Tito Rebuffed By Russia May Seek U.S. Arms
Washington reports that Cominform blockades cut all military supplies to Yugoslavia. Yugoslav spokesman Col Gen Ivan Goshnjak says Yugoslavia will supply itself, while Western powers are reluctant to sell arms. Experts warn aid could still arrive to counter Moscow influence.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Belgrade
Communist Party
Communist Information Bureau
Czechoslovakia
Ivan Goshnjak
Goshnjak
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Burmese Rebels Downed Near Mandalay in Major Clash
The Burma government said over 60 rebels were killed when they attacked the village of Tadu in Sagaing district, south of Mandalay. Troops routed the force and other units pressed toward Yeu, a railroad terminus northwest of Mandalay.
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Rangoon
Burma
Mandalay
Tadu
Sagaing
Jebel
Yeu
20-Inch Bass Nibbles At the Wrong Cracker
July 3 report from Windham Maine describes a 12 year old boy catching a four pound bass with a two inch firecracker. The firecracker exploded in the bass mouth and the fish died. Bill Ledger of Portland tossed the device into the water and pulled ashore the damaged catch with the blast noted by his father.
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Windham
Bill Ledger
Portland
Bill
Population Boom From 1800 To 1940 Surges Past Two Billion
The earth's population in 1940 exceeded two billion, more than double the level in 1800, highlighting rapid growth driven by advances in agriculture medicine and urbanization across regions.
Holiday Wreck Kills Engineer and Fireman
An eastbound Baltimore and Ohio Diplomat passenger train collided with a stalled stock train near Deer Park Maryland killing engineer E C Fromhart and fireman W L Hartman, both of Keyser West Virginia. The crash sent hundreds of hogs through a wooded mountain resort area and delayed holiday travel for hours.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Deer Park
Here
E. C. Fromhart
Diplomat
W. L. Hartman
Keyser
W. Va
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