Truman Urges Small Institutions Build Big Shots
Chestertown Maryland June 1 President Truman praised small towns and small institutions as engines of America’s strength. He argued government will not be controlled by any one man or group and cited his own ties to Jackson County Missouri and a preference for many small firms over giant ones. He spoke during an honorary degree ceremony at Washington College and reflected on the value of small businesses and communities.
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Truman
America
Mr. Truman
Jackson County
Little Washington College
Maryland
Missouri
U. S. Steel Corporation
National City Bank
Gilbert Mead
Harvard
Yale
Jumbia
Princeton
Ottawa
Canada Steamship Line
Welland Canal
Port Osborne
J. A. Sullivan
Canadian Seamen's Union
CSL
Humphrey Mitchell
Lachine Canal
Senate approves no strike clause in farm bill amid protests
The Senate inserted a no strike provision into the farm appropriations bill and approved the measure. Senator Pepper condemned the move as a civil rights violation for government workers. The $1 billion fund supports Agriculture Department activities for the coming fiscal year, including $300,000,000 for commodity programs and $230,000,000 for Rural Electrification.
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Georgia
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Minnesota
Pepper
United States
Congress
Agriculture Department
Rural Electrification Administration
Senate approves domestic atomic energy control bill
The Senate backed a bipartisan plan creating a government monopoly on production and use of fissionable materials like uranium and plutonium. The bill, with an emphasis on secrecy and penalties, would form a five member control commission and align with a potential future United Nations pact to curb atomic weapons.
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Wyoming
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Vandenberg
Michigan
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United Nations Atomic Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
McMahon
Connecticut
Millikin
Colorado
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Harry
Rohicos
Secretaries of War and Navy
Congress
Army
Rules Committee
Control Commission
Commission
Rivers Still Wreak Harm Across East Texas Floods
East Texas rivers continued to flood lowlands along their courses as heavy rains drained away. Dallas residents faced rising Trinity River waters near a 40 foot crest while the Sabine and Cypress rivers neared flood stages. Beaumont reported rice damage near 65 million dollars with additional losses to produce and industry totaling about one and a half million, and a dry spell in the next 10 days could aid crop recovery.
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Associated Press
East Texas
Dallas
Trinity
Sabine River
Jefferson
Tex
Cypress River
Beaumont
Sherman
Texas
Bread price increase announced by OPA next week
An OPA official said bread will be the next item subject to a price rise with the amount not disclosed. The increase will be announced by OPA early next week.
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Washington
OPA
Renewed Fighting Reported in Kurdish Iran Dispatch
Tehran newspaper Kashan cites renewed clashes between Kurdish forces and Iranian government troops in the Kurdish region of Iran. Reuters dispatch notes ongoing hostilities and regional tensions as of June 1.
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London
Reuters
Tehran
Kashan
Iran
Weary Nation Faces Strike Threat and Weakened Bill
In Washington CIO maritime leaders and ship operators push to avert a June 15 walkout by 200000 seamen and longshoremen while the Senate approves a weakened emergency strike control bill. Truman vows use of Navy Coast Guard and war shipping admin if needed amid bitter talks and claims of being undermined.
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Voting Watch Pivots on France Italy Elections
American officials monitor concurrent French and Italian ballots as Europe faces possible shifts in postwar influence. Moscow seeks cmbined pressure and troops while Pope Pius XII frames the choice as Christian life versus materialism. In Milan clashes flare ahead of Italy plebiscite on Savoy or Republic.
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Italy
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State Department
Russia
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Moscow
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Milan
Royal House of
Savoy
Pascieni
General Anders Dissolves Free Polish Corps
Lt Gen Wladyslaw Anders announced to the Second Polish Corps that demobilization is near but duty continues as the march to a free Poland goes on. He criticizes Communism and Moscow, noting the army will be reorganized into a resettlement corps under British government decisions.
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Rome
Wladyslaw Anders
Poland
Bomb Stolen In Woodlawn Terrifies Residents
In Woodlawn Maryland residents fear air raid danger after three memorial display bombs vanish. Police report one bomb exploded nearby while another two remain missing causing neighbors to pack sand bags and helmets as authorities warn of risks to those handling the remaining cylinders.
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Baltimore
Woodlawn
Death Expiates Crime of Stoical Seminole Maid
A 17 year old Seminole girl in the Everglades faces death by tribal verdict for bearing a child with a white man. Seminole elders order her to walk to death by exposure in the swamp after the Green Corn Dance verdict. Local authorities note the tribe’s law governs the fate and punishments.
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Miami
Fla
West Ward
Everglades
O. B. White
Reuther Warns of Price Spiral
Walter P. Reuther president of the CIO United Auto Workers warns that rising prices must meet rising incomes or risk a 1921 1929 economic disaster. He spoke on a nationwide radio broadcast about Labor and the OPA and urged protests to defend price controls and protect workers from inflation.
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Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
OPA
Washington
UAW
June Dollar Day bargains fill Am arillo shopping guide
The Sunday News-Globe lists merchants taking part in the first Dollar Day of summer. A wide range of bargains fills the Am arillo shopping district tomorrow with vacation attire gifts for the June bride and many reduced items in smaller print.
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Sunday News-Globe
Amarillo
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The area is mostly cloudy with a fair Sunday night and little temperature change Monday. West area remains fair Sunday and Monday. New Mexico shows fair conditions with minimal temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from a high around 81 to a low near 46 with sunrise at 5 34 AM and sunset at 7 56 PM.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Ihe Miles Caneese
Bessasases
Defense rests in Newton case amid venue dispute in Plainview
In Plainview on June 1 the defense rested in the Dr. W. R. Newton assault case after witnesses placed Newton away from the 1942 shooting of Dr. Roy Hunt. Testimony included Weatherred and Patillo witnesses placing Newton at Cameron and Houston on May 20–21, with transcribed Hunt testimony detailing the fatal shooting near Littlefield.
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Roy Hunt
Littlefield
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Dr. Hunt
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Texans Favor Universal Military Training Says Texas Poll
The Texas Poll finds a strong majority of Texans support mandatory military or naval training for one year for all able bodied young men, with higher support than the national Gallup average. Women show greater support than men, and veterans’ views align closely with the general pattern.
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Texas
Austin
Congress
Gallup
Pearl Harbor
Panhandle Bankers Set 41st Convention Schedule
Panhandle bankers arrive for a one day 41st Panhandle Bankers Association convention at the Herring Hotel. J O Gillham opens the event with invocation by Rev Francis Pritchard and welcomes by Virgil Patterson. Warren A Barrett speaks on credit. Officers for 1946-47 are announced.
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Pronta Ordar
Francis Pritchard
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e+ & Virgil Patterson
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Amarillo
J. Co. Gillham
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Brownfield State Bank
Brownfield
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T. H. Deaver
Memphis
R. L. Grimes
Panhandle State Bank
Borger
E. L. Norman
Floydada
James Farwell
Amarillo National Bank
June Night Moonlight Reunion Over Amarillo
The Moon and a bright evening star were visible together in Amarillo last night for the first time since December. Weather Bureau meteorologist H C Winburn notes their paths ranged from 3 to 4 degrees apart with distances up to 16 degrees during the sighting. A local observer, Mrs Keaster, reported the star below the moon’s bend and to the north.
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H. C. Winburn
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Adopt Plans for Union of Churches Adopts Plans for Union
The 88th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America unanimously adopted initial plans for a union with the Reformed Church in America. A 18 member joint committee from each church will draft the final plan for presentation to the 1947 assembly in Sterling Kansas. The combined church would total about 400 000 members.
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United Presbyterian Church of North America
Reformed Church In America
Reformed Church
Buck Hills Falls
Robert W. Gibson
United Presbyterian Committee
Sterling
Kas
Classified Ads Return After Four Day Strike Pause
Classified ads reappear in The Sunday News- Globe after a four day halt caused by newsprint restrictions during a lumberjacks strike in British Columbia. Government mediator Gordon Sloan presented findings with a Monday deadline for acceptance or rejection as authorities caution a firm response.
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Sunday News- Globe
British Columbia
Gordon Sloan
Air Power Key to Arctic Frontier Defense Says General
Maj. Gen. Fred L. Anderson Jr. told the Reserve Officers' Association that air power guards the Arctic and could be the first theater of future war. He outlined a Reserve force of over 141 thousand officers and 891 thousand enlisted, with 17,500 combat pilots and 120,000 enlisted personnel. Training bases number 130, with 40 activated by July 1. An additional Regular Air Force need of 25,000 officers was noted.
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Arctic
Fred L. Anderson, Jr
Reserve Officers’ Association
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