Young GOPs Hear Senator As Meet Ends
Senator William Knowland told a Young Republicans convention that Jews and Arabs must cease fighting now and face full economic sanctions, possibly naval and air blockade, if needed. He attacked Henry Wallace and Democratic left wing, urged a strong Republican ticket and active campaign. Cecil H. Underwood was reelected league president, with four vice presidents named. A constitutional convention to streamline state government was urged, per the league platform.
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Mera Little
William F. Knownane
Calif
United Nations
Rowland
Knowland
Oxak
New Deal
Democratic Party
Kanawha
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
Sistersville
League
Dewey Jones
Charleston
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Cam
A&r
Columbia River Dikes Hold In Historic Flood
Portland, June 5. The Columbia River dikes held as the crest approached with lingering flood warnings. Two bodies recovered from Vanport after the city was swept away. 26 known dead across the region. Forecaster Elmer Fisher predicted a 30 foot crest at Vancouver and 29.7 feet at Portland before a slow fall by midweek. British Columbia faced rising water as dikes held. workers battled heat and silted levees.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Vanport
Pacific Northwest
Elmer Fisher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Voice program to be revamped in US foreign broadcasts
Washington reports the state department will overhaul Voice of America to tighten official news and commentary sent to overseas listeners. The plan expands staff control and contracts entertainment features to be reviewed against official specifications, aiming to prevent incidents triggering inquiries from Congress and the Senate.
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Washington
North America
State Department
Voice of America
National Broadcasting Company
Acccmaent
Latin America
Congress
George W. Allen
Senate
House
Industry Urged To Fight Car Shortage
Chicago June 5 Industry leaders dealers and railroads were urged to speed unloading of coal cars to ease a costly shortage hurting coal operators railroads and users. The Midwest Shippers Advisory Board coal and coke committee warned there is no relief until next year and urged faster turnarounds to meet demand. It cited only 6,399 gondola and hopper cars netted in the first four months versus a goal of 40,000, calling for explanations from authorities.
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Chicago
Coal and Coke Committee
Midwest Shippers Advisory Board
Istatement
Anne and Mihai Deny Early Wedding Date
In Athens Greece a palace spokesman said former King Mihai of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma will visit on Monday but no wedding date is set yet A prior announcement suggested a Thursday date which officials now say was premature.
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Athens
Greece
Mihai
Romania
Anne of Bourbon Parma
Vandenberg Leads Fight to Restore Foreign Aid Cuts
Washington June 5 Senator Vandenberg Mich led the drive to restore foreign aid funds. The senate faces restoring money cut by the house in a 5.98 billion dollar aid bill for non communist nations abroad. House action spread the program to 15 months and trimmed 533 million from cash requests, with possible senate amendments on skim milk purchases and farm machinery limits.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Russia
Revergomb
R-Wva
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Meat Workers End Last Strike
Chicago June 5 The CIO United Packinghouse Workers ended its strike against Wilson and Company with about 8,000 Wilson employees to return to work Monday on company terms. The settlement mirrors terms accepted by the union with Swift, Armour and Cudahy, and involves arbitration over firings and potential rehiring disputes. The nationwide strike had included rioting in several cities but did not cause major meat shortages.
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R. C. Winkler
Labor
Wilson
Cio-Upw
Winkler
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Swift, Cudahy and
Armour
Gunman Uses Girl As Shield From Cops
Chicago police chase ends with a gunman grabbing a five year old girl as a shield. The suspect, Theodore Bankhead, 22, fled through a south side apartment building, dropped the child unharmed, then surrendered to tear gas and police. He was held without charge after police found his clothes and a pistol.
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Chicago
South Side
Theodore Bankhead
Massachusetts Delegation Pledges Votes for Truman
Massachusetts 36 Democratic delegates vote to back President Truman at the national convention. The delegation also endorses U S Rep John Fitzgerald for the vice presidential nomination, aligning with the Truman team and Democratic leadership.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Truman
U. S
John Ps Bal
Congress
Catholics Protest Holy Land Attacks
Roman Catholic dignitaries say they sent a protest to the Vatican accusing Jews of attacking the Holy City and plundering sites, turning convents into fortresses while Arabs kept their word. The telegram to the Jerusalem consular truce committee and Red Cross representatives was said to be unavailing.
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Jerusalem
Vatican
Holy City
Haifa
Tiberias
Jaffa
Holy
International Red Cross
Pennsy Flier Wins All-Woman Air Race
Blonde Frances Nolde of Reading, Pennsylvania, won the 2,600-mile transcontinental air race from Palm Springs, California to Miami, Florida, with an elapsed time of 17 hours 10 minutes, earning $500 first prize. The event opened the all-woman air show, following a pilot’s powwow where some contestants waited for a favorable tailwind.
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Miami
Fla
Frances Nolde
Reading
Palm Springs
Calif
Nolde
Chinese Students Denounce Americans in Shanghai Protest
Chinese students denounce Americans as police and troops break up a demonstration before U S naval forces HQ in Shanghai. Thirty students arrested as authorities foil a planned larger protest against U S economic revival of Japan. Ambassador J Leigh ton Stuart criticized student agitation. Thousands of police and troops deter further actions.
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Nanking
China
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
America
Shanghai
U. S. Naval Forces
Japan
Ford Announces 1949 Cars Priced Higher By $85 to $125
Henry Ford II said the 1949 Ford models will cost $85 to $125 more than current models with public display June 18. He cited higher material costs and tool investments, noting Ford aims to lower costs but prices rise amid industry wage shifts and upcoming UAW talks June 14.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Ford Company
General Motors
Three Killed As B and C Train Strikes Car
In Columbus Ohio on June 5 a Baltimore and Ohio freight train hit an automobile on a Pickaway county road south of Harrisburg. Two girls and a baby died and three boys were injured. The victims were from Derby, a Pickaway county community. Killed: Mary Catherine Tipton 16 driver Dixie Hinton 16 Jackie Writzel 1 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Writzel. Injured: John Hinton 12 Charlies Hinton 4 Paul Jackson 15. Initial reports said seven people were killed.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
Pickaway County
Harrisburg
Derby
Mary Catherine Tipton
Dixie Hinton
Jackie Writzel
Albert Writel
John Hinton
Charlies
Paul Jackson
UAW Local Rejects GM Bid at Linden Plant
Linden New Jersey June 5 United Auto Workers Local 595 president said the membership rejected the national GM wage and cost of living based contract. The local claims the proposal offers no improvements over the old terms and seeks no separate local agreement after five years, with plans to negotiate anew.
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Linden
N. J
Fred Ascourd
United Auto Workers
CIO
National General Motors
Ascough
Holy Land Foes Locked In New Land Battles
Cairo dispatches report Israeli troops trapping a sizable Egyptian force along the Palestine coast near Tel Aviv and repulsing wedges around Jenin, while Iraqi troops harass in the Jenin area. Battles threaten coastal towns Isdud Yibna and Yavne as both sides claim successes and losses amid a widening Palestine war. olace tensions rise with naval actions near Tel Aviv and reported air raids.
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Cairo
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jenin
Yibna
Isdud
Farouk
Associated Press
Esdraelon
Dunkerque
Duluth Fire Destroys Core Business District
A major blaze in Duluth Minnesota destroyed about a dozen businesses, including a four story furniture store, with damage nearing one million dollars. The Rudolph furniture store basement was the suspected origin as flames swept to nearby structures and a nine story board of trade building. Occupants escaped, while three responders suffered injuries from debris, none seriously.
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Duluth
Minn
Rudolph Furniture
Duluth Board of Trade
New Atomic Energy Research Advances
The Washington Atomic Energy Commission plans to build a 2 million dollar electrostatic accelerator to produce 12 million electron volts. Officials say it will be the largest and most powerful machine of its kind, advancing nuclear physics research.
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Washington
Ee Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Miners Pension Fight Intensifies As Talks Near
Washington reports the United Mine Workers and soft coal operators prepare for renewed contract talks Monday over pensions. Latimer urges that surveys show the fund could pay $100 monthly at 65, and claims the operators’ figures overstated benefits by up to 98 percent. Legal actions and injunctions affect resumption. no retirees have yet received pensions.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Philadelphia
Towers, Perrin, Forrster & Crosby
Lewis
Murray W. Latimer
U. S. Railroad Retirement Board
Latimer
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Sage- Tmdacidaie
DenanOee
Sopodorangement
Ister
Surevey
T. Alan Goldsborough
Southern Coal ‘Producers Association
Politicians Saved From Frothy Fate in Richmond Meeting
In Richmond on June 5 a water pitcher on the council rostrum was filled with soap. The meeting chairman took a sip and foamed, averting a frothy fiasco that could have derailed several council candidates.
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Richmond
Truman Repeats Bid For Action In Nebraska Visit
President Truman challenged Republicans to spur Congress to act on a four point farm program including flexible price supports soil conservation adequate markets and government help for rural areas during a stop in Omaha Nebraska He urged action now and defended farm policy as sound and practical while praising the 35th Division and visiting Boystown and Ak-Sar-Ben for a parade and memorial events.
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Omaha
Truman
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Nebraska
Corn Belt
Boystown
Ak-Sar
Ben
Toliseum
Goodrich Rubber May Face Strike
Philadelphia June 5 A CIO United Rubber Workers president said wage talks with B F Goodrich Rubber Co. broke down and a strike could come around July 11 though negotiations may resume. Workers demanded a 30 cent hourly raise. details of offers were kept private per agreement.
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Philadelphia
CIO United Rubber Workers Union
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
L. S. Buckmaster
Marine Unions To Sit In On Probe In New York
Four CIO maritime unions led by Joseph Curran and Harry Bridges to participate in a presidential fact finding board hearings starting Monday. They warn of possible joint strike action on June 15 and seek CIO support for wage and hiring hall demands. Hiring halls and Tuftley law issues loom as hearings begin.
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New York
Offfi
CIO Martime
Truman
National Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
Harry Bridges
A.committee
Une Sons
CIO
Philip Mureray
National Cio
Taxi Ride Profits Car Theft Victim
Fairmont West Virginia June 5 A Parkersburg resident Joe Bogue found his stolen car while in a taxi en route to Clarksburg. Near the Fairmont city limits he spotted the car at a tavern. A man tried to start the vehicle but fled when challenged and Bogue continued in his own car.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Joe Bogue
Bogue
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
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Jim H. Shott
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CIO United Packinghouse
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