U.S. Pressure Claim Highlighted Over Yugoslavia Crisis
London dispatch says a Moscow radio charged Washington is pressuring Yugoslavia through a show of force. It cites the Mediterranean cruise of the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, four cruisers, seven destroyers, and a looming revision of Mediterranean tasks as indicators of U.S. pressure. Pravda praised Yugoslavia for standing up to an aggressive ultimatum.
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London
Moscow
United States
Yugoslavia
Mediterranean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
U. S
Pravda
Navy
Justice Department allows gifts of surplus property to non profits
The Justice Department issued an opinion stating that surplus property may be gifted by the War Assets Administration to non profit educational institutions. A halt on transfers was noted while a congressional inquiry proceeds, with hearings set to resume in mid September.
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Washington
Justice Department
Aeer
War Assets Administration
J. Howard McGrath
Robert M. Littlejohn
War Assets Administrator
McGrath
Department of Justice
WAA
Littlejohn
Hause Committee
Litvinoff release signals shifting Soviet policy in tense world
Mackenzie argues Litvinoff’s release from the Soviet Foreign Ministry signals a more vigorous foreign policy and a broader rift between Russia and the United States Britain. He cautions that Moscow’s moves risk dangerous crises from Yugoslav incidents to Dardanelles tension and Greek and Turkish disputes.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Washington
London
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Britain
Litvinos
England
America
Moscow
Russia
Paris
Manuilsky
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Molotov
Amerique
France
China
Soviet Union
Dardanelles Straits
Turkey
Asterina
Europe
Asia
Ex Sheriff Bell Dies from Self Inflicted Wounds
Bethesda August 26 G Ed dington Bell 58 former Montgomery county sheriff and assistant building inspector died in a hospital from self inflicted bullet wounds after hearing a checker game. Neighbors and family noted he left the game then fired four shots in his upstairs room.
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Bethesda
G. Eddington Bell
Montgomery County
Polite
Bell
Paul
Paul E. Reeder
Look To Fall Elections In The East
Washington notes point to the 1948 and 1952 presidential races as key figures prepare for primaries and conventions. Mississippi and Nebraska events chart party contests while New York and Connecticut set major meetings.
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East
Washington
Per
Nebraska
Congress
Mississippi
Dan R. McGehee
John Bell Williams
Chapman Revercomb
D-Wva
Revercomb
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
New York
Connecticut
Maine
Two Of A Kind In Baltimore Cars Match In Odd Coincidences
Nathan Goldbergh and Charles Levine parked on the same street and saw identical coincidences after attending a Baltimore theater. Both purchased 1946 tan and brown sedans with the same dented right front fender and near matching license numbers. Police investigated but found the sequence remarkable.
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Baltimore
Nathan Goldbergh
Charles Levine
Goldbergh
Levine
Legion's Public Ceremony In Baker Park Tuesday
Francis Scott Key post drum corps will drill at 7 15 on West Second Street near the armory. A Fredrick High Sellews Band concert will precede ceremonies at the bandshell in Baker Park to confer Legion membership on a class of new members. John R. Fitzpatrick will preside as ceremonies explain Legion principles and guests include John F. Boschen and J Nelson Tribby of Baltimore. Open house at the Legion Home will follow.
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Francis Scott Key Post
Americat Legion
Fredrerick High Sellews
Key Post
Baker Park
Legion
West Second Street
Armory
Martinsburg
John R. Fitzpatrick
John F. Boschen
Baltimore
J. Nelson Tribby
Legionnaires
Legion Home
Pepper Removed From Price Control List In 1949 Action
Washington reports black and white pepper and ten other items taken off price ceilings as not essential to the cost of living under the new price control act. The list includes paprika cinnamon meat and fish sausages canned clam broth sauerkraut with pork chutney plum pudding malted milk tablets fortune tea cakes and dehydrated sugarcane fiber.
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Washington
OPA
Three More Prizes Won By Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Independent Hose Company No. 1 of Frederick earned prizes in three firemen parades last week. At Pikesville and Long Green they won $15 prizes for best appearing auxiliary with ten or more members. at Brooklyn they won $29 for traveling the farthest distance. The group, about 25 women, has taken part in eight parades this season and won in seven.
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Independent Hose Company
No. 1
Frederick
Pikesville
Long Green
Hine
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Truman Won't Extend His Bermuda Visit
President Truman plans to end his Bermuda stay next Monday and has not indicated he will delay departure. Officials and reporters urged a extension but no sign of postponement emerged as he considers one more fishing outing before returning to Washington.
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Truman
Bermuda
Hamilton
Washington
Raid on Sedot Yam village Near Haifa Reported by British Troops
In Sedot Yam near Haifa, British forces mounted a dawn operation with 5 000 soldiers to surround the Jewish fishing village, search homes, and question residents after an explosion at Haifa harbor. Brigadier R H Anderson said the raid aimed at persons connected to the blast, with mine detector teams and dogs deployed.
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Sedot Yam
Palestine
Haifa
Germany
R. H. Anderson
Ilegal
Anderson
Sedol Yam
Caesarea
New York Firm Wins Cumberland Bond Issue Award
John C. Clark and Company of New York was declared the most favorable bidder and awarded a 540000 bond issue by Cumberland's Mayor and Council. Clark bid 100,127 at one and a quarter percent interest, with a small premium compared to rival bids from Alexander Brown and Sons and others. Proceeds fund street improvements.
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Cumberland
John C. Clark and Company
New York
Alexander Brown and Sons
Baltimore
Clark
Mercantile Trust Company
Kidder Peabody and Company
Second National Bank
Baker, Wyatts, and Company
Young Men Receiving Those Greetings From The President
Washington Aug 26 Those presidential greetings are in the Malls again. The draft machinery reopens, reception center lines form next week and by end of September the Selective Service aims to meet the Army quota of 25 4 million men in the 1929 age group. In June 6 400 were inducted with no teenagers among them. Congress exempted 18 year olds but drafted 19 year olds. With July August holidays inductions paused as local boards classify men 18 to 44 under Hershey orders to limit deferments to indispensable national needs. Four new deferment categories include college teachers home construction workers critical production and transport workers. Eighteen year olds must register but await induction at 19. Army currently wants no one over 35.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Congress
War Department
Lewis JB. Hershey
Federal court upholds Georgia county unit system in Democratic primary
A three judge Federal court ruling sustains Georgia county unit vote method for Democratic primaries. The decision refuses to invalidate Eugene Talmadge's nomination for a fourth term as governor.
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Atlanta
Georgies County
Eugene Talmadge
American Flying Fortress Returns From Vienna Route
A United States Flying Fortress lands with a mail and freight cargo, marking the first American plane to fly the Vienna route since Yugoslavs shot down transports earlier this month. Lt. William Hutchings of Los Angeles states orders to fly to Udine and back, with daily runs planned. The bomber with a nine-man crew avoided Yugoslav territory at 10 006 feet and carried no passengers.
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Vienna
William BE. Hutchings
Los Angeles
Calif
Udine
Hutchins
Cambridge leader quits campaign in Maryland race
W Grayson Winterbottom of Dorchester County and Cambridge Eastern Shore political leader informs Governor O Conor he will not campaign in the November election. He cites business demands as his reason. O Conor seeks the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate seat against Republican D John Markey. Winterbottom historically backed O Conor and carried Dorchester in the primary for Radcliffe.
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Baltimore
W. Grayson Winterbottom
Cambridge
Eastern Shore
O'Conor
Canning Company
W. Grason Winterbottom
O'Connor
United States
George L. Radcliffe
D. John Markey
Frederick
Baltimore Evening Sun
Teller
Winterbottom
Dorchester County
Radcliffe
Probe Plane Attack on Private Yacht in Lake Erie
Navy orders full-scale inquiry into an accidental dive-bombing of the private yacht Alba on Lake Erie Sunday during weekend training. Seven fishermen aboard the 38 foot cruiser escaped serious injury as Navy planes mistook the white boat for a floating target near Grosse Ile naval air station.
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Detroit
UPA
Navy
Lake Erie
Grosse Ile Naval Air Station
Recovery Tendencies on Wall Street Steady Mixed Leads
New York stock market shows continued recovery tendencies with many leaders on the losing side while some sectors advance. The report notes selective gains and persistent weakness amid volatile trading, reflecting cautious investor sentiment.
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New York
Australian Delegation Pushes On Reparations Justification
Paris reports show Australia urging Russia to face its reparations burden with an on the spot payment capacity test. Molotov counters that Russia has suffered devastation and extended payment terms, as Britain France and the United States avoid fixed reparations figures in drafts.
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Paris
Russia
Tsi Taal
E. Ronald Walker
Economic Commission For
Balkans
V. M. Molotov
Australia
Romania
Molotov
Pinland
Hangacy
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Hallan Political and Territorial Commission
Yugoslavia
Netherlands
Taly
Aido
Mussolini
Fnally
Praud
Cohp
Minister Roy L Sloop Leaves Washington Post for Newport News Call
Rev Roy L Sloop resigns as co pastor at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington to accept a call to Trinity Lutheran Church Newport News Virginia effective October 4 for five years He has long served the Lutheran Summer School for Church Workers and is moving with his wife and two daughters to Newport News in September.
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Roy J. Sloop
Rtev
Oscar F. Blackwelder
Washington
Trinity Lutheran Church
Newport News
Sloop
Hond College
Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Shim
Christian Education Committee
Maryland Synod
18 Men Move Fat Man To Hospital On Train
Jona Porter of Dauphin Pennsylvania, 44, weighing 721 pounds, was taken from a train to Allegheny General Hospital after a heart attack ended his Midwest engagement with Hennies Bros. at Union Station. Nine men carried him to an ambulance and nine staff aided him to the elevator. his condition was listed as resting comfortably.
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Pittshireh
Wit Tank
Jona Porter
Dauphin
Allegheny General Hospital
Porter
Mid- West
Hennies Bros. ¢Ireus
Union Station
Ted
Heyele
Two Missing U S Airmen Sought In Yugoslavia
Belgrade Aug 26 Two missing U S airmen are being sought after their transport plane was shot down on Aug 19 in Yugoslavia. Rescue teams combed the Julian Alps as bodies of three airmen were returned to Belgrade and Ljubljana. The United States considers pursuing action through the Security Council depending on Yugoslav efforts to locate the missing airmen and honor the dead.
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Belgrade
Jug
Shel Dew
Julian Alps
Ljubljana
Fourth Army
U.S
Koprival
Bled
Marshal Tito
Guard of Honor
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
United States
Parle
James F. Byrnes
Chester M. Stratton
Marshal Tio
U. S. State Department
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Suspended Leader Opens His Defense
Annapolis August 26 Lt William R. Sima Sr suspended Naval Academy bandleader faced court martial over charges of incompetence neglect of duty perjury gambling and naval regulation violations. Defense opened with academy band members testifying about prosecutions claims that five musicians were not capable of their ratings.
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Annapolis
Wileliam R. Sima
Naval Academy
Sima
Academy
Material For Track But None For Homes
The American Veterans committee Baltimore Chapter 1 condemned resuming repair work at the Marlboro track as a sham on the housing program. Chairman Herbert Fedder said the revival of work on the track ignores veterans need for homes, though it technically complies with the law.
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Baltimore
American Veterans Committee
Marlboro Race Track
Herbert Fedder
Mars‘bore
Civilian Production Administration
Dutch Crown Princess Juliana Pregnant Again
Aug 26 report from Soestdijk states Crown Princess Juliana is expecting another child. The Dutch public remains anxious about a future king, with no clear timetable for the royal birth. Queen Wilhelmina, 66, who ascended in 1890, would be succeeded by Juliana, marking 56 years since a male sovereign.
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Soestdijk
Helland
Juliana
Jong List
Couir
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
William III
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