Taft predicts quick final approval of labor bill
Senator Taft says final congressional approval of the union curbing labor bill will come by nightfall and that it will become law even if President Truman vetoes. House votes 320 to 79. Pepper Murray and Barkley plan Senate attacks targeting changes from the conference committee.
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Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
House
Pepper
D-Fla
Murray
D-Mont
Barkley
Dky
Florida
Conference Committee
Hungary Dictator Claims Early Communist Takeover
Budapest reports Matyas Rakosi announces Hungary was seized by the Communist party before the United States could react. He says the takeover was accomplished while democracy remained united and praises the party as the savior of democracy worldwide.
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Budapest
Matyas Rakosi
Hungary
United States
Rakosi
Communist Party
U.S. Drafts Strong Note Over Soviet Hungary Interference
Washington reports a State Department draft note charges Soviet authorities in Hungary with ousting Premier Nagy and cabinet members, breaches of Yalta terms, and proposes a joint US Soviet British inquiry. It warns of UN action if no satisfaction, with decision pending on UN body and delivery to Moscow. President Truman approved it in substance.
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State Department
United Nations
United States
Hungary
Ferenc Nagy
Soviet Union
Security Council
UN General Assembly
Russia
New York
Truman
Moscow
Two Congressmen Back Yadkin Flood Control Plan
Rep. Deane and Rep. Folger urge funding for four flood control dams in the Yadkin river basin two on the Yadkin and two on the Reddies. The plan, estimated at 7 194 dollars, aims to prevent damages to Wilkesboro North Wilkesboro Elkin and Mount Airy from future floods, citing expert warnings of increased damage due to timber loss and growth.
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Deane
D-Nc
Yadkin River
House
Dean
Yadkin
Reddies
Congress
Rep. Folger
Army
Wilkesboro
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Elkin
Mount Airy
Tragic Drowning at Firestone Plant Reservoir
A 9 year old boy, Har Camp, drowned after slipping from a tree limb overhanging the Firestone textile plant reservoir in Gastonia. A millworker said he fell into the water while apparently fishing.
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Gastonia
Weather Outlook for the Carolinas June 7 1947
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday with widely scattered afternoon thunder showers on Saturday. Extended forecast through Wednesday shows temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal with light precipitation totaling about a quarter inch in scattered showers.
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Youn
Carolina
Carolinas
Truman On Visit Tax Bill Waits
President Truman flies from Washington to Kansas City for a weekend reunion with World War I buddies of the 35th Division. He delays a final decision on the income tax cut bill and will speak tomorrow at Memorial ceremonies for the division’s fallen in two wars.
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Truman
Kansas City
National
France
129Th Field Artilery
Truman Eisenhower attend 35th division reunion
President Truman and General Eisenhower arrived to attend the World War II 35th division reunion. Their plane, the Sacred Cow, landed at Fairfax airport in Kansas City at 11 35.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Truman to Visit Ailing Mother Before Ottawa Trip
President Truman plans a road trip from Kansas City to Grandview this afternoon to see his 94 year old mother Martha Truman who is critically ill after hip fracture complications. He departs for Canada on Monday night after a three day goodwill visit.
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Grandview
Martha Truman
White House
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Washington
Ottawa
Canada
Two Johnston County Men Die in Gas Chamber Double Execution
In Raleigh on June 6 two Johnston county Negroes Albert Sanders 21 and James Marvin Farmer 19 were executed in the state's gas chamber for the murder of Robert T Mitch Mitchell. Sanders reportedly confessed at the last minute while Farmer remained silent. Sanders died in 12 minutes and Farmer in nine minutes marking the first use of double chairs.
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Raleigh
Johnston County
Albert Sanders
James Marvin Farmer
Robert T. Mitch- Mitchell
Sanders
Farmer
New VFW Commander Named for North Carolina
Edward C. Sneed of Wilmington is named the new commander of the North Carolina department Veterans of Foreign Wars at the convention in Atlantic Beach. He succeeds James M. Hayes of Winston-Salem. Next year’s convention will be held in Winston-Salem.
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Atlantic Beach
Edward C. Sneed
Wilmington
North Carolina Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James M. Hayes
Winston-Salem
Bulwinkle Railroad Bill Opposed in Senate Debate
A group of southern senators with at least one from New England prepared for extended Senate debate against the revived Bulwinkle railroad bill. The measure would shield railroads from anti trust prosecutions for rate agreements approved by the ICC. Opponents warn time favors delay as only two major appropriations bills have cleared the Senate with June 30 looming.
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Washington
New England
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate approves peace talks shift on Hungary troops
United States approval of satellite peace talks shifted to Soviet Russia today taking sole responsibility for any delay in pulling Red Army occupation troops out of Hungary. Senate ratification would strengthen the U S position against the Soviet backed coup in Hungary noted by President Truman as an outrage, though officials expect little immediate effect.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hungary
Senate
Truman
Hungary Crisis Sparks U S Protest Note
MTI released official text describing Rakosi’s account of events leading to Premier Nagy’s resignation. With Truman’s approval the State Department drafted a sharp note to Russia protesting the Hungary coup, hinting at a UN appeal, while U S Senate ratification and Truman’s view were not published in Hungarian papers.
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Ferenc Nagy
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Hungary
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U. S. Senate
United States Might Discourage Italian Coup Like Hungary
U N sources speculated that Washington seeks to deter any Italian coup by communist elements following Hungary. Authorities noted three UN channels could be used including the Security Council and General Assembly, with the latter favored to avoid a veto clash with Russia.
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UN General Assembly
New York
Security Council
United States
Russia
United Nations
Assembly
Endless Rows Of Crosses Mark Cherbourg D Day Anniversary
On the third anniversary of D Day, Cherbourg Peninsula shows endless rows of white crosses beneath apple trees. Allied forces landed in Normandy on June 6 1944 to seize the seaport, with about 90 000 casualties in the effort. Nine U S military cemeteries in Normandy hold 28 462 crosses, reflecting brutal hedgerow fighting and paratrooper losses. German burials total roughly 5 000 in the region.
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Bowie
la Combe
St. Mere Eglise
New Difficulties Confront Peron
President Juan D. Peron faced fresh opposition at home as critics protested his policy shift toward improved ties with the United States. An unidentified voice interrupted a national broadcast with the shout Death to Peron, linked to the resignation of Federal Police Chief Juan Filomeno Velazco.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
United States
Peron
Juan Filomeno Velazco
ATC suspends C-54 flights worldwide for checkups
Pacific division headquarters said all ATC C-54 transport planes are suspended for a Washington ordered checkup. The inspection targets vertical stabilizer bolts and fittings and should cause little flight disruption. Atlantic ATC directed inspections within ten days. DC-4s remain grounded for the same checks. The C-54 fleet has flown over 745 million miles in eight months without a passenger fatality.
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Pacific
Army Transport Command
ATC
Washington
Atlantic
Ft. Totten
N. J
Quiz Jurists In Alleged Vote Fraud
Senate investigators questioned three federal judges and a U S attorney about how they concluded the government lacked grounds to act on alleged Democratic vote frauds in Kansas City. District Attorney Sam Wear and Judges Reeves Ridge and Collet testified amid claims the DOJ did not whitewash irregularities from the August primary.
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Senate
U. S
Kansas City
Sam Wear
Albert L. Reeves
Albert A. Ridge
John Caskie Collet
Justice Department
Clark
Roger Slaughter
Truman
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
Wear
Kansas City Star
Treason Charge Placed Against Japanese American
A 25 year old Japanese American, Tomoya Kawakita of Calexico California, was arrested in Los Angeles and held without bail on treason charges tied to his role as foreman at a Japanese prison camp on Honshu. FBI tracked him eight months after ex GI Tom Bruce identified him in a Los Angeles store. Kawakita faces indictment set for June 11 with about 100 witnesses to testify.
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Los Angeles
Honshu Island
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tomoya Kawakita
Calexico
Calif
U. S
David B. Head
Squat
Kawakita
James M. Carter
Oceyama
Ond Honshu
William L. Bruce
Buena Park
Kawaida
Bruce
FBI
United States
Walter L Holt Found Dead in Greensboro Forest
Walter L Holt 53, mill official and secretary treasurer of Vance knitting Co Kernersville resident, was found with a chest wound in Starmount forest near Kirby Drive after a reported disappearance. A .32 caliber pistol lay beneath him. authorities ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot. Two youths alerted police after spotting Holt’s car near the scene.
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Walter L. Holt
Vance Knitting Company
Kernersville
East Avondale Drive
Starmount Forest
Holt
Allan Neese
David Jackson
Kirby Drive
Guilford
H. C. Lennon
W. W. Harvey
Ball Defends Taft In Row With Truman
Senator Ball refutes President Truman’s claim that Taft supports a boom and bust theory. Ball on the Senate House committee says Taft never voiced such a view. Taft had earlier indicated prices should come down, while noting administrations favor spending to push prices up.
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Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Truman
Taft
Senate House Economic Committee
White House
Taft Blames Truman For High Prices Policy
Senator Taft of Ohio declares President Truman has created the basic conditions that push prices higher. He rebuts Truman’s charge that the Republicans favor a boom and bust economy and cites a five point program showing the administration’s price increases despite claims of lowering them.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
Southeastern Mailers Association Convention Here Monday
The annual convention of the Southeastern Mailers Association for newspaper mailing room workers will be held in Asheville on Monday and Tuesday.
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Asheville
Southeastern Mailers’ Asociation
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