Unwarranted Power Spurs Dems Over Truman Fund Slash
Democrats denounce a $300 million cut in flood control and rivers and harbors spending for 1947 and 1948. Four party leaders say the action lacks constitutional or statutory authority and defies Congress, calling for a national protest in New Orleans on Sept. 20.
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Truman
Congress
New Orleans
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Overton
D-La
Senate Commerce Committee
Mansfield
Texas
Loose Rivers and Harbors Committee
Charman Whitington
August cold snap ties 1923 record at 47 degrees
The Mercury reached 47 degrees at 6 A.M., tying an August cold weather record set in 1923. The cold wave entered its fourth day of below normal temperatures with a gradual warmup expected, as Thursday ran four degrees below normal and prior days stayed under average.
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Weather Bureau
Weather Report for Syracuse Area Forecast
Partly cloudy today with fair tonight and Saturday. Cool today and tonight, warmer Saturday afternoon. High today 54 with sunset 7 55 PM and sunrise 6 20 AM Saturday. Record high 92 in 1936 and record low 47 in 1923. Showers expected Sunday and Monday. south portion one third inch, north portion two thirds to one inch. Temperature to run below normal. cooler Saturday, warmer Sunday and Monday, cooler Tuesday.
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Thurgay
Tiluwest
New York
Ordered Gem Safe Opened
FRANKFURT. Capt. Kathleen Durant was charged with forcing Heinrich Lange to open the safe crammed with 1,500,000 dollars in jewels of the house of Hesse. The safe held gems placed there by Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia. Recovered jewels spread on a 20 foot table as guards stood watch.
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Wac
Kathleen Durant
Heinrich Lange
Kronberg Castle
Hesse
Narold I. Chase
Prince August Wilhelm
Prussia
Chase
Durant
Wainwright Celebrates 63rd Birthday With Former Bataan Crew
General Jonathan M. Wainwright marks his 63rd birthday in Bellingham Washington greeting veterans who served with him on Bataan and Corregidor. He attends the Washington State American Legion convention and spends time on reunions with the men.
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Bellingham
Wash
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan and
Corregidor
Washington State
American Legion
Reader's Digest Condenses Best Seller for September
Highlighted feature announces a 46 page condensation of a sizzling best seller by Peederic Wakeman in September issue. Includes 137 other lasting articles and offers on line access for readers seeking condensed content.
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Reader's Digest
Peederic Wakeman
Fall Fatal at Solar Street Barge Canal Harbor
Eight year old James Reidy fell from a concrete pier into about 14 feet of water at Solar Street harbor while retrieving a baseball. He drowned despite friends and workers, including Steve Cronin and Thrace Sibley, attempting rescue and applying CPR for 30 minutes before ambulance arrival.
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Solar St
James Reidy
William Reidy
Frazer School
George
Steve Cronin
Onondaga
Thrace’ Sibley
Hastings
Daniel Cole
Phoenix
Sibley
Woman reports car hits submarine in Miami River incident
Police investigated after a car reportedly jumped a retaining wall and struck a World War I submarine moored in the Miami River. Sergeant TD D Carver led the inquiry into the perplexing collision and its aftermath.
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Miame
Fla
Desi
TD. D. Carver
Miami River
Pilot says Yugoslav signals misinterpreted during shootdown
Captain William Crombie of East Longmeadow Massachusetts said two Yugoslav fighters signaled to land with wing rocks and dives, a gesture he misunderstood as assembly. He flew 23 wartime supply missions over Tito’s lines and this was his first trip on the Vienna Udine route.
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Gorizia
Italy
Yugoslavia
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Get a Gun Colonel Told in Texas Style
District Judge Robert W. Terrell denied an injunction by Col. John F. Gulliett to stop a San Antonio man from visiting and calling his wife. The judge said the court would not look ridiculous and suggested two options, including using a 12 gauge shotgun to finish off the man or withdrawing the case.
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San Antonio
Tex
Robert W. Terrell
Texas
John F.guiflett
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Terrem
Col. Gulliett
Price increases loom as Congress deadline nears
OPA lines up a string of price boosts announced today as a new congressional deadline approaches. Many ceilings for refrigerators, washing machines, radios, vacuums and other items are already in effect. Remaining raises include potential higher auto prices.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Fire at Broadway Inn Traced to Juke Box Blaze
Firemen answered an early call at the Broadway Inn where they found the juke box ablaze. The incident prompted an investigation into the cause of the fire and potential damages to the inn.
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New York
Paris Start Draft Of Treaty For Italy
The Peace Conference drafted the initial preamble paragraph for the Italian treaty naming signatories. A Yugoslav amendment to include Albania was withdrawn, excluding Norway. A bloc including France, China, Australia and Canada pushes for a softer peace for Italy and greater credit to Rome.
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Paris
Albania
Norway
France
China
Australia
Canada
Italy
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
List Reveals 149 U.S. Nazis in Senate release
The Senate War Mobilization Subcommittee released a second batch listing more than 5,000 Nazi Party members in the Western Hemisphere, including 149 with U.S. addresses. Names came from Nazi records found in a Munich paper mill bound for pulp.
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Ate
Germany
Western Hemisphere
United States
Munich
Senate War Mobilization
Truman Loafing In Bermuda Sun
President Truman relaxes in Bermuda during a brief stay at the U S naval base. He spends his days walking swimming sunbathing and sightseeing while his yacht Williamsburg lies moored a mile offshore.
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Truman Loafing
Bermuda
U. S&s Naval Base
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UK West Travel Pact Allows Free German Transit
The American military government said a pact with the British military government will permit free travel for Germans between their zones starting September 1. The agreement marks a step toward easing postwar border restrictions in divided Germany.
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Berlin
Tito Rejec ts U S Demand On Yugoslav Plane Incident
Belgrade dispatch reports Marshal Tito rejects part of the U S demand over two Yugoslav Army transport planes shot down by Tito's fighters. Nine occupants of one plane were released before the ultimatum, leaving Turkish captain and five others from the second plane still unaccounted for.
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Paris
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
United States
Safe Department
Yugoslavia
U.S
Richard C. Patterson
Tito
U. S
Tito pledge ends incident tension with United States
Belgrade reports Marshal Tito promised to atone for the shoot down of two American planes and to prevent further clashes as five airmen remain missing after an August 19 U. S. Army transport incident. Ambassador Patterson and officials in Washington press for full satisfaction as Yugoslav fighters and U.S. planes may avoid future encounters.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Richard C. Pat Tilo Terson, Jr
Yugoslavia
Jito
United States
One-Pound Infant Gaining Steadily
Robert Mann, born eight days ago in New Rochelle Hospital, weighed two pounds one ounce today. Doctors estimated his birth at one pound and placed him in an incubator with nourishment via eye dropper as his parents Mr and Mrs Richard Mann watch his progress.
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New Rochelle
Robert Mann
New Rochelle Hospital
Robert
Richard Mann
Empire Heywood Evades Bomb Threat Safely
The British troopship Empire Heywood sailed for Cyprus with 700 Jewish refugees before dawn today, avoiding underground threats to blow up the vessel.
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Jerusalem
Cyprus
Con ductress returns purse with $3000 found on street car
San Francisco conductor Ethel Jeffers found a purse containing 3000 dollars in cash and travelers' checks on her street car last night and turned it in. The loser arrived and collected the items, along with a $1 reward offered for returning lost property.
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San Francisco
Ethel Jeffers
Yugoslavia accuses U S of holding Danube boats in tension flare
Yugoslavia charges the United States with illegally detaining a small Yugoslav Danube fleet and seeks Security Council action. Moscow radio reported Tass dispatch and Belgrade asked UN Secretary General Trygve Lie to place the protest on the August 31 agenda. The note follows Yugoslav tensions after downing two American transport planes.
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Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Moscow Radio
Belgrade
Tass
Moscow
Tryeve Lie
Security Council
Five U S fliers feared dead in Yugoslavia crash down
State Department report says Yugoslav Fourth Army doubts any of the five aviators survived after a plane was shot down last week. A second American crew of a second aircraft, forced to crash Aug. 9, were confirmed released after diplomatic notes. Ultimatum to Yugoslavia sought freedom for all missing or Security Council action.
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State Department
Fourth Army
Department
Iis
Belgrade
Lind
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Harold Shantz
Hohenthal
Pheodore Hohenthal
Zagreb
Pu Yi Faces New Memory Lapse At War Crimes Hearing
In Tokyo today Henry Pu Yi again showed uncertainty before the War Crimes Tribunal as Tojo’s attorney pressed him about a Kwantung Army contract. He recalled vague orders on railways and highways but gave unclear answers.
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Tokyo
Henry Pu Yi
War Crimes Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Kwantung Army
Manchuria
Ichiro Kiyose
Soviet Party Shaken Up By Mass Leadership Change
Pravda reports a mass replacement of leading party personnel as Khrushchev tells the Ukrainian Communist Party central committee in Kiev that leadership changes have been underway for some time due to errors in personnel selection. The move affects top officials including Khrushchev as first secretary of the Ukrainian party.
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CUP
Ukrainian Communist Party
Pravda
N. S. Khruschev
Russia
Kiev
Khruschev
Inside Lend-Lease to Russia Still Flows Postwar
Marquis Chilis argues in his editorial that Lend-Lease shipments to Russia continue a year after the war in Europe ended, highlighting ongoing support and policy implications.
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Russia
Europe
Marquis Chilis
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