Diplomatic conference mix shapes postwar treaty talks
Paris analysts say the four powers aim to control conference scope while inviting smaller nations. Key questions include permanent presidency, voting rules, and whether to invite delegates from Egypt Luxembourg Turkey Albania and Mexico. The conference hall will limit each delegate to ten seats as talks begin Monday. A U S warship named for a large city would carry the cruiser designation.
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Egypt
Luxembourg
Turkey
Albania
Mexico
Bidault
Garsson case sparks new lines of inquiry in munitions probe
The committee widens inquiry after reports of a Washington figure promising to secure war contracts for a fee and reneging after payment. Senator Kilgore pushes to identify who claimed Garsson was to be protected, as Jose Garsson’s remarks trigger cross‑examination of commanding officers and behind‑the‑scenes influence.
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Garsson Munitions
Washington
Kilgore
D-Wva
Jose Garsson
Chemical Warfare Service
Garsson
George Meader
Partition plan linked to 100000 Jewish immigrants to Palestine
The Jewish agency in Paris signaled that immigration of 100000 Jews to Palestine could be the price of any partition plan. David Ben Gurion said Jews would not surrender arms though Britain and the United States may propose solutions, insisting on 100000 immigrants. Arabs in Cairo vowed to reject partition, warning they would resist by any means, even urging U S action.
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Paris
Palestine
Inquiry Committee
David Ben Gurion
Jewish Agency
Britain
United States
Holy Land
Foreign Office
Cairo
Arab League
Yacoub Khoury
Palestine Arab Association
America
Attack on Jerusalem detention barracks fails amid curfew
An armed band attacked the military detention barracks in Jerusalem but was repelled. Police detained 376 Jews after a roundup connected to the King David hotel bombing. Sentries exchanged fire. British troops imposed a wide cordon in the Taibieh quarter and declared shoot on sight.
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Jerusalem
King David
Taibieh
Washington
United States
Palestine
Byrnes
London
Truman
Paris
David Ben Gurion
Jewish Agency For Palestine
British
Foreign Office
Middle East
Lynching Probe Tightens as Officials Probe Widely
Georgia investigators and federal agents scour Walton County after a brutal lynching that claimed Roger Malcolm and three others. Ballistic testing begins, while public outrage grows and calls for federal intervention mount from civil rights groups and politicians.
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South
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Spence
Harrison
Roger Malcolm
George Dorsey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Arnall
Green
Monroe
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peale
Walter Thite
New York
Tom Clark
Walton Cou Y
E. S. Gordon
Walton County
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Negro Youth Congress
U.S
Marcantonio
AL - NY
Trman
Bilbos
Talmadges
Maryland
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Truman
Civil Rights Congress
William E. Spence
GBI
FBI
Spencer
Barney Hester
Mayor's Driving Test Goes Wrong in Warenton
Mayor F. M. Wilson and Examiner A. M. Ambrey tested a city license with a car that surged backward into a cordwood shop. Glass broke, bystanders fled, clerk Dorothy Johnson escaped unharmed as the vehicle stopped near her desk. Ambrey asked what to think of issuing a license after the mishap.
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Warrenton
Ore
F. M. Wilson
A. M. Ambrey
Portland
Cordwood
Dorothy Johnson
Ambrey
OPA sets substantial price ceilings on foods and goods
The Office of Price Administration defines 20 percent as substantial raising ceilings on items from mayonnaise to butter and ice cream while other foods and clothing face future increases. The agency announces cease of many outdated price lists and reinstates industry advisory committees as new ceilings take effect August 1. Meat products and cereals remain under limits, with adjustments for car prices and other items through late July.
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OPA
Porter
Congress
Navy plans Bikini lagoon ship scuttling after tests
Vice Admiral Blandy said Bikini Lagoon will receive an iron bottom for certain ships with future scuttling after inspection. Nagato remained afloat despite blasts while Arkansas Saratoga and a yard oiler already sunk. Remaining ships to be examined in Washington before disposal at Pearl Harbor or California.
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U.S.S. MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
W. H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Nagato
Washington
Pearl Harbor
California
Chief of Naval Operations
Mr. McKinley
Navy
Hughes
Fallon
Arkansas
Saratoga
Tobacco transplanting delayed by blue mold and weather
Transplanting started later than last year due to blue mold, but good weather let growers plant full allotment. Harvesting is advanced. heavy rains cause second growth and slow ripening in places. Some tobacco was lost from frosting. Sales rate expected at 400 baskets per hour with a 2000 basket daily limit per buyer group and 250 pounds per basket. Buyers will return to markets that lost a set during wartime.
Unnamed Destroyer Damaged by Atomic Waste Screen
Lagoon ship exposed to light blue-green fire extinguisher spray to reveal X ray heat and radiation on parts of a sunken destroyer. Salvage crews seek access to inspect atomic damage before the vessel breaks up in shallow water.
Radioactive Navy Yard Lockdown After Bomb Test
On July 28 at Bikini lagoon radiation blocked close inspections of the target fleet. The battleship Nevada tilted as the red bullseye for the July 25 underwater detonation is seen. Officials say Nevada New York Pennsylvania and Nagato are not in danger of sinking.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini Lagoon
Nevada
New York
Pennsylvania
Library book circulation in Canada during five war years
Adult fiction fell from 10 225 813 to 9 120 203. Adult non fiction declined from 3 997 336 to 3 726 994. Children's books rose from 5 707 948 to 6 227 433.
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Canada
Funeral Rites for Mrs Dennis C Frazier Held
Funeral service for Mrs Dennis C Frazier of Rt 5 High Point was conducted Thursday at 4 p m at Roanoke Rapids Pentacostal Holiness Church with Rev Jerome Hodges officiating. The church choir sang three selections and pallbearers included A B Barrell R D Waters J E Snipes J D Wright C M Waters and Rev G P Wells Interment was in Roanoke Rapids city cemetery.
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Dennis C. Frazier
Thomasville
Dennis
C. Frazier
Rt 5
High Point
Pentacostal Holiness Church
Roanoke Rapids
Jerome Hodges
A. B. Barrell
R. D. Waters
J. E. Snipes
J. D. Wright
C., M. Waters
G. P. Wells
Roanoke Rapids City Cemetery
Congress Rewrites Laws and Expands Powers in Postwar Session
Legislature approved Bretton Woods links and British loan accord, extended draft, raised debt ceiling to 300 billion then trimmed to 275 billion, extended price controls, revamped GI Bill, lowered taxes, and empowered a presidential reorganization plan while trimming committees and boosting member pay and benefits.
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Civil Service
Baptists Propose funding to move Wake Forest College
Baptists offer up to 350000 per year to relocate Wake Forest College to Winston Salem. The convention will discuss the conditional offer and act. The general board and educational council back a resolution by the college trustees favoring acceptance and urging similar action by the convention. Officials anticipate record convention enrollment due to the move and stakes.
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Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
General Board
Educational Council of
Convention
Woodring Child's Condition Improves
In Topeka Kansas on July 27 hospital authorities reported Melissa Woodring 11 in better condition after infantile paralysis diagnosed Thursday. She is daughter of Harry H Woodring a former secretary of war and Kansas governor. Marcus Woodring 12 died last Friday from infantile paralysis and 116 Kansas cases were listed with 26 new cases this week.
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Topeka
Eas
Melissa Woodring
Miss Woodring
Harry H .Woodring
Marcus Coolidge Woodring
Woodring
Miss’ Woodring
Roosevelt
Kansas
F. C. Beelman
Kansas State Board of Health
Plane overdue after takeoff from Charlotte bound for La Guardia
A plane that left Charlotte at 10 16 a m bound for La Guardia field was overdue at night and unreported. Coast guard and state police alerted along the flight line. Civil Aeronautics Administration checked landing fields but found no trace. The coast guard labeled the craft an ANAB11 likely an army type with serial NC 5. Owner and description unavailable.
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New York
Charlotte
N. C
la Guardia Field
Coast Guard
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Surplus Government Buildings Planned for Colleges
Congress cleared a bill to transfer surplus war structures to educational institutions offering veteran courses. The measure allows the federal works administrator to disassemble transport and reerect the facilities at colleges with about 75 million dollars anticipated in the third deficiency bill to fund the work.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Federal Works Administrator
Taylor Confirmed as Public Member of War Mobilization Board
George W. Taylor of Pennsylvania was confirmed by the Senate today as a public member of the advisory board for the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, succeeding Max Gardner.
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Washington
George W. Taylor
Pennsylvania
Senate
Office of War Mobilization
Max Gardner
Street Space Per Person in Various Transit Modes
A pedestrian occupies 8 square feet of street space while a person in a street car or trackless trolley coach needs 70 square feet and a person in an automobile requires 500 square feet.
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U. S
Murray W. Garsson
Munitions Combine
Havana
Cuba
Durham
Mr. Durham
A. A. McDonald
North Carolina
Sanitone
Stevice
Sartin Dry Cleaning CO
By Carter L. Davidson
U. S. Navy
States of the Union
Frank L. Percival
Japan
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Cal
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Tinian
Pompeii
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Fitzgerald
Montlieu Ave
Duffy's Tavern
Rose Anne Brennan
Long Beach
Calif
Jimmy Slater Powell
Catalina Island
Powell
Baptists
Taylor
City of
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