Racial Violence in Deep South Averted by Armed Posse Stand
In Hazlehurst Mississippi a night of tense confrontation ended with a cautious calm as a 200 strong white posse and armed Black residents faced off near Dentville over two sought Negro suspects. Sheriff Harper was shot during a prior arrest attempt, and 12 suspects were detained for questioning as searches continued across five square miles.
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Azlehurst
Miss
Julius Harper
Harper
Turkey Creek Woods
Dentville
Hazlehurst
F. L. Bishop
Jackson
L. S. McClaren
McComb
John Fulgham
Ferman Fulgham
Troy Templeton
Ferman
Templeton
Bishop
Luther Wilkins
McClaren
Highway Patrol
Allies Call Berlin Crisis Talks As U S Plans Berlin Policy Hint
Berlin is the scene as Gen. Lucius Clay summons Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith from Moscow for a top level crisis conference with western officials. Clay may bring new Washington instructions while the U S braces to double airlift capacity to Berlin.
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Berlin
U.P
Lucius Clay
Germany
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Smith
Clay
U. S
Five Die as Duluth Dukes Bus Collides With Truck
A head on crash on Highway 36 near St. Paul killed five Duluth Dukes players and other team members. Eleven were injured, four critically, and sent to Ancker Hospital as the bus, carrying 17 from Eau Claire to St. Cloud, burned after impact. The team had played in Eau Claire the previous night and was due to start in St. Cloud.
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ST. Paul
Duluth
Northern Baseball League
Ancker Hospital
Hwy. 36
Western
Dale Aves
Marie Becomes French Premier Seeks Stable Government
Paris July 24 Andre Marie became premier with a National Assembly vote of confidence. He promises a stable government uniting parties except Communists and de Gaulle supporters. Marie, a Radical Socialist moderate, won 352 votes to 190 with 78 abstentions. He calls for an end to the European Recovery Program.
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Paris
Andre Marie
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Marie
Assembly
Radical Socialist Party
The
Fantastic wingless plane sighting near Montgomery
Captains Clarence Shipe Chiles and John B. Whitted of Western Air Lines described a "tremendous" wingless aircraft that emitted a 40 foot flame and traveled between 500 and 700 mph. They saw two-deck square windows and a bright glow as it passed their DC-3, then vanished into clouds.
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Atlanta
U.P
Western Air Lines
Clarence Shipe Chiles
John B. Whitted
Montgomery
Ala
Chiles
ATC
Whitted
Air Force
Japan
Union negotiators back company offer at Douglas Long Beach plant
Negotiators at the Douglas Long Beach plant recommend acceptance of the employer’s latest contract proposal. The advisory comes as workers seek stable terms and future job assurances amid ongoing bargaining.
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Douglas Long Beach
Southland
A bomb tops 48 issues as U.N. Assembly nears
Summary mentions an A-bomb issue surpassing 48 concerns as the third United Nations General Assembly prepares to convene. Additional notes flag Curran on hiring halls and a Macedonian rift, with references to domestic politics and page locations across sections.
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U. N. Assembly
Curran
Macedonia
America
Truman
Congress
Lightning Kills Four in Japanese Storm
A severe thunderstorm in Sauma prefecture, Japan, claimed four lives today. Police and emergency crews responded to the weather related fatalities as the storm caused widespread damage across the region.
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Tokyo
Sauma Prefect
Navy Plane Sets Transcontinental Flight Start
A Navy Lockheed Constitution transport departed Lockheed Air Terminal at 9 50 a m for San Francisco to begin its first cross country hop en route to Moffett Field. Navy officers expect about a two hour flight.
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Burbank
Lockheed Air Terminal
San Francisco
Navy
Moffett Field
Bus Collision Injures Dozens On Kansas Highway
A westbound Santa Fe Trailways bus struck a stalled gasoline truck on U S 50 near Garden City Kansas injuring most of its 35 passengers and the driver Four people including the driver Newton A Griffith were seriously hurt and taken to St Anthony's Hospital in Dodge City The truck carried 5600 gallons of gasoline but did not ignite and was knocked 66 feet into a ditch Ambulances and private cars rushed the injured to hospitals in Garden City and Dodge City
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Kan
Santa Fe Trailways
Here
U. S. Hwy. 50
Dodge City
Newton A. Griffith
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Paul Karber
Bray Gagnon
Paradise
Calif
Clarine Gagnon
Columbus
Barker
Welch
Okla
Ralph Eberle
Denver
Colo
Ethel Bridge
Lamar
Junior Sargent
Tulsa
Reds Claim Spies Caught on Railroad
Moscow reports that the railway newspaper Qudok said foreign spies were caught on Soviet railroads recently, signaling heightened security amid cold war tensions.
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Moscow
Qudok
Woman kills husband by plunge in French court yard
In Mulhouse France police report Mme Marie Vogel 54 jumped from her third floor apartment yesterday and fell onto her husband who was walking in the courtyard below He died from a skull fracture She survived but her condition is grave
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Mulhouse
France
Mme
Marie Vogel
Mme. Vogel
General Motors Hikes Car Prices 8 Percent
General Motors announced an 8 percent price increase on all passenger cars effective Monday. President C E Wilson cited rising wages and material costs. Pontiac led with price jumps up to 1500 for the Toro model, while trucks see no change.
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Etroit
General Motors Corp
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Wilson
Pontiac
Mich
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Buick
Oldsmobile
General Motor
Cissie Patterson Publisher Dies at 63 in Maryland
Mrs Eleanor Medill Patterson known as Cis sie, editor and publisher of the Washington Times-Herald, died suddenly at her Marlboro Maryland home. She was found dead in bed at Dower House.
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Washington
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Marlboro
Patterson
Bandit Locks 23 Persons in Refrigerator
In Clifton New Jersey a lone gunman locked eight Howard Johnson employees and others inside a large refrigerator while looting the restaurant. When Milton Turner the owner arrived he was forced to open the safe. Police said about $2000 was stolen and the bandit fled as tradesmen delivered to the restaurant arrived and joined the group.
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Clifton
N. J
Howard Johnson
Milton Turner
Ridgewood
Turner
Polish Press Hails Wallace as Progressive Champion
Warsaw reports Polish controlled press front pages praised Henry A. Wallace and his political party as champions of progress opposing reactionaries Truman and Dewey.
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Warsaw
Poland
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Truman
Dewey
Berliners Propose Gifts to U S Fliers
Western Berliners propose gift collections for pilots in gratitude for the air lift that ferryed supplies to Berlin during the Russian blockade. Letters to newspapers reflect the sentiment and some suggest monuments to three Americans who died in an air lift wreck two weeks ago. One widow offers her Welsh terrier dog as her only possession.
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Berlin
Siam aims to prevent Red Communist HQ in Bangkok
Premier Phibun Songkram told Parliament that the Siamese government has taken every possible precaution to prevent the establishment here of a Communist headquarters for southeast Asia. He spoke during a session in Bangkok on July 24.
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Bangkok
Southeast Asia
Phibun Songkram
Parliament
Wartime Sabotage Plan by Red Unions Alleged
Chairman Hartley of the House labor committee said American Communist union leaders have formed complete sabotage plans for wartime. He will air the information at hearings starting August 4, with early probes into Chicago and Detroit. Hartley noted complaints from union members seeking exposure of alleged Communist leaders.
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Red
Washington
Hartley
House Labor Committee
Chicago
Detroit
Congress
House Committee
Dewey Promises Swift Action to End Food Shortages
Governor Thomas E. Dewey declared he would boost meat, poultry, and dairy production if elected president. In Pawling New York he outlined plans to channel grain production to prevent surpluses while increasing animal foods and led a round table with 76 agricultural editors at the Pawling Grange Hall.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Pawling Grange Hall
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