the Pacific
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Nest
Secret Garsson testimony fuels May probe in Senate report
The Senate war investigating committee disclosed secret testimony from Henry Garsson supporting Rep. Andrew J. May’s claim he earned no profits from his ties to munitions firms. Garsson, dubbed the “brains” of a paper empire, testified last June that May never sent bills for services. May, who faced calls to testify, may travel from Kentucky to Washington in October.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Henry Garsson
Andrew J. May
Finais
Garsson
Kentucky
May
Cumberland Lumber Co
Mar
Francis Flanagan
Flanagan
Joseph F. Freeman
House Military Commitiee
Enn
Cumberland Lumbers
Pipelines and Rail Link Targeted in Jerusalem Port
Reported today three pipelines serving Haifa port were cut and set afire, with the British oil refinery railway signal box destroyed by a blast killing one. A Latrun camp hunger strike began by 503 Jewish inmates in sympathy with a prisoner held without trial. Jewish Agency leaders helped start the fast while a physician lies under hospital supervision. A government report notes the pipeline attack and a second bomb on the Maifa Lyeda line.
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Terusalem
Haifa
Latrun
Jewish Agency
Moshe Shertok
Isaac Gruenbaum
Bernard Joseph
Wolfgang von Weist
Jerusalem
Dax
jMaifa
Squatters seize luxury London apartments in mass occupation
More than 1,500 British men, women and children seized possession of the Duchess of Bedford house and overflowed into neighboring buildings in a Communist aided squatter wave. In about 2 1/2 hours nine more buildings were commandeered. Officials aided the move while authorities were surprised. The Duchess of Bedford house, a former war era government hostel, is now occupied by squatters.
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London
Duchess of Bedford House
Moray House
Loyd Ilehester
Ministry of Works
Atom bomb claims target unknown in Miss America pageant
Guy E. Snavely of Washington, speaking to 20,000 at Atlantic City finals, alleged a 65-pound atom bomb dropped in the Pacific killed 200,000 people last year. He cited no source for the bomb’s weight and did not specify a target.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Guy E. Snavely
Washington, D. C
Dissat. of Americar Colleges
Pacific
Snavely
Bombay Riots Toll Tops Five Dead As Violence Surges
In Bombay today five more people were killed and about 30 injured as Hindu Muslim clashes flared. The eight day toll reached 237 dead and 718 injured with 168 arrests, bringing total arrests to 2,381. Police and military fired to disperse crowds after clashes at several centers. A communique reported some improvement but warned many areas had become no man’s lands and no fraternization yet observed.
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Bombay
Riet
School Board May Resign in Athens Tennessee
Athens Tennessee September 8 4 may resign en masse after mayor and aldermen quit following a gun attack on Alderman Hugh Riggs home. City politics turn violent as faction clashes and threats test the school board amid a long running dispute over election outcomes and control.
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Athens
Tenn
East Tennessee
Paul Walker
Hugh Riggs
McMinn County Realitics
Joe Wheeler Neil
Chatman W. D. Laing
Sherif Knox Henry
Riggs
Sewsmen
Walker
Hopes Fade for End to New York Truckers Strike
Twenty five thousand drivers and helpers in the New York metro area are on strike as a compromise proposal to end the walkout is rejected by local 887 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Mayor O Dwyer vows city food supplies will be safeguarded while police plans are not confirmed. Deliveries remain curtailed with many stores closing or laying off workers amid the stalled negotiations.
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New York
Ocps
iFl
Lreup
International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs
AFL
William O'Dwyer
John B. Strong
Bulgarians Vote to Oust Monarchy
Sofia reports that over 95 percent backed a republic and the removal of nine year old King Simeon II in a peaceful plebiscite. Premier Georgieff and rivals urged a republic as observers predict Georgi Dimitrov to become the first president. Night celebrations begin as anti monarchist bands and loudspeakers rally the capital.
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Sofia
Simeon II
Kimon Georgieff
Georgi Dimitrov
Third International
Gore
Coburg
Rezine
Gisvanna
Maris Louise
Bing Simeon
Polish Courts Sentence 13 to Death for Terrorist Acts
In Lodz a military court sentenced 12 men to death for anti government and terrorist activities. Krakow's supreme court sentenced Amon Goeth, former Nazi camp commandant near Krakow, to death for involvement in the killing of about 9,000 people. In Warsaw the justice ministry announced public executions would be carried out nationwide.
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Pele
Warsaw
Sept
Lodz
Krakow
Amon Goeth
Ministry of Justice
Maine Opens First General Election Today in 1946
Maine begins its general election season by choosing a U S senator a governor and three House members amid a soldiers bonus fight. Democrats face slim chances in this Republican stronghold as Connecticut prepares to nominate Raymond Baldwin for the Senate.
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Maine
GOP
Associated Press
U. S
House
Abelli
Gia Ove Cutluuehes
Connecticut
Raymond &. Baldwin
Republican incumbents seek reelection in Maine and nation
Republican incumbents including Gov. Horace Hildreth and Len Brewster seek second terms in Maine while Representatives Hale Smith and Fellows seek reelection. The article notes pending Republican district conventions in Connecticut and Virginia Democratic events next week and a referendum on a $150 soldier measure.
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Connecticut
Virginia
Maine
Horace Hildreth
Len Owen Brewster
Robert Hale
Margaret Chase Smith
Frank Fellows
Six GIs Wounded As Allies Curtail Trieste Uprising
Allied police dispersed a pro Yugoslav demonstration in Trieste defying a military government ban. Six US soldiers and at least four dozen civilians were injured as crowds were scattered under patrols by Allied military police. Trieste remained off limits to on duty personnel and shore leave was canceled for ships in the harbor. A tense quiet settled over the disputed city as authorities blamed Yugoslav interference with traffic in the occupation zone. The event marked the anniversary of the Venezia Giulia partisans uprising and the Italian surrender in World War II.
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Gls
Trieste
Connecticut
Colorado
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Gorizia
U. S
Huntington
Harar
John Harding
Venezia Giulia
Pola
IMI
Ministers approve red plan to delay U N parley month
Paris dispatch reports council of foreign ministers urged postponing the United Nations General Assembly meeting from Sept 23 to October. They proposed a joint New York meeting to present peace treaties drafted at the Paris 21 nation conference. If approved, the Assembly would convene in Flushing, N Y.
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Council
New York
Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
United Nations General Assembly
General Assembly
Flushing
Fipaak
Paul Heeri Sgask
Belgium
Ly. N. General Assembly
Trygve ‘Lie
United Nations
Lie
Lake Succhness
Austria
Jacques Fouque DuPart
Byrnes
Ieformants
Russia
China
France
United Statca
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Ernest Levin
Bevin
London
Palestine
Spaak
Informatts
Yugoslavia
Italy
Venezia Giulia
Bulgaria
Greece
Thrace
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Danube
British Arab Parley Prepares Quiet Palestine Talks
London reports say British officials will host Arab leaders at Lancaster House to seek a Palestine settlement. No Jew attendees, U.S. not represented, and heavy security measures accompany private sessions as Britain and Arab League states weigh concessions amid regional pressure.
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London
Lancaster House
Bely Land
Palestine
Scotland Yard
U. S
United States
U.S
Arab League
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Camp Lee Chapels Hold Prayers For Ailing Nancy Henderson
Camp Lee Virginia crowds prayed in over twenty services for Nancy Henderson a seven year old Burlington girl with a brain tumor. Chaplains urged divine aid for Nancy and other ill children while Red Cross auxiliary sent toys and clothing to her sisters Shirley and Isabel. Doctors warned Nancy may live only nine more months as her father, a long service veteran, was reassigned to be with her in Burlington, leaving Alaska duties.
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Camp Lee
Sep
Nancy Henderson
Burlington
Ralph W. Henderson
Red Cross
Nancy
Shirley
Iseabel
Alaska
Burlingtot
Meat Famine Fears Trigger Buying Rush in Chicago
Chicago reports a buying rush that emptied butcher shop counters as the CIO United Packinghouse Workers push for national ownership amid a looming strike. Union spokesmen say the proposed government control would settle only one district. About 10,000 Chicago area workers were laid off with thousands more idle elsewhere due to record cattle and hog receipts, while farmers protest new price ceilings.
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Chicago
Cio-United Packinghouse
Milwaukee
International
East St. Louis
Soviet Activities In China Flayed
The American China Policy Assoc led by J. B. Powell urged President Truman to demand immediate Russian political control yield in China per Yalta and Sino Russian terms. A translation of a Chinese Communist Central Political Bureau resolution cited cooperation with the Far Eastern Bureau as evidence of ongoing Moscow influence. The group described negotiations with Gen. Marshall as deceitful and aimed at time gain for consolidating areas, obtaining arms from Russia, and expanding armies.
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Washington
INS
American China Policy Assoc
Truman
Central Political Bureau
Communist Party” of China
Dealsy
George C. Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Communist International
Mareshall
Russia
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