Jew Arab Fights Continue as Truce Extension Sought
Heavy Jewish Arab fighting raged along the Tel Aviv Haifa corridor as UN mediator Bernadotte pressed for a four week truce extension. Both sides had not replied to extension requests by noon and the Arab League awaited a response.
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Cairo
Tel Aviv
Israel
Bernadotte
United Nations
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
League
Max Boyd
Tel Aviv-Haifa
Count Folke Bernadotte
UN Palestine
Lake Success
N. Y
Britain
Security Council
Arab Higher Committee Envoy Walks Out of UN Palestine Talks
Jamal Husseini, Arab Higher Committee representative, withdraws from United Nations Security Council discussions on Palestine in protest of this month’s council president Umaitri 24 Marnilsky of the Soviet Ukraine.
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Lake Success
Arab Higher Committee
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Jamal Husseini
Umaitri 24
Marnilsky
Soviet
Ukraine
Gromyko Presses Full Debate on Palestine Crisis
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the UN to link the Palestine truce extension with Bernadotte's activities. He accused Bernadotte of overstepping UN authority and proposing changes contrary to partition plans including Jerusalem as an international city. He cited reports of 1000 volunteers from the United States, France, and Belgium for Jerusalem guard duty and Haifa port work, and noted clashes near Haifa with UN vehicles and two American Marines involved.
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Palestine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
Bernadotte
Middle East
Gromyko
Holy Land
Jerusalem
United States
France
Belgium
Haifa
Tira
Jaba
Tel Aviv
UN Truce Team
Charles Phalen
Bluefield
W. Va
Lewis Taylor
Jackson
Miss
Pet Pomeranian Sparks Housing Eviction Battle
In Zanesville Ohio Babe a Pomeranian valued at over a thousand dollars becomes the center of a federal housing dispute. Director Herman McAllister cites old government rules banning dogs and cats at Coppermill Manor and vows enforcement while Theodore Harsch resists surrender of Babe. Other tenants plan pet moves or removals.
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Zanesville, O
Babe
Theodore M. Harsch
Coppermill Manor
Herman F. McAllister
McAllister
Harsch
Zanesville
Truman aides move to halt stampede at Democratic convention
President Truman's team seeks to stop a gallery driven nomination rush at next week's Democratic gathering. Convention sergeant at arms Leslie L. Biffle says 60 Philadelphia police and up to 50 private detectives will guard galleries to prevent influence on delegates. The move aims to avert a repeat of the 1940 convention scene where crowds demanded a candidate.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leslie L. Biffle
Truman Has Not Planned Attendance at Democratic Convention
The White House announced that President Truman has no arrangements to attend the Democratic national convention opening Monday in Philadelphia. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the President has not yet said he will go and he will not hold a new press conference this week.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Philadelphia
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Democratic Leaders Hedge Ike Nomination Threats at Convention
Biffle warns of an attempted convention stampede as Eisenhower backers push for the nomination while Truman supporters rally. He says measures are in place to handle the situation and keep proceedings orderly amid mounting pressure.
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Kie
Wendell L. Willkie
Biffle
Truman
Eisenhower
Bat Bombs To Be Tested On Battleship New York
The 30,000 ton battleship New York heads to 50 miles south of Pearl Harbor for the first test of radar guided bat bombs against a ship of its size. Task Force 38, under Rear Adm. Marshall R. Greer, will conduct air surface and underwater tests until the ship sinks. The vessel remains radioactive from Bikini tests. Carole Landis suicide note fuels Hollywood speculation about financial troubles and troubled marriage. Landis’ fourth husband and her mother give contrasting views on her finances.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
New York
Navy
Bikini
Here
Marshall R. Greer
Nippon
W. Horace Schmidlapp
Cincinnati
Schmidlapp
Rex Harrison
Clara Landis
Carole
Man Dies While Fishing Near Sudbury Lake
Homer Vance, 58, of Bucyrus Ohio, died yesterday while fishing in a lake near Walford Ontario, about 60 miles southwest of Sudbury. He was a frequent northern visitor, in the area for a vacation with his wife and son Tom and daughter-in-law accompanying.
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Sudbury
Ont
Homer Vance
Bucyrus
Walford
Ontario
Tom
Inaw
Ohio Democrats to Stand Behind Truman Delegation
Ohio's 56 Democratic delegates and alternates are expected to support President Truman at the Philadelphia convention. Most delegates are formally pledged to William A. Julian or Mary Boyle Burns, with two unpledged, yet all are counted for Truman. potential releases could allow first ballot backing for Truman.
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H. H. Daugherty
Columbus
Truman
Ohio
Philadelphia
U. S
William A. Julian
Cincinnati
Mary Boyle Burns
Toledo
Frank T. Dore
Tiffin
Chauncey Hawthorne
Steubenville
Julian
Akron
Trict
Walter J. Coyle
George R. Bass
George Millson
W. B. Bixler
James F. Leonard
Bixler
Plane Saves Crewmen In Tanker Blast
A Coast Guard PBY rescued seven injured men from the Edgewater after a Lake Michigan explosion and fire off Pt Sable. Five burn injuries and two fractures reported. survivors to Chicago Marine Hospital for treatment. A second rescue plane prepared as Sun Dew and Francis E. House aided.
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Ludington
Mich
Coast Guard
Edgewater
Lake Michigan
PBY
Chicago
Richard Mellen
Traverse City
Marine Hospital
Cleveland Tanker Company
Pt. Sable
Francis E. House
Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Injuries Fatal in Ohio River Boat Accident
Cincinnati based AP reports 31 year old Bart Dickey died from injuries after a motorboat fall into the Ohio River Sunday and propeller slashing.
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Cincinnati
Hobart Dickey
Ohio River
Sympathy walkouts spread in western Pennsylvania coal fields
AP reports three new sympathy walkouts in Pittsburgh area commercial soft coal mines as part of a national two day shutdown. About one quarter of 400 000 soft coal miners are idle, with West Virginia noting 85 000 back to work of 120 000 and 15 000 idle in captive pits.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Washington
Steel Company
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Steel
United Mine Workers
UMW
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Slip of Tongue Wins Jackpot on Radio Chain
Mrs Margaret Hohl Shelley of Valley Stream New York won 17000 dollars in merchandise on CBS Hit the Jackpot after a verbal slip earned her a place on the show She answered two of four prelims wrong yet remained in the running and then correctly solved Twenty three skidoo to claim the jackpot Her prizes include a car trailer Bermuda trip for two fox coat furniture sailboat motorcycle piano radio TV playground watch and ring
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New York
Margaret Hohl Shelley
No Candidate Sawyer Says No Candidate for VP
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer states he is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination for vice president. An Ohio delegate urged his candidacy, but Sawyer said he would devote his full attention to the Department of Commerce.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Ohio
Reed Winegardner
Washington Court House
Winegardner
Cincinnati
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Associated Press
Department of Commerce
Reds announce two year plan for Berliners
Berlin residents face a Soviet aligned two year plan to tie Berlin’s economy to the eastern zone. The SED asserts Berlin’s economy will be integrated with the eastern zone with standardization and boosted production while the western air bridge remains contested. The U S Air Force attempts to ease a fuel shortage, delivering 110 bags of coal as blockades strain industry.
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Berlin
Germany
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Collision injures passenger in city street crash
Denver George 22 of 602 Granada Street suffered a fractured skull today in a collision at Clinton Street and Reynolds Avenue. He was a passenger in a car driven by Frank Turner 600 Granada Street, which struck a car driven by Joseph C Fulton 71 of West Alexandria. George was taken to Middletown Hospital by ambulance.
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Denver George
Granada St
Clinton St
Reynolds Ave
George
Frank Turner
Joseph C. Fulton
West Alexandria
Middletown Hospital
Tito Followers Outside Of Fold Sparks Soviet Rebuke
Soviet authorities refuse Yugoslav invitation to a Belgrade Congress citing Tito and his followers as outside the Communist family. Albania tightens borders amid Yugoslav tensions as Danube talks set for July 30. In Prague, Eduard Benes is cheered before police break up a demonstration.
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William L. Phillips
London
Marshall Tito
Tass
Moscow Radio
Belgrade
Cominform
Tito
Stalin
Albania
Yugoslavia
Danube
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Tirana
Greece
Communist International Information Bureau
Coun
Warsaw
Fof
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Svobodne Slovoj
Sokol
President Benes
Soviets consider drastic moves amid eastern Europe unrest
Reported rumor mill in Washington links nationalist upsurge to possible Soviet actions in Romania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Officials doubt open military moves but warn a border crisis could trigger a defense response. Berlin notes reinforce Western resolve as Moscow weighs options.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Europe
Romania
Bulgaria
Russia
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
State Department
National Defense Establishment
Albania
Belgrade
Tass
Tirana
Yugoslavia
Greece
Berlin
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
London
Paris
Ohio Democrats to Set Philadelphia Convention Headquarters
Washington AP reports Ohio will have a convention headquarters in Philadelphia. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan accuses Julian Charles Sawyer Albert Horstman and Ray T. Miller of blocking funding, arguing they can cover the estimated 1500 dollar cost. Julian vows the headquarters will be arranged and welcomes Mike to attend.
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Washington
William A. Julian
United States
Ohio
Philadelphia
Julian
Michael J. Kirwan
Kirwan
Charles Sawyer
Albert Horstman
Ray T. Miller
Mike
Cincinnati
Sawyer
Frank Lausche
Miller
Horstman
Morale Challenge as Peacetime Draft Starts
Washington reports a morale issue as peacetime draft begins with only a small number of inductees and no clear enemy. Army planners stress targeted information efforts to explain the draft and motivate draftees while maintaining diplomatic vagueness about potential adversaries.
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Washington
Armed Services
Army
Selective Service
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