Bevin Signals Berlin Crisis Could Trigger War and Halt Demobilization
London July 29 Foreign Secretary Bevin warned the Berlin crisis could lead to war and said Britain may halt its postwar demobilization. He outlined four power talks with Russia on an all European settlement if the Berlin blockade ends, and noted that demobilization of RAF units has slowed due to Berlin supply flights. Churchill pressed for assurances on stopping all demobilization.
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U.P
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
Bevin
Russia
House of Commons
Commons
Kremlin
Europe
Royal Air Force
Germany
West
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Tiny Tornado This Lad Was Only 4 but Oh My
An unidentified four year old boy pulled a fire alarm in Danbury Connecticut setting off a first alarm for three fire companies. He then activated a second alarm and drew Danbury’s firefighting force of 150 firefighters to the scene before vanishing into the crowd.
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Danbury
Conn
John A. McNamara
Farben Chiefs Acquitted of Plotting War Crimes
A U S military tribunal acquitted 24 I G Farben directors of plotting and waging aggressive war and found nine guilty only of looting in Nazi-occupied countries. The Farben plant at Ludwigshafen lay ruined after a deadly explosion as verdicts on counts of plunder and war crimes were read.
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Mernberg
A.P
U. S
I. G. Farben Chemical Combine
Farben
Ludwigshafen
Third Reich
Hermann Schmitz
Georg von Schnitzler
Fritz Ter Meer
Ernst Buergin
Paul Harfliger
Max Ilgner
Friedrich Jaehne
Heinrich Oster
Hans Kuggler
France
Norway
Poland
Russia
von Schnitzler
Europe
Curtis G. Shake
Vincennes
Ind
GOP Attacks Truman Call for Special Session
Republican leaders blasted President Truman's special session as unnecessary political and potentially dangerous. Taft led the charge arguing Congress will watch inflation and housing proposals, promising no price controls, rationing, or police state measures.
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Ashington
A.P
Truman
Congress
Washington
Taft
Truman Asks Congress For Broad Anti-Inflation Plan
President Truman sent to Congress a detailed anti-inflation bill seeking authority to regulate prices and rationing via a central price agency. The bill aims to roll back living costs to November 1947 levels, with ceilings reflecting cost increases since then. Critics doubt it can be enacted without harming production, while supporters expect to curb price rises and avert economic collapse.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
CPA
Wolcott
R.-Mich
House Banking Committee
Rep. Monroney
D.-Okla
Banking Committee
Capitol
Paul Porter
OPA
Special Congress
Porter
Bill Would Extend Limited Powers Through June 1950
The proposal aims to extend wartime controls with a June 30 1950 end date. It would ration scarce products, grant wage authority in price controlled industries, restore consumer credit controls including installment buying restraints, and give direct regulatory powers.
Olympic Games Open in London amid heat and cheers
King George VI proclaimed open the London Olympics of the 14th modern Olympiad as 6000 athletes gathered under a blazing sun. Notable incidents included a French athlete collapsing and more than 200 spectators treated for heat and fainting while 7000 doves symbolized peace. The same day in Washington, anti poll tax legislation faced a Senate filibuster as southern members delayed action on the bill seeking to outlaw poll taxes for federal elections.
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England
George VI
London
Red Cross
Ashington
Senate
Sen
Russell
D.-Ga
Stennis
D.-Miss
House
Wherry
Taft
Ohio
Majority Party
Dixie Democrats
FEPC
Maybank
Bender
New Hampshire
U S Pilot and 18 Chinese Die in Air Crash
A Civil Air Transport V-46 crashed after taking off from Tsingtao killing all 19 aboard. The sole American, pilot Richard E. Tarbet of Logan Utah, was accompanied only by a Chinese co pilot and Chinese soldiers airlifted to Tsinan.
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Tsingtao
Richard E. Tarbet
Logan
Utah
Tsinan
Blast damages ship in harbor causing heavy losses
A blast in a harbor ship inflicted about 100000 dollars in damage. A man died when his automobile struck a dip in the road. The incidents were reported on page B1.
18 Die as Flying Boat Crashes Near Buenos Aires
Maritime police reported 18 killed and four injured when a four engine plane crash landed in fog near Plate River outskirts of Buenos Aires. Alfa Airlines said 18 passengers and five crew members were aboard from Rosario. one passenger survived. The crash occurred about three miles northwest of Alfa's downtown landing port.
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Alfa Airlines
Rosario
Plate
Alfa
Germans Scoff at Red Charges in Factory Blast
In Ludwigshafen the investigations rejected Communist accusations that the Farben plant blast was war related. Officials report 84 bodies recovered, about 2,000 injured, with death toll estimates ranging from 334 to 800 across zones. The plant employed 22,000 workers and caused widespread destruction.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Farben
Rhine
Mannheim
U. S. Army
Berlin
I. G. Farbenindustrie Trust
Judge's Wife Kills Self By Car Exhaust
Mrs. Pauline Dawson 45, wife of Municipal Judge Leroy Dawson, died by suicide using exhaust fumes in her car. West Los Angeles police said she was found in the front seat of the vehicle in the garage at their home yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Pauline Dawson
Leroy Dawson
Dawson
Ship Nevada Survives Secret Weapon Tests at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor July 29 The battleship Nevada radio active survivor of atom bomb tests remained afloat after three days of secret weapon trials. Pacific fleet says latest fire damaged her superficially and she is settling slightly with no list yet. If afloat Friday Iowa and three cruisers will train on her.
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Pearl Harbor
Nevada
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Iowa
Four States Rush Iron Lungs to Los Angeles
Salt Lake City July 29 iron lungs are being rushed from the intermountain area to Los Angeles to combat a polio outbreak. The shipments from four states were announced by Frank S Emery Utah director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Salt Lake City
Intermountain
Los Angeles
Frank S. Emery
Utah
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
University of Pennsylvania names Harold E. Stassen president
The University of Pennsylvania selected Harold E. Stassen as its new president after a trustees meeting. Stassen, 41, will become the youngest president in the university's history, with election to occur at a September board meeting. Salary terms were not disclosed.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
George William McClelland
Minnesota
University
Death of ex Senator Jim Watson at 84
James Eli Watson of Indiana Republican leader in the Senate during Hoover’s era died at 84 after eight terms in Congress under eight presidents. He fell ill with internal hemorrhages on October 12 and was hospitalized. Surviving widow Flora Miller of Winchester Ind a daughter Mrs Ernest Gross of Washington three sons Edwin G Joseph C Watson and James E Watson Jr and brother Charles Watson of Winchester Ind.
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James Eli Watson
Indiana
Senate
Hoover
Hoosier
Congress
Watson
Flora Miller
Winchester
Ind
Ernest Gross
Edwin G. and
Joseph C. Watson
James E. Watson Jr
Chicago
Charles Watson
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