Easing Berlin Tension Hinted By Western Envoys Visit
Western envoys sought an interview with Stalin amid talks to ease the Berlin crisis and lay groundwork for four power discussions on Germany and other world issues. Moscow indicated no ultimatum had been delivered while Russia pressed economic controls and a currency blockade in Soviet Berlin.
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Moscow
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigne
Berlin
Germany
Treasury Secretary Snyder weighs curb on bank credit
In a column by Thomas L. Stokes the secretary grudgingly backs congressional action to restrain free bank credit, echoing Marriner Eccles who urged limits last November to curb inflation. The note appears amid an editorial page rundown of features and sections.
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The
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Congress
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Thomas L. Stokes
Air France flying boat missing with 52 aboard in Atlantic
Sea search underway for Air France six engined flying boat on transatlantic leg from Martinique to Mauritania. The 73 ton craft last radioed near Dakar saying weather was fine. No US crew aboard. two warships, sea planes, and Coast Guard cutters join the hunt.
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Paris
South Atlantic
Martinique
West Africa
Dakar
Air France
Azores
France
Fort de France
Port Etienne
Mauritania
French West Africa
United States Coast Guard
Miami
Fla
Africa
Coast Guard
Campbell
Meat Prices Higher Yet
In Chicago and other corn belt markets dwindling livestock receipts push meat prices higher. Industry sources say scarce cattle will lift prices, with wholesale quotes in Chicago reaching record highs and forecasts of a one to two cent per pound retail increase by week’s end amid consumer resistance.
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Chicago
Midwest
Corn Belt
Danube Pact Aims for Communist Control Across River
A Russian drafted Danube River pact would place Eastern European Communist states in near exclusive control of the 1800 mile trade artery. The plan, to be formally presented by Andrei Vishinsky, would bar non Danubian naval vessels and grant a central commission broad governing powers from Ulm to the Black Sea with one representative per Danube state.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Austria
Danube
Central European
Ulm
Germany
Black Sea
Germans Get More Rations in Bizonia
Berlin reports that 40,000,000 Germans in the British and American zones now receive the highest postwar food rations. An AMG report cites improved crops currency reform and aid from the European Recovery Program as main causes. July calories per person rose to 1990, marking the top basic ration in Bizonia since occupation began.
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Berlin
AMG
Ruhr
Bizonia
Germany
Lower Freight Rates Sought for Steel Shipments
U S Steel Corp subsidiaries Carnegie-Illinois Steel and American Bridge Co urge a 40 percent cut in railroad freight rates on iron and steel moving from Pittsburgh to New York City and Detroit. President Benjamin F. Fairless said the proposal was sent in a letter to eastern railroad heads.
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Pittsburgh
New York City
Detroit
U. S. Steel Corp
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
American Bridge Co
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Democrats Aid Move to Limit Tax Debate
Senate Republicans with some administration Democrats tried to curb debate on the southern anti-poll tax measure. They admitted success was unlikely as southerners denounced the move as a violation of Senate rules and a pitfall for opponents. The cloture petition listed four Democrats and over a dozen Republicans led by Kenneth Wherry.
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Washington
Senate
Kenneth 8. Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Richard B
Third Twins Born in 27 Months in Akron
In Akron Ohio the 30 year old wife of a chemical worker gave birth to twins Charles and John weighing four pounds each, the third set in 27 months. Parents Charles E Summers and wife Susan live in Doylbestown. Previous twins Susan and Patricia born May 26 1946 and Michael and Paul born Sept 2 1947.
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Akron
Ohio
Chemical Company
People’s Hospital
Charles E. Summers
Doylbestown
Summers
Charles
John
Susan
Patricia
Michael
Paul
Refugee sells wife for 55 million Chinese dollars in Shanghai
Chow Nan Fu, a refugee from Northern Kiangsu, sold his wife to Ma Feng-Wen for 55 million Chinese dollars. Mrs Chow complained to police. Ma was arrested. Chow remains at large.
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Shanghai
Chow Nan- Fu
Kiangsu
Ma Feng-Wen
Chow
Fireball sighting over Indianapolis alarms city officials
Reports of a sparking ball of fire over Indianapolis clogged police and media lines as witnesses watched it drift south for about 20 minutes. The Weather Bureau doubted a weather balloon and airport officials said a pilot saw nothing unusual.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Leolin Troutman
Three Killed and Eighty Six Hurt in Japanese Gale
Kyodo News Agency reported three people killed and 86 injured in a brief freak windstorm at Kawasaki between here and Yokohama. No Allied casualties were reported. The wind burst dissipated in about three minutes. In Tokyo, rain flooded streets with no unusual winds observed.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Kawasaki
Yokohama
Quadruplets Die After Four Hours in Manila
Quads were born to Mrs. Avelia Corpus Castillo 36 wife of an army civilian employee in Manila. The three girls and a boy survived only four hours.
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Manila
Avelia Corpus Castillo
Floating island drifts onto Sandy Pond shores
Two Syracuse campers report a windborne mass of vegetation and 8 to 10 foot cattails drifting onto the north shore of Sandy Pond overnight. The 35 foot Bohm launch was taken, but damage is minor. Efforts are planned to tow the island away. if unsuccessful, campers may abandon water activities and pursue farming.
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Sandy Pond
Charles Bohm
Ackerman
Rich D. Whitney
Livingston Av
Whitney
Paul C. Knapp
Fulton
Prof. Whitney
Truman unlikely to call Congress for a second extra session
A close associate said President Truman has no intention of summoning Congress again. He will center his reelection hopes on clashes with Republican leaders over price control housing and other domestic issues. The current extra session, convened last Monday, appears set to deny most of his requests and leaders call his motive political.
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Independence
Truman
Congress
Porter accuses GOP of price control bickering in hearings
Paul A. Porter told the Republican led Senate Banking Committee that price and inflation action is urgent and rejected post mortems. He pressed the GOP to face the issue and declare whether they will act, as he argued Democrats were absent during Capehart’s remarks. Concluded on Page 7.
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Russell
Administration
Paul A. Porter
Congress
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Cg.o.p
Porter
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Capehart
Charles W. Tobey
Cool Sunny Day Ahead in Syracuse Weather Brief
Syracuse will see fair, slightly cooler conditions as a high pressure area to the west brings sunshine today and tomorrow. Meteorologist Drew P. Keller notes moderate temperatures, with tonight's low near 53 and tomorrow's high around 82. Yesterday’s rainfall totaled 0.35 inches from a cold front.
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Syracuse
Here
Andrew P. Keller
Dixiecrats Fight For Referendum in Texas
Texas Dixiecrats plan a direct attack on Gov Beauford Jester for opposing a statewide referendum on the presidency. Lloyd Price of Fort Worth says he is drafting a brief to be submitted at the Democratic State Committee meeting in Austin on August 9. The brief will attack State Democratic Chairman Robert W Calvert Hills horn and House Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn of Bonham.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Beauford
Lloyd Price
Fort Worth
Democratic State Committee
Price
Robert W. Calvert
Hillshorn
House
Sam Rayburn
Bonham l
Sicilian Ambassador Bruno Salafia Arrives for Centennial
11 year old Bruno Salafia from Sicily arrives in Syracuse as the centennial host guest. He enjoys a welcome breakfast with foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Amadeo Bersani at 800 N McBride St. He asks about the family car and plans a downtown clothes shopping trip after settling in and meeting the city.
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Bruno
Syracuse
Bruno Salafia
Amadeo Bersani
N. McBride St
Carrier Held In Mail Theft Case Atarra
Eugene Cimino 25 a postal employee pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S Commissioner A Van W Hancock on mail theft charges. Inspectors say he admitted stealing mail for two months after being hired as a regular clerk. He faced five specific letters theft and was released on 1500 bail pending August 17 hearing.
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Eugene Cimino
Tully Jr
U. S
A. van W. Hancock
Edward O'Neill
Cc. L. Kane
Cimino
James Cerio
Hancock
Unions Meet New York State Labor Federation Opens
The New York State Federation of Labor begins its four day annual convention in New York City with more than 1,400 delegates in attendance.
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New York
INL
Lipe-Railway Building Sold to Morris Distributing
The War Assets Administration sold the former Lipe Railway Corp building in South Geddes Street to Morris Distributing Co of Syracuse. The six story steel and concrete facility covers three acres with 81 000 square feet of space and four minor structures. Sale completed July 6 for 240000 dollars, after a proposed Syracuse University vocational training plan fell through.
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Lipe- Railway Corp. Buiding
S. Geddes Sr
Morris Distributing Ca
Syracuse
WAA
Syracuse University
Flying Home from Greece Dwight Griswold Leaves Athens Flight
Dwight W Griswold retiring chief of the American aid mission to Greece departs Athens by plane for Germany en route to the United States. He will also stop in Paris.
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Athens
Dwight W. Griswold
Greece
Germany
United States
Paris
State Offers Troops To Reopen Factory
Dayton Ohio Mayor announces Ohio National Guard will march to maintain order if Univisions Company plans to reopen its strikebound plant after a failed tentative settlement. Governor Herbert promises Guard aid if violence resumes as about 200 pickets gather.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Univisions Company
Louis Lohrey
Herbert
National Guard
Red Probe Shifts to Hollywood Money in Communist Plot
Former Communist editor Louis Budenz testifies before a Senate subcommittee that Hollywood supplied a large sum to the Communist Party for Soviet aims in the United States. He identifies Elizabeth Bentley as a Soviet spy and outlines party control, finance, and secret commissions guiding espionage and finance flows. Budenz asserts Bentley’s credibility and notes other couriers and abroad funds, naming key figures like Golos and Crumbine, with party networks tight and influential.
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Washington
API
Louis Budenz
Senators Today
Hollywood
Communist Party
United States
Red
Fordham University
Elizabeth Bentley
Miss Bentley
Moscow
Jis
Budenz
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
Trotzky
Control Commission
Ferguson
R-Mich
California
Midwest Daily Record
Chicago
William Weiner
Lemuel Harris
Wall Street
Charles Crumbine
Party
Golos
Clarence Derba
Alexander Biddleman
Why Complain Why Complain Responded Mirthful Civic Tone
The text presents a Mobile quotation attributed to Harry L. Munsey of the National Geographic Society. Munsey declares that "Our betters tax us unmercifully" but the public does not complain, arguing protest would be futile. A barber asks Jimpson if the razor hurts, and Jimpson replies that it would hurt mildly only if he were not a Christian Scientist.
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Harry L. Munsey
National Geographic Society
Mobile
Mr. Jimpson
Jimpson
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