Fifteen Die as Bus Crashes and Burns
A Greyhound bus en route from Indianapolis to Bloomington collided with a bridge abutment near Bloomington Indiana and burned. Fifteen people perished with eight women four men and two children among the dead. Twelve others were injured and hospitalized. The driver Wayne Cramer survived and said a front tire may have blown out. The bus carried 37 passengers and was still smoldering hours after the wreck.
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BLOOMINGTON
Ind
Indianapolis
Robert W. Lyons
Monroe county
Wayne Cramer
Greyhound
Glen Van Horn
WTTS
Wells Richardson
Evansville
Van Horn
Idaho Forest Fire Jumps Controls
The Salmon river forest fire blew up on two sectors last night and ran out of control for several hours before being checked. It burned 5100 acres in Payette National Forest, fought by over 1000 men, with flames leaping lines along a southwest front and a southeast front. The Gates of the Mountains fire in Helena National Forest, which killed 13 and burned 5000 acres in Montana, has been conquered.
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McCALL
Idaho
Salmon river
Payette national forest
Helena national forest
Phil Murphy
Gates of the Mountains
Montana
German Police Fire on 1000 Jewish DPs in Munich
German police dispersed a crowd of about 1000 displaced Jews in Munich after they protested an alleged anti-Semitic letter in a local newspaper. Police reported three DP’s were wounded as the crowd, which had no permit, defied dispersal orders.
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MUNICH
Germany
Pittsburgh and Chicago Scoreline From Aerial Baseball Card
In a partial box score fragment Walsh and Dickson are listed with seven at bats while Lade and Owen contribute. Spahn, Kennedy, Higbe, Behrman, and Mueller appear on pitching lines with Kennedy the losing pitcher. Brooklyn at Philadelphia and other notes are referenced without full context.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Walsh
Dickson
Lade
Owen
Walsh aeE
Spahn Giada
Kennedy
Higbe
Behrman
R. Mueller
eeemen
rooklyn
Philadelphia
Gimeinnau et
Truman Signs Unification Bill
President Truman signed the armed services unification bill in the oval office with senators and representatives present. He praised the measure for advancing efficiency and coordination of the military while noting a backward step in restricting the national security council’s membership.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
United States
Mr. Truman
oval room
defense establishment
army
navy
air force
Defense Johnson
national security council
commission on organization
executive branch
council
Reward Offered for Aga Khan Jewel Heist Thieves
A London report notes a reward of 54,800 dollars offered for clues to the arrest and conviction of those who stripped the Aga Khan and his gem bedecked entourage of jewels valued at more than an undisclosed amount.
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LONDON
Aga Khan
Berlin Blockade Shaped B-36 Contract Decision
Washington, Aug. 10. Maj Gen Frederick H Smith testified that the Berlin blockade last summer influenced the decision to proceed with the B-36 bomber program. He noted tests in 1948 showing long range capability and said the Berlin airlift made experts favor completing the six engined bomber contract to preserve Fort Worth production capacity. Gen Spaatz was slated as next witness.
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WASHINGTON
air force
Russia
Berlin
Frederick H Smith
air force requirements
house armed services committee
Smith
Mas
George C. Kenney
strategic air command
Air
Symington
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Fort Worth
Pearl Harbor
Carl A. Spaatz
Herbert Hoover Receives Tributes on 75th Birthday
Herbert Clark Hoover turns 75 as tributes pour in from around the world. Stanford University plans to honor its famed alumnus at Frost Amphitheater with an expected crowd of 12,000 to 14,000.
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Calif
Herbert Clark Hoover
Frost
New Tremors Kill and Loot in Ecuadorquake Toll Soars
A fresh series of earthquakes triggers panic among survivors in the Andes region south of Quito. Government says 6000 dead. many towns rubble bound with 150000 homeless. Troops guard Pelileo as Salasacas blamed for looting. Ambato and other cities report collapsed buildings and ongoing landslides.
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QUITO
Ecuador
Andes
Ambato
Pelileo
Salasaca
Manuel Diaz Ganados
Bolivia
Albania Claims Greek Invasion
Albania alleges Greece invaded along a 30 mile front with heavy fighting. Albanian radio claims hundreds of Greek soldiers killed or captured, while Athens denies any invasion and says the report likely refers to Greek operations against rebels near Grammos.
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LONDON
Albania
Greece
Tirana
Athens
Grammos
Albanian ministry of armed forces
Zeri I Popullu
Voice of the People
Showdown Nears In Dock Strike
Honolulu reports the 102 day waterfront tieup moves toward a showdown as Gov. Stainback orders take over of two struck dock firms. The CIO ILWU plans a court challenge while 1500 stevedores begin signing up for government operations.
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HONOLULU
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainback
CIO International
ILWU
Jack Hall
China Envoy To Give Report To Truman Acheson
Ambassador John Leighton Stuart arrives from China to brief President Truman and Secretary Acheson on conditions there. His first hand report follows the Truman administration's white paper which criticized the Nationalist government as a failure and could shape new U S China policy.
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WASHINGTON
John Leighton Stuart
China
United States
Truman
State Acheson
Stuart
Fight Develops Near Canton as Communists Push
Communists throw fresh forces into a fierce battle near Kanhsien in Kiangsi, 215 miles from Canton. Kiangsi provincial government flees Kanhsien and moves capital to Hwei chang, about 50 miles southeast. Reds reportedly deploy a new division as fighting rages northwest of Kanhsien toward Kiangsi.
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CANTON
Heavy Turnout In Ford Vote
DETROIT Aug 10 More than 63,000 of a possible 80,000 votes have been recorded as the Ford strike ballot enters its final day. CIO United Auto Workers members at Ford Motor Co in Michigan decide on pension health benefits and higher wages.
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DETROIT
Ford
Ford Motor co
Michigan
CIO
United Auto Workers
Former Employe Attacks Clark Before Senate Panel
O John Rogge former assistant attorney general under Tom Clark testified before the senate judiciary committee against Clark praising Henry Wallace's Progressive Party. Rogge criticized Clark accusing him of failing loyalty program duties during Truman’s Supreme Court nomination hearing.
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WASHINGTON
O. John Rogge
Tom Clark
supreme court
Rogge
senate judiciary committee
Henry Wallace
Progressive party
Truman
Clark
China Gunboats Nab Red Vessels Off Taku Bar
Official Formosa reports say Nationalist gunboats intercepted and detained or destroyed 13 vessels and lighters from foreign firms off Taku bar gateway to Tientsin. A lighter of nearly 1000 tons was sunk, another damaged, and a small steamer two tugs and four lighters with cranes seized near communist shore batteries.
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HONG KONG
Formosa
Taku bar
Tientsin
Chinese central press agency
Kaosheung
Tangku
Hai river
Takubar
Gulf of
Chihli
Dive Bombers to Greece Strengthen Greek Air Force
Fortynine U S navy dive bombers will be turned over to the Greek air force within days. Two Hell Divers have already been delivered and training has begun at Larisa. The planes, to arrive aboard the USS Sicily, aim to aid final liquidation of Communist guerrillas by precise bombing and rocket attacks.
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ATHENS
U. S. navy
James A. Van Fleet
U. S
Hell
Larisa
Van Fleet
Sicily
Murder Charge Fugitive Jailed
INDIANAPOLIS Aug 10 A landscape painter with a secretive career and a history of jailbreaks was recaptured and jailed after escaping from Johnson county jail on New Year’s Eve 1926. Ralph Lee 51 was arrested at home in Brown county along with his wife Jessie Edwards Lee on a charge of escaping from the Johnson county jail while awaiting trial for the murder of Abner Peek a Speedway City grocer.
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INDIANAPOLIS
Ralph Lee
Jessie Edwards Lee
here
Brown county
Indiana
Lee
Johnson county
Abner Peek
Speedway City
Farm Work Down Washington July Employment Slips
The Agriculture Department reported farm employment at the end of July was down three percent from a year earlier.
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WASHINGTON
agriculture department
Woods Testifies Aide Interceded In Tanforan Permit
Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods testified before a Senate investigations subcommittee that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan urged speed on a Tanforan race track construction permit. Vaughan visited Woods at the White House on Jan. 9 and Jan. 12 1948, and Woods sent Justice Department letters seeking court order modification. The panel seeks to determine if improper influence affected Tanforan’s government blessing and related contracts.
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Tighe Woods
senate
Washington
Camden
N. d
San Bruno
Calif
Harry Tanforan
Tighe E. Woods
Harry H. Vaughan
Tanforan
Woods
senate investigations
Vaughan
Truman
Eugene Mori
N. J
White House
California race track commission
Tanforan Jose
justice department
Charles Ross
Ross
Hoey
DNC
Johnson Revises Stand on Foreign Arms Program
Secretary of Defense Johnson told senators the military will accept 60 percent cash and 40 percent contract authority to fund the 1.45 billion arms program. He urged spreading costs over two or three years and endorsed no U S defense cuts while stressing aid to Western Europe.
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WASHINGTON
Johnson
Truman
America
joint chiefs of staff
senate foreign relations and armed services committees
Vandenberg
R-Mich
western Europe
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Europe
U. S
United States
Consumer Income Reaches New High
Incomes of consumers rose 2.6 per cent in the first half of the year versus 1948, lifting retail buying power to a record annual rate of 213.4 billion dollars. Personal incomes recovered mid-year after a dip from late 1948, with June's rate at 213.502 billion dollars.
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WASHINGTON
commerce department
Trade Solution Sought in Council Trade
Former French premier Edouard Herriot told the Strasbourg consultative assembly that the new Council of Europe may find a basic solution to Europe’s trade deficit with the United States. He suggested the ERP less likely to resolve it. Herriot spoke at the opening session and was named temporary president pending election of a permanent leader.
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STRASBOURG
France
Edouard Herriot
council of Europe
United States
Herriot
council
consultative assembly
Exorcism Cures Washington Boy Says Clergy
A Washington couple said an evil spirit possessed their 14 year old son but the spirit was cast out after the family obtained an exorcism ritual from clergymen of different faiths. The minister reported noises, creeping furniture, and violent bed rocking observed since January.
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WASHINGTON
Society for Parapsychology
Convicted Slayer Goes to Chair
JA W. Fred Jones, the shotgun slayer of H. C. Love Jr., was electrocuted in Huntsville Texas after a prior reprieve. He went to the chair at 12 03 a m and died at 12 11 a m confessing prayers for those who prosecuted him and lied about him.
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HUNTSVILLE
Tex
W. Fred Jones
H. C. Love, Jr
Floydagla
Heavy Increase in Polio Reported
New York Aug 10 About 10 000 cases of infantile paralysis are reported in the country with 36 states showing more cases than a year ago Dr Hart FE Van Riper medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced The Associated Press survey on Aug 6 estimated about 9400 cases nationwide
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NEW YORK
Hart FE. Van Riper
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Associated Press
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