Soviets Walk Out On U.N. Panel Meeting
In Lake Success on June 20, the Soviet delegation withdrew from a closed meeting of the big four military leaders drafting a global police force. Gromyko said the move targeted this session and not a general boycott. The session followed a 9 to 1 Security Council vote to begin Trieste governor discussions, with Russia opposing and France abstaining. Parodi noted no new names and that Trieste talks would resume later.
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Lake Success
AP Russia
United Nations
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Russia
Trieste
France
Alexandre Parodi
Parodi
Big Four
Spotlight Guides Pilot Of Big Plane To Safe Landing
Five Brazilian air force men landed a C 47 at a tiny Johnson City airport during a rainstorm. En route from Washington to Dallas to pick up cadets for Rio de Janeiro, Captain Helio Alves dos Santos steered toward a tractor beacon. He circled and descended through the storm after briefly climbing to 11 000 feet.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Washington
Dallas
Rio de Janeiro
Helio Alves Dos Santos
Dos Santos
Floods Weaken River Barriers Near Hannibal Missouri
Floods in the upper Mississippi valley flood 1 295 square miles with 387 square miles inundated by levee breaks. The Say levee in Pike county Illinois is critical while Elsberry district in Missouri faces danger. 20 000 homeless and 30 million dollars in damage reported. A Coast Guard task force mobilized to evacuate families as fresh rains threaten northeast Missouri and southeast Iowa.
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Hannibal
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Pike County
Ill
Elsberry
Here
Army Engineer
St. Louis
Government Weather Bureau
Burlington
Missouri
Iowa
U. S. Coast Guard
Say River
Greece Agrees to Publicize US Aid Program
Greece promises full publicity for the 300 million dollar American aid plan in both Greece and the United States. The accord, signed in Athens by Ambassador Veagh and Foreign Minister Tsaldaris, grants the U.S. control over funds and allows American newsmen to observe the program, while demanding broad reforms to ensure recovery success. The State Department also announced a 25 million dollar surplus property credit to Iran to counter Communist influence.
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Washington
Greece
United States
Athens
LincolncVeagh
Constantin Tsaldaris
Congress
Americ
State Department
Department
Iran
Turkey
Soviets Consider Marshall Plan Initiative for Europe
London reports Moscow radio says the Soviet Union is considering the Marshall Plan after urgent notes from Britain and France. Tass says Moscow has received limited data and seeks details on credits and UN relations. Talks at Lake Success confirm Bevin assurances that Anglo French talks do not bypass the UN.
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London
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
France
Moscow Radio
Tass
Threepower
Kremlin
U.S
George C. Marshall
United Nations
Lake Success
N. Y
Trygve Lie
Ernest Bevin
Maurice Peterson
M. P. Charpentier
V. M. Molotov
Hog Caller and Town Crier Debate by Transatlantic Radiophone
The U S hog calling champion Fred Shaw and Bodmin Town Hall crier James Morris spoke via trans Atlantic telephone in a light hearted exchange. Both paraded their calls audible over a quarter mile while Shaw offered to send Bodmin’s crier white silk stockings for his costume.
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Memphis
Tenn
England
Trans- Atlantic
London Daily Mail
Memphis Press Scimitar
Fred Shaw
Oyez
James Morris
Bodmin Townhall
Cornwall
Morris
Shaw
Bodmin Basso
Woman Finds Honest Thief After Missing Overalls
Racine Wisconsin June 20 Mrs John Alaimo reports she found two dollar bills clipped to her clothesline after hanging out the washing including two pairs of overalls one old one new She says the thief took the new overalls valued at $2 19 and left 19 cents and a note apologizing for underestimating the value of the overalls and enclosing the 19 cents with interest
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Racine
Wis
John Alaimo
Leaders Blast and Praise Veto Of Labor Bill
Republican leaders denounce President Truman for vetoing the Taft Hartley labor bill calling it a surrender to radicals and communists while labor chiefs hail the veto as preventing industrial strife. AFL and CIO leaders praise the move. John L. Lewis withholds comment. House GOP leaders denounce it as lip service to cooperation. The National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce condemn the veto.
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Washington
Truman
Gop
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
AFL
William Green
CIO
Phillip Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Green
House
Holifield
Calif
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Capitol
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Leonard W. Wall
New York
National Republican Congressional Committee
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Political Action Committee
Explosion Shakes Wasatch Refinery in Woods Cross Utah
An explosion at the Wasatch oil refinery in Woods Cross Utah virtually destroyed the installation. Employee Bill Green says several workers were inside but all appeared to escape. Fire departments from Hill Field Bountiful and Salt Lake City battled the blaze after a gas line rupture. The blast cut power to the town of about 1000.
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Woods Cross
Utah
Wasatch Oil Refining Company
Bill Green
Hill Field
Bountiful
Salt Lake City
Green
Defense hints at personal revenge motive in May-Garsson war fraud trial
Washington June 20 defense counsel suggested a personal revenge motive in the May-Garsson war fraud trial. Charles J. Margiotti pressed Francis T. Flanagan about an alleged liquor seizure on the Canadian border during Prohibition. Flanagan denied the accusation and any improper aims in the Senate War Investigating Committee inquiry.
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Washington
Charles J. Margiotti
Francis T. Flanagan
Senate War Investigating Committee
James M. Mead
DNY
Mead
Senate Committee
Murray Garsson
Secretary of Labor
Canada
United States
Margiotti
Flanagan
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Murray
Henry Garsson
May
Garsson
Barkley
Garssons
Kilgore
W VA
Senator Barkley
Senate
Senator Mead
New York
Cemence Barkley
Truman Outlines Key Taft Hartley Provisions
President Truman reviews six main points of the Taft Hartley labor bill. He opposes court orders to halt strikes, bans on union security, secondary boycotts, certain strikes, and lawsuits against unions, and limits unions with communist officers, arguing the bill would misfire against labor interests.
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Washington
Truman
United States
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Craft On Rescue Mission Finds Body
Norfolk Va June 20 A navy flier survived a crash in the ocean off Virginia Beach and a coast guard amphibious craft found a body washed ashore nearby believed to be another navy air man. Lieut jg George J Webb was rescued by a coast guard plane from Elizabeth City NC. He had minor injuries and shock. The body found four miles south of Virginia Beach was not identified.
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Norfolk
Navy
Virginia Beach
Coast Guard
George J. Webb
Elizabeth City
N. C
Naval Air Station
Chesapeake Bay
Lynching Condemned By Virginia Church Council
Richmond Va June 20 The executive committee of the Virginia Council of Churches condemns lynching as contrary to the law of God and urges state and federal legislation to outlaw lynching and protect all persons equally under the law. The resolution cites mob violence as a violation of divine law and man’s law.
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Richmond
Virginia Council of Churches
Virginia
South
Mayo Memorial Church House
Former Governor Gore Dies at 69 in Clarksburg West Virginia
Howard M. Gore 69 former U S agriculture secretary and 17th West Virginia governor died in St Marys hospital Clarksburg He had served on the public service commission and helped direct state road building and the $10 million capital building He played a major role in food administration wartime livestock marketing and the Packers and Stockyards Act funeral set for Sunday at 2 p m conducted by Dr S O Bond Gore long active in state and national public service with roots in Gore near Clarksburg
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Howard M. Gore
U. S
8. O. Bond
Salem College
Gore
Statehouse
West Virginia
Food Administration
Taft Attacks Truman Over Taft Hartley Veto Misstatement
Senator Taft charged that President Truman misrepresented the Taft Hartley labor bill in his veto. He said the veto reflected ignorance of the bill as Congress debated it and noted the 106 to 7 override vote by House Democrats. Taft spoke from the Capitol as the Senate debated the veto amid late night sessions.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
House
Capitol
Senate
Congress
Canada
Lee Pressman
CIO
Mr. Truman
Answers Truman
Mutual
Kansas Town Wages All-Out War On Flies
Olathe Kansas launches a mass insect clean up with 4500 residents armed with free fly swatters and ten DDT trucks ready to spray. The campaign aims to curb infantile paralysis risk and involves Chamber of Commerce leader Tom Poor and city officials in a high profile blitz.
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Olathe
Kas
Tom Poor
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Miller
State Health Division
Stanley Brockway
Shipping Faces Another Threat to Maritime Peace
New York June 20 CIO manned ships moved normally on both coasts as AFL seamen pressed for a wage boost under a reopening clause. The Seafarers International union began bargaining with 12 east and gulf coast operators over a 5 percent raise amid a 30 000 seamen contract set to expire Sept 30.
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New York
AFL
AFL Seafarers International Union
East
Clulf
CIO
SIU
Gulf Coast
National Maritime Union
Fne
Charleston
NMU
American Communications Association
The
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
ACA
Marine Cooks and Stewards
Pacific Coast Jrascale
Truman Defends Action On Bill
President Truman denounces the Taft Hartley act as a bad measure for labor and country after Congress rejected his veto. He argues the bill delays coal strikes and weakens collective bargaining, urging progress through constructive legislation this session.
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Truman
Bill
Ringling Brothers Circus Change Ends Long Control Battle
Wilmington June 20 Robert Ringling loses control as James A Haley and John Ringling North are named president and executive VP of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Inc. New officers include Robert Ringling and Mrs Charles Ringling with a court battle over management stemming from a 1941 stock voting pact.
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Wilmington
Del
Robert Ringling
James A. Haley
John Ringling North
Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Combined
Haley
North
John Ringling
Charles Ringling
Aubrey Haley
James R. Griffin
Richard Ringling
Ringling
Karl Loos
Washington
Senate Debates Labor Bill Through Night in 1947 Clash
President Truman and Senator Taft clashed over a labor bill as the Senate kept a long night session, while the House had already voted to override the veto. Truman called the bill dangerous and burdensome, Taft dismissed the veto as misrepresentation.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Rohio
House
Senate
Truman Says Taft Hartley Won't Prevent Coal Strike
President Truman argued the Taft Hartley Labor bill would not stop a coal strike but could delay it until winter. He urged coal operators and miners to settle terms, warning the bill's elaborate procedure would invite costly government intervention and likely extend the stoppage by about 80 days if enacted.
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Washington
Truman
House
Congress
Mr. Truman
Board of Airy
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