Peace Parley Gets Nowhere in Balkan Talks
At Paris the Italian, Mungar Sun and Romanian peace treaty commissions failed to achieve progress. They approved only three paragraphs of the Italian draft preamble. Dmitri Manuilsky announced to the press a Security Council complaint over Greek policy and border incidents with Albania. Byrnes and Bevin held a one hour conference during the stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Mos
Paris
Artse
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Balkans
Raft
Yaroslav
Malan Economic
Dmitri Manuilsky
Security Council
Albania
Alexaneder Cadogan
Britis
Din Manuilsky
Petrus
Gremees
Constantin Tsaidaris
Seek Werner Plack For Investigation Seeks Testimony
The Senate war investigating committee seeks Werner Flack, former Nazi foreign office official, for important testimony in an inquiry into prewar defense construction. Kilgore says the subcommittee hears possible links to Hans Wilhelm Roh l, a German-born naturalized citizen with wartime contracts on western coast installations. The panel has begun preliminary work into activates of district engineers and defense projects before Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Germany
Werner Flack
Foreign Office
Kilgore
D-Wva
Reb Plick
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Blawnit
Pearl Harbor
Col
Dore Wymin
Pilvail
Scamboshouse Trust
Leaime
Wisconsin Historical Society Ends 100th Annual Meet
The 100th Wisconsin Historical Society annual meeting concluded Saturday in Prairie du Chien with about 850 delegates. New officers will be named next week in Madison after adjournment. The group thanked Rev S T Stemper rector of Campion Ponders for hosting the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wilts
Wisconsin Historical Society
Will Lewis
Delogrtes
Madisonext
Sailors May Strike Amid Pacific Port Talks
Sailors from the Pacific union threaten a walkout citing wage stabilization rejection as AFL Jors plan meetings at all Pacific ports tonight and into Saturday to decide on action.
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San Francisco
M— Afl
Pacific
Mandyight
Tirery Lanelebeas
Segres
Ns the
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Sid
India Railway Strike Shuts Down 3 1 2 Mile System
Suniti vet notes a Tamil Nadu South Indian Railway line 3 1 2 mile system halted by a midnight Saturday strike. Employees demand better working conditions and fair wages as protests spread across the SIADRKAS area.
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Siadrkas
Suniti
Local Weather Update Amid Erratic Readings
Erratic readings show warmer trend across regions with higher daytime highs and humidity. Forecasters note sudden temperature swings and mixed precipitation potential, urging residents to monitor updates and plan outdoors accordingly.
Soviet Shifts Spark Talks on Kremlin Foreign Policy
London reports say Russia reshuffled top foreign ministry posts with Litvinov moved aside and two aides to Molotov named to high positions in Germany and Japan. Dismissal of Litvinoff and Pravda's Ukraine purge prompt speculation of a turn toward nationalism and altered relations with the United States and Britain.
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London
Russia
Maxim M. Litvinol
Germany
Japan
V. M. Mololoy
Liviot
Moscow
Krermlin
Shkvinol
Pravda
Communist
Central Committee
Ukraine
Litvinoff
Geneva
League of Nations
United States
Britain
Washington
Roosevelt
Vandenberg Heads to Paris Peace Conference
Vice President Vandenberg of Michigan flies to Paris to advise on the peace efforts and join Senator Connally as adviser to Secretary Byrnes. He travels aboard the Presidential plane with Mrs Vandenberg and Senate Majority Leader Barkley, who heads to Switzerland for the Interparliamentary Union executive committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sen. Connally
D-Tex
Byrnes
M's. Vandenberg
Senate
Barkley
St. Morris
Switzerland
The
Intersparliamentary Union
Dayton Woman Delivers Identical Triplet Daughters
In Dayton Ohio a Caesarean birth produced identical triplet daughters for 26 year old Mrs Earl McClellan after months of expectation advised by Dr Justus Loeb. The Earle Express Co employee husband was excited and the hospital names for the babies finalized as Sue Nance Jane and Cheryl Ann.
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Dayton
Justus Loeb
Earl McClellan
Belery
Railway Express . Co
Employe
C' Lo Kuen Sue
Nance Jane
Cheryl Ann
Yugoslav Charge of U S Pressure over Danube Shipping
Yugoslavia charged in a note to the United States last May that Washington refused to release 10 million dollars for Yugoslav Danube shipping amounted to political pressure to gain Tito support for Danube navigation internationalization. A Yugoslav informant said 173 Danube ships were held in the U S zone of Austria costing 20 million dollars in lost productivity and that Tito threatened to defend Yugoslavia’s interests. Dean Acheson said the U S seeks to reopen Danube navigation for bordering states and noted some ships in Austria were owned by non Austrian individuals. Officials declined further comment.
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London
Yugoslavia
United States
Marshal Tito
Danube
U. S
Tito
Austria
Dean
Acheson
Washington
Department
North China Fighting Intensifies Amid Multi-Front Struggles
Reports say fighting grows in Kiangsu above Jakao and Taiyuan requests help as Chiang Kai-shek and General Marshall meet at Kuling. Manchuria may see major clashes after a two month lull near Harbin while talks press for a 40 member all party state council before the November 12 constitutional assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Kiangsu
Jakao
Jayess
Chiang Kai-shek
Marshall
Kuling
Taiyuan
Shansi
Manchuria
NMU Puts Inland Members Behind Great Lakes Strike
The National Maritime Union directs its 2 500 inland members to intensify the day old Great Lakes shipping strike. NMU vice president Joseph Slack urges no let up as talks resume with strike bound carriers and ports around the five lakes report continued disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delron
CIG National Maritime Union
Joudetta
Five Lakes
Joseph Slack
NMU
Strik
Fort
Rigorous Regulations Bolster Defenses To Combat Threatened Wage-Price Row
Washington government tightens price controls under Barkley Taft amendment to curb rising prices and wage demands. OPA plans vigorous enforcement with meat price ceilings in force Sept 9 and a strengthened tri‑agency watchdog effort to quash illegal profits amid labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
GREEN
Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Bers
Subuizaian Board
WSB
Barkley-Taft
Porter
Justice, Treasury and
Agriculture Department
Turkey rejects Soviet bid on Dardanelles defense at UN
Ankara rejects joint Russian Turkish defense of the Dardanelles and limits on strait control. It says the United Nations alone guarantees security and favors an international conference to revise the 1936 Montreux convention. Turkey urges the United States to join any revision and warns Moscow against seeking a privileged strategic position.
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Ankara
Turkey
Dardanelles
United Nations
United States
Montreux
Russia
Black Sea
12 Year Old Chicago Lad Bitten by Tiger at Wisconsin Fair
A 12 year old Chicago boy named John Pisarski was severely bitten when he slipped into an opening atop a tiger's cage at the Wisconsin state fair. He received injuries to his feet and ankles and was taken to County General Hospital. The tiger was part of an animal act, and the boy was a guest of the act's owner Richard Clemens of Peoria, Illinois.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
John Pisarski
Albert Pisarski
County General Hospital
Richard Clemens
Peoria
Coast Guard Plane Fails to Reach Suffering Sailor Aboard Lincoln
A coast guard plane could not land near the Joseph Lincoln due to rough seas wind and darkness while a navy blimp K 120 with a surgeon was dispatched from Lakehurst NJ to assist a third mate with an ailment described as an alete perforation. The mission aimed to reach the vessel about 300 miles off Chesapeake Bay between 2 50 and 3 50 a m CST.
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New York
Coast Guard
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
New Jersey
Chesapeake Bay
Missing Stamford Auditor Reports Phone Call From Absent Family
Stamford authorities said Abraham Kahn, a missing Stamford auditor, called police claiming to be dining with his five children at the Dane tine house in Milford Pennsylvania. The family, including six to fourteen year olds and a three year old Chinese boy, disappeared after a rowboat was found drifting near a breakwater in Mamaonek, N C. Pennsylvania authorities were to be asked to investigate the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
George Anderson
Abraham Kahn
Milford
Pennsylvania
Kohn
Fen Sons
Long Island
Mamaonek
N. C
Andursyon
Formation of National Guard Nears Target Strength
War Department reports postwar National Guard forming into a minute man force with an ultimate strength around 700,000. All states Hawaii Puerto Rico and DC have accepted air units and only one state has accepted ground forces units proposed by the war department.
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National Guard
War Department
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Kenosha Faces Polio Surge With Seven New Cases
Seven new poliomyelitis cases were reported in Kenosha and the surrounding county, raising weekly totals to 22 and the city’s overall count to 72. Dr. A J Randall warned the infantile paralysis outbreak will continue until infection runs its course, noting the virus’s eight day life cycle and last week as the worst of the epidemic.
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Kenosha
Wis
Jerf Frost
A. J. Randall
City Health Department
Council of
Parent-Teachers Associations
Randall
Nehru to lead new Indian interim government formed
Field Marshal Wavell announced a new Indian interim government headed by Pandit Nehru to take office Sept 2. The Congress will run day to day affairs with broad autonomy while the assembly works on a constitution. The Muslim League threatens direct action and possible civil disobedience amid rioting in Old Delhi. Curfew imposed.
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New Delhi
Lord Wavell
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Wavell
Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Senate Committee to Probe Wartime Machinery Purchases
Senator Kilgore said a subcommittee will reopen a prewar Pearl Harbor inquiry into construction gear. It will examine whether the government bought or rented unsuitable machinery for overseas projects and paid rent while the equipment sat idle.
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Washington
Senatenir
Pearl Harbor
Kilgore
D-Wwa
Plot to blow up Chatsworth tunnel investigated
Southern Pacific railroad special agents reported they had information of a plot to blow up the Chatsworth tunnel in the San Fernando valley but a detailed search found no evidence of tampering.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Railroad
Chatsworth
San Fernando Valley
New York Liquor Industry Sees Drought Easing for Blended Whiskey
New York's liquor trade reports the whiskey drought for blended whiskies is ending while bonded and Scotch remain scarce. Industry officials seek larger allocations and an expansion of the three-day monthly disbursement plan to eight to ten days to boost aging and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Resumption of Vienna Udine Air Flights Announced
FRANKFURT Germany U S Army European commander Major General Joseph T McNarney said regular direct air transport flights between Vienna and Udine Italy would resume. The service had been canceled after Yugoslav fighters forced down two U S transports on the route and one aircraft crashed near Bled in northwestern Yugoslavia.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Beadauariars
Genoseph T. McNarney
U. S. Army European
Vienna
Udine
Italy
Premier Marshal
Bled
Yugoslavia
U S Plans New Strategy Against South American Communists
Washington reports a U S plan to curb anti-American activity by Latin American Communists. Officials say Moscow does not order locals but follows Soviet policy and uses rhetoric against Yankee imperialism. Two options are described: press for restrictive action or win mass support over governments amid shifting regional politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Genijant
Moscow
South America
Veterans seek higher training pay under government aid
Labor and veterans groups plan actions Saturday to raise the $175 to $200 monthly ceilings for veterans in training supported by government aid. Leaders like Jack Hardy of the American Veterans of World War II urge posts to press Congress for higher pay and to hold talks with employers and Veterans Administration officials. CIO and other groups back the push for a living wage.
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AIL
War Stabilization Board
AFL
CIO
Natien
Ituconversion
John FR. Stadimain
Meme
Washington
Veterans
Satuday
American Veterans of World War ID
Jack Hardy
American Veterans of World War II
Congress
Veterans Administration
American Veterans
Veterans' Organizations
Greece voting watch set for Sept 1 election
Washington announces an American British and French mission will conduct informal observation along a limited line as Greeks decide whether to restore King George to Athens. A small extra crew may join the two month observers monitoring prewar voting reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
Athens
State Department
Greece
Burial Plans for U S Servicemen in Belgrade
Yugoslav Premier Tito accuses U S authorities of ordering flights over Yugoslav military installations amid reports that only three bodies from the C 47 transport, shot down near Bled August 19, have been found. Capt H I Schrieber’s body identified. noting two parachutes seen, later theory cites jettisoned tanks. Belgrade burial with honors planned. possible diplomat note for air escort or guard of honor.
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Belgamalysia
Graves Registration Commission
U.S
Theopovnije
Representa
Amering
U. S
Bled
Yugoslavia
Commission
Preemier
Tito
U.S. Army
Yagoslav
Praves
H. I. Schrieber
Richard C.patterson
Patterson
Belgrade
Buri
Paris
U. 38
Byrnes
United States
Attiade
Wilael
Schrieber
Crays
Robert H. Crays
Cat. B. WW
Fresston Carp. M. Cronko
Carp. C. Lower
UW. S. Amy
Ukraine Charges Open Way for Balkan Airing in UN
The United Nations Security Council weighs Yugoslavia charges as Ukraine urges fast handling of its complaint against Greece. Britain criticizes veto use while Greece says arms incidents risk a wider Balkan conflict and seeks council attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukraine
Greece
Balkan
Larry Mauule
New York
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Yugoslavia
Balkans
State Department
Marshall Tito
Council
Albania
Yuroslavia
Yugoslavia May Submit Case to U N Council
The United States disclosed documents on Yugoslavia’s response to the August shootdown of an American transport, noting Tito’s letters and Patterson’s testimony reveal discrepancies. Yugoslavia claims defense of its frontier while stating survivors may be forthcoming and that planes forced off course will be allowed to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Havin
Washington
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Maralal Tito
Richard C. Paterson
Foreign Office
Belgrade
State Department
Patterson
Tito
Dumerican
Trieste
Magoslav
Marshall
Viity
Faterson
Theodore Hohenthal
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Hungary
Werner Plack
Historical Society
Dean Acheson
North China
Wisconsin Fair
Reuters
Old Delhi
N. Y
George Palmer
U. N. Council
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