Violent clashes erupt over ballot counting in Athens Tenn
In McMinn County Athens faced a six hour battle between veterans and deputies over ballot counting. Gunfire and a demolition event followed Sheriff Pat Mansfield and deputies surrender after conflict. A veterans committee was named to oversee the process and ensure security amid the Democratic primary.
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Achens
Tenn
Spa
Citizens Committee
Puillate
eMinn County
Balfa
Democratic Pri
Ammuni Panthér
Athens
Bob Walker
McMinn County
Pat Mansfield
Albania Faces UN Membership Showdown Delay
Delegations led by the United States and Britain urged delaying a UN Security Council vote on Albania’s membership until the committee completes discussions. The 1 nation committee, voting unanimously on July 31, will take up applications in order of receipt, with Albania, Afghanistan, Outer Mongolia and Transjordan among those awaiting action and a report due by August 21. Russia’s stance is unclear, but Britain backs Transjordan while Moscow supports Albania and Outer Mongolia.
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Max Harrelson
W. York
United Nations City Council
Albania
U. N
United States
Great Britain
Ussia
L-Nation
Russia
Mongolia
Britain
Preas
McGurk Case In Clue Search Stirs Onset
In Onset Massachusetts Detectives led by Hynes seek the killer of Ruth McGurk a 25 year old store supervisor found strangled. Five suspects released and police chief Churchill says they are back to square one. A man named Frank who left a dance hall with Ruth is sought as authorities plan to drain a Cranberry Bog reservoir for evidence.
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Onset
Mass
Detec Hynes
Ruth
MccGuck
Ime
Chester Churchill
Frank
Miss McGurk
P-80 Crashes At AAF Air Spectacle
In Pittsburgh on August 3 the Shooting Star P-80 jet crashed during an AAF air show marking the 39th birthday of the organization. Maj. Leonard Wiehrdt sustained minor injuries while the pilot and ground crew prepared response as around 10 000 spectators watched.
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Aaf
Pittsburgh
Shooting Star
Forester Pittsburgh
Leonard Wiehrdtpt
Garhead
Bel Nee
PRG
WCTU May Force Closing Of Bars Near Fairs In Ohio
Ohio bars near state and county fairs face possible enforcement under an old two mile liquor ban. WCTU says police chiefs will be notified to close bars. enforcement concerns center on who acts and whether the law is valid.
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WCTU
Ohio
Ken Davis
Columbus
Auz
State Department of Liquor Control
WICU
Dayton
Mary Ervin
Ohio Wctu
State Liquor Department
Harlan T. Chapman
Liquor Department
Attorney General
Bombers strike Yenan in seven-plane raid on communist capital
Nanking reports seven government planes bombed Yenan, killing and wounding several, as Chou En Lai discussed peace talks with George Marshall. The raid hit the airstrip two miles from Yenan, dropping eleven bombs and damaging a grounded B-24. Mao Tse tung’s nearby residence also faced risk.
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Nanking
Yenan
Ren. Chou En-Lai
George C. Marshall
Chou
Wang Ping-Nan
Chou Yih-gou
Slan
Chu Teh
Mao Ts¢-Tung
Ax-Killer Held In 3 Deaths
In a Toronto apartment assault on the fringe of a slum district, Angus Young 31 of Toronto is charged with murdering Georgina Washington 36 and her two children Joan Washington 2 and Donald 7. Florence 3 is in critical condition with severe head wounds from the same ax attack. Detectives say the mother was killed in the second floor kitchen as the children slept. the slayer likely fled through an 18 bedroom window.
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Toronto
Alex McCathie
Angus Young
Georgina Washington
Joan Washington
Donald
Florence
Allaly
McCable
Rush To Aid of American Ship and Crewless Vessel
The American ship American Farmer raced toward the English coast after a collision with the Willem J Beadle. All aboard were reported safe. the vessel wallowed amid sea conditions as a destroyer and escort vessels aided in the incident near London on Wednesday.
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London
Perry
Ameriggn
Willem J. Beadle
Farmar
UNRRA chief seeks guards for Trieste port thefts
La Guardia, director general of UNRRA, said he needed 25 good New York cops to halt pilfering of supplies at Trieste. He charged millions of dollars in goods are being stolen and urged authority to assign armed guards. Morgan in Rome rebutted the claim as unfounded, saying the true facts have been reported to allied governments.
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Mernberg
Germany
Conn
Francis Biddle
United States
William D. Morgan
Mediterranean
Rome
la Guardia
UNRRA
Trieste
Dream of Pittsburgh Clinic Near Planned Mayo Model
Aug 4 Pittsburgh reports a charter filing for the medical and surgical clinic of Pittsburgh inspired by the Mayo Clinic. Dr Earl P Wickersham heads a doctor group with Paul L Houston C S B Ward Walter J Hirth and Mrs Hilda Willis as directors. Lorenz Iversen aids the effort. No start date announced. plans include a non profit operation and site options with a temporary office forthcoming.
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Pittsburgh
Mayo Clinic
Cleveland
Medical and Surgical Clinic of
Common Pleas Court
Earl P. Wickersham
Penn ‘Township
Paul L. Houston
The
Yellow Cab Co
C. S. B. Ward
Hellier Coal & Coke Co
Walter J. Hirth
Mra
Hilda Willis
US-British Bloc Aims Rapped By Red 2 Occur In Space
A wreck near Port Washington involved a light switch engine colliding with a westbound passenger train, injuring 30 passengers and killing one fireman. The crash occurred at 1638 hours EDT after the switch engine, en route to pick up a car, struck the BarnegatExpress near a bridge in New Jersey. Rescue crews freed passengers and stabilized the critically injured, as clouds of live steam billowed from a broken locomotive valve.
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Port Washington
Rambert James
Moscow
New Times
Onlgine
Toltain
New Jersey
Robert Hendershot
Wilkes-Harre
Freehold
Bayonne
Barnegat
William F. Garrity
Garity
Berneget Express
Relics of Home I To Be Exhibited At Grange Meet
The home grange will meet in Grange Hall Tuesday August 8 at 430 p m DST with a lecture hour featuring Mr rank Grote of Indiana Grange. Mr Grotta will speak and show relics of the home community. Also on the program Martha Jack will sing and a short comedy playlet by Mary Shurr will be presented.
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Mrank. Grote
Thdiana'a
Partition of Palestine An Arab Idea
Arab sources report the British American plan for partition of Palestine came from Arab leaders during recent talks with Britain and the Arab League The July 28 1946 confidential report says Arabs pledged eventual acceptance of admitting 100000 Jews to Palestine over five years Britain would hold off on final decisions while consulting the Arab League The Shahs conference directed Iraq to probe the interim plan and the regent was told to press for a three week inquiry period
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Romney Wheeler
Paris
Palestine
Arab League
Middle East
Britain
London
Iraq
Heao
Reds Charge Ransacking By America presen
London August 3 AP report cites Moscow radio quoting Jewish leaders in Palestine and the Hashamite regime. Arabs reject any plan creating a Jewish state and insist Jews cannot control immigration while safeguarding balance in the Middle East.
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London
Palestine
Moscow Radio
Germany
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
trans-Jordan
Military Caste Rising in US Says Red Radio Broadcast
London August report quotes a Moscow monitor alleging a military caste is growing in the United States. The broadcast claims large forces are kept for offensive use and links atomic energy to world domination. It notes scientists protest continued military control while Truman signs a civilian atomic energy commission bill.
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London
Mosscow
United States
Adviet Imonitor
America
Negro Held For Jury In Rape Slaying Case
Ward Beecher Caraway, 23, a chauffeur, was held without bail for the grand jury on a murder charge in the July 24 slaying of Mrs. Mallory Church Logan and the wounding of her daughter. He allegedly admitted shooting and assaulting Miss Logan during a home intrusion at Flower Hill Long Island, and aided police in locating the revolver parts. He was identified by Miss Logan and led detectives to the Logan residence. Caraway, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was linked to the Roses’ summer home hire in July.
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Marjory Jeanne
James M. Gehrlit
Gehrig
Caraway
Hia
Miss Logan
de ‘Caraway
Charlotte
N. C
Nassau Hospital
Philip Huntington
Flower Hill
Logan
Caraways
Logans
James M. Rose
Southhold
Long Island
Roses
Marie
The
J. R. Rose
Joseph Goodwin
New Delhi
Mineola
Mias Logan
United Nations Security
Commoney
Iraq
Iran
India
Basra
Persia
London
Reuters
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Tudeh
Four Visiting Instructors Join College Staff
The local college posts a guest lineup for the post session with four visiting professors. Dr. Richard C. Hitchcock, Navy veteran and former Naval Academy instructor, will teach freshman Physics. Visiting professors include Dr. William North in British Literature, Louella Cambaugh on Geography, and Dr. Ross Neagiey in Mental Hygiene, plus Dr. Norman Welsentiuh in Educational Psychology. Additional courses cover Crafts, Place and Purpose of Education, Biological Science, Geology, Physical Science, American Government, and History of Pennsylvania under various instructors.
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Vica
Keskion
Richard C. Hitchcock
Navy
Aetving
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Indiana
William North
Lock Haven
Louella Cambaugh
Uniersity
Maryland
Ross Neagiey
Delaware
Norman Welsentiuh
Blippery Rock State
Teachers College
Smay
Drumheller
Soll Oerger
Sams
Dimit
Whitayre
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Examine Applicants For Home P O Job
The U S Civil Service Commission announces opening to examine applicants for the third class postmaster at Home with a 2000 dollar annual salary. Applications must reach the office by close of business August 28. Further details available at the local post office.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Peace bloc alarm prompts warning on zero-sum policy
The article quotes N. Ser-Beeva warning that the veil policy of a two-power bloc behind others undermines international collaboration and increases tensions. Pravda labels George Atcheson Jr. an enemy of democracy for opposing Soviet proposals, while New Times doubts a strong bloc but notes its influence on global affairs. The existence of the bloc is denied officially but seen in Japan, China, the Mediterranean and India. The piece cites UN meetings to show exposed policies.
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N. Ser- Beeva
Pravda
United States
George Atcheson, Jr
Council For
Japan
Council
New Times
Sergeeva
China
Mediterranean
India
United Nations
Confession in Sitka Murder Shocks Alaska Town
Aug 3 Sitka Alaska A 13 year old boy was held for the stabbing death of 11 year old Anna Marie Ward daughter of a jetto supervisor. Chris Didrickson 13 confessed to the crime claiming a motive. The girl was found near Dog Creek pier with knife wounds and was dragged to a creek 1 0 miles away.
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Sitka
Alaska
Anna Merie Ward
Jetto
William Ward
Lee O. Teague
Chris Didrickson
Dog Creek
Teague
Didrickson
Dismantling of German Reparations Plants Reported
A Tass Berlin relay on Moscow radio says in the American zone equipment at reparations dismantling targets is being looted. The report cites ten Messerschmitt aircraft plant units with all equipment missing, plus Dornier plants and Keller Mantz in Ansbach stripped. Similar looting noted in the British zone.
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Tass
Berlin
Moscow Radio
Germany
Control Council
Messerschmitt Company
Dornier
Keller and Mantz
Ansbach
Navy's Grog Rule Draws Layman's Legal Question
Deets Pickett, research secretary for the Board of Temperance at the Methodist Church, says in Washington that the Navy's July order allowing liquor sales at bases abroad may violate the 1803 prohibition on intoxicants at US military bases. He notes a soda fountain and ice cream feature as a positive aspect but questions the global reach of the rule. He does not plan to pursue the issue further.
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Washington
Deets Pickett
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Church
Navy
United States
Pickett
Marines In China Now Go Armed
PEIPING Aug 3 United States Marines traveling the Peiping Tientsin highway will be adequately armed after a convoy was ambushed July 29 by Communists. Two hundred men in the patrol bound for Tientsin Sunday will carry four medium tanks and about 80 vehicles including two radio trucks. Marines will be armed with machineguns and automatic weapons, but no artillery. Three Marines were killed and a fourth fatally wounded in last Monday’s clash.
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Peiping
United States
Peiping-Tientsin
Tientsin
Several Hurt At Los Alamos
SANTE FE New Mexico August 3 An accident not involving fissionable material caused several injuries yesterday on the Los Alamos atomic bomb project reserve on a Project security office announcement. Dallas relatives were notified that Bob Husthines former Dallas bishop operator had been injured. He had been stationed at Los Alamos once early in the spokesmen whort the instant aware that details would be eased within a few hours possibly today.
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Sante FE
N. M
Los Alamos
Anna ‘Dallas
Bob Husthines
Dallas
Los Alamon
Plot on Truman Threat Plot Reported by Secret Service
The Secret Service said a self-proclaimed executioner is held for grand jury action on charges of threatening President Truman. The report notes the arrest as the service's most significant protective act and warns mail thieves may target GI checks and bonds for veterans leave pay. It also records a rise in bogus bills seized and forged checks investigated, with totals up from the prior year.
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Washington
Secret Service
Truman
G. I
Reconsider Red Demand by Allied Council on Austrian Law
Vienna August 3 4 The Allied Control Council rejected a Russian demand to annul Austria s nationalization of 81 key industries saying it would study the issue further next Friday The Russians argued the law passed by the Austrian parliament a week earlier was illegal under the control agreement American and British delegates deferred action pending more study.
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Vienna
Allied Control Council
Russia
Two Dead In Chile Quake Strikes Santiago
Chilean capital Santiago rocked by a severe earthquake causing extensive property damage. Private First Class Robert D. Mahan of Indiana, serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in Japan, is named in a civilian context.
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Santiago
Chile
Eighth Army
Japan
Robert
Copiapo
Here
D. Mahan
Indiana
1St Cavalry Divic
Nippon
Hos
Han
Heings
Iquique
Mahan
Army
Piapo
Camp Blend
Robert Mahan
Probe moves to study camper removals at Camp Gall
Harrisburg reports the State Department of Health sent an investigator to the Pittsburgh area to examine the removal of 130 campers from Camp Gall in Butler County after a counselor died of infantile paralysis. Dr Campbell notes Pittsburgh authorities protested evacuations, while Butler County says permits were granted and home-city health officials were notified.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Health
Pittsburgh
Camp Gall
Butler County
Moore Campbell
Campbell
Cleveland
A. W. Lehnerd
Butler
Pearl Presto 52 dies after illness in Indiana Hospital
Pearl Presto of Mentone died Friday morning in Indiana Hospital after complications. She was born January 1804 in Glen Campbell and belonged to Sacred Heart Church in Alverda. Surviving: husband Samuel. children Tollie Jennings of Alabama Hope Presto of Akron Anthony of Alverda Joseph and Charles of Mentone. several others. two sisters and two brothers. Funeral at Sacred Heart Alverda Monday 9 a.m. with Rev. Richard McNamara officiating. Interment Irish Bottom Cemetery.
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Pearl Presto
Mentele
Samuel Preato
Indiana Hospital
Glen. Campbell
Sacred Heart Roman’ Cathrolic
Alverda
Tollie Jennings
Alabama
Hope
Preste
Akrom
Anthony
Alverds
Joséph
Charles
Harold Wather
Cleveland
Irene
Frank
Marion
William
Fred
Afl
Joseph Lantz
Glen Campbell
John Lantz
Mahaffey
Charles Lantz
Homer ‘Barkley
Dixonville
Joseph Simon
Indiana
Ees
Joseph Presto
Sacred Heart
Richard McNamara
Altoona
Irish Bottom
Jesse Marl Beer
Covede
Panel
Punxsutawney
Jan
Barnes, Coal Company
Barnesboro
Calmer Beer
Harrisburg
George
Pitcairn
Jane Peffer
Marche
Clara Mamaux
Opportunity
George Beer
Deckers Paint
Pifer Funeral Home
C. H. Wilson
Rev
S. G. McElwain
Grace Work Shaffer
Rhodes
Kittanning
Shaffer
Michigan
Thomas B
Rhoda Baylor Work
Virginia Moran
Thomas M
Sam Work
Cleveland, O
Carl Work
Kittanining
L. J.johnston
Albert Jeffries
Blairsville
G. H. Lowry
Charles Ellsworth Jenkins
Coral Lutheran Church
Charles N. Schindler
Jenkins
James
Rose Mae (Kifer) Jenkins
Coral
Robinson
Police Traffic School At Penn State Set For September
Police officers from Pennsylvania will enroll in a Traffic Officers School at Pennsylvania State College from September 30 to October 11. The two week program covers accident investigation, evidence preservation, traffic flow, motor vehicle code, safety education and related topics. Applications go to Joseph Intorre Institute of Public Safety State College Pa.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Joseph Intorre
Institute of Public Safety
State College
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Mexica
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