Supreme Court Feud Surfaces Over Ex-Partner Influence
Justice Robert H. Jackson accuses Justice Hugo Black of steering decisions to aid his former law partner. Jackson, on leave as war crimes prosecutor, says the feud risks court credibility and vows to expose facts to Congress. No comment from Black or others.
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Hugo Black
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House
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Congress
Fred Vinson
Truman
Senate
Vinson
Assas
Washington
Justice Black
White House
Navy
Se Ettees
Jewell Ridge
Death Ends Six-Year Struggle Of Williamston Girl For Life
Peggy Lou Harrison, nine, of Williamston, died in a Durham hospital after a six year battle with a rare anemia. She received 153 blood transfusions and passed her third grade despite illness. Funeral services were held as her parents Mr. and Mrs. FE C Harrison and six siblings survive.
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Williamston
Peggy Lou Harrison
Durham
Hos
FE. C. Harrison
Government To Keep Centers For Syphilis Treatment
Public Health Service plans to make wartime rapid-treatment centers for venereal diseases permanent after a 50 percent drop in early syphilis cases. Dr. J R Heller testified to a House subcommittee as 41 centers in 24 states and DC seek 1.83 million dollars in the 1947 federal budget. The centers are run by local communities with government aid.
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Public Health Services
J. R. Heller
House
District of Columbia
Federal Security Agency
Heller
Ceasar Cone Seeks Better Flying Service
Ceasar Cone, secretary of Greens boro High Point airport authority, urged the civil Aeronautics Board to approve a new Boston to New Orleans air line claiming inadequate and discriminated service from Eastern Airline. He argued wartime omissions must be corrected.
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Boston
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Cone
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National Service
New York
PCA
Weather Outlook for Carolinas Warm Trend Midweek
Fair and mild today in North Carolina with a little warmer conditions in the west. Expect partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures on Wednesday as a warming trend continues from Tuesday 30 p.m. to Saturday evening. North and South Carolina rise near normal then two to four degrees above normal with little or no precipitation.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Italy Faces Gravest Crisis In Its History
Rome reports a deep political crisis as monarchist demonstrations in Naples erupt into riotous unrest. Police and troops fire on crowds while King Umberto clings to the throne and Premier de Gasperi’s cabinet warns civil war remains possible.
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Rome
Naples
Umberto
Alcide de Gasperi
Portugal
Truman Creates Cabinet To Aid Palestine Plan
President Truman announced a cabinet committee on Palestine to aid policy for displaced Jews in Europe and Palestine. The panel is chaired by Secretary of State Byrnes with Secretary of War Patterson and Treasury Secretary-designate John W Snyder as members. The group will help formulate and implement government policy on Palestine and related issues.
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Truman
Palestine
State Byrnes
Patterson
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Europe
Iprecident
Labor Dept Eyes Break in Maritime Labor Clash
Washington June 11 The labor dispute nears a settlement as Granville Conway predicts a compromise while a CIO maritime leaders hearing with Harry Bridges and Joe Curran looms. Conciliators press plans to distribute extra cash to seamen amid a 56 hour work at sea deadline looming Friday midnight.
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A Department
Granville Conway
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
CIO
Labor Department
Mihailovic Testifies He Met German Forces in 1941
Belgrade report says General Draja Mihailovic admitted at his life trial that he met German forces in the second half of November 1941 after an attack on him with five divisions. He insisted he felt no guilt and described limited control over many troops who recognized his command.
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Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Chetnik
Tito
Bread And Flour Shortages Predicted For Another Year
The agriculture department warns of continued bread and flour shortages for at least a year despite a bumper wheat crop. Improvement is seen in a month, but not enough to meet domestic and famine relief demands before the 1947 harvest. Meats, soap, butter, and cooking fats also face shortages in major cities.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Agriculture
Truman Veto Message on Case Labor Disputes Bill
President Truman rejects H. R. 4908 case bill, arguing strikes cannot be ended by law and that welfare funds require study. He warns federal mediation creates a duplicative labor department and favors temporary measures only with full consideration of unemployment insurance health services fair wage and price controls.
World’s Largest Flying Boat Set For Trial Flight
The eight engined HK-1 flying boat built by Howard Hughes company, with a 320 foot wingspan and 425000 pound weight, will travel 22 miles from Culver City to Terminal Island in two sections after wires poles and other obstructions are removed by 23 public utilities. Bridges strengthened and lamp posts trees in path lifted as lanes are cleared. The wooden craft, costing 20000000 dollars, will be moved next week and is slated for an experimental flight in two to three months from the harbor.
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Culver City
Calif
Howard Hughes Aircraft Company
Sane
Terminal Island
Public Utility Companies
Clothing Withheld From Market Until July 7
Washington reports CPA official Morris Verner says widespread withholding of clothing and other goods from the market is inevitable due to price control legislation uncertainty. OPA halts removal of price ceilings on major commodities until Congress acts, delaying elimination of controls on crude oil gasoline and machinery. A textile industry official notes anticipated clothing withholdings as prices may rise next month.
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Morris Verner
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Senate
OPA
Paul Porter
Congress
Porter
House
Soviet Agrees To Improved Air Lanes
Gen. Mark W. Clark told the U S joint chiefs of staff that Soviet authorities will reestablish straight air lanes over allied controlled territory from Vienna to Linz Budapest and Prague. The move reduces some buzzing incidents but does not grant full air freedom with flights still restricted to narrow lanes.
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Austria
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Bel
Daniels Gives Success Talk To Graduates
Josephus Daniels Raleigh publisher urged UNC graduates to create a strong public opinion to achieve the ideals for lasting peace. Dr Frank P Graham sent a farewell message read by Chancellor Robert B House as exercises concluded. Governor Cherry awarded degrees and James H Booth led the senior class speaker remarks.
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University of North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Frank P. Graham
Robert B. House
Cherry
James H. Booth
Truman vetoes labor bill as strikes threaten peace time democracy
President Truman declared that strikes against private industry cannot be ended by decree and would require more than a week of speculation. He said the labor bill fails to address underlying causes and urged a broader approach to maintain a peaceful democracy.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
House Upholds Veto on Labor Disputes Bill
The House sustains Kent Truman's veto of the labor disputes bill. The veto blocks the measure with a 185 to 225 vote against overriding, five votes short of the two thirds needed for passage to endangered senate action.
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Washington
House Today
Kent Truman
Senate
President vetoes labor bill urging study and emergency plan
The president opposed the emergency labor bill, seeking a mediation board and measures against strikes while awaiting a broader study of labor law. He urged a temporary plan and study before permanent action, warning against hasty legislation without proper review. If Congress overrides, the veto would move to the Senate.
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Federal Mediation Board
Senate House
House
Senate
Diamonds Taken From Col Durant Disputed by Officials
Col A C Miller of the pro marshal's office reports customs seized 106 diamonds from Col J W Durant after his return to the United States from Germany. Durant and his WAC brigade were involved in the incident as details unfold.
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Col. A. C. Miller
Pro Marshal’s Office
Customs
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Durant
United States
Germany
Col. Durant
WAC Bri
Jewels To Be Returned To German House Of Hesse
Maj. Gen. Lloyd Pa announced that $1.5 million in jewels recovered from a United States colonel and his wife would be returned to the German House of Hesse. Parks, head of the War Department bureau of public relations, said the jewels would be held as evidence pending trial of three officers connected with the disappearance.
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Washington
Lloyd Pa
Uni States
Parks
War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Commanders tied to Kronberg jewel theft case
Capt. Kathleen Nash of Durant Wisconsin and Maj. David Watson of Burlingame California are in custody over a jewel theft totaling 1.5 million dollars from Kronberg Castle nearfurt Germany. Col. Miller said closure of today followed reports of missing diamonds. initial word said 1 pieces and later 106 diamonds missing.
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David Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Kronberg Castle
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Germany
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