Paris Peace Conference Opens in Luxembourg Palace
Diplomatic delegations from 21 nations meet in Paris to discuss peace treaties shaping the future for 83 million people in former Axis countries. Key figures include Byrnes Molotov Attlee Bidault Evatt Masaryk Nash and Mackenzie King as talks proceed with limited immediate outcomes and a separate Germany treaty to follow.
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U. S
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
H. V. Evatt
Jan Masaryk
New Zealand
Walter Nash
W. L. Mackenzie King
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Byrnes Leaves To Represent United States
Secretary of State James F Byrnes departed Washington for the Paris peace conference with President Truman expressing full support for his mission. Sen Connally read Byrnes statement over NBC urging swift removal of wartime frictions and early settlement of treaties with former German satellite states.
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Byrnes
United States
The
Associated Press
Ashington
Paris
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
NBC
Truman
Washington
Europe
Russia
Ships Damaged by Underwater Atomic Bomb Reported
Navy officials list Pensacola Salt Lake City as damaged after Thursday attack aboard Mt. McKinley. New York Nevada status disputed while Nagato deemed lost. Pennsylvania listed lightly down at stern as Bikini Lagoon remains highly radioactive. patrols skirt the danger.
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Associated Press
MT. Mckinley
Navy Bureau of Ships
Pensacola
Salt Lake City
New York
Edward Cochrane
Gwiory
Cochrane
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Bikini Lagoon
Arabs Reject Plan for Palestine Partition Talks
The Arab executive in Palestine rejects partition and will not meet Jews in any conference. A Jewish spokesman denounces federal Arab Jewish provinces as outlined by a British American cabinet committee. Britain says conference invitations were sent to seven Arab League states, while a Jewish leader in London says the conference avoids raising the Palestine issue at the United Nations.
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London
Palestine
Britain
British Foreign Office
United Nations
Rail Retirement Law Sent To President After Senate Amendments
Washington July 27 The House accepted Senate amendments to liberalize the railroad employees retirement law. The changes remove from the bill provisions extending coverage to employees of freight forwarders and trucking firms affiliated with railroads. The amendments passed 189 to 64 on a roll call.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
avalanche Journal July 28 1946 Lubbock
Sunday edition of the Avalanche Journal from Lubbock Texas dated July 28 1946 delivers local news briefs and community notices reflective of postwar life. The page summarizes events, obituaries and society items in compact style.
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Lubbock
Texas
Avalanche-Journal
Georgia Police Hampered by Silence in Lynching Inquiry
Major William E. Spence said the best people in Onroe would not talk as Georgia authorities investigate the four lynching victims near Onroe. Gov. Ellis Arnall offered rewards totaling more than 10,000 dollars for solutions and ordered continued investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Walton county. Public concern grew as funeral preparations drew crowds and groups denounced the mob killings.
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Georgia
Be.nett Deloach
Associated Press
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Walton County
Roger Malcolm
George Dorsey
Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Arnall
Congress Votes to Adjourn Next Friday
The 79th Congress set next Friday as the formal adjournment date as members head home for recess. Factions debate whether Republicans gain control. Truman’s vetoes on labor and price control were sustained while the draft extension and a 3.75 billion loan to Britain found some success.
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Associated Press
Ashington
79Th Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
House of Representatives
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Great Britain
UN Military Group Gestures at Slow Progress in Paris Talks
A New York dispatch reports the United Nations military staff committee, including chiefs of staff from the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China, is marking time while awaiting Paris peace treaty conferences to end. The body, tasked with forming an international air sea and land force for world peace, meets in secrecy and reveals little about progress. Much debate centers on language nuances as negotiations stall awaiting broader treaty outcomes.
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Versailles
United States
Russia
Briuain
France
Germany
Godspeed
New York
United Nations Military — Staff Committee
Great Britain
China
Security Council
Paris
Cancer Control Plan Rejected By Solons
Washington July 27 A 100 million cancer control program was defeated by the House in a 139 to 126 vote. Opponents called the proposal loosely drawn and likely to promote chaos in existing federal cancer projects.
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Washington
House
Many A-Bomb Test Ships To Be Sunk
Bikini lagoon will see an iron bottom as target ships are scuttled after assessment. Vice Admiral Blandy, commander of Operation Crossroads, said remaining small craft would be sunk in the lagoon while larger ships go to sea with standard weapons. The former Japanese battleship Nagato listed today and may sink.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
W. H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Nagato
MPs At Marshall Draw Protest
Marshall Texas July 27 Marshall News Messenger reports military police armed with pistols and clubs at polling places during morning hours were recalled before noon after local protests. Barksdale field MPs had been sent to assist local officials in maintaining order. officials say it was routine. Rep Patman and Sen Connally were asked to aid an investigation into the incident.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Texas
Marshall News-Messenger
Barksdale Field
Shre
Shreveport
Barksdale
Tex
National Guard
Victor H. Strahm
Strahm
Texas National Guard
Bryant
Wright Patman
News-Messenger
Washington
Act
Myron G. Blalock
National Democratic
Thoorough
Tom Connally
Rep
Patman
Bevin Sick Attlee To Head Peace Conference Delegation
Ernest Bevin fell ill and Prime Minister Attlee took over as head of the British delegation to the peace conference. Bevin was ordered to rest for at least a week while Attlee assumed the role in the direct across-the-table negotiations.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Foreign Office
Bevin
Sun Spot Curtain Keeps Radio in Stalemate
International radio communications were snarled for the third straight day as atmospheric conditions from a sun spot curtain disrupted transmissions over New York. The outage affected multiple bands and caused widespread signal interference.
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New York
International Radio Communications
Railroading charges fly over Precinct 5 A meeting dispute
At Roscoe Wilson school the Precinct 5-A convention sparked a county Democratic rift between New Dealers and anti-New Dealers. W. W. Campbell faced accusations of ruling against the majority as 27 opposed resolutions were said to fail by voice vote while only 12 stayed seated.
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Democratic Party
Precinct 5-A
Roscoe Wilson — School
New Deal
W. W. Campbell
L. C. Ellis
Campbell
S. Lamar Forrest
Lubbock
Jumberman
William G. Dingus
Butter Goes Begging At 79 Cents A Pound
Butter sold for 79 80 and 85 cents per pound in Dallas with meat and dairy counters full. Grocer William Clark attributed weak demand to price, noting women are not buying butter at 79 cents while suppliers seek ten cents over old OPA prices after subsidy. Oleomargarine scarce as wholesale price rose to 40 cents. sirloin steaks 52 to 54 cents, salt pork and ground hamburger 40 cents.
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Dallas
William Clark
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