Arabs and Jews clash over Hill of Evil settlement
In Jerusalem Arab and Jewish commanders met on the Hill of Evil to accuse each other of violating the neutral zone. UN and Red Cross observers mediated and urged a border agreement for the Red Cross zone. Two Jewish soldiers were found killed after fighting in Government House gardens two days earlier. Arabs retain part of the hill near the former commissioner's residence while Jews occupy the Red Cross refugee center and the Arab College area.
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Jerusalem
United Nations
Red Cross
U. N
Palestine
Government House
Arab College
Weather Fair Across Regions with Local Thunder in Midwest
The weather summary notes fair conditions in most areas including Chicago and coastal regions with generally clear skies. It reports some local thunder shower activity in the upper Mississippi Valley and upper Great Lakes, cooling over plains by 10 to 20 degrees, later easing to five to 10 degrees as a trough moves over the Midwest.
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Chicago
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Upper Greates
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Plains States
British Kill Seven Malay Communists
A task force of 400 British troops and police killed seven communist insurgents in a clash ten miles west of Kuala Lumpur. One British soldier was killed as the sweep through Sungai Way Forest continued.
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Kuala Lumpur
Federation of Malaya
Here
Sungieiway Forest
Mystery witness Peters eyed as un-American probes push subpoena
The House Un-American Activities Committee prepared a subpoena for J Peters described by Whittaker Chambers as once leading the Communist underground. Peters, arrested last October on deportation grounds, may face immunity talks as the panel targets testimony from Chambers and Alger Hiss in open session next week.
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House un-American Activities Committee
Peters
Watson Miller
Immigration
Miller
Rep
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R.calif
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
High State Department
Southern Democrats Back Plan for Popular Vote in Elections
Sen. Sparkman of Alabama and Sen. Johnson of South Carolina say they will back in the next Congress a Lodge proposal to shift from winner take all electoral votes to a system sharing electoral votes by state based on popular vote. Lodge seeks a constitutional amendment with partial allocation and faces required two thirds in Congress and three quarters of state legislatures.
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Lodge
R.-Mass
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Olin D. Johnson
E Heen
Ace
Alabama
South
Johnston
Dixie
Truman
Congress
Wives Lead Price Strike to Curb Meat Costs in Third Week
Housewives nationwide vow to extend price strikes to a third week to hold meat prices. Leaders report mixed success with declines in some cities while others push on. They urge buying cheaper cuts to pressure retailers as prices remain high.
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Tulsa
League of Women
Minneapolis
Denver
Los Angeles
Minnie Golden
Ohio
Women-for-Wallace Group
New York State
Binghamton
Syracuse
Albany
Schenectady
Troy
Glen Falls
Jacksonville
Fla
Camden
N. J
Dallas
Les Moines
San Francisco
Operation Aboard Truman Yacht Sees Appended Mission
A crew member aboard the Truman yacht Williamsburg was operated on for acute appendicitis during a nine day cruise. William W. Janssen en gineer third class from Fresno California underwent a successful appendectomy aboard the escort ship Lenore. The party planned to reach Patuxent Naval Air Station Maryland for hospital transfer.
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Washington
President Truman
Williamsburg
White House
Charles G. Ross
William W. Janssen
Fresno
Calif
Truman
Patuxent River
Chesapeake Bay
Janssen
Patuxtent Naval Air Station
Berlin clashes deepen as four-power police face off
Four kidnapped and a tense standstill persist as Russian backed police raid western sectors in Berlin. US and British patrols tighten controls near Potsdamer Platz amid potential for a broader international incident. Scholars call for face to face talks to avert further clashes.
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Berlin
Alexander Jelisarov
Paul Markgraf
Bern
Potsdamer Platz
Gerhard Stindt
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Bridges Union to Face NLRB hearing in San Francisco
In San Francisco on Sept. 1 Harry Bridges and his C I O longshoremen face an NLRB trial examiner over a Taft Hartley Act violation charge. The complaint, issued by Regional NLRB Director Gerald Brown, targets the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union and two affiliates for refusing to bargain in good faith via a hiring hall.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Gerald Brown
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Waterfront Employers Association
West Coast
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
National Maritime Union
Supreme Court
Canada Accepts Estonian Refugees at Quebec Dock
A spokesman said 29 Estonians who arrived in a small motor schooner at Quebec will be omitted entry into Canada. Some will settle in Montreal while others go to Kitchener Ontario where an earlier group resided after legally entering via the United States.
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Quebec
Canada
Peo Ne
Kitchener
Ont
United States
Tragedy on Takeoff as B-29 Crashes Near Farm
Rapid City South Dakota August 21 UP Air Force officers investigate the crash of a B-29 on takeoff during a routine training flight. Seventeen aboard, including six passengers, were killed and the burning aircraft collapsed 500 yards from the runway. Mrs. Lawrence Tietz witnessed the fiery impact.
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Rapid City
S. D
Air Force
Tom Segler
Lawrence Tietz
Tietz
Bomber Crash Kills Two Grounded in Virginia Mystery
Culpeper Virginia authorities opened an investigation into a light Air Force bomber crash near the town that killed two men late yesterday. A third man is missing. The Air Force identified the dead as Col. G. A. Stone of Columbus Ohio and Tech. Sgt. C. E. Chaplin from Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus. The missing pilot is Capt. H. L. King of Lockbourne.
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Here
Air Force
Washington
G. A. Stone
Civil Air Patrol Executive Board
Columbus
Ohio
Tech
C. E. Chaplin
Lockbourne Airforce Base
H. L. King
Lockbourne
Mixup of cars leads to misidentified vehicle claim
Edward A. Dugan reported his car missing after a parking lot error in the 100 block of Locust Ave. The attendant misread the check stub and another customer drove off in Dugan's car. About an hour later a woman returned the vehicle and explained it was hers briefly.
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Obispo Ave
Locust Ave
Dugan
What raises Willey’s blazes on Illinois farm
The U S Air Force sent scientists from Wright Field to investigate mysterious fires at Charley Willey’s farm in Acomb Illinois. Chief technician Lewis C Gust would test whether radio waves or radio activity touched off the flames that burned the farmhouse and two barns. Willey was not present later in the day.
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Till
U. S. Air Force
Charley Willey
Lewis C. Gust
Wright Field
Ohio
Willey
Gust
Chicago Sun-Times
Willey Farm
Chicago
Inquiry in Gang Slaying Widens
Los Angeles August 21 news that Gov Earl Warren crime commission joins city and county authorities in widening inquiry into the gang slaying of Harry Rothman at Mickey Cohens Hollywood office. Authorities pursue mistaken identity theory while Cohen may be targeted next. Two others wounded in the shooting and Cohen denies.
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Earl Warren
Crime Commission
Harry
Hooky) Rothman
California
Adm
William H. Standley
Commission
Rothman
Hollywood
Hollywood Haberdashery
Mickey Cohen
Capital
Cohen
Albert
Slick) Snyder
James Rist
Norris G. Stensland
Mickey
Stensland
Underworld
Union Wins Raise in Six Month Labor Dispute
Philadelphia union locals announced settlement of a six month labor dispute with a new contract boosting pay by 11 dollars per week. The Philadelphia Typographical Union Local 2 A of L and Allied Brass Employ Association collaborated to secure the raise.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Typographical Union
Local 2. A. of L
Allied Bast Employ Vant Association
Girl Hit by Golf Ball In Critical State
PASADENA August 21 UP Nola Jean Stiver 12 was struck on the head by a golf ball at the Brookside course yesterday and is in critical condition at St Luke Hospital Her right side is paralyzed and attendants say she apparently suffered a brain hemorrhage
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Pasadena
Nola Jean Stiver
Brookside
St. Luke Hospital
Arthur B. Stiver
Dewey Secures Pledges of Campaign Support
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey received get-out-and-work pledges from six top lawmakers at Albany and New York conferences this week. Leaders including House Speaker Joseph W. Martin and Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge pledged active help, with others like Sen. Styles Bridges and Rep. Everett Dirksen joining. Dewey will stay in Pawling next week after attending Babe Ruth's funeral and outlining campaign plans.
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Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Truman
Dewey
Pawling
Albany
Babe Ruth
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