Plan for United States of Indonesia tied to Dutch rule
Indonesian and Dutch conferees reportedly agreed on a plan to form a United States of Indonesia within the Netherlands system, a five to ten year path to eventual independence. Java and Sumatra leaders object, calling the move a betrayal and urging immediate freedom while noting past wartime experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
United States of Indonesia
Netherlands
Java
Sumatra
Borneo
Soekarno
TNE Pal
Complete inquiry demanded into defective shells killing soldiers
The nation demands a full unvarnished investigation of 4.2 mortar shells that burst prematurely on the European front. Details sought include defect counts, producers, casualty numbers, and Army remedial actions. Public confidence hinges on prompt, transparent disclosure beyond Senate probe notes.
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Eurpean
Kenneth C. Rovall
War Department
Senate Committee
Army
Alden 4
Watt
Chemical Warfare Service
Senate
Garsson
Ash distribution in group fish gathering tale
A short fable describes several men fishing who fail to share enough for a meal. They regroup by pooling the catch and letting one member receive all the fish, prompting a question about future sharing within the group.
Printing unions push steep wage hikes threaten industry
In a discussion tracing wage demands in Chicago and Washington, the article warns that claiming higher pay for less work risks inflation and job losses in printing. It notes 1945–46 output and cost trends, real income gains, and potential consolidation of power among large firms if wage targets are met.
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Washington
Great Britain
Ry Osha
Ailstions
America
United States
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Pee Rasher
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local items from The News July 31 1896
Fifty years ago a meeting of the Board of Aldermen discussed street conditions along the electric railroad on Patrick Street with the street committee authorized to investigate. A tie vote dropped a measure to repeal a lantern requirement for bicycle riders after dark. Boxer Sowin Freed issued a challenge to Prof H C Laflin for a match offering up to $800 plus gate receipts. Between 40 and 50 wheelmen took a watermelon ride from Frederick to the Liberty bridge, yielding 27 melons donated by Thomas and Louis Kline. The note criticizes residents for resisting progress toward the railroad and future enterprise.
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Patrick Street
Citiens
Board of Aldermen
Dilfendal
Sowin Freed
H.C. Laflin
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Liberty Bridge
Messrs
Thomas and
Louis Kline
West Patrick Street
County schools ready as 340 teachers named for opening
County Superintendent G L Palmer reports completion of teacher appointments with about 340 in all and the school opening date to be announced soon. G MANT and partners sail from New York for five week trip with WWI American service peers. RICHARD E KIEENEY and ROBERT Routrain released from the army for Pel' dh Camp Busty Nay 12 after an automobile accident involving a ride. Grapes plentiful in Thurmont area with a bumper crop expected statewide.
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G. Liasd Palmer
Messrs
G. Mant, Besant
William B. Bennett
New York City
Richard E. Kieeney
Robert Routrain
Middletown
Wies
CMTC
Thurmont
Today in History and Birthdays of Famous Figures
Compilation notes historic events and notable birthdays across centuries. Key figures include jurist James Kent, engineer John Ericsson, explorer Paul B. du Chaillly, guerrilla leader Quantrill, pathologist Tocabald Smith, and Lafayette at age 19 commissioned. Also lists various government and war era milestones and several birthday honorees.
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James Kent
New York
Putnam Co
France
Russia
William C. Quantrill
Ohio
Tyne
Tocabald Smith
Albany
N. Y
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns From The Bell Syndicate
A trio of Dorothy Dix letters asks about teen dating rules and parental limits, a widow seeks romance with a younger man and is advised its age gap dooms marriage, and a reader questions dating due to bow legs with suggestions to improve confidence or cover with fashion and dancing.
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Sol
Dorothy Dix
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Navy Organized Reserve aims to keep air personnel ready
Washington report details the Naval Air Reserve Training Program begun July 1. Physically fit veterans report to one of 21 naval air stations for four drill periods monthly, earning pay and reservist status with promotion opportunities. The plan includes about six thousand pilots three thousand officers and twenty thousand enlisted men, plus the Stand-By Reserve for those who cannot attend regular drills.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Navy
Navy Reserve
Organized Reserve
Reserve Fleet
Navy Department
Bureau of Personnel
Scaop
Naval Air Reserve
Tay Vel Aunapplyr
Naval Air Stations
Naval Reserve Air
Bee Giese
Congress
Mead Expose Fallout Looms Over Reelect Campaigns
Washington observers see Senator Mead’s Garsson probe as political dynamite that could topple incumbents in coming primaries. The expose links potential Democratic missteps to war contract dealings and shapes a looming test in Southern primaries as the public weighs blame in November.
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Peter Edson
Washington
New York
James M. Mead
Carlson Brothers
Garsson
Oklahoma
Temple
Mead
Ring Lardner
Benjamin Franklin Field
Henry M. Garsson
Murray
Joe Weiss
al Jacobson
Stenogs
Photel Pierre
France
Hollywood
Senator Mesd
Frank Capra
Congress
Senator Mead
Harry Truman
War Investigating Committee
OPA Reflections and Economic Uncertainty
A reflective column questions the impact of the OPA on prices and everyday life. It ponders whether merchants, farmers, and consumers will face rising or falling costs, and who ultimately determines the outcome of these policy shifts.
Indian nurses study public health in Canada and India
Daisy Charles and two Indian colleagues on Rockefeller Foundation scholarships observed nursing methods in Toronto and plan to apply lessons in Mysore and Travancore. They foresee expanding public health nursing in India and Ceylon, stressing education as key. The luncheon featured American dishes and spicy condiments.
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National Press Club
Daisy
Rukumani Tangar
India
May Jainn Deen
Ceylon
United States
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Toronto
England
Learney
Daisy Charles
Mysore
Travancore
Madras
Tangar
Jainu-Deen
N. A. Lufburrow
Bata Shoe
Hollywood
Deisy
Discriminate Day Word Study Note
Lesson highlights common word usage and pronunciation for today. It explains correct phrases like an increase in salary and the proper pronunciation of elixir. It defines discriminate as noting differences between right and wrong.
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Truman
David Lawrence
Chitago
the News
Eletrical Railroad
Detroit
Pontiac
Lafayette
Samuel Hopkins
Vermont
Ives
Raiway
Atlantic City
N. J
Railway Brotherhoods
W.P.A. Federal Theatre Project
Hitler
Christian Science
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Shimizu
Tokyo
Raymond A. Wheeler
India-Burma
Peoria
Edwin Bombise
Julius Rosenwald
George F. Moore
Miss Dix
Lia
Guide Oe
Pneo LC
Raymond Harvey
Bealtsville
Frederick County
Lloyd Grubb
Bealisville
John Hallebeck
Joan
Janie de Peu
Evelyn Harvey
Mie Chick
Elmer Chick
Tuscarora
Flave Harrison
Billy. Dickerson
Ann Poole
Enisa Gibb
Lloyd Gesob
Paiville
Luf
Dpa
Kea Service
Yy Econgrass
Jane Eads
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