Truman accused of concealing Communist espionage facts
Rep. J Parnell Thomas charged President Truman with concealing facts on Communist spying as the House Un American Activities Committee contends with a leak dispute. He warned of an additional espionage ring and said complete executive files hold the full story. Senate critics urged loyalty program reform amid spy worries.
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Washington
A.P
J. Parnell Thomas
R.-N.j
Truman
Thomas
House un-American Activities Committee
Capitol Hill
Moscow
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Sen. Ferguson
R.-Mich
Meat Blues as Philadelphia Packers Warn of Closure
Philadelphia meat sellers report steep losses with fiveweight steer prices at 41 cents a pound, up from a year ago and above price controls. Sam Cross of Cross Brothers says business is unprofitable and some may quit if no fall improvement arrives.
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Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin
Omar Slaughterers
Sam Cross
Cross Brothers
14 000 on Strike in International Harvester Plants
Chicago August 17 24000 C I O United Auto Workers were called out on strike at seven International Harvester plants across the nation production halted at six plants Ft Wayne Indiana with 5500 workers operating negotiations set for tomorrow union says Harvester rejected talks and strike stands Also notes wage talks and sitdown slowdowns at Morrell Packing Ottumwa Iowa and Mountain States Telephone negotiations proportions reported in the same dispatch
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Chicago
United Auto
International Harvester Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
International Harvester
Harvester
Communications Workers of America
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ottumwa
Iowa
Morrell Packing
C. I. O. Packinghouse Workers
Montgomery urges Britain to prepare for sudden attack
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery warned Britain at a Blackpool dinner that no breathing space is available and urged enlisting 150 000 Territorial Army members by next spring to bolster national defense. He said a tense, uneasy peace looms and a strong territorial force is essential to security.
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England
Viscount Montgomery
Britain
Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Territorial Army
National Guard
War Office
Rocket Guns Mounted Says Berlin Paper
The Telegraf reported Russian troops sealed off part of the British Soviet border near Salzwedel and mounted rocket guns. Reports said trenches and a security border were being built as heavy artillery and tanks were seen nearby.
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Berlin
Salzwedel
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Frankfurt
Molotov
London
Liberal Democrat
Montags Echo of
Vassily Sokolovsky
Ilin
Moscow
Marshal Sokolovsky
Krupp
Magdeburg
Social Democrat
Ruhr
Hof
Bavaria
Hundreds Killed in Gory Fight at South Jerusalem
Amman reports heavy Jewish assault on Arab Legion at Deir Abu Tor in southern Jerusalem. Official statement says several hundred Jews killed as tanks and armored cars supported the attack. Legion later forced retreat and captured armor and munitions. Government house seizure in Red Cross zone alleged.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Deir Abu Tor
Jerusalem
Sourses
Red Cross
League Opposes Meat Boycott in Cincinnati
An unidentified Cincinnati group opposing a meat boycott launched a telephone campaign urging normal meat purchases. The group calling itself the Common-sense Buyers’ League seeks to keep meat prices down and avert future higher costs by regular buying, the Cincinnati Times-Star reported.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Times-Star
New
Times-Star
American Flier Killed After Parachute Fails in Germany
An American Air Force fighter pilot was killed after his parachute failed following a bailout from an F-47 Thunderbolt. The incident occurred about 30 miles northeast of Munich near Wiesbaden on August 17.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Munich
Charter amendment vote on harbor money outside district
Harbor oil funds may be spent outside the harbor district after a charter amendment vote. Stanford study on harbor subsidence discussed. Teletype notes report Babe Ruth’s death linked to cancer. Truman comments on Alabama prospects. local nostalgia item featured.
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Harbor
Stanford
Babe Ruth
Truman
Alabama
Where to Find It in the Newspaper
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Babe Ruth to lie in state at Yankee Stadium
Babe Ruth will lie in state for 26 hours in Yankee Stadium rotunda from 4 p.m. today to 6 p.m. tomorrow. Public viewing times are 4–9 p.m. tonight and 9 a.m.–6 p.m. tomorrow. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at St Patrick's Cathedral with burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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York
Babe Ruth
Yankee Stadium
Ruth
Memorial Hospital
Babe
E.s.t
Truman to Board Yacht for Rest and Campaign Plans
President Truman will sail Friday on a nine day cruise aboard the Williamsburg to rest and map a country wide presidential campaign. He travels with staff only and will not make public appearances while cruising the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. He plans a Labor Day speech in Detroit on September 6.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Williamsburg
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake-Delaware Ship Canal
Delaware Bay
R. Truman
Detroit
Sixty Injured in Rail Wreck Near Rugby North Dakota
RAIL WRECK NEAR RUGBY North Dakota injures about 60 as ten cars of the Great Northern Railway Oriental Limited derailed last night en route from St Paul to Seattle. Thirty five injured were moved to a hospital early today. two are listed as critical. Lars Molland, 62, of Benson Minnesota, among the critically hurt, was identified. About 25 others received first aid at the scene.
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Rugby
N. D
Great Northern Railway
Oriental Limited
North Dakota
Lars Molland
Benson
Minn
St. Paul
Seattle
Wash
Refugee Food Appeal Urges US Aid for Palestine Crisis
Count Folke Bernadotte appealed to the United States for emergency food supplies to aid 337,000 Jewish and Arab refugees in Palestine. He called the refugee plight a great human disaster and warned peace efforts may fail if the refugee problem is not swiftly addressed. The State Department said Secretary Mars received the urgent appeal from the UN mediator, and the request is being treated as urgent.
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Washington
Folke Bernadotte
United States
Palestine
Bernadotte
Holy Land
Sare
Mars
United Nations
Radio networks plan memorial services for Babe Ruth
Major radio networks will hold nationwide memorial services today for Babe Ruth. Mutual broadcasts from 5 to 5 30 p m Long Beach time NBC from 6 to 6 30 p m ABC from 6 30 to 7 p m.
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Babe Ruth
Mutual
Long Beach
NBC
ABC
Babe Ruth dies after long illness at age of 53
The baseball legend Babe Ruth died after a prolonged illness. Ruth had been surrounded by family at Memorial Hospital as tributes poured in from President Truman and others. Ruth's wife Claire, his two adopted daughters, his sister, and close friends were at his side in his final hours as millions mourned his passing.
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Memorial Hospital
Truman
Riverside Drive
Babe Ruth
Claire
Daniel Sullivan
New York
Richard Flanders
North Conway
N. H
Wilbur Moberly
Baltimore
James Chapman
J. Paul Carey
Prison Term for Speculator in New York
Gus Fusaro, a $47-a-week elevator starter, was sentenced to one to two and a half years in Sing Sing for stock market fraud. Convicted June 25 on two counts of grand larceny in the first degree, one count of grand larceny in the second degree, and two counts of bucket shop operations, with sentences to run concurrently.
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New York
Gus Fusaro
Sing Sing
Fusaro
General Sessions
Jacob Gould Schurman
Four Koreans Hurt in Clash With Japanese Workers
Four Koreans were wounded in a clash with Japanese workmen at an earthquake repair site in Kawata Gamma prefecture. Rivalry over extra rations for heavy labor sparked the incident among about thirty Koreans and an unspecified number of Japanese workers, per Asahi.
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Tokyo
Kawata Gamma Prefecture
Asahi
Chinese Ammunition Blast Kills Five Near Shanghai
A large Chinese army ammunition dump exploded on the edge of Shanghai killing three soldiers and two civilians. Four others were injured as field gun and mortar shells detonated in a chain of blasts after two soldiers dropped a case of ammunition they were moving.
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Shanghai
Russians Selling School Equipment
The Russian embassy in Washington offered for sale the equipment of a school once used for children of Russian officials. An Evening Star ad listed about 50 standard desks and blackboards with a 9 am to 6 pm contact, and the embassy spokesman said the school closed in June due to difficulties maintaining educational standards. Most pupils and all teachers had left.
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Washington
Evening Star
Venjamin N. Mathhavariani
Seven Bulgarian Terrorists Executed by Court in Plovdiv
Sofia reports the execution of seven men condemned by the Plovdiv regional court for terror activities. The defendants, who styled themselves as generals and colonels, were said to have allied with foreign imperialistic agencies to commit murders and other acts of violence.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Hildegarde Stricken With Bronchial Lesion
The American singer Hildegarde is in a clinic in Rome with a bronchial lesion from influenza. Her manager Anna Sosenko said she is out of danger but will remain in bed for some time.
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Rome
Hildegarde
Anna Sosenko
Hoover Autographs Trade for Babe Ruth Story
Former President Herbert Hoover recounts recalling Babe Ruth autographs in New York on August 17. A boy asked for three of Hoover's autographs saying he would keep one and trade two for a Babe Ruth autograph.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Babe Ruth
Hoover
President Signs Credit Curb Bill Amid Inflation Debate
President Truman signed the anti inflation credit curb bill and criticized lawmakers calling it a feeble response. He urged restoring wartime controls while the Federal Reserve prepares rules and an effective date likely by Friday.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Be My
Alaska Cannery Fire at Kodiak Under Control
A strong offshore wind helped volunteers contain a fire at the Kodiak Fisheries cannery in Port Bailey Alaska. No casualties were reported by a Coast Guard PBY crew. Initial reports urged evacuation of nearby villagers and cannery workers as damage remained unclear and the pier area burned, but the blaze was dying down and under control with fuel tanks and barracks spared.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Port Bailey
Coast Guard
Chinese Ambassador Urges Faster Arms Aid to Chinese Army
Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador, asked Secretary Marshall to speed up procurement of American military supplies for the Chinese nationalist armies. Koo conferred with Marshall for about thirty minutes at the State Department.
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Washington
Wellington Koo
Marshall
Koo
State Department
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