Malang Taken By Dutch Army
The Dutch army declared the capture of Malang, a key east central city, though the claim was dismissed as nonsense by a correspondent in Batavia. Dutch actions extended to creating autonomous territories in Bangka, Billiton, and Riouw Archipelago as part of a projected United States of Indonesia with elections for democratic councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Swinton
Batavia
Java
Malang
Netherlands
Bangka
Billiton
Riouw Archipel
United States of Indonesia
Republic
Sumatra
Madoera
Linggadjati
Cheribon
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
London
Dutch East Indies
England
Southampton
Rotterdam
Indies
Superforts Will Fly East in Large Formation
A formation of about 120 B 29 Superforts led by Col James C Selser Jr will take off from Davis Monthan Field at 1 30 pm Friday to celebrate Air Force day. They will rendezvous at Lafayette Indiana with the seventh bomb group and other units then fly through the Midwest over several cities and return to Davis Monthan near midnight after refueling in Roswell New Mexico.
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James C. Selser, Jr
Davis-Monthan Field
Lafayette
Ind
15Th Air Force
Midwest
Chicago
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Mich
Detroit
Toledo
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Roswell
N.M
Davis-Monthan
Heat Wave Sweeps East Across Nation
The summer’s worst heat spread to the eastern United States while cooling winds offered relief in the Midwest and West. Temperatures topped 100 in many states with Blythe California at 112 for a second day. New York 93 marked a season high. Chicago 97 set a new yearly high.
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United Press
Midwest
Mercury
Blythe
Calif
New York
U. S
Phoenix
Topeka
Kas
Wichita
Kansas City
Greeks Charging Balkans Via UN
Greece formally charged Russia's Balkan satellites with aggression at the UN security council. Ambassadors handed the complaint to the secretary general as the council met over the Indonesian and Balkan cases. Chapter VII allows UN action and may trigger collective self defense or military measures if aggression is proved.
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Francis W. Carpenter Lake
Greece
Russia
Balkan
Soviet Union
United Nations Border Commission
Vassili Dendramis
Ivan Kerno
United Nations’ Security Council
Dendramis
Byee
Ed Security Council
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Washington
Security Council
Balkans
Council
United States
United Nations
Overell Love Notes Admitted in Yacht Deaths Trial
In Santa Ana California on July 31 the court admitted passionate love letters between Louise Overell an 18 year old heiress and her 21 year old boyfriend George Gollum as exhibits in the yacht deaths case. The letters were photographed by jail attendants and presented despite defense objections that photostats are not originals.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Kenneth E. Morrison
Z. B. West
Lightning May Have Caused 22 Deaths in Paris Prison Fire
Paris officials tentatively blamed a lightning flash for a fire that tore through a third story room of a women’s prison on Wednesday night. Twenty two inmates died as a result, with officials noting a chimney strike in a four story building that housed former army barracks. Celluloid and acetate used in cheap jewelry making ignited during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gila Project Bill Signed By President Truman
President Truman signed the Gila project bill directing 1.4 million dollars to the U S reclamation bureau for 5000 acres in the Wellton Mohawk area. The act includes funds to finish engineering a 50 mile canal from the Colorado river and will deliver about 600000 acre feet of water annually to the district. State Sen Hugo Farmer of Yuma welcomed the measure as an early supporter of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Wellton-Mohawk
Hugo Farmer
Yuma
Gila Project Irrigation Association
Farmer
Colorado River
War Department
Gila
Electricians Strike Threatens Tucson Area Jobs Friday
A union and the Tucson Contractors Association failed to reach a new contract after a Thursday morning meeting at the Santa Rita hotel. The IBEW proposed a 25 cent hourly raise and a 1 percent payroll fund contribution, while apprenticeships and a three-three-three arbitration panel were debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrical Workers’ Union
Tucson Contractors’ Association
Dewitt Gregory
Santa Rita
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Gregory
Labors’ Committee
Solons to Force Hughes to Inquiry
Washington July 31 Senator Ferguson announced the senate war investigating subcommittee will issue a subpoena to compel Howard Hughes to appear for testimony on wartime plane contracts. Ferguson said Hughes has not answered if he will testify Friday and the subpoena will be sent by plane for appearance late this week or early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
Howard Hughes
Thomas Slack
Hughes
Committee
Michigan
Labor trouble lingers as Arizona strike talks continue
State wide labor dispute stalls settlements in construction and mining. Officials quote continued negotiations with Kennecott Castle Dome and Miami Copper firms over retroactive wage rises and paid holidays while Inspiration Consolidated and US Smelting fight over retroactive clauses. Federal conciliators expect further arbitration talks as 140 firms and 2,500 workers feel the impact with over 30 million dollars in lost construction activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-Miami
Miami
Castle Dome Copper Company
Miami Copper Company
Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Company
Inspiration Consolidated Company
International Smelting & Refining Company
Utah
Tates
Douglas
Phelps Dodge
Douglas, Bisbee
Morenci
Earl J. Ruddy
Los Angeles
George Knott
International Mill, Mine & Smelter Workers’ Union
S. L. Johnson
Arizona Employment Security Commission
Sitna
Arizona Iron Works
American Cleaners
Santa Fe Trailways
Hughes Defied Shutdown Order in 1944 Plant Closure
Former government engineer H Robert Edwards testified that Hughes management did not close the Howard Hughes flying boat plant in 1944 despite a Washington telegram ordering closure on Feb 16 1944. The testimony occurred as Senate war investigators examined Hughes Kaiser contracts and the WPB pivotal role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Hughes Flying Boat Construction
Hughes
H. Robert Edwards
Defense Plant Corporation
Senate
Edwards
Robert A. Lovett
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Idle at Ford Plant as UAW and Ford Trade Taft-Hartley Clause
Detroit July 31 More than 43 000 auto workers were idle as Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers bargained over a contract clause to sidestep Taft-Hartley penalties. Ford halted most production for the rest of the week and idled 22 000 in Michigan. Murray Corporation strike actions pressured Ford, with Lincoln and Mercury output halted and Murray peace talks in recess until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
Murray Corporation of America
Michigan
Murray
Lincoln
Mercury
Joe Louis to Fight Jersey Joe Wolcott at Madison Square Garden
New York July 31 The heavyweight champion Joe Louis will meet Jersey Joe Wolcott of Camden New Jersey in a ten round non title fight at Madison Square Garden on August 14 the Twentieth Century Sporting Club announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Louis
Jersey Joe Wolcott
Camden
N. J
Madison Square Garden
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Taft Wins Unified Backing From Ohio Republicans
Ohio Republican state committee unanimously pledged support for Sen. Robert A. Taft for the 1948 Republican presidential nomination. Taft thanked the committee and said he would decide after surveying public sentiment in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Republican State Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Baseball Results From Today's MLB Games
American League Cleveland beat Boston 5 to 4 while Philadelphia edged Chicago 3 to 2. In the National League Philadelphia defeated Chicago 3 to 0 and Brooklyn won against St Louis 2 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Britain to Scale Back Global Military Commitments
Britain's drastic step to cut overseas military commitments and boost coal output is linked to the economic crisis. Prime Minister Attlee faces Labour unrest and may reshuffle his cabinet while seeking more worker involvement, with a plan to deploy an emergency five-man team to tackle the economy.
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Britain
United States
England
America
Europe
Attlee
Labor
Greece
Italy
Germany
London Daily Mail
Bevin
Dalton
Morrison
Board of Trade
Stafford Cripps
New School To Honor Teacher Helen Keeling Named
The Amphitheatre district plans a new India Street school to be named Helen Keeling Elementary. Superintendent Paul E. Guitteau and trustees W. R. DuBois Christine Bloom and Arthur Softly announce the honor. Keeling rose from teacher to principal in 1933 and has long served Arizona education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India Street
Helen Keeling
Paul E. Guitteau
W. R. DuBois
Christine Bloom
Arthur
Keeling
Arizona
Amphitheatre
Ohio
Richard Sloan
Douglas
Cochise County
Delta Kappa Gamma
National Honor Society
Teachers’ College
Butler University
Indianapolis
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
San
Indian man dies after jail booking mystery
Thomas M. Gonzales 35 believed from Scottsdale died after earlier injuries while in city jail for drunkenness. He was hospitalized twice. Detective Yeazell found no struggle nearby and wondered if he matched a reported La Plazita wanderer linked to a July 4 double slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Gonzales
Scottsdale
Kenneth C. Yeazell
Yaqui
Yeazell
Gonzales
la Plazita
Waterfowl Seasons Set by Truman for 1947 48
President Truman fixed open seasons and bag limits for waterfowl in Arizona. Oceans of dates: October 7 to October 20 and December 23 to January 5, 1948. Ducks bag limit four with no more than one wood duck. possession eight with one wood duck. Geese bag four with up to two Canada geese two white fronted geese or one of each. possession four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Arizona
Bill Signed To Permit Sale Of Public Land Resources
President Truman signed a bill authorizing the sale of sand and gravel vegetation timber and other natural resources from public land. The action outlines resource sales and management by government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Britain condemns murder of two sergeants in Palestine
London reports the British government denounces the “cold blooded and dastardly murder” by Irgun Zvai Leumi. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones announces executions and notes the cabinet will move 4500 Jewish Exodus refugees to the British zone of Germany, with possible later placement elsewhere if they refuse to disembark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natanya
Jewish Agency
Vaad Leumi
Jewish National Council
Palestine
Jack Smith
London
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine Underground Organization
Arthur Creech Jones
Labor
Holy Land
Germany
Africa
Port-De-Bouc
Poland
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THE
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West
Eugene B. Dodson
Federal Rent Control Office
Congress
Federal
Frank R. ‘Crodon
Creedon
Overell Love Notes
Solons
Globe, Miami
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Roosevelt
Jones
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Lovett
Robert P. Patterson
War
Air
Patterson
Henry J. Kaiser
O’conor
Cain
Rwash
WPB
Kaiser
Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Senate Group
John Meyer
Meyer
Hollywood
Hughes Ferguson
Wolcott
Dewitt MacKenzie
Post
San Francisco
Langdon W. Post
Federal Public Housing Authority
Jesse Epstein
Seattle
Edward Curtis
Jerusalem
Natayna
Irgun
Clifford Martin
Mervyn Paice
Grenadier
James Pringle
Carter L. Davidson
Associated
Oved Ben Ami
Hagana
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