Second Closed Atomic Parley Schedules Open Discussion
Washington AP reports a second high level closed door conference on sharing postwar atomic secrets with Britain and Canada. The Senate House Atomic Committee, chaired by McMahon, weighs executive agreement versus Congressional action and possible uranium supply tensions amid ongoing secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Great Britain
Canada
Congress
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
Britain
McMahon
D-Conn
Blair House
Truman
United Kingdom
Joint Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
GOP
Roadblock Fails To Nab Escapees
Mansfield Ohio AP state highway patrol roadblocks failed to capture two Mansfield reformatory escapees. Officers and local police stationed blocks in Morning Richland County after a Mansfield car theft tied to the pair. They were identified as Jack Hartford 18 Hebron and Gerald William Greene 25 Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield, O
Mansfield Reformatory
Morn-Richland County
Mansfield
Jack Hartford
Hebron
Gerald William Greene
Columbus
Death of CIO leader Van A. Bittner at Mercy Hospital
Van A. Bittner vice president of the CIO dies at Mercy hospital after a heart ailment. He had been hospitalised since July 7 following a Southern organizing campaign in Atlanta. Philip Murray mourns his loss, noting Bittner’s 48 years shaping labor. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Mercy Hospital
Atlanta
C.I.O. Southern
New York City
Philip Murray
Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
United Steelworkers
Murray
West Brady
W. Va
Bertha May Walters
Latrobe
James Whaler
Grandmother Dies by Train After Sleepless Night
Cleveland report says Minnie Dieckhower, 67, unable to sleep due to chronic stomach ailment, walked in her night gown onto an Erie Railroad track and was struck by an oncoming passenger train. Local family notes prolonged illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ap
Erie Railroad
Minnie Dieckhower
Erie
Dies Mark A Thomas 82 Widely Known Paper Manufacturer
Mark Albert Thomas 82 longtime Middletown paper magnate and former Wardlow Thomas Paper Company president died at 4 20 a m at his Route 25 home. He led Wardlow Thomas until 1944, helped form Raymond Bag Co and Advance Bag Co, and served as director at Raymond Bay Co and Oglegby Barnitz Bank. He retired to Route 25 farming and was active in the First Presbyterian Church and Elks Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Albert Thomas
Middletown
Miami Valley
Route
Mr. Thomas
Wardlow - Thomas Paper Company
Philip Carey Company
Cincinnati
Prairie States Paper Company
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Hamilton
J. K. Thomas
Thomas
Wardlow- Thomas Company
Yankee Rds
Main St
Kenyon College
Raymond Bay Company
Raymond Bag Company
Old Lawrence Bag Company
Advance Bag Company
James Lawrence
Col. M. W. Renick
Southern Advance Bag Company
Louisiana
South
Oglegby-Barnitz Bank and Trust Company
First Presbyterian Church
Elks Lodge
Route 25
Truman backs probe of five per centers
Washington reports that President Truman endorses a full investigation of so called five per centers who influence army contracts. Key officers awaiting inquiry include Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt and Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman as a preliminary State Investigations subcommittee probe suspends two Army officials. General Vaughan's name surfaces in a related account of White House discussions, with Truman directing the inquiry to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Defense
Johnson
Secretary of the Army
Gray
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
State Investigations Subcommittee
Army Department
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Herman Feldman
Washington Post
Chicago
Soviet Charge On Atlantic Pact Denied
London reports Russia accused Britain France and the United States of compelling Italy to join the North Atlantic alliance and violat ing her peace treaty. British and Italian officials dismissed the charge as absurd and ridicu lous amid Italy’s debate on ratification of the Atlantic charter in the chamber of deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Italy
Britain
Moscow Radio
United States
France
Soviet Union
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democrats
Acheson Rejects Soviet Probe on Italy in NATO Pact
Secretary of State Acheson called Moscow’s protest that Italy joining NATO violates its peace treaty utterly without foundation. He noted the Soviet objection arrived today and that Britain denies the claim. Italy has signed but not ratified the NATO pact and the U.S. stresses the treaty is defensive, not directed at Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Italy
Atlantic Alliance
Moscow
Britain
Russia
Truman Urges Militant UN for World Peace Leadership
President Truman, arriving in Washington from Chicago, urged that the United States lead democracies to provide enough force in the United Nations to maintain peace. He warned that staying out would leave nations isolated and threaten global destruction. He spoke at a Shrine dinner after addressing Soldier Field and Sha diners of North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
United States
Shriners of North America
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Four Wounded in Sunset Strip Shooting
Los Angeles AP reports gangsters opened fire on a party leaving a Sunset Strip venue wounding gambling czar Mickey Cohen and three others. Victims include Harry Cooper state appointed bodyguard Dee David and Ed ward Herbert Cohen henchman. All in serious condition. Herbert had survived a previous attack. Cohen linked to ongoing police vice inquiry and LA police shakeup. Attorney General Fred Howser had assigned Cooper to guard Cohen amid fears of a wider assassination bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Sunset Strip
Harry Cooper
Cohen
California
Dee David
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Herbert
Fred Howser
Cooper
iCohen
Cohhen
Melee at Union Meeting Over Funds Ends in Fisticuffs
A Hod Carriers Union meeting in Kansas City erupted in a brawl injuring 15 to 20 as Congressman Leonard Irving faced accusations of misusing funds. Irving said the fight began after he ruled out a motion to name Theodore Baldwin as assistant business agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Leonard Irving
Irving
Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
AFL
Missouri
Truman
Theodore Baldwin
Baldwin
Ion
King
Washington
Man Seized With Pistol at Soldier Field
Police nabbed William Lofton 26 of Chicago after a bulge under his jacket prompted a frisk at a gate to Soldier Field as President Truman spoke. Lofton claimed to be a watchman and private bodyguard while carrying a badge that resembled a state police insignia. He was held for questioning at the detective bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Soldier Field
Truman
Robert Gats
William Lofton
Lofton
Harry Anhelr
Secret Service
Detective Bureau
Canadian-born Kennedy to lead Railroad Trainmen union
William P. Kennedy, 57, elected head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen after A F Whitney’s death. The Cleveland resident will serve until the 1950 convention, pledging to uphold militant policies and democracy in the 215,000-member union. Donald A. MacKenzie named to fill Kennedy’s prior post. W L Reed succeeds MacKenzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
William P. Kennedy
Independent Union
A. F. Whitney
Kennedy
Brotherhood
Donald A. MacKenzie
MacKenzie
New Mexico
Los Angeles
W. L. Reed
East Mauch Chunk
C. J. MacClain
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Reed
Whitney
BRT
Six Bodies Found After Seattle Plane Crash Into Homes
An air transport plane with 32 aboard crashed after takeoff from Boeing Field, striking five houses in Georgetown Seattle. Six bodies were recovered from wreckage and debris with two tentatively identified. the fate of the rest remained uncertain. Most aboard reportedly survived, though the crash caused extensive damage. A failed engine was blamed for the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Boeing Field
Chicago
Air Transport Associates, Inc
Amos E. Heacock
Georgetown
Seattle
Air Transport Sociates, Inc
Fnal
Brunner Returns From Korea After Plane Crash
Allen Brunner, who suffered minor injuries in a plane crash last night in south Seattle, has just returned from a year in Korea. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Brunner of St. Charles near Okeana say he was expected home on furlough and was believed en route when the accident happened. He has served in the Army five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeterday
Soldier Field
Noble of the
Mystic Shrine
United States
Canada
Truman
Bie Lake Front
Harold Lloyd
Imperial
Galloway Calhoun
Tyler
Tex
Lloyd
Los Angeles
Michigan Ave
Grant Park
Okeana
Allen Brunner
Seattle
Korea
Luther Brunner
Brunner
St. Charles
Butler County
Farm Bill Opposition Gaining Supporters
Washington AP reports a Democratic Republican coalition opposes the Brannan farm plan for a three crop trial run of direct subsidies. Key figures include Rep Monroney and Rep Rains criticizing the plan as a trap that could split the Democratic Party, with Senate critics echoing doubts about a trial run. Brannan seeks market diversions from parity supports to government subsidies to bridge farmer income and consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
House
Representative Monroney
Congress
OPA
Representative Rains
D-Ala
Mr. Truman
Democratic Party
Rains
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brannan
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Tracy Snelling
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Snelling
el Paso
Texas
van Bittner
Pittsburgh
van A. Bittner
National Guards
Florida
Groveland
Fla
Tral
W. V. McCall
Willie Padgett
McCall
National Guard
Fuller Warren
Mark A. Thomas
Japan
Middletown News Journal
Michigan Avenue
Shriners
Railroad Union
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!