Attlee Plan draws united opposition from rivals
London conservatives and left wing Labourites unite in criticizing Prime Minister Attlee's crisis plan. They argue the measures move too fast, lack detail, and omit a full warning of peril. Dalton faced calls to appease critics as Attlee delivered a grim briefing on Britain’s economic posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Attlee
Great Britain
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Daily Express
Hugh Dalton
Dalton
Senator Admits Pan Am Confabs
Washington August 7 Senator Owen Brewster acknowledged visits to a Pan American Airways residence in Washington while denying Hughes charges of a deal to halt the Senate War Investigating Committee. He admitted meals at the guest center and a free air trip to Raleigh for aviation talks, rebutting Hughes as misrepresenting the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Hughes
Owen Brewster
Senate
Maine
Pan American Airways
Brewster
Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Trans-World Airlines
Pan American
Ferguson
Michigan
TWA
Sam Pryor
Connecticut
Republican National
Raleigh
N. C
Raleih
Senator Bailey
North Carolina
Bailey
Shotgun blast ends life of 71 year old man near Monroe
Bernard D. Beckham, 71, died from a shotgun blast in his front yard on Winnsboro road near Monroe at 5 20 am. An inquest set for the afternoon will determine if the death was accidental or safety related. Neighbors Nelson Payne and Littles saw Beckham handle the gun before the discharge. He had packed to move to Georgetown and planned to load a truck. Beckham had removed four buckshot shells from the gun leaving one in the chamber. The coroner noted possible misloading or mistaken unloading as a factor. State police and the coroner investigated from the nearby grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard D. Beckham
Winnsboro Road
Monroe
J. T. French
Parish
Nelson Payne
Littles
Beckham
James Forbite
Daugh H
Georgetown
Heat Wave Eases in Midwest as Storms Drop Temperatures
Thunderstorms and cooling breezes cut into the year's worst heat wave. Death toll from four days of 100 degree heat rose to at least 69, with Chicago reporting 25 fatalities. The Weather Bureau said the heat was breaking in the north and west while remaining hot elsewhere. Cities across the nation posted 100 plus readings, including Yuma 113 and Phoenix 112.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisville
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Fresno
Calif
Advance
Batesville
Ark
Europe Faces Tight Squeeze Amid Marshall Aid Delays
Washington reports Western Europe faces a squeeze until the Marshall plan becomes effective. Attlee's Commons message suggests Britain will survive with limited U.S. help while Congress delays broader foreign financing. Officials warn miscalculations risk Europe recovery and future aid. A British loan-relief conference may review terms allowing Britain to conserve dollars.
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Washington
Attlee
Commons
Western
Europe
Britain
United States
Truman
Congress
London
Odom Seeks Second Try At World Speed Record
William P. Odom plans a noon start today to beat Wiley Post’s 186 hour solo round-the-world record in his converted A-26. After a first abortive attempt that stalled near Halifax due to mechanical trouble, the 27 year old former British ferry command pilot reported conditions favorable.
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Chicago
William P. Odom
Wiley Post
Ferry Command
Odom
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Steel Exports to be Slashed by U S Controls
Washington reports the United States will return to wartime style steel export controls on October 1 requiring government approval of both recipient and end use. The shift aims to support foreign reconstruction and rebuild basic industries while consulting with other nations on long term industrial impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
M. E. Sweeney
Commerce Department
General Products
Sweeney
Europe
Northeast Junior College Sets Freshman Orientation Plan
Northeast Junior College will inaugurate a new orientation plan for freshmen at the start of the 1947 fall semester. A three day pre registration program includes psychological, English placement, reading, and math tests plus campus tours and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Junior College
Charles C. Elkins
Louisiana State University Bureaus
Bardin H. Nelson
Hazel Mitchell
Macedonian region shows peace amid Yugoslav frontier
Roving AP reporter Daniel De Luce describes Bitolj and southern Yugoslav Macedonia as tranquil with economic growth. He notes road building, school construction, and campaigns against malaria, with border posts maintained and no martial excitement evident. He traveled with B I Sanders and Walter Welbit, reporting from the frontier area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Aegean
Bitolj
de Luce
Tito
B. I. Sanders
Walter Welbit
American Air Corps
Yugoslav Macedonia
Claim Lovers Show No Grief in California Murder Case
Prosecution closes toward the end of the Louise Overell and George Gollum murder trial in Santa Ana California. Witnesses describe the couple's behavior after the Overells were killed aboard the Mary EK and a dynamite blast destroyed the yacht. The defense seeks to admit letters from jail as evidence of guilt.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Eugene Williams
Louise and
Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Newport Harbor
Overells
Claire van Zwell
Louise
Bud
Mary Pritchett
Overell
Davey
Russians claim stop of invasion money in 1946
Washington reports that Russians said they halted issuing German invasion money on July 1 1946 using plates from the United States. US officials cannot confirm the claim amid Senate scrutiny of occupation costs tied to Russian printed currency. The data show a large overdraft from invasion marks and plates delivered to Moscow following a Soviet threat to a joint allied currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
Moscow
Four killed as plane crashes into chimney in Everett
A chartered Stinson plane crashed into a 25 foot chimney at the Beacon Oil plant in Everett Mass. The pilot Nelson Pell and passengers Thomas Mandell 46 and his daughters Anne 22 and Harriet 19 died. The craft was returning from Montreal. Firemen snuffed flames and officials noted gas shutoff prevented a larger disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Mass
Thomas Mandell
Carrier- Mandell Air Conditioning Corporation
Beacon Oil Plant
Mandell
George
Old
Boston Transcript
Anne
Harriet
Nelson Pell
Frederick Ayer
George S. Patton
Montreal
Cyrus Craig
Stinson
Berverly
Mags
William Childs
Food prices and supplies outlook from agriculture department
The department expects a moderate fall decline in meat and livestock prices if incomes stay high. Prices for feed grains depend on weather, with declines possible this fall and winter if the growing season remains favorable. Dairy, eggs, wheat, fats, oils, and fruit show varied trends with ceilings removed and larger production, while truck crops and potatoes may see higher prices or slower price drops in the near terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Indonesians urge UN arbitration to settle Dutch Indonesian war
Batavia reports the Indonesian government asked the United States to push for an international arbitration commission sent to Indonesia. The move follows a failed two year mediation and a fragile truce. Indonesia favors a UN led panel with several nations and seeks US air dispatch to Jogjakarta for presenting its viewpoint.
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Batavia
Java
United States
Netherlands
United Nations
International Arbitration Commission
Indonesia
Amir Siarfoeddin
Jogjakarta Radio
Jogjakarta
Republic
Suma
Shell Frost A-9 Leads Frost Parish Oil Boom Test
The Frost A-9 well in Anies parish's Ora field, tested by the district conservation department, flowed 479 barrels per day from the Nacatech sand at 2,145-62 feet with low gas and minimal water. It is Shell's fifth producer on Frost Lumber company land, near the Sellars-Ewing discovery and shell core test that sparked the Union parish oil boom. A nearby Sellars-Ewing-Petty-Wilds well was to be gauged this week after reports of over 30 barrels an hour on unofficial test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anies Parish
New Ora
Shell Company
District Conservation Department
Nacatech
Shell
Frost Lumber Company
Sellars-Ewing
Union Parish
Sellars-Ewing-Petty-Wilds
P. J. Tucker
Monroe Reaches 103 Degrees Breaking Heat Record
At 12:30 PM the C A A station at Municipal Airport reported 103 degrees, breaking Monroe's yearly heat record for the third time this week. Previous highs were 101.2 on Sunday and 102.3 yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Sharp Decrease in Polio Cases in U S Reported
A U S Public Health Service official said 1947 could see a break from four polio years with 1955 cases by August 2 1 955 this year versus 5450 last year. He cautioned continued precautions through the infantile paralysis season June to September and noted the peak week may not exceed 400 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Owever
Wealth Service
Jews Call Three Hour Work Stoppage in Palestine
Jewish leaders in Jerusalem ordered a three hour work stoppage in Jewish areas from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. to protest the internment of three Jewish mayors and about 40 other Jews. Violence continued as British authorities announced a mine explosion damaged 12 oil tank cars between Tel Aviv and Haifa, with no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Ras el Ain
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Vaad Leumi
Jewish National Council
Holy Land
Chilean Senator Killed in Crash Near Richmond Ky
In Kentucky near Richmond a two vehicle collision claimed the life of Chilean senator Diego Echenique 47 and his wife Elvira Valdes de Echevarrie 38. Their 17 year old daughter Sonia was injured but not seriously. The senator died at the scene and Mrs Echevarrie died at a hospital after the crash which involved a farm truck driven by C C Moore 27 who was uninjured. The trio were said to be en route to Tennessee for a Smoky Mountains tour.
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Richmond
Diego Echenique
Senate
Elvira Valdes de Echevarrie
Moore
Echenique
Fehevarrie
D . Echevarrie
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Athens
U. 5
Catahoula
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