Underwater Atomic Blast Sinks Ark and Saratoga
Eyewitness reports from Bikini Atoll confirm the Arkansas and the Saratoga sunk after the first underwater atomic test. Nine of 87 target ships settled on the lagoon bottom while five submarines and two smaller craft were also listed sunk. Radioactivity hindered full assessment as Tuna and others lay submerged in the 180-foot lagoon.
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Lachlan
Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
Arkansas
Saratoga
Tuna
Lady golfers of Dubber Dollies travel to Ellwood
Seventeen Lady gelfers journeyed from Castle Hills to Ellwood for a round on the local course. They lost 18 balls in the outing, prompting Pa Newc to wonder if the score was over par.
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Lady Gelfers
Castle Hills
Ellwood
Daily Weather Report Summary for United States
Daily weather report at 9 a.m. shows a maximum 94 and minimum 61 degrees with .05 inches of precipitation. River stage is 4.9 feet. Year ago records show 93 high, 64 low, no precipitation.
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United States
Congressman May Faces Quiz Friday
Washington July 25 Members of the Mead committee plan to question Rep. Andrew J. May about alleged influence on army brass to attend a New York war contractor’s party at the Pierre hotel. The probe centers on May’s role in the January 2 1944 wedding party and whether officers were invited through his influence.
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Washington
INS
Mead Committee
Andrew J. May
New York
House
Garsson Munitions Combine
May
Mission Fierre
Garrion
Pierre Hotel
Mead
N. Y
Rep
Murray Garsson
Sen
Mitchel
Wash
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
Mitchell
May Interceded For Clemency For Son Of Garsson
The War Department disclosed Rep. Andrew J. May twice sought clemency for Capt. Joseph H. Garrson son of Murray W. Garrsson of the Garrsson munitions empire, court martialed for willful disobedience near Gries France January 20 1945. The officer commanded a mortar company and faced dismissal later suspended. May to testify before the Senate war profits committee about his connection to the munitions concern.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Andrew J. May
Dwight Eisenhower
Murray W. Garsson
Garrson Munitions Empire
Garsson
Joseph H. Garrson
Young Garsson
Henry M. Garsson
May
Senate War Profits Committee
Munitions Combine
Gries
France
Rescuer Awarded $100000 for Hughes Plane Rescue
Pittsburgh dispatch notes Broadway columnist Jack Lait stating Sgt William Lloyd Durkin of Oil City Pa received a million dollar reward for saving Howard Hughes from a California fire. Durkin previously earned wartime commendation for extinguishing a fire in a dive bomber carrying a 1000 pound bomb.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Jack Lait
Willam Lloyd Durkin
Oil City
Howard Hughes
California
Lait
Hughes
Durkin
Work Begins on Pittsburgh’s $32 Million Connecting Link
A bulldozer started grading the William Penn highway east of its Lincoln Street junction marking the kickoff of Pittsburgh’s Little Stream connecting roadway. The project aims to link downtown with surrounding suburbs and cost $32 million.
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Pittsburgh
Bikini blast fails to register on Philadelphia seismometer
Explosion of the atomic bomb in Bikini lagoon did not register at the Fels Planetarium of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Dr. I M Levitt said an earthquake is far more powerful and expected no reading. Reuters reported the Adelaide Observatory noted repercussions 16 minutes later.
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Bikini Lagoon
Fels Planetarium
Franklin Institute
I. M. Levitt
London
INS
Reuters
Adelaide
Australia
Adelaide Observatory
Bikini
Census survey planned for New Castle housing needs
A. L. Triggs and a Census Bureau team will survey New Castle on Friday July 26 to assess veterans housing needs and plans. The effort, requested by the National Housing Agency, will sample dwellings to estimate vacancies rents and unit characteristics, with data compiled in Washington.
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A. L. Triggs
Bureau of Census
New Castle
National Housing Agency
Triggs
Washington, D. C
Death sentences for two Japanese officers in Formosa killings
U S military tribunal in Shanghai sentenced two Japanese officers to death for executing 14 downed American airmen in Formosa last year. Lieut. Gen. Isayama received life imprisonment while four others were given 20 to 40 years.
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London
INS
Reuters
Shanghai
U. S
Formosa
Isayama
Box Score Of Second Bikini Bomb Blast
A naval box score reports the underwater atomic blast near Bikini Atoll sinking the Saratoga and Arkansas, with several submarines and ships damaged or listing. Other targets include the New York, Hughes, Fallen, and Nagato, plus multiple beached landing craft. No human casualties reported. animal fate pending.
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New York
Hughes
Nagato
Bikini
Animals Sent On Rockets for Human Flight Preparations
Brig. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow urged experiments sending animals on rocket flights to prep for human space travel. Tests at Wright Field and Randolph Field followed by an August 22 V-2 test at White Sands will gauge gravity effects before cat or mouse rocket flights are proposed to Maj. Gen. Everett S. Hughes and the ordnance rocket development section.
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Grow
Wright Field
Dayton
Randolph Field
Texas
White Sands
N. M
Everett S. Hughes
Ordnance
Army Ordnance Rocket Development Section
Coroner’s Jury Fails to Name Slayer in Slavines Deaths
In Norristown Pennsylvania a coroner’s jury could not name Kenneth R. Hanley as the killer in the killings of Mrs. Hanley and John Hoffman. The two victims died from gunshot wounds in Hoffman's car on July 16. The jury of six found the deaths caused by a person or persons unknown. Police Chief John Tompkins and Dr. John C. Simpson testified.
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Norristown
Kenneth R. Hanley
John R. Hoffman
Hoffman
Hanley
John Hoffman
John Tompkins
Upper Merion
John C Simpson
Tompkins
Moscow Silent on New Bomb Test
Reuters dispatch from Moscow says neither the press nor radio carried any word about yesterday's explosion of the world's fifth atomic bomb in Bikini lagoon.
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London
INS
Reuters
Moscow
Bikini Lagoon
Shaw to Ignore His Ninety-First Birthday Attention May Honor Shaw
George Bernard Shaw plans to ignore turning 90 as world tributes mount. He fears publicity yet welcomes the honor, preparing in Ayot St. Lawrence for a flood of messages and a New York dinner, while insisting he never sends messages to readers.
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George Bernard Shaw
Ayot ST. Lawrence
Eng
Shaw
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
Secretary Snyder Nearly Misses Empire State Flight
Coast guard officers reported Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder aboard a Lockheed Lodestar that narrowly avoided a collision with the Empire State Building in foggy New York. The aircraft landed safely after a sudden vertical climb. An army bomber crash at the building occurred on July 28 last year, killing 14.
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New York
INS
Coast Guard
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Empire State Building
Empire State
Saratoga Bursts Atom Age Battle Ship near Bikini Lagoon
The carrier Saratoga, renowned as a symbol of U S Navy power, was destroyed by an atomic blast in Bikini lagoon as the bomb hit between the Arizona and the Saratoga. Observers note the ship’s massive hull and protective blister withstood some force, while nearby light ships suffered less damage. The former sister ship Lexington, also commissioned in 1927, shares her storied history.
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Bikini
Saratoga
Bikini Lagoon
Sara
U S
Lexington
Arizona
Fallon
Hughes
Skate
Bergdoll Arrested After Assault Threat With Shotgun
Grover C. Bergdoll, infamous WWI draft dodger, was arrested at his Downingtown area estate on charges of assault and battery and pointing a firearm. The alleged dispute with a butler over $157 back wages ended when Bergdoll struck Clement Klein and allegedly leveled a shotgun until Mrs. Bergdoll intervened.
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Downingtown
Grover C. Bergdoll
Chester Glisson
Clement Klein Klein
Bergdoll
Death Record for Mrs. Edwin R. Leasure
Mrs. Edwin R. Leasure, age 76, of 205 Elm Street, is recorded as deceased in the Thursday notice dated July 5, 1946.
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Edwin R. Leasure
Elm Street
Truman to Sign Compromise Bill Restoring OPA Rent Controls
President Truman expected to sign the compromise bill restoring full rent controls and limited price restrictions through June 30 1947. He will send a message to Congress with his views on the legislation and may note satisfaction with replacing the Taft pricing formula with Barkley’s approach.
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Truman
Washington
INS
White Hall
Congress
OPA
White House
Capitol Hill
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Sen. Barkiley
Indictment Sought in Heirens Murder Case
Chicago July 25 Indiana State's Attorney William J. DuPoihy seeks indictments naming William Heirens 17 as the slayer of Suzanne Degnan 6 and Frances Brown a former Wave member. Tuohy summons fingerprint and handwriting experts to testify before the Cook County Grand jury linking Heirens to the killings. Witnesses include handwriting expert Herbert J. Walter and Sgt John Laffey among others.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
William J. Dpuoehy
Wittesses
Cook County
Tuohy
Heirens
Herbert J. Walter
Suzanne
Browngs
John Laffey
Arthur Mometer The bride in white at seaside wedding
A narrative wedding scene describes a bride in white walking the aisle and a groom looking lively. The narrator hints at distant weeks and seas, observing guests and weather as the couple proceeds with the ceremony.
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