Attlee Calls Palestine Blast Worst Outrage Yet
Prime Minister Attlee labeled the King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem the worst outrage in months. He cited 41 dead, 52 missing, and 53 injured with Dispatches noting 48 dead and 50 missing. Government considers further British troops while pursuing a just Palestine settlement with the United States and Arab and Jewish leaders. Lt. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham heads to Jerusalem after talks with the Colonial Office and cabinet.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Palestine
King David
Jerusalem
United States
Sir Alan Cunningham
Colonial Office
Bombing at King David Hotel Leaves Dozens Dead
Jerusalem police say about 20 Jews detained after the terror bombing of the King David hotel yesterday. The blast killed or left missing 98 people, with 48 confirmed dead. Military rescue teams labored amid the rubble of the hotel housing British army HQ and government offices. Continued on Page Three.
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Jerusalem
King David Hotel
Palestine
YMCA
la Regence
A _ police
Palestine Government
American Military Flights To Yugoslavia Cancelled
Belgrade reports all American military flights to Yugoslavia are cancelled for at least a month. The suspension follows a Yugoslav decree forcing Vienna Belgrade flights to use a new route over Hungary, requiring Russian clearances.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Vienna
Two Teens Sought After Horse Theft On State Line
Two sixteen year old boys are sought by Minnesota and Wisconsin officials on the Minnesota Wisconsin border in connection with a horse theft. Sheriff Ray Kuhlman of Eau Claire county says the youths rented two horses and saddles totaling 300 dollars from a local riding academy on Sunday.
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Eau Claire
Wis
U.P
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ray Kuhlman
Eau Claire County
Veterans urged to verify registration for upcoming primary
City Clerk A E Axtell warned World War II veterans from Keno sha to ensure permanent registration before the July 31 deadline to vote in the August 13 primary. He noted overseas voting did not grant permanent registration and urged other unregistered voters to sign up by July 31.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Axtell
Statue of Liberty Center of Housekeeping Dispute
The Statue of Liberty sparks a housekeeping dispute as C P Reynolds claims debris and lipstick drawings on the statue and a littered Bedloe's Island. Charles S Marshall counters exaggeration and cites a plan for a wire guard while denying knife carvings and noting possible interior paint scratches.
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New York
C. P. Reynolds
Toledo
Monument Builders of America, Inc
Chicago
Miss Liberty
Bedive's Island
Washington
Charles S. Marshall
Statue of Liberty National Monument
Marshall
Reynolds
Senate poised to pass GI terminal leave bill
The Senate pressed toward a vote on a 3 billion dollar GI terminal leave pay measure backed by President Truman. Discharged servicemen would receive five year non transfer able federal bonds at 2 percent interest to cover furloughs not taken. Some lawmakers favor immediate cash, while supporters argue the bill eliminates favoritism toward cash recipients. The plan is retroactivity contested and bonds cannot be cashed for five years.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
Ball
War, Navy
Treasury Department
Budget Bureau
House
House Approves Compromise Revival of OPA
The House grants final approval to a compromise aimed at reviving the Office of Price Administration. The debate centers on controlling wartime economy, with lawmakers weighing cost of living and supply issues as agency powers are restored.
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House
City Betterment Contest Winners Are Announced
First Sgt. Anthony Schall of Detroit won $100 in the city betterment contest sponsored by the Kenosha Chamber of Commerce. Sixty nine entries proposed ideas to improve Kenosha. runners up were Mrs. C. A. Erickson and Miss Ruth B. Palmer. Other prizewinners received war savings bonds and stamps.
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Chamber of Commerce Committee For the Promotion of
Kenosha
Anthony Schall
Detroit
Sgt. Schall
C. A. Erickson
Twenty-second Avenue
Ruth B. Palmer
Tenth Avenue
Tenth Avenue. Mrs. Erickson
Palmer
Leslie J. Moertsch
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Robert Densmore
Sheridan Road
Arman S. Ranyan
Seventh Street
Emil Goetz
Fifth Avenue
Ernest Hawke
Chamber City Promotion Committee
F. E. Conner
Fred E.frankson
First Methodist Church
Stephen Sher
James E. Cotter
St. James Church
Alfred L. Drury
Washington Road
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-fifth
Fitieth Streets
Kenosha Harbor
Forty-fourth Street
Gov Goodland Sets Special Session To Seek Emergency Funds
Wisconsin Governor Walter S Goodland plans a special session within a week to approve emergency appropriations of 1 150 000 to fund state agencies through next March. If the OPA revival bill fails in Congress the session will address rent controls and veterans housing, with attendance by state officials and party leaders in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Walter S. Goodland
Congress
Wisconsin
Goodland
Truman
State Emergency Board
State Department of Public Welfare
War Department Cuts Food Purchases As Prices Rise
The armed forces reduced buying of butter and fresh meats to absolutely necessary levels due to instability in prices. Purchases by the quartermaster corps for the army, navy and other services dropped by more than 48 percent to 22,496,474 pounds in June amid shortages.
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Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Navyl
Hurley Town Defends Record Against Bolton Criticism
Mercer resident Thomas J. Joyce challenged Rep. Frances Bolton to reassess Hurley Wisconsin, saying the city is thriving with strong churches and an excellent school system. He urged Bolton to stop labeling Hurley as a wild, wide open town amid her push for federal vice suppression.
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Mercer
Wis
U.P
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Hayward
Hurley
Hell
Thomas J. Joyce
Bolton
Middle West
Joyce
Heirens Case Attorneys Convene With Suspect Parents
Chicago defense lawyers and William Heirens met in the county jail chapel amid state plans to present grand jury indictments. No confession was expected or indicated, as counsel prepared to address burglary and murder charges while Heirens remains jailed on $290,000 bond. The youth is associated with the Degnan kidnapping and deaths linked by newspapers to several 1945-46 slayings.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Heirens
Degnan
Malachy Coghlan
Coghlan
Suzanne
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Kenosha Lawyers Demand Pay Increases For Court Reporters
A petition circulated by 15 Kenosha lawyers seeks county board action to raise salaries for Municipal Court reporters after board rejection for four posts led to resignations and ongoing understaffing. The move cites slowed justice in Municipal Juvenile and County Courts, with 27 cases in three days and three bind‑over hearings.
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Kenosha County
County Board
Gerald Siebert
Kenosha
Senate Ready To Take Quick Action On OPA Bill
The House approved a compromise OPA bill restoring rent and most price controls for a year but delaying ceilings on meat dairy and grain until Aug 21. Leaders in both chambers expressed optimism that the measure would reach the President soon for signature.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
House
Sam Rayburn
Tex
John W. McCormack
Mass
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
Alben W. Barkley
Senate House
White House
OPA
Paul Porter
OPA Bill Extends Controls and Rent Rules
The compromise OPA bill would extend OPA operations to June 30 1947 and keep rent controls at June 30 levels unless the price administrator authorizes increases. No further provision is described in the text.
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Washington
ULP
OPA Considers Restoring June 30 Rent Ceilings
An OPA official said plans to reestablish June 30 rent ceilings if a revival bill passes. The move would restore controls in 520 areas previously under rent limits when the law lapsed.
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Washington
OPA
King of Bikini May Not See Atom Test
King Juda of Bikini was set to view the underwater atomic test but was unable to go. He left Bikini for Rongerik, then returned, saying his people saw the July 1 blast from afar and feared their island burned. Navy officials noted only Washington can grant final permission to attend.
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Albert Jacobson
War Department
Combine
Washington
Freeman
Freeman Schome
Garsson
Jacobson
Samuel Dickstein
New York Supreme Court
King of
Bikini
Mt. McKinley
Juda
William H. P. Blandy
Rongerik Island
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rongerik
Navy
James Milne
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Eighth Avenue
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Fifty-second Street
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Fifty-fourth Street
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Sixtieth Street
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