Scion Receives Jobless Pay Amid Mill’s Turmoil
Alexander William Biddle, 27, son of a Philadelphia stock exchange executive, collects 201 weekly veterans unemployment compensation under the GI Bill. A former radio announcer discharged from the army medical corps last December, he speaks on being a veteran without work. His family notes staff cuts and maid shortages as the city faces job scarcity.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Wiliam Biddle
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Riva
Army Medical Corps
Sam
Max
Biddle
Cotton reaches 23 year high on July delivery
New York reports cotton prices above 35 cents a pound for the first time in 23 years as the July delivery hits the daily limit. Prices surged in a strong market with bids around noon rising about 320 a bale, helped by dwindling supplies and outlook for a smaller crop.
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New York
UFI
Cotton Exchange
Guerillas Clash With P I Army in Nueva Ecija Battle
In Cabanatuan Nueva Ecija province an eight hour clash occurred between Philippine army police and over 300 heavily armed peasant guerrillas. It followed a prior offer by Hukalanap leader Jose de Leon to surrender arms of his 5000 followers if integrated into the army.
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Cabanatuan
Nueva Ecija
Philippine Army
Jose de Leon
Wholesale Butter Prices Drop After OPA Gap
New York July 15 The wholesale price of butter fell three cents a pound marking the first decline since the price surge after OPA expiration two weeks ago AA 194 score butter quoted at 72 to 73 cents per pound One leading produce merchant said the decline was partly due to consumer resistance to current retail prices
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New York
Texans Endure Fifth Straight Day Above 100 Degrees
Dallas July 15 The state baked as residents kept to shade and cool spots amid a fifth consecutive day of temperatures over 100. Forecasters sought relief as charts showed little movement, with Electra reporting 314 degrees as yesterday’s hotspot.
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Dallas
INS
JA. M. Hamrick
Missouri
Marshall's Aid Praised
A Communist spokesman credited Gen. George C. Marshall with preventing the annihilation of 60 090 Communist troops surrounded and outnumbered by government forces in Hubei Province. The spokesman said Marshall spent four days halting the government offensive in the province as both sides accused the other of starting the fighting.
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Nanking
INS
George C. Marshall
Hbupeh Provines
Marshall
Degnan Case Break Denied Amid Heirens Conference
CHICAGO July 15 Similar speculation that key developments would unfold in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping murder case was discounted by State's Attorney William Tuohy and by the attorney for 17 year old University of Chicago student William Heirens. The five and a half hour Sunday conference between Tuohy and Heirens' counsel John and Malachy Coghlan produced no statements from either side.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
William J. Tushy
William eHivens
University of Chicago
Tusky
John
Malachy Coghlin
Heirens
Tuchy
Tuohy
Degnan
eHirens
May's Aid Asked By Firm Agent In Senate Probe
Joseph Freeman Washington agent for a munitions combine testified he asked Rep May for business help six or eight times amid accusations of intercession for wartime contracts. Freeman said he did not know if May visited his office as Mead pressed for clarity. The committee noted contracts exceeded 78 million dollars and May denied profit or wrongdoing while considering legal action to compel May's testimony.
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Wwy
Joseph Freeman
Representiative May
D.ky
Bil Freeman
Senate
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Mead
D.N. Y
May
House Military Committee
War Department
Munitions Combine
Ireeman
Freeman
Erie Basin
Batavia Metal Products Companies
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Mitchell D.wash
Army
Combine
Hog Prices Hit New High Amid Strong Monday Livestock Trade
Slaughter and market activity grew in San Antonio where grass steers weighed around 160 pounds sold from 15.50 to 18.50 per 100 pounds, with top hogs reaching 18.50, 50 cents above prior records. Sows moved to 17.50 and feeder pigs at 17. Receipts totaled 400, with heavy livestock volumes noted at 4400 cattle and 3600?
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San An
Hog price record set at Union Stock Yards in early sales
In Chicago live hogs at Union Stock Yards reached a new high of 18.75 per hundred pounds as good and choice hogs sold. The peak topped 18.50 set July 1 and harked back to 1919 levels when top pork animals were priced at 23.00. Todays trade benefited from lower receipts, with about 10 000 head in pens and 4 000 shipped directly to packers. Cattle receipts eased from last week but remained among the season’s higher totals with 20 000 head received and 400 to packers.
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Chicago
Union
Atomic Animals Die Like Flies at Bikini Test
At Bikini Atoll an officer said animals aboard the secret ship Burteson died rapidly after the blast, dying like flies. Some pigs recovered briefly but may show radiation damage, with treatment ongoing as post-exposure studies loom.
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Kwajalelin
Bikini
Burteson
Ani
United States
Mountain for sale at Mt Wilson site of observatory
MT WILSON July 15 INS owner A C Childs advertises sale of Mt Wilson mountain and Mt Wilson observatory site for 425000 dollars. Childs says at 63 retirement after 25 years owning and operating it as two resort areas.
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MT. Wilson
INS
Mt. Wilson Observatory
A. C. Childs
Childs
Ares
RedLoan Delayed as Russia Seeks U.S. Loan Interest
The Kremlin may delay borrowing until next year as Moscow signals interest in a roughly 1 billion loan from the United States. Talks hinge on broader trade relations with the Balkans and other areas within the Soviet sphere, with the britain loan passing in a 219 to 159 House vote.
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Waaluvetton
Wy Sa
Russia
Britain
Kremlin
United States
Moscow
Balkans
Joan
Unlilke
Hughes’ Condition Remains Critical After Crash
Los Angeles dispatch reports Howard Hughes in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital a week after his experimental photographic plane crash. Dr Weene Mason said he is optimistic about his chances for complete recovery as Hughes battles high temperature and pulse.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Good Samaritan Hosital
Weene Mason
Hughes
Death by own action verdict in shotgun death near San Antonio
Henry Schuenemann aged 73 was found shot to death in his son’s farm on highway 66 ten miles north of San Antonio with a shotgun by his side. Justice of the Peace John E. Geraghty ruled the death a death by own action after an inquest. Inspector details by Deputies N. R. MacRae and James Rivard. BULLFIGHT CASUALTY in Barranquilla Colombia Hector Cortes, 41, killed at a bullfight when a sword thrust by matador injured the animal, sending the weapon into the grandstand yesterday.
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Indaw
Albert H. Kruckenmier
San Antonio
Highway 66
N. R. MacRae
James Rivard
Justice of the Peace
John E. Geraghty
Barranquilla
Colombia
Hector Cortes
Yugoslav treason trial spurs denial by Col McDowell
Denial from Col Robert McDowell, former chief of the last American mission with Mihailovic, contests Belgrade treason trial claims that he met the German Serbia administrator and that Mihailovic paid 5000 in fines. Weather forecast and misc items follow with partial Monday to Tuesday outlooks.
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Ins
Robert McDowell
Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Chetnik Jeader
Belgrade
McDowell
Serbia
General Staff Corps
Washington
Chetnik Leader Mihailovic Sentenced to Death in Yugoslavia
Yugoslav military court convicts Draja Mihailovic and 10 of 23 codefendants of Nazi collaboration and sentences them to die by firing squad. Several others receive prison terms up to 18 months as the trial closes amid protests of innocence and questions over witnesses.
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Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Peter
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U.S
Yugoslavia
Bikini Underwater Atom Test Rehearsal Planned
July 15 dispatch notes a simulated first underwater atomic test at Bikini. A remotely triggered flash bomb on a dry dock will precede the full scale launch with an ionization meter inside the bomb to relay initial data to a lab ship as crews rehearse the operation amid Bikini area ships and aircraft.
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S. Mckinley
Bikini
William H. P. Blandy
Sched
Seven Marines Reported Captured by Chinese Band Near Chinwangtao
Seven U S Marines were captured Saturday by an unidentified 80-strong Chinese force about 22 miles north of Chinwangtao on the Gulf of Chihli. The Marines had gone to buy ice in Hsinanchuang village. One more Marine escaped, and the detachment was guarding a bridge on the Peiping Mukden railroad as search parties, including Nationalist troops, joined the effort after air search was hampered by weather.
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Chinwangiao
Gulf of Chihli
U.S. Marine Corps
Chinkarngtao-Peitaike
Hsinanchuang
Missig
Peiping-Mukden
Reds Hold Four Americans as Hostages in Moscow Zone
London dispatch notes Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating says Soviets hold four Americans as hostages for alleged arrests of Russian officers. He expects releases soon and hints at sensational disclosures. Capt Harold Cobin of Newark, a Nazi papers analyst, is among those held. others include Warren and Mrs Samuel L Harrison of San Antonio and George Wyatt of Oklahoma City.
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Msi
Frank A. Keating
U.S
Berlin
Keating
Harlier
Reuters
Snviets
Harold Cobin
Newark
N.d
Samuel L. Harrison
San Antonio
Ae George Wyatt
Oklahamaity
Polio Outbreak in San Antonio Linked to Adult Deaths
San Antonio epidemiological officials report a polio outbreak with an unusually high adult fatality rate. Tests begun in May identify bulbar polio as the cause for several deaths previously tagged encephalitis, with 25 percent of 32 cases involving adults over 15. The University of Texas Lab in Galveston will study the virus.
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San Antonio
Craig Nointed
Dallas
Fayard Sulkins
University, of Texas
Gelveston
Planes Drop Food To Starving Bengal
Reuters reports RAF planes in India are parachuting supplies to a half million people isolated in eastern Bengal by flood waters. The operation aims to relieve widespread hunger as monsoon floods cut access to aid.
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Bengal
London
Reuters
India
Balloon Raids Planned By Japs
Tokyo reports a Japanese claim that war balloons were sorted for a two unit project intended to strike the United States from Manchuria. Lance Corporal Isami Takagi described a 2522nd Balloon Brigade and guarded details about windborne balloons and explosive carriers, with a claim of windborne dispatch toward the Pacific.
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Pacific
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Isami Takagi
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