British Troops Surround Tel Aviv as Tense Palestine Situation Grows
British forces ring Tel Aviv and nearby towns on the coastal plain amid reports of a new Israel operation. Underground groups Hagana and Stern threaten reprisals over death sentences as crowds gather and roads near Tel Aviv clog with military traffic.
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Tel Aviv
Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Palestin
Thge
Peta Tiqua
Ramatgan
Batian
Rishon le Zion
Hagana
Stern Gang
Palestine
Polican
Soap Box Derby Hero In Hospital
Albert Klecan a 14 year old San Diego winner of the All American Soap Box Derby was hospitalized in Akron after an accident during movie filming. He is progressing nicely with no serious injuries, while Chevrolet official C Y French coordinated care and arrangements.
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Perfort
Albert Klecan
San Diego
Calif
Akron
C. Y. French
Chevrolet
Ken
French
Klecan
Gilbert
Camp guards thwart squatting at Windsor estate
A strong armed cordon near Dover military camp repels attempts by homeless families to occupy former army huts on the Windsor royal family estate. The spontaneous squatting campaign has drawn enough people to risk occupying the huts, prompting authorities to act.
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Ondon
Dover
Windsor
Jenner Fair announcing rolling contest teams deadline
Special notice invites canisters interested in the pulling contest at Jenner Fair to form teams and enter through the Horse committee by Saturday August 24.
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Eanisters
Jenner Fair
Sifford’s
Polio claims first victim in Somerset
Infantile paralysis claimed its first victim in Somerset as 15 year old John Sylvester Vogel died Wednesday at 2 30 pm. Born February 12 1930 he attended local schools and had a heart condition. He worked at the Howard Johnson restaurant this summer and is survived by his parents and two sisters.
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Somerset
John Sylvester Vogel
Paul and
Pearl Viola Mosteller Vogel
East Main Street
Somerset High School
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
John Vogel
Howard Johnson
Somerset Station
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Vivian
Three white men held after alleged attempt to rape preacher’s daughters
Three white men Oscar Moore Ernest Earl McDonald Jr and Clyde Sellers are charged with attempt at the point of firearms after an alleged rape attempt on the Rev Estes Barnes’s daughters in Collins Mississippi The incident followed a gunfire exchange near Sullivan's Hollow where 15 negroes were rounded up earlier this week by a posse Sheriff John Sanford said a hearing is set for tomorrow.
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Collins
Miss
Sullivan’s Hollow
John Sanford
Oscar Moore
Jefferson
Davis County
Ernest Earl McDonald, Jr
Clyde Sellers
O. O. Weathersby
Taylorsville
Estes Barnes
Weathersby
McDonald
Moore
Sellers
Two Pilots Killed When Plane Crashes at Moline
A twin engined chartered plane crashed at Moline airport killing pilots Capt. James Steen of Coral Gables and Co Pilot Marvin Fox of Elmira. Stewardess Ida Mae McKenzie and 23 passengers survived with minor injuries. Fire in one engine prompted an emergency landing attempt. the craft split in half upon impact.
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Moline
Ill
Ida Mae McKenzie
Miami
Fla
James Steen
Coral Gables
Steen
Marvin Fox
Elmira
N. Y
Sand Patch man Baughman jailed on morality charge
Walter Baughman, 30, jailed in the county jail on a morality offense after information presented before Justice of the Peace C. Harrison Jr. The case concerns alleged improper conduct.
Marker Sues B and O R R For $10000
Bruce Marker of Milford township sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Prothonotary Christine Z Schrock's office claiming $10000 damages. He alleges negligence at a grade crossing near Adams Listie Friedens on January 14 when a train struck his coal truck, causing injury and extensive vehicle damage. He seeks damages for lost earnings, medical costs, and future treatment.
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Christine Z. Schrock
Bruce Marker
Milford Township
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Marker
Paul E. C. Fike
Adams
Listie
Friedens
Rockwood
U S Reports to UN on Possessions
United States submits to the United Nations a lengthy report on conditions in its territories and island possessions. Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Panama Canal Zone Guam American Samoa and Pacific islands are covered in the first such summary.
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Larry Hauck
New York
United States
United Nations
Dutch Indies
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Guam
American Samoa
Sland
Pacific
World
London
League of Nations
Molotov Moves to Delay United Nations Assembly
An NBC Paris correspondent reports Russian Foreign Minister Molotov asked to postpone the United Nations General Assembly until December or January. He reportedly sent a note to Secretary General Lie urging delay of the September 23 U S meeting, with French President Bidault said to approve.
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New York
INS
NBC
Paris
V. M. Molotov
United Nations General Assembly
Molotov
Trygve Lie
U. S
Georges Bidault
Gunmen Hold Up Gambling Joint in Morgantown
Three unidentified gunmen used a city patrolman as a shield to raid a Morgantown gambling house. Patrons were robbed of about 20 000 dollars in cash and jewelry as the suspects forced the place to be opened and disarmed the officer. Deputy Whiston reported the patrolman was suspended after detailing the hold up.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Charles Whiston
C. W. Smith
Burdette Crow
Whiston
Crow
McNarney Attacks LaGuardia Over UNRRA Charges
General Joseph T. McNarney bluntly denied UNRRA Director General F H LaGuardia's charges that the U S army opposed UNRRA goals in aiding displaced persons. He stated US forces supported the program and noted only one NKVD agent tied to UNRRA, a woman to be sent back to the Russian zone. Meyer Cohen becomes acting UNRRA displaced persons chief as operations are consolidated.
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Wes Gallagher
Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Europe
UNRRA
F. H. LaGuardia
McNarney
LaGuardia
U. S. Army
NKVD
Meyer Cohen
Sir Frederick Morgan
McNarney Says Organized Movements Of Jews exist In Europe
General Joseph T. McNarney, commander in Europe, stated that organized movements of Jewish refugees are crossing from the British and Russian zones into the American zone in Germany. He criticized British and Russian authorities for permitting the flow and noted a brigade has moved 700 to 1000 Jews per trip. He said trains were turned back and estimated 60,000 Jews may leave Poland in three months with 40,000 more eager to go but unable to settle affairs before next spring.
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Berlin
INS
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Germany
I. A
Ing Place
McNarney
United States
Poland
Duquesne Light talks recessed as strike threat looms
Negotiations between Duquesne Light Co and independent union reps paused until Monday with no settlement. Union seeks a master contract for Duquesne and affiliates. company wants nine separate contracts. Wages cited as about 20 percent demand.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Duquesne
George L. Mueller
Independent
Association of Employes of
Duquesne Light and Associated Companies
Duquesne Light
Associated Companies
Hiring racket nipped in bud in Pittsburgh
City Detective George Marshall filed charges of false pretense against George Henning 49 of Pittsburgh for operating a fake hiring bureau promising Florida fruit picking and truck driving jobs. Henning was jailed for a hearing tomorrow as workers were asked to pay a union fee of 25 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
George Marshall
George Henning
Florida
Marshall
Henning
Lakes strike shows more ships sail in Great Lakes
Duluth saw the first major NMU picket line violence as about a score of policemen clashed with 65 pickets at the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range rail road ore docks. Nine days into the walkout, A T Wood said ships remaining idle fell from 46 to 42 as five vessels returned to service and one new walkout occurred.
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Detroit
Lakes Carriers’ Association
CIO National Maritime Union
Duluth
NMU
Duluth, Missable & Iron Range
Cleveland
Chicago
Ashbabula
Lake Carriers
A. T. Wood
Lakes
Great Lakes
Wood
Injured In Duluth Riot At Picket Line Clash
A clash between strikers and Duluth police at the entrance to the Duluth Missabe Iron Range ore docks left about a score of men injured. Police charged the line with night sticks and pistols as seven men were booked for disorderly conduct.
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Duluth
Lake
St. Mary’s Hospital
Duluth, Missable & Iron Range
Roy F. Erlandsen
West Duluth
Navy lieutenant corrects bride age in Philadelphia marriage
John R. Pochron, 24 year old navy lieutenant, says he is seeking an apartment for himself and his bride whose age was reported as 74 but license lists 45. The couple married Aug 10 in Montgomery county Virginia. the bride is the widow Gertrude W. Southard.
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Philadelphia
John R. Pochron
Navy
Gertrude W. Southard
Pennsylvania
Dry Tavern
Greene County
Montgomery County
Pochron
Masontown
Waynesburg College
Porhron
U S Clashes With Powers Agent Japan On Council
The four power allied control council for Japan faced clashes as MacArthur’s proposal to allow seven other allied nations to sit informally was rejected by the United States, Russia, Britain and China. Atcheson Jr. opposed changes in procedure, while Derevyanko of Russia called it an attempt to change the council’s constitution. Ball of Britain echoed that composition changes must be discussed by home governments.
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Torio
INS
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Allied Control Council
Japan
MacArthur
George Atcheson, Jr
Atcheson
General MacArthur
Kuzma Derevyanko
W. MacMahon Ball
British Commonwealth
Lt Coffroth Returns Home for Discharge
Mrs Charles Coffroth of East Patriot Street received news when Lt Coffroth telephoned from Seattle that after three years in service and 15 months overseas he will soon be discharged at Fort Meade Maryland and expected home in about a week. He was a member of the Somerset County bar before joining the service.
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Charles Coffroth
East Patriot Street
Coffroth
Seattle
Wash
Fort Meade
Somerset County
U S Ultimatum on Yugoslavia Reaches UN Council
U S Ambassador Richard C Patterson will meet Marshal Tito at Bled to discuss the shooting down of unarmed American transport planes. The U S embassy seeks permission to send graves registration teams to the crash site and information on crew members who parachuted from the C 47. Seven American crew members remain interned in Ljubljana.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Bled
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Patterson
Tito
Per
Ljubljana
Foreign Ministry
Vienna
Udine
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Leaders of India Rival Riots Prompt Widest Calcutta Conflicts
In New Delhi leaders from both Moslem and Hindu factions condemned Calcutta riots that left thousands dead. Troops and volunteers clear the streets as food supply slumps amid traffic and shop damage. Jinnah Nehru and Gandhi family members blame violence on organized provocation and threaten action to restore order.
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New Delhi
Calcutta
India
Mosiem League
Mahomed Ali Jinnha
Uvusiem League
Agetlus Provocateur
Lie
Russia U S Interzonal Agreement Sets Conduct Rules
In Berlin the American and Russian commanders reached an oral interzonal code for handling unauthorized individuals and spy suspects. A Russian NKVD agent in the U S zone was ordered returned to the Russian zone with a report of espionage activity. The pact requires arrest of unauthorized persons and notification to zone commanders within 24 to 48 hours, with transfer and full action details within a week.
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Berlin
Germany
NKVD
Secret Police
U. S
UNRRA
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
Marshal Wassily Sokolowsky
Red Army
Babe Plank Choked to Death in Crib Tragedy
In Huntingdon Aug 21 two year old Barbara Jane Plank was found dead in her crib from suffocation by a foreign object in the throat a black glove. Father James Forest Plank said the mother Frances Mae Green Plank abandoned the family five weeks ago and police are asked to locate her.
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Huntingdon
Barbara Jane Plank
E. Blair Shore
Huntingdon County
James Forest Plank
Frances Mae Green Plank
Rock Hill Furnace
Gruber Urges Tyrol Settlement at Paris Parley
Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber urged the conference to resolve the South Tyrol dispute with Italy and grant Austria a share in Trieste administration. He spoke among six non member nation spokesmen who pressed claims as Iran, Albania, and Cuba prepared to present views tomorrow.
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Mel Most
Paris
Karl Gruber
Italy
South Tyrol
Austria
Trieste
Gruber
Egypt
North
Africa
Libya
Cuba
Iran
Albania
Ernest
Wives Press MacArthur on Palace Heights Conditions
Seven army wives in Tokyo’s Palace Heights district petition General MacArthur’s HQ over open ditches poor sanitation and water shortages. They seek access to low cost housing set for dependents in September and October. Col Thompson notes ongoing improvements and cites Tokyo’s sub standard systems and slow construction.
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Tokio
INS
Tokio Quonset
MacArthur
Palace Heights
Japan
R. P. Thompson
Thompson
Photographer alleges police manhandling in Shanghai
International News photos photographer Bob Bryant says Chinese police manhandled him when he aimed to snapshot a Miss Shanghai contest. Police grabbed his camera, then returned it an hour later with a ban on taking pictures of officers while they are on duty.
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Shanghai
Bob Byrant
U.S
Bryant
United States issues 48 hour ultimatum to Yugoslavia
The United States delivers a 48 hour ultimatum to Yugoslavia demanding release of American air travelers shot down over Yugoslavia or face action by the United Nations Security Council. The note, presented by Undersecretary Acheson to Yugoslav charge Dr. Sergije Makiedo, marks a hard U.S. counter offensive amid rising East-West tension over the Dardanelles and recent air incidents.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Sergije Makiedo
Acheson
State Department
Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Belgrade
United Nations
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Nearby Areas
Maryland today mostly cloudy with patchy sun. Southeast Thursday morning sees rain, then scattered storms Thursday afternoon or night. Friday turns cooler with possible showers. Eastern Pennsylvania shows showers and chances of thunderstorms Thursday, cooler Thursday night, Friday mostly cloudy and cool. Western Pennsylvania has scattered showers Thursday, cooler Thursday night, Friday mostly cloudy with a few showers south. West Virginia expects showers and thunderstorms Thursday, mostly cloudy and cooler Thursday night and Friday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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