Coalition Backs Amendment To New OPA Measure
The Senate faced a close vote as a coalition backed Sen Wherry Nebr amendment to bar price decontrol on livestock meat poultry and eggs. Night sessions and early daily meetings were planned to hasten action on the bill reviving price and rent controls until June 30 1947 with opposition from the administration.
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Coalition
Washington
INS
Senate
OPA
Sen. Wherry
Nebr
Wherry
Barkley
Oil coating improves limestone street surfacing on North Mercer
North Mercer street from Enegle wood avenue southward receives an oil coating to enhance limestone surfacing. A dry spell yields minimal rain, fog blankets districts, ducks fly past Big Run dam, and pedestrians use crosswalks on East Washington bridge. City crews repaint restricted parking zones and rebuild storefronts as downtown activity continues.
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Mercer Street
Eneglewood Avenue
East Washington Street Bridge
City Street Department
Daily Weather Report for 9 a.m. Today
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 91 and a minimum of 66 with trace precipitation. River stage is recorded at 5.1 feet. Year ago figures include a 69 maximum, 60 minimum, and 0.01 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Old Timers Day Date Set After Leaders Pass Away
The Old Timers committee, mourning president Richard C. Dana and executive member Fred L. Rentz, met Monday to choose Wednesday August 21 for the annual reunion at Cascade Park. Activities include a grand march, talks, dancing, and chats with longtime acquaintances, mirroring recent years. The date prompts other school reunions to plan their annual gatherings during that week.
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Richard C. Dana
Fred L. Rentz
Cascade Park
Aleman Leads Mexican Vote in City Returns
Miguel Aleman, government candidate, leads in early returns from large cities as observers and most newspapers concede victory. Official results not due until September 1. Rival Ezequiel Padilla fares better in sparsely populated districts and alleges fraud in several polling sites.
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Mexico City
JINS
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Electoral Commission
Ezequiel Padilla
Aleman
Padilla
Warns Food Crisis Is Not Yet Passed
Secretary general D. A. Fitzgerald of the International Emergency Food Council warned the world food crisis will stay acute until this year's northern hemisphere crops are available. He noted U S and allied aid has averted mass starvation and told a famine relief committee he has seen more people near starvation than he wishes to see again.
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Washington
INS
D. A. Fitzgerald
International Emergency Food Council
United States
Fitzgerald
Police Check Confession In Slaying Case
Allen W. Black, 28, an ironworker from Phoenixville, is held as police verify a reputed confession to fatally shooting motorist Joseph Wicen in Rushland. Wicen’s body was found in a shallow grave near East Texas, eight miles west of Allentown.
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Phoenixville
Allen W. Black
Joseph Wicen
Rushland
East Texas
Allentown
Fred K. MacInnis
Black
MacInnis
Lehigh County
Wicen
Howard Hughes Battles For Life
Howard Hughes a 41 year old aviator and industrialist lay critically ill in Good Samaritan hospital Los Angeles after a Sunday crash of his experimental airplane. Doctors reported profound shock and continued life threatening injuries in a private suite guarded by police as his condition remained critical.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hughes
Police Officer Becomes City Health Officer Enforcing Sanitary Laws
George Rigby of the regular police force now serves as city health officer, enforcing sanitary measures across the city. Public Safety Director D O Davies said he is kept extremely busy checking violations such as garbage dumping in yards or vacant lots, with prosecutions planned for violators.
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George Rigby
D. O. Davies
Rigby
War veteran drowns while bathing in Shenanee River near city
Edward Vernon Nash 34 of Harbor Road drowned Monday evening in the Shenanee River three miles north of the city after surviving burns from a flame thrower in Europe. Rescuers found his body about an hour later. his wife Rosemary Flynn Nash aided in resuscitation but to no avail. Neighbors say Nash entered the water alone after returning from the City Three. Dick Sloan and siblings Harold and Peggy Sloan were on the bank as the tragedy occurred.
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Edward V. Nash
Harbor Road
Shenango River
Edward Vernon Nash
Shenanee River
Rosemary Flynn Nash
Dick Sloan
Harold
Peggy Sloan
Byrnes to Return Before Peace Conference Opens
The White House says Secretary of State Byrnes will fly back to Washington from Paris before the 21-nation peace conference begins on July 29. President Truman confirmed the trans Atlantic telephone talk but gave no fuller details about the discussion.
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Washington
White House
Byrnes
Paris
Truman
Shipstead Concedes Defeat In Primaries
U S Senator Henrik Shipstead conceded defeat in Minnesota's primary after 23 years in office. Gov Edward J. Thye won the Republican nomination for senator, chosen by Harold Stassen and viewed as the likely winner in the state.
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Minneapolis
INS
U.S
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye
Harold FE. Stassen
New Proposal On Veto Powers Being Studied
United Nations atomic commission members studied an Australian proposal to remove Big Five veto powers over atomic control except in cases of aggression. Dr H V Evatt urged a fully independent international control agency by multilateral treaty, outside the Security Council and General Assembly. He warned the charter may be unamended, noting a treaty pledge to outlaw bombs would be insufficient.
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New York
INS
United Nations Atomic Commission
Commission
H. V Evatt
International Atomic Control Agency
Security Council
General Assembly
Russia
U. N
Evatt
Evat
U.N
Soviet Union
Seek Motive In Triple Slaying At Oil City Pa
Police search for motive in a triple incident in Oil City Pennsylvania where Elmer J. Ferguson shot his estranged wife 49 and her 76 year old father Edward C. King then killed himself after entering his former home with a shotgun.
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Oil City
Oil City, Pa
Elmer J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Pa man drowns at Pleasant Valley pool after heart attack
Fayette county coroner reports William Lem, 45, of Pittsburgh, drowned at Pleasant Valley Country Club pool near Connellsville during a Pittsburgh rubber firm picnic. Firemen fought for two hours to revive him.
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Connellsville
Fayette County
William Lem
Pittsburgh
Pleasant Valley Country Club
Pittsburgh survey begins in western Pennsylvania coal towns
Com. William Dougerty, veteran physician and medical surveyor, starts a health check of western Pennsylvania coal mining communities. He will continue the survey begun last month by Rear Adm. Joel T. Boone to assess health conditions in the region.
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Pittsburgh
INS
William Dougerty
Pacific
Greece
Pennsylania
Joel T. Boone
Stassen Leading In Minnesota Republican Contest
Minnesota returns from 1,572 of 3,706 precincts show Gov. Edward J. Thye leading Henrik Shipstead 139,716 to 6,408 for the GOP Senate nomination. Luther W Youngdahl leads for Governor with 146,721 to 73,615 for Peterson, while Theodore Jorgenson leads the Democratic Farmer-Labor Senate race with 32,684 to Frank P Ryan's 25,361 in late-counted precincts.
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Minneapolis
INS
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye
Stassen
U.S. Senate
Henrik Shipstead
Thye
Shipstead
St. Paul
Duluth
Supreme Court
Luther W Youngdahl
GO. P
Youngdahl
Hijalmar Peterson
Farmer
Democratic Farmer-Labor
Theodore Jorgenson
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Frank Po Ryan
District Colleges To Confer Thursday On Extension Plan
Seven district colleges including Geneva Grove City Thiel Indiana Slippery Rock Clarion and Westminster meet at Westminster College to discuss Governor Martins plan for extension centers. J S Reaney named director of extension schools will oversee options: independent centers joint centers or state initiative with local cooperation. Centers would offer first year college work and be self sustaining using teachers and materials provided by colleges and housed in area high schools.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Edward Martin
Martin
Geneva
Grove City
Thiel
Indiana
Slippery Rock
Clarion
Westminster
J. S. Reaney
Hhools
Children In Tragic Accident On Monday Must Find New Home
New Castle citizens face crisis as six year olds Sandra Bishop and Stephen Shimko, both amputees from a mowing machine accident, face discharge with no home to return to. Their mothers, warded in separate jobs, were evicted and struggle to secure shelter while awaiting a suitable residence on West Washington Street.
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New Castle
Sandra K. Bishop
Stephen Shimko
Sandra Bishop
Charlies H. Bishop
Bishovu
Thes
West Washington Street
Liv
Debate on British Loan Resumes in House Fight
The House resumed debate on a three billion seven hundred fifty million dollar loan to Great Britain. President Truman and Secretary Byrnes urged approval while opposition coalesces. Rep Sabath surprised by opposing the loan as administration supporters forecast a narrow margin and possible defeat or significant amendment by week’s end.
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Washington
House
Great Britain
Truman
State Byrnes
Rep. Sabath
House Rules Committee
Recognition For Pacific Areas Elevates U S Australia Embassies
Washington on July 9 reports the United States and Australia have elevated their diplomatic representations from legations to embassies underscoring the prime strategic importance of the Pacific area in future security.
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Washington
INS
United States
Australia
Pacific
Death notices of Edward Nash Byler Saunders Richardson and others
Obituary notices list several individuals including Edward Vernon Nash 34 of Harbor road KR D and Daniel J Byler age two from Brion Valley RM along with Donald F Saunders 38 of Fern street Mrs Clara EF Richardson 67 of Hazelcroft avenue John Lewis 73 of Marshall avenue and Mrs William F Yount 34 of Hamilton street.
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Edward Vernon Nash
Harbor Road
KR. D
Daniel J. Byler
Brion Valley
DOL
Donald F. Saunders
Fern Street
Clara EF. Richardson
Hazelcroft Avenue
John Lewis
Marshall Ave
Child Drowns In Trough On Enon Valley Farm
Daniel J. Byler aged two years nine months son of John E and Lydia Byler of Enon Valley was found drowned in a watering trough on his father's farm. Coroner T F Nugent reports the trough, formed from an old bath tub, had a lid outside and steps inside. He likely crawled up the steps and toppled into about 18 inches of water while a search began after he was missing.
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Daniel J. Byler
John E
Lydia Byler
Enon Valley
T. F. Nugent
Miami Contractor 84 Weds 24YearOld Bride in Private Ceremony
John S. Smith an 84 year old Miami Beach contractor married 24 year old Dorris Akins in a Coral Gables justice of the peace ceremony after keeping reporters at bay. The couple obtained a license in Miami last Friday and planned a private wedding with the bride's mother as maid of honor and her father as best man.
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Miami Beach
John S. Smith
Coral Gables
Fort Lauderdale Fla
Dorris Akins
O. B. Sutton
Smith
Lcense
Miami
A. I. Tayior
Toledo Traffic Baffles Joe Louis
Police Captain A W Bernhagen spots Joe Louis with four companions in an automobile during downtown Toledo traffic. The champ says he’s bound for Detroit after a Cleveland golf tournament, but the captain jokes that Louis is headed in the wrong direction.
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Toledo
Jins
Joe Louis
Champ
A. W. Bernhagen
Sce
Detroit
Cleveland
Bernhagen
Firemen respond to fridge motor blaze at Clavelli home
Five firefighters called to 19 East Reynolds Street at 2 30 PM Monday after a short in the refrigerator motor. Fire Chief James E Thomas said they cut power and estimated roughly $50 damage to the motor.
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Mike Clavelli
East
Reynolds Street
James E Thomas
Paris invites 21 Allied nations to peace conference
Paris dispatch reports the French government issued invitations to 21 Allied nations for a peace conference in Paris on July 29. The move avoids Big Four dictation with suggested procedural rules, allows majority changes, and excludes China from inviting status due to Soviet veto. Conference to be split into five commissions under two third voting.
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Paris
INS
China
Byrnes
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Molotov
Big Four
Bevin
Countermeasures Planned Against Russian Moves in Europe
The state department moved to counteract Russian maneuvers in Eastern Europe that could threaten the Paris foreign ministers meeting. Dispatches from Vienna and Budapest report Russia taking one sided actions to entrench the Soviet position and weaken peace pledges.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Europe
Paris
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Fordham Seismologists Record Seismic Event Near Asia
Fordham University seismologists reported a fairly severe earthquake detected about 7,400 miles northeast of New York. The first shock arrived at 9 27 31 p m EDT and the second at 9 33 34 p m EDT. The epicenter was traced to a region near the Asiatic theatre.
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New York
Fordham University
New York City
Asiatic Theatre
Keep cool with mental action in hot summer heat
The piece advises readers to ignore the heat and recall winter pastimes to stay cool. It suggests selecting a February date with zero degrees and skating as the pastime, framing mental games as a remedy for hot weather.
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Sumner
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Mark Clark
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