GOPs Attack Truman Push as Communism Charge Shapes Campaign
Republicans seized on communism claims as a central issue. Taft blamed Truman for lacking American principle clarity while Halleck urged a post election push to end the communist threat. Truman toured flood areas before a California speech and North Carolina campaigning tied to Dewey and delegates. Stassen pressed southern and Indiana surrogates in a broad tour.
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Indiana
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University of California
E. Dewey
New York
North Carolina
Dewer
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Philadelphia Inquirer
G. Mason Owlett
Dewey
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Inquirer
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R-Mich
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Atlanta
Flood relief signed as Pacific Northwest storms worsen
President Truman approved a 10 million emergency flood relief package as the Columbia River floods Portland and nearby areas. Dikes held near Reynolds Metal plant while Richland, Yakima, and Sumas Prairie faced renewed danger. Airstrip, Vornt area, and several towns suffered damage as floods spread across Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
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Army
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Wash
Carleton Shugg
Atomic Commission
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Yakima
Sumas Prairie
British Columbia
Fraser River
Rockies
Alderwood
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Broadmoor
Colwood
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House Weighs Farm Price Support Ahead of Senate
The House planned fast action on a long range farm price support program. The Agriculture Committee proposed sticking with the current plan with minor changes until June 30 1950. The Senate Agriculture Committee backs permanent price supports at lower levels aligned with Truman and agriculture department views. House leaders seek to gain strategic advantage by moving first before Senate actions.
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Flood Control Work Approved in West Virginia
Washington reports House Senate conferees approved more than 12.0 million dollars for West Virginia flood control and stream improvements. The package funds Bluestone dam completion near Hinton and river navigation, flood walls at Parkersburg Point Pleasant and Wheeling, plus planning for future flood defenses on the West Fork river.
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Chapman Revercomb
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West Virginia
Revercomb
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Monongahela River
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Wheeling
Benwood
West Fork River
Disabled Miners Go West For Treatment
Twelve disabled coal miners from Kentucky and Tennessee arrived in Oakland for treatment at Permanente hospital and the Rabat Kaiser institute in Vallejo. Paraplegics will undergo operations and rehabilitation with braces and crutches, with goals to restore activity and teach new trades.
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Calif
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers Union
Permanente Hospital
Rabat-Kaiser Institute
Vallejo
Reformatory Seeks Baseball Chaser in Missing Inmate Case
Rahway New Jersey June 11 Officials at the state reformatory are seeking a man who was chasing baseballs. Inmate Benjamin Wilson 28 of Hightstown has been missing since Wednesday night after escaping by knocking over the institution’s walls while assigned to chase balls.
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N. J
State Reformatory Today
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Ben
200 Drown As Ship Hits Mine
About 200 people are believed drowned after the Danish passenger vessel Krobenhavn struck a wartime mine and sank in the Kattegat. Survivors report jammed cabin doors trapping passengers as panic and chaos followed the early morning explosion.
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Denmark
Kroebenhaven
Kattegat
United Steamship Company
Df.ds
Kroebenhavn
Copenhagen
Kjoebenhavn
C.P.C. Kiil
Kiil
Krocbenhavn
Union Rejects Westinghouse Wage Increase
The CIO United Electrical Radio Machine workers union rejected a six percent raise for its 75 000 members from Westinghouse Electric Corp. Company figures say the offer plus an extra holiday equates to an 8.4 percent hourly boost. Details on current rates were not disclosed.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Electrical, Radio Machine Workers Union
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Federation of Westinghouse
Unen
Uneasy Truce Slows Zion War
Cairo dispatches report a fragile cease fire on June 11 halted two major battles and several actions. Both sides accused each other of violations as fighting continued around Tel Aviv Isdud front and near Latrun. Arab legion and Syria reported attacks after the deadline while Jewish air raids targeted Damascus and Lydda.
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Wadi el Khyar
Arab Legion
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Sedjera
Galilee
Afula
Tiberias
Associated Press
CIO Electrical Workers Accept GE Wage Boost
The CIO United Electrical Workers leadership agreed to an eight percent wage boost offered by General Electric for 125 000 union employees. The GE conference board voted to recommend acceptance, with membership approval likely. GE said the raise amounts to nine to over 15 cents an hour, average take home pay now 55.99 dollars weekly. In Pittsburgh UE rejected a six percent raise from Westinghouse for 75 000 workers. UE President Fitzgerald called the agreement an important step forward for labor in 1948 but not a solution for workers in lower paid brackets.
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General Electric Conference Board
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Taft Attacks Truman as Congress Debates adjournment
Ohio Senator Robert A Taft blasted President Truman accusing him of attacking Congress at every whistle stop. He urged immediate adjournment and warned Truman would destroy free economy with vast federal spending and push communism, calling for a November vote of confidence in a cooperative GOP president.
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Ohio
Robert A. Taft
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Union League
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Russia
United States
Action Nears On Anti Lynch Bill
Senator Eastland reports the most objectionable section of the anti lynch bill was removed by the senate judiciary committee. Penalties against states counties or communities where a lynching occurred were dropped.
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Eastland
D. Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jewish High Command Says Arabs Break Truce
The chief of operators of the Jewish high command said tonight that Arab forces broke the truce on the northern central and southern fronts of Palestine. He warned Israel may strike back at any ground thus gained.
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Israel
Jewish High Command
Palestine
Clerics Denounce Judge Over Strip Tease Ruling
Cincinnati judge Oscar Lerner was freed in a 39 page ruling claiming no law defines obscenity prompting sharp rebuke from Judge Stanley Struble and church leaders. Church officials and the Methodist church vowed challenges, while critics question obscenity in art and public display.
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Stanley Struble
Oscar Lerner
Bus Strike Violence Triggers County Wide Shutdowns
Consolidated Bus in McDowell County halted operations after a mob confrontation at Welch. An injunction blocks United Construction Workers from interfering as UCW seeks recognition over AFL drivers amid a jurisdiction dispute.
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Tony Ankelo
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H. C. Calloway
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Oi. . Collette
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A. C. Collins
Frank Harrell
R. C. Hawks
James Froyd Runt, Jr
George R. Lockhart, Jr
Surgess Miller
G. Rose
Joe Yanko
John Yanko
J. E. Craiu
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Ana
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Magiswater
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Nelson Haun
Mitchell
Lsten
C Pony
Afl-Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway
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Mullens
War
Williamson
Anawalt
Sidney Box
Lewis Wins Round In Coal Pact Parley
John L. Lewis won a round in his effort to extend distress benefits to miners after July 1 as talks with coal operators continued. Ezra Van Horn pledged a quick lawsuit to block payments under a 1947 plan while Senator Bridges sided with Lewis on a compromise using funds from the 1947 welfare pool.
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Ezra van Horn
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Mine Workers Journal
H Cook
Knoxville, Tenn
Southern Coal Producers Association
T. Alan Goldsborough
House Draft Bill Faces Key House Hurdles Next Week
Washington June 11 House leaders place the draft bill on the must list for action next week. Senate approval sets the stage for a 19 to 25 year old call to two years service but House rules committee must clear the measure. If not cleared by June 19 adjournment, the bill may die this year. 7,783,000 men and relatives watch lawmakers. Census shows 2,585,000 non veterans eligible. 1,669,000 new troops needed next year via volunteers or reenlistments.
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Armed Services
Battle's Bid for Virginia Governor Declared No Surprise
Richmond June 11 state senator John S Battle announced his candidacy for governor of Virginia. No major opponents emerged though Mayor Horace H Edwards of Richmond hinted at a possible bid. Governor Tuck offered no official comment while E Blackburn Moore praised Battle's legislative ability. Martin G Hutchinson noted the move as unsurprising.
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Virginia
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Democratic Committee
Tuck
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Democratic House
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
John Battle
Virginia Legisative Council
Martin G. Hutchinson
Senator Battle
States Rights Demos Set Convention Plans
The States rights Democrats outline a four point action plan for the upcoming Democratic national convention. The program includes withholding votes from Truman or any candidate with similar civil rights positions, refusing to back nominees who do not disavow civil rights principles, insisting on a states rights plank, and urging the convention to adopt these steps.
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Jackson
Miss
Ben Laney
Arkansas
President Truman
Truman
Divorcee Wins Round In Paternity Suit
In Cullman Alabama on June 11 a red haired divorcee Christine Putnam Johnston won the first round in her paternity suit against Gov James E Folsom. Circuit Judge James H Crow Jr overruled demurrers and allowed the case to proceed. The suit seeks to declare Folsom her common law husband and the father of her son James Douglas 2. A decision will be appealed to the state supreme court within 30 days. Folsom is ill with a throat infection and unavailable for comment.
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Cullman
Ala
James E. Folsom
James H. Crow, Jr
Christine Putnam Johnston
Folsom
James Douglas
J. A. Darnley
State Supreme Court
Executive Mansion
Court Dismisses Atom Worker Strike Ban
A Taft Hartley act injunction preventing a threatened strike by 875 atomic laboratory workers at Oak Ridge Tennessee was dismissed by Federal Judge George C. Taylor who dissolved the order after government attorneys filed the motion.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Tenn
George C. Taylor
Kaiser-Frazer Grants Employee Welfare Plan
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. and the United Auto Workers reached a new welfare contract retroactive to June 1 covering 11,500 hourly and salaried employees. A company funded health program will be jointly run, with a five cent per hour contribution to benefits for sick, accident, hospitalization, life and security programs. The plan ends the prior production bonus system tied to car shipments, with a $500,000 pool distributed in August.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Fraser Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kaiser-Frazer
Currency Reform For Germany Nears, Western Mark Planned
Western Germany faces an imminent currency reform sponsored by the United States Britain and France. Officials silent but unofficial sources say the new western German mark will remove 70 to 90 percent of inflated money from circulation and may lack immediate value on international markets.
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