Netherlands Accepts U S Mediation Offer on Indonesian War
The Netherlands announced it accepts the United States mediation offer for the undeclared war in Indonesia. U S Deputy Delegate Herschel Johnson stated Washington seeks a cease fire and will mediate with the Dutch and Indonesian sides as the council resumes debate on Indonesian complaints.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
Indonesia
United Nations
Security Council
Batavia
A. K. Gani
Gani
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Washington
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Dutch Claim New Successes in Middle Java
Batavia reports Dutch forces in central Java advancing southwest beyond Banjoemas and seizing Poerwaredja and key bridges over the Serajoe river. Indonesians talk of a renewed counterattack as the U N Security Council debates possible Western intervention amid the Indian War.
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Batavia
Java
Redios
G .N. Security Council
D. N
Netherlands Army
Middle Java
Banjoemas
South Java
Tjilatjap
Poerwaredja
Serajoe
Rejects Petitions For Tax Referendum In Maryland
Secretary of State Bertram L. Boone rejected all petitions seeking a referendum on Maryland 1947 sales tax act. The Maryland Economic Council had gathered over 25 000 signatures for a 1948 vote but was ruled entirely ineffective. Also notes UK consider withdrawal of troops from Italy and Greece and a baseball injury in Gettysburg.
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Annapolis
Bertram L. Boone
Samuel J. Fisher
Maryland Economic Council
Boone
Hart Hammond
Wivell Family of 19 Manages Farm and Food at Home
The Wivell family of Roy Joseph and Helen Louise Guise Wivell lives in a red brick house near Emmitsburg with seventeen children aged 2 weeks to 19 years. They run 253 acres across two farms, raise most of their food, and use self-reliant routines to support labor needs, sharing chores, canning, and early morning eggs. The parents describe close-knit harmony, independence, and pride in each other as they navigate a bustling rural household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sullivan
Emmitsburg
Wivell
Roy Joseph
Helen Louise Guise Wivell
Ars. Wivell
Wiveli
Sussis
Mary Margaret
Taft Attacks Truman Policy Across Domestic and Foreign Affairs
Senator Taft urged a Republican victory in 1948 after blasting President Truman for a “befuddled foreign policy” and Democratic domestic policies. He argued U S policy abandoned wartime ideals, criticized Morgenthau plans, and warned of consequences in Europe and Germany during a five week Canadian vacation.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
California
Taft
CIO
Congress
Republican Party
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Roosevelt
Teheran
Yalta
Fotsdam
Europe
Asia
Germany
Morgenthau
Lightning blast destroys tree stump near Braddock Heights
Mrs. Hammond Urner reports a lightning strike at her Braddock Heights home that blew a stump 12 to 15 feet from its root, leaving an 18 inch deep hole. Her sister Miss Anna B. Floyd and Dr. Joseph W. Urner join her for the summer at the Urner cottage.
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Mrrs
Hammond Urner
Braddock Heights
GM Announces Price Increase for All Passenger Cars
General Motors Corp. said a six percent rise in list prices for all passenger cars takes effect immediately. In a second item from Chambersburg, Frederick J. Bruegge man is named executive secretary of the Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce, filling the post vacated by Sydney Gruneck and temporarily held by J. Kenneth Gabler.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chambersburg Pa
Frederick J. Brueggeman
Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce
Sydney Gruneck
J. Kenneth Gabler
British Attack on Hampshire HQ in Jerusalem Reported
Jerusalem Aug 1 British soldiers attacked the Hampshire Regiment regimental headquarters with grenades and mortars. one attacker was killed and military casualties were not disclosed. The incident followed shootings in Tel Aviv involving five Jews killed and many wounded tied to the hangings of Lgis Clifford Martin and Mervyn Paice.
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Jerusalem
Hampshire Regiment
Jewish Agency
Palestine Police
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Hampshire
Lgis
Clifford Martin
Mervyn Paice
Three Year Old Driver Crashes Car Into Store
In Scranton Pennsylvania a three year old boy Albert Prokopovitsch Jr started his father’s car by stepping on the starter and drove it into a store injuring two men. The boy was unhurt and the father fell while trying to stop the vehicle.
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Scranton
Albert Prokopovitsch, Jr
Albert
Towson
William H. Hoffman
Salt
July Ends With Hail and Storms Across Regions
The Associated Press reports hail damaged areas from West Virginia to the Maine border as a tropical storm moves from the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures fell up to 25 degrees in the east, while Las Vegas hit 112 degrees and Huntington suffered disrupted services.
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Associated Press Amth Af
Fauh
West Virginia
Maine-Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Las Vegas
Nev
Mercury
Huntington
W. Va
Maine
Aroostook County
Fort Kent
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Tam Rico
Mexico
Carolinas
Dakota
Florida
Arizona
Minnesota
Tax Liability Delays Bequest to C Burr Artz Library
The estate of Tate Jacob Rohrback delays distribution of a 60,000 plus bequest to the C Burr Artz Library due to unresolved federal tax liability. Register of Wills Harry Radcliff says final payment depends on federal clearance, possibly months or a year. Library seeks 5 000 more dollars for 1947, having already received 2 500, with curtailment expected until funds arrive. The Mayor and Aldermen will review the petition at the next meeting.
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Tate
Jacob Rohrback
C. Burr Artz
Register of Wills
Harry D. Radcliff
Rohrback
Radcliff
Aldeimen
Aldenfien
Not One Drop Of Rain In 7 Months In Imperial County
The Imperial Irrigation District reports seven months of 1947 without measurable rainfall, making it the driest period since 1914. The note highlights extreme dryness in Imperial county with no rain in half the year.
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Centro
Calié
Imperial County
Imperial Irrigation District
Frederick County to Send 851 Youth to 4-H Club Week
Frederick County will send 851 young people aged 12 and over to the Maryland 4-H Club Week at the University to represent the county. Miss Lou Davity leads the home demonstration program with assistant Miriam Bradley Jones. County leaders will receive roles and several 4-H girls have earned scholarships. Friday is Visitors Day and Thursday is Older Youth Day, with a five day program titled The Five Glorious Days.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Lou Davity
Miriam
Bradley Jones
Peggy Koontz
Jefferson
Doris Barkier
Paise Himes
Walkersville
Ruth Ellen Ifern
Middletown
Dorothy Schaffer
Braddock
Lois Keller
Monroney Calls Reorganization Half Successful But Flop
Rep. Monroney D-Oxla says the legislative reorganization act is about 50 percent effective in streamlining Congress after the first post act session. He criticizes the way funds were cut and urges full implementation or repeal while noting reduced committee counts compared with 1945 and signs that many subcommittees may fade away.
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Douglas B. Cornell
James Marlow
Washington
Rep. Monroney D
Oxla
Congress
Monroney
Oklahoman
Truman
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Legislative Budget Committee
Seven Superforts Arrive After Tokyo Trip
Seven B 29 Superfortresses with 160 aboard flew over Washington noon en route to Andrews Field completing a 7000 mile Tokyo to Washington relay. Escorting P 80 fighters met them at Martinsburg West Virginia. officials called the flight the longest and fastest bomber mass climb in history. Eight Superforts had earlier departed from Tol but one dropped out after a three hour Elmendorf stop.
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Washington
Andrews Field
Tokyo
Martinsburg
W. Va
Air Force
1 Air Force
Tol
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Alas
Monocacy Flooding and Cool July Weather Report
Monocacy River mudded by storms and rainfall. July was cool and wet with total precipitation around 4.35 inches. Temperatures low, four days reached 90 or higher, near midsummer record. Western region temperatures expect a rise next week amid fair nights. Milk prices rise 1 cent per quart in Cumberland area effective today. homogenized milk and cream up 1 cent per quart.
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Monocracy
Weather Bureau
Cumberland
Edgar A. Dashiell
Dairy Service Corporation
Atom Bomb May Not Be Used In War
General Jacob L. Devers told a Newark audience that the atom bomb probably will never again be used in war and that leaders will avoid it as circumspectly as gas was in World War Two. He warned an atomic slugging match could yield no clear victory and urged a fight-to-fight army to deter aggressors.
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Newark
N. J
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Devers
United States
Meyer Readies Testimony Before Senate War Probe
Howard Hughes publicity man John W Meyer arrived to testify to the Senate War Investigating Committee but was excused briefly. Chairman Ferguson planned to call two Army officers for cross examination as investigators press Hughes on entertainment expenses related to multi million dollar aircraft contracts.
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Washington
Aus
John Wyer
Howard Hughes
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Breyer
Hughes
Meyer
Circus Ballyhoo
Bricker Threats Prompt Tight Security at Rally
Police reported no threatening calls received by Senator John W Bricker but substantial precautions were taken at a Republican rally in Columbus amid past threats. A call to his Arlington home hours before a Taft dinner warned of an attack and cited a past shooting in Arlington by a former policeman.
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Columbus
John W Bricker
Onio
Bricker
Drper
Arlington
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Maud A. Day
Capitol
Coal production dips under new United Mine Workers contract
The National Coal Association reports weekly bituminous production at 11.8 million tons for the week ended July 26, with output down 8 to 10 percent from normal due to the July 7 contract with John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Naional Coal Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Meat Prices Soar Locally to All Time High
Frederick shoppers face record meat costs with Grade A beefsteak at 95 cents to 110 per pound. Dealers warn of further rises as autumn and winter supply tighten, while many families switch to chicken and fish. Prices reflect wartime levels, though most meat remains well stocked, with varied prices between chain and independent stores. Lamb chops sell 75 cents to 1.10 per pound and pork chops 78 to 87 cents, with ground beef slightly cheaper in some shops.
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Frederick
OPA
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