Livestock Prices Slump After Ceilings Return
Washington decontrol board reinstates price ceilings and subsidies on livestock, slowing San Antonio market. Hog supply of 150 head sees bids drop to $14.65 top, with most small lots sold to one packer at $17, down from the week. Good grass steers unsold as packers blame being yoked and producers cautious. USDA reporter calls trade very slow as buyers await GPA guidance.
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Washington
San Antonio
USDA
F. R. Sawyer
Demoralized Fort Worth Hog Market Sees Low Sales
In Fort Worth on August 21 the hog market was demoralized with only 20 good animals sold by 10:30 am. A city butcher bought them at 16 dollars, about one dollar under Tuesday’s price. Major packers bid the June ceiling of 14.65, but no further sales were reported.
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Fort Worth
Market chaos at Chicago stockyards as price rollback shocks
Chaos swept the world's largest stockyards in Chicago when the CPA ordered a price rollback to June 30 levels. Trading nearly halted as officials from the American Meat Institute and major packers warned the black market could rebound.
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Chicago
CPA
American Meat Institute
Rainey Denounces Communist Letter Smear in Texas
Goos e Creek Aug 24 Homer P Rainey charged that smear artists plan to mail letters to rural tax holders claiming communists back him. He said he rejects the vote of any communist or sympathizer and denounces the opposition for the attack.
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Goose Creek
Homer P. Rainey
Lexus
Rainey
Homer Rainey
Texas
Terrell Judge Frees Man Over $950 Child Support
Judge Robert W. Terrell declines to keep a Terrell man jailed for failing to pay $950 in child support. Edwin R. Richards missed a San Antonio hearing. the judge will release him if he appears in the 37th district court in San Antonio.
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Robert W. Terrell
Edwin R. Richards
Terrell
Texas
San Antonio
Carriot
37Th District Court
US and Soviet agree on strays' return in Germany
A gentlemen's agreement between American and Russian occupation zone commanders in Germany establishes conduct for interzone affairs. It calls for immediate arrest of unauthorized individuals and return of suspects within 24 to 48 hours, with full details provided to the respective zone commander. The pact covers both sides and includes an American espionage case involving a Soviet agent posing as a UNRRA worker.
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Derlin
Interzone
United States
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
NEVD
Secret Police
UNRRA
McNarney
Marshal Vasilily Sokolowsky
Red Army
Black Girls Accuse Pair In Mississippi Shooting Incident
In Collins Mississippi two white men Ernest Earl McDonald Fr 20 and Oscar Moore 18 were arrested on charges swarmed by two Black girls who said the men fired public safety items. The girls fled as the men fired and brothers of the girls returned fire. No injuries reported. A hearing is set for tomorrow before Justice of the Peace T C Campbell.
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McDonald
Moore
Justice of the Peace
T. C.campbell
City Spending Exceeds Budget Across City Departments
City Auditor Walter Tatsch announced that all city departments overspent during June 1 to July 31 despite operating without a formal 1946 budget. Compared with 1945 figures, Mayor Gus B Mavermann, Tax Commissioner Alfred Callaghan, Parks Commissioner Henry Hein, and Police Fire Commissioner PL Le Anderson all shows higher expenditures. Anderson notably spent 20 800 on new police autos and 11 812.86 on fire hose while campaigns and vehicle purchases contributed to the rise.
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Walter Tatsch
Gus B. Mavermann
Alfred Cal
Second Shooting Affray Victim Dies
Benny Cervantes aged 18 from Fort Sam Houston died Tuesday night at Brooke General hospital after a Monday affray at 1602 Seguin road. Another victim, Mrs Prankie Mar Goel, 28, was killed. Vie Goel remains in critical condition at Santa Rosa hospital.
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Benny Cervantes
Fort Sam Houston
Vie Goel
Seguin Road
Brooke General Hospital
Prankie Mar Goel
Santa Rosa Hospital
Youngest U.S. Commissioner Named in Del Rio
Federal District Judge Ben H. Rice announced the appointment of James Everett Wiggs, 21, a Navy veteran, as U.S. commissioner for the Fourth Texas district at Del Rio. Wiggs, son of U.S. Marshal Ed Riggs, will serve a four year term, becoming the youngest U.S. commissioner in the nation.
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U.S
United States
Ben H. Rice
James Everett Wiggs
U. S
Texas
del Rio
Young Riggs
Ed Riggs
Flying Bomb scare in Burgundy village ends with laundry found
In Chatillon sur Selne France a false alarm over a flying bomb was traced to a line of drying clothes. A police investigator questioned all 4000 residents but no one saw a bomb or heard a whistle except one family noting the sound.
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CHATILLON + SUR - SELNE
France
Burgundy
Tornado Toll Reaches Nine at Green Gables Camp
Mrs. Emore Walter, 58, of Canton Ohio, died during the night, raising the tornado death toll to nine after the storm wiped out the Green Gables tourist camp in Mankato Minnesota on August 21.
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Mankato
Minn
Emore Walter
Canton
Ohio
Green Gables
Valley ex GIs seek guards at polling places runoff
Harlingen officials report a demand from a GI Good Government committee to place guards at all county polling sites for Saturday's runoff primary. The group targeting the 15th congressional race between Milton F. H. West and J. T. Ellis Jr. says it will ensure vote counting and warns of political machines in South Texas.
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Harlingen
Cameron County
Democratic
Ed Hawkins
W. J. Martin
GI Organization
H. L. Yates
Milton FH. West
J.T. Ellis Jr
Martin
Tennessee
Hawkins
South
Texas
Yates
Meat Prices At June 30 Levels Due
Washington Aug 21 4 Pork chops beefsteak and other meats will return under OPA ceilings near June 30 levels Milk butter cheese remain free but may be controlled again if prices rise Dairy products stay ceiling free for now but could be reimposed If dairy prices climb the board will act Meat subsidies to be paid again at June 29 rates Ceilings on grains not restored Soybeans and cotton seed products recontrolled No decision on lamb Live animal ceilings to be pulled Friday with delays at each step Retail ceilings may lag in enforcement Prices and reactions vary across industry and public observers OPA plans indicate a cautious reimposition of controls with ongoing scrutiny
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Washington
OPA
GIO Cost of Living Committee
OFA
Paul Porter
Allied Deserters Roundup in Italian Pine Grove
The Momento reports Allied military police used tear gas and smoke bombs to round up deserters and escaped prisoners living with Italians in a pine grove near Fisa. The operation flushed out many women and numerous Africans and Germans, and large quantities of Allied material were recovered.
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Rome
1N Momento
Fisa
Texas Morses For Slavs Draft Horses Sail from Houston
Under UNRRA program 198 draft horses destined for Yugoslavia were loaded aboard the Flagstaff Victory in Houston for farm work alongside a coal cargo. Dr. W C Dye, inspector in charge, confirms the shipment of mares and geldings en route Wednesday.
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UNRRA
Yugoslavia
W. C. Dye
Bureau of Animal Industry
Flagstaff Victory
Houston
South Side Site Favored for San Antonio Park
Police and Fire Commissioner P. L. Anderson urged locating the proposed ball park on the South Side of San Antonio. He criticized reports of a North Side site and backed a tract bounded by Roosevelt Avenue Mitchel Street and the Mission Road. He said the Browns would move to Corpus Christi if money attracts them and wished them well.
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St. Louis Browns
San Antonio
P. L. Anderson
Anderson
Roosevelt Avenue
Mitchel Street
Mission Road
Corpus Christi
Corpus
Auto Production Steadily Climbing at General Motors
Detroit report shows General Motors auto divisions built 23,194 passenger cars last week, up from 21,113 the prior week. Year to date GM car production reaches 292,938, compared with 1,285,805 in the same period of 1941 in US plants.
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Detroit
General Meters Auto Divisions
G. M
United ‘States
13 Flying Nurses Are Graduated
After nine weeks of flight nursing study, 13 officers of the Army Nurse Corps graduate from the Army Air Forces School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field. Congratulatory remarks were delivered by Lt. Col. Pratis L. Boe, MC, assistant commandant of the school.
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Army Nurse Corps
Army Air Forces Schools
Aviation “Medicine
Randolph Field
Pratis L. Bofé
United States rejects Soviet Dardanelles demands firm stance
Washington reports a planned diplomatic offensive against Soviet expansion in the Middle East and Asia. Top officials including Truman Byrnes Acheson Paterson and Forrestal indicate no retreat from a firm note on the Dardanelles and a potential escalation if Russia seeks bases or force.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Asia
Dardanelles
Grace Eg Reed
Truman
Byrnes
Acheson
Patterson
Navy
Forrestal
Russia
India
China
Recruiting Record Exceeds Nine Hundred Thousand Enlistees
Washington reports voluntary army enrollments since V J day surpassed 900000. Brigadier General B M Fitch in charge of recruiting stated this marks the largest volunteer force in world history.
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Washington
War Department
B. M. Fitch
Jews Warn Of Reprisals After Death Sentences
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv stern gang leaflets threaten reprisals against Palestine government officials police and British forces if 18 young Jews are executed by Haifa military court. The 18, captured in an armed raid on British installations, were sentenced last Friday.
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Jerusalem
Stern Gang
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
McNarney voices concern over Jewish refugee movements
General Joseph T. McNarney, commander of American ground forces in Europe, said today that well organized Jewish refugee movements from the British and Russian zones into the American zone are taking place. He added he will accept them once in the American zone but opposes British and Russian permission for these transfers.
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Berlin
INS
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Germany
Plac McNarmey
Reds Use War Nerves as Turkiye Tensions Rise
London dispatch reports a British telegraph backer describes a mood of alarm in a war of nerves as Soviet troops along the Russo Turkish frontier display guns tanks and flame throwers amid maneuvers dated August 8. The piece notes Russia sent Turkey a note on Montreux convention revisions and Istanbul’s border activity.
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London
Telegraph
Istanbul
Russia
Turkey
Montreux
Ardanelles
Clouds Bring Heat Relief After Drought Rainfall Report
Thunder clouds reduced heat with light showers across the city and surrounding areas. Rainfall measured near Stonewall street was light, with up to almost an inch in some locales and heavier totals in Fort Worth. The incident near Highland Park involved a fatality inquiry linked to a vehicle collision.
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Emmett Subler
Stonewall Street
Highland Park
John Kinney
McCauley Avenue
Suhler
Pleasanton
Boerne
New Braunfels
Llano
Fork Worth
City Well Drilled Ends City Water Project Progress
Aug 21 report: end of drilling on the new city water well over the weekend, water expected to flow within two weeks. Aug 24 Toledo dispatch: physicians say Mrs Walter G Shriver, 35, gave birth to a ninth child by cesarean section, a six pound boy born about two weeks premature. the eight older siblings, aged up to 15, are healthy.
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City
Taylor
Toledo
Ohio
Walter G. Shriver
Police Drunk-Quiz Test Sparks Court Laughs in London
In London a 41 year old woman tested for drunken driving faced a multiplication question 6 times 6 with the answer 66. The judge corrected the correct result as 36? 160 noted as a miscue by the surgeon. The woman was acquitted.
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London
Britain
Inx Times
Weather Outlook With Warm Humid Midweek
Forecast predicts partly cloudy Wednesday after noon with probable thundershowers. Generally fair Wednesday night and Thursday with a maximum Wednesday of 94 degrees and a high 98. Minimum Thursday 77, low Wednesday 71, high Thursday 98 with low 72.
Three farmers charged with murder in widow Bachstein drowning
Macon Mo Aug 21 Three farmers face first degree murder charges in the 1941 drowning of Dora Bachstein a blind widow who had deeded her 58 acre farm to Stanley Brown in exchange for care. Mark Hunsl confessed saying he and Stanley Brown forced her into a well while Sam Brown allegedly financed the crime. The body was found Nov 18 1941 and authorities say the Browns have used the property since.
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Macon
H. A. Hansen
Mark Edward Hunsl
Stanley Brown
Dora Bachstein
Clarence
Love
Stanley
Sam Brown
Hansen
Tater
Nan OR
Flights Cancelled By Army
Tito declared Yugoslavia seeks peace but defends sovereignty against American air incursions. U S transports were downed or disappeared after Yugoslav fighters attacked the U S plane near Bled. Ambassador Patterson will meet Tito at his summer palace in Bled to discuss the incident.
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Poowecnec
Marshak ‘Tito
Yugoslavia
Iron Workers
Jesenice
United States
Tito
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Mareshal
Bled
Patterson
Joseph T. McNarney
Berlin
Vienna
THRE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
U. S. State Department
Paris
Byrnes
Edvard Kardelj
Swedes Question Doolittle on Rocket Bombs
London dispatch reports Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, wartime air commander, visiting Stockholm and consulting on mysterious rocket bombs over Sweden. Swedish general staff suspects rockets may have been fired from Peenemunde, a former Nazi site in the Baltic coast area now in the Soviet zone of Germany.
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London
London Evening Standard
James H. Doolittle
Europ
Stockholm
Sweden
Peenemunde
Baltic
Germany
Two Die, Ten Hurt In Plane Crash Near Moline
A charter plane crash near Moline airport killed Captain James Steen and co pilot Marvin Fox. Ten passengers were injured, some seriously. Names of the injured were not immediately available.
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Moline
James Steen
Marvin Fox
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