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July 5, 1947

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WARNING ON APATHY SOUNDED AS THEME OF JULY 4 IN CITY; A Nation Prepared to Meet Fully Perils in Future Held Vital to Freedom PRAYERS FOR PEACE RISE 40 Hurt as Jersey Boardwalk Collapses -- Traffic's Toll Is Heavy in Nation PERIL OF APATHY IS HOLIDAY THEME

By Alexander Feinberg

NYC

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DEWEY OFF TO TOUR WEST FOR A MONTH; He Insists Visit to Mountain States Is Non-Political -- Refuses Bids for 250 Talks DEWEY OFF TO TOUR WEST FOR A MONTH

By Leo Eganspecial To the New York Times

ALBANY, July 4 -- Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, accompanied by Mrs. Dewey and their two children, left here tonight for a four-week trip that will carry him into most of the Mountain States.

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Soviet to Integrate Rail Lines Of Danubia With Own System; Eastern Bloc Also Standardizing Weapons, With Military Pacts Likely -- Delay in Signing Satellites' Treaties Looms RUSSIA TIGHTENS HOLD ON DANUBIA

By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

Bilateral pacts to integrate Rumania, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria rys for freight shipments reptd signed at Moscow ry conf

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NEW FIGHT OPENS ON RENT GOUGING; DECONTROL URGED; Tenants' Groups Seek Federal Release So That the State Law Can Be Effective NEW REGULATIONS ASKED ' Chaos' Seen Near in New York Area -- Hotels Say Increases Here Are Misrepresented NEW FIGHT OPENS ON RENT GOUGING

By Will Lissner

B Bogart on rent rise policy

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Cruiser Rams a Rowboat; 2 Young Anglers Drowned; CABIN CRUISER HITS ROWBOAT, 2 DROWN

By Unknown Author

Motor cruiser rams rowboat, LI Sound, off Beiden Pt; 2 drown; inquiry

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