U S Trusteeship Established For Central Pacific Islands
President Truman signed the act creating a United Nations trusteeship over the Marianas Marshalls and Carolines. Adm Louis Denfeld was named high commissioner and will head an interim Navy civil administration while a permanent civilian plan is prepared. The move marks the first U S trusteeship in history and follows UN Security Council approval.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Central Pacific Islands
Japan
Truman
Marianas
Marshalls
Carolines
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
U.S
Denfeld
Pacific Fleet
Congress
State Department
Island
League of Nations
United Nations Security Council
Westboro
Mass
Okinawa
Navy Department
Security Council
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of State
Mrs Ingalls Convicted in Slavery Case in San Diego
Elizabeth Ingalls, 62, a descendant of Massachusetts officials, was found guilty in Federal Court of enslaving a maid aged eight. Judge Weinberger deferred jail pending appeal. her husband Alfred Ingalls faced a similar charge. Prosecution seeks jail during appeal with bail set at $2,500 each.
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San Diego
Calif
Eligabeth Ingalls
Moescachusetts Coronal
Bendford
Dora Ones
Nience
Jacob Weinberger
Ingalls
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Boston and
Lynn
Mass
United States
Eugene Avelin
Betty Marshal Graydon
San Diego County
FBI
Daily Features and Page References Highlighted
The Herald-Amertenty outlines today's feature sections including Patit ical Periscope Books The Poets Corner Crossword Puzzle Good Old Days Gallico Bridge Horoscope Amusements Financial City Life Repitler Classified Music Deaths Weather Women's Editorial Sports and Today's Pictures on page 10.
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Financial
City Life
Ing. Repitler
Dr. Maxwell's Society
Weather
PAGIE
Cool Snap Keeps City Pools Quiet on 62 Degree Night
A chilly Saturday with a low of 62 kept most swimmers away while lifeguards in jackets watched nearly empty city pools. The Daguest temperature reached 71 and a high near 72 is forecast with partly cloudy skies and possible showers tonight.
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St. Swithin’s Day
Royall Confirmed as Secretary of War by Senate
The Senate unanimously approved Kenneth C. Royall for secretary of war after a brief confirmation, with Royall who had been undersecretary since November 1945 replacing resigned Robert Patterson. The Armed Services Committee backed the nomination and the Senate waived the desk-die rule.
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Washington (P
Senate
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Truman
Robert P. Patterson
Armed Services Committee
Patterson
Senate approves terminal bonds for 9 million veterans
The Senate voted 85 to 0 to authorize 9,000,000 veterans to cash 1.8 billion in terminal fence bonds starting after Sept 1. The measure permits but does not require former en listed men to redeem bonds in lieu of terminal pay, with cashable bonds at local banks after Sept 1 and a one year extension for bond applications.
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Washington (P
Senate
House
Spellman Firefighter Heroic Act Quells Cardinal Residence Blaze
An honorary Boston firefighter stopped a fire at Francis Cardinal Spellman’s New York residence as a short circuit ignited curtains and a window. He, wearing clerical garb, used a fire extinguisher to quell the blaze before 35 firefighters and five apparatus arrived, then handed out religious medals bearing Spellman’s image to the NYFD.
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Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Burmese Ministers Slain in Rangoon Gun Attack
British government reports militants killed six Burmese ministers in Rangoon during a council chamber attack. The nine government members were targeted as gunmen sprayed machine gun fire, creating a devastating assault on Burma's leadership.
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London
Burma
Rangoon
War crime sentences in Ljubljana and Burma attack
A military court in Ljubljana hangs seven former Nazi commanders including Bilgradis and Riederich with four others shot for war crimes. Maj. Gen. U Aung San and five cabinet members were killed in an attack in Burma, with two wounded and assailants fleeing on a jeep. Burma’s office called it a murderous attack and censorship followed.
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Bilgradis
Yugoslavia
Gprieddrich Reiner
Adriatic Zone
Venezia Guilia
Slovenia
Ljubljana
U Aung San
Burma
Rafts Cross Lake Michigan In Bold Rescue Test
Army officers test new life saving rafts on Lake Michigan crossing from Sheboygan to Ludington with 45 men on 11 rubber rafts. Brig Gen Walter Peek and Lt Gen Kinkaid lead the flotilla as two planes monitor the voyage in rough seas. Each raft has life bells, sails, and outboard motors for emergencies.
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Shmboygan
Wis
Army
Lake Michigan
Walter Peek
Second Air Force
Td. Kinkaid
Ludington
Mich
Bombshell Reynolds preps world solo flight from Chicago
The record breaking Reynolds Bombshell began tuning up Saturday for a world solo flight on August 3. Captain Bil Odom will pilot the aircraft as Reynolds aims to surpass Wiley Post’s 1933 record.
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Chicago
Security Group Backs Youth Training Plan
A House armed services subcommittee endorsed compulsory military training for all American males at 18 or after high school graduation. The 12 member group sent the bill to the full committee for action next Tuesday, following President Truman's Universal Training plan. No Senate hearings have been held and opposition from educators clergymen and labor unions remains.
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Washington
Flouse Armed Services Subcommittee
Full Armed Services Committee
Truman
Advisory Commission On
Mortgage Pad For Bootblack
Buffalo bootblack Joe Armento said it could happen in America as customers paid off the mortgage on his home. At 41 he came from Druna near Naples Italy at age 11 and was injured in January when struck by a bus on the way to work in a bank building barber shop.
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Buffalo
America
Boothblack
Joe Armento
Joe
Druna
Naples
Italy
UN Alert Intensifies Over Balkans Turn In Greece
UN delegates fear a sudden change in Greece this weekend could affect a U S proposal for a UN border watch in the Balkans. American and British officials cite reports that Communists may seek to establish a Communist state in northern Greece.
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Greece
U. S
United Nations
Balkans
American aid to Greece to continue despite fighting
Dwight Griswold head of the American Aid Mission said reconstruction aid to Greece will be completed within the next year despite clashes between government forces and guerrillas. He noted fighting slows progress but will not stop the effort.
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Greece
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
Greek War Minister Rejects Guerrilla State Motive
Greek War Minister Georges Stratos said last Tuesday the guerrilla offensive along the Greek Albanian frontier aims to establish a Communist state. Brig. Stylianos Manthaki denied evidence of any plan for a three Communist state or an international brigade aiding guerrillas.
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Georges Stratos
Stylianos Manthaki
Gener
Athens
Greece
Marines Keep in Trim With Little Scuffle
Nearly 600 Marines arrived exhausted in Houston after a long train trip from Corpus Christi to Norfolk. Police met the car run, but the men called the incident a friendly scuffle to break monotony. Damages included three broken windows one cut ankle one black eye and bruises with no serious injuries.
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Houston
Owe
D. D. Pomerleau
Houston Marine Recruiting Office
Corpus Christi
Norfolk
Henry Wallace predicts U.S. workers revolt on unemployment rise
Henry Wallace told Fanjug in Prague that workers in the United States would revolt as unemployment climbs. The interview was published by the Yugoslav news agency Saturday.
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Prague
Henry Wallace
United States
Bill Sets Up Our Branch Washington
The House passed a measure to unify the Army and Navy and coordinate American diplomatic military policy. It would merge War and Navy posts into a Secretary of Defense, create a defense council and a Department of Air, with amendments guaranteeing Navy air arm retention and a civilian Director of Central Intelligence job. Remember Pearl Harbor echoes ran through debate as Republicans warned of a possible military super government.
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Washington
House
Army
Navy
Senate
War and Navy
Secretary of Defense
Defense Council
Department of Air
Wilson
D-Tex
Latham
R-N.y
Office of Central Intelligence
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Pearl Harbor
Keefe
R-Wis
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Armed Services Committee
Dutch Ready To Open War Against Indonesian Republic
Roelabio sources say the Netherlands authorized Dr. Hubertus J. Van Mook to fix the moment for war against the Indonesian republic after Tuesday. The government recalled the flower chamber of parliament to a special session in The Hague to hear a statement on Indonesia. Parliament is on summer vacation.
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Amsterdam
Welland Cap
Roelabio
Netherlands
Hubertus J. van Mook
the East Indies
Flower
the Hague
Indonesia
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