Death Toll in Quakes Near 100
Quake swarms in the Caribbean push deaths toward 100 as aftershocks continue. Food supply failures and fear of more tidal waves strain islanders. A waterspout off Puerto Rico adds to the disasters while coastal cities retreat inland and leaders seek shelter. Dominican Republic reports panic, shortages, and widespread disruption. Archbishop closes Ciudad Trujillo churches to curb possible collapses.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Puerto Rican
Puerto Plata
Sanchez
Matanzas
Samana
Ciudad Trujillo
Bilbo Admits He Is in Klan Membership
Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi acknowledged on Meet the Press that he is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He said a Mississippi post bears his name and claimed the Klan would likely support him. He noted attending only one meeting, not agreeing with all its aspects, as hundreds protested for his ouster.
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Washington
INS
Theodore
Bilbo
D-Miss
Ku Klux Klan
Mississippi
Klan
MBS
Mutual
New York
Senate
Lad
Two Plane Crashes Kill Five in New Jersey Pine Lands
Two separate crashes in New Jersey pine lands left five dead and three injured. An Atlantic Central Airlines flight struck a creek during an attempted emergency landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, while a private plane near Forked River caused additional fatalities. A second item notes Czechoslovakia’s government launching compulsory harvest service for youths aged 18 and 19.
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Lakehurst
N.F
INS
New Jersey Pinelands
Atlantic Central Airlines
Naval Air Station
Forked River
Pinelands
Tio
Wives Reunited in Japan After Remote Weddings
At Yokohama and amid arrivals of the luxury Brenex Monterey with 839 dependents of servicemen, two couples greeted their husbands for the first time since distant ceremonies. Mrs. Maxlyn Day of Evanston, Indiana, welcomed Lt Stephen Day, married by overseas telephone last June 15. Mrs Gordon Shumard of Oklahoma City met Lt G H Shumard, wed by written contract in January while she was in Oklahoma City and he in Manila.
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Yokohama
Bdthra fHuir Marrisk
Bnex
Monterey
Maxlyn Day
Evanston
Stephen Day
Gifu
Japan
Gordon Shumard
Oklshama City
G. H. Shumard
Oklahome City
Manila
Divine's Bride Overstays Visa In Circle Mission Church
In Philadelphia on August 10, the 21 year old wife of Father Major Divine has overstayed her visa. Divine dismissed the issue to reporters at his Circle Mission church stating immigration officials are not ex excited about it. He called her Sweet Angel Edna Rose Hitchings of Montreal and did not comment further. Also on August 10 Myron C Taylor, presidential representative at the Vatican, left for a US visit and planned to return to Rome.
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Fheladelphta
Major Divine
Department ‘of Immigration and Naturalization
God
Circle Mission Church
Edna Rose Hitch‘ings
Montreal
Sweet Angel
Divine
Taylor
Rome
Myron C. ‘Taylor
Vatican
United States
Nazis Shot GIs In Photo Studio At Austrian Camp
Washington reports a war crimes prose dientor disclosed that Nazi guards at the Manthaugen prison camp in Austria killed about 60 American GIs with bullets to the neck while posing them for photographs in a studio near the crematory. One guard, Rosenfeld of Mt. Holly New Jersey, shot victims from behind as they sat for pictures.
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Washington
Manthaugen
Austria
Alted Set Jr
Rosenfeld
Mt.Hally
N. J
British to top Jew Ships
Officials evacuate a Palestine land settlement in Jerusalem after a warning of a possible blast. British authorities prepare to announce a European clampdown on illegal Jewish immigration with naval interception and searches. Truman notes talk of dividing the Holy Land as Byrnes and Bevin expected to convene on the issue.
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Perusalem
ANE. Ave
UNS
Palestine Government
Jerusalem
London
Britain
Europe
Royal Navy
Palestine
Putsue
Foreign Office
Etter
Truman
Washington
Holy Land
Father Held for Killing of Child
District Attorney M Ralph Brown said he would file murder charges against Dick W Smith. The 31 year old plumber signed a statement admitting he grabbed his year old stepdaughter by the neck and shook her because she was crying. The baby Darla Jean was strangled to death Thursday night.
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Albuquerque
N. M
M. Ralph Brown
Dick W. Smith
Brown
Darla Jean
Robbery claim at river bank ends with mistaken accusation
Alvin J Brown of the AAF Military Training Center told police he was robbed of 21 dollars on the San Antonio River bank. He later said he had accosted a man to reclaim the money, who thought Brown was a bandit. A separate incident left Mr and Mrs Joe Robinson hospitalized for shoulder injuries after an affray in Lincoln Park.
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Eve Alvin J. Brown
AAF
San Antonio
Brown
Lincoln Park
Joe N. Robinson
Terrell Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Berlin Does Not Embrace Chaplin Satire
Berlin audiences reacted unfavorably to Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, finding the Nazi terror still too fresh for satire. About 406 Berliner viewers, some invited and some misled about Kitty Foyle, attended the experimental showing yesterday.
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Berlin
Charlie Chaplin
Foyle
Six Killed in Bomber Crash At Montana Fairgrounds
At the North Montana fair grounds authorities identified six bodies from a mid air collision of two A 26 bombers. One crashed into a racing stable causing a fire. the other wreckage was found two miles away. Lt. Arthur Pellitier and Dorothy Szabo are named among the dead. Nineteen horses perished in the stable fire.
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Great Falls
Mont
INS
North Montana Fair Grounds
L. L. McBurney
fair_grounds
Arthur P. Pellitier
Cleveland
Ohio
Great Falls Air Base
Dorothy Szabo
Montana’ University
Misa Szabo
Marker Used in death by own action
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio Aug 10 Mrs Ruth Alles Barber 60 disconsolate since the death of her husband Homer of four years ago committed suicide by toppling a tombstone down on her head at her husbands grave Coroner Dr David A Belinky reported today Mrs Barber had been missing from her home since Wednesday She arranged small stones carefully near her husbands grave Dr Belinky said an examination indicated Mrs Barbers death was self inflicted prior to the collapse of the tombstone
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Youngstown
Ohio
Ruth Alles Barber
Homer
David A. Belinky
Ike Leaves Brazil For Panama and Mexico
General Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Brazil for Panama and Mexico after six days of ceremonies honoring a visiting U.S. chief of staff. He had been accorded honors normally reserved for heads of state.
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Ike
Brazil
Panama
Mexico
Rio DE Janeiro
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Weather forecast then high and low temps for weekend
Forecast shows Saturday afternoon night and Sunday with high around 100 plus and a low in the 70s. Saturday low near 71. Friday high 160 and low 72. Weather page note mentions additional details on page 2.
China Peace Talks Fade As Marines Come Under Fire
UPI reports that envoys Marshall and Stuart issued a pessimistic statement on peaceful settlement in China while U.S. Marines clashed with Chinese forces guarding a coal train. They warned of possible further clashes as negotiations with Chiang Kai Shek and Chow En Lai stalled.
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Nanking
UPI
China
George C. ,Marshall
U.S
John Leighton Stuart
U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chow En-Lai
Peiping
Peiping- Tiefitsin
United States
UNRRA
Tientsin
Jehol
Minnesota polio outbreak hits record in state history
In Minneapolis the polio crisis deepened with 541 confirmed cases and about 20 probable cases in hospitals. Over 100 new cases were reported in a single day, pushing the state total higher as authorities reported two more deaths.
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Minneapolis
Mns
Minnesota
Two Held for Burning Pastures in Liang County
LLAN August 10 I C R Barber of Lubbock and William M Buntyn of Liang county waived examining trial on charges related to pasture fires. Both men were bound over on $1500 bonds after fires were found Tuesday on the H A Fitzsimmons and Sherman Long ranches.
Aga Khan backs 2.7 million in diamond gifts
In Dar es Salaam Aug. 10, the Aga Khan, world’s wealthiest man and Ismaili leader, endorsed 2.7 million dollars in diamonds donated by followers. About 60,000 watched as 25,000 Ismailis joined the ceremony, with the gift to the Adapthyan to be distributed to charities. Begum wore a self-designed silk sari studded with diamonds.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tangan
Aga Khan
Jalthough
Apa Dthan
Begum
St. Moritz
Wide Shakeup In WAA Revealed
Washington August 1918 A wholesale shakeup of the War Assets Administration division including the discharge of 52 paid consultants was announced by Director Robert M Littlejohn who ordered drastic changes and a reorganization of the electronics division which handles surplus radio and radar sales. McCurdy resigned last week and many Washington and field office staffers were dropped as the division came under the office of aircraft disposal with James A Mollison in charge and George H Moriarty named director. Changes target contracts and agent pay moving away from cost-plus-fixed fee toward fair commissions.
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Washington
War ‘Assets Administration
WAA
Robert M.littlejohn
Robert 5. McCurdy
Washington and
Field Office
Berm
Wiley
R.-Wis
Wherry
R.-Neb
Congress
Little John
James A. Mollison
George H. Moriarty
Littlejohn
Higher Shoe Prices Possible
Washington August 10 The Office of Price Administration moved toward higher shoe prices by granting ceiling increases up to 20 percent on leather. The agency, noting pending survey results on footwear earnings, said price hikes would be moderate and that ceilings had earlier risen 6 to 15 percent for shoes produced in 1922. Leather increases were needed to restore profit margins to late March levels, with leather for goat and kid hides up 30 percent. An OPA official cited 20 to 25 percent of leather used in shoes from goat and kid sources.
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Ion
OPA
Larmers
Coil
Russia and Greece clash over Albania invite at Paris talks
At the Paris peace conference Tsaldaris and Molotov spar over inviting Albania to plenary sessions. Czechoslovakia and Poland back Albania’s hearing while Yugoslav Pijade accuses Greece of seeking to split Albania. In Japan, Sgt. Richard P. Wulf is sentenced to life for raping a passenger on a Kyots train.
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Zaris
V. M. Frretoto
Paris
Fromier
Constantin Tsaldafis
Greece
Alvinia
Molotov
Tsaldaris
Albania
Moloto
Isaldaris
Maly
Poland
Tsardarig
Britain
Cuba
Egypt
Mexico
Mosha Pijade
Balkans
Pijade
Yokohama
Richard P. Wulf
Sumer Set, Wis
Eighth Army General Court
Kyots Fane 5
OPA Unlawful Says State Court Dockets Ruling
Washington Supreme Court Justice George B. Simpson writes a minority opinion labeling the OPA unconstitutional as an outlaw entity, criticizing its reach and caprice while noting the bureau’s inflationary impact and the financial ruin faced by many Americans. The decision signals tension between state and federal rulings on price controls.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington State
George B. Simpson
Preme Court
OPA
John S. Robinson
Price Agency
Burnsj
American Bureau
U. S. Supreme
Aepurt
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Pfe
Paul EB. Pizzi
Jeanette I. Wise
WAC
Clak.k. Henderson
Wirophoto
Oreil Beyrouth
Lebanon
Letmon
Delalis
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