U. S. Situation Bullish Says Nation's Chief
President Truman disputed a bullish domestic economy view and promised a full mid year economic report to Congress next week. He indicated resignation to likely failure of a $4 billion tax increase this session and urged House action on a labor bill replacing Taft-Hartley.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Democratic House
John
House
Senate
Freakish Storms and Heat Kill Twenty in Portugal
Lisbon reports a week of violent thunderstorms and heat waves killing twenty people and injuring many. A sunlit reading reached 146 degrees at Coimbra, with cyclonic winds and hail damaging crops nationwide. Lightning deaths total thirteen, drownings six, sun stroke one. Heat exhaustion affected many workers and residents.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Coimbra
Weather Hot Humid in East Portion of U S
A hot humid pattern gripped the eastern two thirds of the nation with no widespread relief in sight. Some relief from a cool breeze touched parts of the Northeast, but drought and crop losses continued in New England and New York. Rainfall provided minor relief in New Jersey and New York City but was insufficient to halt wilting crops. analysts say three to six inches are needed.
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Associated Press
U.S
Burégu
New England
New York State
New York City
Mercury
Seatore
New Jersey
Newark
Phila
Alcatraz Term Finished Man Free One Day
Woodrow Wilson Buchan, 29, Alabama farmer, paroled yesterday from bay district prison after six years for burglary. He was arrested in Los Angeles at 2:45 a.m. by radio officers for driving erratically and failing to prove ownership of a car. Buchan claimed a trip via San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego with sailors, leaving a railroad ticket to Grand Bay, Alabama.
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Alcatraz
Woodrow
Wilson Buchan
Alabama
Buchan
C. C. Sullans
Bay District
John W. What Jey
John W. Carroll
25Th St
American ‘Ave
Burglar Steals $30,000 Worth of Jewels From Actress Lois Andrews
A thief entered the actress Lois Andrews home with a weapon and took about $30,000 in jewels. The raid also exposed 230 dresses 193 pairs of shoes fur coats perfumes and other valuables. Andrews recently divorced actor Steve Brodie and said she was away when the burglary occurred.
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HolLywood
Lois Andrews
Andrews
Secral St
Steve
Steve Brodie
Ahe
Lescelfe
Aiarge
Bangor Fire Ravages Riverfront Plant Area
Bangor Me July 7 A quarter mile riverfront burned in a fiery explosion and blaze at an industrial area. Drums of gasoline and oil caused the blasts touching a bus garage and a primary firm. Four large gasoline tanks were endangered for over three hours as flames licked the structures.
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Bangor
Aac
Police Sergeant Accused In Burglary In City
Off the Teletype news item reports a Los Angeles police sergeant being accused in a burglary case. The article references page numbers and sections for further details, indicating an internal wire or digest format.
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L. A
Widow Awarded Half of W. C. Fields Estate
Superior Judge McKay ruled that Harriet W. Fields receives one half of W. C. Fields 6000000 estate under California community property law while denying claims by William Rexford Fields Morris that he was Fields illegitimate son. Morris and others contested the will, which left most of the fortune to a college for orphans and trusts for relatives and a protege.
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Hollywood
William R. McKay
W. C. Fields
William Rexford Fields Morris
Comeman
Harriet W. Fields
California
W. Claude Fields Sr
Morris
Dallas
Texas
Follies
Bessie Poole
Fields
Imoney
Walter Dunkenfield
Fhlidelphia
Adel C. Smith
New Jersey
Adreas
Carlotta Monti
McKay
Polio Plague Reported In Texas At Record High
AUSTIN Texas officials announced that the polio epidemic has reached its highest total yet with a large number of cases reported. The state health office cited a surge last year and called the current figures the most severe in Texas history.
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Austin
Texas
Dewey appoints Dulles to succeed Wagner in Senate
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey designates John Foster Dulles as interim U.S. senator to fill Robert F. Wagner’s seat. Dulles will serve Dec 1, 1949 to Dec 31, 1950, with a special election possible in November 1949. Wagner, 72, a Democrat, leaves the Senate after nearly 23 years due to ill health.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
United States Senate
Robert F.wagner
Dulles
L.A
Wagner
Dewey
Repaul Publican
Senate
Assembly
Pegler Attacks Union Rackets Before House Subcommittee
AP columnist Westbrook Pegler told a House labor subcommittee that lab unions in the United States are infiltrated by despots criminals and Communists. He cited the United Electrical Workers as an example of Communist domination and claimed many unions run by these elements suppress rank and file voice.
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Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
House Labor
United Trical Workers
Atomic Energy Commission
Electric Company
United Electrical _Workers
Uni
Henpies
Union Treasuries
Four Die in Downpour in Japan Agency Rental Incident
A heavy downpour triggered a fatal incident at a Japanese agency rental site. Four people died as weather and structural issues raised safety concerns for workers and tenants. Local authorities are investigating the scene and coordinating with emergency responders.
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Japan
Tain
All Initiatives to Appear on State Ballot
California readies a statewide ballot for all initiated measures including Proposition No. 4 repealing a constitutional provision. Gov. Warren says measures qualified for the ballot will be voted on in November as the Legislature supported a state bond plan for aid to impoverished school districts. Myrtle Williams appointed social welfare director after Prop 4 shifted control to the state. the repeal would restore county authority.
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Sacramento
California
Warren
Acroc
Bave
Myrtle Williams
Charles M. Wollenberg
Secretary of
Supreme Court
Social Welfare Department
Wiliams
Youth Claims Childs Death Was Accident
CHICAGO July 7 AP Sand and police said today a neighbor boy was accidentally involved when Robert tried out a noose made for a boys club initiation. Chief of Detectives Timothy O Connell said Robert made an oral statement a few hours after, while his younger brother Charles 23 gave a rival account claiming he killed Tommy Laux 3 and then retracted it. Both boys, students at a school for backward children, are being held without charge.
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Chicago
Thomas
Whitey) Laux
Charles Munday
Charles
Robert Munday
Robert
Timothy O'Connor
Tommy Laux
John “Trinka
U Whitey
Mundays
Employees on Public Pay Rolls in ASHINGTON
Public payroll figures show 6,219,000 allocated for salaries on ASHINGTON rolls as of July 7, with details indicating payroll expenditures and personnel costs across city departments.
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Ashington
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