Mystery Host Invitation Draws Ex POWs to NYC Hotel
Eight former POWs who survived Budapest prison life recall a tin cup invitation that summoned them to meet a mysterious host in a New York City hotel. They gathered last year on the specified date but the host failed to appear, leaving hope the rendezvous will occur despite delay. The group, led by Harry Gimlin of Franklinville, was later cleared of any responsibility in a Rochester ax slaying.
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Budapest
New York City
Harry Gimlin
Franklinville
N. Y
Warner Palatine
Rochester
Joseph A. Nevins
Bandits Still At Large In Poughkeepsie Bank Robbery
Two armed bandits robbed two bank messengers of 44000 on the steps of the Poughkeepsie Post Office and fled as a 12 state police search widened. The noon-time daylight holdup was the largest in upstate New York in years. MT VERNON CP Eugene C Pirro 20 a caddy was indicted for murder in the first degree in the death of Isreal Salavin 57 a Mt Vernon jeweler Salavin's beaten body was found June 14 with a sock stuffed in the mouth.
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Train Crash Kills Eight In Texas Transport Run
Eight workers die and 15 are injured when a passenger train collides with a truckload of Latin American agricultural laborers west of Harlingen Texas. Wreckage spans 150 feet. three injuries are critical.
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Notable Deaths Include Norway Soprano’s Husband and Yale Professor
In Oslo Henry Johansen, husband of Kirsten Flagstad, under arrest for alleged Nazi economic collaboration. In Tucson Roswell Angier, 71, psychology professor and director emeritus at Yale’s psychology lab, retired in 1941 after 35 years. In Nashville Albert H. Roberts, 77, Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1919 to 1921.
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Kirsten Flagstad
Oslo
Norway
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Angier
Yale University
Psychology Laboratory
Tucson
Ariz
Albert H. Roberts
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Plundering Chetniks under trial near Belgrade
Serb peasants testified at Gen. Mihailovic’s trial about Chetniks who raided three villages near Belgrade in 1943 and 1944, looting, mass slaughters, and declaring they fought for king and country as the case unfolded.
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Draja Mihailovic
Bolech
Autonomy Reduced for Soviet Republics After War Decrees
The text notes the reduction of autonomous Soviet socialist republics to 14 and expansion of provinces to 32. It describes the Chechen-Ingush and Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, their demotion, resettlement of populations, and decrees by the Supreme Soviet detailing wartime defection, German influence, and postwar relocation actions.
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Omsk
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Ministry of State Control
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
U S Frees Frozen Argentine Funds
Buenos Aires reports the United States released 2 550 000 pesos about 644 million dollars in gold frozen in the U S since summer 1944. The Foreign Office said the U S is studying disposition of remaining frozen deposits of Banco de la Nacion and Banco de la Provincia totaling 25 000 000 pesos.
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United States
U. S
Foreign Office
America
Banco de la Nacion
Banco de la Provincia
U S Opens Redin Espionage Case In Seattle
The United States charges naval Lt Nicolai G Redin a Soviet purchasing commission rep with attempting to induce a shipyard engineer to provide plans for a destroyer tender and its equipment A seven man five woman jury will decide his fate on this 30 year old Russian case Question posed by the government asked jurors if they would find a person guilty of a crime punishable by death The trial marks the start of the espionage case against Redin in federal court in Seattle.
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Soviet Purchasing Commission
Food import relief sought by Japanese minister in July
Agriculture Minister Hiro Wada told the House of Representatives he plans to request Allied headquarters to release 155000 tons of imported foodstuffs during July. The statement underscores Japan's push for relief supplies amid wartime shortages and dependence on Allied allocation.
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Hiro Wada
House of Representatives
Allied Headquarters
Washington hunger and heat spark Capitol row this week
A satirical piece mocks Washington politics as Congress stalls to go home while bickering over meat and OPA blame. It imagines two men digging for bones and a scheme to lure listeners with a sizzling steak on radio, portraying a nation fed up with fiscal debates and shortages.
Heat Wave Grips State Readings Hit 93 in Three Cities
Tuesday's heat wave kept Syracuse Utica and Albany at 93 as winds from 15 to 25 mph cooled slightly. Humidity stayed around 65 percent with a comfort index near 55. The nation saw 107 in Blythe California and many southern Arizona and western Texas readings over 100.
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Utica
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Blythe
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Arizona
Texas
Cholera Death Toll Rises in Korea Epidemic
Seoul reports the cholera epidemic has reached 650 deaths with Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge announcing no American troops infected and about 30 new daily cases.
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Seoul
John R Hodge
Senate Deliberates On Price Controls and Taft Amendment
Floor debate loomed as senators including Tom Stewart Elmer Thomas Sheridan Downey and Taft prepared to speak at length over a compromise price control bill If enacted it would let manufacturers raise prices to the Oct 1941 level plus subsequent cost increases and transfer agricultural controls to the secretary of agriculture A de control board could remove ceilings The bill extends the 1942 Stabilization Act wage controls to June 30 1947 and faces likely veto bids Bowles Porter and others urged opposition Rayburn warned passage would end all controls with dire consequences The roll call showed 165 Democrats 100 Republicans for the bill with several defections The chair Robert F Wagner defended the vote saying food controls must be kept at all costs and Taft warned the measure was inflationary
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Tenn
Elmer Thomas
Okio
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas
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Senate
OPA
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Congress
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
Truman
Office of Economic Stabilization
Bowles
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Merlin Hull
Wis
Vito Marciantonio
A-L-N.y
Robert PF. Wagner
D-N.y
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
Purge From Page On Faked Production and Misconduct
A wartime purge targets engineers managers and chief accountants across multiple plants and ministries. Alleged offenses include faked production figures prewar equipment, substandard goods, forged signatures, misappropriated funds, and false completion reports used to obtain bonuses. Authorities cite aviation ministry trust and agricultural machinery factory personnel among others for fraud and deceit.
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Katch Automobile Works
Stalinsk
Novosiborsk
Ministry of Agricultural Machinery
Central Asia
Yugoslav Stance on Trieste Blocks Italian Pact
Yugoslav spokesman for Tito rejects a 10 year internationalization plan and vows a Yugoslav solution for Trieste. He says Italy must accept a seventh Yugoslav republic centered on Trieste, calling the city a bridgehead into the Balkans and warning against Italian attempts into the region.
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Marshal Tito
Tito
Italy
Balkans
Earthquake Report From Fordham Seismologists
Fordham University seismologists reported a mild earthquake centered somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. The news notes the event as detected by New York based observers and adds no reported damage or injuries at this time.
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INS
Fordham University
Gulf of Mexico
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