House Passes $975 Million Labor Shift Amid Must Legislation
Washington reports a busy House of Representatives backed a $975,914,700 appropriation transferring the U S Employment Service from Labor to the Federal Security Agency and continued debate on peace-time draft and foreign aid bills. Senate approved a $6.125 billion foreign aid fund with changes, sending measures back to the House for action.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Truman
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Shafer
R-Mich
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Services Committee
Gavin
R-Pa
Armed Services
Charles H. Grahl
Des Moines
Towa National Guard
Grahl
Iowa
Congress
Vandenberg Front-Runner Question Splits GOP Support
Senator Vandenberg faces a push to be drafted while denying a front-runner role as Stassen contends for the nominating fight ahead of the Philadelphia convention. Michigan Governor Sigler says Vandenberg is available, while Young notes a possible candidacy if drafted. Delegates head to Philadelphia with Dewey, Stassen, and Taft leading early counts.
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Michigan
Kim Sigler
New Castle
N. H
Sigler
Vandenberg
New York Times
House
Stasseon
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Philadelphia
Gurney
R-Sd
Sthesen
Dewey
Taft
Weather Outlook For Tonight And Thursday
Partly cloudy in the east and mostly cloudy in the west with possible showers near the Missouri River. Cooler conditions persist with highs around 70 to 76 today and near 70 on Thursday. Overnight lows range from 48 to 56 depending on location.
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Missouri River
Four Lions District Governors Elected at Iowa Convention
In Council Bluffs four district governors were elected at the Iowa Lions clubs three day convention closing session. Dr. F. R. Debe of Waterloo becomes governor of District 9 A Alfred G Spaan of Iowa City leads District 9 B Ivan Hasbruck of Guthrie Center heads District 9 C and Harold Akers of Rockwell City leads District 9 D. The 1949 convention city will be chosen by the new governors.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa Lions Clubs
F. R.debe
Waterloo
Alfred G. Spaan
Iowa City
Ivan Hasbruck
Guthrie Center
Harold Akers
Rockwell City
Alcoa unions set strike date after failed talks
Pittsburgh report says 20,000 Alcoa workers in nine plants across nine states will walk out at midnight Sunday. The United Steelworkers and AFL unions rejected an 8 percent raise and a proposed extension of the contract, noting Alcoa's 1947 profit of 30 million as a high watermark.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Big Jnion
AFL
Teo
Alcoa
Staes
James Thimmel
Ee Pruhan Unien
Postal employes to hold district school of instruction
About 100 southwest Iowa post masters and postal employes are to attend a district school of instruction at 1 30 p m tomorrow in the city hall auditorium. C P Donavan postal inspector will lead a round table discussion. Speakers after dinner include Edith Johnson Des Moines and C H Kemler Marshalltown with retirement talks by Mr Freeburg of the Omaha civil service office.
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Iowa
City Hall
C. P. Donavan
Hotel Whitney Cameo Room
Edith Johnson
Des Moines
C. H. Kemler
Marshalltown
Freeburg
Omaha Civil Service Office
Bennet E Meyers Estate For Sale In Whitington NY
The palatial Long Island estate of Bennet E Meyers, former air forces major general now in jail, is up for sale. The asking price is $100,000, his wife said yesterday. Mrs Ila Rae Meyers, a former actress, will remain in the estate until it sells. Meyers serves 20 months to five years for inducing an associate to commit perjury before a congressional war contracts probe.
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Whitington
N. Y
Long Island
Bennet E. Meyers
Air Forces
Ila Rae Meyers
Meyers
Congressional
U S Birth Rate Drops Slightly From 1947 Boom Levels
Washington reports a modest decline in births with 1,149,000 births in January through April this year versus 1,270,000 in the same period last year. The statistic comes from the Office of Vital Statistics and reflects a small dip below the 1947 boom level.
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Washington
America
Office of Vital Statistics
Smoke Filled Room Idea Rejected at GOP Convention
Philadelphia GOP officials dismissed the myth that nominations are decided in a smoke filled room. Chairman Walter Hallanan said the smear originated with New Deal opponents and pledged maximum publicity. He noted planning strains from housing and seating for 2,188 more delegates and expanded press and broadcast presence. Convention Hall preparations continued as 16,000 attendees approach.
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Philadelphia
Walter
Hallanan
GOP
Fire Captain Quits After Pumper Breaks Down
In Weat Carrollton a new $10,000 fire pumper malfunctioned during a major warehouse blaze. Fire Captain William Aufuldish, angered by bystander jeers, dumped his hat and resigned from the force as damage from the blaze reached about $10,000.
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Weat
Carrollton
William Aufuldish
Family Ties Reveal Siblings From Winston-Salem
Two women named Maggie Mc Griff and Bessie White, both from Winston-Salem and sharing the Adams maiden name, discover they are sisters who had not met since 1924 after renting a recom two years ago and chatting yesterday.
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Washington
Maggie McGriff
Bessie White
Winston-Salem
N. C
Adams
Tex and Ga farm commissioners indicted in lobbying case
A federal grand jury indicted Texas agriculture commissioner J. E. McDonald and Georgia agriculture commissioner Tom Linder along with Ralph W. Moore and Robert M. Harris on charges of conspiring to lobby for higher corn prices without registering with Congress. The National Farm Committee headed by Linder and the Farm Commissioners' Council with Washington HQ are named in the action.
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Washington
Agricultural Commissioners of
Texas
Georgia
Clark
Congress
J. E. McDonald
Tom Linder
Ralph W. Moore
Granger
National Farm Committee
Robert M. Harris
Harris and Vose
New York City
Linder
Farm Commissioners’ Council
Hickenlooper votes for foreign aid bill in Senate
Washington Senator B B Hickenlooper voted with the majority as the Senate passed a foreign aid bill of 6 125 710 228 dollars and backed a 12 month spending basis. Senator Wilson was not listed on either vote.
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Washington
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
House
Hickenlooper
Wilson
Russians Reject German Plan at Six-Power Talks
A Soviet embassy spokesman said Russia cannot accept the six power London agreement to form a separate West German government, calling it a violation of the Potsdam pact. Zarubin informed Sir William Strang on June 7 that Moscow would not approve the plan, which excludes France and covers Britain, the United States, and the three western zones.
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London
Russia
Britain
Georgi N. Zarubin
William Strang
Moscow Radio
France
United States
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Zarubin
Strang
Foreign Office
Truman campaign rails at special privilege on train tour
President Truman urged crowds in Dodge City and Albuquerque to accept his view that the country faces a clash between special privilege and the people. He said he aims to lay out the facts and issues for voters as his cross-country trip continues with nearly 60 talks since June.
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Truman
Kansas City
Kansas
Dodge City
Kan
Albuquerque
N. M
Washington
Iowa employment report shows May payroll dip
Des Moines Iowa firms reporting to the Iowa employment survey recorded a May payroll of 4 217 108 dollars across 372 firms a one percent decline from April. The May total marked an 11 7 percent increase over May last year despite the month to month drop.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Arabs reject open Jerusalem and peace talks
Arabs refuse to open Jerusalem as an open city and reject a proposal for a new peace framework with a Jewish state. Azzam Pasha said Arab states will not consider any plan based on partition while Bernadotte seeks a written proposal. Meanwhile France faces a broad strike wave with clashes in Clermont Ferrand injuring hundreds and prompting mass sympathy actions across the region.
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Cairo
United Nations
Jerusalem
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Folke Bernadotte
League
Palestine
Old City
Abdel Rahman Aszam Pasha
Bernadotte
Rhodes Island
U.N
Clermont-Ferrand
Berougnan
Bank of France
Confederation
Company of States
Brassac
St. Etienne
Riom
France
Bel
Turin
Italy
Flood Control Plan Denied by State Commission
Des Moines reports the state conservation commission denied Council Bluffs use of state property for a flood control project. The plan would have built a new Indian Creek channel along Lake Manawa’s west shore. The ruling cited risks to recreation, water quality, and public enjoyment of the lake.
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Des Moines
Council Bluffs
State Conservation Commissio
Indian Creek
Lake Manawa
Czech Refugees Arrive in England by Air
The air ministry reports 21 Czech refugees including women and children landed at a Royal Air Force station in Kent. The Czechoslovak government notes about 1280 people fled since the communist coup last February.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Kent
Life expectancy in America to rise beyond seventy by 1976
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports that average life expectancy at birth now stands at 67 years and is expected to increase by at least four years within a generation. Also notes Miss Juanita Reynolds returning home from Excelsior Springs Missouri after six weeks away.
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New York
Biblcal
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Juanita Reynolds
Excelsior Springs
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CKLE
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Michael Ryan
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