Eisenhower Calls for Large Occupation Force
Mass July 12 1945 General Dwight D Eisenhower warned that substantial occupation numbers are needed for Germany and Japan to ensure stability and deter rebellion. He told the American Allied Council the risks of weak occupation and said the United States must maintain an Army of about 250000 for 15 to 20 years to secure democracy and peace.
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Meierst
Mass
Germany
Japan
Eisenhower
House J
Washington
United Fates
America
Cornell
Earth
Thousands of Jews Move Across Poland toward Palestine
July reports a mass exodus of Jews from Russia into Poland, centering at Walbrzych with twenty five thousand repatriates awaiting chances to depart. caravans trek daily toward Palestine as British and Polish authorities fear rising anti Jewish violence. US diplomat warns Polish premier of possible renewed Jewish influx spurred by Kielce pogrom fears.
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Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Walbrzych
Coaing
Wroclawd
Czechoslavia
Ountain
Palestine
Timate
Lower Silesia
U. S
Arthur Blissane
Edward Osubkaorawski
Last U.S. POWs to sail home as 370000-plus return
After more than 14 months since V-E day, the last of over 370,000 Allied prisoners of war are to be sent back to Germany, with the final group sailing from New York on July 22. About 175,000 of the remainder will be handed to British custody, while others head to the UK or British-occupied Germany.
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Edward E. Bromar
Washington
Germany
New York
War Department
Jas
United States
United King
Dom
Rhur
Convicts Break From Harlem Prison Farm No. 2
Twenty four of twenty five escapees returned to confinement after a dramatic breakout at Harlem Prison Farm No. 2. A guard shot and killed Walter Elliott during the escape as a car carrying fugitives crashed and injured a bystander. One escapee fled in stolen vehicle. others captured following gunfire from guard J.A. Morgan. Capt. W. H. Thomas reported prisoners used improvised keys after sawing bars in a single cell.
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Houston
Rex
Harlem Prison Farm No. 2
Walter Elliott
W. H. Thomas
Book Banned in Philadelphia by District Office
Philadelphia report states Wilson's Memoirs of He was banned by the district attorney's office for obscenity and indecency. The ban follows a prior magazine listing and involves a New York publication.
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Philadelphia
Z Wilson
May Amend British Loan Before Vote
Critics push for a collateral requirement on the 3.75 billion British loan. Rep Dirksen to propose the amendment and back the loan bill if collateral is demanded. Final vote set for Saturday as party defections and polls shape the tally among Republicans and Democrats.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Rep
Dirksen
K-11
Landis
R-Ind
Republican House
Wolcett
Michigan
Took No Chances
Titusville Pennsylvania July 11 Ludwig Kola cel 59 a farmer attempted suicide by tying a rope around a rafter and firing a .22 caliber bullet into his brain his wife found him dead in the family garage despondent after an auto accident injuries three years earlier Dr C M Sonne Crawford County Deputy Coroner reported the tragedy
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Titusville
Ludwig Kolacel
C. M. Sonne
Crawford County
Noon Stock Names and Percent Changes in 20th Century List
A dense list of encoded stock quotes shows percentage changes for many firms including Boeing, General Motors, United Aircraft, US Steel, Warner Brothers, and Woolworth. The page records price shifts and ticker-like abbreviations, reflecting a snapshot of market activity with numerous companies across industries. The entries mix transportation, manufacturing, and consumer goods firms with percentages indicating gains or losses and partial company abbreviations scattered through the column.
Seven parachute to safety in Palmer by Navy plane crash
Holyoke Massachusetts July 11 investigators studied wreckage of a converted flying fortress that hit a mountain killing 25. Seven aboard a navy R5C unit from Pratt and Whitney East Hartford parachuted to safety when the plane lost its wing during a test flight. The earlier Mt Tom crash killed all aboard, including Army Navy Coast Guard personnel and civilians returning from overseas.
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Holyoke
Mass
Palmer Hate
United Aircraft
Pratt and Whitney
East Hartford
Conn
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Mt. Tom
Vet Pay Plan Called Unfair by VFW Leader
Philadelphia July 11. The Senate Military Committee proposed staged payment of about 2.75 billion dollars in veterans terminal leave pay. Nelson W. McCloskey, Commander of the Department of Pennsylvania VFW, called the plan unfair and unrealistic citing 2 to 3 million unemployed veterans in Pennsylvania and urging immediate full payment. Plans were announced for the 27th annual encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania opening July 25 in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Senate Military Committee
Nelson W. McCloskey
Department of Pennsylvania
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Senate Committee
McCloskey
Pennsylvania
Hold Scout On Assault
A 24 year old Boy Scout leader and Sunday School teacher was held for grand jury action on an attempted assault case in Ravena New York. He identified as Tibbits of Slingerlands near Albany. Two women Mildred Timms and Marylyn Peters were wounded while riding in his truck. Timms escaped after a struggle while Peters suffered chest injuries and was treated at a hospital. Police said Tibbits brandished a hunting knife and attempted to rob them before being stopped.
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Ravena
N. Y
Jus
Trifford N. ‘Tibbits
Slingerlands
Albany
Mildred B.timms
Bayside
L. 1
Marylyn Joan Peters
Beechhurst
Walter F. Reilly
Tibbits
Delmar
ST Have
Reilly
Wibbits
Miss ‘Timms
Airplanes Safer Than Autos Says PiCA Rep at Kiwanis
M. O. Shuster of Pennsylvania Commercial Airlines told Kiwanis members this week that flying is safer than driving. He cited a 1 in 2,800,000 fatality risk for air travel versus 1 in 4,800 for automobiles and announced PCA’s historic expansion. He noted public seating will reach 2,000 per day by September at 43 cents per mile. Also listed: Missionary Services at Pine Flat Christian Church with sessions at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. EST.
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M. O. Shuster
Pennsylvania Commercial Airlines
Kiwanis Club
PCA
Kiwaniang
Missionary Meet
Pine Flat Christian Church
Seek To Cut Price Boost On Bulk Milk
Harrisburg July 11 Milk dealers pressed to lower a proposed bulk milk price rise to avoid another consumer cost hike. The State Milk Control Commission heard arguments over a minimum of $5.50 per hundredweight for milk sent to Philadelphia area. counsel Morris Duane urged reducing from $6.80 to $5. Tenor: dealers aim to keep resale price near 19 cents to limit burdens on buyers.
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Harrisburg
State Milk Control Commission
Philadelphia
Morris Duane
The
Milk Distributors Association
Fia
Union Fight Hits 9 Ships
A New York jurisdictional clash between CIO and AFL unions tied up nine ships in New York harbor and threatened further stoppages along the Atlantic Coast. The AFL picket line around Staten Island piers stalled a troop transport and tied up vessels as factions dispute cargo handling and loading authority.
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New York
CLO
AFL Seamen’s Unions
Atlantic
Europe
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Staten Island
AFL Maritime Council of
Greater New York
Paul Hall
Seafarers International Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The
Sailors Union of the Pacific
AFL
CI0
Harry Bridges
West Coast International Longshore Workers Union
Sui-Sup
American Pacific Steamship Company
Hall
Coos Bay
Ore
CIO
American Pacific Company
Mello Franco
Banning of State Stores Unlikely Says Governor
Harrisburg July 11 A abolition of the state liquor stores in favor of licensing saloons seems unlikely says Gov Martin We haven t heard anything recently He spoke while addressing Jewish leaders after a strike threat by CIO United Public Workers of America liquor store clerks in Western Pennsylvania They voted to walk out October 2 unless wages are met Martin said clerks can hunt another job if they strike and opined staff would be supplied after the pre prohibition period of no state monopoly he added.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Greeks Repel New Albanian Attack Near Frontier
ATHENS July 11 Greek troops repelled a new Albanian assault on frontier posts at Kakavia and Krostovitsi. Seven prisoners were taken as Albanian forces, aided by Elas units of the EAM coalition, fought the Greek guards in the clash.
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Athens
Kakavia
Krostovitsi
Elas
EAM
Immigrants Hunger Strike On Detention Ships In Haifa
In Haifa harbor about a thousand illegal Jewish immigrants aboard three quarantine ships declared a hunger strike to protest extended detention. Authorities planned to move them to Athlit Detention Camp but no shore facilities were available. One hundred women were disembarked yesterday as the camp remains crowded with 1,200 others from the Josiah Wedgewood. Release of Wedgewood detainees is expected around July 15.
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Jerusalem
ai—One
T Housand
Haifa
Athlit
Josiah Wedgewood
Hughes Critical After Plane Crash in Los Angeles
Howard Hughes, wealthy sportsman and film producer, remained in critical condition on July 1 after the Army experimental plane crash he piloted. Doctors report lung injuries, burns, and other wounds. his physician notes remarkable determination and a steel-like constitution.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Verne Mason
S E District Scout Confab in Homer City Meeting
The Southeast District of William Penn Council Boy Scouts of America held its July gathering at the Commercial Hotel in Homer City with G R Davis presiding. Reports covered Troop reorganizations at Homer City and Graceton, Cub scouting plans, a June 27 Court of Honor awarding Star ranks, merit badge counselors, a successful June Field Day, and summer camp registrations. Attendees included G R Davis, George Allison, Russel Dickie, Thomas Blue, Homer Stewart, George Zoldak, James Hutchison, Albert Oswald and W D Slevers.
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William Penn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Homer City
G. R. Davis
Russel Dickie
Church of the Nazarene
Graceton
James Hutchison
Brush Valley
Blue
John Hoyas
Regis Troxell
Joe E. Smith
Edward Kuchar
David Wilson
George Allison
Seph Mack
Thomas Blue
Homer Stewart
George Zoldak
Albert Oswald
W. D. Slevers
Beer Strike Ends In Philadelphia Deliveries Resume
Deliveries of bottled beer from Philadelphia area breweries were resumed today under a temporary agreement ending a truckers strike that began Monday. Walter T. Burton Jr, secretary of the Philadelphia Lager Brewers Association, said a 12 hour conference resulted in a back to work order to members of the Brewery and Distributor Drivers Union AFL. Management and union representatives will study the jurisdictional dispute that caused the strike.
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Philadelphia
Walter T. Burton, Jr
Philadelphia Lager, Brewers Association
Brewery and Distriputer Drivers Union
AFL
Countess plans to wed ex-army sergeant and drop title
Pittsburgh July 1 AP reports Countess Nicole De Range of Paris, 30, who hid from Nazis, will marry 40-year-old Robert M. Clark of West Chester Pa this month and change her title to Mrs. Her husband Roland De Range died fighting for France in 1940. She says she won’t mind losing her title.
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Pittsburgh
Ekton
Maly
Niccole de Range
Paris
Robert M.clark
West Chester
Roland
France
Meat Price War On In Pittsburgh
A meat price war erupts in Pittsburgh's North Side with rival market owner Morris Benjamin and supermarket manager Paul Deakter undercutting downtown prices by 5 to 30 cents. Benjamin vows another cut next week as Deakter boasts 10 stores ready to match or undercut.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Morris Benjamin
Paul Deakter
Benjamin
Deaktor
Hell
Two American MPs Escape in Army Truck Near London
U S military police and Scotland Yard officers hunted London for two American prisoners who struck four guards and escaped yesterday from an army truck bound for Tidworth Detention Barracks from Southampton. The search began as authorities warned the public.
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London
Scotland Yard
Tidworth
Southampton
Inside Dope On Second Atomic Test Inside Dope On Second Atomic Test
Navy experts briefed press on safeguards for the second atomic test at sea near Mount Mitchell. Capt Engleman Col Betts and Dr Green outlined electronic and manual controls to prevent premature detonation. The last man leaves, a switch enables the bomb to receive radio impulses, while Cumberland will send guidance signals like a 17 digit lock.
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U. 5
MT. Mckin, Ley
Christian Engleman
Navy Electronical
Engleman
Thomas J. Betts
Betts
Cumberland
G. K. Green
University of
Mihailovic In Final Plea Obituaries! Mihailovic In Final Plea
Mihailovic in final plea to war crimes tribunal defends Chetnik leadership, claims not all mistakes were his, urging fair evaluation as four hour address concludes. Also notes of obituaries for Mary Stutzman and other local notices appear with dates and survivors.
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War Crimes Tribunal
Mihailovic
Tito
Rites Set For Labor Leader Hillman
Funeral services for Sidney Hillman head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers CIO will be held at Carnegie Hall at noon tomorrow with Dr Stephen E Wise officiating. The body will lie in state at Carnegie Hall until 11 am, after transfer from Riverside Memorial Chapel today. Interment follows at Westchester Hills Cemetery Hastings NY. Hillman died yesterday at his Long Island summer home at age 59 after rising from immigrant to political leader as head of the CIO Political Action Committee and a CIO founder and vice president.
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New York
Sidney Hillman
Carnegie Hall
Stephen E. Wise
Riverside Memorial Chapel
Westchester Hills Cemetery
Hastings
Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
Long
Reckless Driving Charged in Route 119 Crash Near Indiana
Edward Shedlock, 25, of Dixonville, was charged with reckless driving after a 1:40 a.m. crash on Route 119 near the Indiana borough limits. Police said he drove off the highway, hitting a parked car that was pushed off a berm and down a bank. He claimed he was returning from Meadowbrook.
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Edward Shedlock
Dixonville
Route 119
Indiana
Shedlock
Shedrock
Meadowbrook
Biddle Weds In Frankfurt In Army Ceremony
Anthony Drexel Biddle Jr former U S ambassador to Poland and Mrs Margaret Atkin son Longborough married today at the Army Protestant chapel in Frankfurt They will honeymoon in Frankfurt Biddle 48 of Philadelphia and his 31 year old bride whose home was in Moncton New Brunswick
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Frankfurt
Germany
Anthony Drexel Biddle Jr
U. S
Poland
Margaret Atkinson Longborough
Inoon
Biddle
Philadelphia
Moncton
New Brunswick
Taft Attacks AVC Over OPA Propaganda
Senator Taft accuses the American Veterans Committee of circulating party-line propaganda to revive price controls and propaganda Congress during Senate debate on the OPA extension bill.
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Washington
Taft
R-O
The
American Veterans Committee
AVC
Senate
Congress
Ramey Pioneer Dies at Harrisburg in 1863 Obit
City Indiana County November 14 1863 son of late Mr and Mrs Daniel Ramey pioneer Indiana County He married Mary Elizabeth Wyant in 1896 Mrs Ramey died September 10 1945 Family moved 1910 when he was appointed to State Insurance Depart ment Later served as assistant secretary and treasurer of Educators Beneficial Association of Lancaster Retired about five years ago Charter member Trinity Methodist Church Harrisburg Grand Lodge Harmony Lodge 17 A M Washington D C since 1892 Survived by children Doctor Fred W Harrisburg W Albert Esq Clearfield and Mrs I Richard N Arnold York Stepmother Anna Feflier Orlando Florida two brothers Col Harry B Ramey New York City Blaine Ramey Tow Pees Maryland Services held Trinity Methodist Church Harrisburg July 6 at 2 00 Rev J Merrill Williams Rev Philip T Gorman Interment East Harrisburg Cemetery
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Trinity Methodist Church of
Harrisburg
Grand Lodge
Harmony Lodge
A.M
Washington, D. C
Fred W
W. Albert
Clearfield
I Richard N. Arnold
York
Anna Feflier
Orlando
Florida
Harry B. Ramey
New York City
Blaine Ramey
Tow- Pees
Maryland
Trinity Methodist Church
J. Merrill Williams
Philip T., Gorman
Chambersburg Methodist Church
East Harrisburg
Austrian chancellor thanks Truman and Clark for note
Vienna July 12 Chancellor Leopold Figl thanked President Truman and General Mark W. Clark for a note offering the United States would renounce all claims to 19 German assets in Austria. Figl praised Truman as a friend of Austria and Clark as the chief ally in aiding Austria on this issue. Austrian papers joined in praise, calling the move significant.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Vienna
Chancel
Lor
Leopold’ Figil
Truman
Mark W. Clark
Clark
United States
Austria
Figil
Arbeiter Zeitung
Helgoland To Be Blown Up to destroy war assets
The British announced Helgoland would be destroyed to erase its future war potential. They cited tunnels 150 feet underground U boat pens permanent gun batteries and an artificial harbor as features to be eliminated. No demolition date was disclosed.
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Herford
Germany
Helgoland
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Frank L. Jry
Pitthan
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Wilkinsburg
Streams Funeral Home
Harry Burton Boyd
Greenwood Cemetery
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Brushvalley
Stutzman
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Belgrade
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Station Avenue
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Grant Ramey
Charge
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Floncer
Hamley
Expanse
Cob Ane S.c.streams
Ava Perey
Moorhead
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