Bernadotte calls for halt to fighting in Palestine
Count Folke Bernadotte disclosed he asked Jews and Arabs to stop fighting in Palestine by 6 am Friday Greenwich time and sought replies by noon tomorrow. He outlined eight terms for a truce including immigration limits and military restraint, with battles continuing around Isdud and Jenin as Arab and Jewish forces maneuver near Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Isdud
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jenin
Associated Press
Bernadotte
U. N
Iiraqui
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Arab Nations
Hen Helps Tabby To Care For Kittens
In Radford Virginia on June 8 a family cat gave birth to four kittens. A Rhode Island Red hen then joined the nest, aiding the mother cat with the brood while the pastor Rev P T Travis notes the unusual scene in the hen house.
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Hen
Tabby
Radford
Kitty
P. T. Travis
Solons May Scrap Quitting Date
Washington June 8 congress may scrap its June 19 adjournment goal due to a jammed schedule. The Senate GOP policy committee lists four bills for first action and will meet Thursday to discuss the program. Bills include a two year draft measure a regional defense pacts proposal under the UN and an extension of reciprocal trade act and a long range farm program replacing price supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Gop
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
R. Mich
United Nations
U. S
House
Senate Finance Committee
U S Observers Headed to Holy Land to Monitor Palestine Truce
United States military observers are being dispatched to the Holy Land to monitor a four week cease fire between Jews and Arabs. Seven naval officers departed Washington by plane, with fourteen more officers from the European occupation forces to follow. The move comes at the request of UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte and is expected to be supplemented by observers from France and Belgium. The truce authority rests with the mediator or the three nation truce commission.
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Washington
Palestine
United States
Holy Land
Europe
State Department
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
United Nations
France
Belgium
Count Bernadotte
U. N
Lake Success
Michael J. McDermott
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
Cripple Charged With Murder Of Father
Alfred B. Tulin 37, chair ridden, stands trial for the 1942 murder of his father William I. Tulin 66, a Norfolk wine merchant. Jury deliberation was postponed as lengthy testimony continued with final arguments set for the next morning.
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Portsmouth
Alfred B. Tulin
William I. Tulin
Norfolk
O'Brien Extends Lead In West Virginia Secretary Nomination
O'Brien gained 72 votes in two downtown Charleston precincts raising his margin over Chilton for the Democratic nomination. With partial recounts in Kanawha County he turned a loss into a net 58 vote gain and finished the canvass 393 votes ahead of Chilton who is seeking a fifth nomination.
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Charleston
W. Va
D. Pitt O’brien
Sam B. Chilton
Kanawha County
O’brien
Chilton
Labor Peace Clouded By Strike Threats Across Industries
The Associated Press reports GE offered 8 percent raise to 125000 workers while CIO unions push for higher wages. Detroit Briggs plant walkouts, Vernor and Outer Drive strikes, and a Good Rich Rubber vote set for June 16 show rising labor unrest. Maritime, railroad, and textile talks also spark strike threats as temp contracts and wage demands collide with company offers.
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Associated Press
General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Detroit
Vernor
Drive
United Auto
Washington
Aliquippa and Southern Railroad
Road
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
New York
American Sugar Refinery Company
Key Highway
Baltimore
Move
Democrats Ponder Civil Rights Role At National Convention
Senator Francis J. Myers of Pennsylvania expected to head the platform committee for the July 12 session in Philadelphia. Myers supports the president's civil rights program but may seek to soften it. Critics including Lew Wallace and William Ritchie complain party leaders are being treated unfairly during Truman's western tour.
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Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Myers
Truman
Western Trail
Lew Wallace
Oregon
Nebraska
Montana
Eugene Mahoney
South Dakota
Omaha
William Ritchie
Ritchie
Iowa
Lester H. Loble
Wallace
Oregon Flood Toll Rises as Third Wave Hits Columbia Valley
The third flood crest sweeps into the Pacific Northwest as 30 lives lost in Vanport and Portland floodwaters raise the death toll to 30. Homeless reach 60,000 while multi million dollar property damage mounts across the Columbia basin.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Vanport
Red Cross
Ocean
Columbia Basin
Columbia
Vancouver
Wash
Elmer Fisher
Weather Bureau
Rowena
Father Killed En Route To Visit New Born Baby
A Knoxville man William D. Leach about 30 formerly of Knoxville and Estill Springs died from injuries in an automobile crash near Dixie Lee junction nineteen miles west of Knoxville. The other car carried Lt. Comdr. N. E. Black his wife and their three month old child who were injured with the baby in critical condition and the parents in fair condition.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William D. Leach
Estill Springs
Leach
Dixie Lee Junction
N. E. Black
Philadelphia
Huntington Lad Named To Head Boys State
David Hermansdorfer of Huntington was elected governor of the 11th Mountaineer Boys State in Jackson's Mill West Virginia. He defeated Jim Brown of Welch 180 to 147 to retain Federalist control for the third straight year. The nationalists won the agriculture commissioner post and two of five state supreme court judges during the week long training camp.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
David Hermansdorfer
Huntington
Mountaineer
Supreme Court
Hermansdorfer
Elmer H. Freese
Wheeling
Jim Brown
Welch
Truman's Following Stays Strong In South Vote
In Norfolk on June 8 President Truman's support in the solid south remains firm as he nets one write-in vote for the council in municipal elections.
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Norfolk
Truman
Solid South
Truman Tours West on Train Amid Mixups and Honors
President Truman traveled by train through Idaho and Montana en route to Butte, dedicating an airfield in Carey to a girl killed in a crash. He praised liberty, met parents Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Coates, and apologized for the error. He also held talks with Idaho and Nebraska Democratic leaders about unpledged votes and party gains.
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Truman
Butte
Carey
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Montana
Sheldon Coates
Nebraska
William Ritchie
Ritchie
Omaha
Sun Valley
Dan Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Iowa
Senate Finance Committee Approves Trade Extension Plan
The Senate Finance committee endorsed a one year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements act in modified form. Republicans praised the compromise while Democrats argued it undermines the trade programs. The panel rejected Congress veto power over tariff cuts and adopted a rule requiring presidential wait for Tariff Commission recommendations and a detailed report if overruns occur.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Federal Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission
Coal Parley Set For Today as Talks Resume
Washington June 8 AP Soft coal operators accepted John L Lewis challenge to offer a contract to avert a strike after July 1. Negotiations with Lewis resume tomorrow at 1 p m est as operators review proposals. Lewis said no wage offers but expects improvements and guarantees for welfare provisions.
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CIO United Rubber Workers Union
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
Safe Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
American Viscose Corp
CIO Textile Workers Union
New York
Washington
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Senator Bridges
T. Alan Goldsborough
Dewey Starts Southern Tour to Woo Maryland Delegates
Governor Thomas E. Dewey began a southern swing in Baltimore to win Maryland delegates for the Republican national convention. Maryland has 20 delegates casting 16 votes with no prelisted instruction. He met with local officials at the Hotel Sheraton Belvedere and planned stops in Richmond Raleigh.
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Baltimore
Thomas E. Dewey
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Dewey
Sheraton-Belvedere
Representative Beall
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Charles Markell, Jr
Frederick W. Brune
Robert Taft
Ohio
Washington
Uruguayan General Artigas Statue Piles Up at Capitol Steps
The State Department struggles with a oversized gift from Uruguay, a Gen Gervasio Artigas statue now sitting idle in Washington awaiting congressional acceptance. Senator Cain urged action after noting the statue’s sinking mud near the monument site, while Bill Cody of the State Department urged Congress to take the piece off their hands.
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Washington
State Department
Gervasio Artigas
Uruguay
United States
Gen. Artigas
George Washington
U. N
Congress
Cain
R-Wash
U.S
Gen Artigas
Bill Cody
Cody
Department
GOP Hopefuls Step Up Pace for 1948 Nomination
Republican candidates hustle for second choice ballots as delegates near the June Philadelphia convention. Taft seeks Midwest backing to push on third or fourth ballot, Stassen targets Baldwin’s 19 delegates, Dewey leads with projected first ballot favors, and Truman garners Idaho support while Florida’s Pepper faction reshapes the state delegation.
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GOP
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Midwest
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Hartford
Conn
Raymond E. Baldwin
Thomas E. Dewey
The
New Yorker
Dewey
Tait
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Joseph E. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Bay State
Truman
Sun Valley
Idaho
Dan Cavanagh
Nebraska
Montana
South
Florida
Frank D. Upchurch
Claude E. Pepper
Pepper
Alex Littlefield
Oak Ridge Workers Vote To Call Strike
About 500 workers at a mass meeting unanimously authorize the AFL union to call a strike opposing David E. Lilienthal and other AEC members. The action follows a resolution criticizing Lilienthal for backing Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. The miners are among 875 AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council members under an 80 day federal injunction barring a strike or lockout at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Laboratory
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL
Lilienthal
AEC
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Turkist Cabinet Resigns Over Economic Crisis in Turkey
Ankara reports Premier Hasan Saka's government collapsed amid public and party criticism over food shortages grain export irregularities and failure to reform the economy. President Ismet Inonu asked Saka to form a new government.
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Ankara
Turkey
Hasan Saka
Ismet Inonu
Saka
Senate votes to limit peacetime draft to two years
The Senate approved a two year limit for the peacetime draft with the measure’s five year provision dropped. Lawmakers also backed a Lodge amendment allowing 25 000 aliens to enlist with citizenship eligibility after five years. The vote on the two year limit followed a lengthy session as Congress shapes draft action.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lodger
R-Mass
Morse ‘Rore
United States
House
Lodge
Russia
Gurney
R-Sd
Holland
D-Fla
U. S
Tydings
Paris Approves Plan for Western Germany State
France's cabinet, led by Foreign Minister Bidault, backs the six power Western Germany state pact to be debated in parliament by year end. The accord, supported by the United States and three Benelux nations, keeps troops in Germany until Europe’s peace is secure and shifts focus to currency reform and Ruhr control arrangements.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Vincent
France
Germany
Bidault
Robert Schumann
United States
Britain
Benelux
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe
Ruhr
Anderson Takes Lead In New Mexico Voting
Former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson led in the New Mexico primary for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate. With President Truman's endorsement, Anderson sought the seat held by Senator Carl Hatch. his opponent is ex Governor John J Dempsey of Santa Fe.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Clinton P. Anderson
U. S. Senate
New Mexico
Truman
Carl Hatch
John J. Dempsey
Santa Fe
U. S
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Arthur Deets, Jr
Kingston
Mary Kalinoski
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Thomas Kalinoski
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