United States backs open conference and press access
At the Paris peace talks Byrnes said the United States will support conference recommendations even if opposed by a two thirds majority. The rules committee urged open meetings for the press to advance open covenants, while Molotov and Vishinsky voiced their positions as democracy is cited by Byrnes.
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Paris
U.S
Secre
Byrnes
United States
Foreign Ministera Council
Pyrnes
General Assembly
Rules Committee
Molotov
Bidault
Andrei Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
Tuohy Fails To Get Confessions In Heirens Case
CHICAGO Heirens 17 year old University of Chicago student did not confess as State's Attorney Tuohy announced. Heirens said I don't remember and would not have statements transcribed. Heirens has murder charges in Degnan Francis Brown slayings and a continuance was granted until Aug 14.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
William J. Tuohy
University of Chicago
Malachy Coghlan
Heirens
Tuohy
Degnan
Frances Brown
Brown
Senate Approves Sliding Scale for Old Age Aid
The Senate passed by voice vote a plan to fund old age assistance aid to the blind and dependents with a maximum federal match of two to one in some cases. The amendment also freezes social security payroll taxes at one percent for both employers and workers. Senator Taft warned the House may reject the bill if the current matching system is changed. Senator Langer pressed to lower the recipient age from 65 to 62 but failed. Downey noted a chance to vote on pensions for those over 60 under the Townsend plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Department of Commerce
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Congress
Sen. Downey
D-Calif
Langer
Townsend
Crash Kills Five Near West Mississippi
Five people died when a two engine airplane crashed about five miles northeast of West Mississippi. Walter Howell of West saw five badly burned bodies and reported the wreckage, with a wing found half a mile from the fuselage. Eyewitnesses believed the plane was an army B-35 and the crash occurred around 5 p m yesterday.
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West
Miss
Here
Walter Howell
Howell
Sontae
Bomb Maker Explains Trunk Bomb Death of Wife
Portland detectives question James W. Bowden 47 charged with first degree murder in the dynamite trap death of his wife. Bowden claims he prepared the device to send to a friend of his wife and denies planning to lure her to danger. The victim, 44, mother of two, died when she opened a trunk rigged with six sticks of dynamite. Det. Capt. Eugene Ferguson and Det. Bard Purcell report Bowden was arrested near the Oregon coast and cannot explain why he did not disconnect the bomb after failing to find a way to send it.
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Portland
James W. Bowden
Bowden
Eugene Ferguson
Shirt Prices Raised 11 Percent by OPA
Washington OPA authorizes an immediate general 11 percent rise in retail ceiling prices for men's shirts and shorts on pajamas and grants an additional up to 10 percent for men's and boys' dress and sport shirts in lower brackets. Increases cover labor and material cost hikes through June 30, with further rises to come under the price control revival law effective July 25. Previous cut off was August 18, 1945.
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Washington
OPA
Idaho Farm Labor Surplus Aids Cassia Minidoka Relief
A government cooperative report says ample Idaho farm labor exists. Shortages noted last week are mostly relieved and Cassia and Minidoka counties will gain relief via Mexican labor transfers early next week. Teton County sees two days of rain delaying other farming activities. other areas utilized labor fully.
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Boise
Idaho
Cassia
Minidoka
Teton
Coffee Labels Big Check As Donation
Senator John Coffee testified before the senate war investigating committee that a $2,500 1941 check to his former secretary from a war contractor was a campaign contribution. He contradicted earlier testimony by contractor Eivind Anderson who said the payment was for services. Coffee called the charges politically motivated and framed by the Republican national committee via Sen. Brewster.
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Washington
John Coffee
W.wash
Senate War Investigating Committee Today
Coffee
Eivind Anderson
Tacoma
Paul A. Olson
Republican National Committee
Sen
Brewster
Maine
National Committee
Republican State Central Committee
Sen. Brewster
Office Probes Massacre at Monroe Georgia Slayings
Attorney General Tom Clark said President Truman asked the justice department to use all resources to probe the killings of four negro victims near Monroe Georgia last Thursday. Clark cited the President's horror and sympathy and urged federal action to apply statutes to the case and protect victims.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Truman
Justice Department
Monroe
Clark
Department
Ford 83 Today Calls Youth to Solve Problems
Henry Ford, 83, urged U S youth to work hard for national progress. In Dearborn he spoke of postwar peace and prosperity, asking the young to plan, choose honest leadership, and commit to hard work as the nation looks to a renewed future.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
GI terminal leave pay bill reached in congress
Conferees from both houses reached a compromise on a GI terminal leave pay bill to use bonds for most veterans claims totaling about 2.4 billion dollars. The measure allows five year non negotiable bonds and includes caps on accumulations after Sept 1 1946. Senate action planned first with broad support from both chambers.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Service Life Insurance
Elbert D Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Weather Regulations From Pocatello Sage
A humorous set of rules on weather and outdoor plans by S N Having resided in Pocatello. It jokes about dressing for sun and clouds and offers a booklet on eccentric atmospheric advice. The piece ends with past twenty four hour highs and lows, precipitation totals, and sunrise and sunset times.
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Pocatello
Sugar Easing In East
George Dice head of OPA sugar rationing division told Congress the acute sugar shortage will ease soon in most areas but rationing continues. Within about two weeks housewives should find sugar to meet their allowances as imports rise and western beet sugar shifts east. James Marshall noted ration increases planned. Pace's committee has been examining the sugar situation.
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Washington
George Dice
OPA
Congress
House Committee
Dice
Pace
D-Ga
CPA
James H. Marshall
Agriculture Department
Cedar City Fire Claims Mother and Child
A Sunday morning blaze in an apartment in Cedar City Utah killed Mae Murray Whiteman and her three year old daughter Nancy Ellan Whiteman. The coroner held an inquest pending autopsy results as investigators work to determine the cause of the fire.
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Cedar City
Utah
Mae Murray Whiteman
Nancy Ellan Whiteman
Alex H. Rollopost
Mir
Four Firemen Die in Irisco Blaze
A downtown San Francisco fire at the seven story Herbert hotel killed four members of a special rescue squad as they tried to reach trapped colleagues. The blaze rose from the basement after guests escaped to safety, with sixteen firefighters overcome by smoke and some guests treated for inhalation.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hotel
Idaho Democrats Adopt 24 Point Platform At Boise Convention
Idaho Democrats endorsed a 24 point platform led by Dan Cavanagh. The plank calls for a federal Northwest development agency, veteran loan provisions of 6000 dollars, teacher salary increases of about a million dollars, and lowering the voting age to 18. The CVA was omitted despite Leguineche seeking outright endorsement.
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Boise
Idaho
Dan Cavanagh
Twin Falla
D. L. Bush
Columbia Valley Authority
George Donart
U.S
Pete Legui“neche
Northwest
CVA
Leguineche
Tel Aviv Put Under 22 Hour Curfew After King David Hotel Bombing
British forces block Tel Aviv with a 22 hour curfew and house to house searches following the Jerusalem King David hotel blast. Officials say terrorists likely from Tel Aviv. 87 bodies recovered and 24 missing as 2,000 to 3,000 residents are expected to be arrested.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
King David
Alan Cunningham
Holy Land
Palestine
Legion backs VJ Day celebration August 14
Twin Falls Idaho Commander Dudley Swim says the American Legion supports Aug. 14 as Victory Day marking World War II end. Posts statewide are urged to sponsor memorial services parades programs and ceremonies to honor veterans.
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Twin Falls
American Legion
Dudley Swim
Legion
Idaho
Swim
Shipments Rise for Potato Shippers in NAMPA Area
Potato shippers in NAMPA area report higher shipments this year with 2,264 cars moved, up from 1,450 cars the previous best year. Officials cite stronger demand and favorable market conditions.
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Nampa
Jury Indicts California Schoolboy on Multiple Murders
Albert Jones a 14 year old Oroville resident was indicted by the Butte county grand jury on two murders one attempted murder and two counts of assault with intent to murder He allegedly strangled 15 year old Patricia Crandall last June 18 set her house on fire and then shot in the back Hazel Nielsen as she came to help He also faces charges including attempting to murder Nielsen s husband Betty Nielsen 20 and neighbor Barbara Searle 6
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Oroville
Calif
Albert Jones
Butte County
Grand Jury
Patricia Ann Crandall
Hazel Nielsen
J. M. McPherson
Crandall
Mrs. Nielsen
Burglars Take Cash and Slot Machines in Clark Fork Beer Parlor
Sheriff Robert Ellersick reports burglars stole 1200 dollars in cash two slot machines and several hundred dollars in bonds from Emil Kulay's beer parlor at Clark Fork. Entry was gained by cutting through a rear door screen.
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Sandpoint
Robert Ellersick
Emil Kulay
Clark Fork
ICC to Hear Tariff Increases in Idaho Warehouses
Idaho warehouses face potential tariff hikes to be studied by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. Two hearings are planned, in Pocatello on September 4 and in Lewiston on September 11, per Commissioner Bert Auger.
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Idaho
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Bert Auger
Commissionsr
Pilotless Corsair crashes at Miami naval base
One man died and ten were injured when a pilotless Corsair plunged from 15,000 feet into the Miami naval air station operating line. Lt. William J. Freiberger of St. Louis was killed by a flying fragment 300 yards from the crash as Lt. Cmdr. S. R. Davis of Hollywood bailed out after loss of control. The aircraft struck 15 parked planes and tore through a hangar, narrowly missing sixty people inside.
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Miami
Fila
Miami Naval Air Station
William J Freiberger
St. Louis
Charles L. Moore
Cmdr
S. R. Davis
Hollywood
Fla
Davis
Senate Amends Bill To Extend Social Security Tax Freezing
The Senate amended and sent back to the House a bill to freeze the social security payroll tax at one percent for employers and employees for another year. A substitution proposal to replace the bill with the Townsend old age pension plan was rejected just before the final vote. In Berlin Maj Gen Walter A Keating said two American officers missing since July 4 are expected to be returned tonight from the Russian occupation zone Capt Harold Cobin of New York City and Lt George Wyatt of Oklahoma City are the missing officers.
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Martin Bormann
Hitler
Munich
Nuernberg
Bormann
Berlin
Washington
Senate
House
Walter A. Keating
Harold Cobin
New York City
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
House passes large deficiency bill for furlough pay and OPA
The House approved a 2 479 663 210 deficiency appropriation bill by roll call 249 to 0. It includes 2 431 708 000 for GI furlough pay and 26 000 000 for the Office of Price Administration. The G L fund covers furlough payments earned by enlisted personnel after Sept 3 1939. Officers receive the pay. legislation to extend to enlisted men is pending.
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Washington
G. I
OPA
House
G. L
Attack on convoy near Peiping leaves Marines hit
Three hundred Chinese attackers ambushed a 100-vehicle Marine convoy 35 miles southeast of Peiping, killing at least four Marines and wounding 19. Eyewitnesses say attackers used automatic weapons and grenades while Marines jumped from trucks to escape, with several attackers wearing bluish green uniforms. Search for missing Marines continues.
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Peiping
U.S
Fred
Sioux Falls
S 1
Tientsin
James West
Cincinnati
Frees
West
Associated Press
Decontrol Board Begins Work Under OPA Revival Act
Senate confirmed Roy S. Thompson as chairman of the new price decontrol board along with Daniel W. Bell and George H. Mead. Thompson heads the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. Bell previously Treasury undersecretary and leads American Security and Trust in Washington. Mead chairs Mead Paper and Pulp in Dayton. The trio, each in 12000 a year posts, will set removal and restoration of price controls.
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Roy S. Thompson
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
President Truman
OPA
Washington
Mead Paper and Pulp Company
Dayton
Ohio
Senate
Bathers Targeted as Idaho Falls Canal Dreams Face Patrol
Police in Idaho Falls report complaints about undressed swimmers in canal streams at night. A recent sighting near the end of Lee Avenue at 3 a.m. involved youths splashing in the water. Authorities warn that such behavior may lead to arrest.
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Idaho Falls
Lee Avenue
RFC Bill Passes to White House for Reconstruction Finish
The Bene are passed and sent to the White House Monday legislation extending the life of the reconstruction fimstice corporation to June 30 1947. An amendment authorised an RFC license of up to 75000008 to the Philippine republic at two per cent interest.
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Washington
White House
Reconstruction Fimstice Corporation
Philippine Republic
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ICC
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Illinois
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RFC
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