Potsdam Conference Near End As Stalin Recovers
Potsdam reports say the Big Three met for a long session after a 48 hour break with progress noted and final decisions likely soon. Stalin, recovered from a cold, attended parts of the talks while Molotov sat in for Truman and Attlee. Laval surrenders to American authorities in Austria ahead of France handover to justice. he carries $10,000 and is headed toward Innsbruck for trial.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Potsdam
Stalin
Truman
Clement Attlee
Berlin
Vyavreslav Molotov
Attlee
Howard Cowan
Salzburg
Austria
Pierre Laval
Spain
Innsbruck
Charles de Gaulle
Vichy
Laval
John EB. Copeland
U. S
Paris
Cornons
Fresnes
Barcelona
Horsching
Linz
U. 8 S .79Th
Marseille
Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Washington
U. S. State Department
United States
Germany
Horsehing
Madam Laval
Chubby Laval
Far East raids-pound Japan shipping and air power
Manila reports 24 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in raids around Kyushu and Korea raising total hits to 250 since July. Allied air forces hit Maizuru and other targets in Honshu with extensive destruction of ships, aircraft, trains, and facilities amid warnings for Japanese cities.
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Far East
Japan
James Hutcheson
Manila
Far East Air Force
Kyushu
Korea
MacArthur
George C. Kenney
FEAF
Okinawa
Korean
Mustang
5Th Aaf
AAFP
Mitchells
Malaya
Bandjermasin
Borneo
Pointianak
Balikpapan
Seninggange
Marlin Spencer
Guam
Curtis E. Leway
Bomber Command
Mito
Hachioji
Maebashi
Toyama
Nagano
Fukuyama
Otsu
Maizuru
Honshu
Nagaoka
Nishinomiya
Hakodate
Hokkaido Island
Kurume
Adm
Halsey
Tokio
Nimitz
Kanto Special Steel Company
Japan International Aircraft Company
Khiratsuka
Toio
International
Hiratsuka
Greyhaired Man Kidnaps 9Yr Old Girl in Buffalo
In Buffalo on July 31 a greyhaired man abducted 9 year old Marjorie Wick, taking her on the handlebars of his bicycle. The kidnapper, posing as an executor, promised a 110000 legacy from an uncle in Utica and showed birth certificates to gain trust. Police say the man has been visiting the Wick home and may be the child's father, with detectives widening the search and checking orphanages and bicycle shops for clues.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Marjorie Wick
Wick
Utica
Thomas Roidan
Riordan
John Wick
Marjorie
Legrening
Chiid Riordan
Crystal Beach
Ont
William T. Fitzgibbons
Seger rejects Pravda charge of pro Hitler admittance
Gerhard H. Seger editor of Neue Volkszeitung in New York calls Pravda’s claim that his German language paper is pro Nazi utterly ridiculous. He says the paper is a democratic anti totalitarian voice and the oldest anti Nazi German paper in America. Seger notes his early anti Nazi stance and says he will testify at Hermann Goering's trial.
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Chicago
Gerhard H. Seger
Neue Volkezeitung
New York
Pravda
Volkszeitung
Riechstag
Hermann Goering
Payroll Bandits Target California Bank Messengers
California police hunted two gunmen who stopped two bank messengers Victor Lohn and Thurston Patterson, tied them, and fled with $111,300 in payroll cash. One suspect wore an army uniform with a police armband. the other dressed in civilian clothes.
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Burbank
Cal
Victor Lohn
Thurston Patterson
Lohn
Patterson
Four Detroit Hoodlums Convicted in Hooper Murder Plot
Four Detroit men Harry Fleisher Sam Fleisher Mike Selik and Pete Mahoney were convicted in Battle Creek Michigan of conspiracy to murder late State Senator Warren G Hooper. They received prison terms of four and a half to five years. Hooper was killed January 11 amid a graft inquiry and witnesses testified they were offered money to kill him.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Detroit
Warren G Hooper
Michigan
Warren G. Hooper
Albion
Harry
Sam Fleisher
Mike Selik
Pete Mahoney
Hooper
Henry Luks
Sam Abramowitz
Harry Fleisher
Selik
Ten Reynolds plants idle over wage dispute findings
The Associated Press reports widespread labor unrest across metals and related industries. Reynolds Metals Company closed ten Louisville plants and tied up production at two Richmond plants as workers discussed contracts. 3,500 in Louisville and 1,500 in Richmond affected. Other walkouts included Carnegie-Illinois in Braddock, McQuay-Norris in St. Louis, Champion Machine in Cleveland, and Ben Hur Manufacturing in Milwaukee. The nation sees 40,000 plus idle workers amid talks and disputed management actions.
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Associated Press
Reynolds Metals Company
Louisville
Richmond
AFL Aluminum and Tinfoil Workers Union
Braddock
Edgar Thomson Works
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Federal
St. Louis
McQuay-Norris
CIO United Automobile
Champion Machine and Forging Company
Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Milwaukee
Ben Hur Manufacturing Company
AFL
Churchill Moves Out Of 10 Downing Street After Five Years
Winston Churchill leaves No 10 Downing Street following July 4 election defeat. He will spend a few days at his country home Wes terham Kent and is reported to be feeling quite fit and well.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Westerham
Kent
State Health Chief Dies of Heart Attack
Dr Alexander Hamilton Stewart, 65, state Secretary of health since 1942, died after a heart attack in Harrisburg. He had faced ill health and a Hatch Act dispute, and oversaw the water pollution program with plans for sewage treatment statewide. Funeral in Indiana, burial in Indiana cemetery.
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Harrisburg
Alexander Hamilton Stewart
Stewart
Indiana
Martin
United Presbyterian Church
State Sanitary Water Board
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Stewart and Hatch
U. S. Civil Service
Dr. Stewart
U. S. District Court
Pittsburgh
Commission
State Health Department
Plumville
Indiana County
Joseph Harvey
Indiana High School
Indiana State Teachers College
University of Pittsburgh
Indiana County Medical
Indiana County Medical Society
Pennsylvania State Medical Society
Arthur H. James
John J. Shaw
Health Department
Maude C. Cameron
Joan H. Stewart
Warren
Alexander H. Stewart, Jr
Fort Eustis
Anti Pollution Hearing Today in Harrisburg
Harrisburg records show the state sanitary water board scheduling a hearing today on pollution controls. Officials expect discussion on water quality standards and enforcement actions as part of the session.
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Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Johnstown Hero Tom Mac Receives Medal Return
Johnstown celebrates 22 year old soldier John J. Tommac with a tumultuous homecoming after earning a congressional medal of honor and a bronze star. He hugs his mother Mrs Katherine Chatrick and presents his wife Betty Schneider of Lincoln Nebraska. He eyes university study in engineering if discharged and a planned testimonial dinner follows in Franklin Borough.
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Johnstown
St. John J. Dominac
Katherine Chatrick
Betty Schneider
Lincoln
Nebr
Tominac
Central Park
Tommac
Europe
University of Nebraska
Franklin Borough
No Claims Yet for Bomber Crash in New York
A temporary AAF office in the Empire State Building opened to handle damage claims after the B 25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the 79th floor on Saturday. Thirteen people were killed and 26 were injured, with brokers filing tentative claims for property damage and personal injuries.
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New York
Army Air Forces
Empire State Building
Six Hurt in Beaver County Bus Collision
Six people were injured in a rear end bus crash in a Beaver County town today. The collision occurred at a sharp turn in an underpass. The Beaver Valley Motor Coach Co. operates the buses involved.
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Rochester
Beaver County
Beaver Valley Motor Coach Co
Japs Put Prisoners Near Bomb Targets
The state department announced Japan still locates war prisoners near target areas despite protests. It seeks verification of a Kawasaki camp hit July 26 with American casualties and says Japan agreed to Geneva protections, though evasive replies persist. American fliers are briefed on camp locations to reduce risk.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Tokio
Kawasaki
Federal Communications Commission
International Red Cross
United States
Lemonade Dropped After Price Confusion at Dutch Henry's
In Pittsburgh on July 31 patrons at Dutch Henry's could no longer buy lemonade after a 25 cent sale price and a 20 cent ceiling caused a complaint to the operator. The restaurant blamed an oversight, apologized, and then removed the drink as no patrons requested it.
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Pittsburgh
Dutch Henry
Opa
Point Score Delay Hints New Discharge Criteria
Washington reports the War Department postponed releasing a new point score for troop discharge under the redeployment plan. Officials indicate a likely, modest reduction from the current 85 minimum, with an upcoming critical score to be announced soon. Interim rules count credits for service at home and overseas, combat, and parenthood, with about 235,000 personnel already discharged by June 1, 1946.
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Washington
War Department
Parenthood
Truman To Meet Royalty At Plymouth After Conference
President Truman will fly to Plymouth England to meet the British king and queen at the end of the Big Three conference. He will board the cruiser Augusta there for the return voyage to the United States and is not expected to spend the night in England.
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Potsdam
Truman
Plymouth
England
Augusta
United States
Alexander Named Governor General of Canada
Sir Harold Alexander a British World War II hero to head Canada as governor general succeeding the Earl of Athlone. The announcement came in London as martial leadership gains formalized during wartime leadership changes.
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London
Sir Harold Alexander
Canada
Earl of
Meat Market Petitions Dismissal Of OPA Action
Mor ris Lipp trading as the Peoples Meat Market in Washington Pennsylvania asked a federal court to dismiss an OPA injunction action. He states he does not sell live bovines, asked for grading service but did not receive it, and that his meat purchases are documented by the records he maintains.
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Opa
Pittsburgh
Morris Lipp
Peoples Meat Market
Washington
Yanks Close In On Yamashita Hideout In Northern Luzon
United States 6th Division advances in Northern Luzon as Yamashita’s last known hideouts at Hungduan and Kiangan come under heavy assault. Ifugao Ridge falls after two weeks of bombardment and infantry attacks with large artillery and air support. Capt. James M. Garrison leads Filipino troops in storming the ridge, killing 30 Japanese. The Japanese commander and garrisons appear trapped with limited retreat and no air evacuation.
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United States
Luzon
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
Hungduan
Ifugao Ridge
Kiangan
James M. Garrison
Columbia
S. C
Ifuago Ridge
Weather Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Implies considerable cloudiness and scattered showers for Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania with warmer temperatures. Western regions including New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia see warm, humid conditions, frequent showers, and a mix of thundershowers later. Extended period August 1 to 5 trends toward above normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
Ohio
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Paints
Somerset Paint & Supply
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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