President Urges Selective Price Cuts In Economic Report
President Truman, presenting an economic report to the joint committee on the economic report, urged selective price and wage controls where profits run high. He noted a record production of 225 billion annually and warned that another general price rise could cause a sharp recession. Senator Flanders supported selective cuts and emphasized Senate action before adjournment. Richard Wagner's second wife was Liszt's daughter.
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Myers
Flanders
White House
Truman
Joint Committee
Vermont
Spread Of Tomato Blight Reaches Clearspring Area
County Agent Mark Miller reported that late tomato blight has spread to the Clearspring area for the first time and reached farther west and north than Williamsport and Halfway. He advised farmers fearing blight to spray the crops thoroughly with preventive treatments.
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Clearspring
Mark Miller
Williamsport
Elevators Prepare to Handle Wet Wheat Amid Losses
Farmers face heavy losses as grain remains wet and sprouts, lowering weight and flour quality. Maugansville Elevator Co and Kline Brothers report poor wheat. plans move to use large drying machines to salvage the harvest. Roy Raeder of Keedysville notes wheat is sprouted and unsellable for anything but feed. Despite harvest weeks ago, prolonged wet weather prevents proper drying and threshing.
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Maugansville Elevator Company
Kline Brothers
Roy Raeder
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Ferep
Interior Dept Funds Approved for Next Year
The House approved a conference agreement providing 194.6 million dollars for the Interior Department for the next 12 months. It includes 38.5 million for reclamation projects in the west. The conference report to the Senate shows 101.6 million for the department, about 34 percent short of the budget estimate. The subcommittee increased funds by 32.08 million.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Department
Senate
P Engineer Strike Settled
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the company reached a settlement after a long dispute over more than a dozen working rule changes. The BLE demanded a guaranteed daily wage of 12.95, far above the existing 1, affecting S P lines south of Portland and west of Tucumcaci including El Paso and Ogden, plus two subsidiaries. Passengers waited in Reno as talks continued in San Francisco despite Truman’s emergency mediation board.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BLE
S. P
Portland
Ore
Tucumecaci
N. M
el Paso
Texas
Ogden
Utah
Pacific Northwestern
San Diego
Arizona Eastern
Reno
San Francisco
Truman
Brotherhood
Roosevelt
Java Coastal Cities Seized Amid Dutch Drives Across Java
Reports say three towns on Java seized yesterday with Padang operation complete and seven Dutch actions under way across western, central, and eastern Java aimed at isolating the republic. A Dutch official suggested local police action could end in 3 or 4 days, possibly avoiding occupation of Jogjakarta. Prime Minister Amir Sjafiuddin urged world aid to stop bloodshed.
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daya-Medan
Palempang
Padang
Java
East Indies
Republic
Buitenzorg
Bendoeng
Bandoeng
Semarang
Sparabaja
Probolinggo
Banjoewangi
Cali
Jogjakarta
Indonesian Republic
Amir Sjatifoeddin
Australia
Southeast Asia
Giri Hurt Sunday Riding Horseback
Norma Springer a 15 year old girl of 404 North Prospect street was injured Sunday afternoon in a horseback fall at Pen Mar. She sustained contusions to the right thigh shoulder and lacerations to the right forearm as the horse galloped and threw her to the roadway Moose plans veterans banquet for members who served in any war will be honored Thursday at Moose Hall with a 2 banquet.
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Norma Springer
North
Prospect Street
Pen Mar
Miss Springer
MOOSE
Moose Hall
Hired Taxi Then Left Him Baby
New York cab driver Anthony Del Vecchio found a two year old boy left in his taxi by a couple from Philadelphia who hired the cab to seek a room. The parents fled after leaving the child. the boy was taken to the New York Foundling Hospital.
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New York
Anthony del Vecchio
Ave
Philadelphia
del Vecchio
New York Foundling Hospital
Former Indianese premier plans U S visit on mission
Piu sutan Sijahrir, former premier of the Indonesian Republic, announced he would visit the United States India and Australia on a special mission for President Sukarno. Unofficial reports say he left in a private plane owned by an Indian manufacturer.
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Singapore
Piu S Sutan Sijahrir
United States
India
Australia
Soukarno
Big Flour Mill Fire Rages Through Pendleton
Flames destroyed the Western Milling flour mill and warehouse in Pendleton on July 22 causing over 500000 in damage. Debris ignited other structures and a grass fire spread to several residences. A spokesman said 75000 bushels of new crop wheat were destroyed with mill property losses exceeding 250000.
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Pendleton
Ure
Western Milling Company
Umatilla County
Simple Basque Dress Pattern Ad From The Book Of Fashion
Simplicity pattern ad promotes a basque dress with scalloped neck and cap sleeves. It lists sizes 1, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and yardage 2 1 2 yards on 35 inch fabric. The offer includes a sewing guide, pattern number 3054, and a 3 cent book on summer sewing with 150 patterns. Send to Pattern Department Hagerstown Maryland Daily Mail New York.
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Pattern Department
Hagerstown, MD
Daily Mail
New York
Crete Scene of Civil Strife and Guerrilla Attacks
Civil strife erupted on Crete with a curfew in Canea after an armed band attacked a radio station. Guerrillas near Canea burned a village and damaged a bridge in reprisal for a mob killing of a rightist attorney. In northwest Greece clashes continue east of Ioannina with government forces claiming significant guerrilla losses. Further east near Orestias leftist guerrillas were routed by a rightist unit.
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Athens
Crete
Greece
Canea
Franghadakis
Kamilina
Srros
Harrisburg Mail Bids Asked Here
An invitation for bids to operate mail transportation between Hagerstown and Harrisburg on Sundays is displayed at the local post office. The notice gives full specifications for service to run once weekly from September 1947 through June 1949. The Pennsylvania Railroad recently discontinued a Sunday mail train between the two cities.
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Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cahall Flies Back To United States
Wilson Cahall, principal of the Washington street school, has returned to the United States after a year teaching children of U S Army officers in Vienna Austria. He flew home last week and will resume duties at the local school this fall, with the Denton Ma report noting the post was filled last year by Donald G. Kaylor.
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Wilson Cahall
Washington Street
United States
United States Army
Vienna
Austria
America
Denton
Cahall
Donald G. Kaylor
Chamberlin Man Offers Free Consultation for Weatherproofing
In a winter savings pitch the Chamberlin Company of America urges homeowners to check necessary services for energy efficiency. They promote storm windows, screens, rock wool insulation, metal weather strips, calking with orders now and terms as low as eight dollars per month. Call 3880.
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Chamberlin
Chamberlin Company OF America
Banks Would Cash Yet Leave Bonds
The Treasury drafts regulations to let banks cash the terminual leave bonds if Truman signs the bill. Banks would handle the bonds like government savings bonds with 2 3 percent interest and provide at a glance tables of interest. The plan lets veterans cash or apply bonds to insurance premiums, with $1 to $1.5 billion expected to be redeemed or held for interest.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
Bohlen Appointed Aid To Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall gains a top level post as Charles E. Bohlen is nominated to succeed Benjamin V. Cohen as department counselor. The move follows Bohlen's long service and aims to ease U.S. relations with Russia at the direction of President Truman. Vincent to Switzerland also nominated.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
State Department
Truman
Charles E
Chip" Bohlen
Benjamin V. Cohen
Cohen
Thomas Tammy
Cork Corcoran
White House
West Virginia Mines Raise Coal Price Fifty Cents
West Virginia mines have quietly increased the price of machine mined soft coal by 50 cents per ton triggering concerns about higher costs. Local sellers report significant quantities of West Virginia mined coal are traded in the area despite the price change. In Ohio the impact of the move on consumers remains uncertain as retailers justify margins against broader market volatility. Dr. H Byrd of the University of Maryland says the campus needs 4 million dollars in federal funds to prevent overcrowding for 1948 and 1949 with a projected record 18000 enrollments.
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West Virginia
College Park
H. ©. Byrd
University of Maryland
Plane Missing Traced From Ocean City To Johnstown
Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania state police searched for a small plane feared missing on a flight from Ocean City to Johnstown Pennsylvania carrying A M Meek and his son Buddy of Johnstown.
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Ocean City
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
A. M. Meek
Buddy
4H Club Week Aims to Bring County Youth to University
About 50 Washington county boys and girls will represent the 4H clubs at the third annual 4H Club Week at the University of Marinland from August 4 to 9. Attendance may reach 1,000 for the state fair, with participants adopting Algonquin and Iroquois names and studying livestock poultry conservation home economics and clothing. Boys focus on dairy livestock poultry farm mechanics and conservation while girls study home furnishings management foods and clothing. An All Star induction closes the week and any active 4-H member who turned 12 by January 1 is eligible to attend.
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Washington County
University of Marinland
Ider Club
Atomic Energy
Fire Sweeps Four Blocks Of Town In Minot Tragedy
A major blaze ripped through four blocks of Minot North Dakota's business district on July 22 claiming three lives and destroying nine storefronts. Firefighters battled oil fed flames after an explosion at a bulk gasoline station amid unclear origin and no damage estimate yet.
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Minot
N. D
Fragmentary Names From Early Blast Report
Flaming gasoline after the initial blast identified Chester Weston, 32, Adam Ranyan, about 60, and William Foster, all of Mi not, as persons connected with the incident.
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Chester Weston
Adam Ranyan
William Foster
Minot
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