Alabama Voters Face Runoff and Delegates Choice
Alabama voters go to the polls Tuesday to complete the Democratic primary run off and choose delegates to the national convention. The run off tests turnout and civic duty while candidates including Folsom Carmichael Bonner Stapp and others vie for eight delegate posts and anti Truman or pro southern platforms. The Daily urges large participation to uphold the run off provision and shape Southern political stance.
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Alabama
Folsom
Albert Carmichael
J. M. Money
Gessner T.mccorvey
Talladega
Hardy Riddle
J. M. Bonner
Legion
Albert Stapp
South
Philadelphia
Truman
Truman reshuffles White House visitors and pension talks
President Truman hides his real White House visitors by using five side entrances and the Williamsburg yacht for informal talks. While Congress debates aging pension raises, leaders urge a frank report on benefits and costs amid a growing employed population.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Joe Keenan
A. F. of L
Political Action
Williamsburg
Congress
Michigan
John Dingely
Dingell
Oscar Ewing
England
Ewing
Railroad unions press for government seizure of rails
The three unions threaten a strike and propose the government should seize and run the railroads as a means to settle disputes. They argue for a policy to prevent future outages, while denying a full move to government ownership.
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James Marlow Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
United States of America
Christensen Case: U.S. Court Death Sentence Reduced
Private Leo Christensen was sentenced to death by a U.S. military court in Japan for rape murder and assault. Senator Henry Dworshak secured the sentence reduction to three years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge, then obtained parole. Now Christensen seeks an honorable discharge and asks Dworshak to aid again.
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Leo Christensen
U.S
Japan
Lars Deloy Christensen
Iowa
Idaho
Henry Dworshak
Dworshak
Senate targets forged export licenses racket unraveled
The senate small business committee probes counterfeit export licenses used to ship flour lard and other foods to Latin America. Two alleged forgers Tom Quinn and his nephew Jack Quinn have already been arraigned in New York and Jack Quinn reportedly obtained licenses after arraignment for goods valued at about one million dollars.
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Senate Small Business Committee
Commerce Department
Latin America
Tom Quinn
Jack Quinn
New York
Commerce de
Forgery Scandal Uncovered in Secret Hearings
Secret hearings disclosed a broad forgery scheme touching licenses for foodstuffs steel and streptomycin shipments. Harry Levey testified paying 28000 for 14 forged licenses while falsified customer declarations and altered export licenses amplified the fraud affecting Brazil Venezuela and the Philippines. Investigators linked inflated flour shipments to quota breaches and noted numerous forged licenses across several commodities.
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Commerce Department
Quinn
Senate Small Business Committee
Harry Levey
New York
Haro Products Co
Philippines
Homer Zopf
Brazil
Burt Wimner
Port of
Truman Pre Campaign Tour Maps Major United States Swing
President Truman plans an extensive pre campaign tour starting June 3. He will speak at Fort Wayne Gary and Chicago on June 4, then travel by train through Iowa to Omaha for a World War I reunion. The itinerary includes private meetings with Democrats and events across at least 20 states.
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Truman
Washington
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gary
Union Station
Chicago
Swedish Pioneer Centennial Association
Iowa
Clinton, Boone
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Mang Boys Town
Ivory Warren Dies from May Truck Crash Near Birmingham
Ivory Warren aged 42 of Enterprise Alabama died in a Birmingham hospital from injuries after a truck overturned on May 17 along the Montgomery highway about nine miles south of Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ivory Warren
Enterprise
Ala
Montgomery
Wright radio address stirs debate on race and politics
Jackson columnist cites Fielding L. Wright's Mississippi speech as exposing what he calls Southern white hypocrisy toward negroes. He argues Roosevelt and Truman policies force civil rights on the South, while condemning Republicans for vague past efforts and criticizing Roosevelt for segregation practices at Warm Springs.
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Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
South
Warm Springs
Truman
Missouri
Sidney Hillman
Republcans
Lincoln
Republican Party
Republican Congress
Wright
Harlem
Washington
Detroit
Toledo
Chicago
Philadelhia
New York
Pittsburgh
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