More Effective Atomic Bombs Are Now Being Produced
The AEC semi annual report to Congress states the United States is manufacturing more effective bombs tested at Eniwetok in 1948 on an industrial basis. Uranium and plutonium production rises, reactor development gains priority, and new low grade uranium sources may be used in the future for military needs if higher grade supplies fail.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Eniwetok
congress
atomic energy commission
Truman
Hickenlooper
Iowa
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
ECA
commission
Canada
Belgian Congo
Sacramento Canal Project Approved
The House passed a bill authorizing irrigation canals in the upper Sacramento river valley California with an estimated cost of 40 to 65 million dollars Sponsored by Reps Engle and Scudder the measure would allow canals along both sides of the river to use waters stored at Shasta dam and transfer some to the San Joaquin valley when the Central Valley Project operates Fully the plan ties to prior water rights and regional irrigation needs.
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WASHINGTON
house
senate
Sacramento river
California
Engle
D-Calif
Scudder
R-Calif
Shasta dam
San Joaquin valley
Baseball scores and lineups from a Cleveland and Boston tilt
The record shows Cleveland 002 160 000 and Boston 39 120 10x 410 with Lemon and Hegan and Parnell and Tebbetts. HAR: Cle. Hegan. St Louis at Washington night, National League Boston at reus night, Brooklyn toburgh night, New York t at spade, only games scheduled.
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Cleveland
Boston
Lemon
Hegan
Parnell and Tebbetts
St. Louis
Washington
reus
Brooklyn toburgh
New York t
spade
ous
acas
Lustron Witnesses Set for House Banking Hearing
House testimony may hear Carl Strandlund president of Lustron Corp of Columbus Ohio discuss government loans totaling 34 5 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Officials of the RFC also are slated to testify on the large financing for the prefabricated steel houses project.
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Carl Strandlund
Lustron corporation
Columbus
house banking and currency committee
Reconstruction Finance corporation
Lustron
Speedy Action On Clark Nominated For Supreme Court
Washington Aug 1 UP Senator McCarran chairman of the judiciary committee promised speedy action on President Truman's pick Attorney General Tom Clark for the U S Supreme Court He said he will raise no objection but noted committee hearings require a week's notice If Truman sends the nomination this week action may wait until next week Clark may be asked to appear before the committee Senator J Howard McGrath named to succeed Clark as attorney general is expected to respond soon to the offer Senate confirmation needed for both nominations
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WASHINGTON
senate
Truman
Tom Clark
supreme court
McCarran
D-Nev
judiciary
Clark
justice department
Federal workers given payless as funds awaited
Washington reports the house moved to rush funds to federal agencies after a midnight cutoff. Tens of thousands of employees faced no pay as their continued work depended on congressional approval for new funding.
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WASHINGTON
congress
CAB May Call Public Hearing On Air Crash
A public hearing by the Civil Aeronautics Board appeared possible after a collision near Fort Dix New Jersey that killed 16 people aboard a Navy fighter and an Eastern Airlines DC-3. Witnesses say the Navy jet buzzed the airliner prior to impact, while officials investigate flight safety violations and identify victims.
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CAB
FORT DIX
N. J
civil aeronautics board
navy
naval
Eastern Airlines
George W. Humphries
Fairhaven
Miami
Humphries
Delaware river
Morrisville
Wrightstown
Five Percent Hearings Go On
Washington reports say senator committee probing five percenters is reviewing a San Antonio bank account John Maragon held about three years ago He acknowledged a Texas account possibly at Commercial National but would not reveal deposit amounts or business then He denied links to any “one percenters" or million percenters and said the practice of charging fees for contracts is not illegal
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WASHINGTON
John Maragon
senate
San Antonio
Tex
Maragon
Ameerican
Greece
senate expenditures committee
Kansas City
White House
Texas
Commercial National
Rita Hayworth Reported Pregnant in Deauville
A Rita Hayworth household servant said in Deauville on August 1 that the actress is pregnant. Observers note her secluded public appearances since marrying Prince Aly Khan on May 27 and wearing maternity style clothing, though no official confirmation has been issued.
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DEAUVILLE
France
Rita Hayworth
Rita
Aly Khan
Riviera
Two Nations Debunk Decree Excommunication Sparks Debate
Belgrade Borba denounces the Vatican excommunication of Communists as a political tool of reactionaries. In Bucharest Romania dissolves Catholic welfare orders, ordering priests monks and nuns to choose retirement to cloisters, old age asylum, or lay status within 15 days.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Vatican
Borba
Bucharest
Romania
Train wreck injures one near Berkeley Springs
Four B and O passenger cars derailed after the Chicago express ran at about 50 mph through the Maryland mountains. One unidentified passenger suffered serious injuries and was removed from the train. another was treated for minor injuries by a physician in Hancock, Maryland.
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BERKELEY SPRINGS
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Chicago express
Hancock
Heat wave ends as nation cools across regions
CHICAGO Aug 1 The nation is rid of the week long heat spell with temperatures near normal or cooler nationwide under clear skies. Some hot spots remain in the south but not extreme. Great Lakes and northern plains report cooler than average air. Rain falls in the Carolinas and scattered locales from Lake Superior southeast to eastern Nebraska and northern Kansas. Charleston South Carolina records three inches of rain in six hours.
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CHICAGO
south
weather bureau
Great Lakes
northern plains
Carolinas
Lake Superior
Nebraska
Kansas
Charleston
S. C
Berlin Airlift Begins Slowdown
The Berlin airlift starts gradual retirement as British and American planes fly the last 8000 ton day. The August plan sets a daily average of 3700 tons while officials say high supply stocks in west Berlin justify ending the lift that broke the Russian blockade.
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BERLIN
west Berlin
Lightning Kills Two Baseball Players in Florida
A lightning bolt struck a Baker baseball game in Florida on August 12, killing two players and injuring 50 others as a 300 crowd scattered. The deceased were Alden L. Joyner Jr., 23, third baseman from Crestview, and Harry Moore, shortstop from Baker. One of the injured was in critical condition.
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BAKER
Fla
Baker baseball club
Alden L. Joyner, Jr
Crestview
Harry Moore
Florida
Pensacola
Funeral Held For Cohen Ride
In New York on August 1 the funeral for Edward Neddie Herbert, aide to Mickey Cohen, drew a 500 strong crowd as police frisked eight men for weapons. Six Brownsville youth mobsters and two Hollywood hoodlums were removed to prevent interference with photographers amid the burial, in which Herbert’s body was carried in a $1000 bronze coffin a week after being wounded in a Hollywood ambush. Herbert’s wife Sally cried as she touched the casket after a brief service outside the funeral home.
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NEW YORK
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Herbert
Hollywood
Mickey Cohen
Brownsville
Brooklyn
California
Cohen
Sally
Howley Seeks Relief From Berlin Command
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley asked to be relieved as American commandant in Berlin and return home. Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor is slated to succeed him, restoring single-officer control of military government and troop command in Berlin.
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BERLIN
Frank L. Howley
Maxwell D. Taylor
Europe
Howley
Former Secretary Advises Full Aid to Europe
Gen George C Marshall urged Congress against penny wise policies on arming Europe. He backed Truman's 1.45 billion aid, warning small economies now could raise later defense costs. He said delaying action risks delay in defeating aggression and harms Allied morale.
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WASHINGTON
George C. Marshall
congress
Europe
Truman
Marshall
house foreign affairs committee
Hawaii Strike Still Unsettled
Honolulu Aug 1 Hawaii's effort to reopen strike bound ports slowed as debate emerged on whether a government stevedoring firm should hire striking CIO longshoremen. Strikers employers and Gov. Stainback oppose the bill, which would create a territory stevedoring system without seizing the seven firms. It would ban hiring of about 2000 I L WU stevedores who began the strike May 1 and prohibit use of the seven companies' equipment and supervisors.
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HONOLULU
Hawaii
CIO
Ingram M. Stainback
territorial
international longshoremen’s and warehousemen
Military Chiefs Begin European Talks in Germany
U S joint chiefs Gen Omar Bradley Adm Louis Denfeld and Gen Hays Vandenberg arrive in Frankfurt to study European defenses under the Atlantic pact with Luxembourg Italy and later London. They will inspect Berlin airlift operations and meet American commanders in Heidelberg before hearing Western defense plans in London.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
U.S
Luxembourg
Omar N. Bradley
army
Louis Denfeld
navy
Hoys
Vandenberg
air force
Washington
Italy
Berlin
Frankfurts Rhine-Main
U. S. army
Heidelberg
airforce
London
Cease Fire Order In Indonesia War
United Nations commission for Indonesia announced that a cease hostilities order will be issued Wednesday after a morning meeting. In Dallas Texas Bobby J John 27 was electrocuted yesterday while working on a homemade television set with an electric drill. investigators said a short occurred in his sweaty hands.
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BATAVIA
Java
United Nations commission for Indonesia
Indonesia
U. N. commission
DALLAS
Tex
Bobby J. John
John
Texas Burial For Stunt Pilot
Corpus Christi Texas burial to honor Naval Lt. (jg) Robert Vernon Poe who crashed into an Eastern Airliner at Fort Dix New Jersey. Poe a Hampton Virginia native married to Mary Elizabeth Muttera of Corpus Christi, planned to enter business in the city. Sixteen died in the weekend crash including Poe.
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CORPUS CHRISTI
Tex
Naval
Robert Vernon Poe
Fort Dix
N. J
Poe
Hampton
Mary Elizabeth Muttera
Attlee Illness Reported Amid Cabinet Strain
London Aug 1 Prime Minister Attlee has been ill in bed since Saturday the British Press Association said today He has handled foreign affairs and the treasury while two key ministers Bevin and Dobson were ill and unavailable The report notes Attlee’s return to full duties remains uncertain
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LONDON
Attlee
British Press association
foreign ministry
treasury
Ernest Bevin
flor
natal osta
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