Arrests of 50 Jews in Hamburg Exodus refugees probe
Fifty Exodus 1847 refugees are under arrest in Hamburg as authorities search for those responsible for planning a bomb aboard one of the ships that brought them. British officials say no charges have been made yet. Some detainees are tied to resisting debarkation on the Ocean Vigour and Runnymede Park incidents where soldiers used truncheons and hoses. Remaining refugees from the 4,311 intercepted off Palestine in mid July are in custody.
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Hamburg
Germany
Runnymede Park
Palestine
U S Plea Futile Over Exodus Jewish Repatriation
Secretary Marshall disclosed Washington’s futile urging of Britain to reverse its decision to send 4100 Exodus Jews back to Germany. Britain faced hunger strikes among detainees and screening began to sort by criminal risk or German origin for return or care under IRO. A British naval official said some aboard Empire Rival knew of a bomb, with peaceable disembarkation noted on that ship.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Germany
International Refugee Organization
IRO
Eight Miners Die as Dewsbury Pit Explosion Claims Lives
An underground explosion at the Thornhill pit in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, killed at least eight miners and left four missing with up to 12 feared dead. One miner was seriously injured as rescuers recovered mutilated bodies, reducing hope for survivors.
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London
Yorkshire
Thornhill
Dewsbury
Jap Rulers Return From Nasu Retreat
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako returned to Tokyo today after visiting the imperial villa at Nasu, marking a departure from the hillside retreat.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Nagako
Nasu
Today’s Features Spread American Ideals in Poland
Editorial notes urge spreading American ideas by exploiting iron curtain gaps. Marquis Childs writes on the editorial page about U S influence in Poland. The item lists page locations for comics, horoscopes, amusements, and other features. A brief Lost notice appears in the social notes.
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Poland
Marquis Childs
Lichtenwalter Wins Pennsylvania Eighth District Seat
Republican Franklin H. Lichtenwalter defeats Democratic Phil H. Storch to hold the Eighth District seat in Congress. He captures 47 512 votes to 29 967 with only one precinct missing as registration stood 73 000 Republicans and 46 000 Democrats.
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Allentown
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter
Pennsylvania
Lichtenwalter
House of Representatives
Lehigh
Bucks Counties
Phil H. Storch
C. I. O.-Lehigh Valley
Charles J. Gerlach
Storch
Gerlach
Henry Chapin
Marie Rickert
Philip H. Storch
Personal income hits record $197 billion in July
The Commerce Department announced that personal income rose to an unprecedented annual rate of 197 billion dollars in July, about 2 billion higher than the June peak, signaling a new high in national income.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Wyler Named Best Years Director in Film Daily Poll
New York William Wyler was voted top director for the 1946 47 movie season in a Film Daily poll honoring his direction of The Best Years of Our Lives. The announcement confirms Wyler as the leading filmmaker of the period and highlights the film's achievements.
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New York
William Wyler
Film Daily
Marshall Hints Need For Congress On Europe Aid
Secretary of State Marshall said Europe aid may require congressional action this year. He suggested a special session could be necessary but did not commit to calling one. Marshall noted data will be ready by late October, with committees returning from Europe.
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Europe
Congress
State Department
London
United States
Britain
Germany
Bus Plunges Into Ravine Injuring Twenty In Michigan
A bus carrying 32 passengers went off a curve in East Lansing near the Red Cedar River. Twenty people were injured but none died as the vehicle struck a light post and plunged down a ravine, with all aboard affected.
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East Lansing
Mich
Red Cedar River
Butter Cost Up on New York Retail Market
Butter rose another cent on the New York retail market today pushing the average price to 90 cents a pound.
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New York
Army recruits reach twenty three thousand in year
The War Department announced 23 112 recruits joined the Army during the 1 August period.
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Washington
War Department
Army
New Group Of Poor Urges Senate To Meet On Prices
Rep. O'Toole asks President Truman to recall Congress for a special session to curb soaring prices. He warns inflation is creating a gigantic new group of poor from the middle class and urges immediate decisive action against profiteers.
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Truman
Rep. O'Toole
D-N
Congress
Lie Sees No War Soon Despite Global Frictions
Trygve Lie, UN secretary general, told the 58th convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters that there will be no war in the foreseeable future. He warned nations still differ but urged pursuit of agreement and warned against permanent camps, noting big powers have not settled major peace terms.
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Boston
Trygve Lie
The
United Nations
National Association of Life Underwriters
Lie
Weather Forecast For Syracuse Area Sees Heat Wave
Forecasters predict another hot day in Syracuse as temperatures rise from 83 at noon to near 89 later. Warm conditions stretch across much of the nation with a storm center moving northeast from South Dakota and light showers in Michigan Indiana Illinois and Kentucky.
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Mercury
South Dakota
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
South
Montana
Washington
New Azerbaijan Terror Claims Reported From Moscow Dispatch
Moscow based Tass reports from Tabriz that Iranian police launched a new wave of terror in Azerbaijan two days after Schwarzkopf departed the city. The dispatch frames the claim as a government or police action within the region and notes the timing relative to Schwarzkopf's departure.
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Moscow
Tass
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Schwarzkopf
BURNS FATAL B 29 PILOT DIES IN AUBURN CRASH
A B 29 pilot veteran of forty bombing missions and his plane owner died after their 25 year old biplane crashed into a cornfield on Town Line road near Aurelius. George T Sullivan 25 and Lloyd O Hara 24 burned and died in Auburn Mercy and City hospitals respectively. The wreck occurred on the farm of ex County Supervisor W W Patterson.
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Lves
Nazi Germany
Aurelius
Here
George T. Sullivan
Vince
Clark St. Road
Lloyd O'Hara
Town Line
Auburn R. D
O’hara
Auburn City
Sullivan
Mercy Hospital
Caydga County
W. W. Patterson
Paterson
O'Hara
Island Queen Explosion Toll Rises to 21 in Pittsburgh
Grim search continues among embers of the steamer Island Queen after a deadly blast in Pittsburgh's Gold Triangle. Thirteen of 17 injured remained in hospitals as divers and river officials probe the Monongahela mud for more bodies. The death toll stands at 21 with four identified victims from Cincinnati and Kentucky. Fire damage estimated at 1,000,000 to 600,000 in boat value, while the cause remains undetermined.
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Gold Triangle
Louis Morgan
Coast Guard
Mary Jones
David O. Heath
Cincinnati
Virginia Yeaker
Coyington
Cook
Henry Willliams
Williams
Edward L. Schott
Coney Island, Inc
William Davis
Andrew Charles
Schott
T O
Pring ‘Cipal
Glass Firms Face Anti-Trust Suit
The government filed a civil anti trust suit in Toledo Ohio federal court accusing Owens Illinois Glass Co. of Toledo and Corning Glass Works of conspiracy to monopolize the fiber glass industry. Owens Corning Fiber Glass Corp. Toledo was also named as a defendant.
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Washington
Justice Department
Toledo, O
Owens, Illinois Glass Co
Toledo
Corning
N. Y
Allied Peace Pact Ratification Set
The British Foreign Office announced that the Allied peace treaties with the five former Axis satellite states will be ratified formally in Paris and Moscow on September 15.
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London
Paris
Moscow
Two husbands share jokes on wives poetic dawns and chores
Two married men trade quips about their spouses. One says his wife is poetic and rises at sunrise to exclaim Lo, the morn. The other sighs that his wife merely commands chores, joking about mowing the lawn.
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