Mine Blast Kills 27 in Southern Illinois Mine
Twenty seven miners died in an explosion at the Ben Coal No. 8 mine near West Frankfort Illinois. Rescue teams recovered 26 bodies and one severely burned worker died in hospital. Carbon monoxide and debris hampered search as authorities investigated the blast cause.
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West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
Old Ben Coal Company
No. 8
Central Junior High School
Harold L. Walker
Illinois
Mines and Minerals
Centralia
Ill
Moscow rejects visit by three American lawmakers
Moscow refused visas for Rep Kersten and colleagues Owens and Kennedy to travel to Russia to study education and labor amid a diplomatic tiff. The State Department issued passports despite the denial, prompting proposals to expel Russians from the United States and fueling congressional tempers over representation and travel.
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Washington
Moscow
Congress
Soviet Union
United States
Nikolai V Novikov
Rep
Kersten
R-Wis
Credit Curbs May End Soon Under Truman Plan
Washington reports indicate a return to unrestricted installment buying by November 1 with potential early end to time payment controls. Compromise legislation to end credit curbs cleared the House by voice vote and moves to the Senate and White House. The Federal Reserve Board forecasts Truman will lift restraints as promised unless Congress acts, citing inflation safeguards and wartime powers.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Woods Cross Woman Dies After Inhaling Insect Poison
Davis County Sheriff LeGrand Hess said Bonnie Maurine Howard a 17 year old Woods Cross resident died yesterday from inhaling gas from a can of insect poison. He called it accidental and said no inquest will be held after investigators found she sniffed the gas unaware of its toxicity.
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Woods Cross
Utah
Davis County
LeGrand Hess
Bonnie Maurine Howard
Hess
Howard
Training Bill Advances in House Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee approved a universal military training bill 20 to 0. Rep. Harness warned the State Department to beware what he calls propaganda promoting the Marshal Plan for European recovery. He says he was advised of a plan to sell the Marshall plan during the congressional recess.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Harness
R.-Ind
State Department
Subcommittee On
Probers Hint Jones as Key Witness in Plane Contract Probe
Senatorial investigators hinted Jesse Jones could be an ace witness in their bid to prove White House pressure led to a $40 million wartime plane contract awarded to Howard Hughes and Henry J Kaiser. The former official's testimony was anticipated in the Houston Hughes Kaiser procurement case.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
White House
Howard Hughes
Henry J Kaiser
Senate war panel to open hearing on canceled plane deal
Senate war investigating subcommittee plans a Monday hearing on a contract for planes that were never delivered. Sem Ferguson of Michigan leads the inquiry and may question former secretary of commerce and Reconstruction Finance Corp head under Roosevelt about the matter if Roosevelt files yield no results.
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Senate
Sem Ferguson
R-Mich
Er Jones
Ferguson
Hughes
Hollywood
Kaiser
Roosevelt
Jones
Henry A. Wallace
Reds Control CIO Under Union Probe
Washington report quotes James J. Conroy of New York UEW Local 1237 as saying communists run the CIO United Electrical Workers. He testified before a House committee, naming Tom Fitzpatrick and William Sentner as communists and alleging Reds influence across the International union despite claiming only one percent membership.
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Washington
James J. Conroy
New York
Compress Today
International Union of the
Cio-United Electrical Workers
Conroy
UEW
House UN- American Activities Comemince
Tom Fitzpatrick
William Sentner
International Union
Reds
International
Seismic Shocks Hit Los Angeles And San Diego Area
Three light earthquakes rattled the Los Angeles region and six in the San Diego district with seismographs recording tremors yesterday. No damage was reported. The latest quake struck San Diego at 10 20 12 p m PST lasting about three and a half minutes per Seismologist Fred Robinson.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Fred Robinson
Boy Hurt In Bear River Bridge Accident Near Grace
Sheriff Al ma Marley reports a pickup driven by Ralph Obray struck 14 year old Leo Rasmussen on the highway near the Bear River bridge. Rasmussen, walking south near road center, sustained a broken left leg and severe bruises. leg set twice then nailed. Rasmussen was returning from fishing when the crash occurred. Obray is a Mountain States TEL comb man from Pocatello.
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Alma Marley
Grace
Bear River Bridge
Ralph Obray
109 Park, Pocatello
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Leo Rasmussen
Jack Rasmussen
George Paskins
Obray
Soda $Prines
Young Rasmussen
Bear River
Labor Leader Dies at Sea
Robert J. Watt, a noted American labor leader born in Scotland, died at sea aboard the liner Saturnia returning from Geneva where he served as American delegate to the International Labour Organization conference. Watt had led the Massachusetts Federation of Labor and later became ILO representative and President Green's personal appointee. He was 53 and had lived in Lawrence after immigrating.
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Boston
Robert J. Watt
Saturnia
United States
Geneva
International Labor Organization
John Murphy
New England
American Federation of Labor
Watt
Scotland
Lawrence
Washington
The
William Green
Mercury Climb and Indian Summer Hint for Pocatello
The mercury rose four degrees to a noontime high of 92 as Pocatello nears an Indian summer. The forecast calls for fair skies with little temperature change tonight and tomorrow. Nearby areas report highs from 80s to 90s and lows in the 40s to 50s with no precipitation in the past 24 hours.
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Pocatello
Army Bill Passes House For Fiscal Year Funding
The House approved a compromise army appropriation bill of 5,482,530,500 for the year ending June 30, sent to the Senate. The new total is about 234 million below budget estimates, with civilian workers cut by 58,371 and officer and warrant officer strength reduced by about 13,100 from earlier House figures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Steel Prices Going Up at Republic Steel
Republic Steel Corp announced immediate price increases on hot rolled carbon and alloy bars, cold finished bars, sheets and strips and related products. The rise ranges from 25 to 40 cents per hundred pounds, averaging under nine percent, due to higher production costs from wage increases, coal and scrap price hikes, and service costs.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Republi
Sigures
Federal Housing Authority to Cut 1100 Jobs
The Federal Public Housing Authority announced it will dismiss 1100 employees and close regional offices in Boston Cleveland and Seattle due to a 40 percent cut from last year’s appropriation. The agency will reorganize, reducing personnel to about 1900, with regional consolidations at New York Chicago and San Francisco.
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Washington
Federal Public Housing Authority
Boston
Cleveland
Seattle
Te Agency
FPHA
Dillon S. Myer
PPHA
New York
Myer
Chicago
San Francisco
Hit Run Driver Kills Utah Girl in Ogden
Eight year old Sue Ann Sorenson of Mesa Ariz was killed and a companion injured when struck by a hit and run automobile as the children crossed a street. The Sorenson girl and her companion were visiting relatives in Ogden Utah.
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Utah
Ogden
Sue Ann Sorenson
Mesa, Ariz
Mayor urges garbage is kept in covered containers citywide
Mayor George R. Phillips announced indications of a polio case in Pocatello and urged citizens to place all garbage in containers with tops. He directed the park commissioner to have patrons use covered cans at parks and the city plans to spray near park garbage cans.
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George R. Phillips
Pocatello
Senate approves foreign aid bill for Greece and Turkey
Senate passes a 1.53 billion foreign policy measure including 400 million for Greece and Turkey amid warnings of irregular bonds from Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria threatening Greece. Connally urged steadfast U S aid as essential to resist aggression and defend Greece and Turkey. The bill returns to the House for action on amendments.
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Washington
Sen
Connally
Senate
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Truman
Counsel Receives Threatening Note at Court Martial
Defense attorney Lt. Comdr. John J. ONeil reported a four page penciled letter threatening to harm him his family and defense team in the Harold Hirshberg court martial in the Philippines. The note dated July 23 arrived from Jamaica Queens and carried anti Semitic and anti Irish obscenity. It was turned over to the police.
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New York
John J. O'Neil
Harold
Hirshberg
Philippines
O'Neil
PBI
Jamaica
Queens
Three Die in Auto Crash Near Rexburg
A head on collision on the Hibbard road west of Rexburg killed three people and injured six others. Victims include Jack Cooper 17 Sandra Cooper 2 and Bud Jardine 17 all Rexburg. Richard Cooper and C Drew Cooper related to the victims. Coroner Victor Chandler reported Jack Cooper was the driver and a truck driven by M Bingo was involved. cause unknown and an inquest to be held.
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Rexburg
Hibbard Road
Jack Cooper
Bud Jardine
Idaho Falls
Sandra Cooper
Rexhury
Dick Cooper
Sandra
C. Drew Cooper
Jack
Victor Chandler
Chandler
M. Bingo
Baseball scores from Today’s Games show American and National results
In American action Chicago defeated New York 49 to 12 after late scoring bursts. Gillespie Grove Smith Caldwell and Tresh Reynolds and Berra keyed the win. Other matchups listed include Cleveland-Washington Detroit-Philadelphia and St. Louis-Boston night games. In the National League New York trailed Chicago 5 to 36 after nine innings with Hartung Beggs Cooper Erickson and McCullough among the contributors. Boston-St. Louis Philadelphia-Cincinnati and Brooklyn-Pittsburgh are noted for upcoming games.
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Chicago
New York
Gillespie
Grove
Smith
Caldwell
Tresh
Reynolds
Berra
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
National
Hartung
Beggs
Cooper
Erickson and
McCullough
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
War Powers Close As Truman Signs Senate Resolution
President Truman signed a senate joint resolution ending the wartime effect of about 175 laws tied to states of war and emergency. He said some extraordinary powers remain and asked the attorney general to study ending the remaining war statutes. The measure declares wartime proclamations terminated and peace established, affecting roughly 16 million veterans and service members and ushering an end to wartime education and unemployment programs.
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Truman
Senate
Washington
Clark
President Truman's Mother Reported Critical in Missouri
Dr Graham said he will fly to Grandview Missouri tonight or tomorrow to check on 95 year old Martha E Truman. He noted her condition was very critical during his Missouri visit last week and that the president’s trip was not warranted at that time.
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Kashington
Wallace H. Grail
Grandview
Tate Peee
Missouri
M Truman
Ex-Army Flyer Admits Killing War Bride on Colorado Slope
Ex-army flyer David A Downey confessed to murdering his 24-year-old wife Lolly Lila on a rocky Colorado mountainside last Friday. Chief I B Bruce said Downey claimed the act was spontaneous and not premeditated, noting years of marital discord and a relationship described as a clash of two worlds.
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Colorado Springs
I. B. Bruce
Colorado
David A. Downey
San Francisco
Bruce
Lolly
Lila
Rampart Rance Highway
Downey
San Rafael
Calif
London
America
Europe
Greek Planes Repel Guerrilla Attack Near Grevena
A war ministry spokesman said Greek forces used rocket-firing planes and artillery to repulse a guerrilla assault on Grevena, 40 miles east of the Albanian border, with 1,200 to 1,500 attackers driven back.
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Athens
War Ministry
Grevena
Pindus Mountain
Mount Gramimoas
Konitsa
Mount Grammos
Dewey Named Chief Brave Heart by Sioux Tribe
Cheyenne Wy governor Thomas E Dewey was made honorary chief of the Ogallala Sioux as Chief Red Cloud bestowed the title Chief Brave Heart at the Polo ranch ceremony. Red Cloud said the tribe would support Dewey in the presidential race and help him win. Harold E Stassen was to stop in Cheyenne briefly en route to the West with no planned meeting.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Thomas E. Dewey
Midwest
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
Ogallala
Red Cloud
George Phelps
Brave Heart
Blue Waters
Taylor Probes Western Freight Rate Disparities
Senator Taylor of Idaho urged a Senate inquiry into western rail freight rates, calling the Mountain-Pacific area a vast zone paying 1880s style charges with patchwork fixes. He noted the ICC has never launched a comprehensive rate study in six decades, and that western rates hinder development versus eastern routes to shared markets.
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Washington
Western Rail
Taylor
Idaho
Senate
mountaia-Pacific
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cobb En Route to Salt Flats for Record Attempt
John R Cobb, holder of the world land speed record 369 mph, left on the Queen Elizabeth for Utah to chase another 15 mph in August on the Bonneville salt flats with the Railton Mobile Special. His car was shipped to the United States weeks ago for the attempt.
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Southampton
John R Cobb
Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats
Railton Mobile
Cobb
United States
Andrew May Garssons To Serve Terms In Bribery Case
Former congressman Andrew J. May received eight months to two years in prison after being found guilty of taking 53 634 07 in bribes while wartime chairman of the house military affairs committee. Murray and Henry Garsson, the munitions makers accused of paying him, were also sentenced to terms with a minimum of eight months and a maximum of two years.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House
May
Murray
Henry Garsson
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Kentucky
Rangers Find Wreckage on Mount Rainier After 7 Month Mystery
Eight rangers from Rainier National Park found wreckage high on the Mount Rainier south face near the 16 000 foot level. Navy officials confirmed the debris came from the missing marine transport plane with 32 aboard. Capt. A O Rule said the explosion spread wreckage over a wide area and little hope remains for recovering bodies.
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Longmire
Mt. Rainier National Park
Ana
Rainier National Park
Sandpoint Naval Air Station
Costa Rica unrest: eight dead as troops patrol San Jose
In San Jose armed patrols maintained order after five days of clashes that left eight dead. Banks, shops, and other businesses stayed closed as the opposition Democratic Party led a sit down strike. Reports from Cartago and other cities indicated conditions were easing.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Democratic Party
Cartago
San Isidro Coronado
Patrolman reports wallet theft from parked car
Newark patrolman Frank Meyers says two wallets with 970 dollars and papers were stolen from his back pocket while he slept in his parked automobile. Meyers has served 25 years with the police department.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Meyers
Meyers
Police Department
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