Soviet denounces U S human rights record at UN
In the United Nations Security Council session, Soviet envoy Alexei Krasilnikov charged the United States with human rights abuses against American Communists and anti labor laws. He cited Eugene Dennis's July 8 trial and criticized Brazil and Romania, while U S delegate Hayden Raynor defended U S actions and condemned suppression of freedom. The Balkans subcommittee met again without progress.
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United States of America
Krasilnikov
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Brazil
United States
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Henrique Souza-Gomez
Security Council
Balkans
Rains Aid Firefighters in 24 Year Worst Tujunga Fire
In Los Angeles on August 8 4U P reports rain and high humidity helped about 1000 firefighters contain a brush and timber blaze in Tujunga canyon. The fire blackened 4200 acres over three days after a cigarette from a country road camp prisoner started it. Forest Supervisor Mendenhall said the fire is checked and embers must be stamped out with more help sought.
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Los Angeles
Worts
Big Tujunga Canyon
William V. Mendenhall
Forest Service
Weather Bureau
Mendenhall
Denver restaurant operator’s killing leads to murder charges
District Attorney Richard Simon filed first degree murder charges against Robert S. Battalino and Archibald D. Miller in Golden Colorado. Battalino confessed to shooting Michael Randolph in Turkey Creek canyon after Randolph was robbed at a south Broadway lunch room. Miller drove the car that carried Randolph to his death following the alleged ambush.
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Golden
Colo
Denver
Richard Simon
Robert S. Battalino
Archibald D. Miller
Pacific
Simon
Battalino
Michael Randolph
Turkey Creek Canyon
Conifer
Miller
Omaha
Randolph
South Broadway
Dr James Stephens longtime Legion surgeon dies at 52
PLENTYWOOD Aug 8 Dr James Leslie Stephens past department surgeon of the American Legion died here Friday after several years of ill health. He was 52.
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Plentywood
James Leslie Stephens
The
American Legion
Missing Kaiser widow jewels worth half a million
United States Army investigators said they were searching for jewels valued at more than 500000 belonging to Princess Hermine von Schoenaich Carolath widow of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The gems vanished in the American sector of Berlin after being in the possession of her son Prince Ferdinand Schoenaich Carolath in Frankfurt an der Oder where she died.
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Berlin
United States Army Criminal Investigation
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Hermine von Schoenaich- Carolath
Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
Germany
United States
Hermine
Prince Ferdinand Schoenaich-Carolath
British decision to cut imports may ease U S inflation
Washington reports Britain plans to slash imports could mildly calm U S price trends, with only minor effect on inflation. Officials caution full impact depends on details. Britain buys limited U S food and luxury goods, while grain and meat markets may feel modest shifts.
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Washington
Britain
United States
White House
Commerce and Agriculture Departments
President's Council of Economic Advisers
England
United States to Train Chinese Forces in Formosa
Reports from Shanghai say the United States plans a Formosan training center for six infantry divisions to aid China’s civil war, with Navy backing for a major base at Keelung or Takao. Confirmation came from Nanking sources, but actions hinge on Gen Wedemeyer’s report and U.S. approval.
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Shanghai
China
United States Army
Formosa
United States Navy
Keelung
Takao
Nanking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Washington
United States
George Marshall
Western Nevada fires trigger United Press emergency alert
An emergency fire condition was declared for western Nevada including Reno as a new timber fire 20 miles from the city spread amid tinder dry conditions in Nevada and California. Southern California saw rain and high humidity restraining blazes that had consumed thousands of acres while Reno contracted a heavy smoke pall from a blaze spotted at 2 30 p m near Boca along highway 40.
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Nevada
Reno
Tinder Dry
California
Boca
Britain seeks Russian answers on atomic control stance
London announced it has prepared questions for Moscow to clarify the Soviet position on ownership and control of atomic materials and facilities. The queries, delivered to Gromyko via the UN atomic commission, probe sanctions, inspections, and treaty structure.
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Lake Success
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Gromyko
Frederick H. Gibson
United States
Atomic Commission
Richard Miles
United Nations Atomic Commission
London
Miles
Moscow
International Atomic Energy Agency
Commission
International
Hopes Dwindling for Safety of Missing Plane
In Kodiak Alaska Aug 8 the Navy redoubled search for a missing PBY 5 with 20 aboard as eight planes patrolled the last known position near Dutch Harbor. Capt Sutliff said surface craft found no trace in Inlets near its destination. The craft left at 6 26 am Wednesday and last reported at 10 45 am about 150 miles from Dutch Harbor amid head winds and one mile visibility. The crew counted five and 15 passengers many of whom were Army personnel. Next of kin notified and authorities awaiting release of names.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Navy
Dutch Harbor
R. R. Sutliff
Kodiak Naval Air Station Base
Sutliff
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Washington
War Department
Army
Riots in Punjab Leave 120 Dead and Hundreds Hurt
In Amritsar district five villages see Moslem Sikh clashes as the partition of Punjab looms. The Punjab government reports 120 killed and hundreds injured amid military reinforcements and rising tensions.
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India
New Delhi
Amritsar
Punjab
Pakistan
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte sees clear to partly cloudy skies with cooler air on Saturday. Highs around 80 to 85 miles west and 85 to 90 miles east in Montana while the School of Mines records 88/51 and the Air sortes shows 90/— for the two-day span.
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School of Mines
Airsorte
Slain Gambler Siegel's Friend Arrives in New York
Virginia Hill, linked to Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, arrived from Paris and was questioned at LaGuardia by three detectives two from New York and one from Los Angeles. She left the plane quickly with photographers in attendance and declined to meet newsmen, while customs procedures continued.
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New York
Virginia Hill
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
Paris
Los Angeles
Plane Crash in East River Kills Three Near LaGuardia
An American Airlines DC-3 nicknamed the Alpha, described as an experimental radar ship, crashed into New York's East River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia en route to Buffalo. James Till survived. two other crew members were rescued with non life threatening injuries. Police expect three other passengers to have perished, trapped in the wreckage.
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New York
American Airlines
East River
LaGuardia Field
James Till
Buffalo
N. Y
LaGuardia
Thi
Till
Bay
la Guardia
W. R. Zundel
Ball
Hickey
Oilfield Fires Rage in Java Amid Ceasefire Rollback
In East Java the Royal Dutch Shell Tjeppe fields were reportedly set ablaze by Dutch forces as cease-fire violations were alleged by the Netherlands army. They claim Indonesian forces inflicted 39 casualties and attacked a Dutch outpost near Soerabaja while bands engaged in robbery and cruelty. Dutch officials plan to travel to the United States to appeal to the public and possibly the United Nations.
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Batavia
Java
Royal Dutch Shell Company
Tjeppe
East Java
Randegankoelen
Soerabaja
Netherlands East Indies
West Borneo
East Indonesia
United States
Indonesia
United Nations
Attlee Wins Approval for Expanded Labor Powers Bill
In London on August 8 the Labour government won a decisive 251 to 148 vote to approve the emergency bill expanding powers over labor and management. Churchill decried it as a blank check for totalitarian government, while Home Secretary Ede defended rapid, parliamentary reviewed orders. Further Churchill amendments to curb the act were to be discussed Monday as Parliament stayed in session to finish action by next week.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Labor
Raymond Blackburn
Labor Party
Chuter Ede
Hitler
New Heat Wave Death Toll Rises Across Midwest
A new heat wave sent temperatures toward the high nineties across the Midwest. Deaths attributed to the heat climbed to 152, with Chicago reporting 44 heat deaths and St Louis adding 19 more to total 57 in the area. Forecasters warned the heat would last 48 hours with scattered thundershowers and a brief cool air mass from Canada offering limited relief.
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Great Plains
Midwest
Canada
St. Louis
Chicago
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisville
Peoria
Ill
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Minnesota
United States
Ban on Shipments of Films to Britain Ordered
America's motion picture industry, angered by a British tax aimed at easing its dollar shortage, voted to ban all shipments of feature pictures and short subjects to Britain. Eric A. Johnston, president of the MPA, announced the decision after a three hour closed session with 50 executives. The vote tally was not released.
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New York
America
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Eric A. Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Johnston
England
Rats Gone, Farmhouse Burned in Smoke Bomb Accident
Walla Walla August 8 There are no rats or chickens left in Les Tarwater s chickenhouse after he used a smoke bomb to kill rodents. The fire from the smoke bomb destroyed the building and its contents.
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Walla Walla, Wash
U.P
Les Tarwater
Tarwater
Five of Fifty-Six Forest Fires Rage Uncontrolled in District
Missoula August 8 Officials of forest service region No 1 reported 56 fires Friday night five out of control with 125 men joining 410 smoke-jumpers already on duty. Fires in Cabinet Bitter Root and Coeur dAlene forests prompted large mobilization including ground crews and bull dozers.
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Forest Service Region No
Fred Fite
Lolo
Colville
Coeur d'Alene
Fite
West Fork
Darby
Thunder Mountain
Bear Creek
Stevensville
Cabinet Forest
Kaniska
Absaroka Mountains
Yellowstone Park
Lolo Forest
Center Ridge Trail
Seeley Lake District
West Sheep Mountain
Lamoka Creek
Kootenai Forest
MacDonald Creek
Glacier National Park
Cove Creek
Rye Creek
Sawtooth
Bitter Root Range
Fourth Air Force Finds No Evidence Of Flying Saucers
The Fourth Air Force released a report by Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer stating there is not enough evidence to confirm flying disc reports in Tacoma Washington or elsewhere. Fragments resembling molten metal were found on Maury’s Island and in Tacoma areas, but no Box of similar material linked to a plane crash near Kelso, Washington.
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Donald L. Springer
Tacoma ‘ Wash
Fourth Air Force
Tacoma
Kelso
Wash
75 Year Old Bride Weds 35 Year Old Stepson in Illinois
In Murphysboro Illinois Mrs Mabel Genevieve Pitts 75 wed Victor Robert Pitts 39 in a church parsonage. The bride said her other husbands died and she hoped her husband would find work, while she planned to work at the Duquoin State Fair to add to her $30 monthly pension.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Mabel Genevieve Pitts
Victor Robert Pitts
William Boatman
First Lutheran Church
Duquoin State Fair
Truman Retires to Shangri La Camp in Maryland Hills
President Truman leaves Washington for Shangri La in the Maryland Catoctin mountains with Mrs Truman. He signs 175 bills and vetoes 19 while away and chats with Afghanistan Prime Minister Sardar Mahmud Kaji before retreating to the wartime hideaway.
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Washington
Truman
Mogey
White House
Catoctin Mountains
Hughes Defiant On Wartime Costs For Aerial Cargo Boat
Howard Hughes testifies before a Senate war investigations panel claiming the government is getting its money’s worth from his 30 million dollar aerial cargo craft that never flew He asserts no personal profit from the project or wartime business The hearing grows tense with Ferguson and Hughes trading jabs as spectators clap and a future session is promised
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Senate
Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
Ferguson
Johnny Meyer
Round-the-World Flyer Nears Half-Way Mark
William P. Odom, flying a 4,000 horsepower A-26 bomber nicknamed Bombshell, nears the halfway point of a solo round-the-world attempt. He landed briefly at Karachi after refueling and was en route from Cairo toward the goal, eight hours behind schedule in Chicago time.
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William P. Odom
Wiley Post
Karachi
India
Priday
Chicago
Odom
New York
Cairo
Teterboro
N. J
Goosebay
Labrador
George Truman
Saskatchewan
Canada
Clifford V. Evans, Jr
Washington, D. C
Cubs
Six More Indicted in Vote Fraud Probe
A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted six more individuals in the vote irregularities probe stemming from the Aug. 6 1946 primary. Three of the six were jailed that night including Margaret Jackson of Denver Colorado who had been brought to testify and was held on a $1000 bond default.
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Kansas City
Margaret Jackson
Denver
Colo
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