Britain to Cut Troops and Spin Economic Crisis
Attlee told Labour MPs Britain will slash military commitments in Germany Italy and Greece almost immediately amid a looming economic crisis. He pledged troop withdrawals from Venezia Giulia and from Greece with reductions in overall armed forces. Attlee urged miners to work an extra hour daily to boost coal output as Palestine questions arose with no reply.
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ONCON
Attlee
Britain
Germany
Italy
Greece
Venezia Giulia
Waly snd
M.P
Left Hand Corner Reflects House of Commons Taming Spirits
London correspondent notes the House of Commons gradually gains decorum with tea on terrace and Morrison addressing rowdy ministers. Dining room menu highlights wine choices with Burgundy and Bordeaux prices. Wines of 1940s praised, 1949 and 1943 vintages labeled good to highly commended. Also mention of Mary Pitney who picked 425 pounds of strawberries.
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Herbert Morrison
Chuwchill
Burgundy
Bordeaux
Aid To Dutch Ended By GB
London reports Foreign Secretary Bevin announced in the House that Britain has suspended all military supplies and facilities to Dutch authorities in the Far East. He said no war material will be shipped to the Netherlands East Indies while fighting continues in Indonesia and noted Britain would not end Dutch training arrangements there.
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LONDON
Reuters
Bevin
house of commony
Far East
Labor
EB. A. Bramall
Indonesia
H. D. Hughes
Britain
Holland
Netherlands East Indies
Beyin
United States
The Hague
Heavy Fine In Slavery Case in San Diego
Mrs Alfred Wesley Ingalls aged 62 was fined 2500 with five years probation and ordered to pay Dora Jones 6000 for slavery by drudgery and threats due to an affair from decades ago. Federal Judge Jacob Weinberger suspended a three year prison term citing age and health. Jones, now in St Louis, had agreed to the settlement and held no ill will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN DIEGO
Calif
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Dora Jones
Jacob Weinberger
Massachusetts
Miss Jones
Weinberger
Ingalls
St. Louis
Dismal Wheat Picture Forecasters Warn Of Dry Spell
Winnipeg reports a growing danger of sharply reduced prairie wheat yields as dry spells recur and temperatures stay low. Saskatchewan storms drenched parts with up to 1.1 inches, but the drought areas persisted, threatening a crop drop similar to 1945 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
prairies
SASKATCHEWAN
Explosion Kills Ten at Beauty Shop and School
A massive blast leveled a one story beauty shop and school killing ten women and injuring at least thirty others. Rescue crews continued work through the night with plans to resume. Two brothers, Joh and C W O’Neill, helped as plumber and painter nearby.
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Dorothy Gail Bowman
Joh
c. W. O'Neill
painter
Wheat acreage in Australia rises past prewar levels
Australia s wheat acreage this year reached about 16.5 million acres, exceeding the prewar average of 13 million and the wartime average of 8.25 million, according to the Australian News and Information Service report released today.
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NEW YORK
C.P
Australia
Australian news and information service
Rumor of Friction Aboard Cable Ship In Esquimalt
Crew of the 3150 ton cable ship Re storyr, with five Canadians aboard, docked at Esquimalt after seven months in the South Seas amid rumors of mutiny and friction with U S crew. They will meet today with union leaders to address complaints of poor food discrimination and lack of cold water. Cap J H Connelly declined comment. officials will attend the closed meeting with Seafarers' Union of North America reps Hugh Murphy and William McLaughlin.
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ESQUIMALT
B.C. Jay
Restoryr
South Seas
United States
Com Pacific Company
Manila
Singapore
United States coast guard
Capitan J. H Connelly
New York
the
Seafarers’ Union of North America
APL
includne
Hugh Murphy
union
William McLaughlin
Vancouver
Wink Wins Queen Title At Santa Monica Baby Show
A three year old Ginny Soiget captured the crown as Queen of the Fourth Division in the Santa Monica Women’s Club Baby Show. The judging panel awarded the little entrant for a winning wink among three and four year olds.
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Santa Monica
Oslo
Ginny Soiget
Hollywood Red Expose Aims to Name and Witnesses
Washington July 30 The House Un American Activities Committee plans a Sept 23 start to investigate Communism in Hollywood. Rep Richard Nixon says the inquiry will name witnesses who saw party members at meetings and report what they said. He expects big stars to be listed as pink rather than red and notes some propaganda has slipped into films.
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WASHINGTON
Hollywood
house of representatives committee of Un-American activities
Richard Nixon
Rep. Calif
Nixon
Hollywod
Revenge For Death Three Irgun Members
Starling shoot in St Thomas Ont led by Chief Alex Sutherland ends with fire department sharpshooters dropping nearly 1900 starlings in a swift operation. The event, framed as retaliation, unravels into a routine wildlife control effort conducted by local authorities.
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ST. THOMAS
Ont
Alex Sutherland
Refuse Pleas for Clemency by Father of One of Soldiers
Irgun Zvai Leumi issued a communique stating two British sergeants kidnapped July 12 were hanged near Natanya in reprisal for Acre prison executions. Official sources debated the claim as a peace source reported the bodies found. The move followed an appeal for clemency from one sergeant’s father, ignored by the group.
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Associated Press
ERUSALEM
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Natanya
Acre
Tel Aviv
Clifford Martin
Mervin Paice
Irgur Zvai Leumi
Parice
Palestine
Tigun
Haganah
Ogun
orgunists
Na~ganya
G. E. G. Charlton
Charlton
Andrew Crown
Haifa
Her
Wheat Crop Is Still Short By R. K. Carnegie
Canadian wheat experts say world wheat shortages persist this year despite forecasts of larger crops in the United States Russia and China. US harvests may top 1.4 billion bushels but most will go to domestic use. Russia reports an excellent crop but officials have not released clear figures. Negotiations to sell to the United Kingdom stalled, complicating relief prospects amid the continued global shortfall.
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United States
Russia
China
R. K. CARNEGIE
OTTAWA
Mosey
United Kingdom
Canada
Britain
Veto by Russia Creates Balkans Tension
In Lake Success on July 2071 the United States reacted to Russia vetoing a U N proposal to settle Greece and northern neighbors Balkan strife. Hershel V Johnson rushed to Washington for talks with State Secretary Marshall after securing a postponement of a Security Council session. Gromyko would explain Russia’s plan for troop evacuation from Greece and a civilian supervisory commission for foreign aid. The council planned to reconvene to hear Gromyko and discuss the veto’s implications.
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LAKE SUCCESS
United States
Balkan
Russia
United Nations
Greece
Herschel V. Johnson
security council
Washington
Marshall
state department
Johnson
Andrei A. Gro~myke
Balkans
Gromyko
U.N
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Hiroshima Survivors Report Strange Illness After Bomb
Tokyo reports reveal that many survivors of Hiroshima’s 1945 blast suffered a mysterious illness as they fled the city. The document notes early Japanese awareness of the atomic bomb and uranium as the explosive agent, with experts compiling details from on scene and later preserved photographs.
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Hiroshima
TOKYO
Kure
high command
Gebris
Appoint Head Forest Board for Eastern Rockies region
Maj. Gen. Howard Kennedy of Ottawa named chairman of the Eastern Rocky Mountains Forest Conservation Board. The three member board will supervise forest protection and conservation for the Saskatchewan River drainage basins, with two more members to be appointed. Dominion and Alberta funding totals include up to 300,000 annually and a six year 4,300,000 capital program for roads and communications. Kennedy a McGill BSc graduate and Dame Rebin, Ont. native.
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OTTAWA
Howard Kennedy
Rocky Mountains
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Glen
Dominion
McGILL
Gen. Kennedy
Damerebin
Ont
McGill University
Coal Miners Urged To Work Extra Hours In Britain
British miners may be asked to voluntarily add a half hour to each day’s work. Prime Minister Lloyd George is reported to have proposed the measure at a Labor caucus, aiming to raise weekly coal output by about 39,000 tons to 4,000,000 tons.
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LONDON
daly
cRenters
Mike
Labor party
Britain
INDIA
United Nations Security Council
CYPRUS
PORT-DE-BOUC
France
Palestine
JERUSALEM
Hedera
AMERL TRAILOR
BOSTON
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
TO DLE
Cuba
Dominican Republic
OTTAWA
C.P
Oftaxa
MacKinnon
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Sweetheart
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wiite
Elmer Heald
W. R. McNamara
Canadian Wheat Board
Western Millers Associations
Dominion bureau of statistics
McNamara
South Sea Mutiny
U.S
WARSAW
Alfred Piderkiewicz
Hungary
Revenge For Death
Starling
World Outlook
FRANK L. WHITE
Forest Head
HOWARD KENNEDE
Owawa
Easter Rocky Mountains Forest Conservation
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