Heavy Guerrilla Attacks Leave Greek Forces Burdened
Greek Army reports heavy losses to guerrilla bands in Epirus with more than 800 casualties and 300 prisoners taken. Fighting centered near Negrades with 245 guerrillas killed, while reinforcements feared as a purported international brigade rumors spread. Military measures prepared near Lake Prespa amid border tensions.
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Athens
Epirus
Greece
International
Strate
Ioannina
Konitsa
Metsovon
Mount Pindus
Negrades
Lake Prespa
Rain floods city outskirts while downtown sees brief cloudburst
Pa Newe reports a sudden flood across central areas around 5 to 6 pm with North Hill left dry. Local drugstores stock hay fever remedies as Ragweed season nears, while a tan party on the Fast Side draws attention. A youth in orange and black rides through town using his case as a prop. Butler Avenue houses undergo extensive beautification with brick and fresh paint.
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Clowdburst
Pa Nene
New Castile News
Mercer Street
Seventh Ward
North Hill
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 8 this morning show a maximum of 87 and a minimum of 65 with traces of precipitation. River stage stands at 7.1 feet. Compared with the same date last year the high was 80 and the low 79 with 0.02 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Northern Neighbors Of Greece Accused Of Overthrow Move
In secret testimony before a House subcommittee Dean Acheson charged Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria with aiming to topple the Greek government and install a Communist regime. The testimony spurred a House Appropriations vote approving 400 million for anti Communist aid in the Mediterranean 3060 million for Greece and 100 million for Turkey while funds for Poland and Hungary were denied.
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Washington
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
State Department
Greece
Dean Acheson
House Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Mediterranean
Turkey
Poland
Hungary
Two Die As Cabin Plane Crashes Near Wilmington
Two persons were killed when a cabin plane crashed on a Maryland farm near Chestertown and Wilmington. One victim was Walter T. Churchman, manager of a farm owned by Lammot Dupont Cope land near Chestertown. The other victim, a woman, was burned beyond recognition. Police said the ship caught fire on impact and the cause remains unknown.
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Wilmington
Del
INS
Marshalston
Walter T. Churchman
Lammot Dupont Copeland
Chestertown
Churchman
Torrential Rain Hits Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh area faced major flooding and damage as storms dumped 1.53 inches of rain in 90 minutes. Streets flooded in Pittsburgh and suburbs like McKeesport and McKees Rocks halted traffic and grounded air travel. A streetcar derailed, Arch Methodist church was struck twice, a fire station roof collapsed, and an apartment sustained serious damage in Stowe Township.
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Pittsburgh
Arch Methodist
Stowe Township
Three Are Named To NLRB Posts
Washington July 18. Senate action was forecast on three nominations by President Truman to NLRB posts in the Taft Hartley act era. Hearings were expected next week on Abe Murdock of Utah J Copeland Gray of Buffalo and Robert M Denham for NLRB posts and general counsel respectively.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee
Abe Murdock
Utah
J. Copeland Gray
Buffalo
NLRB
Robert M. Denham
Baby boy dies after preterm birth four months early
In Harrisburg on July 18 a 20 ounce infant died at Polyclinic hospital after a four day battle. The baby, born to Mrs. Albert Smeriglio of suburban Harrisburg, arrived nearly four months before term and could not be saved despite hospital efforts.
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Harrisburg
INS
Albert Smeriglio
Gangland Shooting in New York City
Police investigated a lower east side gangland shooting in which four gunmen attacked a black sedan and fled with the driver. Victims Alex Fero, 36, of Brooklyn was killed and Ralph Mason, 27, of Brooklyn was seriously wounded.
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New York
INS
Lower East Side
Alex Fero
Brooklyn
Ralph Mason
United States seeks speedy vote on Balkans border commission
In Lake Success New York July 18 the United States urged the United Nations Security Council to fast track a vote on the American resolution for a semi permanent Balkans border commission. Delegates from about a dozen nations debated the Greek case with Herschel V. Johnson seeking closure as Andrei Gromyko defended the U S plan while opposing it and Russia warned the move would heighten Balkan tension and violate UN principles.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations Security Council
Pro
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Oscar Lange
Poland
Ussr
Russia
U. S. Balkans
Andrei Gromyko
U. N
Balkans
Gromyko
United Nations
House Leader Blames President for Tax Bill Veto
House Majority Leader Halleck accuses President Truman of gouging the American people by vetoing the tax cut bill. He says the president prefers bureaucratic waste and opposes tax relief, urging a Republican victory next year to enact economy and relief measures.
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Washington
INS
House
Halleck
Ind
Truman
Republican Congress
Gen Bradley to Visit Europe for Troop Inspections
Gen Omar N. Bradley will depart for Europe to inspect U S army troops and installations in European and Mediterranean theaters, per White House announcement this morning.
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Washington
INS
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
U. S. Army
White House
Nazi war criminals arrive for Nuernberg trials term in Berlin
Rudolf Hess and six other Nazi war criminals arrived in Berlin and were lodged in Spandau prison today. The group, held in the British zone, will serve long prison terms with Hess given life.
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Berlin
INS
Rudolph Hess
Spandau Prison
Hess
Federal workers fired for disloyalty report
A Civil Service Commission report to the House Civil Service Committee details 223 federal workers fired for disloyalty in the nine months ending April 1 and suggests the final number could exceed 1,000. Firings occurred in War, Navy, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and Veterans Affairs. 190 Army civilians were cited in one area, with the Army data implying a higher total.
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Washington
INS
Civil Service Commission
House Civil Service Committee
War, Navy, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor
Veterans Administration
Army
War Department
Prison escapees recaptured near Pottstown
Valley Forge Military Hospital authorities report two army prisoners who escaped Wednesday night have been recaptured near Pottstown. Two others remain at large including Alfred C. Young of Rapid City and Raymond L. Farley of Gold Bond.
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Phoenixville
INS
Valley Forge Military Hospital
Pottstown
Hospital
Donald J. Nye
Syracuse
N. Y
Max C. Green
Alfred C. Young
Rapid City
S. D
Raymond L. Farley
Gold Bond
Sharon Steel to resume operations after coal shortage
Sharon Steel Corp announces rolling mill operations will restart Saturday after a month shutdown caused by coal shortages. A spokesman said production will return to normal within a few days and nearly all of the 5000 idle workers will be recalled.
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Sharon Steel
Sharon
Sharon Steel Corp
Woman Given Army Commission by Eisenhower
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower presented Col Florence A Blanchfield superintendent of army nurses with the first full commission in the regular army ever held by an American woman. The War Department ceremony marked the final step in Army Nurses’ rise to full recognition in the U S Army since the Nurses Corps was established in 1861.
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Washington
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Florence A. Blanchfield
War Department
U. S. Army
British refugee ship battles British flotilla off Haifa coast
A British flotilla with five destroyers and a cruiser fought a pitched sea battle with an illegal Jewish immigrant ship off Palestine's coast 17 miles from Haifa. One Jew was killed and 125 injured as tear gas was used. the ship formerly the President Warfield was renamed European Exodus 1947 and boarded after resistance.
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Jerusalem
INS
Haifa
Palestine
Haganah
President Warfield
Barge Sinks After Collision on Delaware River
The coast guard reported one or more men may have been aboard the tank barge R. W. McDonald after a collision with a tug 12 miles below Wilmington. The vessel owned by Eastern Transportation Co. sank in the Delaware River. no casualties confirmed yet.
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Wilmington
Del
INS
Coast Guard
Delaware River
R. W. McDonald
Eastern Transportation Co
Baltimore
President Signs Succession Bill
President Truman signed into law a measure naming Speaker Martin of Massachusetts as the nation's chief executive if the presidency becomes vacant. The bill also lists the president pro tempore of the Senate and the secretary of state as successors when no vice president is available.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Martin
Mass
House
Senate
Greenville Steel Car Co lands 1000 box car order
The Greenville Steel Car Co announced a contract for 1000 box cars of all types from the New York Central railroad. Work is set to begin in October with production starting soon.
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Greenville
Greenville Steel Car Co
New York Central Railroad
Severly Wounded Man Flees Cleveland Hospital
Arthur Kirkerian, 28, with a collapsed lung and oxygen tube fled Huron Road Hospital in Cleveland Heights while guarded by Patrolman George Frabel. Kirkerian had been shot by Willowick police during a home burglary trap two days earlier. police report his car bore Washington DC and Maryland plates.
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Cleveland
Arthur Kirkerian
Huron Road Hospital
Cleveland Heights
Kirkerian
Willowick
Kirkorian
George Frabel
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Foreign Relief Fund Approved by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved 1.354 billion dollars for foreign relief, including 400 million for Greco Turkish aid, with 300 million for Greece and 100 million for Turkey. The bill also includes 332 million for relief of Austria Greece and Trieste.
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Washington
INS
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Greece
Turkey
Austria
Trieste
Plan to Pour First Concrete Monday on Route 18 at Walmo
Dantile Company holder of the Route 18 replacement contract from Walmo to the Sharon West Middlesex line announced the first concrete will be poured Monday if weather permits. Workmen have installed steel reinforcement at Walmo and pouring on one lane of the three to four lane road will begin. The 3.65 mile project includes a 142 foot bridge over a new course near the New Castle Country Club with concrete work progressing toward completion next week. Southern end grading is 95 percent done and the highway is slated to open in the fall.
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New Castle
New Castle Country Club
Snyder
Police Officer Found Shot in North Philadelphia
William J. Anson, a foot traffic patrolman, lay fatally wounded on a dark North Philadelphia corner, with his service revolver nearby. He was found by a truck driver about 90 minutes after finishing a midnight shift, as investigators sought a clear motive or shooter.
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Philadelphia
INS
William J. Anson
Anson
Britain Withdraws 250 Million From Anglo American Loan
The Treasury reported Britain withdrew 250 million dollars this week from the three billion seven hundred fifty million dollar Anglo American loan. An initial 100 million was followed by a further 150 million on Wednesday.
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Washington
INS
Treasury Department
Britain
Murder Charge In Double Shooting In Lima Ohio
Lester Nichols 42 of Silver Lake Indiana is charged by Allen county grand jury with first degree murder for killing his father in law Rev. Lewis Whitaker 75 and wounding his wife Nora Nichols 44. He faces another indictment for shooting to kill in the attack on his wife. Nichols held without bond and arraignment expected.
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Lima
JINS
Lester Nichols
Silver Lake
Ind
Allen County
Nichols
Lewis Whitaker
West Newton
Nora Nichols
Indiana
Alien County Common Pleas
Moran Jenkins
Run Over By Train Man May Survive
A 36 year old Army discharged man Austin B. Morgan from Winter Haven Florida survived after being run over by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at North Philadelphia station. He jumped from the platform and landed between the rails just as the engine entered the station. He suffered severe injuries to the front but doctors stated he had a good chance of recovery.
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Philadelphia
INS
Austin B. Morgan
Winter Haven
Fla
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Philadelphia
Large supermarket razed by Atlantic City fire
A general alarm fire in Atlantic City destroyed a large supermarket causing an estimated 125000 dollars in damage. Fire crews from about ten of 160 firefighters were injured and 100 residents were evacuated as the blaze threatened nearby rooming houses and stores.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Death notices for several local residents
Mrs. Albert Brown aged 84 of Portersville, Robert Duncan Buzza aged 60 of Ellwood City, and Mrs. Lester Furey aged 49 of Highland Heights are listed in the death records.
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Albert Brown
Portersville
Robert Duncan Buzza
Ellwood City
Lester Furey
Highland Heights
Truman Rebukes Tax Cut Bill Over Veto Sustained
President Truman again rejected the four billion dollar GOP tax cut. The House overrode the veto 299 to 108 and sent the bill to the Senate, where a veto sustain is expected amid claims the cut risks world stability and delays price and wage readjustments.
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Washington
INS
Truman
House
Senate
Congress
Soviet Union
Marshall Union
Shooting War In Greece Is Near
Rep Eaton warned that the United States must be ready to send army and navy to Greece. He said a shooting war was within sight if the Greek government cannot halt the fighting.
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Washington
INS
Eaton
N. J
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
United States
House Rules Committee
Falls From Train In Ellwood Hospital
Hiram Bookamer, 41, of New Castle R. D. 1, fell from a train he hopped and was taken by ambulance to Ellwood City hospital. State police inquiry conducted at 4 30 p m at Wampum yesterday noted his injuries.
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Hiram Bookamer
New Castle R. D. 1
Wampum
Ellwood City Hospital
Fisherman Arthur Mometer Fishes in a Bowl at Home
A tale describes Arthur Mometer who avoids real fishing by using a bowl in his flat to simulate catches. He then goes to a shop to buy fish, saving time and money by not buying costly gleaming fisher gear.
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Pa Newe
Cement Company
Butler Avenue
Daily Weather Report
Delaware
N.L.R.B. Posts
New York City
Border Commission
U.S
Gen. Bradley
Spandau
Los Angeles
Doris Brown
McCoy
St. George
Secret Service
British Board
Cleveland Hospital
Walmo
Bulletin
Ellwood Hospital
Arthur Mometer
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