State Department Scrutinized Over Marshall Plan Publicity
A House expenditures subcommittee probes whether the State Department is using news releases and publicity to marshal public and congressional support for the Marshall Plan. Bow says the inquiry focuses on propaganda tactics, not plan merits, and notes the department may present factual information but must avoid propaganda.
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Washington
Congressional
State Department
Congress
Frank T. Bow
House Expenditures Subcommittee
Harness
Ind
Bow
Administration
Corn Prices Hit New High on Friday
Chicago reports cash corn and futures at record highs amid continued dry weather. The September corn future touched 2.81 a bushel while cash corn rose to 2.42 a bushel, surpassing 1917 peaks as futures closed higher by around 6 to 7 cents. Wheat and oats also gained.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Purple Heart Convention Debates Immigration Embargo Plan
National Commander Ray Dorl of Portland announces a resolution to push a rear immigration embargo to the United States. Delegates at Lancaster for the 15th annual Purple Heart convention back measures aiding World War II veterans and oppose Communism. The order revises its by laws to grant World War II veterans full rights, and adopts proposals for universal military training and priority housing for combat wounded veterans.
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Lancaster
Ray Dor
Portland
Ore
Order of the Purple Heart
United States
Dorris
Verne S. White
Cincinnati
Purple Heart
Legion Parade Draws 15000 As Delegates Meet
The Maryland American Legion convention faced sharp questions over finances with more than 99 900 spent this year and a dispute over the state Legionnaire publication. Roy L Pyle urged sending the financial report to posts for study before a vote. Delegates labeled Montgomery County lawmakers antiveteran amid broader budget and press concerns.
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House of Delegates
Legion
Montgomery County
Roy L. Pyle
Maryland Legionnair
Two Others Leave On World Flights
Two 100 horsepower Cub planes flown by former Army fliers started from Teterboro airport for a 21350 mile world circuit. The first took off at 10 10 a.m. EST and the second followed two minutes later as the tiny single engine aircraft began what was billed as the first attempt by planes under 574 horsepower to circle the globe.
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Teterboro
N. J
Real estate transfers show parcel sales across towns
A list of home site and land transfers names buyers and sellers from Sharpsburg to Williamsport. Parcels on Dual Highway Potomac Park and Wakefield Addition trade for sums including 1000 to 11000 dollars with several properties near Kuhn Avenue and the W M Railroad. Multiple couples appear as buyers and sellers in broad property exchanges.
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Jack C. Brewer
Clyde L. Downs
Prospect Place
George A. Eakle
Wil
Bam J. Ward
Southside
Lexington Avenue
Albert
Bender
James L. French
West Side
Kuhn Avenue
Irvin F. Kaylor
John L. Shafer, Jr
Leslie F. Earley
J. Raymond Hershey
Braston's Avenue
John M. Cohen
J. Lee Mullendore
Harold E. Mullendore
Gapland
Luther Grove
Merrill K. Baker
George H. Day
Robert
Wade
Howard McAllister
Arthur E. Grans
Mamie A. Holmes
Williamsport
Charles S. Weant
Wakefield
Ella M. Grams
Charles W. Grams
Wakefild
Panghorn Corporation
Joy Homes, Inc
Eastside View Street
Bruce E. Moats
Blaine P. Hendrickson
Funkstown
M. Lilian Boyd
Charles F. Loyd
E. Leister Mobley, Sr
South Potomac Street
Gilbert P. Hull
Edgar C. Kemp
Lot Wakefield
Train Blasted Near Lidda Delays British Troops Return
An Egyptian Express train carrying British troops from Cairo to Haifa was blown from the tracks by a mine near Wilhelmina Lidda. The engineer and fireman were buried in wreckage, but the army reported no military casualties.
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Jerusalem
Therack
Egypt Express
Cairo
Haifa
Wilhelmina
Lidda
Virginia Hill Flown From New York to Miami After Siegel Death
Virginia Hill arrived at Miami airport from New York and Paris and was driven to her Sunset Island home by police. She refused to answer questions from reporters about the Siegel case.
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Miami
Fla
Virginia Hill
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
New York
Paris
Sunset Island
Missing jewels of Kaiser's widow worth $500000 in Berlin
US investigators hunt jewels valued at about $500000 belonging to Princess Hermine von Schoenaich Carsiath, widow of Kaiser Wilhelm II, after 29 pieces vanished from a trunk in Ferdinand von Schoenaich Carsiath’s Berlin residence. The gems are stored in a US repository in Frankfurt.
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Kaiser
Berlin
U. S
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Hermine von Schoenaich-Carsiath
Frankfort-on-der-Order
Prince Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Germany
I. S
Frankfurt
Hermine
Frankfurt-on-Main
British Propose Questions on Atomic Control to Moscow
The British delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission submitted questions to Andrei Gromyko regarding Russian views on atomic control. They aim to pressure top level replies from Moscow and focus on veto, inspection, and control procedures as the commission drafts its second report ahead of the September 16 Assembly.
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Lake Success
Moscow
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei Gromyko
London
Atomic Energy Commission
U.N. Security Council
United States
Commission
Russia
Poland
Exiled Russian General Denikine Dies in Michigan
Gen Anton Denikine 76 former chief of staff of Imperial Russia and White army leader died at University of Michigan Hospital after a heart attack at a Dexter summer home He led a White army detachment in World War I and later fled to France Funeral services set for Monday burial in Detroit Evergreen cemetery Survived by widow and a daughter in France
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Anton Denikine
University of Michigan
Dexter
Xenia
Denikine
France
U. S
Western Front
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Istanbul
Hitler
Evergreen Cemetery
Detroit
Gen. Denixine
Magician Predicts Friday Headlines in Williamsport Show
Chang Kuo Lao, a Chinese magician, correctly predicted two newspaper headlines by writing them on Thursday night and placing them in a box shown by Constable Jess Shank. The headlines matched the Morning Herald and Daily Mail front pages from Friday. Spectators noted the box remained untouched until opened.
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Hughes
Brewster
Morning Herald
Churchill
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Chang Kuo Lao
Williamsport Wildcat
Jess Shank
Williamsport
Potomac Hotel Fire Damages Roof and Adjacent Shops
A morning blaze heavily damaged the Potomac Hotel roof and fourth floor, soaking closets and flooding the Potomac Fruit Market. Guests were awakened and evacuated as firemen fought the flames. the Bon Ton store and nearby Rosey Brothers also sustained water and fire damage. Owners D Ramacciotti and Mrs Mabel Van Meter were present. final cause unclear.
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D. Ramacciotti
Mabel van Meter
Bon Ton
M. S. Grossman
Potomac Fruit Market
Dante Guilanti
Rosey Brothers
Potomac
Clinton Hand
Harry Davis
Davis
Potomac Hotel
D. Ramaciotti
The
M Grossman
Grossman
Fear Massacre Threat in Dutch-Occupied Java and Sumatra
A Chinese spokesman warned that Dutch withdrawal from Java and Sumatra would trigger mass killings of thousands of Chinese by Indonesian Nationalists. The report also notes Chicago corn prices rising to new highs with gains over 6 cents as drought concerns expand across the corn belt.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Truman Returns To Shangri La
President Truman leaves Washington for Shangri La in Maryland after signing 194 bills with 175 approved and 19 pocket vetoes. He chats with Afghanistan Prime Minister Sardar Mahmud Kaji and enacts measures on war born credit controls sugar quotas Alaska mining newsprint Southeast Alaska industry and military tax exemptions through Jan 5 1949.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Alaska
Army
Navy
U S Film Ban Hits British Market and Hollywood
The suspension on film exports to Britain alarms London theatres and prompts warnings of closures. Industry leaders estimate U.S. films account for about 80 percent of British cinema, with only a fraction of profits likely realized under a new tax. Hollywood executives call the move complex and potentially damaging to U S film earnings.
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Page
Johnston
U.S
Britain
MPA
London
United States
New York
E. J. Mannix
Hollywood
Metro: Goldwyn-Mayer
Coffin Crushes Boy at Galanot Plant
Four coffins were moved overhead at Galanot Products Company when a 450 pound coffin fell, killing 42 year old John Strelecki as he worked below. The accident occurred yesterday during crane operation in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
John Strelecki
Galanot Products Company
Strelecki
Riots Kill 120 as Army Reaches Janjib Area in Punjab
Military reinforcements rushed into the troubled Janjib region as Moslem Sikh clashes over the partition of the province left about 120 dead and hundreds wounded in Amritsar district this week.
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New Delhi
Janjiab
Amritsar
Hancock Boy May Wear Four Ribbons
Paul O. Yost of Hancock enlisted in the U S Army in September and has earned four ribbons. He is stationed in Hal y and may wear the Presidential Citation Good Conduct Occupation and Mediterranean ribbons.
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Paul O. Yost
Hancock
U. S. Army
Haly
Occupation
Mediterranean
Britons Hurt By Ban On Films
Debate over a ban on Hollywood movies splits public opinion. Some fear closures of hundreds of theaters and loss of recreation, while critics accuse U.S. films of promoting delinquency and poor English. others welcome the move as a stand against "slick" American productions.
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Althegether
Clark Gable
Hollywood
U. S
Twins Named Miss Tennessee in Beauty Contest
Identical twins Jean and Jane Cunningham of Chattanooga were named Miss Tennessee to represent the state in the national beauty contest in Atlantic City in September. The ruling requires them to compete as individuals in the national finals. The 11-year-olds run a local dancing school. their father George Cunningham is a former Detroit and Chattanooga baseball pitcher. The mother is deceased. The Mayan Indians were skilled wood-carvers potters and weavers.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jean
Jane Cunningham
Atlantic City
George Cunningham
Detroit
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Washington St
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H. L. Mills
Super Market
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Wolfkill
Perience
Elle
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D. Earl Neikirk
Mgr
Capitol Rock
Wiley’s
Artiz and St. Williamsport, Md
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Keedysville
Shangri-La
Insulux
Danzer Metal
W. Lee St
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