Deadlock persists in Holy Land talks amid UN plan dispute
In Cairo on June 16 the Arab league offered to join negotiations for a permanent Palestine settlement only if the UN partition plan is shelved. Bernadotte said four Arab experts will assist from Rhodes starting June 21, with no decision authority. Leaders warned Jerusalem open city would breach cease fire terms.
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Cairo
Arab League
Palestine
Count Folkernadotte
U. N
League
Rhodes
Bernadotte
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
Britain
Azzam Pasha
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Mile Square
Old City
Ews
Hard Coal Firms Open Pact Parley
Representatives of the United Mine Workers and anthracite coal firms met briefly for a first bargaining session on a new contract. A second meeting is set for tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST. UMW vice president Thomas Kennedy said a pension plan was discussed and no specific demands were presented.
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New York
United Mine Workers and Anthacite
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
French Will Enter Talks On Germany
The national assembly approved the government to follow the six power agreement on German affairs with French security guarantees. The vote 298 to 289 with 28 abstentions grants final approval for London recommendations enabling western Germany to manage its own internal affairs under limited supervision.
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Paris
National Assembly
London
UN Daeum
Persuasion Really Comes In Handy
An elderly out-of-town couple applied for a marriage license at the Winchester clerk’s office. The bride-to-be was described as carrying a baseball bat.
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Winchester
Corporation Erk's
No Steamroller Vows From Hallanan At 1948 GOP Convention
Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia declares at the Republican National Convention preparations meeting that smoke-filled rooms myth will be buried. He promises the most complete convention news coverage ever and says the event will be open and free with the next president chosen. He cites worldwide interest and vows no steamroller outcome or preordained result.
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Philadelphia
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Hallanan
America
United States
Foreign Aid Battle Reaches Decisive Final Round
Washington reports the senate house clash over foreign aid spending with over a billion dollars at stake. The house rejected the senate and conference committee’s $6,125,710,288 appropriation while the senate added $145 million. The funds cover the European recovery program and aid to Greece, Turkey and China.
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Washington
Senate
House
Greece
Turkey
China
Housing Bill Battle Sets Stage For House Action
The rules committee killed a housing bill with public housing and slum clearance provisions. A modified bill from the banking committee was set to be explored, while Taft-Ellender-Wagner remains a reference point. President Truman urges passage as Congress faces adjournment and a clash over public housing provisions.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Leo Allen
R. Ill
House Banking Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Banking Committee
Rep. Wolcott
R. Mich
House
Truman
Congress
Russians Quit Berlin Council
The four power Allied meeting in Berlin collapsed as Soviet delegates walked out after a 13 hour session. They warned there would be no next meeting while Berlin faced renewed coal and rail supply blockades from the Soviets.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
Frank L. Howley
U. S
Allied Control Council
Germany
Iron Curtain
Congress Overrides Truman Veto on Key Bills
Both the House and Senate passed over President Truman's vetoes, enacting a $975.9 million appropriations bill for the Federal Security Agency with a rider transferring the U S Employment Service to the FSA. The Bulwinkle rail rate bill also cleared Congress by a 63 to 25 Senate vote, with the House set to decide tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
United States Employment Service
Federal Security Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
U.S. Employment Service
Senate votes to override veto on federal security agency bill
On June 16 the Senate recorded votes on overriding President Truman's veto of a bill funding the federal security agency and placing the U S Employment Service under it. Republicans for Revercomb WV and Democrats for Byrd VA and Robertson VA supported override. Democrats against Kilgore WA opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Federal Security Agency
U. S. Employment Service
Revercomb
WVA
Byrd
Robertson
Kilgore
Bikini Test Ships to be Sunk in Pacific Fleet Trials
The U S Navy announced the World War II battleships New York and Nevada will be sunk next month as targets in Pacific fleet tests near Pearl Harbor. The New York will face aircraft from the Boxer and Princeton, with destroyers submarines and shore units aiding as Nevada also serves as a test target.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
New York
Nevada
Honolulu
Boxer
Princeton
Bikini
Mine Cage Accident at Caretta Mine in McDowell County
A mine cage fell in the Caretta mining operation near Coalwood in McDowell County last midnight. Four Welch ambulances responded to the scene, with uncertain numbers of victims as the shaft depth is reported at 500 feet. Ambulances and clinics in Welch prepared to receive injured workers while officials awaited details on casualties.
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Caretta
Coalwood
McDowell County
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Stevens Clinic
Truman Keeps Veto Lead At 137 As Congress Updates
White House records show President Truman has vetoed 137 bills since taking office, mostly private relief measures. The 8th Congress passed four laws over his veto, with a potential rise to six if two-thirds majorities approve key bills. He previously vetoed 76 times in the 78th Congress, with many overridden later in this session.
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Washington
Truman
White House
8Th Congress
House
Senate
GOPs Polish Plans for Four Day National Convention
Philadelphia reporters note Republicans finished arrangements for a four day GOP convention starting Monday with a open agenda and no blitzkrieg tactics. Walter Hallanan says first presidential roll call may not occur until Thursday while Herbert Hoover will speak Tuesday night. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. chairs the temporary resolutions committee as preliminaries begin.
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Philadelphia
GOP
Walter S. Hallanan
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Gromyko Denounces U S Pressure Over Atomic Control
Andrei Gromyko in Lake Success accuses U S ruling circles of pressuring Russia with atomic weapons. He singles out Senator Brian MacMahon and ex Secretary James Byrnes as advocates of wrecking international control. He vows to veto a U S backed plan despite support from France China Belgium Britain and Canada.
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Gromyko
Security Council
Council
United States
America
Russia
France
China
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Oregon Town Fires Beavers From Water Department
In St. Helens Oregon the city fired its four beavers after a year of service in the water department. The animals built dams along Milton Creek diverting springs rather than storing water as planned. Engineers and townsfolk blamed the beavers for misplacing the dams and decided to hire human help.
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St. Helens
Ore
City Water Department
Milton Creek
House Slashes Draft Term and Shifts Induction to President
The House cut service to one year, removed doctors from induction, and placed the president in charge of calling men to service. A Coudert amendment to 12 months passed 156 to 88, with debate and threats of a later roll call, as leaders warned the bill could be challenged. The House also approved delaying inductions 90 days after final passage, to run ahead of the election.
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Washington
House
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Coudert
R-Ny
Andrews
Armed Services Group
William J. Miller
R. Conn
Miller
Coudert
Rep. Case
Rep
Day
D. Tex
Smathers
D. Pla
Lyle
Truman
Multer
DNY
Senate
Carroll
D-Cole
Workers Sitdown Halts GE Philly Plant Action
In Philadelphia General Electric plant a workers sitdown blocked production in the punch press area. About 400 employees joined the sitdown per company figures while the union claimed 650 were idle on one shift and 2,000 overall. The stoppage followed a time study tied to a wage increase and new efficiency push. Union officials sought a meeting with management but were refused. GE says no negotiation while the stoppage lasts.
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Philadelphia
General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Punch Press
L. T. Ford, Jr
UER
Soft Coal Scrap Moves To Court
Washington reports a federal suit on the eve of a government peace move over a coal contract. Ezra Van Horn for operators seeks an injunction against paying sickness and death benefits from miners funds. The dispute centers on pensions for older miners and distress payments from a $40 million fund.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
van Horn
United Mine Workers
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Lewis-Bridges
T. Alan Goldsborough
France Sees Large Scale Strike Across Nation
June 16 report from Clermont-Ferrand describes a new wave of strikes gripping France with 50,000 workers striking in and around the city. clashes with police and troops injure hundreds, with thousands more involved nationwide and a tense political backdrop as unions push for action and a general strike threat looms.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
National Assembly
Paris
U. S
General Confederation of Labor
Bergougnam Tire
Berougnan
Truman Urges Voters to Topple Congress in Kansas Swing
President Truman returns to Independence and calls for voters to overthrow the Republican dominated Congress. He targets a broad critic of Congress while praising bipartisan foreign policy. He speaks in Kansas and meets locals at his Delaware Street home before a transcontinental tour wrap up.
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Independence
Truman
Congress
Jackson County
Delaware Street
Kansas
Washington
Newton
Kas
United States
Emporia
Dodge City
Brooklyn Missile Pierces Trolley Car
A softball tossed in Brooklyn shattered a trolley car window in East New York. The ball wounded four riders with cuts and bruises. all received treatment.
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Brooklyn
New York
East New York
Paroled Capone Gang Members Face Possible Recall
A House committee reports big money funded paroles for ex mobsters Louis Campagna Charles Gice Phillip DAndrea freed August 11 after three and a half years on anti racketeering terms. It criticizes improvidently granted paroles and notes no action by the parole board as of June 19 to cancel them.
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Dillon
Truman
Federal Parole Board
Chicago
Louis Campagna
Charles Gice
Phillip D'Andrea
New York
House Committee
U. S. Mediators Enter Aluminum Wage Row
In Pittsburgh on June 16 the federal mediator Charles R. Ward said he will seek early renewal of wage talks between the CIO United Steelworkers and Aluminum Company of America to avert a strike set for Sunday midnight. The Steelworkers vote to walk out involves 18 330 workers threatening Alcoa’s half of the national aluminum supply. the union demands a 13 cent per hour raise while Alcoa offered eight percent.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Charles R. Ward
Ward
Steelworkers
Alcoa
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