Deadlock Threatening OPA Compromise in AR Counties
Washington office testimony links Rep May to wartime munitions group operations with Barkley named in hearings. Secretaries Bates and others testified that May's office was called two to three times weekly and that generals Waite and Porter phoned. County officials in West Virginia report school funding changes, with statewide budget cuts and shifts in state contributions affecting 15 counties.
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Washington
Rep. May
D.1
Senate
Barkley
Senate War Investigating Committee
Jean Bates
Waite
Porter
Joseph Freeman
Louis Savelas
Murray Carlson
May
Jackson's Mill
Clarence H. Koontz
Koon
Trent
Wing. Vy
Ohio County
Lee County
Taft Signals No Compromise on New Food Bill
Taft refuses to budge on the bill amid bitter debate. He argues the president would sign only if basic foods like meat eggs and butter were controlled. Taft urges the president to veto and vows lawmakers will stand firm until concessions are made.
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Taft
Ural
Primaries Hint at Trends in Five States
AP reports Wheeler trails Erickson by over 4 000 votes in Montana tallies as late results come in. Erickson leads with 35 840 to Wheeler 31 410 from 629 of 1 156 precincts, reflecting shifts in rural districts amid New Deal policy debates.
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Associated Press
Burton K. Wheeler
Lief Erickson
Montana Supreme Court
Peom Hee
Wheeler
New Deal
Truman
Erickson
National
Men 19 to 29 face September draft call
Washington July 17 UPI The Selective Service cites a September draft of 25 000 men born 1910 28 29 with a July August lull in inductions. Deferments hinge on being indispensable to national existence, with draft exemptions for farmers. Hershey orders review of unfit classifications and reconsideration of low point discharges.
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Washington
Upi
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Hershey
Truman
Heshey
Colonel Effingham's Raid at Dixie Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Junior Ball Blueville to tonight's presentation featuring Charles Coburn Joan Bennett and William Eythe at the Dixie theatre with Rudy Vallee and Ome Nelson.
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Grafton Sentinel
Mra
Blueville
Colonel Effingham
Charles Coburn
Joan Bennett
William Eythe
Lee
Rudy Vallee
Ome Nelson
Dixie Theatre
Seek Showdown in Heirens Case on Three Counts
Chicago police and state officials near a showdown in a three week probe into William Heirens. The 17 year old college student is expected to provide a full written confession for the kidnap slayings of Suzanne Degnan and two Chicago women Frances Brown and Josephine Ross. The state may seek life plus 99 years or natural life, with a key point reportedly conceded by prosecutors.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Deggnan
Chicago Tribue
Heirens
Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
the Tribune
William J. Tuohy
Ex-GP's Murder Trial Continues
The trial of William Gordon 21 of Columbia 8 C sailed into its third day in Princeton as prosecutors rested a 26 witness case. Key testimony from Cincinnati police and Willie Carr linked Gordon to the April 1 shotgun murder of Mrs Josephine Carr near Bluefield. The defense cites wartime mental strain from service in the VY.
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Princeton
William Gordon
Columbia
Josephine Carr
Bluefield
Cincinnati
Gordon
Willie A. Carr
J the Cincinnati
Ee ‘Merz
Wille Carr
Ian
Seattle
Wash
Meat buyers strike called by UAW to fight price rises
The United Auto Workers plans a seven day meat buyers strike inviting all Americans to join in an anti inflation campaign. Rallys in Detroit Cleveland and Chicago urged cooperation from workers and consumers to push Congress to restore price control.
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Associated
GIO
United Auto Workers
America
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
Cadillac Square
Congress
Cleveland
Chicago
Atomic Pig 311 Hero Of Crossroads Medical Pioneer
Pig No 311 aboard the USS Appalachia survived the atomic bomb blast on a sunken Japanese cruiser during the Crossroads operation. Bred in California he swam to safety and became a living symbol amid some 3000 animals exposed to radioactive rays, illustrating animals guiding medical discoveries.
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Appalachian
Chinese factions clash near Nanking and Yangtze
The Chinese government charges about 130000 Communist troops opened an offensive along the Yangtze River, 20 miles from Nanking and 48 miles from Shanghai, warning of a possible civil war as Communists accuse the government of east China fighting.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Saniking
Shangxi
Marshall
Shanghai
U. S
East China
Mihailovic and eight others die at dawn firing squad
Belgrade reports Gen Draja Mihailovic and eight others executed in a private ceremony less than two days after treason and collaboration convictions. Radoslav Radic Milos Glisch Oskar Pavlovic Dragi Jovanovic Yanasje Dinic Velibor Yonic Djuro Dokic Kosta Musicki are named among the victims.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Radoslav-Rade Radic
Milos Glisch
Oskar Pavlovic
Zagreb
Dragi Yovanovic
Yanasje-Tasa Dinic
Milan Nedic
Velibor Yonic
Nedic
Djuro Dokic
Commerce
Kosta Musicki
Mihailovic
Chinese commis capture Marines in Chinwangtao incident
Seven United States Marines were seized by Chinese forces near Chinwangtao while buying rice. An eighth Marine, Private First Class John William Mahoney of Chicago, escaped. Marines described the capture as likely an attempt to save face, with officials noting the men were not believed harmed and were kept on the move. An executive headquarters truce team arrived to negotiate.
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Tientsin
United States Marnes
China
Chinwangtao
John Wiliam Mahoney
Chicago
Emigrants file Vienna applications for U S emigration
In Vienna Elated by UNRRA displacements office, several hundred people gather to file emigration applications to the United States. Some 1600 persons in the American zone meet eligibility under a 1945 presidential directive issued December 22.
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Vienna
UNRRA
United States
New U S Leader Says U S Won’t Be Coerced Internationally
Benster Austin of Vermont joined Senator Vandenberg in declaring the United States will not be coerced into international decisions. The appointee to the United Nations Security Council forecast a firm U S stand in the U N council mirroring Vandenberg’s Paris talks. Johnson of Colorado noted Byrnes and Vandenberg reports.
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Washington
Benster Austin
R.-Vt
Vandenberg
R.th
United States
Austin
United
Nations Security Council
U.N. Council
Byrnes
Paris
Vermont
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Michigan
Edwin C. Johnson
D.colo
Byrnes and Vandenberg
CIO policy makers map strategy amid price control fears
Washington reports CIO leaders convened to chart wage policy under looming price controls or future ceilings. They urged concerted action to curb price rises and matching pay with living costs, while avoiding a fixed wage target until price trends clarify. Steelworkers union influence noted as Murray weighs contracts running to February.
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CIO
Washington
OPA
Philip Murray
Lkely
CTO
Murray
CIO Steelworkers
Murrey
Barbers Talk Atomic Energy Outreach Plan
Washington July 17 delegates at the world control of atomic energy institute heard Mrs. Lillian Watford say a Pennsylvania barber union leader pledged to enlist 10,000 barbers to spread basic facts about the atom bomb and atomic power to customers.
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Washington
Son
Institute
Lillian Watford
Pittsburgh
Tristate Atomic Information Committee
Pennsylvania
Taft
Filipino Protest Over Land Sale To U S Brig Gen Burt
Filipino protests mounted as two large estates the 840000 acre Buena Vista and Capellania De Tabobong were bought in the name of Gen. Burt at below market value. Congress investigates and officials threaten to void the sale while peasants await redistribution.
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Manila
U. S
Ernest H. Burt
Buena Vista
Capellania de Tabobong
Burt
Congress
One Day Jewish Strike Shuts Palestine Workplaces
Jews across Palestine stopped work in a one day general strike protesting British detention of Zionist leaders captured June 29. All Jewish operated enterprises closed except hospitals, newspapers, and essential services as Vaad Leumi called the action.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Vaad Leumi
Netiona Jewish Sreeek RE
Prefab Housing Rush Fails to Meet 250000 Goal
Washington reports prefabricated housing aimed at 250000 new homes this year will scarcely reach 100000. Despite 150 manufacturers seeking help, officials admit slow starts wrecked earlier hopes for rapid mass production. Some producers seek guaranteed markets tied to future Congress action on OPA.
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Washington
Congress
OPA
Wyatt
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