Communists May Set Up Free State in Northern Greece
Athens reports strong signs of a proclaimed free Communist state in northern Greece. Eleftheria Ellada cites a guerrilla chief's call for an independent government to free Greece from foreign intervention. Greek sources doubt the station's location but note two guerrilla bands operating near Ioannina and Mount Grammos with potential ties to Albania and Yugoslavia.
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Athens
Greece
Eleftheria Ellada
National Liberated Front
Markos Vifiades
Free Regions
Balkans
Rizospastis
Greek Democratic Army
Sofia
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Mount Gamila
Ioannina
Perius
Mount Grammos
Albania
Iionnina
Dewey to Visit Montana for Saturday Stop on 1948 Tour
News that Thomas E. Dewey will visit Bozeman Montana on Saturday for a luncheon at the state college student union and a public speech in the gym. He travels with a delegation from New York and plans a Yellowstone tour after leaving West Yellowstone early Saturday.
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Salt Lake City
Washington State
Eric Johnston
Spokane
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Bozeman
Mont
New York
Goveror
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
State College Student Union
West Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Veto Sustained Could End Tax Cuts For Year
The Republican leadership said a second veto likely means no income tax cuts for another year. Truman veto message due Friday. override chances seen as doubtful in the Senate. If defeated, about 49,000,000 taxpayers would lose relief while campaign tensions rise. The Knutson bill would shift effective date to Jan 1 1948 and cut taxes from 30 percent to 10.5 percent above $302,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican House
Truman
Capitol Hill
Charles G. Ross
Senate
House
Martin
Rmass
Congress
Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Strangled Woman Found Near Torrey Pines Lodge
The body of Marion Newcomb, 36, was found strangled in bushes along a park road near Torrey Pines. Police say they suspect a car threw her body from a vehicle. a Dahlia-type murder is the seventh in Southern California since January and San Diego’s 22nd unsolved case this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
U.P
Torrey Pines Lodge
Marion Newcomb
Corona Hotel
Vancouver
B. C
Torrey Pines City Park
Dave Bone
Bone
Pacific Ocean
Edward Dieckmann
Police
Homicide
California
Effort Is Made to Avert Troup Strike
A U P report from San Francisco says a national mediation board official rushed to meet Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers leaders and Southern Pacific railroad officials to avert a strike set for Monday. The walkout would halt about half of passenger and freight service west of Ogden Utah and El Paso Texas. The union seeks immediate settlement of 19 of 74 wage and working condition demands dating back to 1940.
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San Francisco
U.P
National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ogden
Utah
el Paso
Texas
Thomas Bickers
Brotherhood
Southern Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
San Diego
Arizona Eastern
Vessel capsized near Bombay with massive loss of life
Nearly 700 passengers feared dead after the small coastal ship Ramdas capsized in the Arabian Sea eleven miles south of Bombay. Only 11 of 39 crew survived, including the captain, as heavy monsoon swells and poor visibility doomed the vessel en route to Rewas.
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Bombay
India
Co. A. Buch
Bombay Steam Navigation Company
Ramdas
Rewas
Rewas Creek
Rewas Village
Bombay Harbor
Truman Names NLRB Members and General Counsel
President Truman announced a bipartisan five member NLRB and named Robert N. Benham as general counsel. J Copeland Gray and Abe Murdock were chosen as new board members while the three incumbents Paul Herzog John Houston and James Reynolds were reappointed with Herzog remaining chairman. The Taft Hartley act expands the board and gives Benham a near independent role. The appointments require Senate confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Maryland
NLRB
Robert N. Benham
J. Copeland Gray
Buffalo
N. Y
Abe Murdock
Utah
Paul M. Herzog
John Houston
James Reynolds
Herzog
Denham
British Noblewoman Ordered Out of United States
Commissioner Ugo Carusi said Lady Iris Mountbatten third cousin of King George VI must leave the United States by September 1 after admitting passing 185.05 in worthless checks. Her visitor's permit expired February 1 with no extension granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WU P
Ugo Carusi
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Iris Mountbatten
Carusi
Philadelphia
Iris
George VI
Infant Electrocuted in Hamilton Bath Incident
Three year old Jean Harbaugh daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Harbaugh was accidentally electrocuted in Hamilton when she placed her hands in water heated by a portable electric water heater late Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
U.P
Giner
Jean Harbaugh
Gerald Harbaugh
Indonesian Crisis Deepens as Dutch Demands Persist
Dutch sources say the Indonesian crisis is more dangerous than ever as Amsterdam awaits the Hague response. Acting Governor General Van Mook has sent recommendations while armed hostilities loom, amid failed efforts to alter Indonesia’s stand on cease fire and interim rule until sovereignty in 1949.
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Batavia
Netherlands
Hubertus J. van Mook
Hague
A. K. Gani
Amir Sjarifoeddin
United States of Indonesia
Flood Plan Gets Some Support
President Truman urged a giant ten year Mississippi valley flood control program drawing mixed replies in Congress. Support surfaced but critics called it scatterfire and swift action unlikely while Taber questioned the plan. A Missouri Valley authority leader likened engineers to Typhoid Mary in flood control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Taber
R-N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
Mr. Truman
Mississippi
Appalachian Mountains
Rockies
United States
Benton J. Stong
Denver
Missouri Valley Authority
National Valley Authority
United States Army
Contract Accepted by Mine Employes
Salt Lake City July 17 employees of the Darwin mine of the Anaconda Copper Mining company have accepted a new labor contract by a vote of three to one. The contract provides a wage increase of 111 cents per hour and five paid holidays. Employees belong to a local of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Darwin
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Butte Forecast: Clearing by night with afternoon showers
Butte expects Friday to start clear then become cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and clearing near dark. Warmer with a 85 degree high in the next 24 hours. Mines and Airport readings show highs around 81 to 82 and lows in the 47 to 50s. Montana notes partly cloudy skies Friday with scattered mountain showers and warmer conditions in the west. highs 80 to 90.
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School of Mines
Montana
Exodus 1947 ship scuttled by tension in Palestine waters
Seven British warships hunted a vessel carrying 3,669 illegal immigrants near Palestine as the Exodus 1947, formerly President Garfield, fled from a French port. The Haganah radio broadcast claimed the ship left Philadelphia March 29, reached the Mediterranean, and faced a British blockade with a cruiser and destroyers shadowing it.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
U.P
President Garfield
Exodus
Europe
Haganah
Mediterranean
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Voice of Israel
Listen World
Philadelphia
United Nations
United Nations Special Commission On Palestine
Eaton protests road closing to Yellowstone route
Acting Gov. Ernest T. Eaton urged Park Service Director Newton B. Drury to keep the Red Lodge Cooke City highway open beyond a 90 day summer window. He warned cutting six weeks of access would hurt residents and tourism, and noted Montana can cooperate on maintenance under Senate Bill 97.
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Helena
Ernest T. Eaton
National Park Service
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Yellowstone National Park
Newton B. Drury
Chicago
Park Service
Eaton
Senate
Montana
State Highway Department
The
Public Roads Administration
Bevin Backs Marshall Plan Aims Without Splitting World
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the Transport and General Workers Union he would push the Marshall plan to success without dividing Europe or the world. He denied charges of seeking to split nations, warning against war and atom bombs and urging focus on decades of peace for Europe.
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Bevin
Hastings
England
Eriest Bevin
Europe
World
Transport and General Workers’ Union
United States
Russia
France
Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Bank Robbery in Cripple Creek Ends with Arrest
William Fred Boethin Jr., a 25 year old ex Army lieutenant, admitted taking part in the First National bank holdup in Cripple Creek and signed a written statement. Police recovered $2930 and P H House the bank cashier was wounded but expected to recover.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Irl Foard
William Fred Boethin, Jr
Air Force
First National Bank
Cripple Creek
Foard
Boethin
I. B. Bruce
Cecil Markeley
Teller County
Bruce
William Fred Boethin
Markeley
FBI
Elks Conclave Closes with Record Attendance Parade
About 40 000 delegates and families left Portland as the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks concluded its largest convention. Lafayette A. Lewis urged practical achievements for democracy while pledging a campaign against fifth columnists. The group backed a freedom train tour with 100 historic documents and prizes were awarded in glee club and ritual contests. The 1948 site was not chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lafayette A. Lewis
Los Angeles
Lewis
The
Elks
Lodge No. 99
Everett
Mass
Balkans Peace Plan Faces Soviet Resistance in UN Council
In Lake Success on July 17 the Security Council disputing the western nations Balkans peace plan. Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko signaled Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania would reject any UN supervision scheme. He questioned how a council backed mechanism could work if Balkan governments refuse to accept it. Gromyko accused the plan of illegality and motives and warned the council to consider what to do if the recommendation is unacceptable. The session adjourned to Friday as Poland and Yugoslavia also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Balkans
Balkan
Andrei Gromyko
Council
Greece
Gromyko
Yugoslavia
Gromyk
Poland
Russia
Security Council
United
Faulty Judgment Blamed in LaGuardia Crash
A U S Senate report cites pilot Benton R. Baldwin’s faulty judgment in the May 29 LaGuardia field crash that killed four. It lists misreading weather, choosing a short runway, and stopping after two thirds of the runway with 90 mph plus as key errors. A friend says Baldwin had no comment on the findings.
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Washington
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
Senate Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Benton R. Baldwin
Roslyn
Clayton Stiles
Baldwin
Export Regulations May Cut Off Steel for Russia and Satellites
Commerce department officials said tightened export rules could halt United States steel shipments to Russia and Soviet sphere countries. Undersecretary William C. Foster told a Senate subcommittee the department broadened a restricted list of steel products requiring detailed foreign data on supply and demand, which Russia and allies have balked at providing.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Russia
William C. Foster
Senate
Foster
Francis E. McIntyre
Department
Office of International Trade
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