United States and Britain End Axis Firms Blacklist
The United States and Britain plan to discontinue their lists of some 5,880 foreign firms and individuals accused of collaborating with the axis. Licenses will be issued by the treasury for American companies wishing to do business with these firms, maintaining temporary controls while easing trade. The move aims to restore foreign trade and apply selective controls as negotiations with Sweden Switzerland Spain and other nations continue.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Latin America
Theormer
Spain
Ev Ea
Sweden
Switzerland
State Department
British Foreign Office
Treasury
Ebeaapnes
Paris
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Bevin
U. S
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
France
China
Tsien Tai
Byrnes
Flight of Jews from Poland Amid Kielce Pogrom Fears
The report notes intensified flight of Jews from Poland after the Kielce pogrom with many seeking transit visas to France America or Palestine via Czechoslovakia. Jews crowded Hotel Polonia corridors for American military transit permits and Czech visas as fears of anti Jewish violence persisted.
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Warsaw
Poland
Kielce
Czechoslovakia
Baltic
Polonia
Germany
France
America
Palestine
Rezecpolita
Wladyslaw Anders
Italy
NSZ
Weather Outlook North Carolina North Mooderate Rain Gusty Winds
The forecast calls for heavy rain and fresh gusty winds in the northeast portion, especially along the coast tonight. Clouds will rise, becoming warmer with diminishing winds tomorrow. Southwest areas stay partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday with some widely scattered thunderstorms in the west.
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North Carolina
Weather report for cotton regions and rain data
Washington reports temperature and rainfall for the week ending in cotton growing areas and other regions. Details cover conditions across principal growing belts and related zones for agricultural planning.
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Washington
Name-Calling Should Stop Says Rayburn
Speaker Rayburn says name calling between the house and senate has gone too far and he will discipline any member who breaches the rules of comity. He notes the friction over draft law extension OPA and atomic energy controls, with harsh remarks from both chambers increasing.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Senate
Congress
House Debate On British Loan Set For Tomorrow
The House prepared to debate the Senate approved three billion pound loan to Britain with sharp party lines. Administrationists said it will aid wartime economic policy but opponents warned of risks and veterans relief. Four days were set for general debate amid opposition from Republicans and one Progressive.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rep. Buffett
R-Neb
England
Bretton Woods
World Bank and Monetary Stabilization Fund
United States Chamber of Commerce
Britain
Congress
America
Butler
Film of Bikini bomb test allegedly stolen in New York
Reports say a top secret film of the July 1 Bikini atom bomb test was stolen in New York City while an officer courier made a phone call. FBI denies investigation. The package reportedly weighed 30 to 40 pounds and was bound for Rochester, New York for development.
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Kwajalein
Bikini
New York City
FBI
New York
G. E. Conroy
United States
New York Air Terminal
Rochester
N. Y
Mexican Army Guards Polls For Honest Mexican Election
Mexican soldiers with rifles and machine guns guard polling places as 3,000,000 voters choose a president among four candidates and fill 147 House seats and 58 Senate seats. The army backs new rules to curb corruption after past gunmen influence.
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Reginald L. Wood
Mexico City
UPI
Army of Mexico
Miguel Aleman
Interior
Ezequiel Padilla
Enrique Calderon
Popular Revolution Party
J. Agustin Castro
House of Deputies
Senate
Russian Lieutenant Denies Paying for Secrets
In Seattle, naval Lt. Nicolai G. Redin testified he did not pay for naval secrets or have conversations with engineer Herbert Kennedy about secret information. Kennedy testified he sold Redin details on the destroyer tender Yellowstone. Redin described meetings as social visits and denied giving money.
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Seattle
Nicolai G. Redin
Irvin Goodman
Merbert Kennedy
Redin
Kennedy
Yellowstone
Goodman
Herbert Kennedy
Five Youths Get Life Sentences
Five youths in Wake County pleaded guilty as accessories before and after the fact in the W. C. Carroll murder during a robbery. Judge Clawson L. Williams imposed life terms and directed the transcript to the paroles commission with a recommendation against parole or commutation. The ringleader McKee led the five, with Clemmer Hudspeth Till er and Whitt also sentenced in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wake Superior Court
W. Callie Carroll
Clawson L. Williams
Claiborne McKee
Charlie C. Clemmer
Durham
Albert C. Hudspeth
Portsmouth
Leo R. Tiller
Roy Odell Whitt
Winston-Salem
Williams
Paroles Commission
McKee
Clemmer
Hudspeth
William Y. Bickett
Bickett
War Department cautions on war dead rackets
The War Department warns relatives to avoid groups or individuals acting as go-betweens for returning war dead. The Public Relations chief cites numerous appeals to relatives to join organizations offering grave or cemetery information overseas, noting many proposals carry commercial overtones and lack official sanction.
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Washington
War Department
Tuition Hike At Duke University From Two Hundred To Three Hundred
Duke University will raise tuition from 200 to 300 dollars per academic year for two semesters, effective September. Board of trustees approved the increase, announced by President R L Flowers.
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Durham
Duke University
R. L. Flowers
Soviet Maneuver Keeps Armies In East Europe
Washington reports private diplomatic assessment that the Soviet Union aims to keep occupation forces across eastern Europe as long as possible. Secretary Byrnes pushes for early peace treaties with Romania Hungary Bulgaria Finland to drive Russian troops from those lands and influence postwar troop withdrawals. Molotov’s stance signals ongoing negotiations with the Allies on occupation policies and timelines.
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Washington
Europe
Paris
Kremlin
Byrnes
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Austria
Poland
Molotov
Pearl Harbor Investigators Seek Time to Find Blame
Pearl Harbor inquiry chairs ask Congress to push the report deadline from July 10 to July 16 to finish determining who was responsible for Japan's 1941 attack. Chairman Barkley hopes for a unanimous report though members expect multiple versions possible.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Hawaii
Senate-House
Barkley
Keefe
R-Wis
Riots Rock Trieste as Four-Power Decision Triggers Protests
Trieste erupts in anti allied demonstrations after the four power foreign ministers decide to internationalize the city. British troops use clubs and tear gas to disperse crowds around Unita Plaza where allied offices cluster. American MP intervention helps quell assaults on news crews. few casualties reported. In Rome, Italian youths attack autos carrying allied personnel amid ongoing strikes.
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Trieste
Unita Plaza
Donald Balmer
Limitz
Rome
Italy
Balmer
Earl Hubbert
East Clearfield St
Philadelphia
Hubbert
May asserts nothing out of line in Cumberland Lumber probe
Senate war investigating committee hears that A J May endorsed eighteen thousand six hundred thirty four dollars and a draft paid by two munitions firms to Cumberland Lumber. Andrew J May of Prestonsburg Ky says there was nothing out of line with the lumber firm accounts.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
A. J. May
Cumberland Lumber Company
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Erie Basin Metal Products
Batavia Metal Products Company
Ilinois Munitions Combine
Edward Schaffer
Oral Accounting Office
Batavia and Erie Basin
Prestonsburg
Schaffer
Eric Basin
Cumberland Concern
Cumberland Lumber Cam
Cumberland Company
First National Bank
Rep. May
House Military Committee
Mitchell
D-Wash
Rep
Congress
Senate
House
May
Illinois Group
Mead
Test
Illinois Combine
Cumberland
Arab Leaders Study Jewish Immigration Policy
In Jerusalem a new Arab higher executive group met in secret to discuss a response to President Truman’s demand for 100000 Jewish immigrants to Palestine. The session aims for a clear Arab policy statement, amid lifted troop restrictions around Jewish areas and reports of a Jewish court execution in Haifa.
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Jerusalem
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Palestine Executive
Arab League
Bladan
Syria
Haifa
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Donaileen Winter
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the Rock
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Tampa
Angeles
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marchal
Chow En-lai
International Soundphoto
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