Calcutta Riots Leave Ninety Dead In Direct Action Day
Calcutta violence on Direct Action Day left 90 dead and over 900 injured as Hindu Muslim clashes raged. Curfew, troops and police fire failed to quell the outbreaks. property damaged including homes, shops, a newspaper office, and a temple.
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Calcutta
Moslem League
B. C. Roy
All-India Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Malaya
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee
Patna
Anglo-Sanskrit College
India
Associated Press
Don Huth
Reuters
Communist
All-India Congress
Andolino Charged in Knife Slaying of Frank Dyne
Johnstown grocer Mike Andolino was arrested and jailed for a second time this week in the Dyne murder case. Blood stains on his car and clothing were identified as human blood. State Police investigators traced the crime scene to Andolino and set a Monday hearing for his case.
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Mike Andolino
Johnstown
Somerset County
Frank Dyne
Bob Turk
Hooversville
Paul A. O'Mara
Paul Lutz
Somerset Barracks
Pennsylvania
Pvt
O'Mara
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison
Andolino
Lutz
Greensburg
Harrison
Samuel R. di Francesco
Dyne
Henry Pu Yi Offered Choice Between Crimes Tribunal or Puppet Emperor
Henry Pu Yi testified at a war crimes tribunal that he faced a choice to serve as puppet emperor of Manchukuo or be executed as a threat to Japanese plans in Manchuria. He said Port Arthur kept him prisoner while Itagaki persuaded him, warned by the Kwantung Army, to lead a new government for survival.
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Rio
INS
Henry Lords
Manchukuo
Pu-Yi
China
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Kwangtung
Yanchuria
Vladivostok
Tokio
War Crimes Tribunal
Nnions
Itagaki
18 Month Probe of Milk Trend in New York
Albany New Yorks temporary commission on agriculture plans an 18 month study into milk price trends with Dr C J Blanford eyed as liaison to audit milk dealers books. If appointed Blanford would begin mid October and the review of price differences between farmers receipts and consumer payments would last about a year and a half.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Commission Ongriculture
Austin W. Erwin
Genesee Republican
C. J. Blanford
Erwin
Blanford
Edwin
Ocean City Bathing Victim Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
Ocean City Maryland police report 66 year old Joseph Mashinik of Aliquippa Pennsylvania died while bathing in the surf. The death appears to be from a heart attack.
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Ocean City
Joseph Mashinik
Aliquippa Pa
CIO Warns U S Of Woes it Proposes
The CIO threatens wage increases if prices remain high and authorizes reopening of the Chrysler wage contract on Oct 16 with 60 days notice. Walter Reuther cites 50 to 60 percent of 850000 members under such contracts as potential targets. The CIO presses Steelman for firmer price control and a new labor management conference to curb inflation. AFL's Green declines participation citing unneeded talks.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Auto Workers’ Board
Walter P. Reuther
John R. Steelman
Opn
Paul Porter
Clinton P. Anderson
Steelman Cio
Allan S. Haywood
Steelman
Haywood
AFL
William Green
Chicago
Reuther
Norman Mathews
Chrysler
Philip Murray
General, Motors
Ford
Congress
UNRRA to join UN and wind down by June 30 1947
UNRRA's fifth council adjourned with Director General LaGuardia announcing the agency will be transfused into the United Nations Organization. The council agreed to liquidate remaining funds and supplies October onward and reorganize UNRRA staff to align with the new refugee agency.
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UNRRA
F. H. LaGuardia
International Relief Agency
United Nations Organization
New York
U. N
United States
Council
Europe
la Guardia
International Refugee Agency
Russia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Food and Agricultural Administration
Copenhagen
U.S
C. Tyler Wood
Philip Noel- Baker
China
Severe rainstorm floods St Louis area. millions in damage
Nine to twelve inches of rain in 48 hours flooded large parts of the St Louis metropolitan area. More than 1,000 people homeless on the East Side. Two St Louis boys drowned in a storm sewer and two other deaths linked to the storm. Coast guard and private boats rescued over 400 marooned residents of Washington Park in East St Louis. Lightning struck multiple locations as utilities failed and landslides slowed trains.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Washington Park District
East St. Louis
Ill
Curran Bids AFL Back Lakes Strike
CIO National Maritime Union seeks to extend a two day walkout to about 370 vessels on the Great Lakes with 4,000 seamen aboard 98 ships. NMU president Joseph Curran moves strike HQ to Detroit and appeals for AFL seamen to join as clashes with AFL seamen occur. An injunction action is filed in Detroit over picketing of auto-carrier operators.
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Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Five Great Lakes
Joseph Curran
NMU
AFL
Curran
AFL Seafarers International Union
SIU
Automotive Trades Steamship Co
T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co
Robert M. Toms
Moday
Mercury Poison Found in Uncle Fred Giddings
Coroner Sidney Haigh reported mercury poison detected in the kidneys and liver of Uncle Fred Giddings. The 90 year old died after four years of nursing by Lottie Lockman who faces murder charges and is being questioned again about the new findings. She inherited about 1300 from his estate.
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Ind
INS
Sidney Haigh
Fred” Giddings
Lottie (Tot) Lockman
Haigh
Rollo N. Harger
Indiana University Medical School
Giddings
Harger
Pred” Giddings
Lockman
Graham Tevis
Dr. Hager
Minnie McConnell
Inlaw
Mannie McConnell
Mamie McConnell
Dynamiters Fail to Raze Old Post Office Walls
In Altoona on August 16 dynamiters failed to blast the 45 year old post office walls. Neighbors warned their buildings might collapse. workers then hacked at the masonry while tenants in weaker structures breathed easier. The post office was replaced in 1932.
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Altoona
Man Shot in Face During Argument in Brookville
Ellwood McGarey 22 was shot in the face during an early morning argument with a motorist whose bright headlights caused the pair to stop. Police Chief L E Geist said the motorist Lee Withertow 40 was arrested and jailed.
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Brookville
Ellwood McGarey
McGarey
L. E. Geist
Giest
Lee Withertow
Berlin Chips Plant to Open With Somerset Spuds
William B. Snyder of the $70,000 Snyder Potato Chip Co plans a October opening in Berlin. About 35 workers will be employed in the town’s new potato chip facility using Somerset county potatoes. Bins for 40 000 bushels will store spuds ready for assembly line processing without human handling.
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Berlin
William B. Snyder
Hanover
Somerset County
Snyder
Snyder Potato Chip Company
United States Stands Firm on Turkish Dardanelles Policy
Undersecretary of State Acheson said the United States will oppose Russian expansion in the Turkish controlled Dardanelles. President Truman reportedly signaled support for a firm policy at a White House meeting. Byrnes proposals would keep Turkey sovereignty while internationalizing control. Russia seeks joint defense and shared legal control, effectively extended Russian influence.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Dardanelles Straits
White House
Truman
Turkey
Byrnes
Britain
Russia
Straits
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Funk denounces Pohl as mass murderer at Nurnberg
Walther Funk testifies that Oswald Pohl is a mass murderer who seeks to implicate others. Funk acknowledges meeting Pohl but denies knowledge of killings or vault holdings of gold from victims. He calls Pohl a millionfold murderer and argues the accusation serves to deflect blame.
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INS
Oswald Pohl
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Walther Funk
Pohl
Funk
Beating at Farm Home Leads to Charges Against Three Men
State police hold three men after Irvin Shipley and his wife Rebecca were beaten at their Ohiopyle area farm. District Attorney says two prisoners Vernon Joseph and Charles Gales face assault with intent to rob charges. a third Connellsville man is held for questioning. Victims treated and released from Uniontown Hospital.
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Irvin Shipley
Rebecca
Ohiopyle
Fred L. Brothers
Vernon Joseph
Chiopyle
Charles Gales
Connellsville
Shipleys
Uniontown Hospital
Somerset Bus Co seeks new routes drawing protests
The Somerset Bus Co. asked the Public Utility Commission for authority to run passenger service from Uniontown to Latrobe via Connellsville Scott dale Pleasant Unity Whitney and Manitou and a second route from Uniontown to Pittsburgh via Greensburg. West Penn Railways protested the plan at the hearing before Examiner Edwin Doran in Greensburg on Aug 16.
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Somerset Bus Co
Fayette County
Westmoreland County
West Penn Railways Co
Public Utility Commission
Edwin Doran
Uniontown
Latrobe
Connellsville
Scottdale
Pleasant Unity
Whitney
Manitou
Pittsburgh
Severe storms sweep Lacrosse Rochester area with heavy rain
The weather bureau reports severe electrical storms across Lacrosse Wisconsin and Rochester Minnesota with winds up to 48 mph. Rochester saw over two inches of rain in one hour, as storms extended into northern Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
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Weather Bureau
Lacrosse
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Iowa
Nebraska
Defiant Doomed Jews Stir as Underground Reacts in Paris
British and Jewish leaders briefed in Paris amid silence on talks with Bevin and Byrnes. Truman says no U S plan yet and hopes for a fair solution through British discussions with Jews and Arabs.
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Romney Wheeler
Paris
George Hall
London
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
U. S
State Byrnes
Byrnes
Palestine
Hall
Jewish Agency
Jeaders
Truman Plans Refuge Entry for Jewish Refugees
President Truman signaled a possible push to admit a fixed number of displaced Europeans, including Jews, into the United States via special legislation. He did not commit, but outlined contemplation of congressional action while the White House urged Britain to admit more Jewish refugees into Palestine and hinted at a shift in bargaining leverage.
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Attlee
Douglas B. Cornell
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Thugs Slug Owner Steal Car and Rob Tavern
Pittsburgh police hunted two assailants who slugged motorist Norman Kirch, stole his car, then robbed Florent Rodgers tavern on the South Side. Gunmen held 50 patrons at gunpoint taking 180 dollars before fleeing. Rodgers fired shots and later saw one suspect. Car was found abandoned.
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Pittsburgh
Norman Kirch
Florent Rodgers
Rodgers
Connally Calls Reds Position Unreasonable at Paris Peace Talks
Senator Tom Connally, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticizes Russia for an unreasonable stance at the Paris peace conference. He leaves for Paris aboard the Queen Mary with Secretary Byrnes, urging swift peace and warning that the Paris talks or the United Nations assembly may be postponed.
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INS
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Paris
Byrnes
Europe
Connally
General Assembly of the United Nations
U. N
Liberty Ship Joseph Aspdin Reaches Sasebo After Tow
The Liberty ship Joseph Aspdin arrived at Sasebo safely after a 200 mile tow from China Sea to escape a storm. The destroyer Goodrich conducted the rescue as giant waves hampered the towing operation.
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INS
Joseph Aspdin
China Sea
Sasebo
Goodrich
Cruiser Ajax waits in Famagusta harbor for more Jews
The British cruiser Ajax stood by at Famagusta awaiting arrivals from Palestine. Officials reported 1,286 European Jews deported for lacking permits were housed without trouble in Camp Carados behind barbed wire after transfer from two troop ships.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Ajax
Famagusta
Palestine
Carados
President Truman Embarks Idle Cruise to New England
President Truman sails from Washington aboard the Williamsburg for a vacation cruise in Nar Ragansett Bay and off the Maine coast. The ailing weight drop and diet are noted by his doctor while Hannegan denies plans to resign. key aides join or will join the voyage as duties allow.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Potomac River
White House
Wallace Graham
Graham
U. S. S. Williamsburg
Narragansett Bay
Maine
Charles G. Ross
Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
Warmins ter Academy headmaster sentenced for student abuse
George W. Balles Jr., 33, former head master of Warminster Academy, received 14 to 15 years in prison on rape and morals charges involving students. Judge Knight denied new trial motions as Edward Duffy appeals. Mrs Balles attended, kissing him as he handed to Montgomery County prison.
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Norristown
George W. Balles Jr
Warminster Academy
Harold G. Knight
Edward B. Duffy
Duffy
Frederick B. Smillie
Wichita State designated as German aeronautical info repository
Wichita University has been named a repository and index center for scientific and technical information on German aeronautical achievements screened by the U S army air forces.
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Wichita
Kans
INS
Wichita University
U. S. Army Air Forces
Jewish youths condemned for Haifa raid in Palestine
In Haifa a military court sentenced 18 Jewish men to death and four women to life imprisonment for the Haifa railway shops raid. Rumors of retaliation and potential commutations swirled as the Stern gang faces review by the British high command and nearby hunger protests.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Haifa
Stern Gang
Palestine
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Pennsylvania
Maryland and Pennsylvania forecast shows cloudy morning turning partly cloudy and warmer with humidity. Scattered thundershowers possible in mountains Saturday, with Sunday generally fair and warm across regions.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
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