Storm Silent Heat With 93 Degree Spike In Syracuse
A violent electrical storm knocked out power in Syracuse and Onondaga County. The day began with a 93 degree high before a rapid fall. outages affected four villages as the storm knocked down wires and trees. Mrs. Cora Dumas, 416 Boyden, collapsed from the heat and was treated at St Joseph's Hospital. About 4,000 homes in Fayetteville Manlius Cazenovia and Chittenango lost power around 6 30 PM, with service restored by 9 15 PM.
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Onondaga County
Cora Dumas
Boyden
St. Joseph's Hospital
Fayetteville
Manlius
Cazenovia
Chittenango
Galveston Weathering Strong Tropical Storm Warnings
Galveston, Texas braced Saturday as a tropical storm neared the north Texas coast. Winds reached 68 to 70 mph but caused little structural damage. One man died from a live wire, three others were feared lost at sea after a snapped boat. The storm then moved toward Texas City and inland.
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Galveston
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Texas
Texas City
Middies Return From European Cruise to Annapolis
Naval Academy brigade of midshipmen returns to Annapolis after an 11 week summer training cruise to Europe and heads home for vacations.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Europe
Paul Gallico on crooners and a new performer rise
The article notes Paul Gallico’s shock at the newcomer Rammed Vie Dame being groomed and promoted for eight years as a rising crooner. Gallico writes an editorial suggesting crooners often seem to emerge naturally rather than being trained.
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Paul Gallico
Vie Damene
Han
Gallico
Old Union Cases Spark NLRB Taft Hartley Review
NLRB officials privately fear a union challenge could derail plans to apply Hartley Taft Act policy to 3,500 old cases. Desham backs separate court review of each case to adapt them under Taft Hartley. Some officials warn lawsuits might stall the procedure.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Desham
Western Hemisphere Defens e Treaty Draft Near Completion
Inter American conference delegates reached consensus on 12 core clauses to define aggression and collective defense. A draft text will be shown to the parent sub committee with plans for a hemispheric security zone from the Arctic to the Antarctic and possible swift treaty completion. President Truman may move up his visit date to Sept. 5 as drafting continues.
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Quitandinea
Brazil
Truman
United States
Mexico
Bero
Bolivia
Ricardo J. Alfaro
Panama
Arctic
Ant
Trieste Beheading Becomes Rising War of Words and Arrests
Yugoslav press reports 33 arrested in Trieste after a priest beheading and mob attack on Father Buselich during confirmation rites. A. T. E. says arrests will be tried in Peoples Court as virtual ban blocks access to Fiume and details on Magr. Jacob Akmar’s injuries.
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T ‘Ton
Tatria
Antonio‘ Santin
Triests
Istria
A. T.E
Peoples ‘Court
Bani
Fpiume
Jacob: Akmar
Mito Buselich
Helfrey
Lanische
Father ‘Buselich
Gome
Fire in Rome threatens Vatican treasures in Pigna court
Fire brigades in Vatican City battled a blaze in the Pigna courtyard near St. Peter's Basilica that could have spread to warehouses housing priceless treasures. Officials believe spontaneous combustion started the fire, damaging one warehouse.
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Vatican City
Rome
Pigna
St. Peter's Basilica
Riots Subside in Some Indian Cities as Punjab Turmoil Continues
Reports say communal rioting eased in Lahore and Amritsar while Punjab remained volatile with Sikhs Hindus and Muslims in ongoing violent reprisals.
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New Delhi
Lahore
Amritsar
Punjab
Navy tug aids Wawona in gale off Unimak Pass
SOS KODIAK Alaska AP reports a Navy tug raced to help the four masted schooner Wawona after its crew of fifty radioed for assistance as a strong southeasterly gale threatened to drive the vessel aground in Unimak Pass.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Unimak
Pass
Truman to press for voluntary price cuts in anti-trust drive
President Truman will renew his plea for voluntary price cuts by businesses, tied to the Justice Department anti-trust push. A Federal grand jury probe into real estate practices is seen as the starting point to curb monopolistic housing costs, with attention expected to extend to other cost of living industries.
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Justice Department
Legion convention opens with party noise and pageantry
New York reports the 29th American Legion convention ready to begin on Thursday. The event features baby alligators hand-operated sirens coco nuts and bugle corps as part of the festive mix resembling election night.
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New York
Coconuts and
Bugle Corps
29Th American Legion
American Legion four day convention eyed bigger turnout
The American Legion announced its four day convention starting Thursday is expected to be twice as large as the 1937 event. Officials released figures showing current membership around 1,980,000 with 5.5 million auxiliary members and 40,000 World War II veterans as average age figures are noted.
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New York
American Legion
The
Legion
Teta
Homecoming Game and Political Convention Report
A fragment describes a homecoming football game and a political convention with early arrivals from Chicago bringing noise and provoking a near traffic jam on Eighthay. It notes 39 baby gators and 5 000 coconuts as civic pride symbols.
First Snow Covers Pikes Peak Area in Colorado
Four inches of snow spread across Pikes Peak and surrounding mountains marking the season's first extensive snowfall. State Patrolman Ward Morrow said motorists were using chains on area roads.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes Peak
Ward Morrow
Jewish D.P.s At Gibraltar
Three British transports carrying 4 400 Jewish refugees to Germany arrived at Gibraltar this morning. The refugees, who tried to enter Palestine by breaking the British blockade aboard the Exodus 1947, had spent 46 days aboard ship, escorted by a cruiser and two destroyers.
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Gibraltar
Germany
Palestine
Ford Plant Maps Output Boost in Buffalo
Ford Motor Co Buffalo plant starts a program aiming for a 10 percent production increase on local assembly lines to 335 cars daily by September 1.
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Buffalo
Ford Motor Co
Ford’ Company
U S Maps Europe's Relief Needs for Marshall Plan
The United States prepares an advance estimate of Europe's recovery needs to guide the Marshall plan. Officials say $15 to $20 billion in aid over four to five years is possible, comparing with earlier $24 billion figures. The effort will not hinder Paris talks and will align with presidential committees before Congress acts.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Paris
U. SS
Truman
America
Western
U. S
Congress
War Dept Withholds Albuquerque Construction Data
The War Department announced it will reveal no information about construction near Albuquerque New Mexico because operations there are deemed restricted data under the Atomic Act of 1946.
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Washington
War Department
Albuquerque
N. M
GIs plan reunions for battle buddies after Army
Up to 100000 ex GIs who swore they'd never think about the Army again are set for reunions with wartime comrades. The 30th Infantry Old Hickory Division meets in Nashville Aug 28 30 with Maj. Gen. Hobbs as speaker. The 78th Division vets gather Aug 29 31 at Fort Dix with chapel window ceremonies for the fallen. The 89th Division convenes in St. Louis, and the Fifth Infantry Division plans its event after service in Teeland and Europe.
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INS
Nfe
30Th Infantry
Old Hickory
Nashville
Tenn
Leland Ss. Hobbs
78Th
Lightning) Division Veterans Association
Fort Dix
N. J
Post Chapel
St. Louis
Teeland
Europe
George S. Patton
Greece May Be Powder Keg If Russia Conquers
Representative Charles A. Eaton chairing the House Foreign Affairs Committee warned Greece could trigger World War III if Russia dominates it. He backed U S aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent Communist influence, saying both sides are at bedrock and risk disaster if they do not back down.
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Washington
Charles A. Eaton
RN. J
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
House
United States
Russia
Eaton
Turkey
Mediterranean
Greek government crisis stalls as Sophoulis refuses coalition
In Athens U S mediation failed as Themistokles Sophoulis demanded premiership. Premier-designate Constantin Tsaldaris, seeking to form a new government, faced Sophoulis’s 86 year old resistance to coalition. Tsaldaris announced plans to press ahead with his own formation.
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Themistokles Sophoulis
Liberty Party
Constantin Tsaldaris
Sophoulis
U. S
Lincoln MacVeagh
Tsaldaris
Silver Wedding Pig Plan
An old farmer and his wife, facing their only pig before their pigsty, plan to kill the animal for their silver wedding anniversary tomorrow. The husband objects, asking why murder the pig for something that happened 25 years ago.
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