Jews at Cyprus detention camp stage hunger strike
More than 1,000 Jews at Karados detention camp stormed the gate in protest against British controls and hunger strike planned after failed talks with reporters. Refugees demand food, medical care and newspapers as 1,400 more illegal immigrants head toward Cyprus from Haifa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Curtis
Famagusta
Cyprus
Palestine
Karados
Haifa
Alex Fishman
Fishman
Dav@ar
Tel Aviv
D. A. Gunn
Gunn
British tear gas and hoses used on immigrants at Haifa
British forces used tear gas and fire hoses to force 640 Jewish migrants aboard a Cyprus bound transport. Two small bombs exploded in the Empire Heywood hold but caused no damage or casualties. The vessel returned to Haifa after 30 minutes at sea as migrants were to be sent to Cyprus refugee camps.
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Palestine
Col
C. F. Cox
Cyprus
Arger
Europe
Haifa
Heywood
Fenice
Empire
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Jerusalem
Milk output in Pennsylvania down in July
Pennsylvania farms produced 476 million pounds of milk in July, down two percent from July 1945 and five percent from June. Agriculture Secretary Miles Horst cited scarce dairy feed and low quality as factors, noting 5,000 fewer milch cows since January and per‑cow production down one to four percent this year.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Miles Horst
Bronze Star For Com Uhl
Commander Simon K. Uhl receives the Bronze Star Medal and citation from the Marianas commander for four years in the Navy including 16 months on Guam. The award, to be sent or presented in Philadelphia or Somerset, awaits his acceptance decision. He is with the law firm Uhl Ealy and Uhl and is the son of U.S. District Attorney Charles F. Uhl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon K. Uhl
R. S. Riggs
Fourth Naval District
Marianas
United States Pacific Fleet
Uhl
Uhl, Ealy and Uhl
United States
Charles F. Uhl
West Main Street
Navy
Guam
Philadelphia
Somerset
Surplus Army Stores Come Not Home, Mead Says
Senator Mead after a 90 minute shipside inspection of the Michael Edelstein on the North River pier found no urgent surplus army goods aboard. The 3558 ton cargo consisted largely of telegraph cross arms, tires, arms generating trucks, blankets gauze and adhesive tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
James M. Mead
N. Y
Philippines
Michael Edelstein
North River
Sen. Mead
Calcutta Riots Ravage City as Toll Tops 1000 Dead
Police contend with mobs in Calcutta as Hindu Muslim clashes explode across districts and the Hoogly river area. Evacuations rise while bodies line streets. British troops and light tanks aid civilian police in restoring order amid the bloodiest riot in the city’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Huth
Calcutta
Hoogly
Harrison Road
Five Die In Cascade Road Bus Car Crash Near Saco Me
A head on collision on the Cascade road near Saco Me left five dead and more than a score injured, several critically. A 40 passenger Checker Cab Co bus bound from Portland to Manchester collided with an automobile carrying 18 passengers. The bus driver Romeo Cote said the car tried to pass on an upgrade. An injured driver and other passengers were treated. victims were taken to Biddeford funeral parlors as police investigated identification of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Cascades
Old Orchard Becah
U. S
Biddeford
Romeo Cote
Manchester
Guggenheim Award Goes To Whittle
The 1946 Daniel Guggenheim award is given to air Commander Frank Whittle of the Royal Air Force for pioneering turbo jet propulsion. Whittle, visiting America on a tour, previously brought jet propulsion secrets to the United States in 1942, aiding joint development with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
British Information Services
Daniel Guggenheim
Frank Whittle
Royal Air Force
America
Washington
Whittle
Wright Brothers
Commodore Whittle
Britain
RAF
France Uses Large Share of U.S. Loan For Modernization
France has spent or placed orders totaling at least one third of the nearly two billion dollars in American credit since last September. I Leviant, head of the French economic mission, said most of the aid has financed American machinery, transport stock and agricultural equipment, with only six percent of deliveries so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, Scali
Washington
France
International Bank
I. Leviant
Leviant
Two Tornadoes Kill Six in Minnesota Towns
Two tornadoes struck an area near Mankato and Wells in southwestern Minnesota, killing six people and injuring dozens. The Green Gables tourist camp was leveled, with 22 cabins wiped out within a two by four block area. Patrolman Gordon Danks was credited with heroism during the Wells event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Gables
Minnesota Valley
Minneapolis
Gordon Danks
Mt Calvary Anniversary Week Opens
Reverend John E Stam Baugh, pastor of Jennertown Lutheran, told Calvary Lutheran church in Lavansville that America rests on rural people. He chairs the Lutheran synod committee on The Rural Church and urged rural folk to value their community role, recalling a century of farming, church work, and shared labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Roberta Getty
America
John E. Stambaugh
Jennertown Lutheran Parish
Calvary Lutheran Church
Lavansville
Jennertown
Lutheran Synod Committee
Segregate 421 GI's From Italy
New York August 18. The New Bern Victory delayed debarkation to segregate 421 troops who shared quarters with a passenger who died at sea. The ship had 1,493 men from Leghorn Italy. Eleven patients from the sick bay were sent to Camp Kilmer New Jersey and 410 to be segregated pending autopsy. World War II medical aid planes attempted to assist but could not land due to rough seas. a second plane returned after the death was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Bern Victory
Leghorn
Italy
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Salem
Mass
Two Dauphin men die in BT-13 crash near Bernville
An airborne tragedy leaves pilot John Hickerwell, 40, of Paxtang and mechanic Lewis Matello, 34, of Enhaut dead after a BT-13 aircraft crashes on a farm west of Bernville in rain and fog. The craft struck a knoll, rolled 200 feet into a cornfield, and exploded before Beranville firemen quelled the flames.Witnesses Ralph Blatt and Herman Lutz, both 18, pulled the pilot from the wreckage as the plane burned. The crash occurred about 10 miles west of Reading airport where the pilot was familiar with the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Dauphin County
Bernville
John Hickerwell
Paxtang
Lewis Matello
Enhaut
Paul Lutzkovitz
Beranville Fire Company
Hickerwell
Ralph Blatt
Herman Lutz
Craver Child Hit By Car In Somerset
Seven year old Eleanor Mae Craver was struck by an automobile near the Gates service station on East Main Street while riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. She suffered a possible fractured skull contusions and abrasions and was taken to Somerset Community Hospital in fair condition.
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Eleanor Mae Cravers
Somerset Community Hospital
Gates
East Main Street
Fred Craver
Luther Brubaker
Somerset
Mr. Brubaker
Ralph Trent
Ida Beerus Dougan
William R. Dougan
Dougan
H. C. Beerus Sons
John H. Beerus
Henry Christopher
Belina Stahl Beerus
National Park Seminary
Forest Glen
Europe
Robert E. Beerus
St. Petersburg
Fila
Shady Terrace
Plane crashes into Danville Hill kill two men
Inspectors for the civil aeronautics authority said the Cleveland to Clark's Summit flight struck Danville hill Saturday afternoon, killing William E. Jones 50 of Cleveland and his nephew Evan Edward Jones Jr. 24 of Clark's Summit. Bodies sent to their homes.
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Dansville
N. Y
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Danville Hill
Cleveland
Ohio
Clark’s Summit
William E. Jones
Evan Edward Jones, Jr
Judy Hosts Garrett Holiday Celebration With Prizes
Hundreds of Garrett residents joined a Saturday event sponsored by William Judy in Chicago. The festivities included a parade banquet ball game band concert and prize awards for best homes and property. Judy announced prizes and honored guests including Sanford Thompson the oldest at 84 who received five dollars.
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Garrett
William Judy
Chicago
Judy
Jerome
Barbara Burkholder
Hollywood Inn
Sanford Thompson
Silas Dean
J. B. Walker
Anti-Valenti Plot Sparks Pittsburgh Police Appeal
Police in Pittsburgh appealed for a mystery tipster to reveal all after an Ohio man allegedly agreed to kill Frank Valenti, a city restaurant owner. Frank E. Mohn, 34, alias James Corrigan, was arrested on a related charge and named by the tipster as the would-be killer amid alleged bar room talk surrounding Valenti’s case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Frank Valenti
Youngstown
Valentin
Peter A. Connors
Frank E. Mohn
Typhoon Heads Toward Western Japan From Iwo Jima
A typhoon that raked Iwo Jima moved 100 miles southwest of southern Japan and was expected to cross western Japan including Kyushu Shikoku and western Honshu. U S army precautions limited damage to installations while Okinawa felt winds near 30 mph and Tokio recorded about 75 mph.
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Tokio
Iwo Jima
Japan
U. S. Army
Kyushu Shikoku
Honshu
Okinawa
Two Men Die as Boat Explodes on Allegheny River
On the Allegheny River near Natrona Heights two men drowned when the motor boat exploded. Elmer Mell 25 and Raymond Kalmeyer 22 were identified as the deceased. Mell's brother Leonard 24 survived and was treated at Allegheny Valley hospital. Firemen recovered the bodies about two hours after the blast.
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Natrona
Allegheny River
Allegheny County
Harrison Township
Elmer Mell
Hemlock Street
Natrona Heights
Raymond Kalmeyer
Painter Street
Mell
Leonard
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Tarentum
Veteran airman dies in crash near Towanda farm
Towanda, Aug 18. Robert Wells 22 of Wyalusing a captain in the Army Air Corps in India returning from service was killed when his rented plane struck a power line and crashed in a field. Clifford Allen 20 a Navy veteran was critically injured. Wells had been missing in India for three months before his return.
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Towanda
Robert Wells
Wyalusing
Army Air Corps
India
Clifford Allen
U. S. Navy
Wells
Great Lakes Strike Talks See Mixed Reports
The CIO National Maritime Union announced new measures to widen a Great Lakes shipping strike, claiming an otherwise effective stoppage within a week. Great Lakes Carriers Association said nine more vessels had returned to service, reducing the strikebound fleet. 16 vessels have rejoined since the start and most docks remain in operation. The union filed charges with the Coast Guard over undermanned ships and strike committees were asked to guard docks against undermanned vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Carriers Association
Cleveland
A. T. Wood
Association
Union
Lakes
U.S. Coast Guard
Mufti Aided Axis Against Allies Revealed
Frankfurt reports disclose Haj Amin el Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem, aided Axis plans against the Allies for at least three years. Abwehr files describe him as a key conspirator in sabotage and revolts in Arab lands, meeting Berlin officials on July 13, 1942.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Jerusalem
Near East
Abwehr
Haj Amin el Husseini
Berlin
Plan to Expand Mine Research at Pennsylvania State College
A joint committee representing industry and labor met Mines Secretary Richard Maize in Harrisburg and proposed a 2000 appropriation by the 1847 legislature to expand the school of mineral research at Pennsylvania State College. The group also urged an 800 increase in the biennial administration appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Richard Maize
School of Mineral Research
Pennsylvania State College
Maize
Europe’s wheat crop ahead but still below average
The agriculture department reports Europe’s 12-country crop at 830 million bushels, below the pre war average of 1.116 billion and below needs. Europe will need large grain imports while the United States earmarks 250 million bushels from a 1.16 billion export prospect.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Europe
United States
Vandenberg Urges U S Self Reliance For Defense
Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg urged the United States to remain self reliant and maintain its own defense until a proposed United Nations military force is ready. He spoke at the 28th annual Michigan American Legion convention in Grand Rapids before leaving for Paris to rejoin Byrnes and Connally.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
INS
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
United States
United Nations
Byrnes
U N
Vandenberg
Michigan Department of the American Legion
Paris
Tom Connally
D. Tex
Student fireman injured on P R R
Greensburg August 18 H R Loughry 20 of Radebaugh near Greensburg was seriously injured last night, believed to have fallen from a moving train near the Pennsylvania Railroad freight station. He was a student fireman and had just completed a training run. Found along the tracks, he was taken to Westmoreland hospital with a fractured skull, a broken arm and an ankle injury.
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Greensburg
H. R. Loughry
Radebaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loughry
Westmoreland Hospital
Swing Breaks Cost a Child's Life in Bedford Visit
Joyce Ardell Van Horn aged six, daughter of Earl and Kathryn Van Horn, died in an Everett hospital after being injured when a swing broke during a visit to her maternal grandfather Charles W. Smouse in Bedford. She had been admitted ten days earlier.
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Hyndman
Joyce Ardell van Horn
Earl
Kathryn van Horn
Everett
Charles W. Smouse
Bedford
Yugoslav Forces Attack U.S. C-47 Forcing Down plane over Yugoslavia
Yugoslav fighters shot at an American C-47 on a Vienna to Udine flight, forcing a crash landing. Ambassador Patterson called the attack wicked and deliberate, but the crew and seven Americans aboard survived. some passengers were injured and all are interned in Ljubljana.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
U. S
Richard C
Patterson
Vienna
Udine
Italy
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Army
Ljubljana
Bill McNew
Highland Ave
Atlanta
Robert L. Dahlgren
South 59Th Court
Aggree
Cardinal Scout Wilson Found Dead After Struggle in Dallas
Edward L. Wilson 37, scout for the St. Louis Cardinals, was found dead in a Dallas hotel room after a violent struggle. The nude body lay behind a door with broken furniture and bloodstained beds. No weapon found. maid Opal Cooper discovered him. investigators probe exact cause pending post mortem.
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Dallas Tex
INS
Edward L
Les) Wilson
St. Louis Cardinals
Dallas
Wilson
Wilon
Opal Cooper
Will Fritz
Blackstone
Tyler
Tex
Delta Air Lines
Dallas Fuiay
East Texas League
Paris
Longview
Fritz
Walmer Named Medical Director of Industrial Hygiene Institute
Dr. C Richard Walmer was appointed medical director of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation at the institute. A Washington and Jefferson College graduate, he will oversee medical aspects of the program to improve working conditions and employee health across industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walmer
Industrial
Pittsburgh
C. Richard Walmer
Industrial Hygiene Foundation
Eee Institute
Toay
Washington and Jefferson College
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States
Maryland faces cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening, then cooler and clearing Monday night. Eastern Pennsylvania sees clouds and showers with cooler conditions, Monday night into Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania expects showers and scattered thunderstorms early Monday, followed by cooler, windy, partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday. West Virginia will be cloudy with thunder showers Monday, then cooler Tuesday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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