Everybody Out to Get U S Funds Warned by Warren
Washington July 48. Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren told the Senate War Investigating Committee that officials swore to obtain government funds during the war and urged stronger GAO powers as a bulwark against waste. He cited lavish entertainment and travel charged to contractors and said cost plus procurement was a Treasury drain. The panel noted not to release another War Department report on 4.2 inch chemical mortar failures.
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Washington
Lindsay C. Warren
Senate
Warren
Senate War Investigating Committee
General Accounting Office
Maritime Commission
Admiral Land
Treasury
War Department
Slatesells
Erie Basin
Medley Granted Stay of Execution by Supreme Court
Justice Hugo Black granted a stay of execution to Joseph D. Medley, who faced the electric chair on Friday in Washington for murder. The stay delays the clemency action as appeals proceed.
Firemen battle double blazes in local fires
Firemen donned masks Saturday afternoon to extinguish a cellar blaze at Mrs. Helen Kreh’s home 617 Worth Bentz street. Gasoline fed flames from a lighted lantern triggering a general alarm and booster streams. Damage included cedar framing wiring and fishing rods. Sunday night at 8 45 o clock Uniteds responded to a vehicle fire on West South street. it was out on arrival with minor damage.
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Helen Kreh
Bentz! Street
Uniteds
West South Street
Rainey Defeated as Jester Leads Texas Primary
Dallas July 29 Beau Jester a Texas Railroad Commission member built a large lead over Homer P Rainey former UT president in the Democratic gubernatorial primary as totals near one million. Jester 366146 Rainey 233235 with twelve other candidates. Connally renominated in U S Senate race.
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Tex
Beauard Jester
Texas Railroad Commission
Homer P. Rainey
Uiversity of Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Jester
Rainey
Tan Ang
U. S
Tom Connally
Washington
Parallels and Tensions at the Opening of the Paris Peace Conference
Mackenzie notes deep anxiety as the Paris Peace Conference opens. Byrnes departs with a pro peace message while De Gaulle warns that world security hinges on U S Russia relations. Key disputes include Hungary reparations Austria Russia Balkans and the broader question of Russian aims and expansion.
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Paris
Russia
Byrnes
France
Charles de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Washington
Truman
Sam
United Nations
Molotov
Hungary
America
Austria
Soviet
Balkans
Britain
Bormann Alive Search Underway in Munich
American intelligence officers say Martin Bormann, Hitler's deputy feared dead, was seen in Munich a week ago and a house to house search for him is ongoing. Bormann is tried in absentia by the international military tribunal among 22 Nazi defendants. A disgruntled chauffeur, fired over stolen garden vegetables, tipped off investigators.
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Nuernberg
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Munich
Bormann Long
International Military Tribunal
Bormann
Peace Conference Hints at Broad Success for 21 Nations
Pravda cites a Paris dispatch stating the twenty one nations at the peace conference have every possibility of success in their work. The comment reflects cautious optimism from Moscow on the conference's efforts and outcomes.
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Pravda
Paris
Youth Council on Atomic Crisis Leaders at Camp Peniel
Oak Ridge High School students who helped form the Youth Council on the Atomic Crisis educate peers and adults about the atomic bomb and urge world power control. Leaders include Jonny Boggess Barbara Chambliss Dee Chanthliss and Dick Epler chaperoned by Mrs M J Berger. The group spoke at Camp Peniel with support from Brethren groups and project scientists encouraging thoughtful civic action.
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Oak Ridge (Tenn
Youth Council On
Jonny Buggess
Dee Chanthliss
Oak Ridge High School
Barbara Duggins
Dick Epler
Norris High School
M. J. Berger
Oak Ridge
Camp Peniel
Church of the Brethren
Earl Flohr
Frederick
Camp Bethel
Roanoke
Camp Harveny
Pennsylvania
Flohr
Brethren Service Committee
United Church Relief Centet
New Windsor
Chambliss
Selection Of 15 U.N. Sites Is Announced
The United Nations headquarters commission announces 15 potential sites for the world capital in the Westchester Fairfield area of New York and Connecticut. Sites range from two to 40 square miles and will be narrowed to five for the General Assembly debate in the fall.
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New York
United Nations Headquarters Commission
United Nations
Westchester Fairfield
Connecticut
World Capital Range
General Assembly
Arrangements Under Way For Gertrude Stein Rites
Paris dispatch reports the body of American writer Gertrude Stein lies in the American Pro cathedral as funeral plans are discussed. Stein aged 72 died Saturday night in Neuilly after an operation and a ten day hospital stay. Secretary Alice B Toklas said no service details have been decided.
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Paris
Gertrude Stein
Hiroshima Plans Three-Day Commemoration Program
Hiroshima citizens organize a three day memorial starting Aug 5 to honor about 100000 killed in the 1945 atomic bombing. The program includes a citizens’ protest and reconstruction rally, folk dances, and a 3 15 a m minute of silent prayer at the exact anniversary.
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Hiroshima
Will of Mrs. Ruther Virginia Hammond Noted for Bequests
The Orphans Court probated the will of Mrs. Ruther Virginia Hammond, a Black evangelist. She leaves modest legacies to Asbury M.E. Church Frederick and Fairview Cemetery, plus specific bequests to relatives and two executors. Estate about 3000 dollars. The will dated 1943 names Alton Bennett as executor.
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Fairview Cemetery Company
Ruther
Virginia Hammond
Orphans Court
Alton ¥. Bennett
N. M. Carroll Methodist Home
Baltimore
Esther Grinage
Violet Burcke
Pittsburgh
Ey Ulin
Asbury M.E. Church
Same Church
Roy Hammond
Florence Johnson
Philadelphia
Violet Bureke
Gertie Washington
Mabel Johnson
William Cox
Eugene Cox
Eugene Robison
Jeanette
Paul W
Carroll E. Boyer
Paul
M.E. Church of Jefferson
Hettye A. Hahn
William M. Storm
Caroline F Ryan
Middletown
Frank C. Ryan
Harriet J. Dorsey
Emmitsburg
William E
Welty
Bomb scare at 25 Broadway prompts police bomb squad
On July 29 in New York detectives and the police bomb squad rushed to the British consulate at 25 Broadway after a call claiming an attack would occur in 17 minutes. No explosion followed. the building sits among Lower Manhattan’s financial towers. London urged prayers for peace ahead of the Paris peace conference.
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New York
Broadway
Financial Towers
Lower Manhattan
London
Bevin
Ernest Bevin
Open Public Access Sums Up World War III Peace Talks
Paris hosts 1500 delegates as Byrnes pushes open texts of treaties with Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland. Four power ministers plan to publish full treaty drafts and minister statements at 1 p.m. Greenwich mean time, aiming to inform press worldwide while debates on openness continue.
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Paris
Byrnes
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Fortaly
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Foreign Ministers Council
Greenwich
London
Washington
Moscow
PAC Faces Dixie Test This Week
The CIO Political Action Committee faces a major test as Tennessee voters decide on Thursday whether to renominate 77 year old Kenneth D. McKellar for a sixth Senate term. Alabama Arkansas and Kentucky also vote in a busy week, with Carmack challenging McKellar and Sparkman favored in Alabama. Kentucky renominates Rep. May amid Senate War Investigating Committee scrutiny.
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CIO Political Action Committee
Tennessee
Kenneth D. McKellar
Senate
Alabama
John Bankhead
Arkansas
Kentucky
McKellar
Carmack
CIO
Stewart D
Naval Hospital
John Sparkman
Swifter
Frank Boykin
James A. Simpson
Sparkman
Andrew J May
Senate War Investigating Committee
Coal Truck Hits 2 Trees Near Jefferson
A coal truck driver, Portie M. Richman of Augusta West Virginia, lost control and struck two trees on the Jefferson highway while en route to Harpers Ferry. He escaped serious injury with arm and head gashes after the truck overturned. two companions unhurt. The truck, reportedly unloaded earlier in Frederick, was nearly crushed. State Trooper Kenneth D. Bond investigated the incident.
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Portie M. Richman
Augusta
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Richman
Frederick
Kenneth D. Bond
State Police
Eugene Charles Smith
Mt. Airy
Peoples Court
Edward J. Smith
Dahertytown
Smith
Woodsboro
Floyd L- Stang
Route 2
Wend
Trouble in Calcutta as general strike paralyzes city
British troops stood by in Calcutta as a one day strike called in sympathy with the Postal Telegraph walkout halted normal life in the city of about 4.5 million.
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Calcutta
Roman Candles Ordered to Rout Bad Birds
Frederick police said Chief Fred Straley ordered 144 Roman candles from an Elkton fireworks maker to shoot at starlings in a hospital park. The manufacturer will fill the order promptly and shooting could begin any night.
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Frederick
Fred Straley
Elkton Fireworks
POWs Learn Democracy From U S War Prisoners
The Army reports that about three fourths of 378000 German POWs interned in the United States went home with a partial reform view of democracy and friendship toward the United States. A poll of 22153 prisoners passing through Camp Shanks New York on their way back from camps nationwide underpins the finding.
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Washington
United States
Shanks
N. Yu
Germany
Uncertain Milk Price Outlook With OPA Revival
The revived OPA bill signed by President Truman leaves milk price effects unclear with potential action by August 21. Subscriptions discuss subsidy resumptions, likely 30 percent of prior subsidies, and possible small price adjustments for consumers while dairy groups prepare protests if prices revert to June 30 levels.
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OPA
Truman
Dhe Central Board
Washington
Frederick County
Frederick
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Two New Services For Welfare Boards
The Maryland Welfare Boards will license independent boarding homes and the separation of infants under six months from mothers for health court or social reasons. Local boards, under state direction, will investigate unlicensed homes and act as agents of the State Department of Welfare.
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Maryland
State Department of Welfare
George H. Finck
Frederick County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Ferry Crash Near Caruthersville Leaves Ten Missing
A ferry and two oil laden barges collided near Caruthersville Missouri at 2 20 am sending the ferry to sink and dumping cars and passengers into the Mississippi River. Ten are missing with one known dead Jerry Vickers five year old boy. Thirteen others aboard were saved as divers planned to search waters up to 70 feet deep.
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Caruthersville
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Jerry Vickers
Claude Vickers, Jr
Larcy
Siyed
Ed Hendrix
Earl W. Rogers
Aden
Planning Spring Test Deep Sea Atomic Detonation Sparks Questionable Venture
Vice Admiral Blandy announces planning for a deep sea atom bomb detonation codenamed TEST CHARLIE while awaiting damage reports from a radioactive target fleet after a shallow blast. Deepwater mooring preparations and a tentative Spring burst are noted. A separate report from Monroe Georgia describes a stone wall being faced in the federal investigation of a multi Negro lynching.
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Bikini
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Sesheay
Monroe
Labor strike in Mali protests as peace treaty draft released
The Malian Chamber of Labor orders a one hour country-wide strike in protest amid first reports of an Italian peace treaty draft for the Paris conference. Pro Yugoslav residents in Gorizia march in opposition to inclusion of the city in Italian territory. Allied officials authorize the demonstration and it remains orderly.
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Rome
Chamber of Labor
Formeign Ministers Council
Gorizia
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