Prices Hold, OPA Policy Unclear Amid Rising Costs
The report notes stores kept prices near last week’s levels as OPA price controls vanish. Vendors warn shortages may ease with new supplies, yet producers could push prices higher. Sugar stamps 10 and 9 remain valid. rationing likely continues via decree or voluntary industry action. Definite price hikes expected after Washington clarifies policy.
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OPA
Tor
Corry
Washington
Itas
Atomic test at Bikini reports fourth detonation outcomes
Aboard USS Appa Lachnan Gff Bikini July 1 observers report the fourth atomic blast on a fleet of 73 ships. Three ships sunk or damaged, fires raging five hours after detonation. No tidal wave or quake. no lives lost. expected wounded may total eight.
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APPA
Bikini
Palmness
W. H
Salvage Outlook for USS Pennsylvania at Bikini Test
The USS Pennsylvania appears salvageable after the Bikini test fire, with heavy firefighting by ships and a steady burn consuming the ship but not preventing hopeful recovery. Reports note damage on nearby vessels varies from minor to moderate, while officials call the operation well planned and executed. The blast created a pink to gold cloud reaching high altitudes, with radioactivity study planned for the damaged bow and associated ships.
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Pennsylvania
Associated Press
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Penraylyagie
P. Blanly
Navy
Forrestal
Howard Biukestes
Cortland
Elton C. Fey
Admiral Blandy
Ajax Offers City Fine Flagstaff To City Council
Ajax Iron Works proposes to gift the fine Nagstaff and equipment to Gor ty City if council approves removing it from the shop yard for installation in the city park or another location. The offer is likely to be accepted at tonight’s meeting.
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Ajax
Ajax Iron Works
Gorty
Counscil
Possible Fairhaven sale discussed at July council meeting
Mayor Kinley reports a letter from the Federal Public Housing Administration hints the Fairhaven project may face sale. Council will discuss but not involve town funding, with no firm buyers identified. The adjourned Board of Health session will address condemnation actions and other municipal business including sewer plans and department reports.
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Pairhaven
Wotton
Kinley
Federal Public Housing Administration
Hay
Kinley Hay
Council
Gordon
Board of Heaith
Williams
State Health Department
Wayne Street
Fao
Heirens Talks After Being Questioned In Degnan Case
Chicago July 1 State's Attorney Tuohy said William Heirens 17 University of Chicago student who is held in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping killing case abandoned his silence and began talking after hours of questioning Heirens was linked to the crime by a fingerprint on the ransom note and by loot found in his room and tied to burglaries near the Degnan home.
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Associate Press
Chicago
William J. Tuohy
William Heirens
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Nad
Bridewell
Tuohy
Helrens
Degnan
University’ of Chicago
Heirens
Degman
Tevelin suicide at state hospital after Greensburg murder
The man identified as Tevelin, age 50, a former resident of Greensburg who killed his wife on January 11, 1945, hanged himself yesterday in a closet at the Pennsylvania State Institution for Criminial Insane at Retreat.
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Scranton
Fort Franklin blaze prompts mass workers strike and unrest
A dawn fire at Fort Franklin triggers a generalized strike with about 24,000 workers walking out in Trieste. The shutdown halts trade and closes public venues amid clashes and injuries. Authorities fear further trouble as youths clash with police and several Allied officers are hospitalized.
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Asi
Street Department Pickup Damaged In North Center Collision
A city owned pickup collided with four trucks on North Center Street near North Cory Saturday evening. Driver Donald E. Willis of Niobe New York and Melvin Amy reported no injuries to themselves. Clyde Damon and Amy’s passenger were unharmed. Police planned to file charges.
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Melvin Amy
North Center Stovek
North Cory
Ely
Donald E. Willis
Niobe
N.Y
Amy Tepor
Ornai
Clyde Damon
Amy
Hey
Wittis
Polive de
Pennsylvania Eyes Rent Control Power Amid Wartime Decree
Governor Edward Marin signals possible use of wartime emergency powers to regulate rents as OPA ceilings lapse. Massachusetts issues an executive order while New Jersey may deploy rent control by decree. The fragmented report notes ongoing nation wide rent pressures and legal questions on authority.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Edward Marin
Massachusetts
Maurice J.tobin
Matin
Indiantown Gap
Heould
Tames H. Dunn
Pennsylvania General Assembly
New Jersey
Hayii Proctor
Martin
Dum
Sentencing Delayed In Murder Case At Mayville Street
Sentencing of Veo Miceno for the murder of Mrs. Lydia Warner in Mayville street was postponed by order of the Court until 1 o clock tomorrow. Defense counsel Mahoney expects the court to receive an appeal for a new trial at the same time.
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Sullty
Mayville
Lydia Warner
Jidae Hindley
Mahoney
Veterans group urges special legislative session in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Veterans Committee conference in Harrisburg urges Governor Martin to call a special session of the legislature to aid veterans statewide. William Miller of Philadelphia, CIO Textile Workers Union chair and business manager, says the conference represents no special interests and will be nonpartisan in nature.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Veterans Committee
Martin
William Miller
Philadelphia
CIO Textile Workers Union
Bulletin on price controls and global events in 1947 style
Bulletins report rent increases up to four and a half percent as the death of the OPA lifts price ceilings across states. FEPC dissolves with no return this year. Coal price limits end with the OPA demise. Polish authorities report armed gang violence and a referendum. Hollywood strikes near with studio gate action. Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi survives an attack as trains collide near Poona while plans for independence advance.
Presby Church Chapel Destroyed In Fiery Blaze
A fierce blaze destroyed the First Presbyterian Church and chapel in Franklin as a 141 foot steeple collapsed into the street. The fire raged for nearly two hours with no injuries. Origin of the blaze was undetermined and the church, built early in the century, had undergone recent repairs. Firefighters from nearby towns aided the effort secretaria.
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Franklin
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Rocky Grove
Burke Hotel
Willa
Cambria Communities Seek Flood Control Aid in Pa
Johnstown Pa July reports local officials in Cambria County plan surveys to determine flood control needs seeking state and federal aid. The effort targets five communities Barton Bakerton Spangler and Hastings with measures to be decided within ten days following two recent flash floods that overwhelmed streams and caused damage.
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Ilu
Cambria
Pyllum
Hastings
Barttiotiro
Bakerton
Spangler
Escape of Rich New Yorker From Philadelphia Kidnappers
Michael Reiter a 47 year old New York dress manufacturer abducted in New York escaped in Philadelphia after a five hour ordeal. In a car stop at a milling station one captor worked on a radiator while the other chased a revolver. Reiter seized the weapon and fired. the shootout failed to stop the escape as he leaped from the car. He told police he was returning to his Long Island home after taking his wife and child to a summer resort hotel he owns in Mahopac New York.
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Mohandis K. Gani
Feader
Gandhi
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India
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Michael Raiter
New York
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Long Island
Reiter
Melter
Wid Reiter
William Bailey
Jes
Mahopac
N. Y
New York City
Doth
Madison
Manhattan
Two Injured in Weekend Crashes Reported
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after crashes Sunday and Sunday night near Milwaukee and Concord town. Donald Orr’s truck collided with a Milwaukee Chevrolet, demolishing the car, while James Prost’s vehicle collided with Frank Green’s on Spartanshore highway. Both drivers escaped serious harm and police expect charges in the first case.
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Nec
Flwiod Kirkpattick
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Nso
Wan
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Jo Ind Ais
Inion City
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Jatter
Donald Orr
Milwaukee Chevrolet
James
Prost
Spartanshore
Concord
Amachine
Frank €. Green
Green
Bodies of five children drownings recovered along Allegheny River
Five child victims were recovered from the Allegheny river over the weekend. In West Monterey, two missing youngsters Joseph Folm aged 5 and Bowne Jean Rumbaugh aged 6 were found after a rowboat capsized. Nearby Brandon and Franklin saw three more youths pulled from the river after a raft collapse, identified as Wanda Hunsberger 9 Alvin Toomey 11 and Dyan Gealy 11.
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West Monterey
Allegheny River
Joseph Folm
Bowne Jean Rumbaugh
Tige
Brandon
Pranklin
Bennerdell
Wanda Hunsberger
Alvin ‘Toomey
Erie
Dyan Gealy
OPA Dead and Stop Gap Bill Current Issue
Bitter political fight follows Truman veto and attack on opponents during radio broadcast. Immediate effect uncertain as lawmakers contend over agency funding and legislative action.
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OPA
Truman
Porter Urges Restraint From Leaders And Public
Porter appeals to business leaders and the public to restrain reaction as Congress debates price controls and OPA. Amid political crossfire and uncertainty, leaders warn weeks rather than days to see effects of any restoration. Truman’s radio appeal drives a flood of telegrams, while anti OPA filibusters loom in the Senate.
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Congress
OBA
Truman
Spence
D-Ky
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House
Conntress
Senate
O'Dawes
D-Tex
Shipbuilder Latham D. Smith Drowns in Capsizing
Latham D. Smith of Surgeon Bay Wisconsin a shipbuilder perished when his sloop capsized His daughter survived seven hours in the water after the accident Friends recall his long service to the Ajax Iron Works and his role in the wartime engine project His body was recovered and funeral services were held at Sturgeon’s May.
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Te Seu Aent Shipbuilder
Surgeon Bay
Wis
John H. Castor
Ajax Iron Wolk
Smith
Ajax
U.S. Maritime Commission
Custor
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