Dope Wars Seethe On Mexican Border Prompting Treasury Probe
Treasury agents tracking dope smugglers faced ambushes and heavy gunfire on the California Mexico border. Two investigators were slain and a gun battle left smugglers wounded as officials pursued a large illicit opium shipment amid gang warfare.
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Washington
The
Treasury
T-men
California-Mexico
Mexico
United States-Mexican
United States
Department
Clarence J. Trask
Customs
Arizona
Melvin J. Clark
Alcohol Tax Unit
Homer
Calexico
Calif
Narcotics and Customs Bureau
Harry J. Anslinger
Edson J. Shambart
Ruhr Coal Battle Aims for One Third Output Rise
The United States and Britain plan a one third boost in German coal output by year end to aid the Marshall plan. Daily tonnage could reach 300,000 in December with aims to 99,000 or more later. Talks with Anglo American experts hinge on mine management, miner conditions, and supply logistics.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Europe
Hitler
Attlee
London
North Carolina solicitor seeks indictments in 1930s attempted lynching case
Solicitor Ernest Tyler prepared to urge the Northampton county grand jury to indict seven white men for kidnapping and conspiracy linked to a May 23 attempted lynching of a Black man, Godwin Bush. He also plans to seek a true bill against Bush for alleged attempted rape, as guards say he fled masked mobsters who had taken him from jail.
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Jackson
N. C
Ernest Tyler
Northampton County Superior Court
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Bush
Tyler
Russell Bryant
Robert Vann
Linwood Bryant
Gilbert Bryant
Glenn Collier
Joe Cunningham
W. G. Cooper
Busa
Debated Railloan Row Over $80 Million Federal Credit
Washington reports a renewed clash over an $80 million RFC B&O loan. Senator Tobey of New Hampshire urges immediate publication of a suppressed congressional committee report while RFC officials defend delaying release until after careful study. The hearings examined extending the RFC loan to 1965 and alleged attempts to engineer a fraudulent bankruptcy. Tobey cites improper secrecy amid a circuit of meetings and unfinished business.
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Washington
RFC
John D. Goodloe
Tobey
Congress
Temple
N. H
Heatwave Grips Nation With Widespread Heat Records
Associated Press reports a hot weekend across the United States with temperatures reaching extreme levels from the Pacific to the Mississippi Valley. Arkansas endured an eighth day above 100, causing two deaths, while Los Angeles marked a ninth straight day of 90 plus. Portland set a low for the date, and a Spokane fisherman died during a lightning storm as temperatures rose across the Rockies. Cooler weather forecast with continued high readings for the next day or two.
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Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Pierre
S. D
Arkansas
Portland
Maine
Mercury
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Spokane
Wash
Rockies
Republican Senators Seek Visas for Russia Trip
Senator Ferguson with Senators Bridges and Knowland asked the State Department for visas to visit the Soviet Union and nearby nations in October. They aim to assess Europe recovery costs and state department cultural programs including Voice of America. Moscow has not yet responded.
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Washington
Moscow
House
Russia
Ferguson
Michigan
Bridges
New Hampshire
Knowland
California
State Department
Soviet Union
Appropriations Committee
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Voice of America
Kersten
Wisconsin
Owens
Illinois
Kennedy
Massachusetts
House Education and Labor
Kremlin
Yuri M. Bruslov
Flour Milling Output Resumes in Buffalo after Strike
Production resumes in Buffalo New York the country’s largest flour milling center as about 2600 mill workers return to work after a three week strike. A one year pact retroactive to July 1 grants 15 cent hourly raise plus five cents for top maintenance men six holidays and overtime calculation including holiday time. End of the walkout averts shortages in New England and the northeast with Buffalo mills' 10 million pound daily capacity restoring full output from 1 million pounds daily during the strike.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
U. S. Rider
Stanley J. Bauer
New England
Northeast
Buffalo Mills
New CIO Proposal May Avert Strike
Detroit August 4 AP An official of the CIO United Auto Workers said the union produced a new proposal to avert a strike by 107000 Ford Motor Co employees. Richard T Leonard vice president did not reveal terms and the offer would be presented at a last ditch negotiating session. Ford officials said they had no further counter proposals. The sides dispute pension plans and Taft Hartley law protections. Ford chairman Henry Ford Jr returned from vacation but declined to attend.
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United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Union International Executive Board
Ford
Nelson Lamp
Thomas Thompson
Richard T. Leonard
John Bugas
Mel B. Lindquist
Manton M. Cummings
Malcolm L. Denise
The
Ford Company
Detroit
C. JT. O
Cadillac
Henry Ford
LLH
United Auto Workers Ford Department
Ford Division
Unon
British Riot Trials Slated In Three English Cities
Trials began in Liverpool Salford and Manchester after anti Jewish riots following the Palestine hangings. In Liverpool 12 were remanded on bail for anti Jewish trouble with windows broken and slogans heard. Manchester fined three laborers for brick throwing and disorderly conduct.
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London
Palestine
Liverpool
Salford
Reynolds Bombshell takeoff reset for around world flight
The Reynolds Bombshell solo around the world flight by William Odom is rescheduled to depart at 2 p m Central daylight time to attempt beating Wiley Post’s 1933 187 hour solo record. Civilian and military air patrols search for missing Fancher and Giddings over Cascade region. Chinese kidnap gang demands ransom in rice and carbines as couple remains missing. German crops guards report seven firefights in Hesse. Famed hanging bridge in Canon City swept by fire on main rail route.
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Chicago
Reynolds
William Odom
Odom
Wiley Post
Portland
Ore
Cascade Mountain
Here
David Giddings
Hartford, Conn
G. C. Fancher
Gresham
Seattle
Canon City
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Rockies
Hughes Aircraft spending fuels Senate war inquiry clash
Washington Aug 4 Reuters Senator Ferguson assails Hughes Aircraft wartime entertainment as a glar ing example amid a partisan clash over the Hughes contracts. Pepper contends hearings dwell on Meyer the publicity man and not on the aircraft deal while Elliott Roosevelt awaits testimony in the second week. Meyer testifies that Roosevelt was one of a thousand entertained and that naming him was a misstep by me.
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Washington
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Howard Hughes’ Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft
Pepper
D-Fla
John W. Meyer
Hughes
Hineh
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Justice Department
Department
Meyer
Wader Drowns In Boeuf River Near Winnsboro
Hilery Louis Townsend 25 a combat veteran from Chase drowned while wading with friends in the Boeuf river below the Three Rivers bridge six miles west of Fort Necessity. The body was recovered seven hours later after volunteers and the American Legion team aided the search. The coroner conducted an in scene inquest and Townsend is survived by his parents three brothers and a sister with funeral arrangements pending.
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Winnsboro
Hilery Louis Townsend
Chase
Boeuf River
Three Rivers Bridge
Fort Necessity
American Legion
Monroe
Weldon Rogers
L. D. Knox
Roy Swift
Royce King
Paul Knox
Digger
W. W. Taylor
S. E. Fletcher
L. T. Lofton
J. D. Rogers
Parish
First National Funeral Home
Young Townsend
J. W. Townsend
Jesse
Barksdale Field
Johnnie
California
Winston
Winnie Roders
Jigger
Fire blast death toll rises at Pittsburgh Coke plant
The Neville Island carbon plant blast kills six workers, injures a fireman and a second man, with 13 more near the scene escaping unharmed. Victims named include Joseph Milk 29 James Weiss 43 James McGrady 48 James Voleta 23 John Molynarski 31 and Joseph Showalt 45, all of Pennsylvania. Company president R M Marshall says coal dust ignition caused the blaze and estimates damage at 50000.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Co
Neville Island
Joseph Milk
Joseph Weiss
James McGrady
James Voletta
John Molynarski
Joseph Showalt
Pennsylvania
R. M. Marshall
Marshall
Cease fire ends fighting in Indonesia under UN push
Indonesia and Dutch forces announced a cease-fire effective at midnight. Jogjakarta broadcast plans for a nationwide halt as the U N Security Council urged an end to the 15 day war. Dutch units reportedly pulled back while Semarang showed little activity.
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Security Council
Republic
Jogjakarta
Soekarno
Semarang
United Nations Security Council
Cretney Urges Second Mile Service at Northeast Junior College
R W Cretney of Thermatomic Carbon spoke at Northeast Junior College to nine graduates on the second mile of voluntary effort. He urged going beyond the basic job, sharing tasks, and giving more than promised to add lasting meaning to life.
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Northeast Junior College
R. W. Cretney
Thermatomic Carbon Company
Et Sterlington
Monroe Records Summer High Of 101.2 Degrees
Sunday afternoon brought Monroe its hottest day of the year as the CAA thermometer at the municipal airport climbed to 101.2 degrees around 4 30 p m That beat the 100 degree high reached last Tuesday July 29 and confirmed a new peak for the season.
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Monroe
CAA
Dutch Accept Cease Fire in Indonesia Sought by U N
United Nations officials welcomed the Dutch acceptance of a cease-fire in Indonesia and noted the need to resolve post cease-fire issues. Jakarta seeks council supervision of withdrawals and mediation by multiple countries, with the Philippines offering to help mediate.
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Batavia
Java
Indonesia
United Nations
U. N
Franklin drills for oil after two dry holes in Richland parish
In Richland parish, George B Franklin Fee No. 1 failed as a dry hole, following Jesse FE Cochran No. 1. Franklin seeks permit for Fee No. 2 while the Sellars-Ewing No. 4 gauges 28 barrels per day and others await gauge results.
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George E. Franklin
Richland Parish
Jesse FE. Cochran
Holly Ridge
George B. Franklin
District Conservation Office
Franklin
R. W. Rhodes
J. W. Holloway
Beauticians Group Splits After Uproarious Session
In Baton Rouge on August 4 the Louisiana Cosmetologists Association split into two factions after a rowdy meeting. One group formed the Louisiana Association of Accredited Cosmetologists and urged Gov. Jimmie Davis to remove the state board of cosmetic therapy members. The remaining delegates backed the board and pledged cooperation. All three board members attended, as divisions arose over officer accreditation and board audits.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Cosmetologists’ Association
Louisiana Association of Accredited Cosmetologists
Jimmie Davis
State Board of Control of Cosmetic Therapy
Alma Avera Trelles
New Or
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Wader
Hilery Townsend
Purple Heart
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