War Profits Probe Reveals New Facts
Senate War Investigating Committee hearings disclose that A J May endorsed 18634.07 in checks and that Batavia and Erie Basin firms paid 48634 in advances to Cumberland Lumber, owner listed as A J May of Prestonsburg. Schaffer noted a check endorsed by A J May and that May denies profits from Illinois war contracts.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Senate War Investigating Committee
A. J. May
Cumberland Lumber Company
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Batavia Metal Products Company
Illinois Munitions Combine
Edward Schaffer
General Accounting Office
Batavia and
Erie Basin
Prestonsburg
Schaffer
Eric Basin
Cumberland Concern
Cumberland Company
First National Bank of
Rep. May
House Military Committee
Mitchell
Wash
Congress
Rep
May
Senate
House
Tlinois Group
Senator Mead
Trieste rocked by new riots and Allied actions
Trieste faced anti allied demonstrations after the Four Power decision to internationalize the city. British troops used clubs and tear gas, while clashes erupted at Unita plaza. A Rome strike protests and halted shipyard unrest continued as American sailors were kept ashore and 30 to 40 people held by police.
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Trieste
Unita Plaza
Rome
Italy
AMG
U. S
Fargo
Monfalcone
Prisoner Escapes From Camp Hood Barracks
Brownwood officials notify police of the escape yesterday of Lloyd G. Wilson 24 Winchell Texas a general prisoner serving four years for forgery transporting whisky and escape from the P U S disciplinary barracks at Camp Hood.
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Brownwood
Tex
P—U. S
Camp Hood
Lloyd G. Wilson
Winchell
Man Charged With Assault in Lubbock District
Law officers in Lubbock worked a busy Saturday as A L Allison 42 was charged with assault with intent to murder his daughter in law Mrs J A Allison after a shot was fired through a window near midnight. The complaint was filed in justice court and bond set at 1000.
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Lubbock
A. L. Allison
Justice Court
C. E. Lynn
J. A. Allison
Allison
Plains
West Texas Hospital
D. D. Armbrister
Burton S. Burks
Lynn
Eugene Cupp
Wilma Whatley
Nan Crowder
Eula Mae Cormany
Booker T. Washington Park
Political rally planned in Idalou on Saturday afternoon
Idalou Lions club will host a political rally with state district and precinct candidates to speak starting at 3 o'clock next Saturday afternoon. Loudspeakers will be provided under club supervision.
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Idelou Idalou
Idalou
Idalou Lions Club
Bevin Accuses Russia on Peace Conference Rules
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin accuses the Soviet Union of trying to impose new conditions for the July 29 European peace conference. The Big Four remain deadlocked over scheduling and invitations as Byrnes and Bevin insist any rules are nonbinding. Molotov argues a procedural framework is needed, while Bevin warns a conference may not occur if every rule is not agreed.
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Joseph Dynan
Associated Press
Aris
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Bevin
U. S
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Britain
France
United States
Byrnes
V. M
Terry Defeats Sale of Liquor in Terry County
Brownfield Texas July 6 Special election results show Terry county residents vote 1901 against and 440 for legal liquor sales. Total votes 2341 of 3500 potential. rural boxes strongly opposed while Brownfield boxes record 1264 against 336 for. Judge Homer Winster notes rallies influenced public sentiment.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Homer Winster
Winston
Whiteface Voters Approve $50,000 Water Bonds
Whiteface residents vote 100 percent in favor of issuing $50,000 in bonds to build a waterworks system. Mayor A. M. Walker said all 84 ballots supported the proposal. Diamond dinner rings 24.75 to 750.00. King's, 1020 Edwy.-Adv.
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A. M. Walker
King’s
Mexican Army Guards Polls as 3 Million Vote Today
In Mexico City the army with rifles and machine guns guards the presidential election as about 3,000,000 voters choose among four candidates Miguel Aleman Ezequiel Padilla Enrique Calderon and J Agustin Castro for six year terms. Deputies and senators are also elected. Polls open at 9 a m and close later.
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Reginald L. Wood
Associated Press
Exico City
Army of Mexico
Miguel Aleman
Interior
Ezequiel Padilla
Enrique
Hoover Warns Wave of Crime Threatens U S
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned of a potential army of 6,000,000 criminals and a rising wave of lawlessness. He cited crime rates from 1945 and 1946 and argued family life and parental control as key causes, urging renewed moral and social discipline to curb delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brack Curry
Associated Press
Ashington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
America
Michigan coed ties up armed robber at tavern
Pretty Wanda Zebrowski an 18 year old Michigan state college coed intercepted a bandit at her father Stanley Zebrowski’s tavern. She kicked him in the stomach disarmed him a shotgun discharged but did not injure anyone and with help from her mother tied him up with apron strings until police arrived. Three other men suspected as accomplices were later nabbed.
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Detroit
Wanda Zebrowski
Wanda
Stanley Zebrowski
Cornelius Gudenan, Jr
Miss Zebrowski
Flight Of Jews From Poland Increases Amid Pogrom Fear
In Warsaw on July 6 reports said the flight of Jews from Poland had risen after the Kielce pogrom. Many tried to reach Czechoslovakia or stow away on Baltic ships bound for Scandinavia. Desperate crowds sought transit permits from American military authorities and visas from Czech officials to leave Poland for France America or Palestine via various routes.
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Warsaw
Poland
Kielce
Czechoslovaka
Baltic
Polonia
Germany
France
America
Palestine
Czechoslovakia
University In Storm Center Of Campaign
The 1946 Texas gubernatorial race centers on the University of Texas controversy raised by former President Homer P. Rainey who denounces vicious attacks on the university. Candidates plan intensive campaigns across the state from Jackson to Lubbock as Lyndon Johnson and others push efforts in West Texas and the Panhandle.
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Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
University of Texas
Homer P. Rainey
Austin
Panhandle
Gulf
Red River
Rio Grande
Lyndon Johnson
Tenth
Hardy Hollers
Johnson
Roosevelt
Rainey
Lubbock
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Jacksonville
Hillsboro
Comanche
Texas Pacific Railroad
Jerry Sadler
South Central
Southwest Texas
Navasota
Pleasanton
Grover Sellers
Corpus Christi-Lower Valley
Greenville
Food costs rise across nation after OPA ends
July 6 report notes milk prices jump two to three cents in New York New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. Butter wholesale prices climb 13 to 14 cents a pound while retail levels in Louisville top 82 cents. Rents show sharp increases in several cities as wholesale markets adjust and officials consider rent control.
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Associated Press
York
OPA
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Louisville
Chicago
Boston
San Francisco
Richmond
Charlotte
Minnesota
Ed Thye
Jefferson County
New Orleans Stock Yards, Inc
Fourth of July deaths total 330 in nation
The Independence Day weekend toll reached 330 with 152 traffic deaths, 97 drownings, and 76 other accidents since 6 p.m. Wednesday. New York led with 30 violent deaths, while Texas saw several fatal incidents including a truck-train collision near Pampa and a truck dragged 150 feet by a Santa Fe train.
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Associated Press
New York
Pampa
Texas
F. W. Tarr
Hoove
Tex
Santa Fe
Texas Department of Public Safety
D. O. Long
San Augustine
Nacogdoches
Galveston
Sidney le Blanc
Louisiana
Driverless Car Collides With Partially Built Garage
Oklahoma City July 6 E W Davis reports a driverless car rammed a partially completed garage, leaving it in a terrible mess. No injuries noted. Local officials began inspecting structural damage and safety concerns.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
E. W. Davis
Senate battle looms over meat price controls in OPA bill
Democratic split endangers revival of meat price controls as the Senate considers a new OPA renewal bill next week. Wherry argues to remove meat and poultry from price controls, while Murdock and administration aides warn of a presidential veto and political fallout amid ongoing opposition and hoped votes.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Wherry
Neb
Office of Price Administration
Murdock
Utah
Congress
Washington
Barkley
Truman
White House
Taft
Sen
Ohio
OPA
Paul Porter
Navy Film Missing Before Bikini Test Stolen Report
The Navy said 1,275 feet of unimportant film exposing three weeks before the Bikini atom bomb test is under investigation. The film reportedly involved was linked to Kwajalein dispatches and may have been stolen from an officer courier in New York.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pacific
Joint Task Force No. 1
Navy
Kwajalein
Bikini
New York
Odessa Slaying Suspect and Alibi Tests
Odessa reports police testing a gun and mud on shoes and a car tied to John L. Nall in the Thornton murder case. Glen Thornton was killed and his wife beaten with a flashlight in their home while asleep, leading to Nall's arrest in Houston and alibi attempts in Austin with local sheriffs.
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Odessa
Department of Public Safety
Austin
John L. Nall
Glen T. Thornton
Thornton
Nall
Houston
Galveston
Hugh Ratliff
G. A. Ragsdale
Bill Wingo
Gilbert Weaver
Four Candidates Seek Post U S Britain to Drop War Blacklists
The United States and Britain plan to discontinue their lists of about 5,880 foreign firms and individuals accused of Axis collaboration. An official announcement is due Monday outlining how licenses will be granted under the new method, affecting Spain Portugal Sweden Switzerland and Turkey among others.
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Associated Press
Ashington
United States
Britain
Axis
Latin America
Spain
Por
Tugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
State Department
British Foreign Office
Hope for united world and peace from President Truman
In Gettysburg on July 6 President Truman voiced optimism about European peace treaties and a general conference in Paris set to begin July 29. He compared global pressures to post Civil War tensions and said a peace treaty may be near. The Trumans traveled from Shangri La in the Catoctin mountains for a Fourth of July weekend visit.
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Gettysburg
Truman
Byrnes
Paris
Mrs. Truman
Shangri- la
Catoctin Mountains
West Pointer Chosen Chairman of Houston Port Commission
Wilson Saville, West Pointer and engineering colonel for SHAEF in World War II, was unanimously selected as chairman of the Houston Port commission. He previously served as Army district engineer in Galveston. Also named to the commission were L. G. Sanders of Goose Creek and W. W. Walker of Houston.
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West Pointer
Houston
U.P
Wilson Saville
SHAEF
Houston Port Commission
Saville
Galveston
L. G. Sanders
Goose Creek
W. W. Walker
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