Death at the wheel experts urge preventable highway deaths
An editorial condemns speeding and careless driving in Nevada and across the nation. It cites 32 000 deaths and 1 100 000 injuries last year, urges uniform laws, driver education, stricter licensing, and better road design, and notes Truman’s highway safety conference spurred public awareness.
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Ned H.dearborn
National Safety Council
America
Truman
National Highway Safety Conference
Reds Back Wallace as Communist Party Declines Reform
The Communist Party in New York announces no Communist candidate for President this fall and backs Henry A. Wallace and his Progressive party. The convention re elected William Z. Foster as national chairman and named new leaders while urging indictments be withdrawn and a return to Roosevelt era peace policies.
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New York
Generali Pe Party
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Communist Party
William Z. Foster
Foster
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Eugene V. Dennis
Benjamin Davis
New York City
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Illinois
Gus Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
Irving Potash
Soldier to face general court martial in Japan murder case
Stars and Stripes reports Pvt. William C. Manis of Church Hill Tennessee will appear Monday in Yokohama before a general court martial on a charge of murdering Catholic Chaplain Capt. John A. Ryan on May 6.
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Tokyo
Army
Stars and Stripes
William C. Manis
Church Hill
Tenn
Yokohama
John A. Ryan
Killer of Five Filipinos Hunted
Salinas Aug 7 big sur mountain country below Carmel hunted Augustin Lavina a m
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Big Sur
Carmel
Augustin Lavina
Jack McCoy
Lavina
Bie Sur
McCoy
Domindor Fernandez
Joe Quindor
Esedro Regaldo
Paul Andazan
Rosino Cabebe
Militia Quells Election Strife in Southeast Tennessee
National guardsmen patrolled Polk County towns as officials awaited tabulation ending the 18 year Burch Biggs Democratic control. Police and highway patrol rounded up weapons with eight arrests and possible murder charges in the volatile aftermath of the county general election.
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Tennessee
Enton
Tenn
A.P
National
Polk County
Jim McCord
Dwight D. McReynolds
Tennessee National Guard
Ducktown
Copperhill
McReynolds
Lynn Bomar
McMinn County
H. E. Barclay
Good Government League
Burch
Browning Wins Tennessee Governor Nomination Over Crump
In the Tennessee primary Crump declined comment as results neared completion. Gordon Browning led with 214,465 votes to 160,142 for Crump backed incumbent Jim McCord. Kefauver led the Senate race with 152,489 votes to 117,787 for Stewart and 78,596 for Mitchell. Crump suffered his first statewide defeat in 20 years.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. H. Crump
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Crump
Jim McCord
Estes Kefauver
Tom Stewart
Nudists’ Convention Ends With Masked Ball
Nudists at Sunshine Park in Landing New Jersey conclude their convention with a fancy undress ball where the only required attire is a face mask.
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Landing
N. J
Sunshine Park
Greek Army Pushes Rebels on Grammos Front
Greek government forces push along the Grammos front in northern Greece to cut the rebel supply line from Albania. General staff says Markos Vafiades moved his provisional government to Nikolitsa in Albania and that 8,000 to 10,000 guerrillas remain in the mountains with six weeks expected to finish them.
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Athens
Grammos
Albania
Aliakmon
Sliminitsa
Markos Vafiades
Nikolitsa
Markos
Condemned Man Clears Two Mates
In Sing Sing New York Andrew Sheridan 45 Jersey City N J awaiting execution for the slaying of Anthony Hintz boss stevedore signs an affidavit claiming he planned the ambush and that two of the three others carried it out and that Dunn 36 Gentile 40 were innocent of the killing. The affidavit names one accomplice still missing and two of the three alleged co conspirators are dead.
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New York
Sing Sing Prison
Andrew Sheridan
Jersey City
N. J
Anthony Hintz
John Dunn
Daniel Gentile
Dunn
Gentile
Sheridan
Hintz
Plane and Pilot’s Body Found Near Lake Arrowhead
Riverside reports Lt. Gordon A. Zempel of San Bernardino was missing six months when a ground search party recovered his AT-6 trainer on a 6000 foot ridge seven miles north of Lake Arrowhead. An Air Rescue Service plane spotted the wreck yesterday. snow likely hid it since the crash on January 24.
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Riverside
Gordon A. Zempel
San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead
March Field Air Force
Actress Martha Vickers and A. C. Lyles Jr Separate After March Wedding
Hollywood reports actress Martha Vickers and publicist A C Lyles Jr have separated after a marriage that began in March. Vickers said they both tried hard but could not make it work.
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Hollywood
Martha Vickers
A. C. Lyles Jr
House Built for 600 Dollars Man States He Stole Items
Arthur A. Blavin testified he built an eight room house for about 600 dollars while serving as civilian storekeeper at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station reclamation yard from 1943 to 1947. He admitted taking 233 different types of material including nails lumber hinges screws conduit and tools. Judge Philip L. Sullivan set September 24 for disposition and released Blavin on a 500 dollar bond.
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Icago
Arthur A. Blavin
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Robert C. Eardley
Hlavin
Eardley
Hiavin
Philip L. Sullivan
Ore ships shift to Japan as Long Beach expands port
Pacific Far East Line freighter Alamo Victory loads ore at Pier 2 while Tantara stands by to follow Luxembourg Victory to Japan. The inner harbor's Pier 2 just reopened, boosting rail ore deliveries and outer harbor lumber movement. Four million feet of lumber discharged from three vessels signals a busy port. Sealed bids for two Maritime Commission ships Marina and Alcoa Prospector open today at James River reserve fleet.
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Edsel Newton Press-Telegram
Pacific Far East Line
Alamo Victory
Tantara
Luxembourg Victory
Japan
Inner Harbor
Army
Ort
Outer Harbor
Long Beach
Omer
Maritime Commission
Marina
Alcoa Prospector
James River Reserve Fleet
Lee Hall
California tuna canneries report six month pack 1948
California tuna pack for January through June 1948 totaled 2,135,000 cases, slightly below 1947's 2,157,000. Mackerel production rose to 268,000 cases by mid year, up from 216,000 for the same period last year. Figures from the California Fish Canners Association.
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California
California Fish Canners Association
New Air Unit Now Official
The 137th Fighter Squadron formed at White Plains New York last week has been recognized as the 61st National Guard fighting group. Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer said the 61 National Guard fighter squadrons and 10 light bomber squadrons create an active protective air umbrella over the United States. The week ended August 1 saw four air units and nine Army units of the National Guard receive federal recognition including an Antitank Company and the 185th Infantry at Taft California.
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Washington
137Th
White Plains
N. Y
61St National Guard
Kenneth F. Cramer
Army
National Guard Bureau
National Guard
United States
137Th Rie
185Th Infantry
Taft
Calif
Freedom Train Visited by 2,380,000 in 11 Months
The Freedom Train has logged 28,886 miles in 11 months at about 1 million dollars and will require roughly 255,000 more for its 13 month tour. It carries 127 priceless documents and has drawn 2,380,000 visitors across 247 cities, with 38,000,000 participants in related ceremonies.
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W York
American Heritage Foundation
Foundation
Mild U S inflation seen as manageable by payoff of sweat
U S inflation is described as mild as production and labor value rise alongside prices. The piece argues inflation depends on what a sweat drop buys and warns danger comes when rising costs outpace output and faith, drawing on Hungary 1946 and Shanghai 1946 as contrasts. It notes fear of hard times keeps policymakers cautious while people enjoy wage gains and stable shelves.
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Hal Boyle
York
Europe
China
United States
Hungary
Shanghai
America
Arabs weigh peace offer in UN mediated talks
Cairo reports say Israel has asked for peace talks to end the Palestine struggle with UN mediator Folke Bernadotte transmitting the request to Arab governments. Bernadotte returned to Rhodes and remained optimistic about a truce and a possible solution despite renewed violence in Jerusalem and along the southern Palestine front. An Israeli pilot described heavy flare and tracer fire as fighting intensified.
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Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Rhodes
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Egypt
Israel
Bernadotte
Palestine
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