Retailers Say Conditions Sound Amid Slump Outlook
New York June 20 retailers heard that the current business slump isn’t ended and the end is not in sight yet, though basic conditions remain sound. Speakers at the National Retail Dry Goods Association midyear convention urged confidence as manufacturers prepared new lines and textiles faced postwar readjustment.
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New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Milton J. Greenbaum
Felix Lilienthal & Company of
Burma Plans Pact With United States
Burma Review reports the Burmese government intends to negotiate economic and defense treaties soon with Britain the United States India and Pakistan in Rangoon as of June 20.
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Rangoon
Burma
Burma Review
Britain
United States
India
Pakistan
Judge Refuses To Restrain Raiding Cop
Houston district judge Phil Woodruff denied a temporary restraining order against La Porte Constable Dale Richardson's raids on Compton's restaurant. A July 6 hearing was set on a petition by Governor Beauford Jester and John G. Compton seeking bans on further raids, damages of 1600, and potential bond forfeiture from Maryland Casualty Company.
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Houston
Phil Woodruff
la Port
Dale Richardson
Woodruff
Beauford Jester
John G. Compton
Richardson
Compton
East End
Maryland Casualty Company
Constable
High Judges Disagree With Heat Over Docket
Supreme Court justices sparred openly over the court docket with sharp exchanges and a humor line as they set dates for next term. They split 5-4 on District of Columbia access to federal courts and 7-2 on a tax case, with extensive opinions and dissents highlighting ongoing constitutional debates.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Douglas
District of Columbia
Washington, D
Governors Clash With Truman Plan At Conference
Republican Alfred E. Driscoll called the proposed home relief bureau a mistake and urged states to fund relief via inheritance taxes. Michigan's G. Mennen Williams pressed for extending the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act. Governors from several states argued for state-led relief and broader social security fixes.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
Truman
Driscoll
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
House
Ways and Means
Colorado
Lee Knous
Louisiana
Earl Long
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
States Rights Party
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Browning
Williams
California
Earl Warren
Round Table
Rangers Join Hunt For Slayer Of Girl
Galveston Texas Rangers joined Galveston and Texas City police in pursuing a slayer after Iris Tinney 23 died at Texas City Hospital following discovery near Camp Wallace. An autopsy said she was beaten and thrown from a speeding car while unconscious. She was last seen Friday night with an unidentified man in a Texas City cafe. the man drove a 1949 Ford. Her father works as a linotype operator for a Galveston newspaper.
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Galveston
INS
Texas Rangers
Texas City
Iris Tinney
Texas City Hospital
Camp Wallace
Sam Gibbons
Conscientious Objector Aid Protested by VFW Electra
Veterans of Foreign Wars at Electra protest the North Texas Methodist Conference action to pay 2100 dollars to the Quakers for care of five Methodist conscientious objectors in Quaker camps. The Dallas convention approved the plan June 4. Electra Gold Star Post No. 4145 led by A. L. Welch passed a protest resolution.
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Electra
Pi—Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Texas
Arkansas Ex Governor Futrell In Critical Condition
A. J. Marion Futrell, 76, former governor of Arkansas, is in critical condition after emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix at Dickson Memorial Hospital Paragould. Futrell served two terms as governor from 1932 to 1936 and was a longtime figure in Arkansas Democratic politics.
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Paragould
Ark
INS
A. J. Marion Futrell
Arkansas
Futrell
Dickson Memorial Hospital
Arkansas Democratic
Palomar Telescope’s Strong Light Detecting Power Near San Diego
The Palomar telescope near San Diego California could detect candlelight at a distance of 40 000 miles showcasing its extraordinary light gathering capability and precision optics.
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Palomar
San Diego
California
Texas Pipeline Crew Tops Flooded Town Rescue Effort
Texans from H. C. Price and Company cut through flood damage in a West Virginia valley town. They used radio trucks to locate the injured and relay messages, patched roads with bulldozers, and bridged a 15 foot gap by improvising a bridge with 26 inch pipe and planks.
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Texas Pipeline
P. Urg
W. Va
West Virginia
H. C. Price and
Comany
Texas
Elkins
BNai BRith Launches $2 Million Henry Monsky Foundation
Pittsburgh with ceremony on Monday marks the start of a nation wide fund raising drive by the BNai B Rith lodge to create the Henry Monsky Foundation valued at two million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
B'Nai B’rith Lodge
Henry Monsky
Forest Unexplored Areas in Gila National Forest Texas
A description of the Gila National Forest in Texas highlighting its vast unmapped regions and rugged terrain, noted for being among the most wild and least explored areas in the United States.
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Gila National Forest
Texas
United States
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