U S Sends Anti Tank Weapons to Europe Aid Plans
The United States ships bazookas rocket launchers and recoilless rifles to European allies under arms aid. Defense officials say the program backs a long range counter to Soviet armor with modernized World War II tanks and a $1.2225 billion second-year request. Senate and House committees hold hearings as Senator Lodge and Gen. Marshall push for Western Europe to deter Russian aggression.
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Taft Urges Quick Japanese Peace Treaty
Senator Taft of Ohio calls for a rapid peace settlement with Japan to safeguard American interests. He notes delays stem from military bases disputes and cites potential U S action if Russia advances in Western Europe. Defense officials plan talks in Toyo with Gen MacArthur.
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Eden wins divorce from wife in London court
Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, 53, obtained a divorce decree after testifying his wife deserted him in 1947 to live in America. Observers said the five minute appearance in divorce court could end any chances of his becoming prime minister if the Tories return to power.
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Racine Hardware Dealer Dies in Florida Hospital
Lawrence Roush Pomeroy, 40, a Racine hardware dealer, died last night in a Lake Wales Florida hospital while visiting there. Funeral services are planned tentatively for Sunday afternoon in Racine.
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Warren Majority Seen Increasing GOP Ranks
In California Warren’s combined primary majority drew praise from Senator Brewster who predicts a Warren Nixon ticket victory. Roosevelts bid for governor split votes while Nixon and Douglas seek Senate seats. South Dakota results threaten immediate adjournment as Case defeats Gurney. Florida and North Carolina show continued primary churn with Pepper and Graham facing runoffs.
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Florida
Truman Sets Off on Missouri Foreign Policy Talks
President Truman leaves for two foreign policy talks in Missouri after urging prayers for wisdom to seek world peace. He told a church gathering that no one can fill the presidency as it should be done and called it the greatest job. He sails at 4 p.m. aboard the Independence to St. Louis and will speak at the University of Missouri in Columbia at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow.
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Police Seek Motive In Divorcee's Slaying
Police suspect a motive may exist in the death of 38 year old Mrs. Ethel Henry of West Alexander Pennsylvania whose bludgeoned body was found in an abandoned saw mill near St Clairsville Ohio. Investigators note the slaying may trace to her home in Pennsylvania about 30 miles away. The case emerged as officials probed the self inflicted death of Paul Huntsman in Valley Grove West Virginia last Monday.
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Police Continue Hunt For Grandmother and Granddaughter
Police and firefighters searched Symmes Creek near Getaway Ohio for 55 year old Noral Keeney and her 12 year old granddaughter Ruth Smith after neighbors found a note suggesting they would jump into the stream.
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White Withdraws Ferguson Backing
Newark businessman William L. White abandoned Joseph T. Ferguson for the U S Senate after the May primary defeat. White said Ferguson backs the Fair Deal 100 percent with deficit spending socialized medicine and Brannan farm plan. Benefit claims by newly unemployed Ohio workers fell for the 13th straight week through June 3 per the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation.
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William L. White
Joseph T. Ferguson
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Ferguson
Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Applicants Cause Jam at GM Plants in Cincinnati
Traffic jam formed as 1600 job applicants swarmed General Motors plants in Cincinnati. Officer Leo Davidson reported the scene as applicants lined up for hiring, tying up surrounding streets and prompting temporary delays.
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General Motors Corp
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Group Studies Report of 50 000 Addicts
Washington Senate investigators studied reports today a powerful underworld ring is reaping riches from the misery of at least 50 000 drug addicts. Commissioner H J Anslinger of the U S Narcotics Bureau gave his estimate to the special committee investigating crime and gambling. Chairman Ketanyer of Tenn told reporters the number covers those who buy narcotics illegally from sources outside the medical world.
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D-Tenn
Engineer Union Chief Plans Retirement Announcement
Alvanley Johnston, longtime head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, announces he will disclose his retirement plans at the union convention. He has led the 80,000-member rail union for 25 years and says the exact timing will be revealed later.
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Cleveland
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Forrestal accused of delaying Amerasia arrests evidence
Senate investigators reportedly heard secret testimony that James V. Forrestal urged delaying the 1945 Amerasia arrests. McInerney testified he recalled a note showing such a request and suggested friction with Russia influenced the move. The claim ties to postwar trusteeship tensions over islands seized from Japan.
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Strike Halts Philip Sporn Construction at Graham Station
Wildcat walkout at the Graham Station Philip Sporn power plant halts construction. About 850 workers from AFL Construction Laborers Union affected after 200 men left yesterday morning. Cause cited as wage dispute unconfirmed. strikers reportedly sought 25 cents an hour. Second 150000 kilowatt unit planned to be brought online later this month as third and fourth units progress. Sheriff and state police officials stationed nearby.
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National Conference on Aging Planned for Capital
Washington will host the first National Conference on Aging from August 13 to 15. Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing said about 1200 attendees will be invited, including church leaders labor leaders and industry representatives, to discuss the aging population and increased longevity.
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Plane Crash Survivors Headed for Michigan Sugar Fields
Puerto Rican survivors of an Atlantic Ocean plane crash plan to continue work in Michigan sugar beet fields after being rescued 275 miles off Miami. Thirty four were brought to Charleston early Tuesday. 65 were aboard and 20 are missing with few chances of survival.
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Professor Drops Dead En Route To See Dulles
Thomas Whittemore a 79 year old Harvard archaeology professor collapsed in a State Department corridor en route to a meeting with John Foster Dulles special adviser to the secretary of state. Dulles aides confirmed an appointment but could not share the topic of discussion.
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Thomas Whittemore
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State Department
John Foster Dulles
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Whittemore
Defiant Red 33 Defy Crackdown On Jap Communists
In Tokyo the remaining 33 Communist Diet members vow to fight what they call conspiracies to outlaw the Red party amid MacArthur purges that removed 41 leaders. They pledge to oppose occupation policies while Akahata warns of a general strike and Kyoto protest.
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Reds Replace 4 Officials In Germany
Berlin reports say four Soviet diplomats will replace military rulers in East Germany as control commission chiefs. Western officials view this as a step toward a separate peace with the East Zone. The move follows Ulbricht’s renunciation of eastern territorial claims and a planned East German election on October 15.
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CIO Board Pushes Rebellion Inquiry In Local UAW Rift
The 23 member CIO United Auto Workers board in Toledo heard both pro and anti Gosser factions from Local 12 as it advances an inquiry into a rebellion against Vice President Richard T. Gosser. The board invited all disputants to present arguments.
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Liquor Chief Calls For overhaul of state laws
Cleveland. Anthony A. Rutkowski, state liquor enforcement chief, on a Press Club radio program urged a new overarching philosophy for the four member state liquor board. He attacked permit trading, placement of drink spots near churches and schools, and light penalties for violators.
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Anthony A. Rutkowski
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Its a Wonder It Had Wheels
State Highway Patrol and Hamilton police inspected a car in the safety lane finding no brakes no clutch one headlight no windshield wiper tires with no treads and windows broken taped together for near zero visibility The owner Virgil Hubbard 19 Hamilton was charged with operating an unsafe vehicle and the car impounded.
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State Highway Patrol
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Three Killed In Crash Near Newark
A three car crash on U S Route 40 east of Jacksontown near Newark killed three Zanesville residents. The Petries Rev Paul R Petrie and Mrs Martha Petrie and Norma Gardner died. Six others were hospitalized including Petrie’s two sons aged 3 and 12. Joseph Burcu of Columbus was treated and released.
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Devil's Weed Movie Ban Upheld by Court
Ohio Supreme Court upholds state board censorship ban on the film The Devil's Weed. Dr Clyde M Hissong, state education chief and censor, argued the movie is harmful and could encourage marijuana use.
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Draft Extension Backed by Armed Services Panel
The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended a three year extension of the peacetime draft act. The Chamber of Commerce urged a draft act with presidential induction authority to speed mobilization during emergencies.
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Hidden Gunman Kills Gangsters Brother in Illinois
Roy Shelton, 59, the third of five Shelton brothers tied to a feared Illinois gang, was shot twice by a concealed gunman on Wednesday. He died after being run over by the harrow and disk rig he used on his farm near Fairfield.
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Six Air Force Men Reported Missing After North Sea Crash
Two USS airmen who bailed from a burning B 29 were rescued after swimming all night in icy North Sea waters. Searchers picked up two more crewmen and the body of another from the Superfortress that crashed off the Norfolk coast during a training mission. Six U S Air Force men remain missing as ships and planes hunt.
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Norfolk
England
Henry M Moses Eyed to Lead Bituminous Operators
Henry M. Moses, head of most United States Steel coal operations and president of H. C. Frick Coke Co., is being eyed to head a new permanent Bituminous Operators Association to negotiate with United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis. If he accepts, the group would unite coal operators across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and possibly Illinois and Indiana, representing about half the nation’s coal capacity.
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Auto, Mail Probes Set
Washington reports the House Lobby Investigating Committee examines auto firms and the House folding room over free mail practices. Chairman Buchanan is away, but a member says records may show auto priority allocations during wartime shortages for members of Congress.
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June Snowstorm Hits Parts of Montana
A June snowstorm struck Montana dumping over four inches in some areas. Temperatures dropped below freezing into the 30s across much of the state with snowfall also reported in parts of Wyoming. The central and eastern U S faced a heat wave as midsummer temperatures were forecast again.
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Defense Construction Program Agreed On
A Senate House conference committee agreed on a $600 million defense construction program to cover Army Navy and Air Force projects for the next two years barring emergencies. Chairman Vinson said the measure is a bulk fund to meet all required construction needs.
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D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
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