Sinking of SS American Farmer After Collision
New York reports the SS American Farmer sank after a collision with the SS American Trader about 400 miles west of the English Channel. Ratio Marine at Chatham, Massachusetts relayed the SOS picked up from the Trader by the SS Washington. The Trader was rescuing survivors as two unidentified vessels stood by. no casualty figure or total aboard known.
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RMC
Alaska Orient Air Routes Set
The Civil Aeronautics Board today authorized Northwest and Pan American to establish new routes to Alaska the Orient and Australia Trans World Airways also received an extension to its international route effectively establishing a round the world service in the United States grid
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Aeronautics Board
Northwest Airwes
Pan- American Airways
Alaska
Orient
Australia
TransWorld Airbey
United States
Slavs Reject Plan for Trieste
The Yugoslav delegation at the peace conference rejected the compromise solution for Trieste. They announced they would not accept the plan to place Trieste under United Nations international territory, noting the UN had not yet accepted responsibility.
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Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations
Butter Drops As Buyers Strike In Denison Prices Rise
Denison merchants report a buyer strike has toppled butter prices from a 3 cent maximum to 62 cents per 2 pounds. One merchant offered butter at 60 cents per pound on Saturday. Also reported a violent incident in Hungary where two price violators were attacked and hanged by crowds in a market.
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Miskoc
Hungary
INS
Decision Due On Bread Hike
Washington officials weigh a one cent loaf price hike and a one cent rise in flour prices as the price decontrol board prepares hearings to decide if controls on livestock grain and dairy should be restored. Public hearings set for August 12 with August 21 as the deadline to restore ceilings. The board also plans new ceilings for cotton textiles and autos with notable price increases expected.
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INS
Paul Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Jbe
OPA
Ray L. Thompson
Thompson
Jews Ordered to Evacuate Stores in Jerusalem Center
In Jerusalem the British government ordered Jewish merchants in the center to evacuate shops to secure a nearby police station. Over 50 shops and hundreds of offices were told to clear immediately. In Tel Aviv, authorities uncovered the largest arms cache yet found during the search linked to the King David Hotel bombing.
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Palestine Post
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Bandits Take 2 Safes at Fort Sem Houston Club
Bandits armed with 45s, wearing khaki trousers and blue shirts, slugged a watchman at the Fort Sem Houston golf club house near midnight Wednesday and hauled off two safes. San Antonio police were told Thursday. One safe contained 247 dollars. the other was believed empty. Described weight about 150 pounds each. city police aiding search.
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Fort Sem Houston Golf Clubhouse
San Antonio
New Era Ahead On RAF Birthday
The Army Air Force marks its 39th birthday with plans for atomic powered planes and moon flights. President Truman, General MacArthur, and General Spaatz attend ceremonies nationwide. Spaatz vows the AAF as a guardian of world security and notes its 1907 founding by the Wright brothers. Overseas, 30 B-25s salute Lt. Gen. Doolittle over Japan including Hiroshima.
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Army Air Force
Truman
Ge. Douglas MacArthur
Carl Spaatz
AAT
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Air Force
Statler Hotel
Spaatz
AAF
Wright Brothers
RAF
Murog Army Air Field
Calif
Japan
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Dao Little
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Rain Breaks Heat in San Antonio and New Braunfels
Thursday cooled San Antonio as temperatures dropped from a heat spell. The forecast called for a high near 98 with 72 at night, while 83 degrees was recorded at 11 30 a m. Heavy rain fell during a storm in New Braunfels.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Jasl
New Braunfels
Girl's body found in reservoir near Onset Mass
Police found Ruth McGurk a 25 year old Cambridge vacationist who vanished after a Saturday dance hall event. Her body was recovered from the Green Lodge reservoir in Wareham. A medical examiner was summoned to determine the death cause.
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Mass
Chester A. Churchill
Ruth McGurk
Cambridge
Green Lodge
Tremont
Wareham
Weather outlook with scattered storms and high heat
Partly cloudy conditions with widely scattered thundershowers Thursday afternoon and night. Friday remains partly cloudy with a high near 98 and a low around 73. Thursday’s low about 74 and Wednesday’s low 73. High temperatures reach 90 Thursday and 98 Friday.
GIs Asked to Tell of Bad Shells
Washington Aug 1 The Mead committee seeks eyewitness evidence from officers and GIs about premature explosions of defective 42 mortar shells linked to its war profits inquiry. Reports include shells impounded overseas and casualties from faulty ammo. The panel plans a closed session to discuss findings and possible further investigations.
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Mead Committee
Mead
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Europe
Bound Plane Crashes Near Camp First
A four engined Marine Corps PBAY2 Privateer bomber crashed a mile and a half northwest of Camp First, killing several aboard. The crew included army officers with others believed to be navy personnel or marines. The plane exploded after takeoff for San Antonio. Names of victims not released.
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Aug
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Marine Corps
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San Antonio
Old Ford Ends Long Trip to Fairbanks Alaska
Two Waco men Dick Clark and Ed Clevinger completed a Model T journey from Waco to Fairbanks, Alaska, arriving after 26 days at an average speed of about 20 mph. A burned out connecting rod was the only major mechanical trouble. They plan to begin the return trip within days.
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Waco
Fairbanks
Alaska
Dick Clark
Ed Clevinger
Waco News-Tribune
Clark
Clevenger
Hogs Reach $22 on Los Angeles Market
Market reports show hogs at 22 dollars in Los Angeles while San Antonio quotes rise to 222 per cwt with Thursday up 0.50 from Wednesday. The San Antonio market posts an all time high near 23 dollars after World War I, and Chicago hogs also hit a new peak around 824.50.
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San Antonio
Chicago
One Inch of Wheat Demonstration in Adrian
Adrian Mich twenty six hundred acres of wheat grown from a one cubic inch seed planted six years ago will be harvested today in aBiblical wheat day demonstration at the Adrian race track. A large wheat mound will rise near the grandstand as spectators watch harvesting methods from cradle to self propelled combine. Terry Hayden Tecumseh Quaker miller began the project in 1940 after a sermon on tithing and has since donated ten percent of yearly yields to the church while replanting the rest with seed shared to about 150 farmers.
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Terry Hayden
Voting Equality Plea Rejected at Conference in Paris
In Paris on August 1, the voting equality proposal from the Netherlands failed 11 to 9 in the procedural committee as Molotov led opposition. Evatt of Australia backed the Dutch idea, while Molotov argued it violated Moscow’s war-time treaty rules. The committee adjourned to 10 a m tomorrow amid Poland and Yugoslav comments and a possible Byrnes compromise plan.
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Strait
Russa
United States
Britain
Fra
Netherlands
Molotov
Herbert M. Evatt
Australia
Molotey
Moscow
Evatt
Poland
Hungary
Mosha Pyade
Provosst
Trantier
Byrnes
Ship Fire and Blast Probed Off Brazil
Surviving passengers of the Brazilian ship Duque de Xaxias are being cared for in Rio de Janeiro as authorities investigate the explosion and fire that torched the 16,000 ton vessel. Officials report at least 10 dead with unofficial counts around 20. 300 were admitted to hospitals overnight. Most injuries involve burns and exposure. Admiral Martins calls the low death toll a miracle. Brooke Pools Open at Brooke Army Medical Center for the first time since May.
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Adm
Dodsworth Martins
Brazil
Pirates seize armed U boat in Manila Bay action
In Manila Bay 15 armed men boarded a fully-laden U boat fighter, towing it away by speed boat. Harbor police Captain Pedro Medaila reported the incident, with a morning find in North Bay of cargo valued at about $2500. In Athens the government rushed mechanized relief for g endarmes fighting outlaws near Larisa.
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Manila Bay
Pedro Medaila
Bay
Athens
Larisa
Move Made To Halt Inflation
President Truman urged federal officials to keep public expenditures at the lowest level to curb inflation. He called for reviewing programs and eliminating low priority work, postponing nonessential construction, and tightening personnel use to absorb a civil pay rise amid calls from Eisenhower and Nimitz against further military cuts.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chester W. Nimitz
John R. Steelman
Iminium
B 29 Out to Break East West Transcontinental Record
A B 29 aircraft departed La Guardia for a nonstop flight to Burbank California aiming to beat the East West record of nine hours and 10 minutes. The bomber carried six crew members and was piloted by Capt. Dan Grubaugh of Van Wert Ohio who hoped to reach Burban’s in under eight hours.
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la Guardia Field
Burbank
Cali
Dan Grubaugh
Vanwert
Ohio
Burban
Band Plays On In Closed Club
Philadelphia aug 1 the night club stayed lively with five but five weeks left the seven member band without pay as owners Joseph Fine Dan Gerson closed the Corona net restaurant to renegotiate. Jules Lavans band would perform again August 2 under a new deal while pay remained unsettled and the contract lingered.
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Jules Lavan
Joseph, Fine
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Gerson
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Fine
Lavan
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