Draft Age Men Rush To Avoid Induction Call
Washington reports on the new selective service draft program as volunteers rush to fill the National Guard and reserve units. Officials estimate 90 000 to 100 000 vacancies will be filled by men aged 19 to 25 who will then face induction after 21 months if needed. The Guard plans 300 000 ground and 41 000 air. current ground strength is 249 800. President Truman must sign, with a potential deadline around July 5.
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National Guard
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Rmich
House
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R-Mass
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White House
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New York
Soviets Announce Independent Currency Reform for Berlin
The Soviet military administration declared a currency reform for eastern Germany and Berlin effective June 24, stating Berlin would be affected. A letter from Marshal Sokolovsky to General Robertson urged no Western intervention and cited four power talks breaking up without agreement.
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Germany
United States
Britain
France
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Mississippi Demos Adopt Resolutions On Walkout Threat
Mississippi Democrats approved resolutions aiming to compel state delegates to walk out of the national convention if Truman is nominated or civil rights programs are not repudiated. The resolutions emphasize party unity and require nominees to honor all convention resolutions.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Truman
T. J. Tubb
West Point
Resolutions Committee
Tel Aviv Battles Over Armed LST Fire Threatens Harbor
In Tel Aviv a clash between Irgun Zvai Leumi fighters and Israeli regular army erupted when a munitions laden LST beached and caught fire. Hundreds fled coastal streets while UN observers and civilians evacuated hotels and homes along the Mediterranean.
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Israel
Irgun
Zavi Leumi
Mediterranean
United Nations
LST
Allenby Road
Aowin
U. N
Haganah
Tel Aviv Bay
New Yorker Chains Self to Bannister at White House Protest
The 33 year old James D. Peck of New York City padlocked himself to a bannister in the White House during visiting hours to protest the draft bill. Secret Service freed him and he was released without charges after questioning. He had recently been released from Danbury Federal Penitentiary after a three year term as a conscientious objector.
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White House
Secret Service
James D. Peck
New York City
Danbury
Conn
Taft Stassen Seek Stop Dewey At Republican Rally
Taft and Stassen held a private meeting in Philadelphia amid signals of a push to block Dewey's nomination. Pennsylvania Governor Duff and Senator Martin backed Dewey, shifting the battle lines as the convention pressed on.
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Stassen
Hunt
Dewey
Philadelphia
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft-Stassen
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
New York
James H. Duff
Earl Warren
California
Motorcycle officer cites youth for unsafe vehicle
Motorcycle officer C. D. Barkley overtook Everett Clyde Miller who drove fifty mph without a steering wheel. Barkley charged Miller with speeding faulty headlights defective windshields illegal windshield stickers no registration and failing to stop. He noted Miller used pliers to steer.
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Los Angeles
C. D. Barkley
Everett Clyde Miller
Barkley
Miller
Republican convention schedule Philadelphia June 22
The third day program lists morning events at 10 a m with permanent chairman Rep Martin of Massachusetts speaker of the house, remarks by Rep Halleck Indiana Mrs Robert W Macauley Ralph Becker and Senator Cain Washington state plus resolutions report and roll call for presidential nominations. Evening proceedings include further roll calls and balloting after 8 p m with possible Thursday start. schedule subject to change.
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Philadelphia
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Halleck
Indiana
Robert W. Macauley
Republican National Committee
Ralph Becker
National Young Republican Federation
Cain
Washington
Roll Call
United States
U S and Israel Agree on Diplomatic Mission Exchange
President Truman announced the exchange of diplomatic missions between the United States and the provisional government of Israel. James Grover McDonald will head the U S mission to Israel, with Eliahu Epstein leading the Israeli mission to the United States.
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Truman
Israel
James Grover McDonald
New York
United States
Eliahu Epstein
White House
McDonald
Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry On
Palestine
Twentieth Century Fund
Coldwater
Ohio
Bronxville
N. Y
Indiana University
Harvard
Tufts College
Virginia GOP Delays Presidential Preference Poll
A divided Virginia delegation to the Republican convention postponed a poll on the preferred nominee until balloting begins. Dewey leads on the second ballot with 12 votes, Taft eight, and one for Joe Martin. delegates expect Dewey to gain the majority if a deadlock occurs.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
New York
Thomas E Dewey
Taft
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Dewey
Martin
Henarius Lankford
Norfolk
Robert H Woods
Pearisburg
Pennsylvania
Woods
Walter Johnson
Heathsville
Johnson
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Wallace accuses Truman over coal miner policy
Henry Wallace charges the Truman administration blocked miners gains via government seizures strike injunctions jail threats and fines. He cites interventions at key bargaining points and sent the letter to Joseph Samargo, head of the Marion County West Virginia labor group.
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New York
Henry Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Joseph Samargo
Union Labor Legislative Committee
Marion County
West Virginia
National Wallace
U S Warns Atomic Target Risk In Next War
Chicago report on Dr. Stafford Warren, dean at UCLA medical school, warning that the United States would be an atomic target in a future war. He said 25 key American cities could be destroyed, erasing the nation as a political power, and urged public awareness for survival. He did not specify bomb counts.
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U. S
Chicago
United States
Stafford Warren
Taday
Warren
New Medical School
University of California
Los Angeles
Dr. Warren
Harmony Onto GOP Platform Yet Labor Critics Remain
President Truman era 1948 debates frame a GOP platform with strong United Nations energy controls and a promise of Universal peace through security. Senator Vandenberg praised the foreign plank. Brooks backed away from a convention fight. Labor leaders denounced the labor plank as weak.
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GOP
Vandenberg
Rmich
Brooks
R-Il
Carroll Reece
United Nations Control of Atomic Energy
Resolutions Committee
Platform Committee
United Nations
U. N
Greeks Press to Trap Rebels in Grammos Encirclement
Greek army columns close in on the Grammos rebellion near the Albanian frontier as three fresh divisions join the fight. The six divisions advance to crush Markos Vafiades forces amid rough terrain with U.S. officers observing and likening tactics to Normandy breakout maneuvers.
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Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Albania
Greece
Vafiades
U. S
Normandy
Soft Coal Talks Launched Anew
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators ended a negotiating session without comment and scheduled a new meeting for tomorrow morning at 9 a m est after talks in Washington.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Vetoes Halt U N Plan and Coal Talks Resume
In Washington a US atomic control plan wins a UN veto clash as Andrei Gromyko blocks the majority. In Lake Success the miners fight over a $100 pension. John L Lewis and operators agree to new talks set for tonight under the presidential inquiry board.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Truman
Charles O'Neill
David L. Cole
O'Neill
Ezra van Horn
Welfare Fund Trustee Board
Cole
van Horn
Goldsborough
Reds Plan To Fight Europe Aid
Washington reports of a Cominform meeting in Eastern Europe are read as preparation for a second round against the Marshall Plan. State Department officials say the Cominform must tighten its grip on Eastern European regimes while the West pushes reconstruction with U.S. aid. Officials note the first year Marshall funds were approved by Congress and Western Europe formed a 16-nation coalition to push redevelopment.
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Cominform
Europe
State Department
Belgrade
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
American Congress
Germany
Congresswoman Wins Maine Senate Race
Portland Maine June 22 Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith won the Republican senate nomination in a landslide over three male opponents. She will be presented to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia and plans to depart from her Skewegan home tomorrow. Unofficial tallies show Smith 62936 while Horace Hildreth polled 30577 Sumner Sewall 21770 and Albion Beverage 6438.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Philadelphia
Skewegan
101-Year-Old Man Vanishes After Leaving Home
Chattanooga police sought 101-year-old Uncle Joe Vandergrift missing since Monday morning. His daughter Mrs. Fred C. Whitner said he “gets around good” and that is the trouble, leaving authorities puzzled by his disappearance.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Joe” Vandergrift
Fred C. Whitner
West Virginia Sees Heat Wave Across State
Huntington reported 91.3 degrees at 4 p m on June 22 as the second day of summer brought hot weather to West Virginia Parkersburg reached 89 Charleston 88 Elkins 87 Peters burg 84 Flat Top 83 and Mar chinsburg 81 The forecast predicts warm humid days with occasional thundershowers through Thursday then cooler Friday and Saturday Rainfall is expected to total one to two inches.
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W. Va
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Parkersburg
Charleston
Elkins
Petersburg
Flat Top
Marchinsburg
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