Russia rejects US peace plan as ministers push talks
Paris dispatch says Russia rejected another US invitation to convoke a general European peace conference arguing the foreign ministers’ work was not far enough along. Molotov offered to report progress by week’s end while Brynes urged immediate invitations and a session through July 18.
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Paris
Russia
V. M Molotov
Brynes
Trieste
Stalo Ugorlav
Inierants
Washington
Moscow
Molotov
Truman
Jap Bomber Stalls On First Test Flight At 110 MPH
Wright Field test ends with Col Harold E Watson stalling a Japanese Rita bomber to the runway after a Newark hop. Watson and Maj William Webb handled the craft unknown indicators, flight time three hours ten minutes, remarking on Jap losses and Yankee repair work.
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Dayton
Wrightfield
Col
Harold E. Watson
Newark
N. J
Watson
Maj
William Webb
Lexington
Wetson
Arrell
Ean
Demand Release Of Los Angeles Husband
Los Angeles police released Fred R Hills on a writ with charges pending after the body of his wife Doris Hills was found in a squash patch at their Van Nuys ranch. Hills, 42, remains under investigation with dementia cited as a possible defense if formal charges are filed.
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Los Angeles
Fred R. Hills
Doris Hills
van Nuys
S. S. Hahn
Les
Army to Dismantle Camps for Lumber
Washington announces a wholesale dismantling of surplus army camps and related projects to supply lumber for veterans housing. Officials estimate enough wood for 125000 three bedroom homes, with total salvage around 1.5 billion board feet entering housing chains within 60 days. Engineer corps will run 35 dismantling jobs by August 1, plus 15 by September 1 and 20 by October 1 under War Assets Administration and Housing agency coordination.
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Washington
Engineer Corps
War Assets Administration
Motions of Housing Agency
Local Weather Forecast Shows Cloudy Skies Sunday
Generally cloudy conditions persist Sunday with scattered showers late in the afternoon or evening. Highest temperature expected in the afternoon around 86 degrees.
Caltech jet propulsion lab unveils searing rocket tests
In Pasadena California a secret Caltech jet propulsion lab demonstrates the Wac Corporal and hydrobomb concepts. A static test shoots a fierce flame sheet into hillside observatory chambers as Col Mesick Col Eddy Comdr Tellman and Dr Malina oversee the session detailing towing channel and railcar test rigs for underwater and air launched missiles.
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New Mexico
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Army
Navy
Caltech
Col
B. S. Mesick
Army Ordinance
E. H. Eddy
Army Air Forces
Comdr
H. A. Tellman
Bureau of Ordnance
Frank J. Malina
Cop Pities Speeder With Tongue Cut Out By Japs
RACINE Wisconsin police officer Wally Nelson shows mercy to a speeder who claimed his tongue was cut out by the Japs in Bataan. A week later the same man is found with a faulty rear plate. Nelson gives a court summons for speeding due June 27.
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Speeder
Racine
Wally Nelson
Nelson
Bataan
Strike Truce Plea Draws Cattle, Milk Groups Fire
Three associations representing cattle raisers and milk producers rejected Chester Bowles plan for a one year strike truce in exchange for price stabilization. The statement warned the plan would appease one group by enslaving others and would curb agricultural product freedom for producers benefit. The signers were Joe G. Montague and Charles W. Holman.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
American National Livestock Association
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Plaa
Joe G. Montague
Charles W. Holman
Milk Producers Federation
DAV To Close Meeting And Dedicates Kilmer Tree
The Wisconsin Disabled American Veterans and auxiliary conclude their 18th state convention at the vocational school with new officers named. A tree dedication for Joyce Kilmer is set for Sunday at Riverside Park with an invocation. Col Newton K Bush urged public strength and blamed past wars on collective weakness. He criticized appeasement and cited Mussolini and Hitler in a sharp address at the Stoddard hotel.
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Wisconsin
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary
DAV
Stoddard
Joyce Kilmer
Riverside Park
Kilmer
America
Newton K. Bush
Camp McCoy
la Crosse
Stoddard Hotel
Col. Bush
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Guam
Congress Group Agrees On 5 OPA Amendments
Dr. D A FitzGerald will lead a new 20 nation emergency food council as secretary general. The nine nation central committee will guide plans to meet the world food crisis over the next 18 months. The group will take over wartime food board duties and coordinate relief with nations including the United States and Britain.
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Washington
D. A. FitzGerald
Agriculture Department
International Emergency Food Council
Fitz- Gerald
Food Board
United States
Canada
Britain
FitzGerald
L. A. H. Peters
Netherlands
J. Charles van Essche
Belgium
van Essche
Lean and
Grey
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Department of Agriculture
Food Council
Combined Food Board
Four teen senators approve five amendments to price control bill
Washington fourteen lawmakers push to resolve how long price controls remain and what commodities stay under controls. They back five changes including base period pricing, MAP elimination, and transfer of control decisions to the agriculture secretary while a decontrol board remains unresolved.
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Washington
House
Chester Bowles
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Bowles
OPA
Police Attack Panama Students At Meeting
Police attacked Panamanian students at a campus meeting led by Education official Jose D. Crespo. The incident prompted protests and calls for safety reforms.
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Panama
Jose D. Crespo
West Wisconsin Methodists Close Convention Today
Final session of the West Wisconsin conference of the Methodist church will be held Sunday afternoon with the ordination service and reading of appointments by Bishop Schuyler E. Garth. Morning worship at 10:30 at the Vocational school auditorium features Bishop Garth’s sermon Minister and His World.
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West Wisconsin
the Methodist Church
Schuyler E. Garth
Garth
la Crosse
First Methodist Church
Conference Methodist Youth Fellowship
Don Crocker
Oak Park
Ill
President Truman Gives Marine Ride at Alfalfa Club Picnic
Frederick News reports a marine on a highway near Frederick was picked up by a shiny car with its top down. The man in the back seat claimed to be President Truman and spoke of Iwo Jima before arriving at his home in Middletown. The story emerged from the Alfalfa club picnic at Joseph H. Himes estate.
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Iwo Jima
Frederick
Frederick News
President Truman
Alfalfa Club
Washington
Frederick County
Joseph H. Himes
Ohio
Middletown
Here
Kenny Hits Immell on War Vet Record
Delbert J. Kenny of West Bend, a Republican guber natorial candidate, accused Ralph M. Immell of showing no interest in veterans welfare during the last 25 years. Kenny spoke at Eau Claire and pledged to seek prompt release of OPA restrictions if elected.
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Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
Eau Claire
Kenny
Ralph M. Immell
Madison
Wisconsin
Canada to Seize Ships as Union Strike Ends Transport Halt
The Canadian government will seize about 100 freighters tied up by a month-long seamen strike on the Great Lakes. Captain E. S. Brand will supervise government operation starting Monday, with Justice E. S. Richards mediating hours dispute. Passenger ships remain unaffected as ports clear and canal traffic resumes.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
E. S. Brand
Canadian Navy
Canadian Shipping Board
E. S. Richards
Winnipeg
Manitoba Court of Appeals
CSA
War Labor Board
Port Colborne
Ont
Roanoke Grocery Store Blast Injures Six
Six people were injured, three seriously, when a one story brick Roanoke grocery exploded Saturday night demolishing the building and damaging nearby structures. Five victims were taken to a hospital. Assistant manager Louise Rosy described serving a customer when the blast occurred and firemen removed the customer from the rubble. Investigations into the cause began immediately.
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Roanoke
Louise Rosy
Amvets Urges Local Probes Into Surplus Property
Washington dispatch says the national headquarters of the American Veterans of World War II asked local posts to conduct investigations in their communities on how surplus government property is disposed of. The War Assets Administration agreed to cooperate.
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Washington
Amvets
War Assets Administration
Beating 820 Rats to Save Chickens in California
Adolphe Bufe of Wilton endured a day and night battle against 820 rats to protect his 50 chickens. He fought with a dog, two cats, a can of poison, and a club, finishing exhausted but victorious in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Calif
Adolphe Bufe
Wilton Farmer
Bufe
Parodi urges UN to keep Spain issue alive despite Russia veto
French UN delegate Alexandre Parodi urged the United Nations to keep the Spanish question on the agenda despite Russia's veto on a subcommittee recommendation. He warned against conditions in Spain becoming a springboard for future war and pressed for action against Franco. Poland reportedly drafted a proposal to keep the issue in session as the council reconvenes.
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New York
Alexandre Parodi
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Iran
Parodi
University of the Air
NBC
Spain
Franco
Poland
General Assembly
France
Five Alarm Fire Destroys New Haven Warehouse
A five-alarm blaze swept a five story brick warehouse in New Haven's wholesale district Saturday night destroying electrical equipment and bulk groceries including sugar coffee and other items. Damage was estimated around 150000 dollars by fire officials.
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New Haven
Conn
Senate Approves Record Army Budget for Fiscal Year
Congress advances the largest peacetime Army appropriation in history as the House passes a 7.09 billion dollar fund for the next fiscal year. Navy receipts total about 4.1 billion with broad spending approved and only minor dissent from Senator McMahon.
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Washington
Defense
House
Senate
War Department
Navy
White House
McMahon
D-Conn
Discovery of 100000 bodies in Saxony digs shocks Germany
Reuters quoted the American News service in Germany reporting that over 100,000 bodies have been found in excavations near Zeithaim Saxony. Most are said to be Russian prisoners of war.
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London
Reuters
Germany
Zeithaim
Saxony
Dedication Set Aug 14 For La Crosse Airport
La Crosse plans a August 14 dedication for its new municipal airport the first anniversary of the Japanese surrender offer. R L Bangsberg is general chairman with committees forming to handle day’s program. The airport cost 1.5 million dollars and was turned over Feb 2 to the city by the civil aeronautics authority.
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la Crosse
United States
Aviation Board
R. L. Bangsberg
la Crosse Tribune
Civil Aeronautics Authority
J. J. Verdota
Lichfield Guards Accused in Prisoner Beating Trial
A witness testified at the Kilian court martial that guards at Lichfield prison stripped and beat an American soldier with a rubber hose. Corp. Robert O. Henney of Toledo identified the abuse and said others witnessed beatings of GI prisoners in the Lichfield guardhouse.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
Eng
Kilian
Corp
Robert O. Henney
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo Blade
Henney
Highland Park, Ill
Viroqua Rider Wins Horse Show Prize
Eighty horses entered the first annual show by the Wisconsin Palomino Exhibitors Association at the University of Wisconsin. Prize winners included Stanley Wallace Alan Marshall Fred Eddy Beloit William Sisley Mr Hope Leo Grassman Madison Paul Seip man Joyce Swidler Milwaukee Phil Barry Oregon Wis William Bothwell Delavan R Trickel Monroe and Orvec Sherry Viroqua.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Palomino
Wisconsin
Stanley Wallace
Alan Marshall
Fred Eddy
Beloit
William Sisley
Mr. Hope
Leo Grassman
Paul Seipman
Joyce Swidler
Milwaukee
Phil Barry
Oregon
William Bothwell
Delavan R. D. Trickel
Monroe
Orbec Sherry
Viroqua
Mother of Maj. Bong to Receive Wisconsin Mother of the Year
Mrs. Carl Bong mother of the late Maj. Richard I. Bong will be presented with the honorary Wisconsin mother of the year citation Sunday. Clyde Thomas state VFW commander will present on behalf of the Golden Rule Foundation in Poplar Wisconsin.
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Poplar
Wis
Carl Bong
Richard I. Bong
Wisconsin
Clyde Thomas
Superior
State Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Golden Rule Foundation
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