Ex‑Nation experts urge broad defense plan after atomic blasts
Washington report says defense should include wide industrial dispersal, civilian shelters, and stronger buildings. Studies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki inform proposals for a nationwide plan, while dismissing lingering radiation as the sole death cause.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Truman
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey
Six Drown in Sunken Tug at Welland Canal
PORT WELLER Ont. Five men and a woman were believed drowned after a 78 foot steel tug capsized and sank in about 20 feet of water in the Welland Canal after striking a sand bank. Five others aboard escaped. The trapped crew included Captain J R MacLean 63 Loggieville Ont Orval McCormick 42 Windgor Ont Joseph Smith second engineer a fireman named Roy and cook known only as Harry.
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J. R. MacLean
Loggieville
Orval McCormick
Windgor
Joseph Smith
Roy
Ge Cook
Harry
Weather forecast shows scattered storms and warming next week
The U S Weather Bureau predicts scattered thunderstorms Sunday into Monday with not quite as warm conditions Monday. Saturday high 88 and low 64 with sunset at 8 48 P M and sunrise Monday at 5 27 A M. Record highs and lows for today 95 in 1931 and 49 in 1943. Eastern New York partly cloudy with thundershowers. 20 city highs and lows listed including Albany 44 89 Chicago 70 89 Philadelphia 68 86 Detroit 88 89 Fort Worth 76 92 U S Weather Map page 10.
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New York
United States
Albany
Kansas City
Atlante
Los Angeles
Bos'creee
Miami
Balai
Orleans
Chicago
York City
Cinesmatic
Phoenx
Philadelphia
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Dutoth
Luis
Fort Worth
Atomic test set for Bikini fleet as weather cooperates
Vice Admiral Blandy designated 8 30 A M Monday as zero hour for detonation of the fourth atomic bomb on a guinea pig fleet at Bikini lagoon. Cloud cover 20 to 30 percent and visibility about 12 miles prompted the decision. Over 100 support ships readied to sail to stations for the test with possible adjustments if weather permits.
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Appalachian
Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
Syracuse
Bikini Lagoon
Blandy
Four power ministers delay peace conference decision
Paris reports say the Four-Power Foreign Ministers postponed a general European peace conference decision. A French compromise on Trieste would make the city an international governed zone for ten years with a plebiscite then for Italian or Yugoslav control. Soviet and American views split on the plan’s viability and usefulness.
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Paris
Tieste
Trieste
Georges. Bidault
Jeste
Treste
Meat Shortage Spurs Sunday Dinners Across Nation
Meat was almost non existent in butcher shops nationwide as weekend shoppers searched for poultry or fish. Reports from United Press bureaus show trading in livestock nearly at a standstill while farmers and packers await final price control action in Washington.
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Chicago
United Press
Washington
Agriculture urges larger 1947 wheat plantings nationwide
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 1947 wheat crop potential of 1 033 billion bushels with a goal to plant 71 700 000 acres. It notes 1946 seedings at 71 057 000 and 1958's 78 891 000, aiming for a fourth straight billion bushels if yields hold. The department also proposes a 4 percent rise in acreage for winter vegetables and up to 30 percent for tomatoes in commercial truck crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Marriage License Boom Taxing Clerks in New York
New York clerks in Manhattan and the Bronx handled a June wedding surge, issuing 285 licenses on the last day of the month. The totalJune licenses reached 4,90exactly 1,367 more than in June 1945, with the Bronx showing a near doubling versus last year.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
The
FBI fingerprints link university student to Degnan kidnapping
Chicago authorities say a fingerprint from a 17 year old University of Chicago student matched one on the ransom note for 6 year old Sandrine Degnan. State's Attorney William Tuohy says the FBI findings support his assertion that William Heirens killed Suzanna Blonde. Police plan to question Heirens as the case moves toward a possible Grand Jury indictment.
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INS
FBI
Washington
University of Chicago
Sandrine Degnan
William Tuohy
William Heirens
Mttie
Suzanna
Tuchy
Heirens
Peace Offer Rejected in China War Crisis
Chiang Kai-shek rejected a compromise peace plan backed by Gen. George C. Marshall. An eleventh hour effort was launched to avert civil war between Nationalists and Communists with a midnight meeting planned for Chiang and Marshall to decide on last minute concessions for a truce extension. If accepted a nationwide cease fire may be issued. if refused, a full civil war could erupt.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
Chiang
Marshall
Germans Vote in U S Zone Polls for New State Assemblies
In the American Zone, German voters in Bavaria, Greater Hesse, and Wuertemberg Baden elect state assemblies. The Christian Social Union leads as the strongest party amid a 6 million expected ballot from 7 million eligible voters. Assemblies will approve or amend constitutions drafted by American-appointed councils.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bavaria
Greater
Hesse
Wuertemberg-Baden
Christian Social Union
Inside Page Indications and Section Totals
Inside the paper outlines sections Amusements Art Chat Books Classifieds and more. It lists page numbers for each feature such as Deaths Dr Maxwell Weather Editorial and Society Sports and page 22 for the Readers’ or “RES” reference.
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Dr. Maxwell
Draft Bill Signed Extends Draft and Raises Army Pay
President Truman signed a nine month extension of the draft affecting 18 year olds and extending inductions of men 19 through 44 to March 31 1947. He also approved a new pay scale for Army and Navy personnel with major increases from private to brigadier general, costing about 636 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Truman
Sweetheart Bill Signed for WWII Fianc es
President Truman signed the sweetheart bill allowing fianc ees of World War II veterans to enter the United States regardless of quota limits. Fianc es must marry within three months or face deportation. The act, effective until July 1 1947, also covers fianc es of men now in service and targets nationals from Australia and Europe.
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Dent Truman
United States
G. I
Australia
Europe
Veto Knocks Out 34000 OPA Jobs in Washington
In Washington on Saturday night the fate of 34000 OPA workers hung in the balance as a veto threatened to halt payrolls after midnight. Senators Taft and Barkley warned there would be no funds to pay salaries, while Paul Porter prepared a national address to explain workers' status on Monday night.
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London
Washington
Jerusalem
Sir Alan Cunningham
Palestine
Lfe
OPA
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Barkley
L’rice
Paul Porter
ABC Network
Truman veto leads to end of price and rent controls
President Truman and Congress clash in a veto battle that ends all OPA price and rent controls at midnight Sunday. The radio address urged national patience and asked OPA workers to stay at their battle stations as the extension bill collapses.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
OPA
President Signs War Powers Act Extension
President Truman signed a measure extending the government’s authority under the Second War Powers Act to ration scarce commodities into 1947. Most powers including sugar rationing were extended to March 31 1947, with building materials control going to June 30 1947. The act signals a priof period without price controls and calls on citizens, producers, and landlords to follow existing regulations.
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Washington
President Truman
State Keeps Rent Controls if OPA Dies
Residential rent controls will continue in New York State if the OPA ends. Charles D. Breitel, counsel to Dewey, Ballantine, says the state law remaining in effect awaits only a ministerial act, Gov. Dewey’s appointment of a rent administrator, to become operative. Concluded on Page 6.
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OPA
Charles D. Breltel
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Dewey
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