Hiccup Cure Sought by Dayton Man
William C. Wells in Dayton Ohio has suffered persistent hiccups for 17 months with cycles of two to four hiccups followed by restful days. He has tried methods from scaring to breathing tricks and draining water wrong side of glass. He plans to seek Mayo Clinic care as he weighs 96 pounds and continues to be plagued by continuous hiccuping.
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Dayton
William C. Wells
Wells
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Violence flares as Great Lakes strike widens
Two Lake Carriers' Association officials were injured and four seamen detained after a melee at South Chicago. Joseph Curran of the NMU reported two NMU pickets injured at Ashtabula, Ohio. Curran urged peaceful picketing for a 40 hour week as tensions rise across the lakes.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
New York
Ashtabula
Secial
Oan Auto
NMU
Tanker Blast Kills Two Seamen in Portland Harbor
An explosion aboard the oil tanker Diamond Island at Case Bay killed mate David Sternburg, 23, of South Charleston, and John Prembaez, 43, of Philadelphia. Three others were injured as fire damaged the 10,296-ton vessel registered out of Philadelphia. Navy says it likely won’t sink. oil fumes suspected.
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Portland
Diamond Island
Case Bay
Avid Stemnburg
South Charleston
John Prembaez
Philadelphia
Navy
Weather Forecast for Syracuse Area
The U S Weather Bureau predicts occasional showers early Sunday with a cloudy afternoon and moderate temperatures. Monday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high around 78 and a low near 66.
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U. 8
Weather Bureau
Miller urges women to seek jobs they can outdo men
Frieda Miller marking her second anniversary as head of the Labor Department's Women's Bureau urges women to pick roles they can excel in and avoid physically demanding or restrictive jobs. She predicts postwar growth in social service and health fields and highlights nursing as an ideal profession for women.
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Wasiington
INS
Frieda Miller
Labor Department
Women's Bureau
Miss Miller
New York State
Floods Ravage Missouri Illinois Leaving Thousands Homeless
Rain returned Saturday in Southern Illinois and Missouri causing two deaths and about 4,776 people evacuated by the Red Cross. The Mississippi River rose 17 feet since Tuesday, with 2,395 buildings destroyed as relief workers counted damaged homes and properties.
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ST. Louis
Ilinois
Missouri
U. S. Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Austria Voices At Peace Conference On Italy Treaty
At the Paris peace conference Austria was invited to present views on Italy's peace treaty after a 15 to 6 vote with Russia opposing. Canada urged the Big Four to end wrangling and move to business as discussions continued.
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Paris
Austria
Italy
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Canada
Clay Summoned to Paris for German Question Talks
Secretary of State Byrnes has asked Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay to Paris for general discussion of the German question. An American informant said the move does not signal raising the issue at the peace conference. Canada urged the Big Four to meet alongside the conference to speed up peace talks. The Austria debate followed familiar lines with Vishinsky leading the Russian stance.
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Byrnes
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Berlin
Canada
Big Four
William Mackenzie King
Glider and Plane Crash Kills Two Officers at Soaring Contest
A light aircraft collided with a sailplane at Chemung County airport injuring one pilot and killing Lt Cmdr Stanley Fierstein of Houston and Lt G E Linder of Greenville. The plane landed safely with minor injuries to Howard Graves of Lock Haven while towing another glider.
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Elmira
INS
Army Air Force
Chemung County
Stanley C. Fierstein
Houston
Tex
Naval Aircraft Modification
Johnsville
G. E. Linder
Third Air Force
Greenville
S. C
Howard Graves
Lock Haven
Graves
U. S. Sees Oil Stakes in Palestine Tangle
The State Department said the United States has direct commercial interest in the Palestine crisis to secure Middle East oil outlets for American Arabian oil. John A. Loftus warned that oil’s strategic value fuels suspicion and power politics as foreign monopolies threaten U.S. access. He noted Russia’s Iran interests and fears over Azerbaijan fields.
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Washington
INL
State Department
United States
Palestine
John A. Loftus
Department
Iraq
Persian Gill
Iran
Paraguay
Doftus
Russia
Azerbaijan
Calcutta Riots Kill Hundreds in Central City Clash
Rioting between Hindus and Moslems in Calcutta left about 270 killed and up to 2,000 wounded as police and British Army units fought to restore order on Direct Action Day. Gunfire, stabbings, lootings and arson plagued the streets amid escalating violence.
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Calcutta
Reuters
Bengal
Frederick Burrows
Refugees Repulse British Efforts in Haifa Harbor
In Haifa harbor around four hundred fifty Jewish refugees rebuffed two British attempts to force them onto transports to Cyprus. About 15 000 onlookers cheered as British reinforcements moved in while armed men attacked a central Tel Aviv building. British troops and RAF aircraft patrolled, and a wave of warnings and evacuations spread through Jerusalem as a mined threat prompted a post office shutdown.
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Jerusalem
INS
Cyprus
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Fiaganah
Ground Radio
Voice of Israel
General Post Office
Wyatt Can Try It May Control Nonhousing Building
Production boss John D. Small offered Housing Chief Wilson Wyatt bulk control over nonhousing building to ease scarce materials. Wyatt pressed for deeper cuts and warned of a mandatory directive if ignored. Small proposed Wyatt take full authority while Small keeps industrial construction and reconversion duties.
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Washington
John D. Small
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Jetter
Small
Cié Concludad
Colunn
Detroit Hoffa Brennnan Indicted in Union Extortion Plot
A Detroit grand jury charged James R. Hoffa and Bernard Brennan with extortion and conspiring to violate the state labor act. Sixteen organizers aided in pressuring 860 Detroit merchants, grocers and meat dealers to join the AFL teamsters in an abortive organizing drive.
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Detroit
INS
Detroit Labor Rackets Grand Jury
A.F.L. Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Detroit Teamster Czar
Bernard “Bert” Brennan
A.F.L
Ship's Coal Cargo Afire 500 Miles Off Newfoundland
A distress message said the coal cargo on the steamer Benjamin Milem was afire 500 miles off New Foundland. The Coast Guard picked up the call on Saturday and the ship reported itself in serious but not critical condition. Skipper Arthur Jensen asked that the War Shipping Administration and the operators be notified as the vessel headed for St John’s.
Crowd Seeks Ike Blocked by Police at Embassy
Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd estimated at 2000 supporters of former Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla who tried to enter the American Embassy in Mexico City to see General Dwight D. Eisenhower after the July 2 presidential election.
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Mexico City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ezequiel Padillini
USSR Masses Troops Near Iran Border Reported
A foreign official cites cabled reports indicating the USSR massed 15 to 25 divisions possibly 113000 troops along the Araxes River boundary with Iran. The units are described as Red Army mountain troops deployed 38 miles east of Dzhulfa, about 80 miles north of Tabriz, near the border.
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Araxes River
Iran
Soviet
Russia
Dzhulfa
Leity
Tabriz
Communists claim 8000 government troops killed near Lunghai line
A Communist radio report from Yenan said 8,000 Chinese government troops were wiped out in heavy fighting along the Lunghai Railway near the Kiangsu Anhwei Henan border about 300 miles northwest of Nanking. Many casualties were from the 18th Division.
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Yenan
Lunghai
Kiangsu
Anhwei
Henan
Fear Riot in Swedesboro Draws State Police Aid
In Swedesboro New Jersey last night two hundred Negroes and white patrons clashed in a restaurant prompting state police to assist local authorities as restless groups gathered on the streets.
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Swedesboro
N. J
New Jersey
Laundry dispute ties up Police Court in Albany
Yee Fee a Chinese laundryman testified he washed 25 sheets 2 blankets 11 pillow cases and 4 mattress covers for a tugboat captain named Oswald Lafontaine of the Calatco III of New York City after a man claimed the captain’s ticket was lost. The captain declined the offer to pay for the other man’s wash and the case was adjourned to August 30.
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Albany
Yee Fee
Oswald laFontaine
Calatco III
New York City
Inside Page Teasers and Sections Overview
A reader guide to the newspaper page lists sections including Amusements Inq Rep 38 Books Music Classified Poets Corner Crossword Pol Pscope Deaths Weather Society and editorial and sports page numbers. It marks the page location and content architecture for today’s issue.
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Inq
Poets Corner
Pol. P
Dr. Maxwell’s Society
Weather
Tornado hits Wells tourist camp killing seven
Tornado struck a Wells area tourist camp near Mankato injuring many as it demolished cabins and scattered debris. At least seven dead and around 30 injured were initially reported, with authorities fearing higher totals as rescue crews searched the wreckage.
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Mankato
Mankato, Minn
Manekato
Bares Plan On Palestine Revealed By Drew Pearson
Columnist Drew Pearson published copies of a 10 page British proposed Palestine plan partitioning the territory into four areas with separate Arab and Jewish provinces. The document labeled top secret and property of His Majesty's Government notes Truman ready to push Congress for legislation admitting 50,000 displaced persons including Jews.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Palestine
Truman
Congress
United States
Banff Rockslide Blocks Rail Line and Highway
A vast rock slide on Cathedral Mountain blocked the transcontinental line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the trans Canada Highway near Banff Alberta. More than 100 men with bulldozers and ditching machines worked to clear the tracks 43 miles west of Banff.
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Banff
Alta
Pia
Cathedral Mountain
Canadian Pacific Railway
Train Fire Causes $40,000 Damage in Pana
A fire Saturday damaged an express car of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Pana Illinois, with damage estimated at $40,000. No injuries were reported and investigators began checking the cause of the blaze.
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Pana, Ill
Ins
Pennsylvania Railroad
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