Russia vetoes three UN admission bids at Lake Success
Russia blocks Trans-Jordan Portugal and Ireland from United Nations membership as Afghanistan Iceland and Sweden win approval. Gromyko defends veto while Hasluck accuses prejudice and urges broader General Assembly review.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
Trans-Jordan
Portugal
Ireland
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Iceland
Sweden
Brazil
France
Mexico
Poland
Britain
United States
Netherlands
Australia
China
Egypt
Australan
Trans - Jordan
Paul Hasluck
Sayad
General Assembly
Security Council
Kremlin
Gromyko
Grontyke
United Kingdom
Grom
Bny
Council
Committee
Hasluck
Trans- Jordan
Conspiracy Charge Thrown Out in Durant Case
A military court at Frankfurt threw out the conspiracy charge against Kathleen Nash Durant, former WAC captain, in the Hesse crown jewels theft trial. Trial adjourned to Sept. 16 to allow defense to obtain witnesses as evidence was found lacking. Prosecution had rested earlier.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Kathleen Nash Durant
Hesse Crown Jewels
WAC
Wooley Barn Burns Down in Somerset Loss Over Nine Thousand
A large Mahlon Wooley farm barn near Brumm school in Somerset was destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon. Loss is estimated above 9000 with only 1800 insured. Wooley rescued about 15 cattle and all horses before flames trapped gear and grain silos. Firefighters fought the blaze from 2:20 PM as rain helped prevent further spread.
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Mahlon Wooley Farm
Somerset
Brumm School
Wooley
Justice Dept Studying Martin Bid For FBI Aid
The Justice Department said it is studying Gov. Edward Martin’s request to include Pennsylvania in the FBI’s seven state inquiry into the Ku Klux Klan. Assistant AG Lemar Saudale will review the telegram and possible action remains undecided. The probe already covers New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, California, Mississippi and Georgia with civil rights officials directing the case.
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Washington
Justice Department
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Martin
FBI
Pennsylvania Stae Police
Lemar Saudle
Tom Clark
Duquesne Light Union Talks Continue Amid Strike Threat
Pittsburgh Aug 29 Advise no contract issues settled in talks between Duquesne Light Co and the employes independent union. Mayor David L. Lawrence urged further talks to avert a possible power strike. A 30 day strike notice expires at midnight Saturday with about 3500 workers voting Tuesday. State Mediator William Grey urged immediate arbitration.
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Pittsurgh
Duquesne Light Co
David L. Lawrence
William Grey
Pittsburgh Area Trade Holds Steady Amid Small Shifts
The University of Pittsburgh reports the district trade index at 199.8 percent of the 1935-39 average for last week, up slightly from 199.6 the prior week. Gross sales in 11 Pittsburgh department stores for the four weeks ending August 24 are 54 percent higher than the same period last year.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
University
Bureau of Business Research
Arabs Refuse London Participation In Palestine Talks
Arab leaders announce they will refuse to attend London conferences on the Palestine question. Dr. Hussein El Khalidi says Arab nations should also decline. British authorities reject the Mufti of Jerusalem as a delegate, prompting telephonic talks with Amin El Husseini in Alexandria.
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Palestine
Amin el Husseini
Alexandria
Stern Gang
Evelyn Barker
Acre
Barker
Latrun
Tel Aviv
Tel
Menahem
Hagana
Mufti
Haj Amin Isl Husseini
Renner asserts Austria seeks no reparations
Vienna August 29 Dr Karl Renner president of the Austrian republic says Austria should not be burdened with war reparations as additional punishment. He describes Austria as a liberated state awaiting a peace treaty and credits the United States with objective judgment and support for peace and reconstruction. He notes delays at the Paris peace conference but stresses the need for lasting international law.
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Vienna
Karl Renner
Austria
Veuarueu
Ausousa
United States
America
Dr. Renner
Veterans call for action over job losses linked to union claim
In Pittsburgh Aug 29 the Veterans Action Committee urged a state probe into the firing of ex service workers from Greensburg highway jobs after they refused AFL Local 1058 membership. VAC secretary Powell said the dismissals may violate the selective service act. Nick Stirone said contractors required union members per contract.
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Pittsburgh
Veterans Action Committee
AFL
VAC
Secretary of Labor and Industry
William H. Chesnut
John R. Powell
Mt. Lebanon
Greensburg
Adam Bidemiller
Nick Stirone
Woman entrant seeks Bendix trophy in air race
Nadine Ramsey of La Habra California is the sole official woman entrant in the Bendix trophy race from Los Angeles to Cleveland for the National Air Races in Cleveland from August 30 to September 2. Jacqueline Cochran, a leading American aviatrix, may enter as an alternate.
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Nadine Ramsey
LaHabra
Cal
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Jacqueline Cochran
Anderson Is Unfit: CIO Attacks Truman Over Meat Prices
The CIO calls Secretary of Agriculture Anderson unfit for office for approving meat price increases. John Thornton, head of the CIO cost of living committee, accuses Anderson of acting as a mouthpiece for profiteers and urges President Truman to back price control or concede stabilisation is dead. OPA imposes new meat price ceilings adding three to nine cents a pound over June 30 retail levels.
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CIO
Anderson
John Thornton
Cost of Living Committee
Agriculture Secretary
Anaerson
Witti Sun
Vlice
C.V Cost of Living Committee
Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Lruman
USA
Opa
Anderson Lifts Lamb Prices by Three Dollars
Secretary Clinton P Anderson announced a modification to the lamb price directive providing a $3 per hundredweight increase above June 30 ceilings for good and choice grades. The price is pegged to June 30 market ceilings rather than a fixed $19 per cwt Chicago top. About $2 of the rise replaces a subsidy not restored by the decontrol board.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
Colton Textiles Get Boost Under New Price Law
Washington reports OPA raises cotton textile prices tonight by about two to three percent as part of the new price law. Cotton mill prices go up two and a half percent effective tomorrow in the fourth rise since March. Yearly basic fabric prices rise over 30 percent. OPA Administrator Paul Porter says dealers withholding lead and lead scrap won t be bailed out and ceilings won t rise above June 30 levels for the foreseeable future. Lead prices rose to 9.5 cents per pound during the holiday period vs the 8.25 cent ceiling.
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Washington
Opa
Paul Porter
Captain Beachy Returns Home to Somerset
Captain Wilbert H. Beachy Jr. arrives in Somerset Thursday after returning from Japan and discharge at Fort Meade Maryland. He is welcomed by his parents Deputy Secretary of Revenue and Mrs Wilbert H Beachy on South Center avenue. His wife joined him in Baltimore to meet him.
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Wilbert H. Beachy, Jr
Japan
U. S. Army
Fort Meade
UNRRA agent receives letter with stamps worth $17010
Dewey T Jones, UNRRA purchasing agent in Honolulu, is noted for receiving a letter bearing stamps valued at 17 010, the postage reportedly around 8 50 in American currency.
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Honolulu
Dewey T Jones
UNRRA
Over Supply of Economic Screwballs
William K. Jackson, president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, warns of an over supply of economic screwballism harming wage price policy. He argues against strike enforced wage increases, predicting more price hikes and inflation if pursued. He notes shortages amid rising living costs and urges waiting for supply to catch up with demand.
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George Moise
Washingson
INS
William K. Jackson
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Stulid
Dange
Pittsburgh School Lunch Prices Rise by a Penny
The Pittsburgh Board of Education announced a fall increase of one cent per lunch, a 16.6 percent rise on most items. Ice cream and candy stay at five cents, while students may skip spinach for a sweet as the new prices take effect.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Balkan peace talks tangled over Romanian reparations immunity
In Paris the Balkan commission debated protecting foreign investors in Romania from reparations claims, with Russia and Ukraine opposing privileging foreign capital, while Greece pressed for full payment of damages and Molotov critiqued Greek stance as sympathy for aggressors. A plenary session is set for tomorrow.
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INS
South Africa
Ukraine
Balkan Commission of the Peace Conference
Romania
Russia
Molotov
Greece
Balkan
Yugoslavia
United States
British Empire
Fedor Gusev
United Nations
Traq
50 Americans Accused By Polish Govts Detained
State department sources said today that more than 59 American citizens are detained by the Polish government on charges of Nazi association during the war. Efforts to obtain their release or interview them have been fruitless. The issue stems from dual citizenship rules and mirrors a Yugoslav problem. Many were among about 20,000 Americans living in Poland at outbreak of WWII, mostly children of Poles who migrated to the United States before World War I.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Yugoslavia
Poland
United States
Hold minister in death of his priest brother
A New York Baptist minister, Rev. Antonio Marino, 41, faces negligent homicide charges after a head on collision near Pampa Texas that killed four Catholic clergy including Father Peter Thomas Siolo superior general of the Discalced Carmelites and Father John Baptista. Marino, his wife and 3 year old son were injured as rain fell during the crash. Cono Marino of Rhode Island is named in the report as another passenger.
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Pampa
Tex
New York
Father Cantarella
Santa Fe
N. M
Republic of Mexico
Explosions Hit Tanker Chester Sun off Key West
Two blasts rocked the oil tanker Chester Sun about 100 miles Gulf of Mexico from Key West. Four crewmen were injured as the fire raged for two hours with a second explosion. The Chester Sun, owned by Sun Oil, was en route Philadelphia to New Orleans.
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Fla
Chester Sun
Gulf of Mexico
Marshall Hess
Birdsboro
Naval Hospital
Peter Kuzma
Chester
Coast Guard
Jack Emery
William Jenkins
Eddystone
Sun Oil Company
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Dumbo
Emery
No Home Left Kiddies in Taxi
Detroit mother Margaret Andreya 24 admitted abandoning her two younger children in a taxicab due to eviction fears and no place to take them. Her husband Anton 31 found the two missing after returning home. The mother said she searched for a place to live for seven hours and left a note asking the driver to take Judith four months old and Dennis 22 months old to an orphanage.
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Detroit
Margaret Andreya
Anton
Androyna
June Morris
Judith
Dennis
Four Foreign Ministers Keep to Agreed Peace Drafts
The Big Four ministers ruled to stick to treaty drafts already agreed and to support amendments only if all four approve. Each may vote freely on unagreed portions. They plan a rapid review process for about 300 proposed amendments and expect to proceed with the conference and assembly as scheduled.
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Paris
Molotov
V. M. Molotov
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
State Byrnes
Bevin
New York
Byrnes
Council of Foreign Ministers
Maryland and Middle Atlantic Weather Outlook
Fair and cool Friday across Maryland and nearby regions with increasing clouds and warmer Saturday. Eastern Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania and West Virginia see fair cool conditions Friday followed by mostly cloudy skies and a bit warmer Saturday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report From Local Observer
Weather data for 24 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Thursday shows temperature details and precipitation. the report cites David Grove as A S Weather Observer in Somerset. The fragmentary notes indicate max temperature and precipitation but lack clear numeric values.
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David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Sseienadt
Jenne
Weather Elsewhere Thursday Temperatures Reported
The U S Weather Bureau released temperatures for Thursday August 29 across locations. Readouts show varying daily highs and lows, reflecting regional climate patterns and seasonal effects.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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