Yugoslavia Holds Turkish Officer Passenger As Ultimatum Waits
Premier Tito ends firing on foreign planes over Yugoslavia and allows inspections of U.S. crewed C-47s after U.S. ultimatum over interned Americans. Belgrade reports Tito asks for satisfaction within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Palmer
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
United States
Yugoslavia
Tito
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Ljubljana
Bled
Patterson
Alterna
Joyceian Double Talk in Finnegans Wake Allegedly Traced
Westbrook Pegler recalls a Washington dispute over double talk and links it to Hollywood Boston and Joyce. He cites a reader's example from Finnegans Wake describing a mock serious style, noting his confusion over the obscure passage and the claim it comes from The Mookse and the ripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Hollywood
Boston
Paul Hayes
Gay
James Joyce
Finnegan
Mr. Hayes
Truman’s Budget Clash Spurs Democratic Backlash
Washington Aug 23 President Truman faces a major row with four Democratic leaders over his 1947 1948 flood control and rivers and harbors cuts. Senators McKellar Overton Mansfield and Representative Whittington denounce the action as void of authority and call a national protest in New Orleans September 20. Republicans like Clarence Brown criticize the estimates as misleading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
New Orleans
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Overton
Louisiana
Senate Commerce Committee
Mansfield
Texas
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Whittington
Mississippi
House Flood Control Committee
Over
Ohio
Brown
Farley to Miss New York State Convention
James M. Farley, longtime Democratic strategist, will skip the New York state convention in Albany on September 3 and 4, citing out of state business. This marks his first absence since 1918 when he helped nominate Alfred E. Smith. He did not comment on any opposition to Senator Mead as a potential governor candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Mg. Farley
Albany
Alfred E. Smith
Street Car Find Sparks Reward in San Francisco
Ductress Ethel Jeffers found a purse containing 3000 dollars in cash and checks on a San Francisco street car last night and turned it in at the end of her run. The owner, waiting, offered a one dollar reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ethel Jeffers
Dixie Horse Show Jubilee Association Formed in Deep South
Herbert J. Fink named secretary treasurer and J. C. Liner Sr Herschel Gentry announce a new Dixie Horse Show Jubilee Association to govern local groups in Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Alabama. Tom Kent of Fluker La elected president with regional vice presidents named. The association plans a yearly championship celebration and rotating major shows among the four states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Horseshow Jubilee Association
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Deep South
Herbert J. Fink
J. C. Liner, Sr
Herschel Gentry
Jackson
Miss
Tom Kent
Fluker
GE expert blamed for power plant outage not Westinghouse
Public Utilities Commissioner W. D. H. Rodriguez said a General Electric switchboard expert, not Westinghouse engineers, caused a Thursday forenoon shutdown at the city light and power plant. The GE error involved underestimating current and setting the rear breaker too low, which tripped and disconnected distribution lines during the 1 hour 45 minute outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
Westinghouse
City Light and Power
Public Utilities
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Atlanta
G. E. Switchboard
Texas Gubernatorial Runoff Shapes State Race
Texas voters head to the polls for runoff primaries to pick governor and other state officers. Beaufort H. Jester and Homer P. Rainey face off after a July primary split, with congressmen Mansfield and West seeking to retain seats against Sulak and Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Ethex
Beauford H. Jester
Railroad Commission
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Jester
Rainey
Court of Criminal Appeals
Joseph J. Mansfield
Milton Hi West
Brownsville
L. J. Sulak
LaGrange
J. T. Ellis, Jr
Mansfield
West
J. Frank
Wilson
Sarah T. Hughes
Hatton W. Sumners
Wingate Lucas
Grapevine
Penn Jackson
Burne
Fritz Lanham
Im Russell
William Blanton
Albany
Thomas ‘L. Blanton
Omar Burleson
Anson
Col
Olin Teague
College Station
Luther A. Johnson
U. S. Court of Tax Appeals
Origingue
Tom” Rm
Corsicana
Tyson Tl
Order Issued for Draft Deferments
Washington reports U S selective service permits local boards to defer home builders college professors and executives in critical transportation or production fields. Deferments require certificates from agencies including the Office of Education the National Housing Agency and the Civilian Production Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
John Steelman
Office of Education
National Housing Agency
May Improves in Prestonsburg KY Health Update
Aug 23 report says Rep A J May chairman of the House military committee is improving and expected to recover. Dr John Archer one of his physicians announced the improvement today.
Judge urges Texas style action in injunction case
In San Antonio District Judge Robert W. Terrell advised Col. John F. Guillett to “take a 12-gauge shotgun and finish off the man in Texas style” as he faced a restraining action against an Antonio man accused of harassing his wife. The judge said the court would not appear ridiculous by upholding the injunction and suggested withdrawal or action in Texas fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Robert W. Terrell
Texas
John F. Guillett
Goodfellow Field
Oae
Antonio
Terrell
Col. Guillett
Scout Aids In Gang Capture At Elgin
An alert Boy Scout and a hotel clerk provided information leading to the capture of two youths named as the last remaining at large of Chicago's Green Car gang. Anthony Kapsis 17 and Richard Schultz 16 signed statements admitting involvement in shootings that left Robert Miller 39 and waitress Grace Swanson 24 wounded at Miller's roadhouse west of Glencoe.
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Elgin
Ill
Chicago
Kane County
Charles G. Seidel
Anthony Kapsis
Richard Schultz
Robert Miller
Grace Swanson
Miller
Glencoe
Kapsis
Schultz
Cook County
Lewis Zeinz
New theft of jewels bared in Hesse crown case in Frankfurt
Trial opens against Kathleen B Nash Durant a 43 year old former Phoenix country club manager accused of ordering a German worker to empty a Kronberg castle safe and hand over jewels from the Hesse foundation. Prosecution details a lead box of gems buried in the castle cellar and recovered after Allied raids.
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Frankfurt
United ‘States
Toa ME
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
the Phoenix
Ariz
House of Hesse
Kronberg Castle
Durant
Harold H. Chase
Salina
Kans
Hesse Foundation
August Wilhelm
Prussia
Sophia
Greece
Chase
Heinrich Lange
Wolfgang
Countess von Hessen
United States Army
Pilot says he failed to grasp Yugoslav signals
Capt William Crombie of East Longmeadow Massachusetts said he did not understand the Yugoslav fighter signals that led to a forced landing in Yugoslavia after his U S Army transport was attacked. He had flown 23 wartime missions and described the landing as due to misinterpreted signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. McKnight
Gorizia
Italy
Yugoslavia
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Vienna-Udine
Crombie
Ljublajana
Fourth Army
Hopes for 5 U. S. fliers dim after Yugoslav doubt
The U S state department reported Yugoslav Fourth army doubts any of the five missing American fliers parachuted to safety after being shot down. Nine occupants of another crashed plane were released, with consular notes detailing delivery to Allied authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Fourth Army
Department
Belgrade
Morgan Line
Ger
Sullivan gun battle arrests widen in Sullivan's Hollow
In Raleigh Mississippi on August 23 Sheriff George Hawkins announced a second white suspect, Herbert H. Sullivan, arrested in the Sullivan’s Hollow gun battle that injured four peace officers. The 19 year old neighbor and uncle H J Sullivan are tied to the case as authorities pursue charges including assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Miss
George Hawkins
Sullivan's Hollow
Herbert H. Sullivan
H. J. Sullivan
Johnny Craft
Hawkins
O. O. Weathersby
Taylorsville
Man seeks life sentence after 28 years in jail
John R. Hoffman, 46, sentenced for forgery and carrying a gun, asks Municipal Court Judge Joseph Tumolilo for life in prison. He says he has no friends and desires no freedom, citing his long confinement and risk of relapse. Sentence deferred for mental examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John R. Hoffman
Tumolilo
Yugoslavia Petitions UN Over Seized Danube Ships
Yugoslavia reports to the United Nations Security Council that the United States illegally holds ships and other vessels in the upper Danube. Moscow radio cites Belgrade as saying Trygve Lie’s office has not confirmed the complaint. The issue centers on six passenger ships and a fleet of tugs, tankers, barges, pontoons, a crane and other items seized by Germans and now in American zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
United Nations Security Council
Council
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Upper Danube
United Nations
New York
Trygve Lie
Lie
Belgrade
Stamper
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Danube
Austria
Germany
Were
AOS
Izvestia
Balkans
Six men charged in alleged U S fleet thefts in Texas
Eighth naval district says action taken against six men in connection with alleged misappropriation of government property from the Texas group 16th fleet at Orange, Texas. Four enlisted men faced court martial. two civilians bonded for federal proceedings. Navy notes most recovered material was used and value cited as small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Eighth Naval District
U. S
Texas Group
16Th Fleet
Orange
Texas
A. S. Merrill
B. I. Snd
Beaumont
Navy
F. B
Increase in Tire Prices Approved by OPA
OPA authorized an immediate 2.5 percent retail tire price hike for passenger cars motorcycles trucks and buses to restore dealers profit margins to the March 31 level under the new price control act. The move targets tyres including 6.00-16 four ply tires with a ceiling of 16.10. Additional increases included 6 percent for toilet tissue and paper towels and 22 percent for eyeglass lenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Unemployment in Louisiana States July Shifts Report
Louisiana labor markets show unemployment down or little changed in July amid a midsummer lull. Alexandria sees rise in employment and unemployment fall from 4500 to 4300. Baton Rouge reports slight gains with 60 percent veterans among 4000 unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Ares
S&s. Clements
Alexandria
Bain Rouge
Howard E. Blackstock
A. J. Deroven
Lake Charles
Monroe
W. H. O’kelsey
New Orleans
T. Underwood
Lineveport
J. B Gray
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Paris
Byrnes
Westbrook
Pegler
Farley
Dixie Jubilee Assn
Lucy Malcolmson
Richard Cantillion
San Diego
Calif
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
Boyington
Frances Baker
Scout
Kathleen Durant
Harold Shantz
Hohenthal
Theodore Hohenthal
Zagreb
Yugoslav Fourth Army
May
U.N
Orange, Tex
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