Food supplies to rise for remainder of 1946 says USDA
The Agriculture Department forecast slightly larger overall food supplies for the rest of 1946 with high wartime levels for fruits vegetables and fluid milk. Meat and grain products should remain plentiful though beef and lamb may dip by fall with higher exports. per capita milk and sugar supplies stay tight and flour milling controls persist.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
BAE
Bureau
Hoover Fishes on 72d Birthday in Vacation Trip
Former President Herbert Hoover spent his 72nd birthday on a fishing and vacation trip on Saturday. He traveled with his two sons Allan and Herbert Jr and a party of friends. Friends said the exact location was not disclosed as Hoover sought a quiet holiday.
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Call
Herbert Hoover
Allan
Herbert, Jr
Hoover
Weather synopsis for Syracuse area forecast
Forecast shows fair and cooler Sunday with partly cloudy conditions and continued cool Monday. Sunset today at 3 15 P M and sunrise Monday at 6 07 A M. Record highs and lows referenced from 1994 and 1941. regional map appears on Page 28.
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Syracuse Area
Abandoned Birth Leads To Adoption Debate
A 23 year old woman left her newborn girl at a Detroit area physician’s office just after birth, prompting Dearborn police to discuss return or adoption. Detained mother Madeline Ford, supported by four other children, fears she cannot provide for the baby and contemplates adoption. Police say Ford realizes her act, while adoption offers a chance for the child’s future. Concluded on page 2.
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Dearjborn
Madeline Ford
Netta Hitchcock
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Ford
Mra.ack
Raid on Indianapolis Nursing Home Sparks Probe
Prosecutor Sherwood Blue led a Saturday raid on a near North Indianapolis nursing home that uncovered elderly patients chained to beds behind locked doors. He charged owner Margaret Colvin with operating a nursing home without a license as officers described a house of horror with about 20 patients, many of whom were mentally impaired or receiving old age assistance.
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Indianapolis
Sherwood Blue
Margaret Colvin
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Department of Public
Prank on Cog Railway Injures Twenty Two on Mount Washington
Twenty two persons were injured, one seriously, in a train wreck on the Mount Washington cog railway near the summit. A flat car broke loose on the summit and sped down the track into an up bound car, injuring occupants and prompting ambulances and hospital transfers to St. Louis Hospital in Berlin. Authorities believe a prank or curiosity disabled safety devices on the flat car.
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Gorham
N. H
Mount Washington
New
Aryhur F. Peague
St. Louis Hospital
Berlin
Atomic Fashion Amid Crossroad Fleet Sailor Tattoos
With each arrival of the Operations Crossroad fleet local tattoo parlors fill up as sailors seek full color reproductions of the atomic bomb cloud on their chests.
Race riot injures dozens in Athens Alabama
A fist fight between two white war veterans and a Black man touched off a race riot in Athens Alabama. Police estimate between 50 and 100 Negroes injured as white mobs surged through the town. County Judge D L Roseneau witnessed elderly and disabled Black residents knocked down and trampled during the disturbance. An estimated 2000 men gathered at one point.
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D. L. Roseneau
Hart Loser in Singles Wedding of Kitty Carlisle and Hart
In New Hope Pennsylvania up front news notes Moss Hart loses his singles title as Broadwi eligible earns a place as groom of singing star Kitty Carlisle. The ceremony, called smooth and beautiful, occurred in Bucks County in a parlor wedding presided by 86 year old justice John Simon. Kitty Carlisle wore a white and red printed dress with red hat and accessories, holding a bouquet. MART, Pulitzer prize winner, who has worked with George Kaufman, attended in a blue outfit Concluded on Page 8, Column 1.
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Moss'Hart
Kitty Carlisle
John Simon
Bucks County
Mart
Georges. Kaufman
Showdown
Price Board to Hear Pro and Con on Keeping Food Controls
Washington will host four days of hearings starting Monday as the new price decontrol board weighs whether to keep controls off basic foods. Roy L. Thompson announced the 82 groups will testify before the deadline of August 20. Topics include livestock, meat, grains, dairy products, cotton seed, and soybeans.
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Washington
INS
Roy L. Thompson
Basi Foods
OPA
War Reserve Stockpile Set Under Sec Roy outlines plan
Under Secretary Kenneth C. Royall said the government will immediately build to a 2.1 billion dollar war reserve stockpile of critical materials for emergencies. President Truman authorized a 10 million dollar down payment this week as a deficiency appropriation. Procurement contracts are expected to be let soon through the Treasury’s division acting for the armed services.
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Wer
Kenneth C. Roy
Truman
Royall
Treasury
Armed Services
U.S. Requests Freedoms for Dairen Consul
Washington reports Moscow has been asked to allow American Consul Harry Merrill Benninghaff at Dairen Manchuria to communicate more freely with Washington. The State Department says no protest has been filed but talks aim to settle with Soviet authorities. Benninghof arrived in Dairen in April and has been forced to report through Russian military radio in plain language.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
Harry Merrill Benninghaff
Dairen
Manchuria
Benninghof
Malvern county race pits veterans against sheriff
In Malvern Arkansas county politics the self-styled most sanitary town watched a clash as a group of young veterans challenged Sheriff Jack Kight and his supporters. The veterans warned about potential election irregularities and likened threats to a Tennessee incident, signaling a tense political battle ahead.
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Malverm
Ark
Arkansas
Jack Kight
Kight
Wwaralnga
Tennessee
McMinn County
War profits alleged in lendlease contracts probe
Senate War Investigating Committee cites evidence that Treasury staff received favors from brokers tied to lend-lease deals with high profits. Reports describe week end broker parties for officials and secretaries. two fired in procurement for non protected government interests. One bakery salesman used two names, winning 47 contracts worth 200000, with 55 percent gross profit.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Treasury
George Meader
Meader
Hudson River
Versailles echoes loom as Paris talks draw scorn
Paris conference woes pale beside Versailles chaos in 1914. The piece recalls walkouts, threats, and injuries as Woodrow Wilson suffered health decline and Georges Clemenceau faced attacks from the Quai d’Orsay amid a mutinous atmosphere. The note signals continuation on page four.
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Woodrow Wilson
Georges Clemencesnt
Viger
France
Quai D'Orsay
al- Taa
Crackdown at Palestine Britain to Seize All Ships With Refugees
Britain warned unofficially it would intercept search and arrest vessels from any country carrying illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine as it seeks to halt immigration. Cyprus camps expand as first arrivals loom. Jerusalem warns of trouble if immigration stops.
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Britain
London
Truman
Europe
Cyprus
Canada
Rocket Plane Test Slated for Fall
The rocket powered Bell XS 1, first craft expected to fly faster than sound, may test this fall at Muroc Lake California under Bell Aircraft and Army Air Forces contract. A lightning strike injured golfer Girardi, 30, at a Schenectady golf course but deemed not serious. The NACA reported the plane will be released from H 29 to reach higher altitudes for greater speed.
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Schenectady
James Fall
Muroc Lake
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Girardi
Une
National Advisory Committee
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Army Air Forces
La Guardia worries beer during relief visit to Prague
At Prague airport on Saturday Fiorello La Guardia received a stein of beer from the G P a delegation. He paused his drink and voiced concern that beer in postwar Czechoslovakia could hinder grain supplies for relief and recovery efforts.
Milwaukee Faces Beer Shortage After Imports From Mexico
Milwaukee reports a beer shortage as local distributors struggle to meet demand and begin importing brew from Mexico to offset dwindling supplies. The situation affects bars, retailers, and consumers awaiting familiar brands amid the supply disruption.
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Milwaukee
Mexico
Vacation Note Sparks City Life Changes
On the inside front, 30E Beamish is away from City Life for two weeks with guest columnists writing during the absence. The first guest piece is by Crandall Melvin, president of Merchants onal Bank, appearing on page 40.
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City Life
Crandall Melvin
Merchants Onal Bank
De Gasperi seeks delay on Italy frontier terms
Paris dispatch reports Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi urging postponement of settlement on Trieste and Venezia Giulia frontier issues. He calls internationalizing Trieste a deep wound to Italy and argues for a delay while citing damages and reparations claims against Germany. The conference adjourned to Monday to continue debate on Italy’s plea.
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Trieste
Alcide de Gasperi
Mary
de Gasperi
Venezia Giulia
Geremany
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Germany
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Peace Fails Gen Marshall Sees Chinese War to Death
Gen George C Marshall declared peace in China possible while warning the conflict with Chinese Communists could engulf the country. Dr John Leighton Stuart, new U S ambassador, joined the statement. Nanking said Marshall would return by Sept 15 as Chiang Kai-shek planned a major policy address and prepared to press military action against the Communists.
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Shanghai
China
George C. Marshall
Marshall
John Leighton Stuart
U. S
Nanking
United States
Chiang Kasi-Shek
Belgian Economic Official Killed in Auto Crash
Belgian economic official Leon Greil, 43, assistant director of the economic mission to the United States, died in an automobile crash west of Annapolis on Saturday. Three others were injured when a car overturned into a ditch.
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Annapolis, Ma
INS
Leon Greil
United States
Annapolis
O'Dwyer to preside at New York Democratic State Convention
The Herald Tribune says Mayor William O'Dwyer will preside over the Democratic State Convention in Albany on September 3. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will serve as temporary chairman, while James A. Farley declined the permanent chair.
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New York
Herald Tribune
Sys
Willam Owyer
Albany
James A. Farlay
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Sayz
Tiniest Baby Dies in Pittsfield Hospital
In Pittsfield Massachusetts six day old infantLinds Marie Williams weighing one pound twelve ounces at birth died Friday at St James Hospital. She was the tiniest baby ever born in Lusfield and hospital officials called her a record smallest birth.
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Mass
Linds Marie ‘Williams
Jere Friday Jnne
St Jukes Hospital
Lusfeld
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