Australia Faces Russian Reparations Demands At Peace Conference
At the peace conference in Paris on August 26 Australia demands Russia justify its reparations claims before an international commission. Yugoslavia seeks 1.3 billion from Italy, while new treaty drafts allocate Russia 300 million plus from several nations. Yugoslavia files 39 amendments, focusing on Italy and Trieste.
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Romania
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Germany
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Britain
France
Chou En Lai Blames United States For Peace Talks Stalemate
Chou En Lai accused U S policy of backing Chiang Kai Shek for stalling China peace talks in Nanking He said the Nationalists demand surrender of liberated areas blocks progress while offering Communist participation in new talks in exchange for a nationwide ceasefire His rhetoric stressed war over peace and warned of mobilizing liberated areas if needed
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Chou En-Lai
China
Chou
Chiang
Marshall
John Leighton Stuart
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Reas
Chinese Reds Lodge Protest and Manchuria Clash
In Manchuria fighting rages over the Changchhun Mukden railway as Communist forces surround a government garrison at Tiehling near Mukden. Chou En-Lai in Nanking planned protests to Gen Marshall against further American surplus sales to Chiang Kai-shek, warning of a more serious civil conflict.
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George Marshall
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Chiang
Littlejohn seeks Congress idea on air field gift
War Assets Administrator M. Littlejohn asks the House surplus property investigating committee to summon four Congress members as witnesses. He aims to show whether Congress intended gifts of surplus property, including a $407,000 air field, to two high ranking Army officers. The four named lawmakers are Mead, O Mahoney, Manasco and Lanham.
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Hugh Wise, Jr
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House Committee
WAA
Senate War Investigating Committee
House Executive Expenditures
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American Dead in Egypt Crash
Five people died when a Misra Airlines plane crashed about 33 miles east of Almaza airport near Heiliopolis Cairo. Time magazine correspondent William Price, 26, was killed. his wife Violet Bodman of Glen Head Long Island suffered a dislocated thigh. another female passenger and the pilot were injured.
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Misra Airlines
William Price
Time Magazine
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Price
Violet Bodman
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British round up 200 Jews in Sedot Yam raid near Haifa
More than 5,000 British troops swept Sedot Yam five miles south of Haifa in a pre dawn operation aimed at breaking a swimmer saboteur ring. The village was sealed, homes searched, and dogs used to locate weapons while authorities warned of potential bombs in Jerusalem.
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Sedom Yat
Sedot Yam
Haifa
Germany
R. N. Anderson
Reds accuse U S and Britain of ganging up
Moscow reports accuse the United States and Britain of power politics against Yugoslavia and Poland. It cites American aircraft violations over Yugoslavia and Britain’s demand for open elections in Poland. Pravda blames U S for attempting to handicap Yugoslavia at the peace conference and labels Sol Bloom a leader of reactionary American circles seeking to dominate the United Nations.
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Mediterranean
Pravda
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New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Man held on manslaughter in bus driver death
Joseph B. Groves, 24, of Wilmington Delaware, is held in jail in default of 2500 bond in the fatal highway 40 crash that killed Baltimore bus driver Norman C. Rhodes, 24. State Policeman W E Kully says Groves chased at 75 to 80 mph, then swerved to strike Rhodes as he stood near the bus. Rhodes had been stopping to issue a speeding ticket to Groves before the collision.
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Joseph B. Groves
Wilmington
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Norman C. Rhodes
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Perryville
Maryland
W. E. Kully
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Head-on crash near Warren kills two drivers
Two killed and three injured in a head-on collision seven miles west of Warren. Identified victims are Pete Swanson, 27, a Pittsfield service station operator, and Mrs Eleanor W Stewart of Chautauqua New York. Four women from Chautauqua were hospitalized with Mrs Wright listed in serious condition.
Yugoslavia Denies 3 GI s Return Home
In San Francisco Aug 26 1950 INS reports that Staff Sgt Kenneth E Schussel and two other American soldiers held in Belgrade embassy await clearance. U S authorities dispute Yugoslav claims linking them to a Russian soldier killing and seek repatriation. Senator Knowland requested full information from War and State departments.
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Kenneth E. Schussel
U.S. Army Air Forces
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
William Knowland
United States
Knowland
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San Francisco Bay
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Schussel
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Scott
Senator Knowland
Schusser
Defective Child Found Drowned Father Missing Brooklyn
Kenneth Merritt two in bathtub in Brooklyn died. police later recovered Joseph Merritt 43 from New York harbor. Assistant District Attorney Louis Andreozzi called the death of Kenneth murder, saying his head was held under water. The mother May Merritt described finding Kenneth in pink pajamas as her husband lay missing. A younger son William slept nearby.
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New York Harbor
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Cooper
Kings County
May Merritt
William
Upper
Opposition to Abandonment of Shawmut R R
Hearing opened before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner John S. Pritchard as residents along the Shawmut line in Allegany County protested the proposed abandonment. Bank of Angelica representative J Francis Harter urged immediate termination arguing trustees had replaced receivers. Pittsburgh and Beaver County figures countered with proper authorization. The rail line seeks to abandon about 210 miles of track in Pennsylvania and New York claiming monthly losses around 10000 dollars and operational impossibility without loss.
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John S. Pritchard
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Buffalo
Bank of Angelica
Thomas C. Buchanan
Beaver
Robert C. Sproul
Guy K. Bard
Harter
Bernard Goodman
Pennsylvania
New York
Hold Woman in Husband's Death in Arkansas
Police in Little Rock detained Mrs. Tracy Eschweiler on murder charges after the slaying of her ex husband Dr. Paul C. Eschweiler. Investigators said she confessed to shooting him in his apartment during a quarrel over a newspaper clipping bearing another woman's picture. The other woman and details of the dispute remain unnamed.
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Arrest of Friedens mother on minor desertion charges
Marie Liberty, mother of five, was arrested Monday afternoon by Constable Edgar Peck on desertion charges. She is held in the county jail and faces a Tuesday hearing before Justice of the Peace C. J. Harrison.
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War Assets Office Grants 100 Percent Discount on Air Field
Acting Attorney General J Howard McGrath ruled the war assets administration may grant a full discount in disposing surplus property, citing Thunder Bird Field near Phoenix as an example. He said the law allows such discounts when substantial United States benefits justify it and stressed primary agency responsibility for securing value. He also said new state non profit educational institutions certified as tax exempt can qualify for special terms, with scrutiny of founders good faith and program merit.
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INS
J. Howard McGrath
War Assets Administration
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Thunderbird Field
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert M. Littlejohn
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
War assets unfreeze 52 surplus sales and leases
The War Assets Administration lifted the stop on 52 surplus sales and leases of government property to states and nonprofits after the Justice Department ruled them legal. One remaining deal for Thunderbird airport in Arizona waits for congressional inquiry completion.
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War Assets Administration
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Thunderbird
Arizona
Bloom urges UN to take over UNRRA relief functions
Representative Sol Bloom urges the United Nations to assume UNRRA food and relief distribution duties. He says the UN committee on UNRRA will likely recommend the move at the September general assembly in New York after receiving Rep. Ryter’s UNRRA report from Geneva. Bloom notes UNRRA ends in 1947 but relief needs persist and a UN set up could run one to two years.
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INS
Sol Bloom
D-Ny
United Nations
UNRRA
Bloom
UN Committee On Unrra
UN General Assembly
New York
Ryter
D-Conn
Gun Used to Kill Kalinski Found Near Farmhouse
Warren police recovered the handgun believed used to kill George Kalinski, 26, last Saturday. Andrew Mizak of Erie said he threw the weapon away while reporting the shooting, claiming he shot to protect the victim’s semi invalid father from a beating. Mizak is hospitalized with self inflicted wounds and faces murder charges after recovery.
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Andrew Mizak
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Mikak
Warren Hospital
Lowrey
Tot Drowns in Bathtub in Erie Home
Charles Schade two died in Erie while playing with toy boats in a bathtub. His mother Mrs Donald Schade found the child submerged and unresponsive in the bath aboard.
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Erie
Charles Schade
Donald Schade
Flying Fortress Flight From Vienna To Udine With Loaded Guns
Five U S airmen died in the Aug 19 crash near Bled after Yugoslav fighters shot down a transport. A Flying Fortress later landed at Udine from Vienna, carrying mail and freight with no passengers, and plans for daily runs were announced.
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European Air Transport Service
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Six men arrested in Leesville auto market crackdown
U S special agents jailed six Leesville men on federal charges for selling cars over ceiling prices at an open air market dubbed an auto circus. Investigators say the Leesville market drew about 80 dealers and 500 cars, with up to 25 percent profit marking up prices. The case ties dealers across 14 states to inflated car costs, with penalties up to 5000 dollars and a year in prison.
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Drunken son held after shooting father in Philadelphia
Richard L. Willing, 32, a socialite and former AAF sergeant, is held without bail for a Friday hearing after shooting his 74 year old father Charles Willing, retired Evening Bulletin editor. The elder is hospitalized with a elbow wound while Richard blames drinking and faces aggravated assault charges. The brother Thomas reportedly subdued Richard with a vase.
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John F. Daly
Louise S. Maury
Albert Baker
Pickets Fired Upon as NMU Docks Tension Escalates
Detroit police investigate gunfire on pickets near the docks as NMU negotiates a 48 hour week. Pickets Theodore Racchi and Raymond Gardner claim Captain of freighter Simon J Murphy fired 15 shots. Captain says shots were at rats. Similar incident reported in Cleveland.
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National Maritime Union
Theodore Racchi
Raymond Gardner
Simon J. Murphy
Leonard McCally
McCally
National Nmu
William McCarthy
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Great Lakes
Reds Charge U S Pressures Yugoslavia Over Med Naval Show
Moscow radio accused the United States of pressuring Yugoslavia with a naval display in the Mediterranean while Britain seeks undivided domination in the Middle East. A U S Navy spokesman said the task force itinerary may be revised and Turkey visit uncertain. British officials call Tass reports provocative fabrications and Attlee Bevin discussed Greek troop issues amid U S Yugoslav tensions.
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Bevin
Greece
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Hitler Ordered Germ Warfare Preparations in 1943
Walter Schreiber a former German general testified at the Nuremberg war crimes trial that Hitler ordered the army in 1943 to prepare for germ warfare. He said orders went to Keitel and Goering as experiments on plague and typhus occurred at Posen and Buchenwald but Allied advances halted any full program.
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INS
Walter Schreiber
Hitler
Schreiber
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Hermann Goering
Posen
Buchenwald
Germany
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Aid For Terminal Leave Papers
Somerset Post 554 offers assistance to ex GIs in preparing terminal leave papers and other paperwork. Call at Home 139 W Union St for help and guidance.
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Yugoslavs to Try Turk as Spy
CBS reported that a Turkish officer wounded when a U S plane was shot down over Yugoslavia will be tried as a spy. The news item notes the wartime espionage context and the involvement of Yugoslav authorities.
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INS
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Yugoslavia
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States
Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania expect mostly sunny and pleasant temperatures on Tuesday with a slight warmup on Wednesday. Western Pennsylvania sees sunny conditions Tuesday and a partly cloudy Wednesday with a few showers. West Virginia follows a similar pattern with scattered afternoon showers on Wednesday.
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