U S Persists in Push to Save Bulgarian Leader Petkov
The United States plans further action for Nikola Petkov, the Bulgarian anti-Communist leader sentenced to death, despite Soviet rebuff. The State Department released the texts of the U S note to Moscow and the Soviet reply, with Washington insisting the case jeopardizes Allied aims for a democratic Bulgaria.
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Ashington
United’ States
Nikola Petkov
State Department
Moscow
Forsa Consulta
Ton
Petkov
Russia
Lincoln White
London
Foreign Office
Suite Department
Fla
Petkoyv
Bulgaria
Yalta
Andrei Y. Vishingky
Control Commission
Western Nations Plan Security Zone for Hemisphere Defense
A 14 nation subcommittee of the Inter American Conference approved a plan for a Western Hemisphere security zone defending Canada Greenland Alaska in Antarctica. The United States backed the measure drafted by a panel including Senator Vandenberg with Mexico Brazil Peru and Bolivia represented. The full committee would decide on a mutual defense treaty and defend against any attack until UN actions restore peace.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Canada
Greenland
Alaska
Antarctica
Denmark
United States
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Mexico
Braz
Peru
Bolivia
Security Council of the
United Nations
Tuna Boat Marlin Searched After Distress Call
Coast Guard cutters hunted for the tuna fishing vessel Marlin after a late night distress signal. Ten crew members were aboard the vessel, believed to be about 100 miles west of Honolulu as searchers could not locate its position. The Marlin sent S O S signals but did not specify the trouble.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
Police Headquarters Robbed of Revolvers in Miami
Thieves broke into Miami police headquarters on Flinger Street last night and stole three revolvers valued at 310 dollars. The incident occurred at a busy time and police are investigating.
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Miami
Fla
Flinger St
Three Children Die in Flames in Idaho Home
SANDPOINT Idaho Aug. 26 three Tolbom children Arelene 7 Aretta 4 and Howard 12 died in a fire that swept a two story home near the city while their parents were away. Their 9 year old Leroy Tolbom tried to help but the flames grew too strong.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Stuart Tolbom
Howard Tolbom
Arelene
Aretta
Leroy Tolbom
Mediation Effort in Greek Gov Crisis Fails
In Athens on August 26, efforts to break Greece's government deadlock failed as Sophoulis urged becoming premier while Tsaldaris, the designate, worked to form a new cabinet. A rival bloc may arise led by Spiro Markezinis with National Unionists and Social Democrats.
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Athens
A.P
Sophout
Liberal “Party
Corigtarutin
Tsaldaris
Premie
A. Egal Wee
Phouics
Tsald
Dencen
Napoleon Zervas
Apostle Alexandris
Theodore Turcovay Sls
Paul
Sophoulis
Liberal Party
Spiro Markezinis
Sophoutis
Tsaldatis
Torrential Rains Hit Texas Towns as Storm Inland
Galveston reports torrential rains from a tropical storm moving inland. The Austin Weather Bureau warns residents in the Colorado River watershed to seek higher ground as rivers rise. Eight inches of rain fell near Brenham and six near Smithville by midnight last night.
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Galveston
Texas
Colorado River
Austin Weather Bureau
Brenham
Smithville
Truman Offers Post to Ex Navy Official
President Truman offered a post in the new unified national defense to Arthur M. Hill of Charleston West Virginia after talks with Forrestal and Royall at the White House. Hill is a wartime Navy official and the offer was disclosed by the Secretary of the Navy.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
Arthur M. Hill
Charleston
W. Va
Army and Navy silent on caverns rumor near Albuquerque
The Army and Navy refused to confirm or deny reports of a cavern dug in the mountains near Albuquerque for atomic defenses. They said construction and operations at the Lane Bane site are top secret under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and linked the rumor to Sandia base, noting the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project will handle all military atomic energy functions.
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Sandia
Navy Department
Armed Forces
Albuquerque
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
AFSWP
Guards Eject Two Egyptians From U N Session
Two Egyptian spectators, Ahmed Kamel Kotb and Mustafa Momen, were expelled from the Security Council chamber by United Nations guards during a session. The men had staged a second demonstration amid a debate on Egypt’s demand for British troop withdrawal from the Nile Valley and Sudan administration termination.
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Lake
Security Council
United Nations
F Council
Ahmed Kamel Kotb
Mustafa Momen
Refugee Vessels Reach Gibraltar Before Hamburg Transit
Three British ships carrying 4400 Jews docked at Gibraltar to take on coal and provisions after refusing to disembark in France. Refugees, blocked from Palestine entry, are expected to stay two days before continuing to Hamburg aboard escorted transports. Berlin Jewish community marks a fasting day protesting the transshipment.
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Gibraltar
Germany
France
Palestine
Hamburg
Mole
Craser
Cameronian
Berlin
Mediterranean
Bamburg
Arab Store Wrecked by Bomb Blast
In Jerusalem a clothing shop near the Jaffa gate was wrecked by a noon bomb. Arabs accused the proprietor of violating the Arab boycott of Jewish goods, and the blast appears planned by Arab assailants.
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Jehusalem
Jaffa
Trial on Newport yacht murders enters morbid evidence phase
In Santa Ana on August 26 medical experts testified for George R. Gollum and his fiance Beulah Overell in the murder case of Walter and Beulah Overell aboard the yacht Mary E in Newport Harbor. The state argues the couple died before a dynamite blast. defense counters the explosion caused the deaths. Courtroom lights dimmed as grisly tissue slides were shown to jurors while the defendants focused on the screen, signaling possible shifts in the trial.
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Prea-Telegram
Santa Ana
George R
Bud
Golluyn
Beulah Louise Overell
Walter E
Beilah Overell
Mary
Newport
Harbor
Eugéne Williams
Albert F. Brown
Walter ‘Overell
Dr. Brown
Brown
Beulah Louise
Gollum
Physician's Wife Dead in Mystery
In Los Angeles on August 26 an autopsy was ordered in the death of Susanne Smith Castillo, 23, wife of Dr Manuel Castillo. Her nude body was found in a bathtub with head and face bruises. brother-in law Jesus Castillo found the body at the doctor’s office residence. An almost empty sleeping pills bottle was found beside her.
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Los Angeles
Susanne Smith Castillo
Jesus M. Castillo
Manuel del Castillo
Security Council again urges Dutch and Indonesians to quit fighting
The United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 6 with Britain abstaining to urge a cease-fire in the East Indies hostilities. The action follows violations of the Aug. 1 cease-fire request and the Aug. 4 deadline. Indonesia accepts council good offices. the Dutch say council moves are under study at The Hague.
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Ake
A.P
Security Council
East Indies
Britain
United Nations
France
Belgium
Eeleo
N. van Kieffens
Andrei Eal Gromyko
Froland
Gromyko
Poland
Batavia
The
Hague
Priest Found Slain on Road Near Rome
Rome police said a Roman Catholic priest was found slain on the Via Appia near Rome early today. He had a large forehead wound and officials declined to suggest motives, while nearby Trieste reports described Catholics identifying pro Yugoslav mobs killing a priest and gravely wounding another with a third tortured to death in a wood.
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Rome
Via Appia
Trieste
Nail in Veteran Head Attributed to Jap Cruelty
Fort Logan Colorado August 26 Surgeons weigh removing a nail found in Virgil Gomez head after X rays revealed the two inch nail believed driven into his skull by a Japanese soldier during captivity in the fall of Bataan Gomez 27 of Cerro NM says the pain began a week after capture and he and his wife Isabel 21 are expecting their first child with a physician urging prompt operation within a week or 10 days
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Fort Logan
Colo
Fort Logan Hospital
New Mexico
Virgil Gomez
Cerro
M. M
Gomes
Bataan
Gomez
Isabel
Army Says War Brides Must Pay Travel to U S
The Army told war brides overseas they must cover their own expenses to travel to the United States to join their husbands. Only brides who have already signified intent will be brought here via Army facilities, per a War Department announcement.
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Washington
Army
United States
War Department
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