Cost of living trends amid uncertain price controls in early July
Uncertainty over upcoming price controls hovered as the nation observed Independence Day. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows an eight percent rise in 28 basic commodities since controls ended, while meat prices climb in markets like New York.
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Associated Press
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Congress
Wall Street
Secretary of Agriculture
New York
Nazis Make Final Plea In Wartime Trial
At Nuremberg a group of 21 German leaders presented their final plea for acquittal. Prof Hermann Jahreiss argued that only states breach peace and individuals cannot be tried, claiming Germans acted under their own laws and denying a global conspiracy. He called Hitler arbiter of war and peace, noting rivalries among Nazis.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Jahreiss
United States
Russia
France
United Kingdom
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodi
Karl Doenitz
Erich Raeder
Hjalmar Schacht
Franz von Papen
Julius Streicher
Rudolf Hess
Alfred Rosenberg
Jahreiss
Hitler
Reich
Prices at a Glance as July Holiday Opens
Price picture from The Associated Press notes livestock markets flooded with animals. Cattle top at 22.50 Tuesday while hogs trade at 17 under Monday’s 18.50. Rent complaints drop. landlords seek higher charges amid talks of new price controls. Wall Street shows smallest daily sales in a year. consumer buying roughly unchanged. Government may push new price control measure toward the Senate, with prospects for legislation growing.
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Wall Street
Senate
Soviet Paper Blasts Bikini Test as Aggressive
The Red Star accuses the Bikini atomic test of aggression aimed at world peace and says the United States has put itself in a critical position by conducting the atomic bomb test.
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Moscow
Red Star
United States
BRT Plans Strike On Illinois Road
The Illinois Central Railroad reported a strike by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen would start at 10 a.m. on July 21. Cyrus R. Young IC personnel director cited grievance demands. BRT president A F Whitney said he had not heard of the call. Local union reps unavailable for comment.
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Chicago
Iilinois Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway
Cyrus R. Young
BRT
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
Plans Taking Shape With Few Changes
Washington reports a new price control extension bill taking shape to replace the vetoed measure. Democratic Leader Barkley says the bill should be ready for the Senate floor tomorrow and may win White House acceptance. The draft would extend war time price controls 12 months and renew rental ceilings, with modest formula changes likely under Barkley sponsorship.
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Washington
Truman
Barkley
Senate
White House
Senate Banking Committee
D.-Ky
Capitol Hill
Warley
Truman Signs Hobbs Bill Against Racketeering Across Nation
President Truman signed the Hobbs anti racketeering act into law despite opposition from organized labor. The measure makes it a felony to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery extortion or threats with fines up to 10000 and prison terms up to 20 years. Rep Hobbs said the goal is to allow farmers to market goods without union interference.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Rep
Hobbs
D.-Ala
Bill Approves Job Washington Key Construction Move
The bill clears approval for the first unit construction at the Mount site in Washington. Lawmakers endorse funding and project timeline, signaling a start for the long planned facility. Officials expect employment opportunities and regional economic impact once work begins.
Independence Day Marked Worldwide Amid U S Celebrations
Americans worldwide marked Independence Day as the United States entered its first peacetime July 4 in five years. The Philippines became independent after 48 years under U S flag, with Truman proclaiming independence and banners raised for the new republic. In Tokyo and Shanghai, occupation troops and diplomats observed the day while Britain and Mexico City hosted events honoring Washington.
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United States
Pacific
Philippine Islands
Truman
Washington
New Republic
Japan
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S
Shanghai
China
Great Britain
Viscount Montgomery
American Society
London
Military Declares Strike Illegal in Trieste Dispute
Allied military government authorities in Trieste declared the three day strike by pro Yugoslav unions illegal saying it was political and out of order as rioting around anti Slav sentiment continues. Emilio Semilli head of the strike committee warned of underground action and said a meeting would decide on continuing the walkout.
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Trieste
Emilio Semilli
Sindicati Unici
Gas pipe mishap kills six workers near Peru Illinois
Five men were killed and six others injured in a 620 pound pressure push on a 24 inch gas line three miles north of Peru. The dead welders were Ben Morris Belividere Ill A D Cleary Geneseo Ill James Pret sel Harper Iowa Robert Wal strom Belividere Ill and Frank In gram Geneseo Ill. The accident happened in a corn field where a 30 foot section had been removed.
Jailbirds Hear Western Ballads at Pocatello Prison Show
Prison inmates at Pocatello were treated to cowboy ballads by Stinky Poe from Oklahoma during a two hour stopover en route to Montana rodeos. A NY couple among the breakers joined the audience after buying tickets and extending their stay. Mert Baird announces a July 12 parade with prizes for best dressed cowboy and cowgirl and best western floats. call 3509 for details.
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Stinky
United States
Montana
Pocatello
Hoosegow
New York
Mert Baird
Death sentences commuted in Jerusalem for two Jews
The two Jews sentenced for firing on British soldiers had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham at the request of the Irgun Zvai Leumi. British troops continued a meticulous search of Mesheq Yagur, unearthing ten large caches of contraband munitions since Saturday.
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Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Alan Cunningham
Palestine High Commissioner
Mesheq Yagur
Bomb Looses Double Blow At Test Ships
A single atomic bomb dropped on Bikini could have crippled the 73 ship task force with a blast and deadly radiation. Capt. George Lyon notes many crew would be incapacitated by radiation, while tests show ships like Nevada Arkansas and Pensacola sustaining blast and structural damage. Vice Admiral Blandy avoided predicting future ship design impacts.
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Us.s. Appalachian
Bikini
George Lyon
Associated Press
Howard W. Blakeslee
Nevada
Arkansas
Pensacola
Crossroads
W. H. P. Blandy
Sonny Escapes Redding Call
Sonny Wisecarver 16 year old eloper from California youth authority camp at Whitmore with four companions fled yesterday after damaging a car at a lumber camp and heading into brush. Wisecarver previously married Elaine Manfredi in Yuma at 14, a marriage later nulled, and eloped last February with Mrs Eleanor Deveny 24 mother of two.
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Yuma
Ariz
Eleanor Deveny
Hostage Free Jerusalem Officer Reported Released
A Palestine government official announced today that Captain G. C. Warberton, one of three British officers held hostage by the Irgun Zvai Leumi, has been released. No word on the other two officers seized from an officers club in Tel Aviv.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
G. C. Warberton
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Tel Aviv
Solon Defends His Actions In War Contract Scandal
Washington war inquiry plans to question Secretary Patterson about pressure by Rep May to steer eight inch shell contracts to an Illinois munitions group. The panel cites a 1944 memorandum with May Patterson references and says Patterson aided May's push for the Batavia firm contract. Denton says the memo was personal and omits the disputed passage.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Secretary of
Patterson Pointblank
May
Illinois
Mead
N.Y
War Department
Patterson
Ilinois
Combine
House Military Committee
Pikeville
Olmois
War «Department
F. R. Denton
William F. Brennan
Dorothea Molander
Batavia
Garssons
Congressman May
Campbell
Hardy
Denton
Pittsburgh
Brennan
Tractor Kills Four Year Old At Julietta Farm
Four year old Harold Haveltine died on a Julietta farm when a tractor with brakes that slipped lurched while his mother Pearl Haveltine rode with him on her lap. The child was crushed under the tractor treads as the mother bent to fix the gears.
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Juliaetta
Ida
Harold Haveltine
Pearl Haveltine
Julietta
Idaho Plans Activation for Guard Units
Idaho Adjutant General W. Harry Abendroth said he would ask the war department to activate immediately the guard's state headquarters and detachment. Gov. Williams announced Idaho accepted 10 guard units including a fighter squadron, bringing total guard strength to 5581. Units include the 190th fighter squadron and nine units of the 183rd regimental combat team with details on officers and enlisted personnel. Locations and activation dates to be announced later.
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Boise
Idaho
W. Harry Abendroth
War Department
Arnold Williams
Idaho Guard
Abendroth
183Rd Infantry Regiment
Engineer
116Th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Tank Battalion
45Th Army Ground Forces Band
25Th Army Ground Forces Band
116Th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Twin Falls Tenant Faces Rent Hike From 25 to 100
Twin Falls reports show price controls loosened for the day with several increases. A three room apartment rent jumps from 25 to 100 dollars a month effective July 17 for tenants Orville Reinoeh and spouse. Bessie F Badger, owner, issued notice. Hog wholesale price rises to 15.75, bran to 3.50, wheat to 1.86, oats and barley to 2.70 per hundred pounds.
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Twin Falls
Howard Gillette
Orville Reinoeh
Yankee Gets Acquittal
A court martial acquitted Pfc Austin D. Gheens of Newport Tennessee of charges that he struck and kicked three American guard house prisoners at Lichfield England. Col James Kilian of Highland Park Illinois faced trial for allegedly authorising cruel treatment of soldiers imprisoned there.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Austin D. Gheens
Newport
Tenn
Lichfield
Eng
James Kilian
Highland Park
Ill
Gheens
Killian
U. S. Army
England
Philippines Gains Full Sovereignty in Manila Independence Ceremony
In Luneta Plaza Manila 18 million Filipinos celebrate independence as the American flag comes down for good. President Roxas Vice President Quirino attend with Gen. MacArthur Amb McNutt and Senator Tydings. Truman pledges US support as Rizal relics witness the oath and new nationhood.
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Manila
Luneta Plaza
Manila Bay
Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
Douglas MacArthur
Paul V. McNutt
U. S
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Washington
Truman
United States
Philippines
Jose Rizal
MacArthur
Roxas
Madame Aurora Quezon
Manuel Quezon
The
Gen. MacArthur
Idaho Pardons Granted by State Board
The Idaho State Pardon Board adjourned after granting six outright pardons and three conditional releases. Pardons went to William Francis Bishop 52 Vernon K Sparks 22 Karl Morris 17 Leonard J Maltrom 45 William W Cook 17 and Walter D Garland 15 for crimes including rape night burglary grand larceny. Conditional releases to Eleazer Asay 54 Leonard Profitt 28 and Robert Kress 23 for theft and assault with intent to commit murder.
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Boise
State
Idaho
Wiliam Francis Bishop
Karl Morris
Meridian
Ada County
Vernon K. Sparks
Leonard J. Malstrom
Nez Perce
William W. Cook
Walter D. Garland
Nez Perce County
Eleazer Asay
Custer County
Leonard Profitt
Robert Kress
Clearwater County
Russians Fix Line Near Bialystok After Referendum
Soviet troops set stakes along the eastern Polish frontier signaling a permanent Curzon line frontier. A five kilometer area saw minor rectifications by Russian and Polish commissioners. In Bialystok province voters showed resentment at ceding Lwow and Wino to Russia with 90 percent opposing a one-house parliament and 73 to 80 percent opposing the provisional regime’s nationalization and agrarian reforms.
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Bialystok
Poland
Curzon Line
Lwow
Wino
Russia
Carmen Return Drives Transit Workers Back to Ranks
San Francisco street cars and buses resumed service at 12:01 a.m. after a sympathy strike by CIO and AFL Carmen picked up pay demands. Carmen members agreed to return if voters approve in November a charter offering 14 cents more per hour for carmen and 9 cents more for bus drivers.
Admiral Says Force to Assure Peace
Admiral Turner urges early creation of a UN backed military force and suggests maintaining national and regional defenses until a global police mechanism is in place. He argues war cannot be outlawed by resolve alone and calls for enforcement through sanctions and secured peace initiatives.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Richmond Kelly Turner
U. S. Naval
United Nations
Deerees
Security Council
United States
Chapultepec
America
Europe
Byrnes Presses for Paris Peace Conference Call
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes urged immediate action to convene a 211 nation peace conference in Paris before month’s end. Molotov blocked scheduling until Italy reparations are settled, leaving ministers deadlocked on agenda with only a draft timetable approved.
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Parist
James F. Byrnes
Foreign Ministers Council
Paris
Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
U.S
Arthur Vandenberg
Trieste
Italy
San Francisco official named transportation superintendent
Edward T. Gallagher of San Francisco is appointed superintendent of transportation for the Western Pacific railroad, succeeding John P. Quigley who retires after 59 years in railroading. President Harry A. Mitchell announced the appointment.
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San Francisco
Edward T. Gallagher
Western Pacific Railroad
John P. Quigley
Harry A. Mitchell
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