Palestine Talks Open as Britain Plans Cabinet Session
London Aug 19 Britain prepared to tackle the Palestine issue at a cabinet meeting likely to accept Zionist conditions for participation in the Arab Jewish Holy Land conference. Truman’s stance on federalization shapes the talks as Tel Aviv cites moderation, Jerusalem faces ongoing tension, and foreign talks in Paris and Cyprus reflect the widening diplomatic effort.
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Tom Williams
London
Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
Truman
United States
Attlee
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Paris
Jewish Agency
Itheir
Britishoreign
Earnest ‘Bevin
UN Assembly
Foreign Office
Ilman
United Nations General Assembly
New York
George 4. Hall
Chaim Weizmann
World Agency
Stephen Wise
Ex-Sailor Charged in Ruth McGurk Murder Case
Wareham Massachusetts report says Charles Russel Goodale 25, a navy veteran, is charged with assaulting and killing Ruth McGurk, last seen July 27 at Onset dance hall. He is held without bail for a heavy Sept. 5 hearing by Judge L Francis Callan. The body of Ruth McGurk, 27, Cambridge, was found Aug. 1 in a Carver cranberry bog reservoir. She was a former USO hostess and supervisor of girls in a Cambridge store.
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Wareham
Mass
INS
Charles Russel Goodale
Ruth McGurk
Onset
Dance Hall
Plymouth
L. Francis Calnn
Goodale
Underground Forces Join Resistance
Embittered Jewish underground groups reportedly joined for a Palestine wide offensive against British authorities. Irgun Zvai Leumi bids for joint ops with Haganah and Sternist gang. Hunger strikes erupt among 1 286 Jews on Cyprus to protest British treatment amid deportations.
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Jerusalem
INS
London
Daily Graphic
Holy City
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Haganah
Sternist
Cyprus
Famagusta
Ajax
Isarel Merminsky
Palestine
British member backs Trans-Jordan in UN membership row
The British member of the UN Security Council’s membership committee reportedly stated in closed session that Trans-Jordan’s bid to join the UN is favored. Afghanistan, by contrast, won near unanimous committee approval. Contested items include Siam, Portugal, Eire, Albania and Mongolia with shifting positions among major powers.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Afghanistan
Siam
France
Russia
Portugal
Eire
Trans-Jordan
Albania
Britain
United States
Mongolian Peoples Republic
China
Sweden
Iceland
Woman dying on PRR train in Philadelphia case
Pennsylvania Railroad police report a 65 year old New Orleans woman, Mrs Gussie Perdomo, died at Presbyterian hospital after being found with her throat slashed in a washroom on a Washington to New York train. Her sister in law Mrs Rose Ringel and nephew Harry Ringel provided details. She alleged threats from unknown persons aboard.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gussie Perdomo
New Orleans
Presbyterian Hospital
Washington
New York
Somerset furniture dealer injured in Route 53 crash
Earl T. Lohr a noted Somerset furniture dealer recently released from Cumberland Maryland hospital after a heart ailment was admitted to Somerset Community hospital after a collision on Route 53 near Somerset. His wife son and Florence McNair suffered injuries while George Wasconis a state policeman driving another car was involved in the head on crash. Police continue to investigate.
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Earl T. Lohr
Somerset
Cumberland
Somerset Community Hospital
Route 53
Florence McNair
Lohr
Camp Pleasant
Bedford County
Steinkirchner
George Wasconis
Greensburg
Stoystown
Twin tornadoes kill eight in Mankato and Wells Minnesota
Eight people died with more than 75 injured after twin tornadoes hit Mankato and Wells in south central Minnesota. The Mankato death was Mrs. Lewis Tatman, 60, with extensive property damage in Wells. National guardsmen patrolled both towns as officials planned to withdraw guards the next day.
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Mankato
Minn
Wells
Minnesota
Lewis Tatman
Green Gables
National Guard
New England Weather Delays Truman Vacation Cruise
President Truman postponed departure from Quonset Point due to persistent New England weather. He delayed sailing to 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, met Rhode Island Governor Pastore and Solicitor General McGrath, then visited Admiral Spruance at Newport for lunch and spoke briefly to classes at the Navy War College.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Quonset Point
R. I
Truman
U. S. S. Williamsburg
New England
Naval Air Station
John P. Pastore
Rhode Island
U.S
J. Howard McGrath
U. S. Senate
Norcaster
Naval Air-Sea
Narragansett Bay
Raymond A. Spruance
Navy War College
Newport
Fifth Fleet
Charles G. Ross
the War College
Ross
Don George Dies After Boxing Bout at Ebensburg Fair
Don George a 21 year old amateur boxer from Johnstown died after a bout at the Ebensburg fair grounds. Coroner records a hemorrhage as cause with George dying in Mercy hospital. Opponent Art Swider of New Kensington faces inquest. George weighed 185 and had previously beaten Swider. About 1,000 attended the event sponsored by the Johnstown American Legion post. Twenty Legion posts plan color guards for funeral rites. George served 35 months in the Navy.
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Johnstown
Don George
Ebensburg Fair Grounds
Paul J. Wills
George
Mercy Hospital
Art Swider
New Kensington
Wills
Swider
Johnstown American Legion Post
Legion
Boxer
Navy
Calcutta Riots Declared Under Control Amid Death Toll Estimates
Calcutta officials said the bloodiest rioting in the city’s history was under control after four days of murder and arson. Unofficial reports put dead at as high as 3000, with the first official toll over 2000. Doctor Azad cited the higher figure after speaking with the viceroy.
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Calcutta
Bengal
Maulana
Abul Kalan Azad
All- India Congress Party
Lord Wavell
Chinese Reds Warn Against Civil War
Communist leaders claimed the government planned large scale assaults on Yenan Kalang Chengteh to avenge Tatung loss warning of all out civil war. A Nanking spokesman said the move exposed Red activities from six months. Tatung, a key coal and railway center, faced imminent fall as red offensives continued.
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Peiping
Tatung
Nanking
Yenan
Kalang
Chengteh
Jehol
Cheng Kai-Min
Yeh Chien-Ying
Kalgan
Tientsin
Mrs Genevieve Phelps Shoots Herself in New York Hotel
Mrs Genevieve Phelps 45 wife of Col Robert Phelps former Frankfurt military governor shot herself in the temple at the Hotel Windsor New York She was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in critical condition The couple's children Mary Lou 18 and John 12 were at breakfast in the hotel dining room when she fired the pistol Col Phelps had returned from Germany six weeks ago and remained at the hotel to aid police No note was found Police said the pistol came from Germany and that Mrs Phelps had recent nervous treatment The family had arrived from Saginaw Michigan the day before for Long term plans to return to Germany
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New York
INS
Genevieve Phelps
Robert Phelps
Frankfurt
Germany
Windsor
Roosevelt Hospital
Phelps
Col. Phelps
Mary Lou
John
Mrs. Phelps
Arbitration hearing in Press Wireless dispute ends
The arbitration panel wrapped up a dispute between the American Communications Association and Press Wireless Inc. The decision will determine if 46 laid off workers can return during continued arbitration. The case centers on unilateral layoffs and a union strike under the contract while traffic volume drops.
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New York
American Communications Association
CIO
Press Wireless, Inc
Arthur S. Meyer
State Mediation Board
Meyer
Lawrence Kelly
ACA
James E. Denning
Press Wireless
New York City
Hicksville
Badwin
N. Y
NMU Seeks Showdown With Murray
The CIO National Maritime Union demands a direct position from Philip Murray on whether the CIO steelworkers union will back the Great Lakes shipping strike. NMU sent telegrams noting Buffalo and Cleveland steelworkers loading struck ships with nonunion crews and filed charges with the coast guard over ships operating with inadequate crews in violation of federal rules.
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Max Hall
Associated Press
Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers
Great Lakes
CIO
Murray
Buffalo
Cleveland
Coast Guard
NMU
Joseph Stack
Steelworkers Union
Steelworkers
Stack
Premium for July milk in Albany
Albany news reports a 54 cent per hundredweight premium for July milk in the metropolitan area. Laurane L. Clough notes dealers paid on time to support the super pool. combined with the July price and class-price increase, producers receive at least 4.37 dollars per hundredweight. The federal subsidy ended June 30, replacing it with the premium and higher class price.
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Albany
N. Y
Laurance L. Clough
State Agriculture Department
Clough
Moscow warns of new war danger in Middle East
Moscow radio says British troops occupy two Iraqi towns near Abadan home to large refineries of Anglo Iranian Oil Company and warn of rising war danger in the Middle East. British foreign office declines to confirm the reports. Basra near Abadan cited as new center of disturbance.
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London
Moscow Radio
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Middle East
British Foreign Office
Iran
New Times
K. Serezhin
Britain
Basra
Serezhin
Truck Fire on West Patriot Street Causes Damage
Fire engines responded to a Monday evening alarm near the high school where a truck owned by Charles D. Peck caught fire. Firemen estimated the damage at about $65.
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West Patriot Street
Charles D. Peck
Greek Objection Halts Bulgarian Treaty Preamble Debate
At the Paris peace conference delegates clash over Greece's protest to the Bulgarian treaty preamble stating Bulgaria fought Germany. Greek M P Pipinopolis cites the issue as blocking treaty terms while other nations push for Bulgarian co belligerent status discussion. Committees defer article by article review and Greek remarks are omitted from today's minutes.
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Mel Most
Paris
Hitler
Bulgaria
M. P. Pipinopolis
Greece
Germany
West Thrace
Council of Foreign Ministers
Gladwyn Jebb
Economic Commission For
Italy
Hungary
Finland
Truman Budget Draws Fire as Deficit Policy
President Truman's 1947 budget faces strong Republican criticism as deficit financing for perceived New Deal boom and bust spending. Senator Styles Bridges calls deficits and New Deal management synonymous and warns taxpayers of a rude awakening if the administration fails to balance the budget.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Bridge
Senate Appropriations Committee
Captain Beachy Arrives in U S From Japan
Mrs. Wilbert H Beachy Jr of South Center avenue received a phone call Monday evening from her husband Captain Beachy stating he had arrived in San Francisco at 5 p m aboard the Marine Cardinal from Japan. He spent a year overseas on Sai pan and was later with the army of occupation in Japan before a hospital stay. He expects to return to Somerset soon.
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Wilbert H. Beachy, Jr
South Center Avenue
Captain Beachy
San Francisco
Marine Cardinal
Japan
Saipan
Army of Occupation
Jackie Cooper Becomes Father to Son John Anthony Cooper
Hollywood, Aug 19. Actor Jackie Cooper and wife June Horne welcomed their first child, a 6 lb 8 oz boy named John Anthony Cooper. The couple, married in 1944, are the child’s parents with the newborn joining their family.
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Jackie Cooper
Hollywood
June Horne
John Anthony Cooper
Cooper
James Horne
U S Reveals Near War With Yugoslavia Over Trieste Clash
The United States released two sharp notes accusing Yugoslav forces of illegal forays and unprovoked attacks on American troops in the Trieste area. Nine charges of provocative Yugoslav actions were listed, with a deadly July 12 clash cited. British protests mirrored the U S stance as Western allies consider stronger sanctions.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
State Department
Austria
Italy
London
Russia
UNRRA
Belgrade
Harold Shantz
Brewster seeks revisions to Wagner Act for fairness
Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine promised the next Congress would move to equalize treatment of employers and employees under the Wagner Act. He urged revisions including limiting employer speech in bargaining elections and allowing labor board elections when more than one union seeks recognition. He pressed for a clear definition of supervisory rights and an express prohibition of secondary boycotts. Senator Murray opposed changes, warning critics are often unfriendly to labor.
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Washington
Owen Brewster
Maine
National Labor Relations Act
Brewster
Gerard D. Reilly
National Labor Relations Board
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
Steampipe Burst Scalds Fireman on Local Train
Kane Aug 19 A Pennsylvania railroad fireman B W Brady 45 of Ridgeway was scalded about the legs when a steam pipe burst on a passenger train locomotive four miles south of Kane The engineer William Gabor crawled from the cab window to stop the train and was uninjured Brady returned to the locomotive steps and escaped further burns He was taken to Kane Summit hospital and the train held two hours for a replacement locomotive
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Kane
B. W. Brady
Ridgeway
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Gabor
Brady
Kane Summit Hospital
Yugoslav Fighters Shoot Down U S Transport Plane
An eyewitness claims two Yugoslav fighters attacked a large transport over the Julian Alps near Klagenfurt, Austria, causing a plunge and smoke column. Two parachuted evacuations were reported. Tito was said to be at Bled. Ground shots were heard near Bled as the wreckage location remained uncertain amid a mountainside search.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Julian Alps
Klagenfurt
Austria
Associated Press
Bled
Marshal Tito
Tito
Vienna
Udine
Bohia Bistrica
Italy
Weather Forecast Focus Tuesday through Wednesday
Maryland expects sunny cooler and less humid conditions through Tuesday and Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania and West Virginia see partly cloudy cool dry weather on Tuesday and Wednesday with pleasant temperatures.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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