Appeal States 13 U.S. Civilians, Soldiers In Jail
An appeal smuggled from Frankfurt reveals thirteen American civilians and soldiers have been held in a U S army jail up to two months without formal charges or counsel. Army critics condemn the system while officials promise investigations and legal counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Doane
Frankfurt
Germany
Solers
Army System of Justice
Army
Army Criminal Investigation
Chicago
Pfe
Daniel P. Walczak
Detroit
Walczak
Joseph 5. Robinson
New York
Lichfield
Bad Nauheim
Robinson
Basy
Earl Carroll
San Bruno
Calif
Owen Summers
Portland
Ore
Theater Headquarters Command
Harold Chase
Salina
Kans
Carroll
Arroll
Summers
Chase
Man 78 Killed Along Lincoln Highway Near Gettysburg
Floyd Miller, 78, was struck and killed last night near Gettysburg while walking toward a service station to borrow a flashlight after his car lights failed. State police said Miller was crossing the highway when another car hit him.
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Gettysburg
Floyd Miller
Lincoln Highway
Here
Miller
Underwater A Bomb Shows Greater Damage at Bikini Test
On the USS Mount McKinley the underwater atomic blast caused far greater ship tonnage loss than the aerial burst. Vice Admiral Blandy said the tests of Operation Crossroads, July 1 air burst and July 25 underwater burst, damaged many vessels and produced long lasting radioactivity prompting push for countermeasures.
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Elton C, Fay
MT. Mckinley
Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
California
Blandy
Sakawa
Saratoga
Arkansas
Nagato
Pensacola
Transportation
Hughes
State to Build 18 Lakes in Southwest Pennsylvania
Attorney General James H. Duff announced plans to construct 18 lakes and ponds totaling 3 000 acres across nine counties in southwest Pennsylvania. A 700 acre lake in Somerset, a 75 acre lake in Beaver county, and multiple smaller reservoirs are included, funded by a 16 500 000 dollar state conservation appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Duff
Southwest Division
Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
Jacktown
Racoon Creek
Beaver County
Somerset County
Allegheny County
Armstrong County
Fayette County
Greenounty
Indiana County
Washington County
Westmoreland County
Congressman Gillespie Alleges U S Relief Misused in China
Rep. Gillespie charged that under two percent of U S relief goods reach Chinese people and accuse UNRRA of failure in China. He claims the Chinese government sells relief to cover distribution costs and calls for selling rather than giving away supplies. He cites graft and spoilage on docks and urges reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Gillespie
R-Cole
United States
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
UNRRA
Ghost rockets in Sweden hover as target area questions grow
Sweden sees daily reports of ghost rockets orbs with fiery tails, prompting officials to treat the nation as a potential target area for remote missile experimentation. Observers note coke residues and Baltic coast origins are suspected, while authorities urge caution in publishing locations to protect sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenhart Strid
Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Germany
McNarney urges open meetings for Allied control council
Gen Joseph McNarney proposed opening the Allied Control Council of Germany to newsmen of all nations. He cited the Paris peace conference as a model and argued secrecy bred rumors and harmed democratic press freedoms. Russian, French, and British reps showed mixed support, with German press inclusion uncertain.
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Berlin
INS
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Europe
Allied Control Council of
Germany
Council
McNarney
United States
Paris
Allied Council
Marshal Sokolovsky
France
Greman
Kennedy warns Russia must be feared by U S leaders
Thomas Kennedy, former Pennsylvania official and United Mine Workers official, urged stronger U S policy toward Russia at Overton picnic after a London conference with 13 nations. He warned that Communist influence spreads in Europe and poses a peril to global peace and American security.
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WANDA
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Russia
Overton
London
Europe
Balkan
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
Netherlands
England
United States
Mufti Says He Is Prisoner of Pasha
The Mufti of Jerusalem, cited by the London Daily Mail from Palestine, says he is a prisoner of Egyptian Premier Sidky Pasha. He told Arab leaders that Pasha prevents him from thinking or speaking freely and voiced concern for his personal security.
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Mufti
Pasha
London
INS
London Daily Mail
Palestine
Jerusalem
Sidky Pasha
Sidku Pasha
Marines To Leave China Soon Amid Civil War Tension
Reports from Nanking and Peiping indicate part of the U S Marines will depart China soon as Americans await orders to quit and allow Chinese factions to fight. General Marshall and Dr John Leighton Stuart pressed for peace but warned of impasse over local regime issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roderick
Nanking
U. S
China
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
General Marshall
John Leighton Stuart
Stuart
Yenching University
Marshall
Elaborate funeral planned for once-poor Tennessee woman
Mrs. Mary A. Diehl, 65, who arrived in Cleveland from Murfreesboro fifty years ago, will be buried in a funeral costing no less than 2000 and up to 4500 dollars. Her will provides a 2000 dollar casket, a 1000 dollar grave marker, a blue dress costing at least 100, and flowers as decor. A photographer will document the service and prints go to friends and relatives. A vested choir will perform and the minister is to be paid 200 dollars. substantial cash bequests are made, including 500 dollars to a man who helped her.
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Cleveland
INS
Mary A. Diehl
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Diehl
Eleven Slaughter Houses Closed by State in July
Harrisburg reports eleven slaughter houses shut down last month for insanitary conditions, bringing total closures to 58 for the year. Agriculture Secretary Miles Horst said 208 establishments were found defective, with closures due to failure to clean up. Nearly 700 places were inspected in July, part of 5,371 inspections through seven months in 1946. Horst noted poultry production fell 21 percent from last year, with 32,274,000 chickens raised to date, well below wartime highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Miles Horst
Division of Meat Hygiene
Horst
Pennsylvania
22 Persons Hurt on Mt Washington Wreck
A Mount Washington cog railway wreck injured 22 people when a standing flat car toppled 600 feet into an ascendant passenger car carrying 24 toward Tip Top Inn. All victims were sent to St Louis hospital in Berlin. two had broken backs, with one seriously injured woman initially listed. Joint state police and railroad probes launched.
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Gorham
N. H
Mount Washington
New England
Tip-Top Inn
St. Louis Hospital
Berlin
Norman Fagerquist
Worcester
Mass
Hearse Stolen After Upstate Job Claim
Philadelphia report says undertaker Joseph Levine notified police that a black hearse valued at 3500 dollars was taken from a station where it had been brought for lubrication. A man in black clothes claiming to be from Levine’s convinced attendants to let him drive away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joseph Levine
Levine
Martin Raps U S Secret Covenants at Republican Picnic
Washington Pa August 11 Governor Edward H Martin former U S Senate candidate assails Roosevelt era foreign policy calling it fumbled and blundered He accuses New Deal economics of scarcity criticizes war contract foul play and RFC funds while urging larger production to curb inflation and lift wages for labor farmers and industry.
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Washington
Edward H. Martin
U. S. Senate
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
Martin
Congress
RFC
Washington County
Duff Calls for Liberty's Return
Indiana August 11. Attorney General James H. Duff of Pennsylvania urged veterans at the 80th Division Association sessions to restore liberty from federal wartime powers. He criticized federal spending and cited government control of soft coal mines as an example noting the national debt near $225 billion.
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Indiana
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
80Th Division Association
Duff
Dutt
A. P. Landry
Blairsville
Emmett E. Chesley
Erie
Alex Mahoond
Bluefield
W. Va
Dwight B. Ray
Harry Collette
Pittsburgh
Harvey Criss
Fairmont
William G. Steele
Wheeling
R. L. Stultz
Harrisonburg
Rodney Bonsall
Philadelphia
James I. Kalp
O. K. Fry
Five Western Pa Lives Snuffed In Weekend Accidents
Train, automobile and mining accidents claimed five lives across western Pennsylvania. Oscar McGinnis, 65, Altoona, killed walking to his trolley job. Joseph Ferko, 23, Sharpsville, struck by a train. Paul Perrine, 35, Jackson Center, died from a Mercer Grove City highway crash injuries. John Burick, 44, Gallitzin, crushed in a rock fall at Cresson mine. Simon Suter, 27, New Paris, died after his jalopy racer crashed to avoid cows. Coroner Ed Lowrey said George Mitchell, 69, Warren, collapsed and died aiding a neighbor with cows.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Oscar McGinnis
Altoona
Joseph Ferko
Sharpsville
Sharon
Paul Perrine
Jackson Center
Grove City
Mercer-Grove City
John Burick
Gallitzin
Cresson
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp
Bedford
Simon Suter
New Paris
Suter
Ed Lowrey
Warren County
George Mitchell
Warren
Verona youth regains sight after delicate eye operation
Jack Wisnowski a 16 year old from Verona Pennsylvania shows improving vision after a corneal transplant at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Capt Dennis Merrifield said the patient is in excellent condition and may be discharged soon with follow up eye treatments in his Bronx home two to three times weekly for two months. The teen born with under three percent vision in both eyes had previously gained 90 percent in the right eye last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Wisnowski
Verona
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Dennis Merrifield
Salvation Army
Merrifield
Bronx
Capt
De Gasperi Warns Trieste Plan Could Trigger War
Italian Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi told the Paris peace conference that internationalizing Trieste risks a new world war. He urged postponing the Julian March issue for one year while noting deep Italian Yugoslav tensions. The remark appeared as he became the first defeated axis nation to speak.
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Pierre J. Huss
Paris
Trieste
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Venezia Giulia
de Gasperi
Mongolia May Not Get Under Wire
United Nations Security Council members face a time crunch as delays in sending a questionnaire to Outer Mongolia hinder its bid for U N membership. With no Mongolian representative in New York, the process risks missing an Aug 21 reporting deadline and clears the way for radio or cable transmission to Ulan Bator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Harrelson
New York
United Nations Security Council
Outer Mongolia
U.N
Security Council
Rere
Mongolia
China
Ulan Bator
Tuk Ja- Kova
Albania
Afghanistan
Trans-Jordan
Siam
Iceland
Hire
Portugal
Sweden
UE Insists On Purge Of Reds
Harry Black international vice president of the CIO UE says delegates from 10 of 11 districts voted to demand removal of all officers with communist leanings. The group urges the UE to return to respectable CIO union standards or risk destruction as a front for the American Communist party. Albert Fitzgerald is international president. International officers Black and James Click attended the convention in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Harry Black
Cio-United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
Block
CIO
American Communist Party
Albert Fitzgerald
New York
Black
James Click
St. Louis
Flames Sweep Washington Town in West Bank Fire
A wind driven blaze at North Bonneville Washington swept four blocks of the main river side street destroying 11 buildings and leaving a score homeless. The lumber yard fire spread under a 25 mile wind and caused about 60000 dollars in losses. No casualties were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Bonneville
Wash
Columbia River
Ain Street
Treasury Did Business With Names
The Mead committee reports treasury procurement issued contracts to middlemen with desks who sub let to manufacturers for excessive profits. About five million dollars involved in lend lease items. One contractor earned nearly 1,000 percent profit on a $22,000 contract while the manufacturer received about $2,300. Three junior employees were dismissed after the discovery. Public hearings may be held later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aug
INS
Mead Committee
Treasury Department
George Meader
Treasury Procurement Division
Meader
Fire crews tackle Staten Island ferry blaze amid hotel damages
Fourteen fire companies and three fireboats fought a three hour Staten Island blaze likely started on the ferry Ithaca, with at least four people injured and damage to the Ithaca and barge 438 in drydock at West New Brighton. Fire disrupted North Shore and Staten Island Railway services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Staten Island
Ithaca
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway
Brighton Farin
Kill and
Kull
West New Brighton
North Shore
Island Rapid Transit
Staten Island Bus Company
Burglar Routed By Woman 73 in Philadelphia
A hungry masked burglar was driven from a Philadelphia apartment by 73 year old Mrs Katherine MacLeod a missionary in China for 30 years. She awakened to find him rifling her bureau and he fled after brandishing a butcher knife. An empty gelatine dish was left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Katherine MaCleod
China
Debated Invitations Reach Peace Conference Chair
Secretary Byrnes will chair talks on inviting Albania Egypt Mexico Cuba and Iran to the peace conference amid a clash over consultative seating Greek protests over Albania’s role and Russia Yugoslav insistence sparked a broader argument as Romania Ta tarescu’s delegation arrives with plans to address Italy Finland Hungary Romania and Bulgaria at the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Paris
U. S
State Byrnes
Albania
Egypt
Mexico
Cuba
Iran
Italy
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Germany
Georges Tatarescu
London
Prague
Russia
United States
Greece
Nto
Georges Bidault
France
Andrei I. Vishinsky
Weather Forecast For Maryland And Nearby States
Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania expect fair conditions with pleasant temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy and cool Monday, turning generally fair and slightly warmer on Tuesday. West Virginia should be fair with pleasant temperatures Monday and a generally fair, a touch warmer Tuesday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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