Chiang Kai-shek claims political solution to civil strife
Government reports Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has found a political formula to end China's civil strife not based on force. The Yenan bombing of Communist headquarters drew swift communist reaction. General Marshall flew to Kuling to confer with Chiang while Chou En-lai denounced the attack as broadening the civil war.
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Manking
Chiang Kai-shek
Hina
Yenen
Chiang
Marshall
U. S
Fiow
Kuling
Teng Hsuek-pei
Central
Yenan
Chou En-lai
Nanking
Truman backs Axtell as Walsh protests in Illinois visit
President Truman favors Enos Axtell as CIO backed candidate in the Fourth District race, with Jerome Walsh criticizing presidential intervention. Truman spoke with Pendergast at a reception after landing from Washington, and then briefed a crowd of supporters at Grandview where he and Mrs. Truman met his mother, Martha E. Truman.
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Pendergast
Enos Axtell
CIO
Jerome Walsh
Slaughter Tn
Truman
Axtell
Slaughter
House Rules Committee
Grandview
Martha FE. Truman
Washington
Veterans housing plan at former airbase moves forward
Number 14 and Binir are set to start work within a week to ten days. Ten barracks will be converted into apartments to save space upstairs and three downstairs. City will manage the converted units with J J Vaughn noting 78 veterans have applied. Rentals will be first come first served and timing yet to be decided. Mobile engineers transferred control of the barracks to the Federal Housing Administration as of Aug 1.
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Binir
Dishaugh
Cytv
J. J. Vaughn
Piditareelerk
Yishough
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans move to new endowment policy plans
Premiums for 7 premium and 30-payment life policies run 20 years. Amended law adds endowment at ages 60 and 65 with premiums paid for the set term. Veterans converting term insurance may switch to endowment plans. Total disability pay under new rules is $50 monthly on $100 policy or $5 monthly on $1,000. Rate tables unavailable. veterans urged to await official tables before conversion inquiries.
Brown Leeds Senate Race In Kentucky
In Kentucky the Democratic primary sees John Brown of Lexington leading Phil Ardgy of Frankfort with 26,624 to 24,439 votes as 1,579 of 4,054 precincts report. Attorney and former Congressman Brown gains early edge while Ardgy trails. other candidates are far back. Republican Senate race shows Circuit Judge John Sherman Cooper leading Roscoe Conklin Douglas by 1,? to 487 in 372 precincts.
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Louisville
John Brown
Lexington
Kentucky
Philip P. Ardgy
Frankfort
U. S. Senate
Brows
Ardery
Lawmakers debate when to reconvene over Truman agenda
Key legislators fear a new session may occur before November as President Truman faces stalled bills. Colmer predicts an early return amid talk of emergencies, while Hays urges quick action on the Wagner Ellender Taft housing bill. Some insist on delaying until next year to craft proper measures.
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Colmer
House Economic Policy and Planning Committee
Truman
House
Rep
Haya
D-Ark
House Banking Committee
Hays
Banking Committee
Paul Brown
D-Ga
Brown
Rayburn
Conference of international church leaders opens in Cambridge
Number 8 secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of America arrived with a dozen other American leaders for a four day international church conference sponsored by the Word Council. Representatives from the United States England Scotland Canada Australia New Zealand Denmark and The Netherlands answered a questionnaire about ecumenical relations. Homes were not disclosed to encourage candid replies. Responses noted that cooperation with Roman Catholic bodies seems difficult while cooperation with Jewish bodies has increased. One reply urged sympathetic collaboration with the Roman Catholic church on world order and called for high level talks and discussion of church state relations.
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Word Council
Cambridge
United States
England
Scotland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Netherlands
Vignean
Sparkman Polls Highlight Possible Alabama Runoff
Sparkman claimed over 2,000 more votes than rival Simpson with no clear statewide majority amid a 200,000 plus turnout sketch. Analysts split on whether Simpson or Sparkman will contest a runoff, now eyed for August 27, with past races showing divergent runoff dynamics and potential voter shifts.
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Jefferson
Sparkolan
Rep May Returns Home Too Ill To Vote in Kentucky Primary
Prestonburg Kentucky reports Rep Andrew J May former presidential candidate and physician member of the Garsson arms case inquiry, arrived by train and ambulance, is bedbound under care of two doctors, with restricted visitors as he remains ill and unable to vote in Saturday's Kentucky primary.
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May
Prestonburg
Andrew J. May
Washington
Kentucky
Edward Th. Allen
Garsson
Allen
Truman Seeks Spending Cuts and Defense Review
President Truman ordered a broad review of pension and veterans benefits standards and urged postponement of public works funded by federal money. He signaled potential further cuts in armed forces, urged keeping taxes high, and called inflation the nation’s top domestic problem requiring all levels of government to cut spending and defer nonessential projects.
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Hughway
Truman
Secretaries of
War and Navy
Veterans barricade roads as GI vigilantes claim county win
About 200 former GIs armed with rifles and shotguns blocked a road near the Polk County line in McMinn County after a six hour gun battle that ousted Sheriff Mansfield. Wounded include several men in serious condition. the county jail and courthouse were fortified as vigilantes prepare to govern until Sept. 1.
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Athens, Tenn
McMinn County
Polk County
Pat Mansfield
Benton
Polk
Athens
Bernie Hampton
Toa
Sheriff Mansfield
Polls
Sacrvitf Birch Biggs
Mansfield
Hampton
Stamton
Manafield
Hamopton
J. W. Neal
Bryan Sharp
Jeg
Bisscuit Farris
Knox Henry
Jim Buttram
Buttram
Natterly
Probe of Wartime Freight Rates Asked
Washington AP Senator Taylor proposes a Senate War Investigating Committee probe into excessive wartime freight rates paid by the armed services. He calls these “depreciations on national Treasury” and says railroad officers during the war may have negotiated rates with future employers.
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Joan W. Henderson
Washington
Taylor
Idaho
Salay
Armed Services
Senate War Investigating Committee
Sylor
National Treasury
Mead
DNY
Thomas B. McCabe
State Department
Congress
Laborers for Peanut Harvest Discussed at Houston County Meeting
Houston County delegates at an Enterprise meeting discussed minimum earnings of at least 30 dollars every two weeks and guaranteed minimum pay even in rain. Housing would be provided by the Labor Association if needed, with a possible government camp. Farmers were urged to estimate needed workers and visit Ling’s office. The 60,000 acre peanut crop and past use of British government labor affected by wartime shortages were cited as context.
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Ling
Department of Agriculture
Labor Association
Houston County
Enterprise
Agriculture Department
United States
Baldwin County
Georgia official designates deputy A G to defend county unit system
With the sanction of Cook, Ar nald announced that he was appointing W. S. Mann of McRae, personal attorney of Talmadge and lifelong political friend, as a deputy assistant Attorney General to aid in the defense of the county unit system.
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Georgia
Cook
Arnald
W. S. Mann
McRae
Talmadge
U S Attorneys Report Reemployment Aid For Veterans
Attorney General Tom C Clark says U S attorneys secured amicable settlements in 1323 cases where ex GIs sought help to regain old jobs under the Selective Service Act. About 4531 veterans applied for aid. 218 required federal court action. 174 cases yielded $232,115 in recoveries.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
U. S
Clark
Selective Service Act
U.5
U.S
Justice Department
Circuit Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Clash Over Treaty Drafts Spurs Greek Demands
Tsaldaris presses for Italy colonies East Africa and Bodoca Islands ratification as a UN drafting body nears decisions. Britain backs US on agreed treaty portions while reserving rights on unsettled points amid a Big Four unity push. Evatt opposes by backing simple majority in key votes.
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Somaliland
Tsaldaris
Foreign Ministers Council
Greece
Hitler
Trieste
Britain
United States
Detroit Times Confirms Little Miss 1565 Victim Identity
Detroit Times reports a Hartville tragedy that killed 168 and injured 682 on July 7 1944 naming Sherron Lang as the girl once called Little Miss 1565. Gertrude Landers and family press for truth as Estella Langdon seeks her missing father and traces of Sherron's mother.
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Detroit
the Times
Gertrude Landers
Ead
Pitrenee
Zelda Wolfbruger
By Ate
Wes Sherron Lang
Sherron
Landers
Estella
South Bend
Attlee seeks London flight amid postwar policy splits
The text notes Attlee preparing to fly to London with Foreign Secretary Bevin as Canadian delegates push for a review of a $1 billion Russia-related award. Australia signals a similar move. Dmitri Manuilsky praises Stalin but opposes Trieste being internationalized, favoring Yugoslavia control.
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Attlee Pepared
London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Italy
Australia
Dmitri Manuilsky
Ukraine
Stalin
Gayis
Stal
Manuilsky
Trieste
Yuglavia
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Big Jim) Folsom
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