Allied Planes Hit Reich Rails Fleeing Nazis
Washington dispatch reports British Ambassador Halifax denying postwar U S lend lease aid extend beyond the war. NAM report prompted denial while Stettinius also repudiates the claim. Halifax cites Britain's wartime economic tangle and disrupted traditional income streams.
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Washington
Great Britain
U. S
Halifax
National Association of Manufacturers
Britain
Itesofuliog
Denis
Secraaty
Stettinius
NAM
U-Boat Sinks U.S. Vessel Fiske Destroyer Sunk
The 600 ton destroyer escort Fiske was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat off the Atlantic. Lieutenant John A. Carly survived. The loss increases American warship fatalities since the war began to about 175, with 134 sunk, 22 overdue or presumed lost, and nine destroyed to prevent capture.
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Washington
Fiske
John A. Carly
Caplare
Grocers Delay Annual Meet in Dallas
Texas Retail Grocers association postponed its annual convention to 1995 and refused to accept Bennie Green of Waco as president. Green will remain president and Freeman will stay as secretary until a new officer is chosen. The Retail Grocers association of Houston was suspended as an affiliate. LeRoy Raquemore of Fort Worth chaired the meeting, noting the Houston Independent Grocers association was not affected.
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Texas Retail Grocers Association
Bennie Green
Waco
Green
OCB
Freemant
Freeman
Retail Grocers Association of Houston
Nazi Prisoner Beaten by Fellow Inmate at Neb Camp
An Allied war camp in Nebraska reports a German POW was severely beaten by fellow prisoners for attempting to write to his father in the United States. Prisoners declared the father “not a good Nazi” and beat him until he required hospital care. The incident involved about three inmates, and the wounded man was part of a group captured near Cherbourg.
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Erlows
Cherbourg
Bob Hope Plane Incident Incident Avoids Injury
Australian tour party including comedian Bob Hope escaped injury when their plane forced down near Newcastle during a West Pacific trip. Details remained unclear as officials reviewed the accident and confirmed all members, including Langford and Praites, were unharmed.
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Membourne
Australia
Bob Tope
Attess Praites Langford
South- West Pacific
Nether Newcastle
Anrtiam
Extra Penver Zoo Bears Roam Mills
Denver officials faced overcrowding at the city zoo. Superintendent Clyde THD proposed relocating excess bears from the bear colony to a nearby area after consulting forest service and state game department officials who approved the plan.
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Extra Penver Zoo
Denver
Clyde
HM Test
Forest, Service and State Game Department
Allied air barrage pounds Brest and southern Germany
British and American air forces attack war industries across southern Germany, France, and strategic ports including Brest. Over 3500 planes from Britain and Italy strike Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, and German rail yards while heavy bombers target southern France and the Italian coast. Mustangs and Lightnings counterstrike isolated enemy positions. RAF Mosquitos hit Hannover and lay mines. rail lines suffer from coordinated bombardment advancing Allied aims. The U S Ninth and First Air Forces report extensive damage to railcars, locomotives, vehicles, barges, and gun positions with some losses noted.
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Germany
France
Brest
Normandy
A. S
England
Mannheim
Gudwigshafen
Italy
Meatim
Envy
Naztines
Falaise
Wight
R.A. F
Air Ministry
Hannover
Shemy
Halouse
Mortala
Musyulta
Paris
Orne
Trafford
Leigh Mitory
U. S. Fighth Air Force
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Tacoma
Wife of Author Seeks Divorce in Connecticut
Flora Neal Paul of New Milford has filed for divorce from Elliott H. Baul of Hollywood California in Winsted Superior Court. The complaint, filed August, alleges desertion dating from their marriage in 1938. Baul is identified as author of The Vast Time and The Life and Death of a Spanish Town among others.
Boy Killed By Deputies Near Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on August 14, 12 year old Jonny Gerald Bernningding was fatally shot by Sheriff deputies Seymour Lund and Pat Nester after they say he approached with a dog during a predatory animal chase. Lund claims the 448 caliber round may have ricocheted as they transported him to hospital. The boy was the sole child of Mr and Mrs John Bernarding. An investigation was ordered by Sheriff Biscallus.
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Jonny Gerald Berning
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Mic Hay
Seymour Harry Lund
Walter Hunter
Airedais
Pat Nester
Lund
Ars
John Bernarding
Join
Nrs Criend
Dewey Nor
Man
Bherri B. W. Biscallus
Pearl Buck's Ex Aiding Chinese
Dr J Lossing Buck former husband of novelist Pearl Buck arrived in the United States on a mission to assist the Chinese government in a project for manufacturing and supervising agricultural implements. He said inflation and regional shortages strain about ten percent of the population. He traveled with his Chinese wife and their seven month old daughter Rosalind Grace.
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Los Angeles
J. Lossing Buck
Pearl Buck
China
Buck
University of Nanking
Benn
Caid Ae
National Agricultural Engineering Corporation
Rosalind Grace
Playing Soldier, Tot Kills Mother
A four year old boy in Oklahoma City fatally wounded his mother with a rifle he found in the back yard. The child, Jimmy, picked up the weapon his father had used on a hunting trip and fired while his parents rested nearby. Local police began investigations into the accidental shooting.
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Gity
Ave
Innes C. Hamilton
Jimmy
Gainesville Yeggs Take Cash Drugs
Two men stole 1000 dollars from a doctor’s office and quantities of Harcodtes from a drugstore. Authorities across north Texas and southern Oklahoma pursued the pair after chipping through the concrete floor to reach the safe. The suspects entered Herbert Jocke’s office then dropped into the drugstore below.
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Gainesville
North Texas
Oklahoma
Herbert Jocke
Miners' Bodies Near Recovery at Powhatan Mine
Rescue teams in Ontario near Bellaire report progress as a slope was driven 1426 feet underground following a mine fire on July 8. Officials expect completion of the rescue by midnight, with full body recoveries likely to take several days as crews maintain around-the-clock operations.
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Powhatan
Btate
Marcus Kerr
Hel
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Inine
Fragmentary lightning energy claim sparks confusion
The garbled text asserts an average lightning stroke energy equates to an unknown measure and hints at converting it into a storage device, but the unclear wording leaves the factual meaning and units unresolved.
Major New York Fire Ravages Palisades Park
A third major metropolitan fire devastated Palisades amusement park across the Hudson from Manhattan, injuring about 100 people with 25 serious. The blaze, beginning under the Virginia Reel, drew 20 fire companies, ruined most of the 12 acre park, and destroyed cars and structures. missing persons and smoke injuries were reported as Hoboken and Coney Island fires added to the disaster.
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N.Y
New York
New York Metropolitan Area
Palisades Amusement Park
Hudson River
Upper Manhattan
Rilits
Hoboken
Hudson
Luna Park
Coney Island
Palisedes Park
Manhattan
West Aide
Elvis
Memorial Contest Deadline Near in Temple Texas
Temple August 14 Architect Joseph Pelle of Fort Worth chairs Texas Society of Architects special committee warns August 18 is the rush day for applications to the 360 Division Memorial contest. Pelle, professional advisor for the $2000 prize, has issued program rules. Programs available at 1103 Commercial Building Fort Worth. Deadline for best design for the 98th Division Memorial closes October 1.
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Tenis
Joseph BR. Pelich
Forty Worth
Texas Society of Architects
Texas
Pelle
Part
Worth
Board Probes Navy Plane Collision Near New Bern
Navy investigators opened a crash inquiry after two military planes collided eight miles east of New Bern yesterday. Both pilots were killed when the aircraft struck trees and exploded not on fire. Names of the aviators were not released.
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New Bern
M. G
INS
Hoth
Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike in Fort Worth
Olin Roberts a 24 year old prisoner held on robbery and kidnapping charges ended a hunger strike today. He ate heartily on Sunday and was said to be treated like any other prisoner. Authorities reported he twice attempted to take his own life amid the case involving two women abducted last Wednesday night and robbed.
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Fort Worth
Olin Roberts
Whit Boyd
Roberts
Old Age Policy Pays Up to 100 A Month
Postal Life and Casualty Insurance offers a senior accident plan for ages 65 to 85 with benefits up to 500 for death, 100 monthly disability and hospital care, at 1 cent daily. No medical exam or agents. Write for policy details and rates.
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Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Company
Postal Life Building
Kansas City
Postal
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