Operation Vittles Holds Line Against Berlin Blockade
Berlin airlift efforts by the American, British and French sectors show the Western zones are barely fed as Soviet pressure threatens nearly 2,500,000 people. Officials indicate plans to triple the transport fleet to sustain deliveries and prevent famine.
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Berlin
W.P
U. S
Steck
Brian Robertson
London
Germany
Robertson
United States
Washington
New Truce in Palestine War Predicted by AP
A high ranking Israeli informant forecast a new truce by Saturday while Arab leaders in Amman vow to intensify the war effort. Benign U N action is discussed as fighting escalates with Jerusalem suburbs and Gaza bases attacked. Bernadotte seeks swift intervention and sanctions.
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Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Amman
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Britain
U. N
Folke Bernadotte
Security Council
Er Ramle
Lydda
Suba
Jerusalem
Beit Nuba
Latrun
Body of Kenosha airman Kenneth Colby returned for interment
The body of Sgt. Kenneth A Colby, a Kenosha native and tail gunner on a B 24, was sent from the Chicago Graves Distribution Center to Kenosha for final burial. Memorial services by Gate way Post 2751 VFW will follow religious rites at St Marys Catholic Church. Colby, born April 2 1925, died January 1 1945 after serving in World War II. Surviving are his parents and four siblings.
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Kenneth A Colby
Kenosha
Germany
Chicago
Colby
St. Thomas
Lincoln
American Brass Company
Illinois
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
Washington
George Colby
Wallace
Howard
Harold
Hersholt Fetzer
All-Star Game Sees American League Rally To Lead
In St Louis at Sportsmans Park 34 000 fans watched the American league surge ahead with three runs in the fourth inning to move into a 5 2 lead after Stan Musial homered for the National league in the first inning.
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Sportsmans Park
St. Louis
Stan Musial
Council to Act On School Bonds This Afternoon
Bids for 750000 in municipal bonds to fund the vocational school building at the former Allen tannery site will be opened by city clerk B A Herrmann this afternoon, with the city council later approving the sale. The project tops 1000000 but 750000 is funded from saved sums.
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B. A. Herrmann
Allen Tannery
Lose Your Teeth Celebrating 4th
A man asleep in a yard at 6105 Twenty fifth Avenue was awakened on the Fourth of July and left. A denture, apparently lost the same day, was found in Clay ton W. Pattey’s yard Monday afternoon. He may recover the denture by contacting police.
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Twentyfifth Avenue
Clayton W. Pattey
Pattey
Newark Judge Admits Gambling Mirage of Bookies Embezzlement
Newark police judge P James Pellecchia Jr confessed to taking 630000 from the Columbus Trust where he served as vice president and losing most of it gambling on horses with bookies over about two and a half years. He admitted sole responsibility and was held after the confession on forgery embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses charges.
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Newark N. J
Newark
P. James Pellecchia, Jr
United States
Columbus Trust Company
John J. Dickerson
Trust Company
Dickerson
Pellecchia
Duane Minard
Train Smashes Auto With Two Escape Death
Two men escaped death when their car was struck by a Chicago and North Western passenger train at the Chiwaukee road crossing near the Illinois state line. Henry R. Picha, 55, of Cicero, was injured with fractures and cuts and was hospitalized. driver Carl J. Falcone, 28, also of Cicero, was uninjured. The train, identified as No. 158, had engineer J. J. Carroll and conductor W. A. Maroney. A second accident on Highway 41 left a motorist with a fractured right leg and arm and head cuts after hitting a truck north of Highway 50.
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Chiwaukee Road
Illinois State Line
Sheriff's
Henry R. Picha
Cicero
Kenosha Hospital
Picha
Carl J. Falcone
North Western Railroad
Falcone
Leonard Jensen
Eugene Schend
J. J. Carroll
W. A. Maroney
Highway 41
Highway 50
Chet Molinaro
Reuther Quits Ford Wage Talks Amid UAW Row
Walter Reuther of the UAW-CIO stormed out of Ford wage negotiations after entering the talks a day earlier. Ford VP Bugas dismissed his windmill remark as a sign of intransigence while the union seeks about 28 cents an hour in raises and social security gains.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
John S
Bugas
Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Auto Union
Fall Kills Painter at Superior Iron Ore Dock
Nicholas Boser age 56 of Red Wing Minnesota fell from a scaffold while painting the Northern Pacific iron ore dock in Superior. He died from injuries sustained in the accident yesterday. The report lists Boser as the painter.
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Superior
Wis
Nicholas Boser
Red Wing
Minn
Northern Pacific
Truman Barkley Platform Draft Skirts Civil Rights Issue
Democratic platform drafters at the convention skip a point-by-point civil rights endorsement, opting for a general race plank and compromise to unite liberal and southern wings. The 4,500-word draft calls for Taft Hartley repeal, higher minimum wage, and broader inflation controls, with ratification due tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Dixie
Full
White House
Palestine
Israeli
Israel
Jerusalem
Republican Party
Emanuel Celler
New York
Platform Group
State Department
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Humphrey
Celler
Liberal” Platform Committee
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Soaring Livestock and Wholesale Prices Lift Retail Meats
United Press reports rising livestock and wholesale meat prices have driven retail beefsteak and pork chop costs higher. A two week survey shows price hikes at retail shops with retailers expecting further increases.
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New York
Washington
Atlanta
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Omaha
Denver
Dallas
George Dressler
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Association
Conway
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Captive Coal Mine Strike Settled Today
Washington reports a settlement in the captive coal mine dispute as United Mine Workers reach a compromise with the nation's 10 largest steel companies. Miners will return to work tomorrow under a contract aligned with the June 25 industry agreement, eliminating a planned hearing on a union shop provision. The 40,000 workers had been idle after opposing a contract without a labor board election.
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Washington
U.P
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Labor Relations Board
Truman Backs Barkley as Democratic running mate
President Truman voiced support for Senator Alben Barkley as his prospective vice president, signalling a likely Truman Barkley ticket. Barkley, the convention’s temporary chairman, drew a 28 minute ovation and declined to commit until after the session, while McGrath signaled possible rapid completion of platform and ticket decisions.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Barkley
Kentucky
McGrath
Barkley Hesitates on Democratic Vice Presidential Bid
Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky said he has not decided whether to accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Close associates expect him to run, with President Truman and James A. Farley voicing confidence he would accept. Barkley hinted a decision may come tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Philadelphia
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Len Barkley
Mr. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Barkley
My Old
Ken
U.P
Truman
James A. Farley
Housewife Demonstrates Price Climb at Democratic Convention
At the Philadelphia convention a housewife, India Edwards, executive director of the DNC women's division, used market items to dramatize rising prices. She compared current costs of steak oleomargarine and milk with 1946 controls, showing a ballooned price picture and urging delegates to vote Democratic.
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Philadelphia
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Mutiny Threat Quelled Aboard William Carson
US Navy reports the mutinous crew on the 7000 ton Liberty ship William Carson is under control after a message saying everything is under control. Coral Sea prepared to locate the vessel near the Azores while Camp Campbell moved at full speed. Rear Admiral McLean in the Azores acknowledged the situation easing.
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London
U. S
William Carson
Coral Sea
Azores
Coast Guard
Campbell
A. J. McLean
U. S. Navy
Missouri
Gibraltar
Cuba
Consul General Hodgdon Dies in Stuttgart at 58
A. Dana Hodgdon, aged 58, U. S. consul general in Stuttgart since 1946, died last night. He previously served in Berlin and Hamburg and had connections to Baltimore, according to reports.
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Germany
A. Dana Hodgdon
U. S
Berlin
Hamburg
Baltimore
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