Maritime strike threats strain Truman era labor talks
CIO maritime leaders and ship operators pressed efforts to avert a June 15 walkout by 200000 seamen and longshoremen as President Truman vowed to use navy coast guard army and war shipping administration to keep ships moving. In Racine Wisconsin Mayor Francis H a offered a settlement proposal to the J I Case Co and United Auto Workers while labor leaders faced mixed Senate House action on emergency strike control measures.
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Associated Press
CIO
Washington
Truman
Navy
Coast Guard
Army
War Shipping Administration
New York
Joseph Stack
CIO National Maritime Union
United Mine Workers
Adt
Racine
Wis
Francis H.a
United Auto Workers
J. I. Case Co
Mhem
Schwellenbach
Burlington
Rockford and
Rock Island
Ill
House
Magnetic airborne detector speeds search for resources and ships
A new magnetic airborne detector dubbed the magnetic finger offers faster, more sensitive readings than ground surveys. Developed with Columbia University, Navy, Bell Labs, Gulf, and others, tests show it maps iron and petroleum areas from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, with potential to locate sunken ships if water is shallow.
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Quonset Point
Rhode Island
LaGuardia Field
Cold Spring Harbor
Long Island
N. Y
George B. Pegram
Columbia
Alaska
Mexico
F. S. Withington
Navy Ordnance Laboratory
Milan Referendum Ballot on Monarchy and Republic
Milan voters including about 15 million women and 13 million men faced a June election on monarchy versus republic. Umberto and Cardinal Schuster toured sites as clashes erupted in Duomo square and royal palace area. Official results on monarchy or republic expected after June 7 with assembly returns sooner.
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Duomo
Royal Palace
Alfred Cardinal Schuster
Milan
Umberto
Ansa
Venice
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Ministry of the Interior
Supreme Court of
Constituent Assembly
Collier Cobb Named Durham Campaign Leader for Primary
Collier Cobb, a prominent Chapel Hill businessman, was named overall chairman by Congressman Carl Durham to coordinate the drive for votes in the sixth district. Durham plans to spend much time in the district before the June 22 election and will be in Raleigh next week for the termin bill vote.
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Chapel Hill
Collier Cobb
Conn Carl Durham
E. Earle Rives
Greensboro
Cobb
Durham
Spain and Franco Regime Not Ready for United Nations Membership
A UN sub-committee labels the Franco regime fascist and accuses it of aiding Axis powers during the war. It warns that civil strife and international intervention remain risks, noting Spain’s strategic weakness and unsuitability for UN membership until political prisoners are freed and exiled Spaniards return, elections are held, and fascist remnants are removed.
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General Assembly
United Nations
Spain
Franco
Europe
Poland
Senate debates atomic controls and security commission
Western senators question mining impacts as McMahon and Millikin defend strict domestic controls. A five member civilian control commission would be appointed by the president with other oversight from a military liaison, civilian advisers, and an eighteen member congressional board. The House panel supports army control while the rules committee delays action.
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Vandenberg
United Ations Atomic Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
McMahon
D-Conn
Millikin
Rcolo
Senate
Tom
Harry
Secretaries of War and Navy
Congress
House
Rules Committee
Landlord and Tenant Both Lose in Ga House Clash
In Hopeville a struggle over a rental home ends with both sides losers. Charlie Jett and his five are left without a place to live while landlord R L Ballard also has no house to rent. A sheriff halted teardown after a tenant filed an injunction, and Jett sought 2500 dollars in damages.
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Hopeville
Charlie Jett
R. L. Ballard
Jett
Clayton County
W. L. Dickson
Ballard
OPA
Philippines inaugurates relief shakeup and arms surrender pledge
Manila reports President Roxas announcing a major reform of relief and rehabilitation, firing April hires and replacing the board with a nonpolitical body. Jose Zulueta says 11,000 Hukbalahap will surrender by July 4 to settle central Luzon agrarian issues without bloodshed amid looming food shortages.
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Manila
New Philippines Administration
Relief and Rehabilitation Organization
Jose Zulueta
Central Luzon
Manuel A. Roxas
Roxas
Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
American Red Cross
An Yh
Soviets Predicted War With Allies Warned by Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko testified in Ottawa that Col. Zabotin warned in 1945 the Soviets would face the United States Canada and Great Britain as enemies someday. Gouzenko said he stole documents and turned against Moscow, citing a two faced Soviet policy and preparations to stab Canada. Edward Mazerall was sentenced to four years for conspiring in sales of radar documents to Russia.
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Montreal
Igor Gouzenko
Ottawa
Japan
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Fred
Soviet Union
Col
Nicolai Zabotin
Britain
Col. Zabotin
Moscow
Royal
Gouzenko
Rose
Russia
Edward Mazerall
Mazerall
War Lords Of Japs Called To Trial For Atrocities
Tokyo June 1 Twenty six of the 28 top Japanese war leaders face trial on charges of crimes against peace and humanity. Ex Premier Tojo, other former premiers, a field marshal, admirals and generals stand indicted as part of a wartime clique accused of plotting aggression since 1928. The defendants plead not guilty while challenging the tribunals authority led by General MacArthur.
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Wade Werner
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
Japan
Wome
Russia
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
China
We Carer
MacArthur
Ichiro Kiyose
Maj
Bruce Blakely
Hiroshima
Yosuke Matsuoka
Germany
Italy
Shumei Okawa
Asia
Okawa
Orient
Tojo
War Ministry
Vancouver BC Located on the Columbia River
Vancouver British Columbia sits on the Columbia River, a key geographic note linking the city to the river system and regional topography.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Columbia River
Strike Clause Inserted In Farm Measure
The Senate added a no strike clause to the farm appropriations bill and approved the $1 billion measure with one dissent, Senator Pepper protesting that it violates civil rights. Proponents Russell and Ball said they will attach the clause to future appropriations. The funds cover the Agriculture Department's activities for the coming fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Senate
Pepper
D-Fia
Russell
D-Ga
Ball
Rminn
United States
Congress
Agriculture Department
Folger Stays Silent on Second Primary After Canvass
Scarborough reports Folger trails Thurmond Chatham by 59 votes after current tabulations. Folger says no statement on a second primary until the official canvass by the state board of elections next Tuesday. Both candidates filed irregularities charges in Surry. the board dropped the matter.
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Chatham
John H. Folger
Thurmond Chatham
Winston- Salem and
Elkin
State Board of Elections
Folger
Surry
Elections Board
U S Court Leaders Meet In Asheville
Claude M. Deans announces the sixteenth annual meeting of the judicial conference of the United States fourth circuit will convene in Asheville North Carolina on June 6 7 and 8. Virginia Maryland West Virginia and the Carolinas are represented.
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Richmond
Claude M. Deans
United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Judicial Conference of the
United States Fourth Judicial Circuit
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Asheville
N. C
Argentina Outlaws Missionary Work Decree Curbs Protestant Missions
A Buenos Aires decree limits Protestant missionary activity among Indians. It requires Protestant sects to gain local Catholic bishop approval before interacting with the government and bans new Protestant missions or churches except Catholic ones.
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Buenos Aires
Cathol
YWCA Industrial Department Bulletin Outlines Superior Monthly News
The industrial department of the YWCA releases a monthly bulletin noted for high quality and independence, prepared without staff or editorial assistance.
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The
YWCA
Animals And Germs On Way To Bikini Atoll
A Navy transport ship carries 4000 white rats 200 goats 200 pigs and minor disease samples to Bikini Atoll for atomic test study. The animals will be placed on target ships before the first bomb and later returned to the Burleson for examination. Lt Comdr E P Cronkite notes goats represent sailors pigs skin reactions rats blood reports.
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San Francisco
Navy
Burleson
Bikini Atoll
E. P. Cronkite
Los Angeles
Arranged Marriages in Tibet Allow Co-Wives In Family Contracts
Tibetan marriage customs rely on family contracts with arranged unions. Occasionally a man takes all daughters of a household as co-wives, reflecting communal family strategies in matrimonial arrangements.
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Tibet
India and China’s Role in Global Trade Imbalance
India and China, home to about 40 percent of the world’s population, account for around two percent of global manufacturing and 84 percent of world imports of manufactured goods.
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India
China
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Ritz
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