Building Material Prices Up in OPA Action
OPA today granted price increases across several building materials including one to three cents per unit and a 10 percent rise for all toilet tissue and paper towels. Glass lens costs up 22 percent. meat ceilings expected next week with lamb up six to seven cents per pound beef up one to two cents and pork at least one cent. Auto and truck prices also set to rise with prewar handling charges reflected.
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Washington
OPA
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
General Motors
Flour Aire
Mid-July Food Prices Up 80 Percent Across Cities
Washington reports from August 23 show a nationwide rise in mid-July food prices by 5.8 percent since June and a 13.8 percent jump for food alone, described as the largest monthly change. The four price increases will add seven cents per 100 pounds to maintain parity under the new price control law.
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Washington
GMC
Ford
Bureau of Labor
OPA
Dodge
Memphis
Tenn
BLS
BES
Porter Hast
Two Yeggs Crack S A Laundry Safe
Two burglars cracked the Travis Laundry and Cleaners safe at 1812 Main Avenue Thursday night. Approximately 420 dollars were taken from payroll envelopes while checks were left behind. The thieves changed clothes in the shop and wore Brenan’s work gloves, indicating one suspect was a small man or a boy.
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Travis Laundry and Cleaners
Main Avenue
A. W. Bill” Brenan
Brenan
Cattle Beach Sets New Chicago Stockyards Price Record
Chicago stockyards today set a new alltime cattle price record as fifty three head of choice animals sold at 28.75 per hundred pounds. The price topped the previous record by five cents per hundred and exceeded the OPA ceiling by 10.75 dollars after being lifted June 30.
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Chicago
Meeting on Los Angeles Ball Park Plans
L A Ball Park meeting set as the board of commerce appoints Carter Sommers head a committee to consult with Mayor Gus Mauermann on rotating the proposed San Antonio ball park project.
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aBard
Chamber of Commerce
Carter Sommers T
Gus B. Mauermann
San Antonio
Ball Park
Vienna Belgrade phone calls halted as lines reported blocked
Vienna said telephones between Vienna and Belgrade Yugoslavia were reported blocked and calls could not be completed even when urgent. The status raised questions about communications in the region amid growing tensions.
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Vienna-Belgrade
Vienna
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Quakes Stir Iraq Volcano
Baghdad Aug 23. Geologists warn a long dormant volcano near the frontier may erupt after recent quakes. They urge evacuation of residents within 1.75 miles of the crater as tremors intensify. The quakes toppled Penjawin, killing six, as thick smoke rose from the volcano east of Sulaimaniya. About 150000 people live within the 75 mile danger zone.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Oll Company
Penjawin
Sulaimaniya
Soldiers Die of Polio at Brooke General Hospital
A death from polio was added to the fatality list Friday, lifting total deaths to 12. Vaughn C. Kensinger, 30, of Kansas and Fort Sam Houston, died at Brooke General Hospital on Monday. Donald K. Martin, six months, Niemeyer Street, was removed from the list. Cause of death not stated.
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Vaughn C. Kensinger
Fort Sam Houston
Kansas
Brooke General Hospital
City Health Department
Donald K. Martin
Niemeyer Street
Atom Plant Vote Split
At Oak Ridge Tennessee, workers at the three main plants voted on union representation. National Labor Relations Board tallies show 4126 for no union, 3622 for the AF of L Atomic Trades and Labor Council, and 3081 for the CIO union. Negotiations have continued eight weeks with WOAI signing Friday.
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WOAI
Atomic Workers' Committee
A. F. Ruoff
L. Musicians Union
Russia Publishes U S Slav Dispute News Dispatches
Moscow reports detail the U S Yugoslav disagreement with a Belgrade dispatch quoting Marshal Tito. The Soviet press describes American planes over Yugoslavia and notes the ongoing tension in the alliance.
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Moscow
Belgrade
Marshal Tita
Yugoslavia
Marine Officers Indicted in Fraud
Marine corps officers Maj. John S. Bicker Jr and Capt. Ralph L. Robinson, plus Robert B. Gleason, were named in an indictment charging diversion of government goods valued at 133 311. The three allegedly profited about 42 000 by moving Maeng cash registers watches and other items to civilian markets. They were arrested yesterday in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Ufi
Marine Corps
Federal Grand Jury
John S. Bicker Jr
Camp Pendleton
Cali
Ralph L. Robinson
Robert 8. Gleason
Alden F. Howck
Bouck
San Francisco
Transit Tower Assessment Stands Unchanged by County Court
County Commissioners' court Friday refused to lower the Transit tower tax assessment. The building remains $437,070 with land at $31,070 as two years of delinquent taxes were cited by officials.
Fewer Races Indicate Lighter Vote in Bexar Runoff
Friday's city and county officials discussed turnout for Saturdays runoff as six races drew attention. Governor candidates Rainey and Jester, lieutenant governor contenders House and Shivers, and judges Owens and Beauchamp lead a lighter anticipated vote with council endorsements lining up for Shivers and Beauchamp while no clear support for McDonald candidates. Polling locations and Texas poll results appear on page 3-A.
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Homer P. Rainey
Beauford
Lieutenant Povernor
Boyce House
Allan Shivers
Jesse Owens
Tom
Beauchamp
Court of Criminal Appeals
Commissioner of Agriculture
R. ©. McDonald
J. B. McDonald
Bexar County
Jimmie Carrigan
W. A
Cap" Williamson
Eugene C. Williams
Pat Dwyer
Payor
Jester
Shivers
Alfred Callaghan
Callaghan
House
R. E. McDonald
Baf Dwyer
Wavell to Name Indian Officials
NEW DELHI Aug 23 An Interim government intended to place India on the road to independence after nearly two and a half centuries of British rule is expected to be announced tomorrow. Viceroy Lord Wavell will broadcast at 130 p.m. A.M. CST Esther Tollerson was fined 100 in Corporation court Friday on a charge of robbery of less than 5 dollars from Sam Nicholson a soldier.
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New Delhi
India
Lord Wavel
Esther Tollerson
East Laurel Street
Sam Nicholson
Wainwright Anniversary at Legion Meet in Washington
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright marks his 63rd birthday in Bellingham during the Washington state American Legion convention. He recalls wartime months on Bataan and Corregidor and plans late rounds of reunions with fellow veterans before heading to Walla Walla. A year ago he escaped a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria.
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Bellingham
Wash
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan and
Corregidor
Washington State
American Legion
the Genere
Walla Walls
aJap
Manchuria
Woll Flays Russia Labor at IPEU Convention
In Cincinnati on August 23, Mat thew Woll, vice president of the International Photo-Engravers' union AFL, denounced Russia's slave labor as a threat to free workers. He warned that about 12 to 16 million people endure forced labor in Russia, with additional prisoners of war in bondage, risking global market competition.
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Cincinnati
Russia
Igbor
Matthew Woll
International Photo - Engravers’ Union-Afl
IPEU
New York
Rnssia
Refugees Land At Miami on Spanish Voyage
Eighteen Estonian refugees reached Miami after months at sea from Malderina via a seven ton sloop. They were given city freedom and housed on a steamship pier while awaiting better quarters. They left Sweden May 30, making one intermediate stop before arrival.
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Miami
Fla
Malderina
Sweden
Pair Bonded In SP Thefts Involving Phono Recorders
Joe Panelli and Alberti F Esparza were bonded at $1004 by U S Commissioner A V Knight after arraignment Friday on charges they took four phono recorders from an interstate shipment at the Southern Pacific depot loading dock. Epifanio Ramirez, 19, was bonded at $1060 on a charge of unlawfully acquiring seven grains of marijuana on August 24.
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Joe Panelli
Alberti F. Esparza
U. S
A. V. Knight
Southern Pacific
Epifanio Ramirez
Fr Oppenheimer Sued for Divorce in 45th District Court
Taura A Wells Oppenheimer filed a divorce suit against Frederic Joske Oppenheimer in 45th District Court on Friday. The petition cites cruelty and unbearable disposition. The couple married August 1 1940 and have no children.
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Frederic Joske Oppenheimer
45Th District Court
Taura A. Wells Oppenheimer
LaGuardia Denies Obstruction of UNRRA Work
Warsaw reports Gen Mey Narney denied LaGuardia's claim that American military authorities blocked UNRRA. LaGuardia, briefing reporters before train trip to Lower Silesia, declined current political plans and criticized the ghetto destruction, urging a Paris peace conference on the heaps of rubble.
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Warsaw
Joseph T. Mey Narney
UNRRA
la Guardia
New York
Lower Silesia
Pilot describes misread signals in downing of US transport
The August 9 US army transport forced down in Yugoslavia after two Yugoslav fighters circled and fired on it. Pilot Cant Crombie, from Massachusetts, said the signals he saw did not match US or British practice for landing, and he did not understand the Yugoslav commands. He had flown 23 relief missions in the war, and was freed with crew and passengers after an American ultimatum to Yugoslavia.
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Italy
U. S. Anny
Yugoslavia
Cant
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Cromble
Marshal Tite
Vienna-Udine
Yeuterday
Atlanta
Robert L. Dahlaren
Cicero
Ghler
John L. Dick
McKeesport
Donald E. Carroll
Elgin
Nebh
Tech
Joseph F. Hachecker
Chicago
Richard Blackburn
Englewood
Ohio
UNRRA
Aladar Fallay
Budapest
Anthony Lederer
Paramount Pictures
Hungary
Howe
U. 5
Richard
Patterson
Tito
United Nations Security Council
Tite
Adil
Balkan
Plaries
San Antonio to Add Afternoon Traffic Court Says Mayor
Mayor Gus B. Mayermann vowed on Friday to secure an afternoon traffic court in San Antonio. He pledged to personally intervene if needed to arrange the judge and logistics for an afternoon session.
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San Antonio
Gus B. Mayermann
Poles to Ignore U.S. British Notes On Poland Referendum
A Polish government spokesman said American and British notes criticizing Poland's election procedure infringe Poland's sovereignty and would be ignored in Washington and London. The notes alleged repression in the recent referendum and memory of Warsaw's pledge to hold free elections.
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London
INS
Poland
Jess Washington
Warsaw
Polant
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures
Partly cloudy conditions expected Friday afternoon and night, continuing Saturday with highs near 96. Friday low around 63, Thursday highs 94 and lows 63. Friday and Saturday forecast uncertainties noted on weather page 2-4.
Slavs Doubt Fliers Alive After Shootdown
Washington reports doubt voiced by the Yugoslav Fourth Army on Aug 23 about the five American fliers missing after a downing last Monday. Capt. R. H. Claeys was pilot, Capt. H. W. Schreiber co pilot, and passenger Capt. E. H. Freestone. Harold Shantz at Belgrade relayed the missing crew message amid earlier sighting claims of two crew members parachuting.
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Washington
State Department
Fourth Army
European Air Transport Service
R. H. Claeys
H.W. Schreiber
H. Freestone
Harold Shantz
Belgrade
Slav Mobilization Rumor Sparks Prague Alarm
In Prague a false report claimed Marshal Tito ordered Yugoslav reserves mobilized. CTK denied the story, stating the United Press report from London was unfounded and not published by newspapers, though placards in downtown windows circulated the claim.
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Czechoslovakia
Marshal Tito
CTK
United Press
London
Tito Retreat Delays Red Threat
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Tito rejected the US ultimatum amid hopes diplomats held that Yugoslavia may retreat from a major crisis. The note cited seven Americans and two Hungarians freed after Yugoslav fighters shot down a plane, with conditions on further action and assurances against renewed attacks.
U.S. Seizes Slav Ships as Yugoslavs Protest to UN
The Associated Press reports the United States impounded Yugoslav Danube river craft on the upper Danube, prompting a Yugoslav complaint to the United Nations Security Council. Yugoslav delegate Dr. Andrija Stampar says no formal action was filed and urges Danube shipping be discussed within the ECOSOC framework alongside postwar reconstruction concerns.
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Moscow
Varia
Danube
Marshal Tita
United Nations Security Council
Yugo Slav
WU. N
Ju.n
Andria Stampas
New York
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Stampar
United States
Comecs ‘Inn
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