Scorching 43 Day Drought Devastates Northeastern Crops
A 43 day drought has killed or spoiled over 50 million dollars in crops across eight Northeastern states. New Jersey faces 28 million in losses with potatoes hardest hit. New York and New England regions report heavy damage to fruits, vegetables, and dairy. Officials warn drought could worsen without rain as soils, wells, and pastures dry up.
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New Jersey
New York State
New England
Long Island
Agriculturé “Department
mid-New York State
F. B. Morris
Upstate
Putnam County
Morris
New York
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Grant B. Snyder
University of Massachusetts
Grant
Connecticut Valley
Rule In Berlin Now Restored
Berlin reports the deputy military governors revived the four power Kommandatura after a three hour Allied Control Council meeting. The old body created in 1945 to govern Berlin under four power occupation had collapsed in 1948 after East West tensions. The restored body faces complex tasks amid ongoing split authorities and competing policing and currency controls.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Kommandatura
Germany
Wall Street Edges Higher On Modest Demand
New York July 5 stock market rose modestly as demand strengthened slightly. Gains ranged from fractions to about a point with selective buying and a slow 650000 share turnover. airline shares led, with Transcontinental and Western and Pan American reaching yearly highs and American, United near 1949 peaks. Strong gains also appeared in Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Studebaker, Montgomery Ward, Schenley, and other major issues.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Transcontinental and Western
Pan American
American
United
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Montgomery Ward
Schenley
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Anaconda Copper
Phelps Dodge
American Can
Dow
Market Report Shows Steady Cattle Demand in Nashville
National department cattle receipts around 500 head with many lots under 850 pounds moving slowly. Yearlings and heifers strong at 22 to 25 dollars, cutters 17 to 21, cows 11 to 15, bulls 15 to 19, calves 19 to 24, hogs steady to higher with 21 to 21.5 for 175 to 240 pounds, sheep uneven with spring lambs 23 to 25 and ewes down to 7 to 8.50.
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Nashville
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
New York Cotton Futures Hold Steady Amid Liquidation Pressure
Cotton futures in New York were steady as traders weighed looming liquidation of over 300000 bales before July contract expiration on July 13. Short covering met scale up offerings while new crop deliveries steadied on cautious forecasts and loan level expectations.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York July 5
Stocks steady selective demand as bonds rise with governments in demand Cotton steady with house buying Trade and commission. Chicago wheat steady to firm with mill buying Corn steady to advance with wheat Oats steady and higher on damage reports Hogs mostly steady to 25 cents up to 21.85 Cattle one year steady to one dollar lower with top at 28
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New York
Chicago
Grain futures rise on strong buying in Chicago session
Grain futures were firm to higher at Chicago's Board of Trade. Wheat led advances with heavy trading as mill buying supported prices, finishing 1 3 8 to 2 3 8 higher on July at 1 95 5 8 to 3 8, corn up 7 8 to 1 1 4, July at 1 36 5 8 to 3 4, oats up 1 5 8.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Congress Faces Busy Week on Atlantic Pact and Policy
Senate debate opens on a 12 nation Atlantic pact with Connally urging rapid approval as a show of unity against aggression. Leaders meet with President Truman on labor and economy while weighing Taft Hartley repeal and possible tax increases. Defense and arms funding faces Senate scrutiny amid budget concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Connally D-Tex
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic
Truman
House
Congress
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Ohio
France
Greece
Turkey
State Department
Byrd
D-Va
Grain and livestock futures move on modest gains
Market notes show rye up 2 3 4 to 3 ½ cents with July at 61 1 2. soybeans gain 4 1 2 to 8 1 2 cents with July at 2 47 3 4. lard slips 2 cents per hundredweight while meal falls 10 cents with July shipments at 10.62.
Accident on Sixth Avenue South Involves Parked Car
Police lifted a car damage report from an accident on Sixth Avenue South yesterday. A northbound vehicle driven by L. E. Norris struck a parked car owned by O. E. Waller at 1516 Sixth Avenue South near Waller's home. Standridge and Landers investigated.
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Sixth Avenue South
L. E. Norris
Third Avenue South
O. E. Waller
Work On Big Dam Is Stopped By Dispute
Clark's Hill Ga July 5 Labor dispute halts work on the multi million dollar Clark's Hill dam about 200 ironworkers quit and 300 more refused to cross picket lines on both Georgia and South Carolina sides of the Savannah River. The dam at an estimated 76 million dollars is the key to a proposed Savannah River authority and would control floods aid navigation and provide electric power. Work is about one third completed.
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Clark's Hill
Orer
Georgia
South Carolina
Savannah River
Nation's Mines Quietly Resume Under Three Day Week Plan
Pittsburgh July 5 miners in 13 states return to work without a new contract after John L. Lewis orders an indefinite three day week. The move ends the no contract no work policy, affecting about 480000 miners with talks set to continue on a fresh pact. Western Pennsylvania soft coal idle and anthracite operations face similar constraints as negotiations proceed.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
United Mine Workers
Western Pennsylvania
UMW
Lewis
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Albany Station closes early awaiting screen equipment
Additional postal box and screen gear are en route for the Albany Station. The station remains closed at 7 30 PM until the screen arrives and is installed, after which it will operate all night. Local arrests noted by Morgan sheriff include public drunkenness peace breach and DWI in the past 24 hours. Bascom Braswell and R C McWhorter attended Decatur this afternoon in the Morgan County Farm Bureau interest per Chief J B Whitmire reports a quiet Fourth with two arrests for driving without a license and public drunkenness. Little Previtt Masterson spent the weekend in Birmingham with Mr and Mrs Sam L Burns. his grandmother Mrs Virgil Masterson accompanied him, returning home yesterday with parents Mr and Mrs W P Masterson 305 Prospect Drive.
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Albany
Little Previtt Masterson
Birmingham
Sam L. Burns
Virgil Masterson
W. P. Masterson
Prospect Drive
Hits Salesman And Gets $550
A 62 year old Mobile salesman, James Barnett, was found badly beaten in a downtown hotel. He said an intruder knocked, unconscious, then rifled his pockets and stole $550. He was treated at City hospital for severe scalp and facial lacerations. Police seek two sailors over a separate assault on J F Smart, 76, a state docks guard, in fair condition.
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Mobile
James Barnett
Barnett
City Hospital
J. F. Smart
Alabama
Smart
Local Fatalities Reported in Road and Home Accidents
John M. Ga, 84, of Wadley, struck when a plane landed on a highway. Maggie Russell, of Anniston, killed in an auto truck collision. J Malcomb Speeker, 30, of Fairfield, dies from an electric shock in a home accident.
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John .M. Ga
Negro
Wadley
Maggie Russell
Anniston
J. Malcomb Speeker
Fairfield
Alliance debate centers on protecting free nations under attack
Senator Connally warns that Estonia Latvia Lithuania and other nations face internal and external threats and calls for united action under the Atlantic pact. Senators Vandenberg Taft Watkins and George outline votes and cost concerns about the arms program and potential impact on the national debt.
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Soviet Union
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Yugoslavia
Albania
Connally
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Watkins
Utah
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Worst Toll In All History
The Associated Press reports the 1946 Independence Day holiday recorded 676 accidental deaths nationwide. Violent accidents caused 296 traffic deaths, 245 drownings, and 135 other violent fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. States list Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee among the affected.
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National Safety Council
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
UN Urges East West Trade to Avert Global Recession
The United Nations Economic Survey opened in Geneva urging resumption of East West trade to counter potential recession. It notes postwar growth slowing, warns Europe may struggle to match 1948 output, while Soviet production rises though steel remains far below US levels.
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Geneva
United Nations
The
Economic and Social Council
Soviet Union
Europe
United States Senate
U. S
Canada
France
Greece
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Josef Ploshar
Antonin Zapotcky
Slovakia
Laco Novomesky
Josef Beran
Dachau
Wealth estimates rise in Ritter recluse mystery
Authorities calculate Mrs Ritter’s estate at least 35 000 in property 65 000 in trust funds and 100 000 in income over years. Her aunt Mrs Kinkel recounts two children one boy who died in infancy and a daughter who lived two days as clues in the disappearance case.
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New Jersey
Belgian politician halts bid to form coalition government
Brussels July 5 Paul Van Zeeland abandoned his effort to form a social Christian liberal coalition that would end Prince Charles regency and restore King Leopold from exile in Switzerland after liberals refused to join the coalition.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Prince Charles
Leopold
Switzerland
Woman recounts attack and discovery of bodies at Jensen cabin
A woman recalls meeting Flint and a man named Hank who corralled her to Jensen cabin. She was assaulted then freed as deputies uncover two naked victims and a stone pestle in the back yard. The house displays tapestries and Chinese items reflecting Jensen’s hobby.
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Flint
Hank
Hiss Trial Near Verdict As Key Witnesses Weigh In
The case against former state department official Whittaker Chambers and his accuser Priscilla Hiss heads toward a jury decision. Hiss faces perjury charges over denying passing secret papers to Chambers during 1937 and 1938. If convicted he could face up to ten years in prison and a fine.
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Priscilla Hiss
St.te. Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
Sparkman Seeks Inflation Decline and Jobs Plan in Truman Bid
Alabama Senator Sparkman backs Truman economic outlook and a Democratic bill drafting a $15,000,000,600 non Federal public works program. The plan would move unemployed to job sites and offer federal loans to spur production. He cites no advance word on the report but hopes inflation risks fade and a slump is avoided.
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Truman
Senate House Economic Committee
Sparkman
Alabama
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Nashville Livestock
Capitol
House UN- American Activities Committee
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Eisler
Atomic
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Linda Garland
Oakland
Calif
Michael Garland
Kathryn Garland
Morgan Sheriff's Office
Bascom Braswell
R. C. McWhorter
Decatur
Morgan County Farm Bureau
J. B. Whitmire
Scott
Batak
Sumatra
R. J. Scott
A. Heron
U.S. Veterans Administration
Wallace Beauty Shop
2Nd. Ave
IL C. Haynes
Decatur Rt. 2
Bee Live Highway
W.H.O.S
Ruth Banks Baugh
Insurance
Morgan County Medical Society
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