Cominform Attacks Tito as Italy Feels General Strike
The Kremlin backed Cominform accuses Marshal Tito of terror as Italian Communists strike afterPalmiro Togliatti’s shooting attempt. Riots kill at least six as De Gasperi faces a renewed Communist challenge and Berlin blockade policy remains unresolved by the Allies.
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Kremlin
U. S
Berlin
United Nations
Britain
Grammos
Palestine
Russia
Security Council
Cominform
Communist Information Bureau
Togliatti
Tito
Belgrade
Romania
Soviet Union
Rome
Italy
Germany
Three Die in Area Accidents Involving train and crash
A railway section hand Harry Loveland Igo 42 of Middletown was found dead near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks in Miamisburg reportedly struck by a train. He served in World War II and funeral arrangements are announced. In Butler County a Kentucky vacationer died in a Route 127 crash near Trenton E Lewis 18 London Ky suffered a fractured skull. Mrs Mary Ellerman 72 Dayton died in a head on Route 42 collision with seven others injured.
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Harry Loveland Igo
Wicoff St
Baltimore and Ohio
Miamisburg
Igo
Camp Cook
Samuel Lyons
Earl Jackson
Kentucky
Gephart and Smith Funeral Home
McCoy-Leffler
Elmer Lewis
London
Trenton Rd
Griesmer - Grimm
Lebanon
Mary Ellerman
Xenia Ave
Dayton
Ellerman
Leonard Watrin
Elliot Dr
Watrin
W. C. Pohle
Wilshire Rd
Pickets Sprayed with Skunk Oil at Univis Plant
In Dayton Ohio twelve Univis plant office workers, mostly women, were sprayed with skunk oil as they passed a picket line. Nine were hospitalized after fainting and breathing burns. Union officials denied knowledge while three union members reported illness from the fumes.
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Dayton, O
Univis
United Electrical Workers Union Local 768
R. G. Smith
Oakie Wornstaff
Running teen collapses in highway near cemetery
James Russell Clay, 15, says he ran hard while walking home from a late movie and fainted in the roadway. He woke to find an automobile had struck and injured him on the Mount Vernon highway at 1:20 a.m. State Patrolmen were puzzled until the boy explained the cemetery sighting.
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Mount Vernon
James Russell Clay
Young Mother Shot to Death Near Kane Pa
Thelma Davis Smiley, 19, was shot in the right temple while nursing her baby in a car two miles north of Kane. Her husband Alvin Smiley, 26, is held for questioning though no charges exist. County Detective Dickinson says Smiley claims it was an accidental shooting. an inquest is planned tonight.
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Kane
John Paxton
Paxton
Thelma Davis Smiley
Alvin
Merle Dickinson
Smiley
Cab Used In Chase Kills Young Girl
Deputy sheriff Earl Moore reported a taxi commandeered to chase a car wrongly reported stolen struck eight year old Barbara Ann Cyrus on Route 23 near Louisa. The girl died in a hospital about an hour after the collision.
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Louisa
Here
Earl Moore
Barbara Ann Cyrus
Pershing Dies A General of the Armies Remembered
Gen John J Blackjack Pershing dies and joins George Washington as the second American to hold the title General of the Armies. President Wilson had promoted him to command the American Expeditionary Force for effective war leadership with minimal casualties.
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John J. “Blackjack
Pershing
America
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
A.E.F
Tribute to Pershing by Eisenhower and world leaders
General Eisenhower called John J. Pershing a great soldier and patriot as he paid tribute in New York. Other leaders including Henry L. Stimson and President Quirino of the Philippines offered praise, noting Pershing’s leadership in World War I and his lasting influence on American Armies.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John J. Pershing
Washington
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Pershing
Cold Spring Harbor
Henry L. Stimson
Manila
Quirino
Philippines
Plans For Recall Of Congress In Special Session
President Truman directs immediate steps to force Republican controlled Congress into a special session on July 26. He may issue additional messages on price controls housing federal aid education and social security as he returns to Washington after the Democratic convention. Advisors weigh a personal Capitol Hill appearance on turnip day in Missouri.
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Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Missouri
Capitol Hull
Pershing Dies at 87 After Long Illness in Washington
General John J. Pershing, who led U S troops in World War I, died at 2 50 am at Walter Reed Hospital at age 87. President Truman announced the death after returning from the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. He had been ill since February 1938, with a heart-affecting rheumatism. Burial is planned at Arlington with state ceremonies, including lying in state in the Capitol rotunda followed by a procession to the Arlington amphitheatre for services at 2 pm.
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Washington
John J
Pershing
Truman
White House
Philadelphia
Tucson
Ariz
Walter Reed Hospital
George Beach
Warren
Miss May Pershing
Shelley Marietta
Arlington National Military Cemetery
Potomac
Arlington Hills
Capitol
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Arlington Amphitheatre
British Jets Complete First Ocean Crossing to North America
Six RAF Vampires crossed the North Atlantic from Greenland to Goose Bay Labrador in two hours 49 minutes, marking the first ocean crossing by jet powered aircraft. They were en route from London to New York and arrived at 9 14 p m local time. Lt Col David Schilling welcomed the pilots, part of the 16 American shooting star jets preparing for a west east hop.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
North Atlantic
Greenland
London
New York
David Schilling
Shooting Star
Ohio Delegates Back Truman And Barkley
A group of Ohio delegates delivered their 50 votes to Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley at the Democratic National Convention. They returned home to prepare for the November 2 election, confident but aware of the challenge against Dewey and Warren. Ohio Governor candidate Frank Lausche is viewed as a strong vote getter.
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Philadelphia
Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Ohio
Truman
Barkley
Dewey
Warren
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
W. A. Julian
U. S
Robert J. Bulkley
Julian
Pershing Death Shocks France and Honors From Leaders
France mourns General John J. Pershing’s death as President Auriol cancels engagements and drafts an official note to President Truman. Marshal Petain, 92, awaits word of the news while serving a life sentence for Vichy collaboration. Pershing recalled meeting Petain in 1917 and praising him.
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Paris
France
John J. Pershing
United States
Vincent Auriol
Truman
Robert Schuman
Pershing
Marshal Henri Petain
Vichy
Petain
Lafayette
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Truman Recall Of Congress Is Criticized
President Truman called a special session of Congress for July 26 drawing swift GOP criticism as a political move. Republicans in both chambers branded the plan as cheap politics while Democrats at the Philadelphia convention split on the tactic and its potential gains. Senator Vandenberg called it a hysterical gasp of an expiring administration and doubted any good would come from the session.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Philadelphia
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman Calls Congress to July 26 Special Session
President Truman urged a Republican controlled Congress to convene July 26 for a special session and pass anti inflation and housing measures within 15 days. He spoke in Philadelphia after winning his party’s nomination on the first ballot amid civil rights tensions and party splits.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Truman
Congress
Convenetion Hall
Reepublicans
Richard Russell
Georgia
Paul V. McNutt
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
States' rights push prompts Birmingham candidate gathering
Gov. Fielding Wright calls for a Birmingham meeting of states' rights supporters to nominate a presidential candidate opposed to Truman. Southern Democrats rejected a states' rights plank at the convention and backed Truman's civil rights program, while Arkansas Governor Laney withdraws his candidacy.
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Francis M. LE May
Philadelphia
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Harry S. Truman
Birmingham
Wright
Truman
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Laney
Dewey to Open Presidential Campaign HQ in Washington
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced he will set up the presidential campaign headquarters in Washington, D. C. probably next week after a discussion with campaign manager Herbert Brownell Jr. Dewey warned Republicans against overconfidence.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington, D. C
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey
Italian Strike Breaking Down
In Genoa province a state of public danger was proclaimed after the attack on Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti. In Rome the general strike called by Communist labor appears to be breaking up as government and workers move toward return to work. Gian Carlo Pajetta sought a no confidence vote but faced a procedural delay.
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Rome
Genoa
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Giancarlo Pajetta
Alcide de Gasperi
Pajetta
Japanese Admiral, Officers Sentenced for Beheading U S Fliers
In Yokohama AP reports an Japanese admiral and five naval officers were sentenced to a total of 70 years in prison for beheading four United States Navy fliers as a morale boosting stunt.
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Yokohama
United States Navy
Truman Special Session Call Marks Election Year First Since 1856
President Truman announced a special session of Congress starting July 26, the first such call in a presidential election year since 1856 when Franklin Pierce summoned Congress for an Army appropriation bill. Pierce was not seeking reelection.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Franklin Pierce
Truman Holds Firm in Civil Rights Drive at Delegates
President Truman delivered a vigorous acceptance speech after a party vote with most delegates backing his civil rights push. Southern Democrats walked out over race issues and planned a states’ rights convention in Birmingham. He urged a GOP led special session to act on civil rights legislation, noting Republicans support but the 80th Congress stalled.
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Mous
Mississippi
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
Senate
Aviation firm sells company in Los Angeles plant
Air Associates Incorporated manufacturers and distributors of aviation equipment have sold its Los Angeles Plant to Parker Appliance Company. The sale follows the move of west coast manufacturing to Teterboro New Jersey. The Los Angeles branch will be fully maintained.
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New York
Air Associates
Los Angeles
Parker Appliance
Cleveland
R. F. Gagg
Teterboro
New Jersey
Gagg
Taft Not Interested In Democratic Convention Links
U S Senator Robert A. Taft was not interested in radio broadcasts from the Democratic national convention. While en route to his Murray Bay summer home in Canada he stayed with his son William H Taft III and retired early, noting the result seemed obvious.
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New Haven
United States
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Murray Bay
Canada
Taft
William H. Taft
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