Begin Operations To Wipe Out Anarchy In Holy Land
British troops and police launched large scale operations in Palestine at dawn. They occupied buildings used by the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, imposed curfews, and arrested most of the agency executive. Raids, overhead air support, and arms searches swept Jerusalem Tel Aviv Haifa and seven other communities. Telephones were cut, delaying initial dispatches. A rudimentary press censorship was announced as authorities moved to quell violence.
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Jerusalem
Britain
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Alan Cunningham
Haifa
China Truce Sabotage Is Possibility
Gen. George C. Marshall faces report that reactionary Kuomintang elements may try to sabotage the February 25 Chungking army reorganization pact with the Communists. Observers say pro-German Kuomintang factions push lenient Nazi relations. American forces withdrawal could limit Nazi involvement. fragmented China notes include local sale and restaurant schedule.
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Spencer Moosa Shangai
George C. Marshall
Kuomintang
Chungking
Mie Smiall
Chiang Kai-Sheik
China
Flash Floods Hit Cambria County Regions
Flood waters struck Barnesboro Spangler Carrolltown Hastings Patton and St Benedict in Cambria County after heavy showers. State Route 219 between Carrolltown and Spangler was blocked for about an hour by debris while cellars streets and properties in all six communities sustained damage.
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Barnesboro
Spangler
Carrolltown
Hastings
Patton
St. Benedict
Cambria County
Burglars Break In Local Gas Station in City Storm
Borough police report the Motor Inn Service Station at Fourth and Philadelphia was burglarized during the blackout on Thursday night. Thieves broke a rear window and took about $65 from the cash register. The station is run by Steven Pekala of Indiana.
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Motor Inn
Fourth
Philadelphia
Edward Allen
Steven Pekala
Indiana
Prepare To Evacuate Bikini Lagoon For Atom Bomb Test
Aboard USS Appalachian at Bikini on June 20, Operation Crossroads researchers and military staff prepared to evacuate Bikini Lagoon. Vice Admiral Blandy, commander of the atomic task force, planned to announce whether the bomb would drop Monday morning Bikini time, with 30,000 personnel to depart and only skeleton crews remaining aboard target ships Mt. McKinley and Kenneth Whiting.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
W. H. P. Blandy
Atomic Task Force
Blandy
Admiral Blandy
Mt. McKinley
Kenneth Whiting
Senate Eyes 2 Elections
Washington report notes two Senate committees scrutinizing campaigns in Mississippi and Montana. Bilbo seeks renomination in Mississippi with a Tuesday primary while Wheeler faces a July 16 Montana contest. An elections panel may open a probe into reports eligible Black voters and war veterans being kept from voting in Mississippi.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Senate
Mississippi
Montana
Bilbo
D.-Miss
Wheeler
D.mont
Elections Committee
Bridges
CIO
Teen Chicago student eyed in Degnan case
State's Attorney William J. Touhy said a 17 year old University of Chicago student may be the kidnap slayer of Suzanne Degnan but no proof beyond reasonable doubt exists yet. Fingerprint comparison showed nine matching points between the ransom note and the suspect. Heirens remained silent as officials reported the findings and continued questioning.
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Chicago
William J. Touhy
University’ of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Husky William Heirens
Touhy
Heirens
Bridewell
Au Sushing
Tuohy
Criminal Courts
Andrew Toman
John C. Prendergast
Degnan
North Side
Jane
Richard Russell Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Divers Seek Survivors After Pier Collapse Tragedy
Navy divers prepared to resume efforts to recover bodies of five workmen missing after a 150 foot long pier collapsed in the Delaware River. Officials said twelve workers were on the structure when it fell, along with two box cars and heavy machinery. Five men were unaccounted for, believed trapped in the box cars. police launched an investigation as wharves officials scheduled a public meeting for witnesses to offer information on the possible cause.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Deaware River
Department of Wharves, Docks and‘ ‘Ferries
French Solution To Trieste Issue Ready
Paris dispatch reports French sources say a new proposal to settle Trieste will be presented at the Foreign Ministers Council meeting. It centers on internationalizing the Adriatic port city, with Italy and Yugoslavia seeking sovereignty. The piece notes Byrnes plans to press Molotov for a yes or no on a 21 nation peace conference this summer and discusses hopeful or doubtful views on Russian consent.
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Paris
Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
Julian March
Venezia Giulia
James F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
Byrnes
Molotov
Europe
Finland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Bowles resigns as Stabilization Director before Truman decision
Chester Bowles quit as Stabilization Director after deciding to resign at home Thursday night before President Truman acted on the price control extension. He sent his resignation to the White House Friday and left aides surprised. Bowles had urged vetoing the bill and hoped his departure might sway Congress or influence Truman’s stance on extending OPA.
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Marvin EL. Arrowsmith
Washington
Chester Bowles
Truman
Congress
Bowles
OPA
White House
Con- Bress
Strike Hits Clothes Men
New York June 20 AP A Railway Express tieup in the New York metropolitan area disrupted by a walkout of about 10 000 union employees seeking working condition changes threatens garment, fishing, and floral trades. Officials said a further announcement may follow after talks failed to bridge demands. If the stoppage lasts days, Manhattan garment production could be reduced or halted as storage space runs short.
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New York
Manhattan
Rankin Tot, Age 2, Struck By Truck
Two year old Edward Lee Rankin son of Mr and Mrs S C Rankin of 302 South 13th Street was injured slightly when struck by a truck at the intersection of 3th and Washington Street yesterday Meade Fisher of 101 Water Street said he was driving his Indiana Dairy Company truck south on th when the child darted in front of the vehicle The tot received brush burns and bruises and was given treatment by a local doctor.
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Edward Lee Rankin
S. C. Rankin
South 13Th Street
Typist Gets Respite In Brand Trial
Boston June 29 Helen Stavrou an 18 year old former Army airfield typist had a respite after three days on the witness stand in a case charging Lt Thomas Farrell with branding the girl slashing her with a razor sex offenses and assault and battery with intent to maim her The officer a bombardier veteran testified as cross examination continued detailing a night in a Boston hotel and the razor blade incident She testified she wept but was afraid to cry out and showed scars from the alleged branding and cutting The trial was adjourned until Monday with the judge noting a short recess before the July 4 holiday
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Boston
Helen Stavrou
Edward J. Voke
Thomas Farrell
Somerville
Miss Stavrou
Farrell
Fifth Air Force
South Pacific
Herbert F. Callaghan
Misa Stavrou
Starvation Averted For All But China
Ottawa June 29 Herbert Hoover said his famine mission to 38 nations shows the gap between cereal supplies and minimum needs has closed and mass starvation is averted except in China where interior transport and weak organization hinder relief. He credited import retrenchment, new supply sources, substitutions, self denial, Latin American help, lowered pipeline shipments to Britain, better India distribution, and an early American harvest.
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Ottawa
Herbert Hoover
China
U. S
Hoover
Europe
Asia
South America
Britain
India
America
Pope Pius XII Plans Two Short Wave Vatican Broadcasts
The Vatican announced Pope Pius XII will deliver two short wave broadcasts. One commemorates Eucharistic Day in Liege Belgium with times on 19.87 23.55 and 31.06 meters starting 5:00 a.m. EST. The second, closing the Bolivian National Eucharistic Congress, will air on 16.82 and 19.87 meters beginning at 1:00 a.m. EST.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Liege
Belgium
Reds hail Wallace in Soviet press on friendship pledge
Moscow reports Henry Wallace, U S Secretary of Commerce, hailed by Soviet press as a supporter of Russian American friendship and understanding based on statements in his book Mission to Soviet Asia.
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Moscow
Henry Wallace
U. S
Truman vetoes OPA bill deterring price controls debate
President Truman rejected the controversial OPA extension bill urging Congress to act now for a transition to a sound peacetime economy. He argued the measure would boost inflation while maintaining government control and demanded provisions to phase out subsidies and price controls with a minimum funding level of 1.25 billion dollars.
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Congress
America
Truman
Senate
House
County Receives $24602 From Liquid Fuels Tax Return
Auditor General G Harold Wagner approved payment of 2087472.28 to five western counties, with Indiana County receiving 24602 as its share of the Liquid Fuels Tax collected between December 1, 1945 and June 1, 1946.
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G. Harold Wagner
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Disaccord In UN On Atom Plans Charted
A chart by the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, spearheaded by Bernard M. Baruch, compares American and Russian atomic plans. It lists 20 points with reservations from Poland France and Australia, showing general US support and a path toward negotiation, despite head-on friction on three key issues. Australia’s Evatt led the commission in presenting the mixed views to delegates.
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Bernard M. Baruch Otha
United States
Oper
Vererin
Baruch
United Nations
Atos
Mic Energy Commission
Ath
Poland
France
Australia
Nalion Atomic Working Committees
Ister
Herbert V. Evatt
Commis
Arrests Slayings Precede Poland Pole Vote
Warsaw reported rising political violence as Poland neared a national referendum. About 8,000 politically motivated killings and intimidation of voters were blamed on the campaign, with arrests of opposition figures and threats to leaders. A London source warned ratification of the British Polish treaty hinged on free elections and the Polish government’s pledge to ensure them.
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Warsaw
Poland
Guilaw Banda
Longdon
London
Stannislaw Mikalas ‘Iecyk
S [Sar
Truman to Broadcast on OPA Bill Answer
President Truman will speak at 9 p m EST for about 15 minutes over all networks to explain his position on the OPA bill. Eben Ayers said the White House would not reveal the stance, and some officials doubted he would present the issue if he planned to sign the measure. Congress prospects not stated.
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Washington
Truman
Eben Ayers
White House
Exlain
Congress
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