The government of Yugoslavia claimed that "gross violations" of the Italian Peace Treaty by the US, Britain and Italy had compelled it to incorporate the Yugoslavian occupation area of the Free Territory of Trieste into the Yugoslavian economy.[5]
Shimoyama incident: Japanese National Railways president Sadanori Shimoyama disappeared on his way to work. His body was found the next day but the cause of death remains a mystery.
The Vatican warned that all Catholics who "defend and spread the materialistic and anti-Christian doctrine of the Communists" would be excommunicated.[15]
Former national committeeman for the American Communist Party Manning Johnson testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington. Johnson estimated that there were about 2,000 Negro Communists in the United States and claimed that singer Paul Robeson had been a secret member of the Communist Party "for many years."[16]
Prüm explosion: An ammunition depot in the Eifel mountains in western Germany blew up for reasons that were never determined, killing 12 people and leaving one of the largest man-made explosion craters in existence.
Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimír Černík declared at a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland that they were defecting and would seek asylum in the United States.[18]
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia issued a manifesto maintaining that there would be no compromise in the fight against the church, which it characterized as "our greatest enemy."[19]
Hunan Province in China reported its worst flooding in 50 years, leaving 57,000 dead, 5 million homeless and 5 million acres of rice fields destroyed.[20]
Jackie Robinson testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee to dispute a declaration from Paul Robeson that Negroes would not fight against Russia. Robinson maintained, however, that "Negroes were stirred up long before there was a Communist party" and would remain that way until racial equality was achieved.[22]
The USSR accused Italy of violating the 1947 peace treaty by signing the North Atlantic pact. The Russian note said that Italy broke a clause in the treaty that forbade the joining of "any alliances or other groupings pursuing aggressive aims."[24]
Israel and Syria signed an armistice agreement in which both sides agreed to keep their military forces behind their international borders and to establish demilitarized zones in contested areas.[25]
Yugoslavian Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj announced his country's withdrawal of "moral and political" support for Greek Communist guerrillas, whom he accused of following the Cominform's anti-Tito line.[28]
The Western Allied military commanders in Berlin ordered restitution of all private property seized by the Nazis in excess of 1,000 reichsmarks in value at the time of confiscation.[32]
Ecuador put down an armed revolt and arrested up to sixty persons, including former president Carlos Mancheno Cajas, in connection with the failed uprising.[33]
The House of Lords vetoed the government's steel nationalization bill by voting 103 to 29 to restore an amendment delaying the nationalization date until after the next general election.[35]
The United States and Britain announced plans to phase out the Berlin airlift by October 1.[36]
Murder of Bill Mason: Alice, Texas radio journalist W.H. Mason was shot and killed in a car with a friend, resulting in the arrest of deputy sheriff Sam Smithwick for murder. The previous day, Mason had claimed in a broadcast that a local dance hall was being operated in a disreputable manner without interference from law enforcement.[37]
AnEastern Air LinesDouglas DC-3 collided in mid-air with an F6F Hellcat fighter plane of the US Navy near the McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, resulting in the deaths of the Navy pilot and all fifteen people on the DC-3. The accident was attributed to reckless conduct on the part of the Navy pilot.[38][39]
The British sloop Amethyst, detained by Chinese Communist forces since the Amethyst Incident on April 20, escaped down the Yangtze River under fire. Prime Minister Clement Attlee radioed a message of congratulations to the crew for its "gallant exploit."[40]
Apastoral letter was read in Catholic churches throughout West Germany telling voters that failure of Catholics to vote in the August 14 election might play into the hands of "forces which oppose Christian principles." Social Democratic Party leader Kurt Schumacher took exception to the letter, charging that it was an attempt to swing votes to the Christian Democratic Union. "We have absolute understanding for all doctrines rooted in Christian ethics and morality," Schumacher said. "But we have no understanding for outspoken power politics exercised by ecclesiastical authorities."[43]
^James, Michael (August 2, 1949). "Howley Asks To Quit". The New York Times: 3.
^Legal Aid: Final Report of the Law Society of Northern Ireland and of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for the Period 1 April 2003 to 31 October 31. London: The Stationery Office. 2005. ISBN9780102939248.
^"Catholic Pastoral To German Voters Angers Socialists". The New York Times: 1, 4. August 1, 1949.
