Price ceilings lifted on over twenty farm products
Washington reports that price ceilings will be dropped at midnight on more than 20 farm commodities, with September as the ceiling-free period for many items. Secretary Anderson also listed numerous items still under control or added to the controlled list due to short supply, including dairy, meat, fish, canned fruits, vegetables, and various fruit and juice products.
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Washington
Anderson
OPA
Prozin
Concord Grape
Flood Inundates Eight Kiangsu Counties in China
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 31 Ch Yenan Radio the Chinese Communists said the greatest flood in the past century inundated eight counties in northern Kiangsu province. About 1,500,000 residents were affected by heavy overflow from the Yangtze river and its tributaries and a rapid rise in the Grand Canal with dams and rocks damaged by bombings.
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San Francisco
Ch—Yenan Iadio
Organ
The
Chinese Communists
Kiangsu
Grand Canal
Capital Flier Wins Sohio Trophy at National Air Races
Dair Fulton of Washington DC flying a converted Army Air Force fighter won the Sohio trophy and $9000 first prize today in Cleveland. William Ong of Kansas City placed second while Jack Hard Hib of Durango Colorado finished ind.
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Capital Flier
Cleveland
Dair -Fulton
Washington, D. C
Army Air Force
William Ong
Kansas City
Jack Hard- Hib
Durango
Colo
Ind
Price ceilings will stand pat says OPA chief
Washington announces rent ceilings will neither be increased nor removed after a week of price actions. OPA administrator Paul Porter told the public that landlords are generally better off than before the war. OPA researchers report fewer repairs and redecorating costs since the war began.
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Washington
OFA
Paul Porter
OPA
Tihtak
Saenneritt and
Nile
Blunders by Allies Threaten Third War, Von Wiegand Warns
Karl H. Von Wiegand argues in Paris that U S and British policy failures after World War II risk a new global conflict. He says Soviet Russia and its pan Slav bloc push to dominate Europe while Western powers drift toward decisive action. He recalls his 1946 forecast and urges strong Western leadership.
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Karl WI. von Weegand
Henret
Paris
America
Britain
Europe
Soviet Russia
Russia
Byrnes
Asia
Versailles
Luxembourg Palace
War East
Hearst
Joseph Stalin
Flood Threats base roads open across South Texas
Flood threats in South Texas eased as AW highways near San Antonio reopened Saturday afternoon per state highway dept. Only Highway 111 between Youlkum and Edna remained closed. Rivers Guadalupe Nueces San Antonio continued rising south of the city but no major flood threats were reported by the U S weather bureau. Predictions warned several thousand acres of river valley lands could flood by Sunday if crest reached, with livestock moved from lowlands and crests anticipated near Victoria Goliad and Guadalupe regions.
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San Antonio
State Highway Department
Cuers
Cycru
Falls City
Flores
Ville
Karnes City
Nueces
Antonia
Igeha
George West
Guadalupe
Victoria
Goliad
U.S. Defense urged to streamline and fortify
The Senate War Investigating Committee in its fifth annual report urges a streamlined armed force, better personnel promotion, and immediate halt to abandoning overseas bases. It calls for a Day mobilization plan, wartime government controls, material stockpiling, improved intelligence, and more businesslike military administration. The panel condemns current promotion practices and urges national defense to be a public matter, not a private reserve of the services.
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Waslington
INS
Senate
United States
Army
Navy
Mead
D-N
Armed Services
Weather Outlook Forecast With Scattered Showers
An outlook notes considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and sultry heat. Warmer conditions expected Sunday with a low near 70 and high around 86. Saturday ranges from a low 66 to a high 82. Additional weather page 2A.
No holiday for some city workers
Monday will be a holiday for most city employees but Commissioners P L Anderson and Henry Hein said some departments would function as usual. Aside from Anderson's fire and police departments, Stein's garbage collectors will make their usual pickups.
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P. L. Anderson
Henry Hein
Andderson
Stein
24 Arrested for Numbers Racket in Detroit
DETROIT Aug 31 Twenty four Michigan residents were arrested on gambling law violations for running a five million dollar yearly numbers racket. Police raids by the Detroit vice squad and state police closed five offices of the Polish Bank Mutuel house in Detroit, cracking Michigan's largest mutuel business.
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Detroit
Michigan
Mutuel House
Bilbo Undergoes Mouth Inflammation Surgery in New Orleans
Senator Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi underwent an operation in New Orleans for an inflammation of the mouth. A. B. Friend said the physician described the operation as highly successful and without complications. The senator was in the city with Friend when the procedure was performed.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
D.miss
A. B
Sardis
Miss
Bilbo
Alien spouses and children admitted to U. S. in 1946
The Justice Department announced that 45 557 alien spouses and children of armed forces members were admitted to the United States in the year ended June 30, 1946. The breakdown shows 44 773 wives 61 husbands and 721 children.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Texas liquor board warns permits expire at midnight
The Texas liquor control board announced that all liquor permits issued by the board expire at midnight tonight. Permittees who have filed proper renewal applications and paid the required fees will be allowed to operate until further notice, according to Administrator Bert Ford.
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Austin
Texas Liquor, Control, Board
Bert Ford
Air Show for Texas Planned by Army Air Forces
Col Earl L Johnson national commander of the Civil Air Patrol said an air show is planned in Texas by the Army Air Forces ship fall. Dates and host airport to be announced later.
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Dallas
Earl L. Johnson
Washington
Cleveland
Civil Air Patrol
Texas
Army Air Forces
Luzon Faces Crisis as Government Orders Hard Line
Manila August 31 unrest in Luzon risked civil war as President Manuel Roxas announced military police and civil guards would begin disarming Hukbalahaps tomorrow. He said the six week truce would not be extended and warned force against resisters.
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Manila
Luzon
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
U S Breaks Smuggling In Airforce
Frankfurt Aug 3 INS iW says army criminal investigators started a crackdown on smuggling carried by air force and passengers on U S army planes. First arrests include a major and four captains taken in Marseilles bound for trial. Ring smuggled gold perfume essence narcotics from Cairo to Dakar to Marseilles and across Europe. In Marseilles hides agents found over 5000 dollars and weapons including 25 carbines 39 automatic pistols and ammunition.
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Frankfurt
INS Iw
S- Army
Air Force
Marseilles
Cairo
Dakar
Europe
Nanw
Mediiterranean
ARMY
Owner Dies Leaves 14 Dogs Homeless
PRILANELPHTA Aug 31. Police who found the Lady of 70-year-old Frederick Erlinger asked the P C A to capture the 14 dogs Erlinger kept in his shanty boat home. An equal number of cats escaped in the confusion.
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Prilanelphta
Frederick Erlinger
Erlinger
Snake Bites Expert Bitten While Reptile Hunt at Mitchell Lake
Snake hunter Hugh Skidwith age 43, an attendant at the Wite Museum of Reptiles, is hospitalized with a cattoned mor tasin bite after a Friday night incident at Mitchell Lake.
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Hugh Skidwith
Wite Museum
Barden
Nix Hospital
Mitchell Lake
Greek King Confident Ahead of Plebiscite Return
London reports say King George II, exiled monarch of the Hellenes, is confident he will be restored after a plebiscite set for tomorrow. His associates note this would be his third return attempt since 1923, with past coups and invasions shaping his fate. He plans a quiet weekend in the countryside and is expected to make a statement in coming days.
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London
George
Hellenes
Cong
Greece
British Troops Confined in Greece Ahead of Pleibiscite
ATHENS August 31 reports say British troops in Greece were confined to barracks on the eve of the plebiscite expected to restore King George II from exile. Clashes with alleged Communists leave at least 6 dead in two days as royalists gain momentum and meetings are banned. Observers note U.S. and British officials sending monitors while Russia declines observer status.
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Athens
Greece
George II
Platycambo
Thessaly
Kalamania
George
Britain
United States
Moscow
MacArthur Warns Against Extremist Ideologies in Japan
General MacArthur says the United States must block extreme radical ideologies in Japan to prevent a return to a dangerous war threat. On the first anniversary of the Japanese surrender aboard Missouri, he urges democracy driven reform to ensure durable peace and warns against propaganda that exploits social changes for reactionary aims. The VFW service office opens to assist veterans with terminal leave forms.
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Washington
INS
MacArthur
United States
Japan
Missouri
Tokyo
Ooft
America
V. PW
Office of Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Changes Set on Hiatt Policies
Austin dispatch states wind and hail storms in Texas over five years prompted state insurance board to add 100 and 50 deductible clauses to windstorm and extended coverage policies starting Sept 1. A 150 deductible will apply to all such policies except farm properties with a 60 deductible. The plan aims to cover the first 100 of loss and reflects experience that shows total windstorm costs around 23 million dollars over the past nine years, with some insurers withdrawing from Texas due to these costs.
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Austin
Texas
Doath
Insurance Commissioners
Dole
Nsurance
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