Senate Panel Embraces Hands Off Court Feud Policy
The Senate judiciary committee adopted a hands off stance toward the Jackson Black court feud, aligning with the House position and signaling no move to impeach. The committee stated it lacks authority to decide questions from Justices Jackson and Black and urged charges only via House impeachment.
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One Party Rule Seen for France
Paris reports Francisque Gay says Georges Bidault may form a one party government if elected president to resolve the crisis without Communists or Socialists. Gay cites Bidault’s potential 320 votes and confirms Socialist Edouard Depreux will back Bidault. Communists seek Felix Gouin’s reelection, though Socialists oppose leadership.
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Sheriff Shot and Attacker Dies in Webster Parish
In Minden Louisiana Sheriff P H Haynes of Webster Parish was wounded when a man named George Mc Gee barricaded himself in a house a mile west of Minden. Mc Gee died from a self inflicted or defensive wound as officers attempted to arrest him. The sheriff was taken to Minden Hospital with a bullet wound below the heart. Family members fled the house unhurt.
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Youth Veterans Committee launches big membership drive
The American Veterans Committee started a nationwide recruiting effort aimed at reaching one million members. Led by liberal elements within the movement, the drive began in Des Moines Iowa.
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Hobbs anti-racketeering bill revived in Senate panel
Senate judiciary committee moved to dispatch six months of dust from the Hobbs anti-racketeering bill to the floor. The Alabama sponsor would outlaw interference with interstate commerce by robbery or extortion, penalties up to 10 000 dollars and 20 years. Truman criticized wording in a veto message while supporting aims.
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Federal Housing Probe Launched
The U S Department of Justice opens a nationwide anti trust inquiry into construction trade practices delaying new homes. Attorney General Tom Clark calls it part of a broader war on forces jeopardizing full production and housing, with focus on mortgage rates and lumber market reports. Wyatt notes rapid small home construction despite shortages and rising costs. Berge links high financing costs to uniform realty commission rates and restraint of trade concerns.
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Feller Climbs Under Pressure In Cleveland Duel
In Municpal Stadium Feller works under pressure as the Indians rally to beat the Athletics in 11 innings. Woodling Loses to a HBP, Mackiewicz scores on Fleming infield out and Edwards singles for the winning run. Derry belts a 463 foot triple for Philadelphia.
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Amarillo Public Schools Board Approves Summer Plans
The Amarillo school board convened to keep the college open all day during the summer session and approved art supply purchases totaling 5500 dollars and 2600 dollars for visual training aids including 30 educational film reels. They granted leaves and hired seven teachers while budgeting summer salaries for cafeteria staff and funding for district administrators to attend workshops in Texas.
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Low Flying Pilot Downs Plane on Highway
Pat Bourassa and family were returning from Tucumcarn when a Cessna UC-78 made an emergency landing on the highway around 6 pm Sunday. The plane was moved off the road and no injuries occurred.
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Britain Loan Granted Boost Raises World Peace Hope
The House Banking Committee urged ratification of the 3.75 billion dollar British loan as a path to world peace and prosperity. The panel approved the bill 20 to 5, while the Senate backed it 46 to 34 despite a minority dissent warning against foreign handouts and Anglo American imperialism claims.
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Mercury Completes Sun Orbit in 88 Days
Scientists note Mercury completes a full revolution around the sun in 88 days. The rapid orbit underscores the planet’s proximity to the solar furnace and its extreme orbital speed.
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Swiss Hold On Reich Assets Defies Allied Pressure
Swiss officials won a prolonged dispute with the Allies over German assets in Switzerland. Documents show no agreement to transfer Reichsbank property and German rail assets to the Allied Control Council. The deal provides 50 50 liquidation of German assets, with reimbursement in German money, and US release of about 1.75 billion dollars frozen in the United States.
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GOP Plus Soviet Label on Demos
GOP Chairman Carroll Reece charges a radical faction in the Democratic Party is Sovietizing the United States. In the Republican News he names Henry Wallace Harold Ickes Chester Bowles and Sidney Hillman as mouthpieces of this group which he says controls the party and guides the administration’s program. He claims Truman’s policy lacks American support and faces November voters.
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Decision Near On India Rule
Crystallizing sentiment favors quick acceptance by the Hindu Congress Party and the Moslem League of the British proposed coalition interim government for India. A Congress Working Committee meeting is called for tomorrow to consult with Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the frontier Gandhi, who will join the deliberations.
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Ships Bring Over Seven Thousand Returning Personnel
More than 7,400 service personnel aboard 10 vessels are due at three U S ports. At New York two ships carry 3 167 personnel from Bremen Le Havre and Antwerp. San Diego lists Delta AR 9 and YMS 170 with 415 and unknown crew. San Francisco receives Sevier Se numbers from Bikini Pearl Harbor Manus Norfolk and 752 Army aboard General Black with Navy crews.
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Long-Awaited B-24 Drops In On WTSC Canyon
West Texas State College finally receives its B-24 bomber after months of delays. The privately owned aircraft, donated by Bob Lindsey, was ferried from Amarillo Field with permission from Col. Joel O Neal and Capt. Lawrence A. Madsen. It will be flown to Canyon and anchored at the north end of the football field once the airstrip is prepared.
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Italy gains voice in fixing war bill reparations plan
Four power foreign ministers council grants Italy an equal voice in settling Italian war damage claims. Mixed tribunals will resolve claims with one Italian, one Allied rep, and a third chosen by them. Byrnes and Molotov debated renunciation of damages. Britain supports the tribunal approach and Molotov shifted on renunciation.
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Danube row pits Britain and U.S. over river traffic
Pravda accuses Britain and the United States of blocking Danube shipping while citing U.S. raids on 372 vessels and a smuggling ring as part of a broader debate on postwar Danube commerce ahead of four power talks in Paris.
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Truman Weighs OPA Fate as Deadline Nears
President Truman pressed congressional leaders for a workable price control bill as OPA authority nears expiration on June 30. Senate and House conferees face a tight timeline with Barkley signaling leeway but a likely curtailment of OPA powers in any final measure.
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Chetnik Aide Denies Guilt Before Yugoslav Tribunal
Dr. Stevan Moljevic testifies he joined Mihailovic to oppose the Germans and pleads innocence. Djuro Vilov supports the charge of collaboration, admits writing slanderous articles about the Partisans.
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President Truman Walks Quietly to Church on Sunday
President Truman walked from the White House to the First Baptist Church in Washington for morning services. He sat in a pew alone to hear a sermon about a moral reawakening in the world, accompanied only by secret service agents.
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Romanian Note On Elections Calls Ro
The United States called a June 3 Romanian note unsatisfactory stating Bucharest has not set a date for elections nor moved to register the electorate. The American reply delivered by Burton Y Berry to Georges Tatarescu notes no electoral date exists and a draft electoral law is not yet acted upon.
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Georges Tatarescu
Burton Y. Berry
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Bucharest
Big Tarantula Captured In Texas Household Jar
Mrs. Shirley Trotter and her brother in law Lee Trotter captured an enormous tarantula in a fruit jar in Texas. The spider measured over four inches long and two and a half wide and was kept with air holes punched in the lid. It ate a live bag placed by a child. The plan was to submerge the jar briefly in water before removing the lid.
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Lee Trotter
Threaten Movie Strike Repeats Amid Wage Demands
The Conference of Studio Unions demands an immediate meeting with studio officials and threatens economic action unless wage increases are granted. The union group previously led last year’s strike in the movie industry.
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