Townsend Plan With New Dress Back Before Solons
Washington July report outlines Pepper Downey and Taylor proposing a 3 percent federal income tax on all corporate gross income and individuals earning over 100 dollars a month to fund old age pensions for all over 60. Senate and House bills seek Social Security changes, frozen payroll taxes, and expanded aid with a two to one federal state match in the Senate plan.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Townsend
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Pepper
Finance Committee
Edo
New Indian Peace Efforts Sought After League Rejection
Unconfirmed reports from Bombay say Britain plans another attempt at an interim central government after the Moslem League rejected latest independence proposals. London or Viceroy Lord Wavell in New Delhi may announce it. News delays due to telegraph and telephone strikes. The League and Sikh minorities oppose negotiations. Congress seeks Constituent Assembly entry but with withdrawal rights. The League’s aim remains Pakistan. No settlement in sight as strikes persist. Five Calcutta girls injured in a daylong general strike in sympathy with the walkout.
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Bombay
Treague
Itl
League
Comeress Party
Constituent Assembly
Council of Action
Pakistan
India
Calcutta
13 Year Old Confessed Farm Killing
Monticello Indiana July 30 County Prosecutor Charles D Boomershine says Robert Houchen a 13 year old ward confessed in a signed statement to shooting and killing 27 year old farmer's wife Mrs Everett Louderback whose body was found in a bean field near her farm home 12 miles northeast. He says Houchen described firing three shots and dragging the body then changing clothes and guiding a neighbor to the scene. The prosecutor plans to present to the grand jury today for investigation. The youth was held without charge.
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Monticello
Ind
Charles D. Boomershine
Robert Houchen
White County
Boomershine
Everett Louderback
Here
Harold Garrad
Nighbor
Labor organ condemns British general’s Palestine fraternizing order
The Daily Herald criticizes Lt General Sir Evelyn Baker for a Palestine order barring British troops from fraternizing with Jews. It argues the move inflames bias, notes outrages linked to the King David Hotel bombing, and calls Baker unfit for command.
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London
Daily Herald
Labor Party
Evelyn Baker
Palestine
Jerusalem
Baker
King David
Herald
Cop Relieved Of Quiz Kid
Philadelphia police relieved after a five year old known as the "Quiz Kid" who rode a tricycle in the street was identified by his grandmother twenty hours after he was found. He repeatedly asked the officer his name and address with a quizzical streak, replying "What's yours?" to every question. The grandmother, Mrs. Helen Fowler, said the boy's name is Paul Rider and that he is "more than a handful."
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Philadelphia
Helen Fowler
William Riece
Riece
Paul Rider
Thugs Smashed Safe in Angelo's Restaurant Heist
In downtown Pittsburgh over the weekend, assailants used a meat cleaver to smash a safe at Angelo's restaurant and fled with an estimated $500 to $1,000 according to the owner who reported the crime to police.
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Pittsburgh
Angelo
Noon stock list shows varied gains and losses across firms
A dense stock table lists numerous companies with percentage changes and prices from air reductions to steel makers. Notable movers include Anaconda, General Electric, General Motors, Bethlehem Steel, U S Steel, and Westinghouse with mixed advances and declines reflecting active trading volumes.
Peace and Freedom song published by Nordyke Publishing
Local resident E. J. Kitgensmith of 363 Sixth Street wrote the patriotic war song Peace and Freedom now published by Nordyke Publishing Company of Hollywood. The piece is offered for sale at Indiana Music House and is among Klingensmiths published works.
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E. J. Kitgensmith
Sixth Street
Nordyke Publishing Company
Hollywood
Mr. Kligensmith
Indiana Music House
Mr. Klingensmith
Nourse Sees Middle Road In Economy
Edwin G. Nourse, nominated by President Truman to chair the presidents council of economic advisers, expressed hope the nation can avoid inflation and low mood. The three member council, created by the Employment Act, awaits Senate confirmation. its first report is due December and its second task is a state of the economy report to Congress.
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Sterlin F
GREEN
Washington
Edwin G. Nourse
Truman
Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Senate
Brookings Institution
Senate Banking Committee
Gon H. Keyserling
National Housing Agency
John D. Clark
University of Nebraska
Mie Nourse
Ministers Protest Ga Lynchings Across Atlanta Churches
In Atlanta two large groups of ministers voiced protest over the Monroe lynchings of four black men. Episcopal leaders called the atrocity loathsome while Methodist clergy compared it to Nazi brutality. Authorities pursued leads as a 10 thousand dollar reward was posted for information.
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Atlanta
Monroe
Here
Episcopal
Methodist
Europe
Asia
Georgia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
William E. Spence
GBI
Ellis Arnall
Atom Driven Ships Seen
Dr. Robert D. Flower Johns Hopkins chemistry professor predicts atomic powered battleships within two to five years. Vice Admiral Cochrane states fusion powered battleships could be deployed within ten years. Flower says a power plant could be installed on a battleship sooner if the Navy pursues the program, making it the most feasible test platform.
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Baltimore
Robert D. Flower
Johns Hopkins University
E. L. Cochrane
Navy Department
Bureau of Ships
Bikini Atoll
Fowler
Navy
Hopkins
Hughes Improving After Air Crash In Los Angeles
July 30 report from Los Angeles says Howard Hughes, airplane manufacturer and pilot, shows steady improvement from injuries suffered in the July 7 crash. Doctors drained his chest for the fourth time last night. his temperature and pulse are near normal.
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Los Angeles
Hoyward Hughes
Hig Cest
Gazette
Bowden Denies Booby Trap Aimed at Wife's Friend
Detectives questioning James W. Bowden, 47, charged with first degree murder in his wife’s dynamite death, says the trap was meant for a friend of his wife. Bowden confessed to detectives but kept a diary of his wife's activities. His two daughters reported seeing him handle a brown package days before the blast. Mrs Bowden had filed for divorce alleging cruelty.
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Portland
Ore
James W. Bowden
Bowden
Eugene Ferguson
Thomas B. Handley
Ferguson
Disney to lay off 450 workers amid rising costs
Disney will reduce payroll by 450 of its 1,060 employees on Thursday due to economic conditions and wage demands by union crafts. Production will stop on most feature films, except near completion in color, while Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck appear in short subjects. The company cites a 25 percent base wage increase sought by the APL Screen Cartoonists Guild as a key factor in higher costs.
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Hollywood
Walt Disney Studio
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Disney
Apl-Screen Cartoonists’ Guild
OPA Boost For Men’s Clothing Costs Revealed
The price decontrol board backed by Congress plans 15 to 20 percent increases on men’s clothing under the revived price control law. Senate-confirmed chairman Roy S. Thompson will launch the board’s work with colleagues Daniel W. Bell and George H. Mead, as the group begins its task of overseeing fashion and supply costs. The Bering Sea seal herd is valued at $100,000,000.
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Senate
Congress
Roy S. Thompson
Truman
Daniel W. Bell
George H. Mead
Thompson
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
Bell
The
Treasury
American Security and Trust Company of
Washington
Mead
Mead Paper and Pulp Company
Dayton
Ohio
New York KKK Outlawed By State Order
The New York State Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of The Knights and Women of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. after findings that the charter was obtained via subterfuge. Attorney General Nathaniel Goldstein said 1,100 Klan members’ names were turned over to federal investigators amid a nationwide probe. An undercover agent, using the name Mr Bauer, infiltrated the Klan and exposed secrets, prompting officials to act.
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New York
Ku Klux Klan
New York State
State Supreme Court
Joseph A. Gayagan
the Knights and Women of the
Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Nathaniel Jb. Goldstein
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Goldstein
Bauer
Attorney General
KKK
Klan
Siveles
State Building
One Minute Speech Lets Off Congressional Steam
In the House the one minute speech period began with Speaker Rayburn ending a clash as members traded quick remarks on trucks to Russia, flood control, amputee cars, maritime spending, citrus prices, a balanced budget, and government funds. The session ended amid a tangles but the practice continues.
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Arthur L. Roson
Washington
House of
Anton J. Johnson
Evan Howell
OPA
Charles Savage
D.wash
Robert Rich
R.-Pa
Rich
Andrew Mellon
Savage
Sam Rayburn
John Flannagan
Virginia
House Agriculture Committee
Rayburn
House
Heirens Arraigned on Multiple Murders in Chicago
William Heirens was arraigned in Chicago criminal court on indictments accusing him of the Degnan, Brown, and Ross murders, with his lawyers planning to refuse a plea and seek a continuance. State's Attorney Tuohy said Heirens will be questioned in the hospital about the kidnap and killings, plus other crimes from his criminal career, with top police officials present. Malachy Coghlan said Heirens was ready to confess the Degnan Brown and Ross slayings.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Dexnan
Frances Brown
William d. Tuohy
Heirens
Tuohy
University of Chicago
John C. Prendergast
Degnan
Miss. Brown
Josephine Ross
Malachy Coghlan
jDegnan
Brown and
Ross
Bet Tuohy
Indicted 14 Year Old in California Murders
Albert Jones a 14 year old boy was indicted by the Butte County Grand Jury on two murders one attempted murder and two assaults with intent to murder He allegedly strangled 15 year old Patricia Ann Crandall last June 18 then shot woman Hazel Nielsen in Oroville setting Crandall s house on fire and wounding Nielsen s husband the Nielsen daughter Hetty and neighbor Barbara Searle were named in the charges
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Quboville
Calif
Albert Jones
Butte County
Grand Jury
Patricia Ann Crandall
Hazel Nielsen
Oroville
J. M. McPharson
Crandall
Mrs. Neilsen
Three Children Die In Sand Cave-In In Norwalk Calif
NORWALK Calif July 30 Three children died when a sand lodge collapsed on them at a dump run by their grandparents Walter Shelby and Mrs Shelby Joy Carlton 11 Dorothy Shelby 5 and Garry Shelby 10 were entrapped for about an hour before firefighters could reach them Two younger children Donald Shelby 2 and John Hamling 4 were pulled from the sand by Donald's mother Mrs Dorothy Shelby and the grandparents and recovered quickly from their brief confinement
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Norwalk
Calif
Walter
Shelby
Joy Carlton
Dorothy Shelby
Garry Shelby
Donald Shelby
John Hamiling
Donald
Traffic Fatalities Rise 40 Percent on Highways
Chicago July 30 The National Safety Council reports 15 750 traffic fatalities for the first six months of the year a 40 percent increase over 1945 but notes the trend is improving since V J Day. In May and June 1946 the toll fell below 1941 levels yet June fatalities reached 2 510 a 27 percent rise from 1945. Council president Ned H Dearborn calls the toll a national disgrace and urges drivers pedestrians to act, stressing voluntary action to curb deaths.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Bergdoll Faces Trial in Assault Case
Bergdoll, 53, famed WWI draft dodger, must stand trial on assault and battery charges and pointing firearms at his butler Clement Klein after a wage dispute. He pleaded innocent, posted 2500 dollars bail, and waived a hearing. Klein testified Bergdoll threatened to shoot. Bergdoll served five years for draft evasion and desertion, then fled to Germany for two decades.
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Downington
Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll
Wee
Bergdoll
Clement Klein
Bergdol
Klein
Bergdorf
United States
Germany
Trolleys Collide in Downtown Pittsburgh Traffic
Seven people sustained cuts and bruises when a downtown bound trolley struck the rear of another that had stopped, the Pittsburgh Railways Company reported.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Green Uniformed Attackers Clash in Dangerous Area
Soldiers recall rapid firefight as green uniforms engaged in heavy firing for an hour. Marines warned of danger as grenades exploded within feet and bullets arced over sandbanks. Attackers retreated after defenders drove them off, with subsequent approaches halted.
Former Indiana Boy Receives Bronze Star in Japan
ATSUGI Japan July 30 Chief Warrant Officer David H Blakely communications officer for the 1539th AAF Base Unit in Japan and a former Indiana high school student was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in operations against the enemy in Japan from August 1945 to March 1946 His citation notes landing at Manila in April 1945 and his work adapting existing Japanese installations for occupying forces despite equipment and weather shortages He is the son of Mr and Mrs David J Blakely of Parkwood and his wife Norma H Blakely lives in Baltimore Maryland with their child
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Atsugi
Japan
David H. Blakely
1539Th Aaf
Indiana
David J. Blakely
Parkwood
Norma H. Blakely
Baltimore
Manila
Coma Mother and Soldier Reunite During Furlough
Army Sgt. Leland Wenger, husband of the comatose Rhoda Wenger, regained a glimpse of his wife during a 30 day furlough. He described her as smiling and possibly recognizing him after an auto crash in November that left her unconscious and their newborn daughter May 26. A nurse dressed her, applied lipstick, and Rhoda’s reaction marked a hopeful sign.
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Allentown
API— Army
Leland Wenger
Rhoda
Wenger
Obituaries of McElhoes Coy and Coy family in Indiana area
Obituaries note the deaths of Miss Sarah McElhoes at her home in Home Pennsylvania at 2 30 am and Christopher Coy aged 83 of Clymer R D 2 Indiana hospital. Also mentioned is Frank Kelly of Conemaugh Township near Saltsburg who died in Indiana Hospital and a complete obituary to be published tomorrow. The Coy service is set for 2 pm DST tomorrow at the Coy home with burial in Harmony Cemetery Penn Run.
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Sarah McElhoes
Home
Robert A. and
Levina (Prothero) McElhoes
Rayne Township
Pittsburgh
Washington, Presbyterian Church
LaRue McElhoes
Frank Kelly
Conemaugh l Township
Saltsburg
Indiana
Robinson Funeral Home
Christopher Coy
Clymer R. D
Indiana Hospital
Cherryhill
Twp
Board of Education
Laura Coy
Clarence
Lucernemines
Albert Myers
Clymer
Gordon
Norristown
Wayne W
Vander
Coy
Bernard Pollock
Penn Run
Harmony Cemetery
Marlin and Bruce
France grips by 200000 postal strike at peace talks
Paris July 30 AP France faced a nationwide internal communications strike by 200000 postal telegraph and telephone workers as the Paris Peace Conference began. Workers walked out for 10 hours to push for higher wages. Emergency services included limited telegrams to peace conference delegates and government ministries.
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Paris
France
Foreign Minnistry
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