Farben Trust Directors Sentenced for War Crimes in Germany
Thirteen I G Farben directors are convicted of war crimes and given prison terms from 18 months to six years. Judge Paul M Herbert dissenting labeled the verdict too lenient. Several others receive sentences for misusing slave labor and for plundering occupied countries.
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Farben Chemical Trust
Paul M. Herbert
Baton Rouge
Germany
Farben
Carl Krauch
Euints
Conate
Hermann Schmitz
Fritz Ter Meer
Otto Ambros
Heinrich Buetefisch
Walter Duerrfeld
von Schnitzler
Ernest Buergin
Paul Haefliger
Max Signer
Erich Jaehne
Heinrich Oster
Hans Kugler
Johnson to lead Europe air force division in England
Maj. Gen. Leon W. Johnson will take command of two or more wings forming an air division in Europe under Lt. Gen. Curtis Lemay. Johnson has long served with the air force and led the 15th Air Force. he will depart for England to oversee B-29s stationed there amid the ongoing Western power alignment with Russia.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
England
United States
Leon W. Johnson
Air Force
Johnson
Curtis E Lemay
Germany
Lemay
15Th Air Force
Nazilands
West Point
Heen
Air Arm
the Air Force
Weather Outlook for North Carolina Six Day Window
Partly cloudy warm and humid with thunderstorms possible this afternoon. Saturday will be partly cloudy with scattered showers. Temperatures near normal Tuesday and Wednesday with slightly cooler trend by the weekend. Period ends with additional showers and thunderstorm chances.
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North Caroline
Carolina
Fragmentary Weather Merit List From Historic Page
Fragmented OCR lists multiple city temperatures and values with inconsistent punctuation. It mentions Charleston, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis, New York, New Orleans, and Washington plus various numeric readings and uncertain labels, lacking coherent context or complete entries.
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Ree Ig
Charleston
Gairegs
Colenbie Eo
Denver Ae
Detroit
Fevanarilie
Gaireston
High Point
Jacksons Ile OO
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Mewphis
Meridian
Mr. Mitchell
Orleans
New York
Rabeiah
Antonie
van Burg
Washington
Tildy Abdicates As President of Soviet Hungary
Budapest reports President Zoltan Tildy abdicated under pressure from a communist government. His son-in-law Victor Csornoky, once Egypt minister, is accused of espionage and treason and remains under arrest. Csornoky resigned his post after returning from Cairo.
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Budapest
Hungary
Zoltan Tildy
Egypt
Victor Csornoky
Tildy
Csornoky
Cairo
Hensley Sentenced to 15 to 20 Years Hard Labor
Asheville July 30. James Hensley Jr. found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the February pistol slaying of Monroe M. Hensley Jr. Judge John H. Clement orders not less than 15 nor more than 20 years at Central Prison. Bond set at 15 000 for appearance and 100 for costs.
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Asheville
James H. Hensley, Jr
John H. Clement
Superior Court
Central Prison
Monroe M. Hensley, Jr
Molotov Out To U S Ambassador Deputy On Duty
Moscow reports Molotov is out of town and unavailable to meet Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith. Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zérin is on duty, as Western powers seek to engage Molotov on the German crisis amid undetermined duration vacation claims.
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Moscow
U. S
V. M. Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
London
Germany
Foreign Office
Valerian Ay Zérin
Molotov
Freight Rate Increase Now Permanent
The Interstate Commerce Commission made permanent a 1.535 billion emergency freight rate boost enacted since October. It allows railroads, domestic water carriers, and freight forwarders to fold the 25 percent rise into permanent interstate rates to cover higher wages and costs and adds a net annual revenue gain of about 65.2 million for carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Treasury chief urges 10 percent reserve rise to curb lending
Secretary Snyder proposed a 10 percent rise in bank reserves to freeze about 12 billion dollars in funds for lending as part of anti inflation measures. He urged congress to empower the administration to regulate installment buying and defended bank lender discretion.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Kent Thenas
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury
Congress
Administration
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
United States
North Carolina records 27 polio cases in one day
The North Carolina state health board reported 27 new polio cases, the smallest daily total in two weeks, bringing yearly cases to 1,064 and the July total to 649. Guilford led with six cases. other counties reported one or two cases. The outbreak rate stands at 29 per 100,000, and Halifax reported a first infantile paralysis case.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Guilford County
Othe
Buncombe
Catawba
Lincoln
Alexander
Cabarrus
Columbus
Craven
Davidson
Forsyth
Halifax
Iredell
Mecklenburg
Randolph
Unie
Moore
Mitchell
Rockingham
Vance
State Board
Halifax County
Robert M. Young
Enfield
F. S. Love
Haywood County
Junaluska
Reidsville
Jaycees
Greensboro
Central Carolina
Southerners Extend Filibuster Into Second Day
In Washington the filibuster against the anti-poll tax bill enters its second day as Dixie Democrats lead the effort. Republicans plan to move to cloture next week, challenging President Truman’s view on breaking filibusters. Senate action remains unlikely amid procedural battles and Southern leadership directing the stall.
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Senate
Washington
Olin D. Johnston
Dixie Democrats
Congress
Truman
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Ohio
Gopiny Committee
Johnston
D-Sc
Russell
D-Ga
Stennis
D-Miss
Stewart
Tennessee
South Carolina Considers Quarantining North Carolina Children
The South Carolina state board of health weighs a proposal to quarantine North Carolina children visiting the state amid a polio outbreak in North Carolina. Health officials report 113 new polio cases since January 1 with recent diagnoses in Pickens, Greenville, and Dillon counties.
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Columbia
S. C
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Ben F. Wyman
Pickens
Greenville
Dillon
Israel seeks more territory in Palestine including Jerusalem
Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok told the 37 member Israeli council that borders framed by the United Nations are no longer practical and Israel must gain territory. He said Jerusalem would be placed under Jewish sovereignty and rejected demilitarization for the city. Israel will refuse Arab refugees return until minority status is settled and will demand heavy indemnities in peace talks.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Jerusalem
Moshe Shertok
Israeli State Council
Shertok
Folke Bernadotte
Holy
Bevin Signals Cautious Western Push in Berlin Case
Bevin outlines a careful British stance as U S Ambassador Bedell Smith arrives in Moscow in efforts to coordinate a western approach to Molotov. London hints at not quitting Berlin defense and seeks a possible local truce, while Moscow pressures for broader Soviet influence. Churchill pledges strong Conservative support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevin
U. S
Bedell Smith
Moscow
Molotov
Europe
Berlin
Alabama Pledges 11 Votes to Thurmond Wright Ticket
Alabama's 11 electoral votes pledged to Thurmond Wright at the Birmingham states rights conference. Mississippi soon to follow with similar pledge oppose Truman in November. Thurmond to launch nationwide campaign August 11 in Houston where nomination will be formally accepted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
States Rights
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Truman
theurmond-Wright
Gov. Thurmond
Houston
Tex
Justice Rutledge Charged With Reckless Driving
U S Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge faced Denver traffic court on charges of reckless driving and failing to yield. The 54 year old jurist, vacationing in Colorado, drove a car that collided in a residential area injuring a Denver woman, 36, an expectant mother. Rutledge's attorney said he will appear before the traffic judge like any citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Wiley Rutledge
U. S. Supreme Court
Boulder
Colo
Paul Mayerle
Virginia Slaughtenhaup
Lowell White
Rutledge
Hubert D. Henry
Truman blasts Congress over inflation and seeks new powers
President Truman labels the Republican majority’s approach a blind disregard of inflation, urging swift laws to forestall a business crash. He unveils a midyear economic report, a 115 page document, and pushes for price, wage, rationing, and credit controls along with an excess profits tax.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Republican Congress
Peteon
OPA
Paul Porter
White House
Porter
Council
Capitol Hill
Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Truman
Dayton Mayor Requests National Guard Over Univis Lens Unrest
Dayton mayor Louis Lohrey appealed to Governor Herbert for Ohio National Guardsmen after police, aided by tear gas, cleared a mass picket at the Univis Lens Co plant. Three protesters were detained, injuries were avoided, and reinforcements and fire units stood by as about 3,000 gathered despite a court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, CO
Louis Lohrey
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio National Guardsmen
Univis Lens Co
Rudolph Wurstner
Herbert Hirschberg
Cleveland
United Electrical Workers
CIO
Ohio
Kentucky
Fightan” Seni
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Clyde R. Hogg
Burnet R. Maybank
Lister Hill
U S
Soviet
Hensley
U.S
Det Varnhae
Consumer Credit
Dixie Senators
President Truman
House Banking Committee
Committee
Jesse P. Wolcott
NEA
N. C
United Nations
Dewitt MacKenzie AP
House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Russtone
John Bull
Winston Churchill
Paris
Soviet Union
Thurmond
Justice Rutledge
Liggett and Myers Co
Dayton
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