Typhoon Strikes Okinawa With Fatal Toll
Okinawa faced a sucker punch typhoon Saturday with winds near 150 mph. One American dead and 16 injured as shattering debris toppled buildings on the air base. A second storm veered toward Iwo Jima and later hit off Shanghai China, with reports of damage sparse due to poor communications.
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Okinawa
Iwo Sima
Shanghai
China
Royal Weather Observatory
Hong Kong
China Navigation Company
Hanyang
U. S
U.S
Air Force Headquarters
Bie
Japan
Army
Air Force
20Th Airy Force
Youn
Truman seeks swift approval for foreign arms program
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 1.45 billion dollar foreign arms plan to aid eight European nations and others from Europe to the Pacific. He framed it as defensive, likening it to the North Atlantic Pact, and pressed for prompt action to sustain peace momentum.
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Truman
Congress
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Soviet Union
Greece
Health aid bill powers $35 million for school children
A House commerce subcommittee approved a health aid bill permitting $35,000,000 in federal funds for health services to all school children, public and nonpublic. The measure, similar to a Senate plan, adds minor amendments and faces a full committee review later in the week.
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Washington
House Commerce Subcommittee
Senate
All Interstate Committee
House Labor and Education Committee
Commerce Subcommittee
Federal Security
Labor Secretary Tobin Criticized Over Bureau Move
In Washington on July 25, Labor Secretary Tobin faced Senate criticism as small businessmen urged confidence. He attributed their hesitation to a propaganda drive and defended a proposed reorganization shifting the Bureau of Employment Security from the Federal Security Administration to the Labor Department. The bureau would continue administering employment services and unemployment programs with state cooperation, Tobin said.
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Ashington
Secretary of Labor
Apa
Bureau of Employment Security
Federal Security Administration
Lal Labor Department
Dureau
Tobin
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
School District Valuation Sets Record
The school district reports a record assessed valuation, reflecting growing property values and a rising tax base across the district. Officials caution about future budget implications as valuations reach new highs.
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Selner
Catalina Island
Hel Beyle
Heire ss Barbara Hutton convalesces in Venice hotel terrace
Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton rests at the Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido while convalescing after recent operations. A Massachusetts court ordered she may keep her son Lance Haugwitz Reventiow until September 15 after her attorney argued gravely ill conditions. The baronial father Count Curt Haugwitz RevanHow protested the decision amid reports of Barbara swimming in Venice.
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Woolworth
Excelsior
Lido
Venice
Italy
Belore
Lance Haugwitz Reventiow
Masachusetts
Lance
Curt Haugwitz
Barbara
Ex Midwest Hoodlum Surrenders to Los Angeles Sheriff
Anthony Trombino a 29 year old former Kansas City hoodlum surrendered at the Los Angeles county sheriff's office in connection with the infamous shooting of mobster Mickey Cohen. He gave a statement and was taken in for questioning as authorities seek other suspects. Trombino's attorney described him as innocent, while investigators said many suspects remain to be rounded up as the Cohen case spurs a broader probe into ties between the underworld and law enforcement.
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Los Angeles
Anthony Trombino
Kansas City
Mickey Cohen
Garner
Brown
Trombino
Fred N. Howser
Cohen
Gordon Bowers
Sylvan Covey
To. Sheriff's
Sugar Hill
Restaurrant
Covey
Tony Brancato
Harry A. Lawson
Vice
Lawson
American Officer and Wife Attacked in Germany
Lieut. Harvey Konitz and his wife, residents of Chicago, were attacked by three unidentified men on a country road in the British zone near Burgdorf while en route from Goslar to Celle. The assailants wore unfamiliar uniforms, and one spoke in French. motive unclear, police and Air Force officials reported.
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Germany
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Harvey Konitz
Chicago
Konitz
Airitt
Celle
U. S
Goslar
Burgdorf
Koni
Tomatoes Fly as Blue Laws Spark Street Theater Riot
In Hattiesburg Mississippi police enforce Sunday blue laws aimed at banning after six pm movies. Patrons and staff clash as 36 arrests occur across six theaters with tomatoes thrown at officers and doors barred. showings continue until normal closing. Multiple projectionists face repeated arrests and one sustains a leg injury from a tomato.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Saenger Theater
Mmusic
Mississippi
Heat Wave Sweeps East From Rockies Amid Humidity
Chicago July 2. The Weather Bureau reports a strong heat wave moving east from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast. Humidity rose, making conditions uncomfortable as temperatures continued to climb across the nation.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
The
Mercury
Rocky Mount
Atlantic Seaboard
Rent Control Law Judged Illegal but Remains in Force
Federal District Judge Elwyn R. Shaw ruled the 1949 rent control act unconstitutional yet did not repeal all controls. An immediate appeal to the Supreme Court was pledged. The local option clause, deemed an unlawful delegation of power, invalidates the act overall. The housing expeditor sought an injunction against Shoreline Cooperative Inc. for evicting 18 tenants, which Shaw dismissed.
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Hicago
Elwyn R. Shaw
U. S. Supreme Court
William S. Kaplan
Chicago
Shaw
Congress
Tighe E. Woods
Shoreline Cooperative, Inc
John P. Lulinski
U.S
Supreme Court
British Justice Tipsy Baby Buggy Pusher Fined
London reports Mrs Jean Donaldson aged 32 was fined 20 shillings for pushing a baby carriage while drunk. A police constable stated the infant narrowly escaped being hit as the carriage wobbled. The formal charge was drunk in charge of a carriage.
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London
Jean Donaldson
Subpoena Sought on Lentz Bank Accounts in Bribery Case
U S Attorney in Los Angeles subpoenas bank accounts of Walter Lentz connected to his bribery allegations against James Mulloy and Drew Fearnon in a federal case. California Attorney General Howser, untestified before a grand jury, may face subpoena. Witnesses and long Beach gambling ties cited in the Fresno filing.
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Los Angeles
James Carter
Atty
Fred N. Howser
Walter Lentz
Carter
Lentz
James Mulloy
Freano
Howser
Drew Fearnon
California
Fresno
Long Beach
I Howade
Lents
Becn
Ronal
Mailman Brightens Life of Doomed Arizona Lad
Four year old Bobby Byers in Phoenix hopes the mailman brings letters daily. He cannot read them himself but enjoys opening them. Doctors predicted he had days to live after a terminal illness, yet his parents persist in hope and care as Bobby awaits news and mail.
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Ariz
Bobby Byers
Mommie
Boby
de Baen
Bobby
H.J. Byers
Byers
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