Tobin Named Unconfirmed Labor Secretary Nominee
President Truman nominated Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts for labor secretary but Senate Republican Taft blocked confirmation. A recess appointment is possible, allowing Tobin to serve and receive pay until the next Congress session.
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Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Tobin
Congress
Boston
Bay State
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Barkley
Kentucky
The
Ohioan
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
United Nations General
Paris
Capitol Hill
Nominations for Posts Blocked in Senate Action
President Truman sent over 100 nominations to the special session, with Senate inaction delaying decisions. Among blocked picks are Maurice Tobin for secretary of labor Elmer Wene for assistant secretary of agriculture Thomas Blaisdell Jr for assistant secretary of commerce and notable figures like Warren Austin John Foster Dulles Eleanor Roosevelt and Philip Jessup for UN General Assembly roles.
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Washington
Presii Truman
Congress
Senate
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
Law
Elmer H. Wene
New Jersey
Agriculture
Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr
Commerce
Warren R. Austin
John Foster Dulles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Paris
John H. Allmiller
Louisville
Harry M. Brennan
Tobin
Wene
Charles Brannon
Agriculure
Blaisdell
White House
Blaisdel
Berlin Fears New Munich May Now Be In The Making
Western Berliners fear a new Munich could emerge from four power talks in Moscow. Telegraf warns against trusting totalitarian promises and urges a firm Western stance. Otto Suhr decries any poor compromise at Berlin's expense, amid secrecy around Moscow negotiations.
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Munich
Germany
Moscow
Telegraf
Otto Suhr
E Telegraf
Suhr
Ashington
Truman
Marshall
Western allies boost currency for Berlin airlift
Western powers issue more of their money to support the Berlin blockade relief. Credits reach firms with Russian blocked accounts as British and American fleets log a record 666 flights into Berlin despite rain. Soviet press continues to belittle the airlift with counter propaganda of grain inflows.
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Telegraf
Berlin
Germany
Meat Boycott Spreads Across Cities Over Meat Prices
Budget pressed housewives mobilize a buy no meat campaign spreading from Dallas to 16 Texas cities and beyond as government forecasts point to higher meat prices. Leaders urge support with a August 9 meat abstention while officials warn of rising costs and possible price controls debate.
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Chicago
Dallas
Louisville
Boise
Kansas City
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Texas
Wisconsin
Kingan & Co
R. D. Vaughn
Two Earthquakes Recorded at California Tech Pasadena
Seismologists at the California Institute of Technology recorded two strong quakes today in Pasadena. The first struck at 7 49 52 a.m. and the second at 7 53 29 a.m. PDT, possibly part of the same disturbance centered about 8 800 miles away near the Indian Ocean. A separate Berkeley quake showed moderate intensity with a 6 51 47 a.m. PST origin and lasted two hours.
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Pasadena
Calif
Califo
Ia Institute of Technology
Indian Ocean
Berkeley
University of California
Plane Missing Eight Months Found In Alps
The wreckage of an American Army C-47 transport plane, missing since November 28 with 22 aboard, was located in the Italian Alps at about 9,000 feet. The Air Force said the crew and passengers included 17 enlisted men, three officers, and a War Department civilian.
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Germany
U. S. Air Force
Italy
Air Force
Wiesbaden
War Department
Secret Service Reports Wave of Forged Money
The Secret Service announced that over two thirds of 3.094 million dollars in counterfeit currency seized in the last year was produced in Europe. The Marseilles plant produced 2.145 million in fake notes. 12 counterfeiting suspects await trial in French courts. Domestic fakes reached 747 thousand, mostly checks and bonds. In total, 2,278 arrests were made.
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Washington
Europe
Secret Service
James J. Maloney
Treasury
Marseilles
France
Maloney
United States
U. S
St Laurent Elected Canada's New Liberal Leader
Louis Stephen St Laurent was chosen as successor to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King at the Dominion Liberal Party convention. He won on the first ballot with 348 votes to 323 for James Garfield Gardiner. C G Power received 56. Gardiner and Power pledged cooperation. St Laurent, a Quebec lawyer and current external affairs minister, urged national unity in French and English. Gardiner apologized for not speaking French. Power attacked bureaucracy. King remained distant but the move had long circulated as St Laurent’s selection.
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Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Canada
William Lyon MacKenzie King
King
St. Laurent
National Liberal Party
James Garfield Gardiner
C.G. Power
Air
Gardiner
Power
Quebec Corporation
J. Laurent
Wainwright Denies Absolution to Tojo Statement
General Jonathan M. Wainwright rejected any claim he absolved Hideko Tojo of mistreatment as a POW. He said he held Tojo responsible for Pearl Harbor and the Philippines attacks and noted prisoner treatment varied by location and commander. Blewett, Tojo's American counsel, said Wainwright conveyed a message at the Philadelphia Republican convention. Tojo faces judgment by the international war crimes court.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Hideko Tojo
Tokyo
George Francis Blewett
Philadelphia
Tojo
Wainwright
Bataan
Blewett
Japan
International War Crimes Court
Chapman Leads Kentucky Senate Nomination Race
Rep Virgil Chapman of Paris held a strong lead in Kentucky Democratic senatorial nominating returns, with 60 162 votes to John Young Brown's 49 059 and Milton Whitworth's 7 406 as 2 081 precincts reported. Republican nominee John S Cooper led Silas A Sullivan in unofficial returns from 2 064 precincts. Chapman benefited from gains in farm and tobacco regions.
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Louisville
Virgil Chapman
Paris
Kentucky
John Young Brown
Lexington
Chapman
Brown
Milton T. Whitworth
Elizabethtown
John S. Cooper
Somerset
Cooper
Silas A. Sullivan
Jamestown
Impeachment Talk Sparks Fight Over Records Access
Senator Ferguson urged impeachment as a remedy after President Truman refused to turn over loyalty investigation records on William W. Remington a Commerce Department official tied to wartime information leaks. Ferguson warned Congress must challenge presidential secrecy to prevent unchecked power.
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Washington
Ferguson
Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
Quaker Draft Stand Endorsed by Guilford College Meeting
North Carolina Quakers at Guilford College veered from Richmond Ind and New England groups in deciding to respect individual conscience on peacetime conscription. Young Friends will be advised to choose for themselves whether to register as conscientious objectors or oppose conscription. The 251st yearly meeting approved a Peace and Friends Service committee statement calling for world disarmament and warning that military service weakens the society’s testimony, while affirming support for those who enter the armed forces.
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Guilford College
North Carolina
Friends
Richmond
Ind
New England
Peace and Friends Service Committee
James Mattocks
High Point
Mystery Witness Held In Soviet Consulate Tug War
A 52 year old Russian chemist and White Russian shelter seeks asylum as tensions rise from Valley Cottage to New York City and Washington. Officials say she is being kept at the New York Soviet consulate after being brought from Reed Farm by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy. Rep Mundt says she plans to testify before HUAC about Russian aggression.
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N. Y
New York City
Washington
Kosenkina Oksana Stepanovna
Reed Farm
Alexandra Tolstoy
New York
Jacob Lomakin
Soviet Union
U. N
Lomakin
Countess Tolstoy
All
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House
Unamerican Activities Committee
Mundt
Israel to admit 100000 Jewish immigrants annually
Moshe Shapira, Israeli minister of immigration, told UN delegations Israel will admit 100000 Jewish immigrants each year. He noted about 25000 Jews had arrived in the first nine weeks since the provisional government took office in May.
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Lake Success
Moshe Shapira
United Nations
Shapira
Israel
Border Belt tobacco sales set new records
Open ing week on the Carolinas flue cured Border Belt produced 28,448,480 pounds marketed in four days ending yesterday with an average price of 54.44 dollars per hundred. The figure surpasses the 1946 first week high by 1.80 and last year’s opening week by 6.29. Individual markets averaged from 48.83 to 56.74 dollars.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
U. S
N. C
80 000 Tons Mammoth Carrier To Be Built at Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding to construct a new 80 000 ton super carrier for the U S Navy. The vessel will be the largest afloat with a beam of 130 feet and a nearly quarter mile length, capable of 36 knots and carrying multi engine bombers including atomic capable aircraft. Construction to take at least two years and work begins after contract confirmation by the navy.
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Newport News
U. S. Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and, Dry Dock Company
Washington
U. S
Otis Bland
D-Va
Donald P. Eller
Navy Public Information
Newport News Company
Navy
Panama Canal Locks
Eller
Housing And Credit Bills Go Through
Congress adjourned after passing key housing and anti inflation measures. The House and Senate met for 11 days since July 26, adjourning until December 31 with possible reconvening on Republican call. Debate centered on price controls, housing subsidies, and UN headquarters funding.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Wherry
Ned
Act Democratic
Tydings
Vandenberg
Columbia Plans Expansion of Television Net
CBS disclosed plans to expand its television network to 80 or more stations in three years. The east coast network currently includes WCBS-TV New York WCAU-TV Philadelphia WMAR-TV Baltimore WNAC-TV Boston and WMAL-TV Washington with working agreements. Akerberg said five more stations would join before year end with 125 more in 1949 and 36 in 1950. Some markets will receive CBS programs via film recordings until connected by coaxial cable or radio relay.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Mone
CBS East Coast
Wcbs-Tv
Wcau-Tv
Philadelphia
Wmar-Tv
Baltimore
Wnac-Tv
Boston
Wmal-Tv
Washington
Herbert V. Akerberg
CBS
Akerberg
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