House Action On Draft Bill Due in June
Washington May 23 The draft bill faces House action starting June 1 after clearance by the House rules committee. The plan permits open amendments on the floor and ends compulsory induction of 18-year-olds in favor of a one-year enlistment option. Key issues remain segregation in the armed services and the 18-year-old enlistment policy affecting the 161000 quota.
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Berlin Reds Press Plebiscite in U S Zone Vote
Berlin communists opened a people’s plebiscite for German unification in the American sector amid warnings of arrests for trespass. Officials say voting is banned in the U S zone and in the French zone, though tolerated in the British zone with intimidation avoided.
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Dewey Victory Boosts Vandenberg Bid In Nominating Fight
Washington dispatch notes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s Oregon primary win boosts Republican prospects for Sen. Vandenberg. Stassen faces continued opposition from veteran GOP delegates while Vandenberg gains tentative backing from figures like Gov. Duff of Pennsylvania. The piece discusses vote totals, potential coalitions, and the shifting path to the nomination, with Stassen lacking clear momentum.
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Retail Sales Rise Sharply Amid Economic Signals
The Commerce Department reports a notable pickup in retail sales in April surpassing pre Christmas levels after seasonal adjustment. New orders for manufactured goods rose strongly from February to March, with factory demand up 164 percent vs prewar levels and housing starts up 25 percent year over year. Employment advanced in April while unemployment edged down. personal income ran at 203 billion dollars annual rate in March, still below late 1947 peaks. Page 14 column.
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Drownings Take 4 More State Lives
Drowning near Gauley Bridge claims Adrian Halstead a Gauley Bridge resident age 32. Rivermen from Gauley Bridge and nearby dragged the New River area with grappling hooks as state police investigated a likely head first fall from a small rowboat after the carbide cap light went out. The victim could not swim. another drowning had occurred in the same vicinity earlier this month. Page 14.
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Allies to Install Police Liaison Officers in Berlin
Western powers plan to place liaison officers in Berlin's three central police headquarters, now controlled by German Communists. The Americans will enter the uniformed police HQ, the French the criminal police HQ, and the British the central Praesidium. Moscow calls the move illegal and orders police to ignore it.
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Israel Agrees to Halt Palestine War Cease Fire? Still Unclear
Israel's provisional governmentorders a cease fire if Arabs heed UN appeal while Arab states mull response. Jerusalem fighting intensifies as Egyptians defend routes to Bethlehem and Rachel's tomb. Two Americans killed, and a US consul general died of wounds. The UN Security Council debates a forceful resolution as Cairo reports an Egyptian mobile force entering Jerusalem.
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Telephone Strike Reported Near Nationwide action expected
New York May 23 A union leader warned of an imminent strike by about 30 000 telephone equipment workers nationwide. Dan V Harris CIO ACEW fourth vice president said Western Electric flatly rejected union wage demands. The dispute centers on a general wage increase of 31 seats an hour and a wage reopening clause in a two year contract.
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Tariff Battle Rises Anew in Washington Report
May 3 report from Washington shows sharp party split over a Republican backed reciprocal trade act. Fifteen Republicans urge safeguards for domestic industry agriculture and labor while nine Democrats condemn it as sabotage of the reciprocal program. Gearhart argues for a one year extension with congressional veto if the President oversteps bounds.
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U S and Russia War Seems Less Likely, Tydings States
Senator Tydings of Maryland says a war with Russia appears less likely than six months ago. He cites indications from Premier Stalin’s conciliatory note to Henry A. Wallace, suggesting Moscow’s motive is to shift responsibility for world peace away from Russia.
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Congress Debates Let Out Nation s Military Secrets
Washington readers glimpse how Congress debates military matters open to public view. May 20 discussions reveal Iceland pact, Keflavik airport private-operate plan, and a Camp Detrick germ warfare appropriation of 862830 dollars for munitions loading and crop research.
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Arabs Insist on Disarmament for Jerusalem Truce
Trans-Jordan May 23. Secretary General Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha of the Arab League said Arabs will demand complete disarmament of Jewish forces in Jerusalem as the basis for any truce. He suggested disarmament might apply to both sides and criticized international control of the city. He described Arab forces repelling a Jewish colony attack at Rachel’s tomb site with Arab Legion and Egyptian trained volunteers and noted North African recruits in Egypt.
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Housewife Killed By Accidental Shot
A Montgomery housewife, Mrs Agnes Simonton, was fatally shot at 1 15 pm when an old Colt revolver fired as she picked it up from a dresser drawer. Her husband William and sister Jean Cadle found her unconscious. she died before a physician arrived. The death was ruled accidental. the body was taken to B C Hooper mortuary.
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Air Force calls off globe flight of B 29 Superfortresses
FRANKFURT May 23 The U S Air Force has called off the round the world flight of three B 29 Superfortresses arriving here last week on the first leg The flight was postponed for the present because of unsettled conditions in countries over which the bombers were to fly The planes returned to their U S base instead of continuing to Dhahran Saudi Arabia They had been scheduled to fly via Dhahran Karachi Manila and Okinawa
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U S Consul Rites Planned Amid Jerusalem Toll
Washington reports two American deaths in Jerusalem tied to Arab Jewish fighting. Navy radioman Herbert M. Walker died of wounds after entering a sniper exchange near the consulate. Thomas C. Wasson, consul general, died earlier from a sniper's bullet while seeking a truce. Both to be buried in Jerusalem. A third American, Thomas Gannon, was shot May 14. Burial planned Monday at 10 am local Jerusalem time.
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Jerusalem Jews Set For Stalingrad Fight Over Holy City
A Jewish source says Israeli troops will defend Jerusalem against Arab forces, vowing to turn the city into a Stalin grad to prevent its fall. Israel orders a cease fire on all fronts in Palestine from Monday night as army spokesman cites arms imports by sea. The Jerusalem Tel Aviv convoy route remains closed except for vital military supplies.
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Lebanon Refuses U S Demand to Free 41 Jews
Washington reports Lebanon rejects U S demand to release 41 American citizens held in Beirut after being removed from the Palestine-bound ship Marine Corps. The Americans, described as Jews of military age, were interned amid security concerns in Palestine occupied territories. State Department warned against discrimination but Lebanon stood firm. No immediate plan for further action was announced.
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Jingling the News End of the Line
A cryptic note from Oregon hints at a near miss in a political chase. Stan Arnold referenced, with an assertive claim that an alibi for Stassen has begun to hold. The fragmentary text suggests partisan commentary and sharp language without clear attribution.
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