French zone to merge economically with U S and British zones
Frankfurt reports a French official says the French zone will be merged economically with the American and British zones on August 1. Pierre Koenig, French military governor, announced that trade will be merged tri-zone and transport and banking placed on a tri-zonal basis. Currency reforms exist in all three western areas.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Gerry
Radio Brort
Frankfurt Radio
Suedena Bans Agency
Pierre Koenig
Mily
U. S
Peter
G Koenig
Transporta
Truman Signs Three Major Bills Amid Sharp Congressional Critique
President Truman signed three major laws into effect in Washington on July 3, boosting pay for about 1.3 million federal workers, setting a new farm price support system for 1950, and extending terms for five Atomic Energy Commission directors. He criticized Congress for rising living costs and failing to curb them, while warning that the farm bill does not fully aid farmers or soil programs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commissioners
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Pocketbook Found Hidden During Spring Plowing
Perry chief reports a farmer unearthed a pocketbook while plowing in July. The lost item had been missing for a year and contained ten dollars among its contents.
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Perry
Ernest Sylvester
Greeks Announce Major Triumph in Grammos Campaign
The Greek army says it captured Eptahorion, its greatest victory in the Mount Grammos operation against Communist guerrillas. The village near Nestorion, 15 miles from the Albanian border, is a key guerrilla communications center and a focus of Grammos defenses. Observers note weakened rebel resistance as a possible advance toward a manhunt in the Grammos Mountains amid about 7000 guerrillas believed scattered over 1000 square miles along ridges near the Albanian border.
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Kozane
Eptahorion
Mount Grammos
Nestorion
Porder
Grammos
Greece
Cragey
Grammos Mountains
Markos Vafiades
Gauguin Early Work Sells in Paris Auction Esteems
In Paris the first public Gauguin sale since 1942 fetched 492 350 francs for a Brittany landscape 12 by 15 inches from his minor early period. The painting reflects Pissaro's influence critics now contest. Experts say a major Gauguin could bring two to three million francs, with US sales sometimes higher.
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Paris
South Sea Island
Paul Gauguin
Gauguin
War Relic Triggers Transatlantic Plane Search
A brass name plate from a WWII aircraft carburetor, found in Grimsby, England, led Bendix Aviation Corp to launch a cross continental inquiry. Serial numbers tie it to a Rolls Royce engine for a British bomber, prompting records checks in the United States and United Kingdom to locate the plane and crew.
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South Bend
Vlay 3
North Sea
Grimsby
England
Bendix Aviation Corp
United States
Polio Epidemics Hit North Carolina and Texas
New York July 3 The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports North Carolina and Texas facing the worst polio waves in their histories for this time of year. A total of 195861.33 has been sent to assist emergency efforts and 126 nurses have been recruited. North Carolina reports 348 cases up to June 30, double any year except 1935 and 1944. Texas 579 cases up to June 26, versus 150 in 1943. Medical detectives have been sent to trouble spots and equipment is being rushed to affected areas.
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New York
National Foundation For
Texas
North Carolina
Foundation
Talmadge Enters Georgia Governor Race in 1947 Rematch
ATLANTA July 3 Herman Talmadge, a 34 year old farmer, lawyer and politician, officially became a candidate for Georgia governor in the September 8 Democratic primary. He had previously ousted from office by the Georgia Supreme Court for two months in 1947 and vowed to take his case to the people.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
State Supreme Court
F Or Talmadge
Ple
Georgia Supreme Court
Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Talmadge
Four From L. B. Hurt in Crash at Buena Park
Long Beach residents Athol B. Schuster 26 his wife Georgia 27 and their son Athol Schuster Jr 4 were hurt in a Buena Park crash at Grand Ave and 10th Street Friday night. Also injured were Mrs B A Wiggins 33 and son Robert 15 from 2168 Montair Ave while the other driver Ruth S Doug Tass 32 of San Gabriel escaped injury. All were taken to a Buena Park physician for treatment.
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Long Beach
Grand Ave
10Th
Buena Park
Frida
Athol B. Schuster
Montair Ave
Georgia
Athol Schuster Jr
B.A. Wiggins
Robert
Buena Parks
Ruth S. Doug ‘Tass
San Gabriel
Italy faces potential nationwide rail strike
Rome dispatches report danger of a national railway strike looming after Communist Lorenzo Giusti, railroad union counselor, warned the government must quickly settle grievances. He cited slow review of cases for workers dismissed by Fascism and issues over promotions, pensions, and layoffs.
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Rome
Bologna
Italy
Lorenzo Giusti
Marine Jet Lost in Mock Sea War At Pearl Harbor
An Oahu based FF Tigercat from Marine Airgroup 15 disappeared during a mock warfare drill near Pearl Harbor. Two crewmen were aboard and presumed lost. names withheld pending notification. Facilities involved include Naval Task Force 38 and the Navy.
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Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Arabs Tighten Stance on Jewish Supply Convoys
United Nations sources say the Arab Legion is tightening controls on convoys moving supplies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Five trucks were searched and found to carry unlisted foodstuffs. the convoy was halted as other trucks continued. Diplomats briefed in Cairo on Bernadotte’s talks hint at renewed hostilities and disagreement over peace proposals.
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Erusalem
United Nations
Arab Legion
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
U. N
Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Arab League
Holy Land
Bernadotte
Riad Ei Seth Bey
Lebanon
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Israel
Bernardotte
Haifa
Israel Army
Plane With 14 Missing in Mexico
A DC-3 carrying 14 aboard including eight Americans vanished east of Mexico City. Army, commercial and U S embassy planes scoured the mountains but bad weather halted the search. dawn plans to resume. No word on the ground sighting near Jalapa.
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Mexico City
U. S-Mexico Foot and Mouth Disease Commission
Army
U. S
Here
Vera Cruz
Jalapa
Yugoslav Trio Condemns Tito Line Echoed by Cominform
Yugoslav government ministers and party leaders condemned Tito as Yugoslavia’s leadership faced criticism aligned with the Cominform. Deputies Georgi Traiko Vulko Chervenkov and Georgi Koulishhev urged the party to purge itself and find internal “sound forces” to restore unity.
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SUKTA
Bulgaria
Py [Na
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Cominform
Tito
Georgi Traiko
Vulko Chervenkov
Arts
Science and Culture
Georgi Ko
Naval Reserves Invited to Saturday Dances at Los Alamitos
All naval reserves, active or inactive, are invited to attend weekly Saturday night dances at the Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. Admission to the dances is free.
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Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Lieutenant colonel Appointment Confirmed for Marine Corps
Major John T. Rooney USMG commanding officer of the Marine group at Naval Ammunition and Net Depot Seal Beach has received official notice from Washington confirming his appointment as lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps.
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John T. Rooney
USMG
Naval Ammunition and Net Depot
Seal Beach
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Warren to re take on homecoming amid halted plans
Governor Warren returns to Sacramento briefly before a planned parade and speeches. City officials say events will be strictly civic and nonpolitical, with a train arrival and ceremony now postponed as arrangements are revised.
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Warren
Sacramento
Gov. Warren
Stial
New York
Goodwin J. Knight
San Francisco
Belle Cooledge
Capitol Park
Mrs. Warren
Dorothy
Virginia
Nina
Oklahoma Hunts Notorious Killer Who Fled Prison
McAlester Okla July 3 law secludes grim search for escapee George Kimes the 44 year old murderer bank robber and felon who slipped from the state penitentiary grounds after feeding at the kennels. Bloodhounds tracked him three miles to U S 270 where the trail ended leaving authorities to intensify the manhunt.
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McAlester
Okla
George Kimes
U. S. 270
13 Strike Blocks Available to U. S. If Miners Go Out
The government has three potential injunctions to block a coal and steel strike, with none to be tried until a strike develops. Soft coal miners, including 40 000 in captive steel mines, are on vacation through Monday midnight. Steps include a NLRB complaint, White House seizure under a draft law, and a Taft Hartley national emergency injunction.
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John L. Lewis
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
White House
Chicago
C. I. QO
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
American Smelting and Refining Co
Kenosha
Wis
Simmons Co
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
United Auto Workers
Duane
Pat) Greathouse
Mexico City Oil Company Blast Kills 4
Four killed and 29 wounded in a downtown Mexico City oil factory explosion and fire. Police and firefighters searched the three story ruins for more bodies as Red Cross ambulances aided the injured. The plant produced cooking oils and vegetable fats and the blast damaged adjacent buildings.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Army Retires Merrill Leader of Raiders
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill, 44, famed for Merrill's Marauders in Burma, retired from the Army due to disability. Effective last Wednesday with the rank of major general, Merrill was born in Hopkinton Massachusetts.
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Washington
Frank D. Merrill
Merrill's
Burma
Merrill
Hopkinton
Mass
Blast Rips Steel Plant Injuring Twenty One
A blast and ensuing fire tore through a block long engine building at Carnegie Illinois Steel Co in Chicago injuring 21 workers. One man was seriously hurt while several others were treated at the plant dispensary and four were hospitalized. No deaths or trapping were reported. About 22 people were in the building at the time and many injuries came from flying glass and debris.
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Chicago
Carnegie Illnois Steel Co
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Local Youth Leaves for Class Reunion
Vincent Jones son of Mrs Lydia Jones of 1210 Ximena Ave left last night for Los Gatos to attend the Statesmen Class reunion. The group of 20 boys from California communities received scholarships to the Montezuma Boys School summer session last year. Jones has won a scholarship to Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire.
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Vincent Jones
Lydia Jones
Ximena Ave
Wilson
Los Gatos
California
Montezuma
Young Jones
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
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