St Lawrence Power Project Hearing Set for Oct 4
A public hearing will be held in Washington on October 4 to consider New York State joining Ontario in a St. Lawrence River power project. The Federal Power Commission announced the date after an urgent letter from Governor Dewey urged action on New York's application.
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St. Lawrence Power
Washington
New York State
Province of
Ontario
St. Lawrence
Federal Power Commission
Dewey
New York
Mantz to Fly Latin American in Bendix Trophy Race
Paul Mantz, famed Burbank speed flier and past Bendix winner, will pilot the Latin American in the Long Beach to Cleveland Bendix Trophy Race on September 4, with arrangements completed by Texas oilman Glen McCarthy. The field includes Mantz defending his 1946 and 1947 titles amid national aviation excitement.
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Mantz
Los Angeles
INS
Paul Mantz
Texas Oil Milionaire
Glen McCarthy
Burbank
Calif
Speed
Soviet Demands MacArthur Withdraw Ban on Strikes
The four power AlliedControlCouncil met as Russia demanded MacArthur withdraw his order prohibiting strikes by government employees in Japan. Moscow accused US and Japanese officials of violating Potsdam and Far Eastern Commission policy by curbing labor rights.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Allied Control Council
U. S
Far Eastern Commission
Greeks advance in three sectors in push to clear rebel pockets
Greek forces pressed forward in three sectors and fought scattered clashes as a communique reported National troops capturing key heights northeast of Kastoria near the Witsi pocket. About 3,000 guerrillas were operating in the area and fourteen rebels surrendered.
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Athens
Kastoria
Witsi
Notable Deaths and City Notes Across Regions
Deaths announced include Oley Speaks a 74 year old concert singer and composer of Sylvia On the Road to Mandalay and Star Eyes in New York. John Truman Agar 68 chairman of Agar Packing and Provision Corp and a founder of the American Institute of Meat Packers in Chi Cazo. Joseph V Madigan 45 circulation director of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a director of Forest City Publishing in Cleveland. Mayor Sherman Hickey 41 died of a heart attack in Erie. Berlin population fell from four million to about two million after World War I.
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Oley Speaks
Sylvia
Mandalay
New York
John Truman Agar
Agar Packing and Provision Corp
Neat Packing
American Institute of Meat Packers
Chicazo
Joseph V. Madigan
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland News
Forest City Publishing Co
Cleveland
Slot Machine Found in Onondaga Yacht Club
State troopers seized a slot machine from the Onondaga Yacht Club in Liverpool yesterday afternoon. The device, dated tax stamps for 1945 46 and 47 but not 48, had not been used recently and the club faces a misdemeanor charge of possession.
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Onondaga Yacht Club
Liverpool
Kenneth Merrill
BCI
Wallace Spellman
I. M. Hicks
Justice of the Peace
William Boehm
Robert G. Wasmer
Hughes From Page One
Former justice and statesman Charles Evans Hughes, aged fourteen at Brown University, served as New York governor, U S associate justice, secretary of state, and chief justice. He ran for president in 1916 and again failed against Woodrow Wilson in a tight race. He influenced Roosevelt court reform opposition and shaped 1930s liberal rulings. He died with his family at Riverside Church services pending.
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Brown University
Columbia
New York
U. S
Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
California
Hughes
Hoover
Roosevelt
William T. Gossett
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
C. A.waddell
Riverdale
Heat Wave and Heat Records Across Cities
Heat waves and heat records sweep the nation with 108 degrees in Blythe and Yuma and 107 in Las Vegas. Seattle saw 60s while other cities hit 100 plus, including Charleston Huntington Cleveland and Detroit area, and Michigan logged highs around 99 at Hell and 98 at Paradise.
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Seattle
Blythe
Calif
Yuma
Ariz
Las Vegas
Nev
Charleston
Huntington
W. Va
Cleveland
Boston
Cincinnati
Buffalo
New York City
Washington
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Nashville
Michigan
Mercury
Hell
Paradise
Sunfield
Mich
UN Plane Crash Kills French Officers in Palestine
TEL AVIV Israel UP Two French officers were killed and an American Air Force pilot was injured when a United Nations plane crashed behind Egyptian lines in southern Palestine a UN source said First reports claimed the plane was shot down by Egyptian anti aircraft fire but UN officials would not confirm this A Jewish source said the plane had been shot down over Arab lines when its identity was mistaken
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Palestine
Cottonseed Hulls Smother 2 Men in Mississippi
In Marks Mississippi two men died when a pile of cottonseed hulls collapsed while they were shoveling hulls from a storage bin into a truck. The victims were John R. Dancy fifty and Leroy Johnson fifty, both locals connected to Riverside Old Mill.
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Marks
Miss
John R. Dancy
Leroy Johnson
Riverside Old Mill
Transformer Blows Out Near Grant’s Store
A 4000 volt transformer blew in the 400 block of S Warren Street at 10 30 P M yesterday behind Grant’s store causing two explosions and a manhole to rise over a foot. WFBI radio went off air and traffic signals east of Salina Street failed. Ed ward Smith store night watchman reported the incident. Firemen from Engine 6 responded to the alarm. A man died yesterday afternoon in an accident on State Highway 96 near Red Hood. Seriously injured were Lewis E. Whipple 57 of Walpole Mass driver of the car carrying Mrs Paquin and ee D Browner 22 of Bloomfield N J driver of the other vehicle.
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S. Warren
Grant
WFBI
Salina St
Edward Smith
W. Brighton Jr
Red Hood
Lewis E. Whipple
Walpole
Mass
One Dead Two Hurt In Two Car Crash
A two car highway crash in Rhinebeck left one woman dead and two men injured. The victims include Mrs Alma Paquin of Wonsocket.
Wallace protests hotel ban amid discrimination claim
Henry A. Wallace filed a telegram with Maryland Governor William Preston Lane asserting that major Baltimore hotels refused to provide facilities for a Progressive Party dinner next month. He cited an admitted policy of racial discrimination and announced a campaign tour of six southern states including Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas.
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New York
Court Sees Free Preview of Mae West Play
Los Angeles reports a courtroom performance of Mae West's Catherine Was Great as part of a $100000 plagiarism suit by Edwin K. O'Brien and Michael Kane. The overflow, non paying crowd watched four lawyers and West's secretary perform scenes without scenery under the judge's ban on applause.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Catherine
Miss West
Edwin K. O’brien
Michael Kane
Stanley Gleis
Kenneth Chantry
Henry Moore
Walter Trinkhaus
Mae
Larry Lee
Moore
Samuel B. Blake
Ship Radio Men Granted Increase
About 2000 ship radio operators who threatened to strike on September 2 have won a six percent raise in their basic wages. The wage settlement was announced in New York.
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New York
Return of Longs Drama In Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports the second act of Louisiana politics centers on Russell Long’s bid for the U.S. Senate to succeed the late John Overton. He faces Judge Robert Kennon in the Democratic primary as the Longs defend Earl Long’s tax and spending program. Kennon portrays the administration as a “one family” era while urging tax relief amid a broad sales tax, higher fuel and liquor levies.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Longs
Russell Long
U. S. Senate
Huey P. Long
Earl K. Long
Huey
Russell
Senate
Robert F. Kennon
Iennon
Act One
Long
Kennon
John H. Overton
Overton
Earl Long
Boy Wonder
Sam H. Jones
Auriol Starts Cabinet Build After Resignations
Paris officials report President Vincent Auriol began forming a new French government to tackle deep economic problems that toppled two cabinets in six weeks. The resignation of Premier Andre Marie followed fierce Socialist opposition to Finance Minister Paul Reynaud. Observers expect a Socialist, likely former Premier Paul Ramadier, to join the new cabinet.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Andre Marie
Paul Reynaud
Auriol
Paul Ramadier
Marie
I Killed Three Injured As Car Hits Tree
Mrs Elizabeth Alexander Major director of the International Valley Music Center in New York City was killed when a car crashed into a tree. Three others from the center were injured. Mossbacher 27 from Manhattan remained in critical condition at Stamford Hospital. Mr and Mrs Fried of Brooklyn were in fair condition.
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South Fortright
Elizabeth Alexander Major
New York City
International Valley Music Center
Car ‘l Mossbacher
Manhattan
Stamford Hospital
Hyman Fried
Brooklyn
Bricker Sees Wide Margin For Dewey
Senator Bricker predicts a tremendous Dewey victory in November while Oklahoma Governor Turner argues Truman will win. Turner notes active Truman clubs in several states and a possible campaign swing. Truman finishes a nine day cruise, plans to return to Washington after brief anchor at Blakistone Island MD.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Truman
Turner
Dewey
Roosevelt
Truman - Barkley
Minnesota
District of Columbia
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri
Michigan
Southwest
Mr. Truman
South
J. Howard McGrath
Mr.Truman
Detroit
AFL
CLO
Australian Lizards Abound With About Two Hundred Species
A regional survey notes roughly 200 distinct lizard species in Australia, highlighting diversity from arid inland regions to tropical coasts. Researchers emphasize varied habitats, coloration, and adaptations among families such as agamids and skinks.
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NEW York CP
A. F. L. Teamsters Union
Mem Ae
Western Electric Co
Utica
Lee Johnson
Hartford Tunstall
Tunstall
Johnson
AVG
John Gates
Daily Worker
Communist Party
American Veterans Committee
AVC
Gates
Hershey
Greenville
S. C
America
Lewis B. Hershey
United States
Cambridge
St. John’s
Mary Maccini
Harry Peltavio
New Bedford
Alice
Joseph Ianceschi
Somerville
Lillian
Louis
Bono
Salem
Salem Lumber Co
Springfield
Springfield Armory
Morris K. Barrell
Guilford
Conn
Zi Resoas
Lake Quennipaug
Stanley Reinhart
Hamden
Robert Reinwald
New Haven
Milton Straw
Ackress
Hollywood
Colceny Gray
20Th Century - Fox
Rodney Amateau
London
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Marshal ‘Sito
Tanjug
Romania
Marseille
Richarda
Morrow-Tail
Britain
Malla
Berlin
Oschersleben
Magdeburg
der Abend
Quisling
Oslo
Norway
Ragnar Sigvald Skancke
Pre- Golor Vidkun
Sherman Hickey
Erie, Pa
Yacht Club
Briggs Body Mfg. Co
Department of Markets
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Westminster
Nixon
Stripling
Wallace
Chicago
Roy Adams
Nancy Schuyler
R. Walter Riehlman
Onondaga County Review
WSYR
WFBL
Onondega County
Republican Committee
Troy
HOTEL
Onondaga
Asbury Park
N. J
Suiccide
Henry M. Brooks
Joseph R. Watkins
Princeton
Williamsburg
Blakistone Island
White House
Quantico Marine Base
Australia
DU Pont
Allied
Wittig
Syracuse
James St
Westcott St
Erie Blvd
Grant Blvd
S. Salina St
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