Signs Point To Veto Of Tax Cut Bill
President Truman may veto the tax reduction bill next Monday with a four day window for action on a union curbing measure. Ross said White House decisions will wait until after Truman returns Friday night from Canada. If signed, payroll systems would shift by July 1, with withholding changes required.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
Charles G. Ross
White House
Congress
House
Treasury
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Civil War veteran finally receives college degree decades late
In Meadville Pennsylvania on June 9 a 102 year old Civil War veteran Robert Rownd of Ripley New York received a bachelor of arts from Allegheny College. He had not finished in 1867 due to the war and marriage. He later led the Army of the Republic national command and served as president of the Ohio State Canal Commission and Columbus postmaster after the ceremony. He plans to tend his roses and garden daily.
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Meadville
Allegheny College
Robert Rownd
Ripley
N. Y
Army of the Republic
Rownd
Ohio State Canal Commission
Columbus
Sugar Ration Books Flown To Flood Area
Ten thousand sugar ration books were flown to Ottumwa Iowa for issue to families who lost ration tickets in the Des Moines river flood, the sugar rationing administration’s regional office announced.
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Chicago
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Sugar Rationing Administration
Racketeer Boss Dies In Prison
Jacob Gurrah Shapiro age 56, once a gang boss alongside Louis Lepke Buchalter and linked to Murder Inc. in Brooklyn, died in Sing Sing prison hospital after a 15 to life sentence for extortion. He had long been described as a vicious killer and faced multiple indictments across fur, garment, bakery, trucking, and narcotics rackets.
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Ossining
N. Y
Jacob
Gurrah) Shapiro
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S
John Marian Amen
Underworld
Buchalter
Little Augie) Orgen
Jack
Legs) Diamond
Gurrah
Shapiro
Sing Sing
New York City Board
F.bi
Four States Hit By High Waters
The Mississippi River flooded to record levels, cresting in northern Missouri and Illinois. About 22,240 people were left homeless across four states as 26,000 acres of farmland between Wa pello Iowa and St. Louis submerged, with 120,000 acres more at risk in Illinois. Rail and road links disrupted. Coast Guard and Army engineers deployed. Red Cross mobilized hundreds of volunteers. In Hannibal Missouri a block of Main Street and rail yards were submerged. Alexandria levee breaches limited Can ton’s flood, while power plants operated amid surrounding waters. Approximately 196 residents could not return home.
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Hannibal
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Wapello
St. Louis
Government Weather Bureau
Burlington
U. S. Army Engineers
The
Coast Guard
American Red Cross
Alex
Iowa Line
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Alexandria
Canton
Municipal Light
Bluefield Leaders Alarmed By Possible Loss Of Gross Sales Tax
Bluefield city leaders and former mayors warn elimination of the gross sales tax would curb city services and raise insurance rates. They urge action to preserve this revenue source, citing it funds essential operations and could amount to roughly $150,000 to $200,000 annually.
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Bluefield
Cc. E. Lilley
Superior Sterling Hardware Company
P. T. Saunders
Retail Grocer’s Association of
West Virginia
Harry Goodykoontz
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Ed Wagner
The
Commercial Bank
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Garsson Details Shellbox Contract In May Bribery Case
Washington: Henry Garsson testified in federal court that Andrew May's wartime post had no influence on a shellbox contract for 60 000 boxes. Garsson said he showed May how to make them, and that he and associates needed boxes badly enough to accept any supplier. Former Rep. May and Garsson brothers face charges of bribery and war contracts favors.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
May
Young May
Garsson
Rep
D-Ky
Murray Garsson
Garssons
War Department
Vaca
One
UMW
Andrew Rayner
Supreme Court
Gates
HN. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel
Rayner
Coal Administration
Mine Workers Headquarters
Wales Opposes Importing Coal to Meet Shortfall
Cardiff June 9 minister Emanuel Shinwell told mine union leaders he dislikes the idea of importing coal from America at about eight pounds a ton. He argued Britain should produce its own coal as the cheaper option while the government plans to import 600000 tons in the last quarter of 1947 to prevent a repeat of the winter fuel crisis.
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Cardiff
Wales
Emanuel Shinwell
America
Government calls home building program a failure
Washington June 9 The House appropriations committee branded the government effort to speed home construction a failure and recommended liquidating the office of housing expeditor within a year and stopping new business after June 30. Creedon’s office had taken over the veterans emergency housing program after Wilson Wyatt left in dispute with President Truman. The panel urged a total of 36,097,580 in new funds for six government corporations for the new fiscal year and limited corporate funds for the others to 41,469,700.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Frank R. Creedon
House
Senate
Creedon
Wilson Wyatt
Truman
Russia Refuses U S Request For Hungary Papers
Budapest June 9 AP Russia rejected a U S request for copies of a claimed confession by Bela Kovacs linking former Premier Ferenc Nagy to plans to topple the Hungarian republic The British similarly refused a request last week Other developments include denial of clearance for Care the cooperative for American Remittances to Europe and rumors of anti communists denouncing Soviet pressure in the national assembly The Social Democrat news paper Vilag quoted Istvan Ries as saying a national election was scheduled for the first half of September and a new election law would disfranchise enemies of the state The brief note of rejection came from Lt Gen V P Sviridov acting chairman of the allied control commission to Brig Gen George H Weems</S>
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Budapest
Hungary
Russia
United States
Bela Kovacs
Ferenc Nagy
Kovacs
Smallholders Party
Nagy
U. S
Europe
National Assembly
Switzerland
Bela Varga
Social Democrat
Vilag
Istvan Ries
London
Mector McNeil
As of Commons
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission For
George H. Weems
Watch For The Man With Gold Safety Pin
Richmond Virginia June 9 The National Institute of Diaper Services announced a merit badge for prospective paternity a large gold safety pin to be worn by fathers to be William R Gauge president of the institute said a national club will form with no dues or profits and pins will be distributed free linking to possible future business Watch for the man with the golden safety pin for a possible free cigar later on
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Richmond
National Institute of Diaper Services
William R. Gauge
NIDS
Gauge
Trials In Vote Fraud Cases Continued
Trials of 71 defendants indicted by a state grand jury on vote fraud in the August primary were postponed to September by Circuit Judge John F. Cook at the request of both sides.
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Kansas City
John F. Cook
Wallace Attacks Truman Policy In New Jersey Rally
Henry A. Wallace denounced the Truman doctrine as the strongest weapon of communism and condemned the Hartley Taft labor bill as punitive. Speaking at a New Jersey Independent Citizens league rally in Newark, he urged nonmilitary solutions and criticized aid to Greece and Turkey as undemocratic.
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Newark
N. J
Henry A. Wallace
New Jersey Independent Citizens League
Wallace
United States
Greece
Turkey
Storms Trigger Deaths and Damage Across West Virginia
Lightning and thunderstorms over the weekend killed one West Virginian and injured several others. A bolt struck a Clarksburg garage killing 70 year old William Leslie Britton. Mountainview church in Hardy county was burned with 11 of 25 worshippers hurt. Dennis Blake's Prosperity home was struck. Mrs Blake was stunned but unharmed. The Ohio River at Warwood rose to 28.3 feet as floods damaged crops and trees, with highways briefly blocked but no major lasting delays.
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Associated Press
West
Mountainview
Hardy County
Baptist Temple
Charleston
Dennis Blake
Prosperity
Raleigh County
Blake
Warwood
Panhandle
Road Commission
National Farm Conference urged cautious lending on farm mortgages
Washington June 9 a national farm real estate conference urged banks and other lenders to adopt a conservative policy toward loans backed by farm mortgages. Attended by government and private lenders farm groups and Agriculture Department officials the meeting stressed a voluntary program of caution for lenders and borrowers amid rising land prices.
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Washington
Truman
Andriculture
H. W. Powell
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
Federal Reserve System
Rep
Cooley
Ivy W. Duggan
Farm Credit Administration
Duggan
Ivy Duggan
Tomtit
Truman Heads to Ottawa for Canada goodwill visit
President Truman left Washington for a three day trip to Ottawa with Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret aboard his special train. He will address the Canadian parliament on Wednesday and is expected to outline views on foreign affairs and the United States Canada friendship. The trip marks his fourth international outing since Roosevelt's death.
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Truman
Ottawa
Washington
E.s.t
Canada
Margaret
Washington Union Terminal
T. A. Stone
Mr. Truman
Seene Roosevelt
Briggs Plant Strike Authorized By CIO UAW
The CIO United Auto Workers executive board authorized a strike of about 20 000 Briggs Manufacturing workers starting Wednesday if Briggs does not meet wage and other demands by then The strike could halt Briggs plants in Detroit Evansville and other sites and comes after breakdown of negotiations last Saturday
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Chicago
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Evansville
Ind
Chrysler Corporation
Packard Motor Company
Briggs
International Executive Board
Detroit
W. O. Briggs, Jr
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
George F. Addes
R. J. Thomas
Richard T. Leonard
New Phone Union Forms in Miami Beach Meeting
Joseph A. Beirne, presiding at the birth of the Communications Workers of America in Miami Beach, predicts a CIO AFL merger and urges affiliation with the broader labor movement. He avoids taking a stance on joining the Congress of Industrial Organizations or the American Federation of Labor. Beirne, 36, is slated to be elected president. The new union lists 161000 dues paying members and represents about 220000 telephone workers under contract, succeeding the dissolved National Federation of Telephone Workers.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
CIO
AFL
Labor Movement
Congress of Industrial Unizations
American Oration of Labor
CWA
Beirne
John L. Lewis
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Jones predicts business uptrend despite horizon clouds
Former secretary of commerce Jesse Jones told the House Banking Committee that business should stay strong for quite some time. He warned of international clouds but saw no depression ahead, citing urgent construction needs and renewed efforts to modernize buildings and equipment as reasons for continued prosperity.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Jones
House Banking Committee
Expedition scales Mount McKinley in Alaska
Bradford Washburne led the ascent of Mount McKinley 20300 feet high in Alaska. Lt. William D. Hackett told his mother the team reached the summit Friday and the last peak Saturday. Equipment for cosmic radiation measurement was lost during a gale earlier in June near the base camp. Northwest Airlines arranged delivery of two crates of instruments to Alaska for the expedition.
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Portland
Ore
Bradford Washburne
Mount McKinley
North America
Fred Hackett
William D. Hackett
Hackett
New England Museum of Natural History
St. Paul
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Alaska
Anchorage
Virginia Coal Group Opens Eleventh Annual Convention in Bluefield
The Virginia Coal Merchants Association opened its eleventh annual convention in Bluefield with record registration near 300 and six addresses. Sessions include a stoker show at the Appalachian building and talks by industry leaders on improving coal sales, handling equipment, and competition from oil and gas.
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Virginia Coal Merchants Association
Bluefield
Country Club
Sea of Coal
Appalachian Building
Bluefield Distributors
Power Company
National Coal Association
J. Nelson Stuart
Washington
Roland C. Luther
Vivian
W. W. Coffey
Lynchburg
Cecil H. Dicke
Crown Contracts Company
New Bremen
Ohio
Dicke
Three Kidnappers Sentenced in Federal Court
In Baltimore on June 9 three men convicted of kidnapping Frederick Maryland taxi driver Mehrl Hobbs were sentenced to 12 to 15 years. Harry Ball 35 received 15 years Lloyd Mauk 24 got 12 years and James Hite 27 was sentenced to 14. The crime followed an escape from Frederick county jail with Hobbs forced to drive to Gettysburg bound and gagged. Ball admitted the kidnapping during testimony.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Frederick County
Harry Filmore Ball
Lloyd Roger Mauk
James Melvin Hite
Mehrl Hobbs
Gettysburg
Ball
Protest Spreads as Labor Measure Triggers Mine Walkouts
Swing of weekend walkouts idles about 11 000 miners in southwestern Pennsylvania with 20 mines closed including Robena largest in world employing 1800. UMW district four chief Hynes calls action unauthorized while noting protest against the Hartley Taft bill and pending labor legislation.
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Uniontown
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
William Hynes
UMW District Four
U. S.steel
Weirton, Republic
Jones and Laughlin
U. S. Steel
Clairton Coking Works
Coking
Coation
Pittsburgh
Robena
H. C. Pricks Coal and Coke Co
Court affirms 1923 Germany treaty remains in force
The Supreme Court ruled the 1923 treaty with Germany survives the war and governs inheritance rights. It upheld convictions in a conspiracy case tied to a $7000 payment scheme to keep soldiers from combat. The decision also addressed insurance statute limitations and granted review to three Jehovah’s Witnesses on draft law charges.
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Supreme Court
Germany
New York
Jehovah’s Witenesses
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