Meatless Menus Threatened by Corn Belt Drought
A USDA report warns ongoing Midwestern heat and drought could shrink the 1948 meat supply. Corn yields may fall from 2.77 billion to 2.44 billion bushels by mid August, with final output possibly 2.85 billion needed to sustain current per capita meat use. If drought persists, prices could rise and meat shortages occur, while officials consider curbing corn use for whisky and industry.
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Washington
Special Agriculture Department
Congress
Tax study group to scan city budget with CPAs
Syracuse chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants will join the Chamber of Commerce taxation committee to review city department budgets. President Robert G. Soule announced the plan to learn where money is spent and what the city receives in return. Teams of a committee member and an accountant will study each department budget and then meet with Finance Commissioner George H. Bedford and the department head to discuss figures.
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Chamber of Commerce Taxation
Robert G. Soule
Chamber
Soule
Syracuse
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Chamber Taxation Committee
Ter
Thomas E. Kennedy
George H. Bedford
City Hall
Italy to Seek Two New Loans
Premier De Gasperi told his cabinet that due to Italy's grave economic situation he will request two more foreign loans. A $190 million loan will be sought from the Import and Export Bank and a further $250 million from the World Bank for International Reconstruction.
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MOME
INL
de Gasperi
Italy
Import and Export Bank
World Bank For International Reconstruction
Plans by Sparthur HQ raise fears of cheap Japanese goods
An editorial notes U S business fears that Japan may flood the world market with inexpensive imports as talks at General Sparthur’s center aim to reopen export trade on a partial basis. The page list includes comics, horoscope and various features across pages 5 to 24.
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Gen. Sparthur
Japan
U. S
LeRoy BE. Smith
Weather bureau debunks claim weather growing warmer
Washington reports the U S Weather Bureau rejects the idea that global temperatures rise each year. Climatist G C Beistow says weather is steady, influenced by childhood memories, with real climate change requiring thousands of years.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Weather Bureau
G. C. Beistow
Bureau
Bristow
Ife
Central Asia
Showdown Looms as West-Russia Tensions Rise
Washington observers warn of a coming showdown with the Soviet bloc as Russia vetoes UN Balkan action. Diplomats see Sept 15 UN General Assembly as a flashpoint with Greece in play and outside opinion pivotal. Most circles express pessimism about the outcome.
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UN General Assembly
United States
Russia
Egypt Rioters Clash With Police Over Britain Dispute
About 5,000 demonstrators gathered in Cairo protesting UN Security Council discussions on Egypt Britain tensions. Police fired to scatter crowds, seizing seven followers of the Moslem Brotherhood who demanded evacuation of British troops. Acting PM Ahmed Khashaba urged patriots to help maintain order while PM Mahmoud Fahmy Naiashq Pasha was at Lake Success. Over 10 protesters wounded in clashes.
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CAMO
America
United Nations Security Council
Britain
Ahmed Khashaba
Mahmoud Fahmy Naiashq Pasha
Lake Success
Dutch War Accord Fails
Informed quarters said today that compromise talks on the Dutch Indonesian conflict had failed as the United Nations Security Council planned to resume debate. Reports from Indonesia indicated widespread clashes between Dutch and Indonesian forces. China Australia and Poland sponsored proposals but remained deadlocked on observers and an arbitration commission.
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China
Australia
Poland
Batavia
Argentina Treaty Plan Rejected By U S Senator
PETROPOLIS Brazil UP Senator Arthur Vandenberg rejected an Argentine plan to limit the inter American defense treaty to outside aggression. He warned the move would turn the pact into an armed alliance against the world and said it would not do. The conference steering committee also deemed a Cuban proposal to include economic aggression inopportune. The Argentine stance would exclude intra American state conflicts, conflicting with Chapultepec Act terms and other drafts. Concluded on Page 2 Column 1.
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Petropolis
Brazil
Arthur Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Argentina
Chapultepec
Yugoslav Blockade Charge Denied in U S Statement
Washington reports state department rejected Yugoslav Ambassador Sava Kosanovic claim that the United States seeks to impose a blockade on Yugoslavia through economic pressure. The denial came amid tensions over sanctions and trade restrictions.
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Washington
State Department
Sava N. Kosanovic
United States
War of extermination on Moslems Sikh slaughter in 12 days
Military authorities report 1500 people slain in 12 days as Sikh warriors swarmed 150 small Moslem villages on the Pakistan border side of Punjab. Women and children among the dead, with looting, burning, pillaging noted. Curfew tightens in Jullundur as tanks and trucks patrol streets.
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Jullundur
India
Pakistan
Grant Founder Praises Syracuse At Chamber Luncheon
W T Grant founder lauds Syracuse calling it the liveliest city he knows and notes expansion possibilities as his company opens a new 2.5 million store between Warren and Salina streets. He recounts starting the first Grant store in 1906 with 1000 dollars and borrowed funds.
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Grant
Syracuse
United States
W. T. Grant Co
Chamber of Commerce
Warren and
Salinasts
Eagan Real Estate, Inc
Russ Reject Petkov Plea in Death Sentence Review
Sofia Bulgaria Russia's Allied Control Commission representative rejected the US demand to review Nikola Petkov's death sentence. Petkov, an anti Communist leader, was sentenced last Saturday for conspiring against the government. No hanging date has been set. The US and Britain had asked for a review four days earlier. The rejection came from Gen. Alexander Cherepanov, Soviet member and acting deputy chairman.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Russia
Allied Control Commission
United States
Nikola Petkov
Petkov
Fatherland Front
Britain
Alexander Cherepanov
Globe Flivver Fliers II of Flu Ill in Greenland
Families of Clifford W. Evans and George W. Truman attempt a round the world flight in a Piper Cub. Both fliers are reported ill with influenza in Greenland. Message relayed by amateur radio stations and picked up by S. E. Newman.
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Washington
Clifford W. Evans
George W. Truman
Greenland
S. E. Newman
Trade Pact Near Geneva With 17 Nations
Pledges from Britain and the United States forecast unanimous adoption today by the 17 nation commission drafting a charter for a proposed international trade organization.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
United States
Price Fixing Check Urged by Senate Committee
Senator Sparkman urged the Senate House committee to investigate rising costs and possible price fixing by industry. John D. Clark and Leon Keyserling proposed a joint Justice Department and FTC drive to uncover rigging, with hearings to start next month across the country to learn why prices rise and how to lower them.
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Washington
Sparkman
Clark
Leon Keyserling
Mr. Truman
Economic Council
Boy’s witty reply on crowded bus headline
A small boy and a fat man ride a crowded bus. When two ladies stand, the boy asks the man to let them sit. The boy then suggests the man stand so both women can sit. Narration attributed to Daniel Donnelly.
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Daniel Donnelly
Midwest Heat Wave Expected to Reach Syracuse
The Weather Bureau forecasts a rapid rise in temperatures across Central New York from Saturday through Wednesday with readings four to eight degrees above normal. Syracuse may hit 88 today as a Midwest heat spell continues, with a small chance of scattered showers not cooling the high pressure map.
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York
Weather Bureau
Chicago
East
New England
Midwest
Syracuse
Mystery bullet kills expectant mother in Mississippi garden
In Walls Mississippi a 23 year old expectant mother Mrs John H Oxford was found dead in her cottage doorway from a mysteriously fired bullet. Constable Minor Smith said the incident occurred Thursday while she was working in her garden. Her husband, a radio technician at a nearby airfield, reported the death.
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Walls
Minor Smith
Smith
John H. Oxford
Tropical Storm Rolls Inland Near Grand Isle Louisiana
A tropical storm with winds up to 42 mph moved inland about 25 miles west of Grand Isle. Gusts of 43 mph were recorded at Grand Isle as the storm lashed Louisiana today.
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New Orleans
Grand Isle
Explosion at Philadelphia City Hall Injures One
An explosion believed to be bomb related shook City Hall in Philadelphia today damaging the first floor of the detective bureau. One man was injured according to the first page report.
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Philadelphia
Pag
Hartley Taft-Hartley Act shifts labor policy and divides supporters
Washington reports the Taft Hartley Act fully in force as divisions emerge among supporters over its spirit. Rep Hartley urges firm employer stance while Sen Taft favors freedom for bargains not violating the act. Hartley warns of Washington action against contracts seen as violating the law. Major provisions took effect after congressional enactment over Truman veto. AFL and CIO respond, with AFL planning Chicago meeting on Sept 5 and CIO board set for a similar review. The U S Chamber of Commerce notes the development on page 2.
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Washington
Hartley
Detroit
Congress
Truman
CSO
Af.l
A.F.L
Chicago
CLO
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Interesting CARE package story to run Sunday
The Herald-American will publish an article on CARE packages for European relief explaining how the needy overseas benefit from the non profit work. It will also feature the Inquiring Reporter City Life Harvey S. Smith veterans column and Laurence O'Toole Political Periscope in the Sunday package.
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Herald-American
Your
Sunday Herald- American
City Life
Harvey S. Smith
Laurence O'Toole
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