Georgia Draft Plans Move to Eisenhower and Russell
Georgia Democrats at the state convention pledged to place Dwight Eisenhower for president with Richard Russell as vice president on the 1948 Democratic ticket. They urged Truman to withdraw to prevent chaos and preserve national welfare. Mahoney urged Eisenhower draft, warning a Truman nomination could cost Democrats control in Congress and state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Barrett
Macon
Georgia
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Russell
Truman
New York
Supreme Court
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paul Fitzpatrick
Mahoney
Steel firms file unfair practices charges against UMW
Eighteen major steel companies accuse John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of unfair labor practices in reacting to a mining contract. They warn of a possible strike at captive coal mines and seek NLRB action to block a union shop provision effective July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hteen
John L. Lewis
Harry M. Moses
No Labor Relations Board
Compa
Republic
Bethle
Jones
Laughlin
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Lewis
Weather Summary for July 2 1948 Across Multiple Cities
Fair today and tonight with warmer conditions likely Saturday. Temperature readings include Charleston 72 and 26 high, Chicago 90 and 68, New York 64, Los Angeles 41, Miami 88, Raleigh 70, Washington 63, Wilmington 68. Rainfall amounts show scattered totals with several locations at 0.00 and some at measurable traces.
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Charlotte
Weathy
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Joe Denves
Detroit
Evansville
Lee Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
LOO Meridian
Miami
Mini-St
Lenoir Family Seeks Sun in West Coast Jail
Leroy Wilson and his wife Helen, both from Lenoir North Carolina, were jailed in Los Angeles on suspicion of vagrancy and child neglect after a cross country hitchhiking trek. Their two children were placed in juvenile hall awaiting hearings. Deputies found the family on a curb singing and praying as Wilson cited a heart ailment pushing them to seek warmer weather.
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Los Angeles
Lenoir
N. C
Leroy Wilson
Helen
Wilson
Methodists Balloting On Two Bishops In Southeast
At the Southern Jurisdictional conference in Columbia South Carolina voting for two new bishops continued. Roy H Short of Nashville and William A Smart of Emory University led the second ballot with 127 and 117 votes respectively, after 92 and 80 on the first ballot. 335 votes were cast with 201 needed for election. Two bishops will be elected and assigned to conferences. The event includes potential successors for Lloyd Decell of Jackson and other leading contenders. Bishops will be consecrated Sunday.
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Columbia
S. C
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
The
Methodist Church
Roy H. Short
Nashville
Tenn
William A. Smart
Emory University
Atlanta
Lloyd Decell
Jackson
Miss
John W. Branscomb
Orlando
Fla
Marvin A. Franklin
Birmingham
Ala
George M. Davyenport
Decatur
Janning Potts
Chicago
James A. Bays
Knoxville
Clyde E. Lundy
Bristol
Lester J. Rumble
J. Emerson Ford
Greek Divisions Close on Rebel Forces in Grammos Region
Reports from Athens say Greek divisions pressing rebels in the Grammos mountains are within 15 to 16 miles of junctures as meetings of northern southern and eastern troops converge to strike the hard core of communist leader Markos Vafiades. Guerrilla strength estimated up to 7000, with risk of escape to nearby Albania reduced.
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Athens
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Albania
Democrats Push for Summer Special Session Amid 1948 Challenge
Highly placed Democrats urge a summer special session of Congress to test Republicans on 1948 platform pledges. Senator McGrath says pressure builds after Democratic convention set for July in Philadelphia. Rep Spence backs the idea while Sparkman questions GOP consistency and Knutson predicts presidential vetoes until Dewey wins.
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Associated Press
Congress
GOP
Senator McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Philadelphia
Rep
Spence
Kentucky
House Banking Committee
Eee
Sparkman
D-Ala
Knutson
Rminn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dewey
White House
Call Issued Today For Bank Statements
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all National banks at the close of business June 30. The Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC issued similar calls to their respective members not affected by the other calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FRB
FDIC
FDC
Army May Seek Rail Settlement
Justice Goldsborough granted a permanent anti strike injunction keeping 190,000 railroad workers on the job as talks resume. President Truman ordered railroads seized May 10 to prevent a strike. Royall testified he has ultimate authority to fix wages and conditions of employment under those orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Goldsborough
Royall
Truman
Pet Reaant
Wori
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Beams Suspected as Soviet Interference Over Berlin Air Corridors
U S Air Force officers report possible Soviet radio beam interference near Berlin disrupting pilots navigating the western air corridor. Tempelhof pilots described being pulled east of Berlin before returning to the American sector. Western airlift aims to extend food stocks for 2,000,000 Germans to early September with additional airborne supplies.
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Berlin
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
West
Tempelhof
Frankfurt
Bank Call Raleigh Reports Bank Condition June 30 1948
Gurney P Hood commissioner of banks ordered a report of condition as of June 30 1948 from all state commercial and industrial banks and industrial loan agencies under the state banking commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank Call
Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
State Banking Commission
Vets Widows to Get Pension Boost Under New Law
President Truman signed a measure increasing pension payments for widows children and dependent parents of veterans who died in service. The boosts total over 30 million dollars annually with higher rates for widow with children and for those with multiple dependents. Peacetime deaths reduce benefits by twenty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Government ends year with eight billion surplus
Treasury Secretary Snyder announced the 1948 true budget surplus at 8.419 billion dollars, the largest in history. Congress reclassified 3 billion as an advance credit against 1949 spending, boosting European recovery program funding and shaping the 1949 budget to avoid a year end deficit. The figure, whether the true surplus or the congress-adjusted amount, marks the second surplus after 16 years of deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congressional
Say
Congress
Treasury
Coolidge
Dewey Attends Last Rites For Israeli Colonel
Col. David Marcus, two war decorations recipient and former New York City corrections commissioner, was buried with military honors at the U S Military Academy West Point exactly 28 years after his plebe year. Gov. Dewey Maj. Gen. Taylor and 24 West Point classmates attended and formed a guard of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
David Marcus
U. S. Army
Jerusalem
Marcus
New York City
Commissioner of Correction
U. S. Military Academy
Brooklyn
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S. Attorney's Office
Manhattan
Maxwell D. Taylor
Academy
Letter to Right Man sparks steel pipe for Illinois family
A Hillsboro Illinois household writes to the president claiming daily wash water hardship. A White House secretary forwards the plea to the Commerce Department and the Office of Industry Cooperation. A steel company official arranges delivery of pipe to Mrs Ondrey and three neighboring families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Molony
Washington
Paul Ondrey
Hillsboro
Kinkead Road
Illinois
White House
Steel Company
OIC
St. Louis
Normal Weather Forecast For This Week End
A hot weekend is foretold for most of the Midwest with 90s in many areas for the next two to three days. The eastern states ease after days of humidity while cooler air moves into the eastern Seaboard. Desert regions report 111 at Yuma and 110 at Phoenix with Sioux City reaching 99 in the Midwest heat belt.
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Chicago
Prospect
Midwest
North Central States
Gulf Region
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Seaboard
Mercury
California
Arizona
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Silver Lake
Calif
Sioux City
Publishers of Comic Books Adopt Code
A group of comic magazine publishers formed the Comics Code to bar sexually suggestive content, sadistic torture, glamorized crime, and prejudicial material. Fourteen firms, issuing 15 million of 50 million monthly comics, agreed to use wholesome education and entertainment, avoiding indecent depictions and disrespect for authorities.
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New York
Association of Comic Magazine Publishers
United States
Tito Backed by Yugoslav Communists Amid Stalin Plea
In London July 2 Associated Press reports Yugoslav Communists urge Stalin to repudiate Cominform charges against Marshal Tito. About 15,000 Belgrade communists affirm faith in Tito and ask Stalin to expose the truth quickly. A pattern of support for Tito rises as dissidents drift toward him and Greek, Albanian, and Romanian signals shift in the region.
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Stalin
London
Marshal Tito
Andrei A. Zhadanov
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Comform
Belgrade
Comiform
Communist International Information Bureau
Ite
Tito
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Russia
Central Communist Committee
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Washington
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Copenhagen
Johannes Jensen
Roeskilde
Zeeland
State Fertilizer Sales Fall For First Time Since 1939
North Carolina fertilizer sales slipped in the 1947-48 fiscal year ending June 30, an Agricultural Commissioner D. S. Coltrane report shows. Total sales reached 1,606,421 tons, down 61,399 tons from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
D. S. Coltrane
Department
Black man executed at Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas
Edward Pugh, 21, of Little Rock was electrocuted at Tucker Prison Farm for an alleged Dec 3 incident involving a two and a half year old Black girl. He confessed his guilt and walked to the chair.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Edward Pugh
Little Rock
Arkansas Electric Chair
Pugh
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