French Plea for End of Warfare at 21-Nation Peace Conference
President Georges Bidault of France urged 1,500 delegates at a Luxembourg palace gathering to abolish war and seek complete or at least reasonable peace. He warned that superpowers’ absence hindered postwar peace and named himself provisional chairman on Byrnes’s motion.
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Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Europe
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
United States
Russia
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Peace Debate Opens in Tense Setting
The opening of a peace debate is set against an anxious backdrop as Russia and western allies clash over postwar friction. Secretary Byrnes departs for Paris with a message urging rapid removal of dangerous friction from the last war. General De Gaulle warns that world security hinges on future U S Russia relations.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Russia
Byrnes
Charles de Gaule
America
France
Victim of Killer in Newark Slaying
Newark police chief said a 22 year old man is held without charge in the death of 17 year old Thelma Anderson whose battered body was found in a field near the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Another man questioned was released. Thebody showed signs of beating and possible rape.
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Newark
Gail Christman
Thelma Anderson
Christman
Baltimore & Ohio
James Wilson
Christian
Two Children Drowned In Abandoned Pit Pool
In Ontario Oregon five year old Eugene Oran May and four year old Edwin Allen May drowned in a stagnant pool at an abandoned travel pit. The boys were sons of Mr and Mrs Willard May of Richland Oregon. State police said they entered the pit for a wade and sank beneath the water and did not resurface.
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Ontario
Ore
Eugene Oran May
Edwin Allen
Willard May
Richland
Housing Bill Hopes Fading as Session Nears End
Administration leaders abandon hope for the Wagner-Ellender-Taft long range housing bill as Congress plans to adjourn Friday. Spence warns of no public hearing before action, while Truman presses for floor consideration. The bill envisions 10-year housing with 500000 dwellings annually.
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Washington
Congress
Spence
Banking Committee
Ray
Burn
Truman
House
Wagner
D-N. Y
Eilender
D-La
Taft
Ohio
U SI
Barkley
Senate
Police search for bomber in Cunard Building threat
More than 100 police mobilized in lower Manhattan after the British consulate reported an anonymous call threatening to blow up the 25 story Cunard building within 28 minutes. The call came at 10 15 a m and by 12 30 p m officers had largely cleared the building, leaving guards at the consulate booth and reception.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Cunard
Gertrude Salt
Thomas Hammill
Farrell appeals after three to five year sentence for assault
Army Lt. Thom as Farrell was sentenced in Suffolk Superior Court to three concurrent terms of three to five years for branding 18 year old Helen Stavrou with a cigarette and razor blade and for intent to maim. The sentence was stayed pending his appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Boston
Thomas Farrell
Helen Stavrou
State Supreme Court
Farrell
Pacific
Suffolk Superior Court
Parrell
Edward Voke
Herbert F. Callahan
Miss Stavrou
Bus Crash Kills 3 Injures 47 Near Vernon Texas
A Continental Trailways bus from Amarillo to Wichita Falls plunged through a bridge into the Pease River near Vernon. Three died and 47 were injured, with over 30 remain in area hospitals. eight in critical condition. The bus carried many standing passengers. cause unknown. Victims include Gladys Madsen and Stanley R. Madsen of Emmett Idaho and Lt Col George J. Miles of Centerville Utah.
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Vernon
Texas
Continental Trailways
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Pease River
Gladys Madsen
Emmett
Idaho
Stanley R. Madsen
George J. Miles
Centerville
Utah
Whirling Propeller Fatality Near Tremonton Utah
Tremonton Utah De Lon Kay Adams 15 was killed when he ran in front of a plane propeller operated by cousin Virgil Woodruff after the aircraft landed on a farm two miles east of Tremonton. The death is under Box Elder County sheriff investigation. Adams was born June 4 1931 in East Garland and moved with family to Tremonton about ten years ago.
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Tremonton
Utah
de Lon Kay Adams
Afton D
Leona Kay Adams
Virgil Woodruff
Woodruff
Here
Adams
Box Elder County
Nazi Official Bormann Hunted in Munich After Missing
American intelligence officers report Martin Bormann Hitler deputy believed missing since Berlin fall was seen in Munich a week ago. A house to house search is underway as he is tried in absentia by the international military tribunal. A discharged chauffeur who argued over stolen vegetables supplied the tip that launched the manhunt.
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Mernberg
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Munich
Bormann Long
International Military Tribunal
Bormann
Weather Forecast Repeats Rain Rumors Amid Calm Temps
A weather column discusses clouds and rain predictions, noting past forecasts missed and asserting a no rain stance. It records Sunday high of 98, low 68, mean 83, with 0.26 inches of precipitation in the 24 hours and a sunset at 7 55 and sunrise at 5 18.
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Weather Bureau
Fisher Quits Statesman Over Editorial Clash
Author Vardis Fisher resigns as Idaho Statesman columnist after a dispute over an editorial attack on his piece about Gov. Arnold Williams. Fisher continues writing for Idaho Pioneer Statewide and claims the paper labeled him a liar while condemning Williams enforcement.
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Boise
Vardis Fisher
Idaho Statesman
Arnold Williams
Fisher
Statesman
Idaho Pioneer
Williams
Beauford Jester Leads Texas Democratic Primary Race
In Dallas the Texas railroad commissioner Beauford Jester held a commanding lead over Homer P. Rainey as returns neared one million in Saturday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. In Portland Oregon detective Capt. Eugene Ferguson reported James W. Bowden confessed to planning a booby trap that killed his wife last Saturday, Bowden claiming the trap targeted a friend of his wife.
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Dallas
Texas
Beauford Jester
Texas Railroad Commission
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Portland
Orc
Eugene Ferguson
James W. Bowden
Ferguson
Bowden
Idaho Democrats Rally Against GOP Fundraising Plans
Boise AP. Idaho Democrats at their biennial convention heard Marshall Chapman call out Republican fundraising in Twin Falls County aiming to raise 120000 dollars to bankroll the campaign. He urged that with such money the party would be able to buy the election, warning of dangers to the state’s integrity and stressing the need for a platform committee to craft a unified party platform.
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Frank W. Pitman
BOISE
Marshall Chapman
Twin Falls
Idaho
Chapman
Denmark
Young Democrats
Autos in Utah Kill 106 in Year to Date
Utah traffic toll climbs to 106 after seven autos were reported killed yesterday across the state. Victims include Melvin V Prove and James Arthur 19 of Clearfield, BR 71 of Fairview Gren, and driver Mathews 20 of Clearfield. others injured after crashes near Provo Ogden and Huntington canyon involving a 30 ton lumber truck and a Larsen Rigby coal mine trip.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Cabl
Tims
Melvin V Prove
James Arthur
Clearfield
BR 71
Fairview
Gren
Provo
Preston Norton
Rigby
Larsen- Rigby
Huntington Canyon
New Holland Unveils Cost-Saving Potato Harvester
New Holland Machine Company announced start of quantity production on a potato harvester that combines all harvesting steps in one unit. Tests show costs cut to less than one third of conventional methods. Inventor Ralph Hertzler of Lancaster, Pennsylvania refined the mechanism. First units will be ready for this year's crop and the design may be used for onions and sugar beets.
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New York
New Holland Machine Company
Ralph Hertzler
Lancaster
TWA Stratoliner Makes Belly Landing at Lockheed
A four engined TWA Stratoliner with 38 passengers and five crew made a perfect belly landing at Lockheed air terminal in Burbank after the right landing gear failed to deploy. Captain David Kuhn of Brentwood California landed safely with only minor injuries. Flight superintendent J M Zabriskie advised lifting the opposite wheel to steady the craft.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Air Terminal
David Kuhn
Brentwood
Kuhn
J. M. Zabriskie
Combat Flares Across North China Triangle
Communist and government sources clash over clashes north of Nanking in a triangle bounded by Icheng Kiangtu and Tienchang. Wang Ping Nan says government forces suffer heavy casualties while pro government dispatches claim 80 000 Communist reinforcements reach Kiangsu with 50 000 to attack Suzhou and 30 000 to halt a northern advance along the grand canal. Wang denies reports of a north east encirclement of Hwaiyin.
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Nanking
Icheng
Kiangtu
Tienchang
Wang Ping-Nan
Kiangsu
Shangtung
Suchow
De Gaulle Warns Of Third World War If Germany Rises
Gen Charles De Gaulle warned in a BAR-LE-DUC speech that a revived Germany could threaten world peace by aligning with others. He urged a swift British French alliance as the cornerstone of a Western European security bloc and emphasized US Russian relations.
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Bar-Le-Duc
France
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
de Claulle
America
Russia
NAM Raps OPA In Chautauqua New York
Robert R. Wason, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, denounces the new OPA as a political stepchild and says ceilings should target government expenses rather than production. He ties inflation prospects to President Truman and criticizes OPA philosophy as wrong.
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Chautauqua, N. Y
National Association of Manufacturers Today
OPA
Truman
Robert R. Wason
Warren denounces war contracts abuses by officers
Comptroller General Lindsay Warren testifies before a senate committee, calling the practice of officers taking jobs with war producers "damnable" and noting the GAO has exposed contracts and abuses. He names individuals and cites losses and improper perks during wartime operations of a Midwest munitions group.
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Washington (Ap
Lindsay Warren
Senate
General Accounting Office
Hase
Warren
Midwest Munitions Combine
Accounting Office
Double Guard To Watch Over Heirens
In Chicago a jail guard increase was ordered after Sheriff Mulcahy reported a note by 17 year old William Heirens indicating possible self harm. State's Attorney Tuohy awaited word on a possible confession to the Degnan and other killings as defense counsel prepared for court arraignment and potential statements.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Michael Mulcahy
William J. Tuohy
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Roland Towle
Defense
Tuohy
Mom
Pop
Mulcahy
Ambrose Named Secretary of Idaho Republican Central Committee
Boise attorney Grant L. Ambrose is named secretary of the Idaho Republican state central committee. A Navy veteran and Harvard business instructor, he has led the Idaho Young Republicans in platform work and served at state conventions. Ambrose is a son of State Sen. George L. Ambrose of Mackay and father of writer Judith.
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Boise
Grant L. Ambrose
Republican State Central Committee
Tom W Smith
Ambrose
George L. Ambrose
Mackay
Harvard
Graduate School of Business Administration
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Idahe Southern
University of Idaho
Judith
Surviving Bikini Dogs Found After Bomb Blast
Seabees report three adult dogs and one or more pups living on Bikini Island after the atomic blast. The half wild animals fled during evacuation preparations and were left behind, then found thriving and hungry in an abandoned mess hall.
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Bikini
Bikini Island
Lewis in Idaho Vacationer at Ferncroft Cabin
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers was reported vacating at his sister in laws cabin at Ferncroft thirty miles north of Boise. He is staying at the Boise home of Dr. and Mrs. C P Charrier after a Spokane Washington visit with friends.
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Boise
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
UPL
Ferncroft
Lewis
C. P. Charrier
Spokane
Wash
Ten or More Missing in River Smash
The muddy Mississippi near Caruthersville Missouri was searched for bodies after a ferry collided with two barges, dumping at least five vehicles and passengers. Ten or more were missing, including Larry Vickers, as a 62 year old skipper Charles Hendrix described steering the ferry that carried President Truman across the river.
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Caruthersville
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Jerry Vickers
Claude Vickers, Jr
Larry
Charles Edward Hendrix
Hendrix
President Truman
GOP to Plan Strategy in Western Campaign Meeting
More than 70 delegates from 11 states gather in Salt Lake City for two days to map Republican campaign strategy for fall elections. Ezra Whitla of Idaho leads, Carroll B. Reece delivers keynote. Speakers include Dworshak Brown Henderson Chenoweth Kain and Utah’s Hansen.
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Salt Lake City
Carroll B. Reece
National Committee
Henry Dworshak
Adano
Senate
Rep
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Harry Henderson
Wyoming
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Colorado
Harry P. Kain
Washington
G. T. Hansen
Powder Blast Kills Woman
Portland detectives say a friend of James W. Bowden bought six sticks of dynamite for him. Bowden stored the explosive in a basement trunk warned not to be opened. Bowden, held on illegal possession charges, denied owning explosives as investigators linked a fatal blast to the trunk.
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Portland
James W. Bowden
Bowden
Clackamas County
Oregon Coast
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