Peacetime Army Air Force Fund Bill Clears House
The House approved a record peacetime budget totaling 6.51 billion for the Army and Air Forces and 3.69 billion for the Navy, with two opposing votes split along party lines. A companion WAC regulars bill passed 206 to 133, setting an 18,500 enlisted women and 1,500 officers over two years.
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Washington
Air Force
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Marcanton Jo
Inacgon
American Labor Party
New York
Women's Anmy Corps
WAC
White House
Congress
U. S
Army
Navy
Truman
Marine Corps
Omar N. Bradley
United States
United Nations Urges Four Week Palestine Armistice Plan
Security Council urged mediator Folke Bernadotte to fix the start time for a four week armistice in Palestine to begin within three days. Russia abstained on the mediator instructions while Arabs and Jews reported ongoing fighting in several sectors as cease-fire talks stalled.
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U. N. Council
Lake
Security Council
United Nations’ Palestine
Warren H. Austin
United States
U. N. Secretariat
Middle East
Palestine
Council
Tel Aviv
Maj
Aubrey S. Eban
Jewish Agency
5 Cent Folke Bernsdotte
Russia
Ukraine
U. N. Assembly
Bernsdotte
Faris el Khoury
Syria
el Khoury
Reds Ag
Tate
Trans-Jordan
Cairo
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Lake Success
Holy Land
Egyptian Defense Ministry
Workers Reject Oak Ridge Offer After Tight Vote
At Oak Ridge Tennessee workers at an atomic plant rejected a final wage offer 771 to 26. The contract proposed by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp for about 875 employees would raise pay by 10 cents an hour under the Atomic Energy Commission operation. The poll, conducted under Taft Hartley emergency procedures, is nonbinding and followed a mass meeting where unionists demanded 26 cents more per hour.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL, Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
National Labor Relations Board
U N Employees Over 60 Fired by Sweeping Order
U N employees aged sixty years or more were dismissed by administrative order at Lake Success New York on June 2. The rule bans retention beyond age sixty five and ends all ties with the organization for those reaching sixty. The move affects many delegates and staff including the receptionist Frank O Grange.
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U. N
Inesweep Lake Success
N. Y
INS
United Nations
Acarcely
Byron Price
Frank O'Grange
D'Orange
Western Germany plan outlines political and economic future
Six nations excluding Russia announce a joint plan for a constitutional government in western Germany and a multi power body to control Ruhr coal and steel. London reports say the accord centers on a political economic merger likely to provoke Soviet protests and excludes Moscow from participation due to past obstruction.
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Washington
INS
United States
Russia
Germany
U. S&s
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
London
Ruhr
350 Planes Raid Selfridge Base in Michigan
Detroit June 2 A massive mock bombing raid simulated war conditions as about 350 aircraft attacked Selfridge field in Michigan. Some 200 B 29 bombers and 150 P 51 fighters struck from 25000 feet while 50 jet fighters with gun cameras defended the base. Interceptors engaged west of Goshen Indiana, and officials called the mission successful pending film review.
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Detroit
Sir
Selfridge Field
Selfridge
Séth
Goshen
Ind
Stuart McLeod
David C. Schilling
56Th Fighter Group
Truman Urges Push for Housing Trade and Education Bills
President Truman pressed Democratic leaders in Congress to enact three programs this session housing the reciprocal trade and federal aid to education He met with House Leader Rayburn Len McGrath and party whips to push House action on the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill and on steps to bring it to a vote The cross country tour and adjournment concerns dominated Republican strategy while Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas with 147 signers urged the Banking committee to discharge the housing measure
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
House
Rayburn
Texas
Len McGrath
Rhode Island
Sen. Lucas
Ilinois
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
GOP
Banking Committee
Helen Gahagan Douglas
D.cal
Plesse
Navy Denies Sab Carp Hit During Red Scar
Navy officials rejected congressman Hugh D. Scott Jr. claim that an air force flyer bombed the submarine Carp, causing about 50 sailors to be hospitalized. Vice Admiral Hadford called the charge absolutely not so, while Scott cited a signed statement from a victim. The episode allegedly occurred during the Russian submarine scare two months earlier off the west coast.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Hugh D. Scott Js
R.pa
Scott
House
Arthur W. Hadford
Naval Operations
Air Force
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Corp. F Navy
Workers Fight To Hold Flood Behind Levees
In Portland area the Columbia River flood presses against weakened dikes. About two thousand volunteers and troops fill sandbags at Troutdale and Kelso as engineers mark six critical points downriver. Forecaster Elmer Fisher predicts crest movement and possible renewed rises beyond Vancouver.
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Portland
Columbia
Vancouver
Reynolds Aluminum
Troutdale
B. Hail
Kelso
Wash
Oregon
Zlatskanie
Sez
Elmer Fisher
Weather Bureau
Fisher
Vanport
Fires Devastate Ontario Acreage
Massive forest fires in Northern Ontario scorched over 125000 acres destroying timber and wildlife and threatening lumber camps. The Mississagi area near Sault Ste. Marie faced the greatest danger as two large fires merged within ten miles. A 70 mile fire front may form if they join and non essential travel is banned across the bushland from Mani toba border to the Quebec border.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mississapi
Sault Ste. Marie
Chapleau-Blind River
Provincial Lands Department
Manitoba
Quebec
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All-West Virginia Soap Box Derby Set At Cross Lanes
The 1Hth All-West Virginia Soap Box Derby will be held at Cross Lanes on July 24 under The Gazette and Chevrolet sponsorship. Winners receive prizes and a trip to Akron Ohio for the national championship with expenses paid.
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Cross Lanes
The
Gazette
Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet
Dad
Charleston
Akron
Ohio
Derby Downs
Derbytown
United States
Canada
Alaska
Trucks Travel Boulevard Despite No Trucks Law
Mid morning traffic on Kanawha Blvd shows trucks slipping onto the passenger thoroughfare despite signs. Eight trucks observed between 10 30 and 11 00 with two parked in No Parking zones and one exceeding 80 mph. cyclists riding three and four abreast noted as violation hazards. police have warned about lane misuse and cautious speeds overall.
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Kanawha Blvd
Gazette
NBC Official Urges U S to Control Voice of America Series
NBC vice president Charles R. Denny told a Senate group Congress should grant full government operation of Voice of America programs to prevent split responsibility. He said NBC would relinquish its international shortwave stations to a government controlled foundation if world broadcasting is unified.
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Washington
Voice of America
Congress
Charles R. Denny
National Broadcasting Co
Denny
Senate
NBC
North America
Scripta
State Department
World Broadcasting
Pans Sands
Voice
Pickets Parade at White House Demand Civil Rights Legislation
About 3,169 marchers crowded in front of the White House in Washington to press for civil rights laws including anti lynching FEPC and anti poll tax. Paul Robeson led and organized the protest saying he would go to jail rather than reveal if he is a Communist. The crowd marched orderly, signs urged Defeat Mundt Bill Pass Civil Rights Legislation.
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Washington
White House
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Henry Wallace
FEPC
Truman
Labor Fights Tariff Veto Debate in Congress
Washington reports show labor and business groups urging a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act while Congress weighs a veto over tariff reductions. CIO critic James Carey warns of old style log rolling and tariff bickering, Chamber official Clem Johnston supports extending to 1981.
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Washington
CIO
James B. Carey
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Senate
Inance Committee
Congress
Tariff Commission
Army Withdraws Attache From Guatemala On Request
The Army withdrew Col. Mark A Devine as military attache to Guatemala after a Guatemalan request. Officials said Devine has returned to the U.S. but could not be located for comment. Guatemala reportedly complained he was too friendly with opponents of the government.
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Guatemala
Washington
Col
Mark A Devine
Devine
Judge Goldsborough seeks to avert coal strike crisis
In Washington on June 2 Judge T Alan Goldsborough postponed ruling for two days on whether to issue an injunction forcing United Mine Workers leader John L Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association. He warned a June 30 soft coal contract expiration could trigger a national tragedy and called for urgent talks among union and company lawyers to avert a strike.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Congress
Maryland
Union
Southern Association
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Taft-Harley
Acatheri Association
Senate Passes Refugee Bill Admitting 200000 War Evacuees
The Senate approved a measure to admit up to 200000 European war refugees over two years starting July 1, 1942. The plan excludes quotas and requires at least half to be engaged in agricultural work. The roll call ended 63 to 13 with a 50 to 2 objection to a lower 140000 alternative.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Kem
Pope Pius Urges Catholics To Back Social Reforms
Pope Pius urged Catholics to back postwar social reforms and push governments to provide housing bread and work for the poor. He warned that good intentions alone are not enough and called for courageous action to ease labor grievances amid ongoing peace concerns.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Leo XIII
Pius
Eugene I
Rome
Red Campaigns Persist as Communists Dominate
In a terse political note the author asserts that the election outcome favored Communist candidates while declaring all contenders to be red. The piece reflects a pro-Communist stance amid contested race dynamics during the period.
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Robert Quilice
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Dixie
Greece
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Leo
Stan Arnold
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