West Germany Nears Unity Plan Faces Western Occupiers
Western powers proposed a separate federal government for western Germany and kept troops until Europe’s peace is secure. Russia objects expected. Britain backs the plan with U.S. approval presumed. France wary over Ruhr concessions. The six week London conference included Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg. The communique says the accord does not preclude four power unity talks.
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United States
Britain
France
Benelux
Germany
Europe
Russia
U. S
U. S. State Department
Washington
Secretary of State
George C. Marshall
Ruhr
George Bidault
French National Assembly
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
British
Foreign Office
Georgi N. Zarubin
Woershall
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Ber
Montana Democrats Fume Over Truman Train Ride Snub
Lester H. Loblie of Montana Pemostelle says the state delegation resented being barred from the president's train during Truman's visit. He plans to greet Truman in Butte and notes Iowa and Nebraska Democrats faced similar treatment, contrasting with past presidents who allowed state delegations to ride.
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Lester H. Loblie
Montana
Pemostelle
Tru- Ewan
Lope
Truman
Butte
Loble
Omaha
William Ritchie
Nebraska
Iowa
Roosevelt
Officials Hope To End Oak Ridge Labor Row
Oak Ridge Tenn June 7 A hopeful note of settling a months long labor dispute in an atomic energy plant without a strike was voiced as contract negotiations were renewed. Thomas E Lane industrial relations director of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp said progress had been made in talks with the AFL atomic trades and labor council officials. The negotiations arranged by the federal mediation and conciliation service resumed as the midnight deadline of an 80 day injunction barring a walk out or lockout at the Oak Ridge national laboratory neared. Carbide operates the research center under the atomic energy commission. The union which rejected by mail to 26 votes Carbide s final offer of a 10 cent hourly wage increase for its 875 members is legally free to strike after the injunction issued last March 18 the present average wage is 1.38.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Thomas E. Lane
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Carbide
Atomic Energy Commiss'on
Carbite
Truman Taunts GOP Congress Aboard Truman Train
President Truman attacked the GOP Congress during a westward whistle stop tour. At Pocatello Idaho he pressed power and reclamation projects in the Snake and Columbia basins and warned against restoring the old Insull era. He planned to fly over flooded areas after meetings in Sun Valley.
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Truman
Sun Valley
Idaho
Republican Congress
Far West
Pocatello
Glen H.taylor
Henry Wallace
Pocatello Station
Columbia
Snake River
Columbia River
Overtime Pay Ruling Divides Supreme Court Turnout
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that premium pay for night and odd hours should be included in calculating overtime on longshoremen, a decision that could affect back pay claims across industries. The ruling sent the case back to the district court to determine amounts owed for hours beyond 40 weekly.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
William R. McComb
Burton
Jackson
Frankfurter
Douglas
U. S. District Court
New York
Britisher Dresses To Suit Texas Visit
A 55 year old Britisher arriving in New York on the Queen Mary plans to visit Texas to see cowboys and Indians. Tom D Abbinett and his wife Lucy will meet their daughter Yvonne in Osborn Pennsylvania before proceeding to Texas.
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New York
Texas
Tom D. Abbinett
Queen Mary
Lucy
Manhattan
Billingsgate
Yvonne
Jean Goppert
Osborn, Pa
Gopper
GOP Leaders Call for Restoring Europe Aid Cuts
Washington reports two top Republican contenders Dewey and Stassen urged restoring ERP and other foreign aid cuts voted by the House. They align with Senator Vandenberg who pushes the Senate to restore more than $1 billion in foreign spending as Taft weighs in on the dispute. A compromise is seen as possible with different chamber timelines.
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Washington
House of Representates
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Albany
Free World
Harold E. Stassen
Hartford
Conn
Vandenberg
R- Mich
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Stassen
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Five Die and Thirty Hurt in Moroccan Town Riots
In Oudja French Morocco on June 7 five people died and 30 were wounded as Arabs and Jews clashed over the Palestine war. Rioting stalled after two hours with French Senegalese troops restoring order. One victim was a French civil servant. no wider spread reported.
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Oujda
French Morocco
Palestine
Oudja
Wolf Call Horns Placed On Taboo List In Memphis
Memphis police place the whistling wolf call horns on a taboo list. Police Commissioner Joe Boyle says he has not heard the sound and does not want to hear it around Memphis. Auto honking is restricted to emergencies in the city.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joe Boyle
Boyle
Czech President Resigns Amid Communist Takeover
Czech Republic's Eduard Benes resigned today over the new constitution crafted by the communist government. Premier Gottwald is seen as the likely successor as Benes, 64, steps down after 11 years in two terms. Benes cited health and political concerns, while critics flag the resignation as a response to the one ticket parliamentary election and rising Soviet influence. Parliament will elect a new president on June 14.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Benes
Gottwald
Thomas G. Masaryk
Masaryk
Czechoslovak Republic
Munich
London
Jan Masaryk
Lang
Train Crew Fined For Blocking Traffic
A passenger train was held up 15 minutes as a justice of the peace fined the crew 17.50 for blocking traffic. At Irving, constable R. B. Cox boarded the Fort Worth and Denver train and said there were at least 100 cars blocked on N Brittain St. Justice C. M. Cantrell held court in the road after the crew protested they lacked time to attend court.
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Dallas
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Irving
Fort Worth
S. Cox
Denver
Cox
Brittain St
C. M. Cantrell
Laundry Worker Loses Safe To Female Employee
Richmond police issued a warrant for a teenage girl after David Woo, a local laundry operator, left a 100 pound safe in the care of an employee who vanished with the safe and about $1,000. The incident occurred during a brief business trip.
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Richmond
David Woo
Woo
Egyptian Forces Try To Break Israeli Trap At Isdud
Cairo dispatch reports Egyptian commanders landed seaborne reinforcements to break the noose around infantry and armor at Isdud près Tel Aviv. About 1,000 troops, a fifth of the force threatening Tel Aviv, may be trapped while ships joined amphibious operations.
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Cairo
Isdud
Tel Aviv
Farouk
Israel
Dewey and Stassen woo Virginia delegates
In Richmond on June 7, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen plan separate events for Virginia’s uncommitted GOP delegation. Dewey attends a 7 p.m. luncheon, while Stassen hosts a 5:30 p.m. reception and dinner. The 21 voting and 21 alternate delegates plus state officials are invited. Dewey arrives by train 11:40 a.m. and leaves at 6:55 p.m., Stassen by plane in the late afternoon. Virginia party insiders expect Dewey to win a majority on the first ballot when the GOP meets in Philadelphia June 20.
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Richmond
Virginia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Minnesota
Harold [Tassen
GOP
Dewey
Stassen
Raleigh
N. C
Baltimore
Taft
Ohio
Old Dominion
Washington
Philadelphia
New Coal Strike Hint From Lewis In Talks
Washington June 7 AP John L Lewis warned soft coal operators that a contract must include welfare aid for distressed miners. He demanded nearly 20 million dollars be paid from the 1946 welfare fund as a condition precedent. Talks, ordered by a federal court, lasted two hours and made no progress.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Bny
Ezra van Horn
Charles A. O'Neill
O'Neill
Columbia River Crest Nears as Floods Continue
Columbia River in Oregon nears a third crest as heat lifts levels. Floods have killed 26, left 60,000 homeless and caused an estimated 140 million dollars in damage. Red Cross lists 715 unlocated in Vanport's wake. officials urge registration. Weather forecast expects river to rise toward 30.3 feet but hold with dikes likely intact.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Weather Bureau
Lower River
Vanport
Red Cross
Elmer Fisher
Col
O. E. Walsh
District Army Engineer
Corps’of Engineers
Reds Offer to Send Observers to Palestine Armistice Effort
Lake Success June 7 Reds propose sending military observers to Palestine. Andrei Gromyko told the UN security council Moscow is ready to place observers among the council's truce commission. Council members delayed discussion to seek instructions and Bernadotte reports on a possible four week armistice in the Jewish Arab conflict.
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Tel Aviv
el Ramle
As al Ein
Wilhelma
Egyptian Defense Ministry
Miesanim
Majdal
Isdud
Holy Land
Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bernadotte
United Nations Palestine
Lu. N. Security Council
U. N
United Nations
Security Council
Council
Middle East
Sweden
Supreme Court OKs Out-Of-State Divorces
The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, invalidated Massachusetts decisions that voided divorces granted in Reno Nevada and Florida. The justices held that both spouses must have a full opportunity at trial to challenge residence where the decree was issued, under full faith and credit. Chief Justice Vinson authored the majority opinions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Reno
Nev
Florida
Vinson
Virginian Killed By Bomb In Auto
Arlington Va June 7 Willam A Denekas 33 year old local sign dealer was killed when his automobile was demolished by an explosion police believe a dynamite bomb was attached to the ignition Set Selden McKee bomb expert of the Washington DC police said the blast occurred as Denekas father of two children was about to drive away from his rooming house at 5837 N 21st St Dr W C Welburn Arlington county coroner said Denekas pelvis was shattered and both legs broken as evidence one explosive was under the car seat
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Arlington
Willam A. Denekas
Set
Selden McKee
Washington, D. C
Denekas
N. 21St St
W. C. Welburn
Arington
Lodge Heads GOP Resolutions Group for 1948 Platform
Senator Cabot Lodge Jr of Massachusetts was named to head the resolutions committee drafting the 1948 Republican platform. National chairman Carroll Reece appointed Lodge temporary chairman to enable the committee to elect him once the convention opens in Philadelphia on June 21. Lodge is a World War II tank officer and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, allied with Chairman Vanderberg in backing measures like the European Recovery Program.
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Washington
Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Resolutions
GOP
Carroll Reece
Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Philadelphia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vanderberg
R. Mich
Senate kills poll tax for Army voters
Washington June 7 AP The Senate voted 37 to 35 to outlaw poll taxes as a condition for voting by armed forces members. Senator Langer led the anti poll tax amendments tied to President Truman civil rights program as part of the draft bill debate. The vote preceded postponement of further debate and set stage for possible final action before June 19 adjournment.
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APY
Senate
Langer
R-Nd
Truman
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Tomorow
Morse
Armed Services
England
Canada
Taft
Ohio
Gurney
R-S. D
Armed Services Committee
Russell
D- Ga
United States
Stennis
D-Miss
House
Awise
D-Ga
Caphart
R-N. D
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