Arrival of Unionist Delays Long Beach Bus Strike
Groups seek settlement as a new international union representative Henry B. Mann arrives to take over negotiations from A. L. Rowan. National City Lines offers no new developments while officials await word and Mayor Chace stands ready to convene if needed.
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Long Beach
Henry B. Mann
A. L. Rowan
National City Lines
Los Angeles
Cone T. Bass
Bassanid
Joseph M. Tiferal
Busmern
Aspoon
Mann
Aine
Burton Chace
Horsemen to Fight Sequoia Forest Fire Reach Aid
Porterville reports mounted reinforcements push toward Sequoia National Forest to aid 100 firefighters in a hard to reach blaze. Fire has burned two days, destroying 1000 acres of timber with fears of 3000 more unless help arrives. 36 hours of riding needed to reach the area. Kern River country may use parachutists once truck access is possible.
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Porterville
Sequoia National Forest
Kern River
False alarm crowds Empire State Building in bomb scare
New York August 2 4 police army and navy units converged on the Empire State Building after a false report that an army bomber had crashed into the world’s tallest structure. The incident drew crowds and caused a swift response but nothing was found.
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New York
Army
Navy
Battery Building
Arms Cache Found at Givat Shaul Near Jerusalem
British troops uncovered a large arms cache in a house at Givat Shaul near Jerusalem, linked to the Irgun Zvai Leumi. The raid follows a surge of violence. 15 security deaths and 96 injuries reported in two weeks, with 250 troops involved and hundreds detained. A Jewish body was found near Wilhelma Hospital six miles from Lydda Airfield, police car suspected.
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Erusalem
U.P
Givat Shaul
Jerusalem
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Harold MacMichael
Stoner
Sorge
Wilhelma Hospitalers
Lydda
Fighting in Java Continues Despite U N Intervention
Batavia dispatches report brisk fighting in Java and Sumatra despite a United Nations order to halt fire. Commanders on both sides had not yet acted on the UN demand. The UN Security Council had voted for an immediate end to the day as the conflict persisted with Dutch forces reportedly occupying the burning town of Poerkowerlor.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
United Nations
U. N
U.N. Security Council
Poerkowerlor
Dutch Cabinet Meets to Study U N Action
The Dutch cabinet was convened in an extraordinary session to study the United Nations Security Council's demand for a cease fire in the Indonesian warfare. A qualified source said the situation is under consideration.
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United Nations Security Council
Dutch push along north Java coast face Indonesian resistance
In central Java Dutch forces pressed westward along the north coast from Semarang, occupying Weleri 23 miles west of Semarang amid Indonesian sniper fire and inland fighting. Indonesian radio from Jogjakarta briefly failed to air on schedule due to transmission difficulties as Dutch units operated within 75 miles west and 35 miles east of the city, potentially disrupting power.
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Java
Sumatra
Semarang
Weleri
Jogjakarta
Boat Party Reaches Boulder After 1500 Mile Rapids Run
A party of 13 led by Norman Nevills of the U S Geological Survey completed a 41 day, 1500 mile trip in small boats from Green River Wyoming to Boulder Utah area via the Grand Canyon. Nevills reported encountering 276 rapids on the Gulorato River with waves 3 to 15 feet high. The party included Joseph Desloge of St Louis and his son Joseph Jr and two daughters Anne and Zoe.
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Boulder, Cit Y
Nev
Norman Nevills
U. S
Mexican Fat
Utah
Green River
Wyo
Nevilly
Grand Canyon
Gulorato River
Joseph Desloge
St. Louis
Bomb Warning Triggers Foreign Office Search in London
An unidentified caller warned the British Foreign Office it would be blown up within half an hour. Police traced the call to a member of Irgun Zvai Leumi, a Jewish extremist group in Palestine. No explosives were found after a swift evacuation and search today in Lundun.
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Lundun
Foreign Office
Thatche
Irguns Zval Leumi
Palestine
Ohio Doctor Slain From Ambush
A prominent 45 year old Portsmouth physician Dr George Obrist was slain from ambush as he approached the rear of his home in Portsmouth Ohio. Police said the killer left no clear motive and a single clue remained a smudged handle on an old fashioned well on the back porch. His 18 year old son George Obrist Jr found the body after midnight as he left the garage. The physician's wife Corinna and 16 year old daughter Joan slept upstairs.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
George Obrist
John Smith
Smith
George Obrist Jr
Corinna
Joan
Rumors of Caribbean Uprising Prompt Plane Probe
The State Department warned against rumors of revolutionary plotting in the Caribbean and launched a wide hunt for seven suspected warplanes. Authorities checked deserted airfields from New Orleans to the Texas border, but found no sign of P-38 or P-51 fighters and noted some planes may be civilian surplus.
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Washington
State Department
Caribbean
Torskip
Cou
Florida State Highway Patrol
Sald
New Orleans
Department
Ida
United States
Este
Cuba
Dominican Republic
State “Department
Haiti
Florida
Customs Bureau
Dominican Invasion Fails to Materialize
Ciudad Trujillo Aug 2 Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo administration reports everything quiet in the Dominican Republic. Army prepared for possible air or landing assault, but no invasion signs observed as usual country activities continue.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican ‘Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo
Molina
Tars Stuck in Slough
Palo Alto August 2 07 six Navy men navigators aboard a 35 foot cabin cruiser ran aground in Belmont Slough after a midnight departure from the yacht harbor Israel Lampert and his son Roland 23 were among the crew plus four unidentified Navy officers the cruise lasted about two and a half hours they signaled the Coast Guard by radiotelephone at 2 40 a m but the outgoing tide hindered rescue a plane later spotted the vessel Electra in the morning with limited visibility
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Palo Alto
Belmont Slough
Israel Lampert
San Francisco
Roland
Coast Guard
Signs Denouncing Britain Painted on Consul Sites
New York Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago and Los Angeles reported graffiti on British consulates with slogans such as British following Nazis and Exodus 1947. Arrests followed in Philadelphia for malicious mischief as youths_photoed swastikas appeared on a Savings Fund Society building. Signs bearing swastikas and British Nazis were found on a Los Angeles consulate entrance with Exodus 1947 and dollar signs.
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New York
O. Palestine
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
Los Angeles
Daniel Tapper
Camden
N.J
Sid Troy
Philadelphia Savings Fund ‘Society
New York Building
Tower Broadway
Great Britain
Inflation raises value of body chemicals to thirty one dollars
Evanston based Northwestern University chemist Nick Dallas estimates the body’s chemicals have surged to 31.04 dollars, driven by inflation. He notes calcium phosphate in the body now retails at five dollars while the body contains about 3.8 pounds and water remains the only price stationary.
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Evanston
Western University
Teser
Nick Dallas
Northwestern
Dallas
Piracy Attempt Aboard Army Transport Greeley at Oakland
A former crewman of the Army ship A W Greeley used his old crew pass to bypass guards at the Oakland Army base and shot agent G B Hanley when he refused to open a safe containing a large sum. Hanley, taken to Letterman General Hospital in critical condition, suffered a severed spinal column. The assailant, Michael Kovalik, 26, of Richmond California, allegedly demanded the safe be opened. he fled after firing. FBI and police issued a nationwide alert as investigators probe the incident and the amount of money inside remains undetermined.
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Oakland
Cali
O.P
A. W. Greeley
Oakland Army Base
Ine
G. Bi. Hanley
Honolulu
Letterman General Hospital
Bwlet
James Turner
Henley
Turner
Paul Stesser
Michael Kovalik
Richmond
Calif
Greeley
Kovalik
FBI
Kovatik
Army
Kovalis
Kentuckians Vote Today in Primaries
Kentuckians voted in party primaries to select Democratic and Republican nominees for the governorship and other state offices in the November election. A heavy turnout was forecast by both parties as they chose from three candidates in each party for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Moutsville
First Marlin Catches of Year Reported San Diego
The San Diego fishing season opened with two local anglers delivering the first marlin catches of the year. Dr J R Scott landed a 158 pound swordfish in 48 minutes after the hook up and Herb Tompkins caught a 153 1 4 pounder after a 1 1 2 hour battle. It marked possibly the first Pacific Coast marlin of 1947.
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San Diego
Aug
J. R. Scott
Herb Tompkins
Pacific Coast
Java Soldiers Carry Wooden Rifles in Malang
Two republican soldiers slain by Dutch fire in Malang were found to have only dummy wooden rifles. The two men lay in a wrecked street as scorched-earth tactics by Indonesians left the city in ruins. One soldier was dead. the other appeared to be dying.
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Malang
Java
Ford Union to Recommend Strike Tuesday
Ford Union negotiators announce after a brief session with Ford officials that they will recommend a strike on Tuesday for about 1.7 million production workers. The CIO United Auto Workers board was to act later. Richard T. Leonard said a strike should not be delayed and the parties made little progress on a pension plan or Taft Hartley issues. Ford officials declined comment as a final last-ditch session was planned for Sunday at 10:30 a.m. EST.
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Detroit
A.P
Ford Motor Co
C. I. O. United Auto Workers Executive Board
Richard T
Leonard
Ford
John S. Bugas
Union
Sundey
Truman Trip to Brazil Uncertain
The White House would not confirm or deny President Truman’s attendance at the Inter-American Security Conference in Brazil and said plans would be announced later. Diplomats in Rio de Janeiro said Truman, his wife, and daughter Margaret may arrive September 4 aboard the USS Missouri to close the conference set to begin August 15.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Brazil
Charles G. Ross
Rio de Janeiro
Margaret
Missouri
State Federation of Labor to Meet in Sacramento Monday
SACRAMENTO Aug 2 Two thousand delegates from California AFL locals will gather in Sacramento Monday for the 45th annual conclave. This convention is described as among the largest state labor meetings outside national gatherings following the Taft Hartley Labor Act, with Harry Finks as convention committee chairman.
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Sacramento
California
American Federation of Labor
Harry Finks
State Federation of Labor
Solons Query 6 Deferments for Publicist
Washington August 2 AP The Senate investigating committee pressed questions into John W Meyer Hughes publicity man as it examined a 40 million wartime airplane contract awarded to Hughes. Meyer claimed six deferments in defense of his draft status amid testimony about Elliott Roosevelt entertaining and related expenses. The dispute over whether the committee or the Justice Department should review Meyer's draft record halted the session.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Hughes
Ina
John W. Meyer
Hughes
Meyer
Elliott Roosevelt
Air Force
Europe
Tom H. Stack
Cain R. Washi
Hughes Company
Cain
Selective Service
Slack
Justice Department
Congressional
Ferguson
R.mich
Unally Brewster
Manuel
Phether
Cairn
Fergson
Prohibition Era Beer Baron Dies Penniless
CHICAGO August 2 UR Joe Naltis aged 62, a prohibition era beer baron reputed to have amassed a fortune of three million dollars in the illicit trade, died impoverished today in county hospital.
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Chicago
Joe Naltis
Storm Hits Texas Coast Near Brownsville
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas Aug 2 A tropical storm moving in from the Gulf of Mexico struck the Texas coast near Brownsville last night The Weather Bureau said the storm was waning as it moved inland Wind speeds reached 43 miles an hour at Port Isabel but Brownsville read 21 miles an hour with gusts to 17 25 miles The tide was one foot above normal in Corpus Christi which recorded 2.72 inches of rain no damage was reported
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Weather Bureau
Limland
Port Isabel
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