Big Four Meet Tackles Austria Problem After Germany Shelved
Paris dispatch reports foreign ministers of the Big Four discussing postwar Austria and Danubian navigation while deferring the German issue to fall. Byrnes urged treating occupied zones as an economic unit, as talks continued beyond the noon session.
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Paris
INS
Germany
Austria
Council of Foreign Ministers
Reich
Byrnes
U. S
United Nations
Revival Bill Heads For Senate Passage
The OPA price control revival bill moves toward Senate passage amid debate on a Taft formula dispute and a proposed Barkley compromise. President Truman warns a workable law is essential to prevent runaway inflation as the bill faces a possible House action after Senate approval.
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Washington
INS
Senate
O’daniel
Tex
House
Truman
Congress
Capi Hill
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Barkley
OPA
Demand May Appear Before Senate Probers
The Mead committee formalized a written request for Rep. Andrew J. May to testify before the panel on war profits. If he resists, a subpoena will compel his appearance under oath regarding his ties to war contractors. May, linked to a munition producers’ combine, has previously refused invitations to testify.
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Washington
INS
Mead Committee
Rep
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Mead
N. Y
May
House
Sen. Ferguson
Stormy day reports and city sights in New Castle
A threshing machine moved through Washington street likely en route to a wheat field. Record heat reached 97 degrees in the evening while Cascade park buses carried crowds in swimwear. Residents sought spring water from local fountains and near Neshannock avenue. Storm clouds loomed Thursday but little rain fell as lawns were watered. A counterfeit license plate fooled observers on East Washington street. Route numbers were painted on the East Washington bridge to aid out of town drivers. Canning peaches entered markets but sugar shortages worry homemakers. East side dogs roam free with one finding a temporary porch home.
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Neshannock Avenue
Cascade Park
New Castle
East Washington Street
East Side
County Line Street
Daily Weather Report For The United States
Daily weather study notes the 24 hour period ending nine am shows a maximum temperature of 90 and a minimum of 60 with 0.6 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 4.9 feet. A year ago the same date recorded a maximum of 74 and a minimum of 41 with no precipitation.
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United States
Reading Plane Crash Kills Five
In Reading, Pennsylvania, a four engined TWA Constellation dubbed the Star of Lisbon crashed near Reading killing five crew members. The sole survivor was Captain R. L. Brown, 27, the pilot, in critical condition at Reading hospital. the dead include Captain Norman Nilsen, 32, of Norfolk, Massachusetts.
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Reading
TWA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Lisbon
R. L. Brown
Reading Hospital
Norman Nilsen
Norfolk
Mass
Reaq
Lightning Strikes Wheat Shock During Storm
Eyewitness John Young of Rose Point reports lightning hit a shock of wheat on Robert Stoner’s adjoining farm, igniting the grain. The shock was burned to ash just before the storm, a rare event noted by Stoner who has decades of farming experience. The lightning also struck a local power line, plunging several homes into darkness.
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John Young
Rose Point
Robert Stoner
Stoner
Boy Bitten by Dog Near Store on North Street
Joe Casillo reports to Chief Hanna that his seven year old daughter Ruth was bitten on the left leg by a dog walked past a store at 618 West North Street Wednesday evening. The dog owner was located by Officers Reese and Criswell and ordered to keep the animal tied and under observation for ten days.
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Joe Casillo
Sankey Street
Robert D. Hanna
Ruth
W. North Street
Reese and
Criswell
Molotov demands expulsion of 437000 from Austrian zone
Paris July 12 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov formally demanded expulsion of 437,000 Yugoslav and White Russian "traitors" from the western zones of Austria before any Austrian treaty. He refused to discuss the pact until the Chet Nikis and Ustachis are expelled, saying their presence threatens Austria and neighboring states.
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Molotov
Paris
INS
V. M. Molotov
Austria
James F. Byrnes
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Russia
Garsson Defends May Over War Production Record
Dr. Henry M. Garsson announces he will defend his war production record before the Mead committee. He says Rep. Andrew J. May never profited from acting as Kentucky agent for Batavia Metal Products and Cumberland Lumber, amid Senate probes of a 16‑company Midwest munitions group.
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Washington
INS
Henry M. Garsson
Mead Committee
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Garsson
Senate
May
House
War Department
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
District College Leaders Discuss Extension Plans
Representatives from Thiel Allegheny Westminster Geneva Grove City Slippery Rock and Slippery Rock State Teachers college met with Westminster president Dr R F Galbreath to consider extension centers addressing overflow ex G I enrollment. The dinner meeting followed a session in New Wilmington and included deans presidents and directors.
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Edward Martin
R. F. Galbreath
Westminster College
Westminster
H. A. Bruce
Geneva
W. C Ketler
Grove City College
Leonard S. Duncan
Slippery Rock State Teachers’ College
Dale W. Houk
Slippery Rock
Frank M. Campbell
Veterans
World Atom Bomb Control Plan Backed by United States
The United States backs an Australian proposal to UNAtomic Energy Commission to form four sub committees to shape world atomic controls. Evatt will push a six power steering panel, a 12 nation exchange body for peaceful use info, a inspections and controls committee, and a constitutional and legal matters panel. Gromyko likely to oppose the constitutional item.
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New York
INS
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Andrei Gromyko
Carlson of War Fame Retires From Marine Corps Duty
Col Evans F Carlson famed for Carlson's Raiders retires from active duty due to injuries from aiding an enlisted man wounded in the Saipan battle during July 1944 He had been promoted to brigadier general following his wartime exploits in the Pacific theater Washington dispatch reports
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Washington
Evans F. Carlson
Carlson
Raiders
Marine Corps ‘Headquarters
Saipan
Carisoy
Russians Testing Big Rocket Bombs
Stockholm paper Affton bladet reports fragments of Russian rocket bombs landed in Sweden after launches from Baltic sites. Soviets use German experts in radio controlled weapon experiments with several stations along the Baltic. Fragments near Sandsvell resemble parts of a V-2 rocket tested by the U S Army.
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Stockholm
Afftonbladet
Sweden
Baltic
Sandsvell
United States Army
Fifty-Second Sub Is Placed in Mothballs
Vallejo California July 12 Naval officials report operation mothballs completed with the decommissioning of submarine USS Puffer at Mare Island naval shipyard The Puffer the last of 52 submarines to be put on the inactive list by the U S Pacific submarine force joins the Mare Island group within the nineteenth fleet named for its fish inflation prowess
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Vallejo
Calif
INS
Naval
Puifer
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
U. S. Pacific
Mare Island
Pacific
Pope Pius XII to Rest at Gondolfo Summer Retreat
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII will spend part of summer at the papal residence in Gondolfo. He plans to leave Vatican City in mid August and deliver a worldwide radio address on peace from the summer castle.
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Rome
INS
Vatican
Pius XII
Gandolfo
Vatican City
Trieste Strike Expands Amid Deadly Clashes
Trieste reports a spreading general strike tied to pro Yugoslav factions. Outlying areas report fatalities from a railway explosion and land mine attacks. Within the city at least nine wounded as violence disrupts food and business districts and streetcar service. American and British military police patrol the streets.
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Trieste
Trieste- Gorizia
More Famine Aid Urged By Truman
President Truman called for further efforts to produce and set aside food for world famine relief to aid peace. Secretary Anderson reported the U.S. exported over 16.5 million long tons of food in the past year, mostly to war damaged nations, with large shares of wheat rice cheese fats and oils meat shipped abroad.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Asia
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
United States
Presi
Predict Delay in Treaty Drafting for Austria Germany
Washington reports from diplomatic sources predict the major powers will abandon substantial progress toward drafting peace treaties for Austria and Germany at the Paris meeting. The ministers plan to consult with chiefs of state before the 21 power conference beginning July 29. Byrnes faces limited time and a cautious outlook on Austrian peace terms and Germany's economic integration.
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Washington
Austria
Germany
Paris
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Record Yield Of Wheat Seen
It is too early to quote figures but Lawrence County expects a record wheat yield this year said L C Dayton of the farm extension office. Much wheat is cut and shocked but little has been combined or threshed as growers let grain dry to dead ripe condition. Some barley has been combined this week and climate may influence barley success in milder winters.
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Lawrence County
L. C. Dayton
Farm Extension Office
Deaths of Local Residents Across Communities
Friday notices report the deaths of Charles Burnsides aged 65 of West Falls Street rear 248, Frank Irvin Phillis aged 80 of R D1 Pulaski, and Mrs. Margaret M. Leasure aged 80 of R D2 Coverts Road.
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Charles Burnsides
West Falls Street
Frank Irvin Phillis
Pulaski
Margaret M. Leasure
Coverts Road
Second Atom Bomb Tests Set For July 25
Vice Admiral Blandy announced the second nuclear test will be exploded in Bikini lagoon at 8 50 a m July 25 subject to weather. The Baker Day burst could send a two mile high column of water into the air and radioactivity may keep observers off ships for weeks.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
INS
W. H. P. Blandy
L Agoon
Crossroads
U.S
Admiral Blandy
Truman's Committee Arrives In London
President Truman's cabinet Palestine committee led by Henry F. Grady landed in London to implement Anglo American commission recommendations allowing 100000 Jewish refugees to enter the Holy Land.
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London
Truman
U. S Army
Henry F. Grady
Holy Land
Bathers in Atlantic City Limited by Mackintosh Ordinance
Atlantic City officials tighten rules on beachwear banning scant bathing outfits in all sections of the resort except the beach. The amended Mackintosh ordinance allows arrest of bathers found in improper cover in city areas.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mikhailovitch Verdict Set For Monday
Belgrade July 12 The Yugoslav military court hearing General Draja Mihailovic treason and collaboration charges recessed and will deliver its verdict Monday after a late night session hearing final statements from the three co defendants. An appeal is not possible to the court but may go to the parliament under Yugoslav law.
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Belgrade
INS
Draja Milkhailovitch
Mikhailovitch
Weather Quip Seeks More Rain Amid Wild Forecast Prompt
A quirky plea to Arthur Mometer Weill asks for more rain to help the potatoes and women searching drenched areas. The note humorously blames storms for fireworks and crashes while urging a rainy forecast, ending with a playful close.
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