Donnelly Named U S Commissioner for Germany News
President Truman named Walter J. Donnelly as United States high commissioner for Germany. Llewellyn E. J. Thompson Jr. was chosen as ambassador and high commissioner for Austria, replacing Donnelly. McCloy retires July 31 after three years, with Donnelly set to assume duties then and may become the first postwar U S ambassador to Germany when the peace contract takes effect. The agreement ends the occupation regime and grants a limited independence to the Bonn Republic.
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Turuman
Walter J. Donnelly
United States
Germany
Llewellyn E. J. Thompson Jr
Donnelly
U. S
Austria
Thompson
Rome
John J. McCloy
West Germany
McClay
Truman
McCloy
Federal Republic of Germany
U.S
Bonin Republic
Warren Returns to Office Monday in California
Sacramento July 18. Gov Warren returns to work after a week away in New York with Mrs Warren and their three daughters following a failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination in Chicago last week.
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Sacramento
Goy
Warren
California
Chicago
New York
New Iran Chief Vows He'll End Oil Difficulties
Tehran July 18 AP Premier Ahmed Qavam pledged to resolve Iran oil nationalization disputes without harming relations with Britain and said he would resign if the effort fails. He criticized Mossadegh’s oil policy and warned against violence as troops crackdown on nationalist supporters continues.
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Iran
Tehran
Ahmed Qavam
Anglo Iranian Oil Co
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iite
Qavam
Mossadegh
Mossatlegh
Iran Party
Labor Party
Japan quake kills nine and injures hundreds in central Japan
Police reported that nine people died and 134 were injured as houses and buildings collapsed in a central Japan earthquake early today. The quake struck with victims pinned beneath debris in the affected area.
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Japan
Tokyo
Diary of Mary Astor Destroyed by Court Order
Hollywood icon Mary Astor’s famed diary, sought in custody disputes, was burned by order of a superior court judge. The destruction, kept private, was disclosed by Judge Stanley Barnes who said he honored family wishes.
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Mary Astor
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Miss Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Marilyn
Goodwin J. Knight
Stanley N. Barnes
Superior Court
Marilyn Jong
Allied Tanks Repel Communist Tank Assault near Cherwon
United Nations forces and armored units repelled a five hour attack by a Soviet T-34 led enemy on a hill northwest of Cherwon. The battle began with an artillery barrage and rain driven fighting, yielding 250 Communist casualties in the central sector and 69 more in patrol actions along ten to twelve miles.
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Korea
United Nations
Cherwon
U. N
Kumsong
Korean Truce Talks Resume After Four Day Break
In Panmunjom, Korean truce negotiators resumed off the record talks with no sign of progress on prisoner exchange. United Nations and Communist delegates met briefly in the prisoners tent, ending a four day recess at the Reds request. Another session was set for 11 a.m. tomorrow (2 p.m. Friday Long Beach time).
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Korea
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Pareys
Panmunjom
Reds
Long Beach
Kerr denies offering to pay delegates' expenses
Sen Robert Kerr of Oklahoma denied claims that he offered to cover any delegates expenses for the Democratic national convention He said he would pay only his own and his family's costs and called the allegation false after a Wyoming attorney cited a Kerr associate's alleged offer
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Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Frank Bowron
Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Weather report: low clouds and fog overnight
Low clouds and local fog persist tonight and into the morning tomorrow. The afternoon brings hazy sunshine with little change in temperature.
White House weighs second seizure of steel industry
AP reports the White House seriously weighs seizing part of the strikebound steel sector under the Selective Service Act. A White House source said Justice Department attorneys were told to prepare papers for possible partial seizure as officials debate legality, with Steelman presiding at a high level meeting.
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White House
Justice Department
Defense
John R. Steelman
Secretary of Defense
Truman
Supreme Court
Philip Perlman
District
Supreme Courts
Steelman
Munitions Board
John Small
National Production Authority
Henry H. Fowler
Arthur Flemming
Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Chicago
CIO
Demos Tiptoe Around Faming Racial Issue
Chicago July 28 AP Democrats gingerly pushed aside the civil rights issue as a party platform debate loomed. Southern Democrats silent on federal action, while platform committee heard witnesses urging a strong civil rights stance. Senators Sparkman Magnuson and Rep McCormack weighed potential floor fights and farm plank provisions led by Rep Cooley in Philadelphia four years ago.
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John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Sparkman
Magnuson
Warren G. Magnuson
Washington
Platform
Pacific Northwest
Western States
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Harold D. Cooley
North Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Philadel
Evacuate 150 Homes as Louisiana Flood Spreads
Torrential rains surround Lake Charles and force 150 families, including airmen families from Lake Charles Air Force Base, to evacuate their homes after 16.04 inches of rain in 48 hours. Officials hope evacuees may return this afternoon as the flood covers southwest Louisiana and extends toward Brownsville to Morgan City.
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Lake Charles Air Force Base
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Morgan
City
Truman Nears End of Medical Tests Amid Convention Drift
President Truman, recovering from a two week virus illness, has normal temperature and plans to return to the White House tomorrow. No plans to meet callers or name a successor were announced as Democratic aspirants eye the Chicago National Convention. Cabinet members and aides remain tight lipped about Truman's choice. Tom J Cavin of Kansas City, his alternate delegate, has not been able to see the President during his illness and hospital checkup.
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Washington
Chicago
Truman
Joseph Short
White House
Tom J. Cavin
Kansas City
Walter Reed Hospital
Western Demos Plan Western Bloc Forming at Convention
Democrats from 12 western states and two territories push to form a bloc of 210 delegates to influence platform and candidate at next week's convention. L. L. Steward Jr of Phoenix and Monroe Sweetland called for an initial session to map planks including reclamation mining water and power. Delegates from Alaska Hawaii Oregon California and others may back Kefauver on first ballot.
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Chicago
L. L. Steward Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Monroe Sweetland
Portland
Ore
Sweetland
Calvin Rawlings
Utah
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Stewart
Poison cyanide in Wabash River threatens Indiana towns
July 18 report from Indianapolis states a deadly cyanide solution spilled into the Wabash River at Lafayette and drifted downstream toward Montezuma. Health, conservation, and water authorities urge avoidance of river use and warn wells and fish are dangerous. Terre Haute relies on river water with treatment expected to neutralize effects. Authorities patrol the river as the poison dilutes. fish killed in large numbers south of Lafayette.
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Wabash
Lafayette
Montezuma
Indiana Health Board
The
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Peerlees Wire Goods Co
Terre Haute
Arthur Blood
Women warned kisses may conceal ideology in Berlin
July 18 report notes Communist women urging unmarried colleagues to kiss cautiously to ensure partners are ideologically safe. Anna Welch, head of the Soviet Zone Railway women's committee, says spies use courtship to infiltrate Communist circles and warns of ideological risk.
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Berlin
Anna Welch
Where to Find It Beach Climbing and Other Sections
A directory style listing shows the newspaper sections and their page numbers across Beach Climbing on Page B-1, Boyle on Page A-7, and other topics. It lists Shore topics like Bridge on B-3, Obituaries A-8, Sports A-9 to A-11, and various features across B and A sections, including Classifieds B-6 to B-11 and Editorial A-6.
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Beach Coimbing
Boyle
Lookout
Air Line Pilot Reports Odd Flying Objects Over Colorado
American Airlines pilot Captain Paul L. Carpenter reported seeing strange flying objects while flying nonstop from Los Angeles to Chicago. He and his crew, first officer George Fell and flight engineer Lee Quilici, observed fast moving objects about 100 miles away.
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Chigago
American Airlines
Paul L. Carpenter
Los Angeles
Colorado
Cole
Carpenter
Chicago
George Fell
la Porte City
Iowa
Lee Quilici
Leaders Plan Strong Voice in Selection
Labor leaders from CIO and allied unions converge in Chicago to press for a major influence on the Democratic presidential nominating process. Talks reportedly circle around backing a single candidate, with possible discussions among Philip Murray Estes Kefauver Averell Harriman Richard Russell and others. Stevenson arrival looms as a contingent factor in the contest and party unity efforts.
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Chicago
CIO
Philip Murray
APL
Estes Kefauver F
Tennessee
Averell Hurtiman
New York
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Truman
Murray
Russell
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
AFL
Aids
Alben Warkley
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Newsprint Price Hike by Crown Zellerbach on Coast
Crown Zellerbach Corp announced a $10 per ton increase in newsprint effective with today’s shipments. The rise brings the price to $12 62 per ton at principal Pacific Coast ports. Canadian mills had a similar advance earlier. Increased production costs cited. Crown Zellerbach supplies most newsprint for Pacific Coast newspapers.
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Crown Zellerbach Corp
Pacific Coast
Canadian Mills
Crown ‘Zellerbach
Slayer Taken To Hospital After Bellevue Sanity Check
Bayard Peakes, 29, described as a crackpot on eternal life, was taken in handcuffs to Bellevue Hospital for a sanity checkup after confessing to shooting 1 year-old Eileen Fahey on the Columbia University campus. He insisted he is not insane, while the district attorney seeks a mental evaluation.
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Bayard Peakes
Bellevue Hospital
Eileen Fahey
Physics Society
Peakes
Bellevue
Peaks
de Eakes
Miss Faheya
Columbia University
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