Red Tag Pinned Spurs Amity Benton Declare
The State Department released a letter from Assistant Secretary Benton to Kent Cooper arguing a government information program is needed to foster understanding of the United States abroad. Benton rebutted Cooper's view that international amity comes through press exchanges, urging a balance of government action and private media activity.
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Washington, Jones
State Department
William Benton
Kent Cooper
United States
Cooper
Northwestern University
Chicago
Associated
Benton
Tne
Senator Demands on Nazi Records and Public Access
A Senator pressed for faster publication of Nazi Foreign Office documents now held by the State Department and British files. He argued the public is kept in the dark as officers study the records while Congress faces limited options to force disclosure.
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Pemtinerd Fron Paarl
Russia
Russell
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
State Department
Ferguson
United States
Congress
Scoutmaster Mondron Plans Westward Scout Caravan
Ernest J. Mondron 41 takes two weeks vacation from Carbide to guide Scout Troop 45 on a caravan motor tour through West Virginia Maryland and Washington DC They will camp swim attend a baseball game and visit the Naval Academy at Annapolis Mothers receive corsages and pins as Mondron praises his troop and their mothers Anne Mondron voices gratitude for the gesture
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Ernest J. Moendron
Carbide
Kemp Tee
West Virginia
Maryland
Washington, D. C
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Mondron
Anne Mondron
Russians and Americans clash over Hungarian deposition case
U S officials report tensions with Soviet occupiers over depositions touching former Hungarian premier Nagy. Russians refuse copies, saying local Soviets handled the matter. Amid broader friction, incidents include a killing, fistfights, arrests, and travel defrances under Allied control.
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U.S
Frem Tegel
Siller
Sviridovesys
Bela Kovacs
Ferenc Nagy
Republic
Kovacs
Sviridov
Mechanic Credits Loud Juke Box For Saving His Life
Robert Quick of Arlington Virginia said a loud juke box at the Pittsburgh airport restaurant drowned out the Capital Airlines plane landing announcement. He had been in Pittsburgh yesterday and planned to fly to Washington on the ill fated flight.
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Lubsburg
Robert Quick
Arlington
Capital Airlines
Diane
Quick
Pittsburgh
Washington
Structural Probe of DC-4s Sought
Sen. Brewster reports three DC-4 crashes in weeks prompted calls for structural review. He cautions against hasty grounding, notes evidence points to design defects or unknown causes, and urges conservative funding for safety gear and airport upkeep while CAB and Commerce debates measures.
Wallace to Discuss Speaking Tour on CBS Radio
Henry A. Wallace announced a June 22 radio speech on CBS from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. EST reflecting on his recent speaking tour and public reaction to foreign and domestic policies.
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Henry A. Wallace
CBS
Curran Charges Response Impacts Continuity of Contracts
Curran warns that contracts will not remain in effect after June 15 as union walkout talks falter. The Department of Labor released a telegram from S. F. a.Ogan to Secretary Schewellenbach showing engineers will not participate. A weekend meeting among 39 shipping companies and NMU leaders focused on a new contract and a 20 percent wage increase.
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Ram
Earle
Department of Labor
Washington
Schewellenbach
S. F
Gulf Coast
NMU
Eddyville Abandoned Again as Flood Displaces Thousands
Rollo H. McCall, Red Cross regional director from St. Louis, reported in Des Moines that 7,000 to 10,000 Iowans were homeless or would be by nightfall. The town of Eddyville was abandoned for the second time, with 1,000 residents having moved out before the flood crest arrived. An estimated 14,000 were made homeless by last week’s floods.
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Ceodonce Cevacnet
Eddyville
Rollo H. McCall
Red Cross
St. Louis
Des Moines
Last Wavk
Groom borrows cuffs to seal marriage rite
In Spokane on June 14 a young man asked detective captain Adolph Windmaiser to lend three pair of handcuffs for his wedding night. The request was granted and the groom explained that he and his bride were not handcuffed together and feared friends or witnesses might separate them if it did not go as planned.
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Spokane
Wash
Adolph Windmaiser
Senator Sees Labor Bill Bars Press Comment On 1948 Race
Senator O Mahoney argues a Taft Hartley clause would bar newspapers and news services from commenting on the 1948 presidential race and political conventions. He cites wording that would prohibit any corporation or labor group from expenditures or publications related to elections, risking penalties for violators and challenging constitutional grounds.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D.-Wye
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Omahoney
Fathers Threaten Strike Over Breakfast in Bed Demands
Broken Arrow fathers led by editor Cal Tinney threaten a strike on Fathers Day unless breakfast in bed is served and demands are met. They seek later curfews, equal speech rights, no money pressure for gifts, and respectful address, with plans for picketing if unresolved.
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Baunsy Ankow
Uxla
Cal Tinney
Broken Arrow
Leduer
Promarrow
Seven Sons Give Father Seven Dogs For Father’s Day
In South Bend Indiana on June 14 Leonard McGowan of Mishawake received seven dogs from his seven sons all war veterans employed at Studebaker Corp. The sons each chose a canine and presented them to their father who said he would keep one and return the rest. He also has daughters and joked about hoping they aren’t from the dog pound.
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Graham
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Earl Browder
Communist Party
America
Red Army
Russia
Soviet Union
South
United States
Foreman
American Civil Liberties Union
Howse Committee
South Bend
Ind
Leonard
McGowan
Mishawake
Studebaker Corp
St Louis Strikes Load Traffic as Officials Seek Settlement
City and union leaders met with Mayor Kaufmann to end a strike disrupting 3800 streetcar and bus operators. A U S conciliation plan was proposed but details remained private as financial losses mounted and traffic eased with a holiday and shift programs.
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N T. Louis
Tune
St Louis
Union World
Aloys P. Kaufmann
St. Louis Public Service Co
U. S. Conciliation Service
Kaufmann
George C. Smith
St. Louis
GOP Fight Over Truman Budget Cuts Spurs Bipartisan Clash
House Republicans claim they will slash Mr Truman's budget by six billion dollars citing saved taxpayer funds. Democrats counter that nearly three billion is phantom savings and warn the GOP plan is a failure. Rep Grant predicts the President will sign the tax bill and voters would see about four billion dollars in yearly savings if enacted.
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Woohlinard Frum
Simmlar
House
Tabor
Rep. Gore
Tennessee
Democratic
Grant
Rep
R.-Ind
Congress
Demoscrata
Bruman
Wallace Tour Boosts Wallace Third-Party Hint
Tass reports Wallace speaking tour in the United States draws interest for a possible 1948 third party bid. Moscow notes Wallace as a friend of Russia while predicting low odds for Democratic nomination and warns of alarm in party leadership over a potential independent campaign.
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Moscow
Tass
New York
Henry A Wallace
United States
Wallace
Russia
Democratic Party
Iparly
Washington
Anti-Trust Policing Of Tire Makers Criticized By House
The House Small Business Committee issued an interim report calling government antitrust enforcement fragmentary in the tire industry. It faulted the Justice Department and the FTC for lack of real effort and said agencies have not kept a close pulse on the economy or on concentration trends and practices requiring correction.
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Washington
House
Small Business Committee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
M. W. Rowell
Jon
Raccoon Resents Nighttime Wakeup Fight
In Philadelphia on June 14 a raccoon refused to leave a window sill after Myer B. Marcus and his wife found it snoozing at midnight. They decided not to lock the car and raccoon in the garage. Marcus used a stick to urge it away but the animal snarled and stayed, then fled, seeming to recognize the law.
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Philadelphia
Myer B. Marcus
Marcus
Quadruplets Born to Randash Family in Baker Montana
Four babies three girls and one boy were born at 6 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Edna Randash of Baker. The newborns, placed in an incubator, are reported in apparent good health by Dr. Ebm M. Howard. Mrs Randash, 34, has a five year old child. X rays had indicated a multiple birth weeks earlier.
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Montane
Mibel Gity
Mont
Edna Randash
Baker, Mont
Ebm M. Howard
Randash
Howard
Ulh
Tripeta
Dock War Figure Slain in New York City
Vincent Vice, 31, milk wagon driver and dock war veteran, was fatally shot by a submachine gunner in Hell's Kitchen on West 47th Street. The daylight murder, watched by pedestrians, signals a possible renewal of the dock wars. An auto fled the scene with plates noted. police alerted guards at bridges and tunnels. Vice leaves a wife and an 11 week old son.
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New York
INS
Hell's Kitchen
Vincent
Mad Dog
West 47Th St
10Th
George Schneider
Wice
Hudson River Dock
David
Beetle
Beadle
Police trap nets extortion suspect in Detroit plan
Detroit police and detectives dressed as street workers captured a 131 year old unemployed factory worker in a staged ransom plot against Marie Schweitzer. The man admitted attempting to extort 8000 from the widow mother of an 18 year old missing Hudson Motor Car employee. The trap used a dummy ransom bag and a staged pickup at a cemetery area.
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Detroit
Rmmsom
Marie Schweitzer
Saratoga General’ Hospits
Frien
George Bruce Corpman
Schweitzer
Feccer
Lawrence Bleach
Jesse Stewart
State Chamber warns 12 towns face sales tax revenue shortfall
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reported that at least a dozen of the state's 208 municipalities could lose revenue if current gross sales taxes are cut. The levy yielded 1940 41 dollars but was expected to reach over one million dollars. Cities listed include Beckley Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg Fairmont Morgantown Princeton War Wellsburg Wheeling and others. The note comes as the Legislature begins a third special session since 1844 to address the tax and related school and soldier voting issues.
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State Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Morgantown
Princeton
War
Wellsburg
Wheeling
Peace Keeping Stir Frays Balkans and UN Talks
The article reports continued tensions over peace efforts in northern Greece with references to guerrilla activity and the Yugoslav ambassador’s letter calling charges nuts. The Balkan commission plans to aid the Security Council as it resumes discussion, while deadlock persists on atomic energy, conventional arms, and a global police force amid U S Russian rifts.
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Greece
Nuts
Ethridge Ethridge
Sava Mi Kosanovic
Balkan Commission
Uee
Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission On
Betsy Ross Married On Flag Day in Philadelphia
Betsy Ross of Lamford Pennsylvania wed Paul Fischer of Baltimore a Trexel Institute of Technology student. The Franklin Hotel reception followed as Philadelphia marked Flag Day with a parade of 16000 people 50 bands and numerous patriotic observances. The Sons of America held five ceremonies including a wreath laid at Betsy Ross’s grave in Mount Moriah cemetery.
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Betsy Ross
Jime
Miss Ross
Lamford
Paul Fischer
Baltimore
Trexel Institute of Technology
Franklin Hotel
Tsy Ross
Anaker
The
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Mount Marizh
Soviet Sparks Red Push Said by Chinese Agency
Central News Agency charges Russia organized actions aiding a Manchurian offensive backed by 30,000 Japanese prisoners and 50 tanks. Reports say Communist forces encircled Mukden, raided near Peiping, halted rail traffic, and involved Koreans and Japanese in the drive with a Moscow report due.
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Nanking
Lune
Kovernment
Russia
Manchuria
Mukden
China
Peiping
Sinkiang
Tibet
Central
Korea
Quter Mangelia
Panshi
Szepingkai
Associated Press
John Roderick
Roderick
Peiping- Tientsin
Tsanghsien
Tientsin-Puken
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Tass
Fess
Ource
A. A. Petrov
Moscow
Kremlin
Commission On
Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs
Ati
Rayburn Sees U S Aid for Greece as First Step in European Recovery
In a New Jersey speech to the Bar Association, House Democratic Leader Rayburn asserts that U S aid to Greece signals the shape of Europe’s recovery plan. He warns that rebuilding Europe will require heavy taxes and a guided revival blueprint, with cooperation of the United Nations.
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Atlantic City
N. 1
Rayburn
Texas Tonight
United States
Greece
At &S
Europe
New Jersey
United Nations
Europa
Charleston Man Receives British Empire Medal in Washington
John C. Frazier of Charleston, son of Mrs. Lile Frazier, earned the British Empire Medal and a citation from Lord Inverchapel for aiding U S ammunition supply to Britain during World War II. He served 29 months in the European theater, earning the Bronze Star and two battle stars. He works for Appalachian Electric Power Co. in Charleston.
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John C. Frazier
Lile He BR. Frazier
J. C. Frazier
Buffalo
Washington
Lord Inverchapel
Department of Interior
Frazier
Appalachian Electric Power
Colin Charleston
U. S
British War-Office
Ministry of
Withdrawal threats and Soviet troop posts frame Romania Hungary edge
Says Communists from page 27 warn that withdrawing all occupation forces ends Big Three control commissions. American officials expect Soviet troop withdrawal and end of occupation control to widen non Communist action space. Soviets may keep troops in Romania and Hungary to maintain lines with forces in Austria. The Chinese intervene in clashes involving lamas as non monastic residents of Tinet.
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Uonomea
Romania
Hungary
Austria
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