Allied chiefs discuss next move on Berlin blockade
British Foreign Secretary Bevin, U S Secretary Marshall, and French Foreign Minister Schuman prepare for talks in Paris to decide the next move in the Berlin blockade. General Clay notes mass unemployment in the Western sectors as the blockade continues costing Britain and the United States daily expenditures.
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London
Berlin
Mr. Bevin
U.S
Mr. Marshall
M Schuman
Paris
U.N.O. Assembly
United Press
Moscow
Marshall
General Bedell Smith
Bevin
Hector McNeil
M. Schuman
William Strang
Im Purin
Mont
America
General Clay
Sydney Fire Halts After Two Hour Battle
Firemen battled a blaze in Pitt Street Sydney near Market and Park Streets for two hours after 4 pm. The flames, threatening numerous firms, were brought under control with damages estimated around one hundred thousand pounds. Several people were evacuated from affected buildings as firemen worked to prevent spread to adjacent structures.
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Sydney
Pitt Street
Market
Park Streets
Darrow Parapei Wi
ACTU to Review Effect of Price Decontrol
MELBOURNE The Australian Council of Trade Unions will study this week how price decontrol affects basic wage goods. ACTU president Mr Clarey and secretary Mr Al Monk will confer Wednesday with three trade union advocates arguing for a higher base wage before the Arbitration Court. Monk said distributors benefited from decontrol and the Government could reimpose controls, while the ACTU seeks measures to protect workers' purchasing power from wholesalers and retailers exploiting the changes.
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Melbourne
Australian Council of Trade Unions
ACTU
Clarey
al Monk
Monk
Finnan
Nsw
Terrible Record Judge Tells Youth in Queensland Case
Brisbane youths court hears 17 year old Francis Eric Douglas Armstrong admit breaking into a Oakey shop on August 23 after escaping Westbrook Boys Home. He carried pears stamps and goods valued at 2/3 and 11 3 in cash. The Chief Justice released him on a £50 bond to appear for sentence within three years. his mother pledged the same.
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Brisbane
Alice Macrowson
Francis Eric Douglas Armstrong
Wancp
Oakey
Carter
Armstrong
Westbrook
Cerler
Armatrong
New Trouble On NS W Waterfront
Sydney waterfront strike widens as labourers refuse overtime. Twelve of fifty eight ships idle and nine of forty three working crews are short handed, threatening to halt all shipping in the harbor. Located in Sydney, the dispute centers on gang site use for wool handling and spans across the wharves and port operations.
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Sydney
Education for Work Ends the Empty Slogan
Or F. Muras of Melbourne University told the Rotary Club that education for work is essential and balanced with leisure education. Dr Duron warned of a looming shortage of juvenile workers as employers face rising demand.
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Brisbane
F. Muras
Prieiis
Elbourne University
Yeaterday
Heraldite
Delare
Lobsiere
Duron
School Pupils To Get Souvenirs Of Royal Visit
Commemorative medals for all primary pupils and souvenir booklets for high school and technical college students will be distributed in Australia during the royal visit next year. The plan, funded by the Commonwealth and distributed through state governments, envisions about one million medals and 400000 booklets for children.
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Australia
Armstrong
Pris Walt Oaks
Nation Dying On Its Feet Says Mr Fadden in Melbourne
Mr Fadden warned the nation is dying on its feet and demanded a population policy to raise birth rates nationwide. He criticized taxes and cost of living as stifling households, citing a string of Dickensian levies on daily chores to illustrate govt tax burdens.
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Mr. Fadden
Melbourne
Fad- Nuann
Fadden
Labour
Diden
Wei
Padden
Four Killed In Air Lift Plane Crash Near Wunstorf
A Royal Air Force air lift plane crashed just after takeoff from Wunstorf aero drome en route to Berlin, killing four crew members. The York freighter carried 3 tons of food and burned completely. Squadron Leader G W Curry, notable wartime pathfinder, also died in a separate Mosquito crash near Coniivaby.
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London
Fweater
Hanover
Royal Air Force
Wunstorf
Berlin
York
Wunetor
G. W. Curry
Britain
Coniivaby
Military Clash With Malay Terrorists in Malaya
In Perak near Sungel Siput the colonial forces clashed with Malay terrorists. Three Europeans were killed last June in the Vy dber estates area. A sniper fired from 400 yards, four bandits escaped, and a large cache of arms and munitions was captured. Two Chinese terrorists were killed, one Chinese and one Malay constable died in related incidents. The week ended with further violence across Malaya and union certificates canceled in Kuala Lumpur. Detention camps may affect about 2500 Chinese detainees under emergency regulations.
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Singapore
A A.p.reuter
Sungel Siput
Perak
Buneday
Tiwich
Malaya
Tme
Ushin
Kuala Lumpur
Sipurar
Gingipore
Etraits
Two Nazi Women War Criminals Hanged in London
Reuters reports in London that two former Flamsburg concentration camp overseers, Anne Marie and Bertha Gertrud Behreiter, were hanged for killing Allied women prisoners. The executions close a wartime justice chapter for the Nazi regime.
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London
Reuters
Ship Lochmonar in peril off Little Cayman reef
Miami reports a British freighter with 75 aboard breaking up on a reef south of Miami in hurricane seas. Navy planes observed crew signaling all on board, while tug crews and surface ships prepare to aid if conditions worsen.
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Miami
Florida
Lochmonsr
Little Cayman
Tuland
Lochmunar
United States Navy
Miam
Lochmonar
Mass Round-up Of Stern Gang At Week-end
London dispatch reports a large round-up targeting the Stern gang with hundreds arrested as the Israeli army moves to suppress the group. Mentions Norman Nimri, Count Bernadotte’s funeral, and UN Palestine mediation debates amid rising tensions in Jerusalem.
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Reuter
Tel-Aviv
Saya
Norman Nahum Nimri
Art Lel
Stern
Israel Army
Wimrl
Palestine
Ran ‘i
Branc
Count Bernardotte
Beirut
Daily Express
United Nations Palestine Truce Commission
Arab Legion
Legion
Count Bern
Rhodes
Count Bernadotte
M. Serot
Paris
Stockholm
Cance
Round Up Of Reds Follows Java Coup
Batavia reports Antara News Agency states Indonesian police arrested over 200 communists in Jogjakarta after a Madiun coup established a communist administration. Radio Madiun claimed a new government. Sukarno urged unity to defend the republic.
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Java
Batavia
A.a.p.renter
Jogjakarta
Antara Newsagency
Madiun
Aepublican
Wnh
Labour Party
Madi Jun Radio
Hatta
Wraitors
Wnti
Indonesia
Maciun
A.af.renter
East Java
Radio Madiun
Anda Newsagency
Supardi
Madiun Radio
Sutono
Renville
Republican Trade Union Federation
Sobai Hagsanudin
Communist Party
Mr Islam
Labour and Socialist Parvies
Armed Socialin
Pesindo
Socialist Party
Sjarifuddlin
Setad Fr
Musa
Jun
Insane and unfit to plead in attempted murder case
In Dar linghurst the jury found Giovania Agostino unfit to plead on two charges of attempted murder aimed at Constables P. Donoghue and R. M. Loxton. The defendant allegedly acted at Yenda on May 16 and manipulated events to cover his actions, with court reports noting his mental state and related conduct.
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Sydney
Darlinghurst
Benions
P. Donoghue
Robert Matthew Loxton
Yenda
Policn
Agostino
Urol Fe
No Price Rise Predicted in Grocery Lines Brisbane
Queensland grocers association president W Raymont says decontrol of many lines will not push prices up. He notes competition already pressures prices to stay level and expects shops to cooperate with government. He warns a clause banning manufacturers from setting prices on nationally advertised lines could spark protests. The government plans lifting controls on urban land and buildings this week with focus on home and non home uses.
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Brisbane
Denver
Queensland Grocers and Retail Traders’ Association
W. Raymont
Hoe
Rayman
Raymant
Tin Association
Queensland
Nate
Police and Looters In Running Fight
Reuters reports a running riot as police halted looters attempting to steal goods from Galway trucks. Officers on railway tracks surprised the gang as they loaded items worth £16,000, injuring several police and detaining multiple suspects.
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Reuter
Galway
Val
Darin
Syrongie Ave
Cane
Ie le
Wai
Butter exports to Britain surge in 1746 season
Queensland reports a sharp rise in butter exports to Britain for the 1746 season, reaching 1,271,386 bones, the best since 1040-41, with near doubling from the prior season. Butter remains Queensland’s third largest revenue producer. total manufacture returns hit a record £11,570,686 with subsidies.
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Britain
Brisbane
Queensland
Elventh
Buter
Mmt-Ab
Toowoomba Man Found With Throat Cut
Police reported Leonard Boreham Howitt a 57 year old married man was found with his throat cut at his home on Perth Street Toowoomba yesterday afternoon. He had been suffering from nerves for some time according to officials.
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Toowoomba
Leonard Boreham Howitt
Perth Street
Higher Meat Prices Under New Contract
Canberra reports Mr Pollard announcing a new meat contract with the United Kingdom that raises prices for Australian frozen meat across beef veal lamb and mutton with varying per cent increases. The agreement also foresees possible talks before December 31 1948 on extending the contract beyond 1960 and notes price effects on pork products.
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Canberra
Pollard
United Kingdom
United
Maybone
Sonia
Prices rise in used car market in Brisbane
Reported sharp increases in second hand car prices in Brisbane followed new price controls. Dealers expect average rises of 50 to 100 pounds with notable exceptions. buyers’ willingness to pay higher prices for desired models noted. Suburb prices and some goods show jumps while some items may drop below peg levels.
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Brisbane
Pega
Tleensland Caterers’ Association
M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Sydney
New South Wales
Civil Defence Plans Likely Outlined Tonight in Canberra
In Canberra the Defence Minister Mr Dedman will outline Australia’s immediate defence programme during the Budget debate in the House of Representatives tonight. The Civil Defence Committee would meet this week, with Mr Dedman noting that past war experiences must guide current measures.
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Canberra
Australia
Mr Dedman
House of Representatives
Dedman
Prospector Jack Gordon Sought After Found Deserted Tent on Beach
Brisbane police at Coen and Thursday Island search for prospector Jack Gordon whose deserted tent was found on a beach 45 miles south of York. Gordon, a Peninsula figure, left Coen two months ago claiming a final trip to unknown country and was due back in six months. Local constable on a routine patrol to Portland Road is instructed to follow up.
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Brisbane
Coon
Thursday Island
Jack Gordon
York
Gordon
Coen
Portland Road
Eboula
Bank Robbery Attempt Foiled by Fire and Breakin
Police report a daring bank robbery attempt in which suspects broke into a neighboring shop, crawled through a manhole into the bank vault area, set fuel torches to doors, and found a live sum of cash in a safe. The manager awoke to intruders and observed two men fleeing, with investigators believing they sought bank keys.
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Bydney
Blackhea
Bank Keys
Papuan native police officer remanded in murder case
An officer in Papua is remanded until September 23 after being charged with murder in the March 18 death of a Papuan man. The suspect Downey and another man were named in the inquiry by Papuan authorities.
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Albert Mens Mwoey
Aoe
Papua
Wis Prease
Downey
Ball
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