Poland denounces Italian war claim at peace talks
At Paris on August 20 Poland Belgium Yugoslavia and the Netherlands challenged Italy's assertion that it was at war with all Allied nations in the conference preamble. A Polish delegate said Polish soldiers fought and died in North Africa and Italy, questioning whether this was war or peace.
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Paris
Poland
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
North
Africa
Yugoslavia
Farewell to New York by a Veteran Journalist
Westbrook Pegler recalls Stanley Walker leaving New York over intolerance and bigotry in clubs restaurants and streets. He cites a 1940s incident involving Irene Kuhn and a Dewey button showing hostile crowd reactions and political hysteria in Greenwich Village.
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New York
Stanley Walker
Caruthers Ewing
Memphis
Irene Kuhn
Tom Dewey
Irene, Jr
Greenwich Village
Chelsea Village
Dewey
Truman Shifts Vacation Plan On Warm Atlantic Toward South
President Truman altered his vacation itinerary due to weather steering the Williamsburg toward warm Atlantic waters with no fixed destination. Press Secretary Ross said the Maine coast trip was tentative and the voyage could roam freely as the party frolics at sea aboard the destroyer escort Weiss.
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Truman
New England
Williamsburg
Maine
Charles G. Ross
Weiss
Eastport
Ross
Atlantic
Quonset Point
R. L. Naval Air Station
Cape Cod
Princess Margaret to Be 16 Tomorrow
Princess Margaret Rose the younger daughter of Britain's King and Queen will turn sixteen on Wednesday. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the coming year will bring fewer childhood barriers but she will not attend a heavy social schedule. A royal friend called her "like an American girl" and noted her fondness for dancing radio tunes sweaters and gadgets.
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London
Margaret Rose
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Vance
New York Republicans weigh contests as Dewey votes in city
Governor Thomas E. Dewey cast his ballot in Manhattan amid three top New York primary battles. He backs Frederic R. Coudert Jr. in the silk stocking district while remaining silent on other races, as upstate contests center on Katherine St. George and Augustus Bennet in the 29th district.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New York City
Manhattan
Dewey
James M. Mead
Joseph Clark Baldwin
Frederic R. Coudert, Jr
Coudert
Baldwin
Upstate
Hamilton Fish
Katherine St. George
Franklin D. Roosevelt
29Th
Augustus W. Bennet
Fish
Bennet
Calcutta Quiet Returns After Four Days of Rioting
Calcutta remains tense after four days of Hindu Muslim fighting that left an official death toll over 2,000 with estimates up to 3,000. Military and police restored order and halted loot while refugees flooded stations and food supplies dwindled amid rising prices.
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Calcutta
Mathers
Pres
Bengal
Grand jury probes Athens race riot in Alabama
A grand jury in Athens, Alabama, heard witnesses on August 20 as it probes the August 10 race riot. Ten white men were arrested after a confrontation between two brothers and a Black man. Judge James H. Crow Jr urged thorough, impartial fact finding. The panel expects to finish soon, with a report possible by Thursday.
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Athens
Ala
James H. Crow, Jr
Crow
Youth Admits Killing Girl After Attempted Rape
In Danville, Sheriff William Wayland reported Robert Beatty, 21, confessed to stabbing and killing Lois Nelson, 19, after she refused his advances. Beatty gave a substitute statement claiming motive and described the attack on a secluded Kickapoo State Park road. The autopsy cited five stab wounds and death from internal hemorrhage. Beatty faced murder charges.
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Danville, II
William Wayland
Robert Beatty
Lois Nelson
Wayland
Beatty
Miss Nelson
Kickapoo State Park
Harlan English
Nelson
Morgan Released From UNRRA Post In Germany
London reports Lt Gen Sir Frederick Morgan is freed from his duties as UNRRA displaced persons chief in Germany. The move follows UNRRA director F H La Guardia’s note that reorganizing the program makes Morgan's return to England possible. Morgan had sparked controversy with remarks on Jewish emigration last winter.
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London
War Office
Sir Frederick Mor
UNRRA
Germany
F. H. la Guardia
Sir Frederick Morgan
Morgan
England
la Guardia
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Britain to ask UN for sole trusteeship of Palestine
A British informant said Britain will seek UN trusteeship for Palestine next month, citing the demise of the League of Nations as nullifying Britain's mandatory rights while insisting Britain will not surrender the mandate in the Holy Land. Foreign Secretary Bevin referred to awaiting the Palestine inquiry report before deciding future steps. The inquiry urged trusteeship and allowing 100000 Jewish immigrants, but plans to divide the country into four zones faltered after Truman's refusal.
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London
Britain
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Palestine
League of Nations
Holy Land
Ernest Bevin
United Nations Assembly
Truman
Weston Reports Mild Caribbean Aftershock
Weston officials said a mild disturbance in the Caribbean area was an aftershock from recent earthquakes. No damage or injuries were reported as authorities monitored the situation.
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Weston
Mass
Caribbean
Tito Era Parade Aboard Yugoslav Front Lines
In Gorizia Italy on August 20 the U S 88th division staged a parade watched by Tito’s Yugoslav soldiers through glasses as tensions rose with Yugoslavia after a review. Officials contradicted Yugoslav accounts about events in the Venezia Giulia area and eight British and seven German soldiers reportedly disappeared last week.
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Gorizia
Italy
U. S
Tito
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
Twin City Appliance Dealers form new association
Twenty six Monroe and West Monroe merchants organize the Twin City Appliance Dealers association after a meeting at Hotel Virginia. President E M Baker declares the group aims to protect dealer interests amid practices they deem harmful to a legitimate business, with public support expected for just and fair objectives.
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Monroe and
West Monroe
Twin City
Twin Cities
E. M. Baker
Ben S. Parnell
Bob Hines
Baker
Monkey Tears Mail at Pet Shop But Spares Checks
A Philadelphia mailman delivered letters through a pet shop door. A monkey named Jo Jo tore the mail but left several checks intact, drawing smiles from shop owner Milton Dokter as police arrived and tried to corral the animal.
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Philadelphia
Jo-Jo
Milton Dokter
Kokter
Surrender of 12 Negroes ends big Jackson manhunt
Sullivan Hollows big manhunt over after 12 Negroes surrender near Jackson. Johnny Craft, ring leader, gave himself up while hiding in swamp land. two Craft brothers still sought as armed men. Eleven Negroes arrested includes Craft family kin. Violence started when a Negro fired into a white automobile. four white men wounded.
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Mager
Mixs
Sullivan Hollows
Jonny Craft
Jackson
Craft
George Hawkins
Johnny
Garfield
Bill
Craft Boys
Johnny Craft
Sullivan Hollow
O. J. Biglane
Magee
Biglane
Acheson Denounces Yugoslav Plane Attack as Outrageous
Washington reports reveal Undersecretary Acheson bluntly condemning Yugoslav assault on a U S transport as an outrageous performance. The United States issued a strong protest over the incident near Trieste, noting the aircraft was forced to crash land after being fired upon and subsequently detained by Yugoslav authorities.
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Washington
Acheson
State Department
Byrnes
Trieste
Yugoslavia
United States
U. S
Marshal Tito
Britain
Italy
Austria
Price decontrol decision on meats milk butter in Washington
The price decontrol board will announce tonight whether ceilings will be restored on livestock dairy products grains and related commodities about 6 p m central standard time. If reimposed the new ceilings will take effect later to allow business readjustment and OPA regulations to be updated.
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Washington
Gra
Paul Porter
Porter
OPA
Congress
Housing Shortage Forces Ex-King Vittorio Emanuele Out
In Rome on August 20 1947 the former king Vittorio Emanuele and his wife were evicted from their Cairo villa after May to make way for a Pan Arab conference. They now reside on the ground floor of an Italian family’s Cairo villa.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuéle
Italy
Daily American
Cairo
Farouk
Egypt
Vittorio Emanuele
Delhi Nets 24000 From Golf Course Oil Lease
Delhi town council awarded a minerals rights lease on 32.69 acres of the old golf course site to Ralph Gilster for a 24000 dollar bonus and an over ride on one quarter of all oil and gas produced. Gilster’s bid included an eighth over ride. similar sealed bids varied.
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Delhi
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Wilbur Farmer
George Sumierin
Roy Snider
W. H. Washburn
R. L. Vance
Chapman Davis
Ralph Gilster
Shreveport
Carl B. Anderson
Jackson
Miss
Murphy-Sur Oil Company
Gilster
Anderson
Murphy-Sun
Gilstee
Yugoslav spokesman backs air force action on downed U.S. plane
In Belgrade officials said our pilots acted correctly in the shooting down of an unarmed American transport and the force landing of another. A witness reported the downed plane sank in black smoke near the Julian Alps after an attack by two Yugoslav fighters. Four or five cannon shots were heard. two parachutes opened. No passengers or cargo aboard. American embassy called the earlier attack wicked.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Julian Alps
Descendants of Mrs. Mahoney Stokes Ties to World War II Service
Mrs. Mahoney Stokes of Rayville who died within four months of her 100th birthday left 146 descendants including 22 grandsons and great-grandsons in World War II. All but three have returned from service. she reportedly helped deliver over 1,000 babies as a mid-wife and witnessed the birth of every descendant.
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Stokes
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