Senators Call For Probe Of Currency-Redemption
Three Republican senators Bridges Ferguson Knowland demand full investigation into reports that U S redeemed German occupation money printed by Russian authorities. They cite plates for marks allegedly supplied by American officials and note use in paying soldiers who exchanged marks for dollars. The issue follows a War department statement admitting a substantial surplus of occupation currency.
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Washington
United States
Bridges
New Hampshire
Ferguson
Michigan
Knowland
California
War Department
Treasury
Communists Widen Purge in Hungary Says Budapest Report
Budapest dispatch reports the Hungarian communist government expanding purges on several fronts. A special committee will review nearly 200 resistance certificates held by government and church figures, including Dezso Sulyok Bela Varga and Cardinal Mindszenty. The People's Court announced 43 intellectuals will be tried late this month for conspiracy to overthrow the republic.
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London
Budapest
Szabadsag
Dezso Sulyok
Freedom Party
Assembly
Bela Varga
Smallholders Party
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Hungarian Peoples’ Court
Jury To Try Calif Couple Not Selected
In Santa Ana California on June 10 the trial of Louise Overall and her sweetheart George Gallum for murdering her parents was in its third week with jury selection near completion. Otto Jacobs lead counsel predicted a final jury may not be chosen until next week. The panel in court consisted of eight men and four women and drew mixed reviews from counsel about its balance.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overall
George Gollum
Otto Jacobs
Eugene D. Williams
Sense
Weather North Carolina turns partly cloudy and hot
Partly cloudy and continued hot today and tonight with a few widely scattered afternoon thunder showers. A more numerous thunder shower pattern is expected Wednesday afternoon. Sunrise 5 03, sunset 7 37.
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North Carolina
Protest as Potatoes Fail to Feed World Hunger
Charleston groups protest plan to dump seven million pounds of Irish potatoes in Charleston county amid hunger concerns. Officials say surplus stock may be sold to tax supported welfare groups at one cent per 100 pounds and offered to non profit institutions.
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Washington
Charleston
D. C
Johnston
D-Sc
Agriculture Department
R. W. Hamilton
S. C
Charleston County
Washigton
Department of Agriculture
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
James M. Hagood
Maybank and
Johnson
L. Mendel Rivers
River Floods Peak as Homeless and Lands Flooded
Floodwaters of the Mississippi reach a high point with more than 20,000 homeless and nearly 50,000 acres flooded across eastern Missouri and west-central Illinois. Rivermen and U S engineers warn rains could worsen conditions, while Red Cross mobilizes 50 staff and about 300 volunteers to aid stranded residents in Hannibal and Canton.
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Hannibal
Mississippi River
Missouri
Illinois
U.S
U. S. Army Engineers
The
Coast Guard
American Red Cross
Alexandria
Iowa Line
South
Canton
Indians Hope Unity Will Come Finally At Lake Success
Indians at Lake Success in the United Nations hope partition is a temporary separation and that Hindu Muslim reconciliation follows after the British depart. The Hindu dominated Congress backs a separate Pakistan and Hindu India division, decided at a New Delhi session after a riot by non league Moslems. Details of livelihood across the lines remain to be worked out.
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Charles A. Grumich
United Nations
Lake Success
all-India Congress Party
League
New Delhi
Pakistan
India
Hinduism
Intended Victim of Lynch Mob Attends Funeral
Raleigh sends word that Buddy Bush the young Negro who fled a mob at Northampton jail on May 23 attended his father’s funeral under highway patrol escort. Col Hatcher and Patrolman Sprinkle escorted him from Raleigh to Northampton where he is to await possible bond. Bush has a lawyer in Rich Square and may be returned for safekeeping at Central Prison.
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Raleigh
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Northhampton
Jackson
Col. H. J. Hatcher
State Highway Patrol
R. E. Sprinkle
Bush
Central Prison
Northampton
Rich Square
Night Rider Tires Nag Out
In Goldsboro a 14-year-old boy was found riding a saddle horse at night after the animal had vanished three times. An all night vigil by stockyard workers and police led to the youth being taken to Wayne jail for trial.
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Goldsboro
Greenleaf
Wayne County
Wayne
CIO Leader Opposes Rent Control Plan
Washington reports CIO housing chief R. J. Thomas condemns a rent control extension bill as ineffective and aligned with real estate boards. Senate House talks seek to extend controls beyond June 30, but a 15 percent voluntary rent increase on new leases alarms critics and risks higher costs and evictions.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
R. J. Thomas
CIO Housing Committee
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Senate-House
Thomas
Senate panel approves Griswold for foreign aid post
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approves President Truman's nomination of Dwight P. Griswold former Nebraska governor to head the week aid program. Also approved were Richard F. Allen as field administrator for foreign aid Norman Armour as assistant secretary of state.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Dwight P. Griswold
Goverone
Nebraska
Richard F. Allen
American Red Cross
Norman Armour
Cherry Proclaims National Flag Week
Governor Cherry proclaims June 8 to 15 as National Flag Week urging citizens to honor the flag amid world struggle for liberty and democratic ideals. The statement calls for heightened regard for the flag and what it represents.
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Cherry
Raleigh
Miners Stage Unauthorized Slowdown Across Southwestern Pa
In Uniontown on June 10, soft coal miners from 20 mines employing 11 men protested labor legislation before Congress. Several large captives idled, including the RoBen a mine with 1,800 workers. UMW officials label the stoppages unauthorized while U S Steel notes losses of 25,000 tons daily.
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Uniontown
Congress
Afl-United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Fayette, Greene
Washington
Gates
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Co
Kyle
Robena
Frick Company
U. S. Steel Corp
Clairton Coking Works
Pittsburgh
William Bynes
UMW District 4
Negotiators Try To Avert Briggs Auto Strike In Detroit
Detroit June 10 negotiators pressed to avert a work stoppage at eight Briggs Manufacturing Co plants risking a one sixth cut in U S auto production. CIO United Auto Workers backed a 20 000 employee strike set for 10 am Wednesday unless demands are met. Union seeks 15 cent raise back pay coverage for salaried workers retention of grievance procedure and wage reopening clause. Briggs says its offer matches or exceeds terms at rival auto firms.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Auto Workers Executive Board
Briggs
Chrysler Corp
Packard Motor Car Co
Detroit Area
Evansville
Ind
Truman housing field merger plan defeated in House
The House expenditures committee voted 11 to 3 to oppose President Truman's plan to merge most government activities in the permanent housing field. It urged the House to reject reorganization plan No. 3. Senate Banking Committee to hear plan next Tuesday. Chairman Hoffman predicted House approval on plan No. 2 regarding labor.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Truman
House
Senate Banking Committee
Labor Department
Hoffman
R-Mich
UN delegates oppose Russia on equal contribution for global police
Security council members clash with Moscow over a proposed UN global police force requiring equal numbers of men ships and planes from each major power. Britain and China pushed back while the United States and France favored comparable contributions. China questioned aircraft carrier and bomber equity. Britains Cadogan urged progress toward a functional global force.
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C. L. Hsia
China
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Alexander Cadogan
Soviet Planes Take Part In Chinese Fighting
Nanking report says Outer Mongolian troops aided by four Soviet warplanes invaded Sinkiang province on Thursday. Mongol forces penetrated over 200 miles and fought Chinese troops 200 miles northeast of Tihua. Officials had previously kept defense ministry statements quiet.
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Nanking
Today
Sinkiang Province
Tihua
Colsely
Ministry of National Defense
Sinkiang
State Secret Defined by Russians in new decrees
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet defined what counts as a Russian state secret and set penalties up to 20 years in a labor camp for disclosure. Decrees were broadcast on Moscow radio and published in Moscow newspapers, applying to citizens abroad and at home and covering intentional and unintentional disclosure as well as lost secret documents.
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Moscow
Presidium
The
Supreme Soviet
Moscow Radio Today
Buggs Island Project Opposed by Power Man
Louis V. Sutton of Carolina Power and Light denounces the Buggs Island flood and power project as socialism in a statement to the house public works committee. He compares it to TVA and other federal programs, warns of costly experiments, and fears CP&L’s region may be next to face government power schemes.
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Washington
Louis V. Sutton
Carolina Power and Light Company
Buggs Island
House Public Works Committee
Raleigh, N. C
Roanoke River
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee Valley Authority
Southwestern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Northwest
Nebraska
TVA
EPA
Congress
Secretary of Interior
Secretary of the Interior
West Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Royal Arcanum Opens 56th Carolina Council Meeting
A banquet in Winston-Salem kicks off the 56th annual meeting of the Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum of the Carolinas. Grand Regent A Curtis Brown of Kannapolis will preside at the opening and closing business sessions.
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Royal Arcanum
Winston-Salem
Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum of
The
Carolinas
A. Curtis Brown
Kannapolis
Education Aid Bill Would Help Nation s Teachers
Senator Smith and Senator Ives support a pending federal aid bill authorizing 300 million dollars annually to states for education. It would set a minimum grant of five dollars per school age child and aim to raise teacher salaries. Chairman Aiken said the full committee will likely approve and act in the Senate next month.
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Washington
Smith
R-Nd
Senate Public Welfare
Ives
R-Ny
Subcommittee
Aiken
R-Yi
Senate
End of Sugar Dose Approved
The house banking committee approved a measure to end home sugar rationing. Chairman Wolcott said the vote was overwhelming though not unanimous. The bill by Rep. Gamble would not affect sugar price controls or industrial rationing. Rationing would expire October 31 unless extended to March 31 by the agriculture secretary.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
R-Mich
Rep. Gamble
R-Ny
Secretary of Agriculture
House
United Europe Plan Approved By Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall endorses a resolution to urge Congress to support a United States of Europe within the United Nations framework. He says Europe must choose its own political and economic future, not be imposed upon by external powers, to prevent further war and ensure civilization survives in Europe. He notes the plan seeks unity without forcing particular structures.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
United States of Europe
United Nations
United States
Europe
Organization of Europe
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Thomas
D-Utah
Truman Heads on Special Train to Ottawa for Parliament
President Truman travels aboard a special train from Rouses Point New York en route to Ottawa to address the Canadian parliament at 11 45 a m Eastern Daylight Time. He is welcomed by Canadian officials including Secretary of State for External Affairs L S Laurant and US ambassador Ray Rotherton and proceeds to Ottawa for a three day visit.
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President Man
Ottawa
President Truman
Canada
L. S. St. Laurent
Rouses Point
N. Y
St. Laurent
Ray Rotherton
United States
Bassador
W. H. Measures
F.oughton
Royal Cana Navy
Brig
S. F. Clark
Canadian Army
D. M. Smith
Rover Canadian Air Force
la Alexander
W. L. MacKenzie King
Trueman
Washington
White House
Congress
Invitation Awaits New Union as Telephone Workers Face Offer
In Miami Beach on June 10 the new telephone union SWA weighs a proposal to join the AFL IBEW via emissary Harry Broach amid pressure from CIO TWOC. The one day old group also faces a possible CIO union bid as the post strike labor battle unfolds.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Communications Workers of America
Dan Tracy
AFL
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
SWA
Harry Broach
Washington
Broach
Electrical Workers
CIO
Telephone Workers Organizing Commitee
TWOC
Two British Officers Found by Military Patrol Near Tel Aviv
The government announced two British police officers kidnapped yesterday by extremists were found near Kiriat Shaul by a military patrol. The brief said nothing about harm. Hagana appealed to Palestine Jewry to help locate the victims.
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Jerusalem
Kiriat Shaul
Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan
Hagana
Palestine Jewry
Conservative Farm Loan Plan Approved
Government backed policy shift favored by lenders to curb farm land price booms. Insurance firms banks and lending agencies at a conference urged loans on farms be based on normal long term earning capacity rather than current high values. Federal land banks have adopted this appraisal based approach.
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Washington
Thevernment
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