5-Day China Peace Pact Collapses
In Nanking on June 13 the truce between warring factions appeared reduced to a scrap of paper. Nationalist troops pressed north of Changchun and advanced toward Harbin in Manchuria while Communist landings near Tsingtao faced U.S. Marines garrisoned there. Reports claimed martial law in Shantung peninsula and ongoing negotiations for a permanent peace despite heavy fighting near Tsingtao and in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Fine Catal
Central
Manchuria
Tsingtao
U. S
Shantung Peninsula
Tseingtao
U.S
Marshall
Changchun
Sungari River
Nungan
Swatien
Swaiteh
Tu Li-Ming
New First Army
Sunagri
Harbin
Spoikemnan
Kuo
U. S. Third Marine “Brigade
Ex GI Gets Home and Work With Help of City
In Philadelphia June 13 an ex soldier Lewis E Baggett 28 his wife and four children escape daily hunger and park life as housing and a job open up. Mrs Clarke offers a furnished house for 25 a month until Sept 1 and the Philadelphia Housing Authority promises a permanent home by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lewis E. Baggett
Brunet
Baggett
Elizabeths Clarke
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Charles B. Taggert
Probe of Klan Is Postponed
Washington June 13 The House Committee on American Activities postponed indefinitely its investigation of the Ku Klux Klan by a four to two vote. An informal check of Klan activities will continue, with records showing the confidential decision and the members present at last week’s session. Rep Mundt said records were made public to counter inaccurate reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Sune
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Wood
D-Ga
John Carrington
Robinson
Utah
Rankin
D-Miss
J. Hardin Peterson
D- Fla
Murdock
D-Ariz
Landis
R-and
Mundt
Brankin
Koo Expected to Move From London Ambassadorship
A foreign office spokesman said he was practically certain Wellington Koo, the Ambassador to London, will be appointed Ambassador to Washington soon. Koo plans to return to London to wind up affairs, the spokesman noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanking
Foreign Office
Wellington Koo
London
Bipuid Ba
Mfashington
Koo
Wedding Gift Story From Lawmaker Ben Meeks
Jefferson City Me June 18 a wedding tale from Rep Ben Meeks who received a $100 wedding present after sharing how he won his wife. He described her initial refusal to marry a preacher and how a church service changed her mind. She later recalled her answer saying she wanted “more than a preacher to hurt.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Ben Meeks
Britons Face Tough 1947, Labour Leaders Say
Herbert Morrison told the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth that reconversion would be completed this year but 1947 would still be tough with tight supplies and limited elbow room. He urged industrial progress through mechanization and a planned economy to sustain full employment and defend against global downturns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Williamesbournemouth
Eng
Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
Morrison
Ernest Bevin
United States
Noon Stocks Rally Across Major Firms and Industries
A broad list shows varied activity among firms in chemicals, steel, oil, machinery, railways, and consumer goods as trading sessions reflect shifting investor sentiment. Notable names include General Electric, General Motors, Union Carbide, DuPont, Standard Oil, Sears Roebuck, Penn RR, and United Aircraft amid a wider market snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atth
T& SF
All Refining
Bald Loco
Ball & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Boeib
Borden Co
Briggs Mig Budd Co
Case WI Co
Chrysler Corp
Column & el Caml
Salvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright del Lack & West Douglas Riveratt du Pont de N
Exshnan Kudak “Tie RA Food
Northern Pacific Packerd Motor
Parain Pictures
Penney JC Penn RR
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp
Reading Co
Repabr Steel Sears Roebuck
Sovony Vacuum Sperry Corp
Stand Brands Ltd
G & E Pf
Stand Oil
Cal Stand Oil
Ind Stand Oil NJ Studebaker Corp Sutherland Pap Swift & Co
Texas Gulf Sylph
United Aircraft
United Gasling US Smeth R&am U
Steel Warner Brog
Pict Weel
Woolworth Gpw
Defendants and Tojo Watch War Crimes Trial Open
In Tokyo the Allied war crimes tribunal opened with maps detailing Japan’s empire from Manchuria to the South Pacific. Tojo and 26 associates listened as Brigadier Nolan outlined Tokyo’s aggression while the court, stifling hot, grew sleepy as the history was recited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Japan
Mandated Islands
Manchuria
Ching
Philippines
Thailand
Burma
New Guinea
Malay Straits
Empire
War Ministry
Henry G. Nolan
Canada
Wiliam Webb
Tribunal
Nolan
No Hysteria In Congress Since Veto
Rep. Fulton of Pennsylvania, who helped sustain Truman’s veto of the Case Bill, says Congress can act without hysteria to balance capital and labor. He led 14 Republicans and 118 Democrats to kill the measure, arguing it would prompt premature strikes and hamstring the public interest. He urged action on a joint House Senate labor committee and criticized the bill’s hasty, ill promised provisions and lack of hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Fulton
Truman
Congress
Federal Mediation Board
House
Senate
Joint
Federal “Mediation Board
AVC Wires Solons on Draft Issue in Tokyo cable
AVC wires Solons in Tokyo report that the American Veterans Committee urges a broad draft including eighteen and nineteen year olds to meet international and United Nations commitments. It calls for reforms to the draft and a care board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
American Veterans Committee
House
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United Nations
Push Toward Final Vote On OPA In Senate
Senate action accelerates toward lifting controls on Commodities and phasing out food subsidies by May 1 1947. OPA price orders aimed at boosting low priced clothing would be repealed and auto trade discounts restored. Some items outside price ceilings would not be brought under control. A stray sentence notes hemispheric wind rotation but lacks relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
OPA
Connally Presses For Atomic Control Treaty After Paraguayan Revolt
General Connally urged that any international control of atomic energy be bound in a strict treaty with no deviations once signed. He spoke after reports from Asuncion of a bloody revolt and the arrest of General Bernardo Aranda and 26 staff officers ordered by Paraguayan President Morinigo. Connally warned against veto power over enforcement and favored a separate treaty free of Security Council veto, while Baruch sought a broader world disarmament plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Bernardo Aranda
Paraguay
Higinio Mormnigo
Morinigo
Washington
Agustin Vaila
Vaili
United States
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Special Atomic Committee
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Committee
Senate Committee
World Security Council
Security Council
Baruch
Conciliator Hints at Narrowing Longshore Tieup
Negotiators heard from Kelley and Owens as federal officials pressured unions to avert a strike. CIO and AFL leaders faced sticky issues over pay, while 200000 members prepared for a possible shutdown. Reports cited proposed wage boosts and shifts in overtime rules amid a looming deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
John Owens
International Longshoremen’s Association
Owens
CIO
AFL
Jeaders
John W. Gibson
CTO
Lee Pressman
Svares
Stavedoves
Labor Department
Philip Murray
Gibson
Harry Bridges
Four Accused in China Rice Scandal Exposure
Shanghai reports accuse four sectional chiefs of the Ministry of Food of involvement in a billion Chinese dollar government scandal. The charges appear in an official report to Nanking after local investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Ministry of Food
Nanking
Night Nylon Sale Draws 50,000 Women in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on June 13 a department store held a night nylon sale prompted by Mayor David L. Lawrence after 400 business women asked for relief. About 50,000 women attended. only 13,600 pairs were available and many bought none. The event stretched blocks and 12 women fainted during the hours. Each participant needed a boss letter to prove working hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Hiw
Mihailovic Asks Nazis to Surrender Arms in 1944 Talks
Belgrade dispatch reports Gen. Draja Mihailovic told the Yugoslav military court that in 1944 he and Col. Robert H. McDowell discussed turning over weapons to the Chetnik chief in view of a German defeat. The Tito government indictment accuses Mihailovic and McDowell of parleying with the Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. King
Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Robert H. McDowell
U. 3
Chetnik
Marshal Tito
Mihailovic
MceDowell
Deaths Near White House Highlight 1944 Mihailovic Meetings
A former garage owner and a 26 year old girl writer testified about meetings with German and Yugoslav officer Draja Mihailovic in September 1944 near the White House in Washington. The witness described discussions with Col McDowell and a German officer Streker regarding surrender terms and the fate of arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mihailovic
McDowell
Lafayette
Streker
White House
Yugoslavia
Sterker
Europe
Col. McDowell
Germany
Lalle
Col
New York
Committee For A Fair Trial
Draja Mihailovic
City Hits 90 Degree Heat as Central Station Smolders
In a 1046 heatwave the Central Station police reported the city’s furnace like heat. A policeman mopped his brow and said the place felt like an Ike furnace, noting the air was intensely hot and overwhelming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jone
Central Station
Tragedy at Hotel Dining Room Roof Jump
A woman in pink panties leapt from a second floor hotel dining area as a man in underwear shorts followed after an argument with two police. Arthur D. Millison and Mrs Dorothy Cox Mahoney, both Washington fans, were identified. Millison, 34, was estranged from his wife and left behind three children. Police report a bloody razor blade and self-inflicted wrist cuts. Millison died at a hospital. authorities say the woman’s body struck the ground below and blood dripped from the eighth floor window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde N. Strange
Arthur D. Millison
Dorothy Cox
Ma‘honey
San Francisco
Washington
Millison
Edwin Birrell
James L. Thrift
Birrell
Thrift
Wheat Harvest Hope Grows Across Plains States
Wheat farmers in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas report yields ahead of expectations due to recent rains and heat. Some farmers store 45 to 55 percent on farms to avoid selling to the commodity credit corporation while others bring grain to elevators. Labor and equipment remain tight but rail cars are being secured to move the crop.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Plains Country
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas-Oklahoma
Garden City
Kas
Walt Mercer
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sherman
Tex
Wichita
Kan
Fred Burns
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
iReport Progress In Filipino Peace
Manila—June 13. Secretary Jose Zulueta reports unexpected progress in the Roxas campaign after days of talks with Hukbalahap leader Luis Taruc. Taruc and associates are said to be cooperative and a broad peace accord formula is being worked out in central provinces.
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Manila
Jose Zulueta
Roxas
Zulueta
Luis Taruc
Hukbalahap
Taruc
Police Lieut Emerson raid ends with arrests in bookmaking case
Baltimore June 13 Police Lt Alexander Emerson and his voice squad raided and arrested women on a bookmaking charge. While gathering evidence Emerson placed Patrolman Cornelius Trenkamp at the telephone. The caller said I’ll take 50 on Emerson to win and then hung up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alexander Emerson
Emerson
Cornelius Trenkamp
Remains of McGuffey Grandfather Found in Cemetery
In New Castle a fallen headstone in Deer Creek cemetery Lawrence County reveals the resting place of William McGuffey grandfather of the compiler of McGuffey's Reader. The discoverer notes this small overgrown plot holds all that remains of the ancestor who preceded the famed educator.
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New Castle
Deer Creek
Lawrence County
McGuffey
William McGuffey
Nudism Sparks Debate in Bavarian Occupation Zone
In German Bavaria nudism attracts American military focus as shortages push clubs into the open. A Munich student group of 13 women and several male nudists claim food scarcity drives behavior, insisting sex is far from their thoughts amid occupation moral questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prankfurt
Germany
Bavaria
Munich
Young Arsonist Burns Harrisburg Warehouse
An eight year old boy told State Police he burned a Harrisburg warehouse last week after being chased by a watchman. He crawled through a hole under a loading platform and ignited piled paper, causing about 15000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Hall Motor Transit Co
Jack Arms
Three Indiana Boys Arrested For Pilfering Stores
Three Indiana boys aged 10 11 and 13 were arrested by Borough Police on charges of pilfering money from cash registers and shoplifting when clerks were not looking. Superintendent Edward Allen announced two complaints from Anderson's Shoe Store and Gray's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Edward Allen
Anderson
Gray
Funeral services for Thomas Stokes and Daisy Stokes
Thomas Stokes 71 and his wife Daisy 82 died within an hour Tuesday near South McGrann Kittanning Pa. Thomas a Spanish American War veteran, his wife had been ill. Funeral set for tomorrow. An unrelated note mentions new electronics that remove dust from firelir via charged particles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittanning
Thomas Stokes
Daisy
South McGrann
Stokes
Obituaries for SARA WINFIFRED SKMILLEN and QUINTER RUSSELL
Sara Winfifred Skmillen wife of Charles A McMillen died at her Rayne home Tuesday June 11 at 2 30 am after a long illness. Friends may visit Robinson Funeral Home today 2 00 pm to 4 30 pm and 7 00 pm to 10 00 pm with services Friday June 14 at 1 30 pm led by Rev James K Leitch. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Quinter Russell of Cookport died at his late home this morning at 4 43 am aged 84. Born November 27 1861 in Montgomery Township he lived near Cookport 50 years. Surviving are his widow Ann May Russell and children Bertha Kelm Zoe Wilt Ruben Russell Elsie Lydie Edith Ferrier and Euelah Van Tassle along with fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was brother to Harve Russell Wallace Springs Andy Cherrytree Emanuel Baltimore Katherine Rainey Jenny Kitchen. Friends may gather at his family home after 7 00 pm Friday. Services at Cookport Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 00 pm followed by interment at Cookport Methodist Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Winfifred Skmillen
Charles A. McMillen
Rayne
Robinson Feneral
Jas. K. Leitch
Oakland Cemetery
Quinter Russell
Cockport
Joseph
Christina
Nive Wonger) Russell
Montgomery ‘Township
Cookport
Ann May
Bagley
Russell
Bertha Kelm
Baltimore
Zoe Wilt
Ruben Russell
Elsie Lydie
Clymer
Edith Ferrier
Indiana R. D
Euelah van Tassle
Harve Russell
Walis Springs
Cookport Lutheran Church
Cookport Methodist Church
Comic Butterworth Dies In Auto Crash
LOS ANGELES June 13 PL Film comedian Charles Butterworth died after his car skidded 50 feet and struck an electric light pole. He died in an ambulance en route to General Hospital from severe head injuries. No other occupants were in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Butterworth
General Hospital
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AVC
Hemispheria
Diane Witt
George Witt
Fanny
Fire Department
Young
England
Weather Report
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