Red Army Shakeup Drops War Hero Zhukov to Odessa Post
United Press reports Stalin restructured the Red Army high command, relegating Marshal Georgi Zhukov from ground forces commander to a provincial post in Odessa. No full details are released, but the move follows a broad shakeup amid a push for stricter discipline and secrecy.
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New York
U.P
Stalin
Red Army
Georgi K. Zhukov
Soviet Union
United Press
Zhukov
Russia
Moscow
Odessa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Orleans
Supreme Soviet
Rus
Allied Control Commission
Berlin
Eisenhower
United States
Leon Trotsky
Red Army High Command
Complete Fair Program Plans Revealed for Kenosha Fair
Kenosha County officials unveiled plans for the 26th Kenosha County Fair to be held at Wilmot August 9 10 and 11. The three day program features senior and 4-H divisions farm and home displays free acts professional entertainment nightly horse shows commercial exhibits and a parade led by the American Legion color guard.
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Kenosha County
Wilmot
Wilmot Village
Fred Semrau Post
American Legion Color Guard
Otto Schenning
WLS Barn Dance
Barnes Company
Chicago
Bristol Band
Truman would stump for Democrats if needed
President Truman said he would campaign for Democratic congressional nominees if useful but has not planned a speaking tour. He opposed Rep. Roger C. Slaughter in Missouri, urged Kansas City leader James Pendergast to back Enos Axtell, and indicated he would support Democratic nominees if necessary.
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Washington
Truman
New York
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
James Pendergast
Kansas City
Enos Axtell
Slaughter
Pendergest
Wheeler
D.mont
House Rules Committee
Pendergast
Truman Names UN Delegates
President Truman nominated the U S delegates to the United Nations general assembly in New York in September. Senior American representative will be Sen. Warren R Austin with Byrnes absent. Delegates include Sen. Tom Connally Sen. Arthur Vandenberg Rep. Sol Bloom and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt. Alternates include Rep. Eaton Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas John Foster Dulles and Adlai Stevenson. Truman may attend part of the meetings and plans to go himself.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
U. S
United Nations General Assembly
New York
James F. Byrnes
Warren R. Austin
Senate
Austin
UN Security Council
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
General Assembly
Tom Connally
Tex
Arthur E. Vandenberg
Mich
Sol Bloom
N. Y
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles A. Eaton
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Cal
John Foster Dulles
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
Byrnes
Three Russians Turned Over to Red Army at Hof
U S announces three Russians held as spies were handed to the Red army at Hof in northeastern Bavaria near the zonal border. An army spokesman gave no new word on two missing American officers Lt George Wyatt of Oklahoma City and Capt Harold Cobin of Newark.
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Frankfurt
U.P
U. S
Red Army
Hof
Bavaria
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Harold Cobin
Newark
President Sees Higher Prices Without OPA
Truman warned prices will keep rising unless Congress passes a revived OPA bill. He spoke as a joint House Senate conference debated a compromise, with little agreement after three days of talks. Barkley proposed a price plan linking 1940 levels to current costs, contingent on OPA boosting production.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Senate House
Mr. Truman
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
House
Barkley
Robert A. Taft
OPA
Taft
CPA Orders Manufacturers to Hold 30 Day Supply
The Civilian Production Administration issued an order to prevent withholding household items from the market to raise prices. Manufacturers must not hold more than a 30 day supply of scarce goods including furniture refrigerators washing machines electric stoves sewing machines vacuum cleaners and some photographic equipment and building materials.
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Washington
U.P
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Agriculture Dept Bites Back on Beer Shortage Signs
Washington U P reports the Agriculture Department downplays a beer shortage despite two beers per customer signs. Brewers use 70 percent of grain. beer output falls 20 percent to about 70 million barrels from 86.5 million last year. Grain substitutes and lighter beer limit production. distillers buy surplus potatoes for spirits.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
The
Arthur L. Lacy
Lacy
Churchill Accuses Labor of Threatening Free Speech in Commons
Winston Churchill, addressing the House of Commons, charges the labor government with eroding free speech as government members object to posters listing MPs who voted for bread rationing as public enemies and dictators. He declares the government moving further toward suppressing speech.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Talmadge Sustains Lead in Georgia Governor Race
Former Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge held a wide lead in the state race as returns from yesterday’s primary continued to be tallied. Unit votes favored Talmadge over James Carmichael with 98 counties leading versus 50 for Carmichael, while Fulton County swung to Carmichael by a large margin.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
Carmichael
U. K
Fulton County
E. D. Rivers
Hoke O’kelley
Rivers
O'Kelley
Deep South
U. S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Grenade Attack Wounds Score in Alexandria Dance Hall
A grenade attack at a dance in Alexandria wounded about 28 people including eight British soldiers and civilians. Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha rushed to the city amid Anglo Egyptian treaty tensions. British officials promised strong representations to Sidky as violence escalates.
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Cairo
U.P
Alexandria
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Egypt
Ronald Campbell
Sidky
Loot Search Spreads To North Shore In Heirens Case
The hunt for loot tied to 17 year old William Heirens spreads to Kenosha and north shore cities as Chicago detectives check lockers at rail depots and hotels Indiana area. Investigators also search post offices and banks for stolen items while tracking two guns believed key to the kidnap murder case.
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Heirens
North Shore
William Heirens
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
Kenosha
John A. Olson
James Brady
Storm
Arthur J. Riley
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Wisconsin
Illinois
Skokie
George Murman
Lake Shore
Milwaukee
Lake Geneva
Gypsy Rose Lee Suffers for Art in Milwaukee
Gypsy Rose Lee, famed strip teases artist and novelist, described her Milwaukee engagement as crowded with a 16 by 20 foot stage leaving little room for her act. She said she was down right disgusted with the local club and carried on in the traditional trouper spirit.
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Milwaukee
A.P
Gypsy Rose Lee
Miss Lee
Rent Hearing Draws Blank in Kenosha
Governor backed inquiry into commercial rents drew no testimony in Kenosha as Elliot Walstead opened a statewide probe session in the county courthouse at 10 A M. After waiting thirty minutes with no speakers, Walstead adjourned the hearing without taking testimony.
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Kenosha
Elliot Walstead
Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers’ Board
Walstead
County Court House
Ra‘cine-Kenosha
Fears Italy's Fall if Trieste Becomes World City
Premier Alcide De Gasperi warned that Italy could fall if Trieste is internationalized as urged by the four power foreign ministers. He called the Trieste compromise unsatisfactory to both Italy and Yugoslavia and said Italy relies on the Paris peace conference to veto the plan.
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Italy
Trieste
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Foreign Ministers Council
Yugoslavia
Uncle of GOP candidate thanks rival at Sparta speech
John De Bow, uncle of Ralph M. Immell, paused his popcorn stand to hear Del Kenny speak on the courthouse lawn. Kenny chose a street corner spot, promised no mudslinging, and questioned Immell’s GI Bill education plan while citing room for 4,000 more students at state teachers colleges.
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Sparta
Wis
U.P
John de Bow
Ralph M. Immell
Immell
del J. Kenny
West Bend
de Bow
Kenny
Landoffice
Delay Decision On Calling May For Explanation
The Senate war profits committee reported new evidence in its probe into a Midwest munitions combine delaying a decision on summoning House Military Committee Chairman May for public explanation. May's terms for testimony include cross examination and records, which the panel refused. he says aid to the war effort was not personal profit. The panel also weighs action on Murray Garsson, linked to Erie Basin Metal and Batavia Metal, amid questions over his Havana illness.
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Mead Committee
Vanetsa Sarelas Doakes
Louis Sarelas
Washington
Erie Basin- Batavia
Senate
Harley Hilton
Capitol Police
Eleanor Hall
Combine
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Mead
D-N.y
Dlinois
Francis Flanagan
Murray Garsson
Garsson
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Elgin
Batavia Metal Products Company
Batavia
Havana
George Meader
Atom Control Bill Wins First Test in House
The House defeated Rep. Rankin’s bid to strike out the bill enacting clause 131 to 102. A motion by Rep. Short to return the measure to the military committee failed 107 to 50. The fight over civilian versus military control continues as military representation is debated for the atomic energy control commission and director roles.
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Washington
House
John E. Rankin
Miss
Rankin
Short
Military Committee
Atomic Energy Control Commission
Price Pickets Gear Up for Nation Wide Demonstration
United Auto Workers AFL plans a nation wide price picketing protest against high prices. The first squads are organized in Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana and Ohio led by international president Lester Washburn who spoke today.
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Milwaukee
United Auto Workers Union
AFL
Lester Washburn
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Washburn
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Wash
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Sidkey
Rue Corinth
Riley
Jean Bates
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