Deadlock in Holy Land Talks With Four Arab Experts
The Arab League will send four experts to Count Bernadotte on June 21 to help with negotiations for a permanent Palestine settlement, provided the UN partition plan is shelved. Bernadotte, in Cairo, expects to learn if Israel will also dispatch a similar team. Jarring disputes persist as Arab and Jewish leaders reject a Jewish state or an open Jerusalem, leaving the cease-fire terms strained and Jerusalem largely under Arab control.
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Arab League
Count Folkeradotte
U. N
League
Rhodes
Bernadotte
Haifa
Coun
el A
Israe
Lebanon
Britain
Palestine
Harri
Tam Pasha
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Fawzi Mulki Pashe
The
Hard Coal Firms Open Pact Parley
Representatives of the United Mine Workers and coal companies meet in New York to pursue a new contract. About 80,000 coal diggers are represented. The union offered no specific demands and a pension plan was noted as part of discussions. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and is described as preliminary.
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New York
United Mine Ward
French Will Enter Talks On Germany
Paris reports the national assembly narrowly authorized the government to pursue six power discussions with Germany. The vote 298 to 289 with 38 abstentions approved London recommendations granting western Germany limited self handling under central control.
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Paris
National Assembly
Konsich
London
Persuasion Really Comes In Handy in Winchester
An elderly out of town couple applied for a marriage license at the clerk’s office in Winchester Virginia. The bride-to-be was carrying a baseball bat in a quirky security precaution.
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Winchester
No Corporation Clerk's Office
No Steamroller Vows at 1948 Republican Convention
Hallanan of West Virginia told the Republican arranging committee that there will be no steamroller or blitzkrieg in Philadelphia next week. He predicted a free open convention with rank and file will expressing the party’s choice and the next president as the nominee. He touted unprecedented news coverage to show the truth and dispel smear about smoke filled rooms.
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Philadelphia
Walter
Hallanan
West Virginia
America
United States
New Deal
Foreign Aid Battle Now In Last Round
In Washington June 16, the senate house fight over foreign aid spending moves to a decisive final round with over 8 billion at stake. The house rejected the 6.1257 billion appropriation and the 2 point conference committee, while the senate added 145 million to the house approved total. The funds aim to launch the European recovery program and finance aid to Greece Turkey and China as well as costs for occupied areas.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Senate
Senate Oe
Greece
Turkey
China
Housing Bill Goes On Ice
Washington June 16 The house rules committee killed for this session a housing bill with public housing and slum clearance provisions. A substitute bill favored by the banking committee would back private building with government mortgage insurance and veterans priority. President Truman has urged passage as Congress faces adjournment while reconciling with Taft Ellender Wagner public housing provisions.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Leo Allen
R. Nl
House Benking Committee
Rapener Wenneski
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Banking Committee
Wolcott
R. Mich
Truman
Congress
House
Russians Quit Berlin Council Walkout Threatens Four Power Rule
Berlin report says Soviet delegates walked out of the Allied four power steering body meeting last night after a 13 hour session. The exit came as Col Frank L Howley left the room and cited fatigue. Soviets have blocked Western supply lines, raising fears for Berlin's joint governance and signaling no next meeting.
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Berlin
Kommandatora
Frank L. Howley
U. S
Russia
Allied Control Council
Germany
Iron Curtain
Fon Geersene Eee Jtura
Depertaare
Veto Battles End With Two Overrides In Congress
Congress overrode President Truman in a trio of veto clashes, approving a $975.9 million appropriations bill moving the U.S. Employment Service to the Federal Security Agency and clearing the Bulwinkle rail rate agreement bill for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senate action stood 63 to 25 for the Bulwinkle override, 72 to 17 on the money bill, and House passage by 288 to 113. This marked Truman’s third veto defeat in a week, with ongoing votes on remaining bills.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
United States Employment Service
Federal Security Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Mr. Truman
Labor Department
U. S. Employment Service
Bikini Test Ships Will Be Targets At Ocean Sinking
The navy plans to sink the battleships New York and Nevada next month as target ships during Pacific fleet tests. They will be towed 50 miles south of Honolulu and attacked by planes from the Boxer and Princeton, along with other naval units. The Nevada previously served as the orange bullseye for Bikini's first atomic test, and both ships are set up at Pearl Harbor for final service before their sinking.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
New York
Nevada
Honolulu
Boxer
Princeton
Bikini
Mine Cage Accident Hits Caretta Coal Shaft
A mine cage at the Caretta operation near Coalwood in McDowell County fell late at night. Four Welch ambulances responded though exact injuries or deaths remain undecided as a 50 foot shaft depth is cited and patients were en route to Stevens Clinic.
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Caretta
Coalwood
McDowell County
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Stevens Clinic
Truman Veto Record Stands at 137 as of June
Washington reports President Truman, famed for his veto habit, has rejected 137 bills since taking office. White House records show four laws have overridden his veto this session, with two more possible if Congress gains two-thirds majorities on key bills.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Republican &Th Congress
House
Senate
GOPs Put Polish On Confab Plans
Philadelphia June 16 Republicans completed arrangements for a four day national convention starting Monday. The 24th quadrennial GOP gathering aims to be a free open affair with no blitzkrieg or stream rollers. The convention could last longer than planned depending on how quickly a presidential candidate is chosen. Walter S. Hallanan, arrangements committee chairman, said the first presidential roll call may not occur until Thursday. Former president Herbert Hoover, who spoke at the 1944 Chicago convention, will address the gathering Tuesday night after permanent chairman Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts speaks. Tomorrow the preliminaries begin with a temporary resolutions committee led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts.
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Philadelphi
GOP
Walter S. Hallanan
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Gromyko objects to U S pressure on atomic control
Lake Success June 16 Andrei A Gromyko denounced U S moves to pressure Russia with atomic weapon talk saying they will fail He named U S senator Brian MacMahon and former secretary James Byrnes as ruling circles aiming to wreck international control He vowed to veto a U S backed plan while France China and Belgium backed Washington with Britain and Canada in support.
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Gromyko
Security Council
Council
United States
America
Russia
France
China
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Oregon Town Fires Four Water Department Beavers
In St Helens Oregon the city fired four beavers after a year of service in the water department They built dams in the watershed and posed no salary threats yet failed to follow engineering plans They diverted springs away from the reservoir despite repeated human countermeasures The engineers hope the decision ends the beaver experiment and restores proper water management.
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St. Helens
Ore
City Water Department
Milton Creek
House Cuts Draft Bill Terms and Expands Presidential Role
The House rolled back the draft term to one year, dropping doctors from service and placing call authority with the president. A Coudert amendment for 12 months passed tentatively 156 to 88 amid fevered debate, with further votes to set a 75 day to 90 day induction window and delay until after election.
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Washington
House
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Coudert
R-Ny
Andrews
Armed Services Group
William J. Miller
R. Conn
Rep. Day
D. Tex
Coudert
Smathers
D. Fla
Lyle
Workers Sitdown Halts GE Philly Plant Action
Philadelphia June 16 A workers sitdown halted production at part of General Electric’s Philadelphia plant. About 400 employees joined the stoppage while the union claimed 650 idle on one shift and 2,000 involved overall. The dispute followed a time study in the punch press section after a recent wage rise, with union officials reporting they were denied a meeting with management. The company said it would not negotiate while the stoppage continues.
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Philadelphia
General Electric Company
Ciounited
Punch
L. T. Ford, Jr
Soft Coal Scrap Moves To Court
Washington reports a new phase in the John L. Lewis soft coal labor talks as Ezra Van Horn seeks a federal court order challenging pension and distress payment provisions. The case centers on 100 a month pensions for older miners and 20 million dollars in welfare fund obligations from 1946.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
van Horn
United Mine Workers
Senator Bridges
France in Grip of Strike Wave
In Clermont-Ferrand and across France a new wave of strikes bursts into violence as police clash with communists leading tens of thousands in demonstrations. Hospitals report about 200 injured in clashes with authorities today while 600 others are treated at home. Police and troops patrol streets as production plants face sitdowns and mass walkouts spreading from Bergougnam to Michelin.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
National Assembly
Paris
U. S
General Confederation of Labor
Bergougnam Tire
Berougnan
Michelin
Truman Pushes Congress Feud
President Truman urged voters to overthrow Congress as he returned to Independence Missouri to a warm Jackson County reception after a Kansas campaign tour. He targeted the Republican dominated Congress on domestic issues while sparing foreign policy, calling for unity on foreign policy and critiquing “special privilege” in Dodge City and Newton.
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Independence
Truman
Congress
Jackson County
Delaware Street
Kansas
Washington
Newton, Kas
United States
Newton
Emporia
Dodge City
Kas
Brooklyn Missile Knocks Window of Trolley Car
In Brooklyn on June 16 a softball was thrown and shattered a trolley car window in the East New York area. Four passengers were cut and bruised and treated on the scene.
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Brooklyn
New York
East New York
Parole Inquiry Targets Capone Gang Members
Washington report on a House committee probe into paroles for four ex Capone gangsters Louis Campagna Charles Gine Phillip DAndrea and Paul Delucia alias Ricca freed in 1947 after serving terms for anti racketeering offenses The committee questions expenditures and possible influence with President Truman and Attorney General Tom Clark while noting no proven bribery and a pending parole board decision due by June 19.
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Washington
Capone
House
Truman
Tom Clark
Paul Dillon
St. Lele
Maury Hughes
Dallas
Dillon
Federal Parole Board
Chicago
Louis Campagna
Charles Gine
Phillip D'Andrea
Paul Delucia
Ricca
New York
U S Mediators Enter Aluminum Wage Row
Pittsburgh June 16 The federal government steps into the wage dispute between CIO United Steelworkers and Aluminum Company of America Alcoa. Charles R Ward federal mediator says he will seek early renewal of talks to avert a strike called for Sunday midnight. The steelworkers announced an 18 330 workers walkout threatening aluminum production as Alcoa provides about half the nation output. The company offered an eight percent hourly raise about 10 cents, while the union demands a straight 13 cent an hour increase. A union spokesman backs the 13 cent figure.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Charles R. Ward
Ward
Steelworkers
Alcoa
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