Draft Extension and Pay Raise Approved by Congress
Congress extended the draft through March 31 and barred 18-year-olds from induction while preserving registration. The pay raise, costing about 652 million dollars annually, boosts first privates to 5 percent and top officers to 10 percent. The measure passed House 358 to 110 and cleared Senate swiftly.
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Senate
Truman
Victor
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Cole
Sen
Revercomb
R.-W .Va
Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomason
Naval Srilelate
Scrap Drive Planned to Ease Wartime Steel Shortage
The Civilian Production Administration plans a large scrap drive to relieve a three million ton scrap shortage threatening the steel industry. CPA seeks higher scrap price ceilings to mobilize idle metal while the War Assets Corp and armed forces stockpile government reserves. The 325,000 ton dealer stock and general scouring appeal reflect the urgency, with a prior drive failing three months ago.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
CPA Bee
Tetail Production Agency
War Assets Corp
American Scrap Institute
Steel Com
Fillie Willis Says Housing Shortage Sparks Family Hope
The spoken remark notes a housing shortage as Fillie Willis recalls family visits and shared space. The statement hints at persistence amid shortages and mentions relatives and kin staying together in a rural setting.
Trieste Crisis Deepens as U S Cruiser Joins Force
The United States sent the 10,000-ton cruiser Fargo to Trieste amid rising fears of an explosion in the tense border region. Officials report troop movements in Yugoslavia and increased British and American naval presence along the Morgan Line as diplomacy at Paris seeks to restrain aggression and uphold Potsdam conditions.
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Washington
United States
Farza
Trieste
Europe
Russia
Fargo
Byrnes
Molotov
Paris
Italy
Yugoslavia
Malta
Acheson
Romania
Reuben Markham
Christian Science Monitor
Markham
Athens
UNRRA
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Japan
Germany
Adriatic
Wyatt Carig Jez Russellvilie
Ala
Poles Back Russia Plan On International Atomic Control
Poland backs Russia's atomic control plan at the United Nations energy commission and calls for discarding use of the atomic bomb in international politics. Dr. Oscar Lange leads Poland's unequivocal endorsement as Australia supports the U S proposals and a 12 member working committee is set to review all ideas. The United States proposes an international development authority to control all aspects of atomic energy and to halt weapon production once sufficient controls are in place. Russia counters with its own international convention to ban atomic weapons.
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New York
Poland
Russia
Oscar Lange
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Li Nation Commission
United States
Australia
Herbert V. Evatt
Evatt
Priday
International Atomic Development Authority
OPA Authorizes Price Boost For Hard Coal
The OPA approved a one cent per ton price rise for hard coal to cover wage gains for miners and rising costs. The boost, about 44.5 million dollars annually, primarily affects households using anthracite while also potentially passed on to industrial users. The increases apply to Pennsylvania producers and take effect immediately.
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OPA
Washington
Obo L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Doolittle Board Reforms Slated to Protect GI Joe
Secretary of War Patterson announced nine of fourteen Doolittle board recommendations to curb privilege abuse by officers. Reforms include tighter regulations on officer authority, improved promotion review, and equitable allowances while extending leave and pay considerations for enlisted personnel. Page 7 continues.
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Washington
INS
Patterson
Doolittle
James. Boolittle
Indian Leaders Accept British Freedom Plan
The Congress party and the Moslem league accepted the British plan for a federated India but split on an interim cabinet of 14 to rule during a constituent assembly. Congress rejected the interim government while the league approved it, with Britain signaling a possible interim administration in coming weeks.
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New Delhi
Adid
Imajor
Union of India
India
Jesgue
Oth
Nawabzadda Liaquat Ali Khan
A. Jinnah
League
Mmission
Lord Wavell
Jinnah
Action Nf
No Trespassers Warned at Bikini Bomb Test Site
Vice Admiral Blandy announces Navy will use force if needed to prevent interference with the atom bomb test aboard the USS Mount McKinley. Notices issued to mariners keep ships out of a 1500 mile Bikini area as July test approaches.
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MT. Mckinley
William A. Brandy
Bikini
Blandy
Bikini Dagoon
Marshalls
United States
House Approves Compromise Price Control Bill in 265-105 Vote
The House approved a one year extension of wartime price controls with major restraints, beating back a bid to cap meat and dairy prices. The bill heads to the Senate with President Truman expected to sign, while opponents warn of inflation and loss of OPA authority.
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Washington
OPA
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Chester Bowles
Rayburn
D.-Fox
Trueman
Capone Mobsters Unpack Guns In Chicago Gang War
A 98 page statement by James Ragen Sr linking Al Capone era gangsters to a bid for control of Chicago horse race gambling is released after Ragen is shot. He names former Capone associates and claims $600000 in political gifts, while authorities fear renewed violence and pursue suspects connected to the attack.
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CNS
al Capone
James Ragen
Racing Information Service
William Tunhy
Ragen
Hames
Old Capone
Underworld
Cipone
Levin
Jack
Greasy Thumb
Guzik
Murray
the Camel
Humphries
Tony
Rigen
Regen
I! Ragen
Staten Island Ferry Terminal Fire Kills Two
A multi-alarm blaze at the Staten Island St George ferry terminal killed two people Mrs Cornelius White and fireman Harold Clendening while 34 were overcome or injured The fire began from a short circuit in a Staten Island rapid transit line and swept the wooden ferry house destroying the four slips over two hours to control The dead included a ticket agent Alize Keizer later listed alive in hospital
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Staten Island
St. George Ferry
Cornelius White
Harold Clendening
Alize Keizer
Staten Island Hospital
Staten I
Land Ranid
Elnctri
Dist
Hermann Methtessel
Lower Manhattan
White
Clendening
Hel
Vergons
Food Shortage Threatens To Close State Mines
West Virginia coal region faces food shortages as miners and families struggle for lunch and dinner. United Mine Workers District 17 leader warns miners may quit. Welch field reports eight more locals demand relief. Bakeries idle at Bluefield consider reopening as flour shipments arrive. Darr Smokeless Coat Co. mine workers resume after protest layoff.
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William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Charleston
Blizzard
Welch
Nmw
W. M. Leste
Pocahonias Field
UMW
Lewis
L. D. Feuchtenberger
Bluefield
Cmdr
W. B. Hawkinson
Darr Smokeless Coat Co
Twin Branch
Meat Production Falls 23 Percent Amid Famine Fears
Washington dispatch reports USDA data showing federally inspected meat production dropped 23 percent to 139 million pounds for the week ending June 22, with cattle and hog slaughters down while lamb and sheep rose. Officials warn the nationwide meat famine may persist two more weeks despite some gains in veal and lamb outputs.
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Washington
INS
Agricultura Department
Department
American Meat Institute
Meat Institute
Hunery
U S Holds Argentine Gold to Be Unfrozen
A State Department spokesman said the United States will unfreeze about 700 million dollars of Argentine gold held by the Federal Reserve in New York. Negotiations were conducted in Buenos Aires by U S Ambassador George Messersmith and Argentine officials. details remain unavailable.
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U. S
Washington
INS
State Department
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Buenos Aires
George Messersmith
Foreign Office
Brawley Ousted Deputy Alleges Pressure Over Sheriff Race
Nashua New Hampshire reports recounts Deputy Leadman claiming dismissal by Sheriff D Earl Brawley after he refused to seek governor Meadows appointment. Leadman says Brawley pressured deputies to back Mont Cavender Jr and to quit, while a separate car kidnapping case in Massachusetts drew FBI involvement as a mechanic investigates a rattle traced to a trunk escape.
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Samuel A. Leadman
D. Earl Brawley
Leadman
Brawley
Nashua
N. H
Mont C. Cousenes
Scott
Bernard McLaughlin
Harold Scott
East Dan
Nashua Daily Telegraph
FBI
Nashua Po
McLaughlin
Scott Ayas
Julius A. de Gruyter, Jr
George Griffith
Alum Creex
Sheri Brawley
Hutchinson
Hithey
Enymy Pristary
Hosa
Mont Cavender
Byrnes Molotov talks lift hopes on Italian peace
Paris June 21 American informants said Secretary Byrnes was encouraged by private talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov over Trieste. He met Molotov for an hour then conferred with Bevin and Bidault, reporting progress to allied colleagues. Optimism rose that a Four Power council may reach agreement on major Italian peace treaty issues.
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Paris
U.S
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Trieste
Brynes
Molotov
Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidealt
Foreign Ministeral Council
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Hair Line Decision In Germany Prompts Ban Talk
A German debate grows over banning certain mustache styles linked to a historical figure. The discussion centers on public figures, taste standards, and potential restrictions on facial hair in official or public settings.
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Hitler
Stan_ Arnold
Wopyright
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