Congress Adjourns as Leaders Hint Return Later in Year
The 80th Congress adjourned after a grueling session, sending the farm bill and a record foreign aid measure to law. The House approved 319 to 62 and the Senate by voice vote. Leaders indicated Congress may be recalled before year end, with Speaker Martin noting readiness to return if the president’s actions demand it.
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Senate
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Congress
Martin
R.-Mass
Repubicans
Barkley
D.-Ky
Phila
Europe
Vandenberg
America
Marshall
Imne
Head-On Collision Kills 3 in Lincoln
Three killed and seven injured in a head-on crash on state route 10 near Lincoln county. Among the dead is Willard Workman 41 of Whitman, with his wife and two other adults. Four Workman children were injured, two escaped uninjured.
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West Hamlin
Here
H. D. Coyner
Banker Lincoln County
McGhee Funeral Home
Willard Workman
Whitmana
Logan County
Misister
Island Creek Coal Co
Ant Millard Brimly
Branchland
Coyner
Joan
James
Brenda Joyce
Samual
Hester Louise
Rachel Marie
Congress Shifts Policy To Meet Red Challenge
Congress votes to fund most of its foreign aid authorization and approves a peacetime draft as part of a broad policy shift against Soviet Russia. Marshall and Vandenberg praise the action while stressing timely spending and the draft's approval as key to European reconstruction and global peace.
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United States
Europe
Wilt
Reds Denounce Money Change in German Currency Reform
BERLIN June 21 The Soviet commander in Germany Vassily Sokolovsky denounced the currency reform as illegal and warned against introducing new money into Berlin He said only the currency can circulate in Berlin in the Soviet zone and accused the Western powers of dividing Germany by their reform The letter to Gen Tancius D Clay US military governor was made publicObservers say the reform began in all three western zones with old Reichsmark exchanges while the Soviet zone clings to the old currency.
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Vassily Sokolovsky
Germany
Western Germany
Sokolovsky
Tancius D. Clay
U. S
United States
Britain
France
Soviet
Housing Shelving May Cost 100000 Homes, Says Builder
In Los Angeles on June 20 Milton J. Brock, president of the National Association of Home Builders, warned that Senate inaction on housing legislation could deny 100,000 veterans and others the homes they might have afforded. He stressed the industry's 1948 goal of over a million homes and blamed left wing public housing advocates for undermining low cost provisions of FHA amid failed attempts to pass a socialized housing bill in the House.
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National Assoc. of Home Builders
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FHA
House of Representatives
Business Turns Upward After Early 48 Slide
The Commerce Department reports May spending and new orders rising, signaling the end of temporary hesitation. Inventories rose earlier, but renewed demand sparked a price uptick and higher production, aided by lower taxes and wage increases in mass production.
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Washington
Vance
Symphony League picks chief at biennial convention
Arthur Bennett Lipkin of Philadelphia was elected president of the American Symphony Orchestra League at the end of the third biennial convention at the Daniel Boone hotel. New officers include Mrs. William Arms Fisher and Mrs. Julian B. Hatton as vice presidents, with Mrs. Helen M. Thompson as secretary treasurer.
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Philadelphia
Main Line
American Symphony Orchestra League
Daniel Boone Hotel
A. H. Miller
Duluth
Charleston Symphony
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Mys
Leta J .G. Snow
Kalamazoo, Mich
Foun
Greeks Launch Major Offensive in Northern Pindus Mountains
In a vast operation, about 70,000 Greek troops assault the Grammos rebels from three directions across the Albanian border toward Ioannina and Grevena. The drive targets the rebel stronghold amid a rugged 7,000 foot terrain pocket, with roughly 7,000 guerrillas reported in the area and Markos Vafiades’s main supply bases nearby. The action marks the largest offensive of the civil conflict to date.
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Nestarion
Simple method for making dollars grow through Savings Bonds
Kanawha county women control much of family spending and can grow their dollars by regular month by month purchases of U S Savings Bonds. Held to maturity bonds return four dollars for every three invested and can be cashed after 60 days. The piece urges participation in America's Security Loan.
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Kanawha County
U. S
America
Draft Call May Range 200000 to 225000 Inductees
Washington reports that the army likely will call between 200,000 and 225,000 draftees in the first year of the new program. Volunteer enlistments and re-enlistments could offset needs if kept near current rates, delaying further calls until 1950. The draft bill sets total strength at 2,005,882 with specific expansion goals for each service. General Omar N. Bradley says the bill is adequate, delaying drafting for 90 days after presidential approval.
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Omar N. Bradley
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Board to Tackle Coal Tiff Today
A three man residential inquiry board led by David L. Cole will begin hearings on the coal contract dispute tomorrow afternoon in Washington. John L. Lewis and coal operators were summoned for opening tract finding sessions as the panel aims for a fast report to President Truman by Wednesday to allow an injunction against a threatened coal strike. The pension dispute remains the main obstacle to a new coal agreement, with Judge T Alan Goldsborough set to rule Tuesday on key legal points.
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Washington
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
T. Alan Galdsborough
Crowds Duck Mad Motorists At Republican Event
Philadelphia reports describe crowded scenes around the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel as Dewey and Taft supporters arrive. Delegates check in amid narrow streets and loud, lively exchanges with police. The piece notes commuter chaos, elevator shortages, and humorous street interactions in a Sunday political rally setting.
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New Yor
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Taft
A. Dewey
Dewty
Sen
McGrath Criticizes GOP Congress For Inaction
Democratic Chairman J Howard McGrath criticized the Republican Congress for ignoring inflation housing and veterans needs. He accused lawmakers gathered in Philadelphia of postponing action to assist the homeless and low income families and urged platform planks opposing better schools and healthier America while favoring big business.
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Rule On Union Political Spending Expected By Court
The Supreme Court will decide tomorrow if labor unions may spend union funds on political activities in federal elections. The case tests the constitutionality of the Taft Hartley Act provision barring union contributions for or against candidates. A district court ruled the ban unconstitutional as an infringement on free speech.
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Supreme Court
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GOP Finishes Platform Job at Philadelphia Convention
The Republicans completed a 2400 word platform covering about 30 topics including a foreign policy plank reportedly approved by Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. The document, not yet public, may be altered by the 104 member resolutions committee and the national convention. The drafting subcommittee led by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said changes were mainly linguistic.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
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Massachusetts
Lodge
Full Resolutions Committee
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thousands Dead as Flood Hits Foochow
The Central News Agency reported that several thousand people were drowned and 200,000 left homeless by a flood in Foochow, the capital of Fukien province. The Min River rose rapidly, flooding parts of the city up to 20 feet, trapping many residents and causing property damage estimated at at least five trillion Chinese dollars.
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Yeager Details Sonic Plane Altitude Record Visit
Capt Charles E Yeager visiting Hamlin West Virginia reveals his XS-1 plane has set an altitude record beyond any prior craft. He describes his trip home to parents and brother, meets spectators, and plans to return to duty at Wright Field after a few days.
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Neil Boggs
Charles E. Yeager
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West Virginia
Hal Yeager
Hal, Jr
Hamlin
Army
Dewey Taft And Stassen See Victory
GOP national convention opens with Taft Dewey and Stassen predicting early victory. Stassen sticks to ninth ballot, Dewey wants balloting to begin Thursday morning to avoid a dark horse. Warren and Vandenberg also figure in open race as Pennsylvania leads with 72 delegates pledging Martin on first ballot.
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Philadelphia
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Gov
Dewey
Ohio
New York
Harold C. Stas
California
Earl Warren
Martin
Mass
Vandenberg
Mich
Dark Horse
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Cancus
Edward Martin
Keystone State
Albert Duff
Warren
Illinois
Maine GOP Senate primary fields four strong nominees
Portland Maine June 20 A freshman in Maine politics faces three proven vote-getters for the Republican senatorial nomination in tomorrow's primaries. Albion P Beverage of Dresden challenges U S Rep Margaret C Smith Gov Horace Hildreth and former Gov Sumner Sewall for the seat of retiring Majority Floor Leader White. Dr Adrian H Scolten is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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Albion P. Beverage
Dresden
U. S
Margaret C. Smith
Skowhegan
Horace Hildreth
Cumberland
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Senate
White
Adrian H. Scolten
Biddeford
Louis B. Lausier
Leland B. Currier
Lewiston
George D. Var Ner
Kittery
Frederick G. Payne
Waldoboro
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Neil S. Bishop
Bondsinham Farmer
Two Explosions Kill Twenty in Cairo Jewish Quarter
In Cairo's Jewish quarter two blasts within minutes killed 20 people and wounded 41, destroying five houses and injuring others. Police said the detonations were likely accidental, caused by faulty storage of fireworks materials used by Jews in torpedo and noise devices.
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Saleh Murtaza Bey
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