Death on Chesapeake Bay prompts border dispute over where shot
Crisfield Md and Tangier Sound border tensions flare after Earl Nelson, 60, is fatally shot during a confrontation with a Virginia deputy while crabbing near the Maryland Virginia line. Officials from both states investigate amid claims Nelson was in Maryland waters when struck by a rifle shot as a Virginia plane landed.
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Crisfield, Md
Earl Nelson
Maryland
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Crisfield
Virginia Conservation Patrol
Charles M. Lankford, Jr
Nelson
Salisbury
Potomac River
Tangier
Potomac Sounds
Albert Rich
Rich
Calvin Marsh, Jr
Smith Island
Marsh
Lankford
David Acree
Weirwood
Atlantic Pact Okayed by Vandenberg Urges Senate
Senator Vandenberg urged ratification of the North Atlantic pact as a shield for free men against embattled greedy communism. He argued the treaty would deter aggression and warn would be conquerors, stressing the alliance’s military potential over limited arms aid while noting bipartisan momentum toward final approval within a week of debate.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
United States
Connally
U. S
Truman
Congress
Texas Legislature Passes Lynching Punishment Bill
The Texas Senate approved a bill making lynching punishable by prison or death, the first specific anti lynching law in the state. The measure moves to Governor Beaufort Jester for signature, after his earlier endorsement.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Senate
Beauford
Government to lease Mammoth bomber plant for wheat storage
Federal Agriculture officials disclosed that the Mammouth bomber plant in Cleveland will be leased for storing wheat. The idle facility offers 800,000 square feet of space for the program.
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Cleveland
Federal Agriculture
Mammouth
Communism Debate at NEA Sessions in Boston
The NEA faced a heated debate over banning Communist party members from American teaching. Rose Russell of the CIO Teachers Union and John K. Norton clashed over the issue while Eisenhower and Conant supported a policy to exclude Communists. The policy proposal to amend NEA by laws was to be acted on later.
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Boston
National Education Association
Rose Russell
CIO
Teachers’ Union
New York City
John K. Norton
Columbia University
Teachers College
Norton
Coal Contract Talks Delayed In Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers and northern and western soft coal operators postponed resumption of talks from July 12 to July 19. Ezra Van Horn said the delay allows both sides to canvass mutual problems as miners return to a three day work week. Hard coal talks start in Philadelphia tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
van Horn
UMW
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Japanese Rail Chief Found Dead Believed Slain
Tokyo AP report says Sadanori Shimoyama of the Japan railway corporation disappeared after orders to fire 30 000 of 90 000 workers. His dismembered body was found on a railroad track five miles from a downtown Tokyo store, prompting debate whether it was murder or suicide. Authorities favored murder amid threats and political strife.
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TOKYO
Sadanori Shimoyama
Japan Railway Corporation
Shimoyama
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Wrong Meeting Sparks Union Confusion in Seattle
In Seattle an angry session of the Boilermakers was interrupted when a speaker urged focusing on their own union. Investigators found the man belonged to Local 300, Paperhangers, Painters and Decorators, meeting down the hall.
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Seattle
Boilermakers’ Union
Shelby youth dies in truck fall accident
Harold Junior Day, 16, of Shelby was killed yesterday in Fostoria when he fell from the rear of a truck. The incident was reported by AP and noted as a fatal fall.
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Fall Fostoria
Harold Junior Day
Shelby
Ex Prisoner Admits Slaying Of Two Men
Henry Guldbrandsen, a 34 year old ex convict and merchant mariner, surrendered and signed a statement admitting the Fourth of July bludgeon killings of Lt. Peter J. Flint and Peter J. Jensen in a Sonoma Valley cabin. He described a Saturday weekend with Flint at Jensen's home and said he struck both men during a drunken stupor before fleeing in Flint's car. Mrs. Eva Paget, 27, claimed she was attacked. Guldbrandsen denied assaulting her, though she remains hospitalized in critical condition.
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Eureka
Cal
Valley of the Moon
Henry Brun Guldbrandsen
Ed Neumeier
Elmer Hodgkinson
Humboldt Times
Eva Paget
California
Guldbrandsen
Sonoma
Flint
Jensen
Defense Ends Case In Hiss Perjury Trial
In New York a federal judge refused to dismiss two perjury charges against Alger Hiss and ordered jury deliberations to begin. The 12 jurors, ten men and two women, will decide Hiss fate after the defense wraps up its case and closing arguments. The trial nears its end as government rebuttal testimony concluded and ruling on witnesses was made.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eisler
Airplane pilot bound to jury in fatal Alabama crash
Corp. Robert S. Penick 22, charged with manslaughter in the July 2 death of John H. Hall, an elderly wagon driver near Wadley Alabama. Bound over to the Chambers County grand jury after a preliminary hearing, bond set at $1,000. Penick, stationed at Shaw Field South Carolina, home Newellton Louisiana. Plane struck Hall as he quieted a mule team. plane then landed on the highway and departed for Alexander City where the four soldiers were arrested.
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Lafayette
Ala
Corp
Robert S. Penick
Chambers County Grand Jury
Penick
John H. Hall
Wadley
Bond
Air Force
Justice of the Peace
J. B. Stevens
Shaw Field
Columbia
S. C
Newellton
Jim Abney
Abney
Hall
Alexander City
Prolonged Ohio Heat Brings 132 Deaths Across Region
Accumulated reports show 132 heat related deaths in the longest heat wave of the summer. Forecaster Mindling notes no relief through Friday with scattered showers unlikely to cool the heat significantly. Crop losses in the Midwest exceed 50 million dollars as drought persists.
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Alee
New York
Long Island
Sound
Midwest
U. S. Weather Bureau
Northern Ohio Cool Weather Promised Amid Heat Toll
Forecaster George Mindel predicts cooler conditions only in the north of Ohio, while most of the state endures heat. Temperatures surged past 100 in multiple cities with Youngstown 104 and Springfield 103. Five drownings and at least four heat deaths were reported as residents sought relief at pools and beaches. Chillicothe halted a reformatory kiln due to inmates overheated.
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Ohio
Toledo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Chillicothe
L. Clark Schilder
U. S. Reformatory
Harry Lied
Lina Sue Case
Howard Graham
Joan Acker
Donald Ritter
Akron
Miller Lake
Richard Smith
Bellefontaine
Bernard Allen
Junction City
Ray Lensen
Lorain
Lake Erie
Robert Martin
Longview State Ospital Pool
Warm spell continues with thunderstorms possible in Ohio
Middletown recorded a high of 97 on Tuesday at 1 p m, six degrees below the July Fourth peak of 103. Overnight low was 73 at 5 a m and today the temperature rose from 74 at 6 a m to 85 at 9:30 a m as the day warms. The weatherman predicts continued humidity and possible thunder showers through tonight and Thursday across parts of Ohio.
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Middletown
Ohio
Heat Grips Most of the Nation as Regions See Varied Temps
The article notes only the northern states enjoy comfort above two thirds of the country while the Pacific Coast remains pleasant. Temperatures run high across the central eastern and southern regions with the heat in full blast.
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Pacific Coast
Holiday Accident Death Toll Hits Record 711 Mark
The National Safety Council calls the Fourth of July accidental death toll a record 711, with 315 traffic fatalities, 256 drownings, and 140 from other causes across three days. States reported 555 traffic deaths, exceeding earlier estimates and past holiday highs.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Battle Opens In Try To Convict Tokyo Rose
SAN FRANCISCO AP The government begins its case to convict Iva Toguri known as Tokyo Rose of wartime treason but will not seek the death penalty. An all white jury of six men and six women was selected, with opening statements likely today. The defendant, born July 4 in Los Angeles, faces eight counts. The minimum penalty is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The defense used nine challenges while the government used seven. Evidence will include Radio Tokyo broadcasts.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri
Tokyo Rose
D’aquino
Tom de Wolfe
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Sleds Half Price Help Mount Vernon Store Sellout
In Mount Vernon Ohio the hardware store posted All sleds half price as a heat wave kept the mercury in the 90s for the tenth straight day. The manager said merchandise moved quickly including the sleds, reflecting a summer sale mood in a warm spell.
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Mount Vernon, O
Mercury
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George Nathan
U.S
Nathan
New York Herald-Tribune
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Communist Party
William F. V. Saunders
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