FBI Checks on Garsson Case Files Theft
The Senate War Investigating Committee reported the FBI was probing the alleged theft of Garsson case files from the Senate office building. Committee counsel George Meader said a staffer took the files late at night and held them for about three hours as federal investigators pursued the matter in a nationwide probe.
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Wasiington
Senate War Investigating Committee
BBE
Rommaittes
Garson Raune
Garssen
Ineh
Echeue Litergy
Prices for Flannel Shirts Increase and Other Measures
Washington today authorized retail price hikes for flannel work shirts by two to three vents. The actions also included wholesale cloth price caps up to An4 percent and a five percent retail rise for vegetable and fruit insecticide sprays with a August 12 date line.
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Washington
OTA
OVA
Weather forecast for Syracuse area and New York
Parily cloudy with moderate temperatures in Syracuse. Fair tonight and Thursday with warmer Thursday. Record highs and lows listed from 1918 and 1842, humidity readings given. New York area clearing tonight, then sunny and warmer in the afternoon.
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Ryracuse
U.S. Weather Bureau
Baxweorn
New York
Forerunner Drones Show Future Guided A Bomb Warfare
San Francisco reports Brig. Gen. William L. Richardson touts unmanned B-17 drones from Hawaii to Muroc as a step toward long range guided missiles with atomic warheads. He notes a drone mother ship may host aerial atomic bomb drops, with future larger missiles planned. Concluded on Page 8.
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San Francisco
Hilo
Hawaii
Muroc Air Base
Calif
William L. Richardton
Army Air Force
Air Force
Richardson
Muroc Dry Lale
Bikini
Wendover Seeks Secession From Utah Amid B 29 Ties
Wendover Utah citizens threaten to secede from the state and move to Nevada to escape taxes. They cite the nearby Army Air Forces base and the B 29 crew that trained there as a historic link to the atomic bomb mission. The dispute centers on permission to relocate their backyards across the border.
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Wendover
Utah
Wendoveriles
Thhey
Attantic
Nevada
Army Air Forces
Hiroshima
Utan- Nevada
Wood Admits Eight Thefts After Pearl Recovery
Syracuse police charge Robert F. Wood with burglary after 75 stolen pearls are found in a mud-filled catch-basin at Montgomery and Jefferson. Wood, 23, of M.CA, signs affidavits admitting eight burglaries. he pleads not guilty in Police Court and is held for the grand jury. He was arrested at gunpoint on a jewelry store roof during a burglary attempt at Weinstein Jewelry Store.
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Montgomery
E. Jefferson Sts
Syracuse
Robert F. ‘Wood
M.ca
Fred Arnold
Wood
Truman H. Preston
Arnold
Weinstein
Washington St
Albert Meehan
Weather Bureau
William Metzger
Cat Basin
Robert W.wood
U S Steel Sells Government Surplus Plants in Record Sale
United States Steel Corp. turned over checks totaling 77 million dollars to the War Assets Administration for government owned surplus war plants in Pennsylvania and Utah. It marks the two largest plant sales to the government to date.
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Washington
Ins
War Assets Administration
Pennsylvania
Utah
Hangs for Murder in Lancashire Trial Report
Walter Clayton a 22 year old former British soldier was hanged for murder. He confessed to strangling Joyce Jaques aged 23 on a bench in Lancashire. The incident occurred in April at Riverwood and Eagland streets.
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Riverwool
Eagland
Walter Clayton
Clayton
Lil
Joyce Jaques
Alr
Lancashire
Satellites invited to plenary peace session
Paris dispatch reports Secretary Byrnes won approval to invite Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland to address a full 21 nation peace conference session. Byrnes proposed August 10 hearing before all 21 nations with rules allowing minority views. Moscow papers plan to publish full Byrnes Molotov address.
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Paris
Commissio 1
Cares F. Byrnes
Italy
Ron Imania
Burgaria
Hungary
Finland
Byrnes
Rules Commission
Moscow
Tovay
James Byrnes Anig
W. M. Molotov
Iter
Tommorrow
Andrei Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Vier Vv. M. Molotov
Woolley Undergoes Checkup in Albany Hospital
Monty Wooly of stage and screen was to be examined today at an Albany hospital where he was admitted for a physical checkup and observation.
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Woolley
Albany
Monty Wooly
Mystery Signals Spark Search For Sinking Ship
A flurry of faint SOS signals from London prompted four vessels and several aircraft to search for a ship believed to be sinking at an unknown Atlantic location.
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London
INS
Atlantic
Inside pages hint at blame for price hikes editorial note
A clipped newspaper page outlines an AFL blame on political strike pressure and mentions editor David Lawrence. It cites sections such as Amusements, Financial, Classifieds, and Editorials with page references, showing a cataloged inside layout.
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American Federation of Labor
David Lawrence
Truman Victory in Missouri Primary Over Slaughter
Enos Axtell won the Democratic nomination in Missouri's seventh district by 2301 votes over Jerome Walsh, with President Truman and the Pendergast-linked Kansas City organization backing Axtell. Slaughter failed to secure renomination as voters across several states picked party nominees. Concluded on Page 8 Column 3.
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Associated Press
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri Congress
Missouri
Enos A. Axtell
Jerome Walsh
OPA
Slaughter
Virginia
West Virginia
Kansas
New Hampshire
Arkansas
C.lo-P.a.c
Pendergast Politics
Kansas City
Axtell
LaGuardia Flays Russia Over Austria Aid Scramble
UNRRA Director General Fiors LaGuardia accuses Russian authorities of diverting Austrian supplies badly needed by Austrians and demands UNRRA council back him or remove him. He says actions in Austria may breach Potsdam terms and seeks reaffirmation of his mandate.
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Geneva
Genzal F. H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
Organi Lion's Council
LaGuardia
LaGuardi
Austria
Man and Girl Attacked by Two In Ga Incident
Annan Georgia Aug 7 Solicitor General Protem Andrew J Ryan Jr said two Black youths confronted a 22 year old city fireman and a 17 year old girl in a parked car in a sparsely settled Chatham County road at about 2 AM They forced the fireman from the car then struck him and the girl before leaving them in the car.
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Annan
Protem
Andrew J. Ryan
Anthony Elixson
Vetevan
Naval Service
Ryan
Chatham County
Elixson
Gun Duel Fought By Army Sleuths
In Munich last week two U S Army counter intelligence agents misidentified each other as German civilians and exchanged fire. One agent James Caywood of Henryetta Oklahoma sustained four bullet wounds and was reported improving after near death. The other participant, Dutch national Gerard Buhrman, also involved in the same investigation, did not know he was opposing a fellow American.
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Ankyurt
Germany
Munich
Third Army
James Caywood
Henrysetta
Oklo
Caywood
Gerard Buhrman
Army
Woman Plans Chicken Dinner Ended By Lightning Strike
In Gunnison Utah Mrs Verl Anderson planned a chicken meal but a storm caused a lightning strike to hit a tree near her, throwing her against the house where Jonas killed the chicken.
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Gunnisu
Utah
Verl ‘Anderson
Dagwood Makes It
A man in underwear hurries onto a train at New Hope station grabbing trousers a shirt and tie before sprinting aboard as passengers cheer. The incident occurred just before train time, with the man dressing en route and making the Philadelphia-bound car.
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New Hoff
Reading Company
New Hope
Philadelphia-boune
Britain Considers Blockade Over Palestine Immigrant Crisis
London reports a government plan for a possible full blockade of the Palestine coast to halt European Jewish immigration. A Downing Street meeting discussed 1500 detained immigrants aboard ships in Haifa Harbor amid nearing exhaustion of the five year 75,000 quota.
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London
Britain
Palestinie
Holy Land
Rovernment
Palestine
No. 10
Downing St
Attlee
Haifa
Pan American veterans roll tops seventeen million
The V A reports the ex service population has surpassed 17 million for the first time as of July 31. Veterans on its rolls number 1 240 000, up from 16 836 000 the previous month and 6 712 000 at the end of July 1945.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
State Wraps Up Case Heirens Indicted In Widow Slaying
The state moved a day to wrap up its case against William Heirens by obtaining an instrument charging the 17 year old with the murder of Mrs. Josephine Ross a 94 year old widow in her apartment in June 1945 Heirens confession linked to the kidnaping strangling and dismemberment of Suzanne Desan 6 and the stabbing of Miss Francestown 33 in 1945 Grand Jury named Heirens in an indictment for murdering Mrs Ross confirming the murder accusees and related testimony followed by continued coverage on Page 2 Column 3.
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Ciicago
William Heirens
Josephine Ross
Suzanne Desnan
Francestown
Duc
Lss
Wilbert Crowley
Heirius
Bill Nally
Jim
Ross
Crawley
Mary Jane Blanchard
S. Ross
Nine Hundred Men Take New York State Trooper Exams
The statePolice plan for 900 examinees to join the force with 200 expected to earn the grey and black trooper badges. Exams occur in Albany Malone Buffalo Binghamton Syracuse and White Plains with passing at least 75 percent and high school or equivalent education required. Many candidates are ex-GIs and college men amid civilian life adjustments and job choices.
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Lucille Rubin
Albany
INS
New York State Police
Lone
Buffalo
Binghamton
Syracuse
White Plains
Frank Sinatra
Cop
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