Higher Retail Prices Foretold By Economists
Economists forecast continued price increases with June and July likely to raise living costs as housing and consumer credit surge. They note strong jobs growth, rising profits, and near-record stocks, but warn inflation risks could trigger slower spending and construction if buyers pull back.
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Washington
Congress
Runni
Federal Reserve Board
Consumer Credit
House-Senate Economic Committee
Congressman Javits Proposes Compulsory Voting Bill
Rep. Jacob Javits of New York said he will seek a study committee to examine education and encouragement measures, and the advisability of compulsory voting by law or constitutional amendment. He cited low past turnout and Portland Maine as an example where education boosted participation, noting emotional factors among youth.
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Washington
Javits
R-Lib-Ny
Congress
Australia
Netherlands
Belgium
Portland
Ernest Dichter
Methodists Reappoint Dr. S. W. Overstreet as executive secretary
Charleston West Virginia June 10 Dr Walter S Overstreet of Weston was reappointed today as executive secretary of the Methodist board of education for another year at the 12th annual West Virginia Methodist conference which will close tomorrow with 520 ministerial appointments The conference also named Dr James L Hupp Buckhannon as director of adult work Miss Blanche Gibson Fairmont as director of children's work and Miss Dotty Leache Buckhannon as director of youth work.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter S. Overstreet
Weston
Methodist Board of Education
West Virginia
Overstreet
James L. Hupp
Buckhannon
Blanche Gibson
Fairmont
Divorce suit filed by Cambridge officer husband over alleged affair
Norman R. Morrow-Tait, a Cambridge consulting engineer, sues Richarda Morrow-Tait for divorce alleging misconduct with Michael Townsend, a 26 year old Cambridge university scholar who aided her world flight. Richarda, 26, says she will not contest and seeks custody of two children Anna, three, and Giles, six weeks.
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Cambridge
Eng
Richarda Morrow-Tait
Cambridge University
Norman R. Morrow-Tait
Michael Townsend
Morrow-Tait
Proctor
Townsend
Alaska
Canada
United States
Atlantic
Richarda
Anna
Giles
Cake Baked Fifty Years Eaten On Golden Anniversary
Warren Me June 10 a cake baked fifty years ago was eaten today at a golden wedding anniversary. The six pound fruit cake with airtight seal was baked in East Boston in 1900 for a wedding and opened by the groom's parents on their fiftieth anniversary. Charles F Dillaway 73 admitted he had tasted it about a decade ago to check its progress.
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Warren
Charles F. Dillaway
Boston
Lydia J. Dillaway
Everett
Mass
Dillaway
O. K
Shoppers Flee as Gunman Opens Fire in New York Store
In crowded Manhattan store, armed man Lester R. Trice fired three times chasing by store staff and shoppers. Six women were treated for shock, others for minor injuries. Trice wounded himself and was captured and charged with felonious assault and illegal possession of weapons.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Poice
Lester R. Trice
Trice
F. W. Woolworth
East 14Th Street
New York City
William Holborow
Oceanside
N. Y
Holborow
Bill Snyder
Near Monopoly In Race News Reported By Senate Committee
A Senate Commerce Committee report charges Continental Press of Cleveland with near monopoly in distributing race news to bookmakers nationwide. It says California bookies obtain data via a Mexico relay and urges a ban on cross state race information. The study notes major data sources include Western Union and major press services.
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Washington
Senate
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
California
Continental
Mexico
Commerce Committee
Thomas Kelly
Chicago
Kelly
Telegraph
Western Union Telegraph Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Triangle Publications
Morning Telegraph
New York
Associated Press
United Press and International News Service
Transradio i
Talk of alliance for Pacific guard revived in Washington
Diplomatic officials revived the idea of a non Communist Pacific defense treaty to cover a peace settlement with Japan if a regular treaty is not pursued. State Department figures including John Foster Dulles weigh in as Gen. MacArthur’s views shape the Tokyo talks.
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Washington
Japan
America
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Gen
Douglas Lee
Tokyo
Defense
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific Defense
MacArthur
High Command
Bradley
U. S
United States
Russia
State
Defense Department
Fishing Boat Sinks Near San Pedro, One Missing
The sport fishing boat Signal Hill sank about 13 miles off San Pedro. Coast guard reports 17 of 18 aboard were rescued. the vessel is a 42-foot converted landing craft owned by A. Otello and Joe Robinson of Long Beach. The trip was chartered today by local businessmen to Santa Catalina Island, 22 miles from San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Calif
Signal Hill
Coast Guard
A. Otello
Joe Robinson
Long Beach
Santa Catalina Island
Truman Charges Russia Prepares For All Out War
President Truman blasted Soviet Russia for talking peace while planning for war in a fierce wartime speech from St Louis. He asserted that Moscow seeks peace only as a cover while moving to escalate the global conflict.
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Truman
Russia
St. Louis
Soviet Russia
Mississippi
Soviet Union
U S Potato Shipment Sparks Cold War Debate
A New York broker shipped 50 000 tons of surplus U S potatoes to eastern Germany amid claims of famine and Soviet propaganda. Washington officials view the move as a response to crop shortages and probe export rules while Truman denounces Soviet leadership for aggression and militarization.
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Prankfurt
Germany
East Germany
U. S
Wast Germany
West Berlin
Arthur
State and Agriculture Departments
Washington
State Department
Frankfurt
East
New York
David Zetland
Hamburg
Forrestal Intervened. Truman Kept Amerasia Case Moving
Washington report says ex Secretary of Defense James Forrestal intervened to warn President Truman that the Amerasia espionage case could threaten U S Russia relations. Truman ordered proceeding. six arrested June 6, 1945, then under espionage charges from Amerasia offices. The diary notes were to be reviewed by Senate subcommittee investigating the case.
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Washington
James W. Forestall
Amerasia
Truman
Forrestal
Justice Department
Washington Star
Star
s@ry
Amerastia
White House
Naval Hospital
the Star
New York
Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Weary Senators Claim Victory Over Rent Control Vote
The Senate faced a potential filibuster as it prepared to extend federal rent controls. Senator Cain of Washington pushed to send the bill back to committee, with Majority Leader Lucas asserting enough votes to defeat that maneuver and move toward final passage after a lengthy 17 hour session. Cain indicated readiness to continue the fight after Monday’s noon recommittal vote.
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Washington
Senate
Cain
R-Wash
Lucas
First Hemisphere Census Reports Half Population Counted
Washington reports half of the new world population counted in the first hemisphere census. Latin America leads in growth, with estimates placing total regional population around 325 million and ongoing national counts across the Americas through 1953, aiding development programs.
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Washington
New World
Calvert Dedrick
U. S. Census Bureau
North
South
Central America
Dedrick
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Brazil
Haiti
Comon Republic
Bolivia
Colombia
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Ecuador
Venezuela
Uruguay
Cuba
Argentina
Latin America
Ulation
VU. 8
Bureau of Census
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas F. Corcoran
Violence erupts at Morristown Enka plant as guards withdraw
In Morristown Tennessee on June 10 new violence erupted at the American Enka rayon plant after national guardsmen left strike duty. Highway patrol squads returned to confront a post midnight outbreak of stone throwing and club use as clashes intensified between strikers and authorities.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corporation
Rayon
Ex-WAC Kills Her Boy Friend in Georgetown
A marine veteran was shot and killed at a Georgetown cottage. Ex-WAC Mrs. AcheHma Powell, 31, is held without charge after two daughters, Dorothy and Irene Reno, said the mother fired the fatal shot on a dare. The weapon struck Granville W. Brittingham, 22, a discharged Marine, in the eye area as he refused to leave. Powell confessed, authorities report, with further details from state police.
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Georgetown
Del
Marine Corps
WAC
Clarence Lynch
Dorothy Reno
Irene Reno
Chelma D. Powell
Powell
Granville W. Brittingham
duPont Highway
Lynch
Brittingham
George T. Powell
Sussex County Prison
Clifton Brittingham
Pocomoke City
Mia
Irving Taylor
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