Government experts oppose bill Taft Hartley plan unworkable
Government labor analysts tell President Truman the Taft Hartley measure is unworkable and won’t stop a coal strike. Some advisers push for signing, arguing it could curb the next strike and will likely become law. Critics cite dangerous condition exemptions and yellow dog contract risks along with secret vote requirements on last offers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Rep
Hartley
RNJ
Taft
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Yellow Dog
Chiang Kai Shek Orders Tibet Border Defense To Last Man
Nanking dispatches report Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek ordered defense of China’s northwest border to the last man as Tibetan unrest erupts. Monks clash with non monastic residents after reports of the arrest and possible death of a Buddhist leader. Fighting near Lhasa flares as pro British monks oppose pro Chinese factions. Soviet bombing continues in the Peitashan area of Sinkiang.
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Nanking
Tibet
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chungking
Lasha
Peitashan
Sinkiang
Small Party Demands International Supervision in Hungary Elections
Desze Sulyok a Szabadsag party member denounces the regime as a police state and says his bloc will abstain from the September elections without international supervision. The 18 member conservative party seeks free campaigning and parliamentary immunity through the new parliament.
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Budapest
Desze Sulyok
Ulyok
Szabaddsag
Freedom Liberty
Sulyok
Porwers
UN SS
Hungary
North Carolina Weather Forecasted Damp Saturday
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunder storms. Temperatures trend cooler tonight and Saturday with a noticeable change in conditions. Sunrise and sunset times include 6 03 and 7 38 for Saturday June 14, 1947.
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North Carolina
Outlook for Auto Industry Brightens as Strikes End
Detroit June 13 The auto industry shows signs of peacetime after settlements end strikes halting 16 000 workers. Hudson resumes lines after a two day halt and reaches a settlement with CIO UAW clerical workers. Packard grants 15 cent hourly raise to 8000 UAW CIO workers to drop back pay claims. Ford foremen strike continues with 3800 workers.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Hudson
Packard Motor Car Co
Ford Motor Co
Information Bill Scores Victory in House Vote
The House rejected 303 to 28 to table the Information Bill authorizing a government program for foreign information and educational exchange. Rep Cole of Missouri demanded a roll call delaying a quick end to debate as leaders sought ongoing promises to ease passage later that day.
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Washington
House
Rep
Cole
R-Mo
Deena
Ney
Ousted Hungarian Leader Heads for United States
Geneva reports Ferenc Nagy, ousted Hungarian premier, boarded a plane to the United States. Aladar Szegedy-Maszak, Hungarian minister to the U S, said Nagy wanted to draw American public attention to the coup and his ouster by a communist regime in Hungary.
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Geneva
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
United States
Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
Nagy
Washington
KKK Surrenders Parent Charter in Georgia
The Ku Klux Klan gave up its national parent charter in Georgia amid a state suit seeking revocation for operating for profit. State Attorney General Eugene Cook said dissolution would affect charters in other states, while Klan attorney Morgan Belser noted the national organization had disbanded three years earlier to prevent misuse of its name.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Eugene Cook
Morgan Belser
Lower Excise Tobacco Levy Advocated
Tobacco industry representatives urged Congress to ease excise taxes in a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee. The Associated Tobacco Manufacturers urged a graduated levy on cigarettes while cigar makers called for a tax schedule aligning with retail prices. Arch B Taylor asked reducing plug and twist chewing tobacco from 18 to 8 cents per pound, the 1917 level, and H Mason proposed cutting handmade twist and plug tobacco to 9 cents.
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Washington
Congress
Associated Tobacco Manufacturers
Aro
House
Ways ,and Means
Arch B. Taylor
Taylor Brothers
Winston-Salem
N. C
H. Mason
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Tennessee
Transfer of 500 senile patients to Camp Butner unit
Monroe reports a plan to move about 500 senile patients from Camp Sutton to Camp Butner in Durham starting Monday. The transfer will run about a month at roughly 100 patients per week, with final disposition of Camp Sutton property left as speculation.
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Monroe
Camp Sutton
State Hospital System
Camp Butner
Durham
Monay
Senate May Use Cloture On Bulwinkle Rail Bill
Washington June 18 Republican leaders consider invoking cloture to end debate on the Bulwinkle railroad bill now in its fifth day. Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina says he will talk until he drops to block the measure which would grant antitrust exemptions to railroads in rate-making agreements approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A two thirds vote is required to apply cloture.
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Washington
Senate
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truman Seeks Clearer Policy After Canada Farewell
President Truman cruises toward Washington aboard his special train to press tax and labor bills. He declines to reveal concrete tax moves, joking he will act "30 minutes before the time runs out." Deadlines place action on the tax bill by Monday midnight and the labor bill by Friday midnight.
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Truman
Washington
Canada
U.S
President Truman Returns From Grand Canada Visit
President Truman declares he had a grand visit in Canada and is happy to be home. He enjoyed an automobile tour of Niagara Falls and a 20 minute sightseeing trip in Niagara Falls Ontario before crossing back into the United States. His train is due in Washington at 8 15 p m EST tonight.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Truman
United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Ont
Washington
Truman Seeks Peace Amid Western Hemisphere Talks
President Truman, addressing reporters at the Signatory club near Ottawa, expressed hopes for Western Hemisphere tours and broader Latin American visits to strengthen peace and friendship. He praised Prime Minister Mackenzie King and officials as he underscored unity with Canada in pursuing world peace. Canada’s prime minister supported the sentiment on the sunlit lawn.
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Signatory Club
Ottawa
Washington
United States
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Viscount Alexander
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Mr. Truman
Ex Notre Dame President J Hugh ODonnell Dies
The Rev. J Hugh O'Donnell C S C longtime Notre Dame leader and university official died yesterday at the age of. He served as president for six years and was associated with Notre Dame for nearly 35 years in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
J. Hugh O'Donnell
C.S.C
University of Notre Dame
Motion Picture Star Pushes Look Homeward Angel Film
Asheville June 13. Van Heflin calls on the industry to mature by producing a Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward Angel as an all star project. He suggests the film be backed by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences with proceeds for a Wolfe endowment to aid young American writers.
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Asheville
van Heflin
Thomas Wolfe
Angel
North Carolina
Heflin
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Austin Sees U S Creating Lasting Peace
Warren Austin, U S chief UN delegate, said the United States with half the world’s productive power can shape permanent peace. Speaking at MIT on Soviet atomic control proposals, he cautioned progress may be slow but study and discussion will eventually bear fruit.
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Cambridge
Mass
Warren Austin
U. S
United Nations
United States
Austin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lake Success
Andrei A. Gromyko
Truman Faces Vital Decisions On Congression Acts
President Truman returns from Canada to Washington and will decide on a series of crucial congressional acts that may determine the nation's course.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
Barkley foresees veto on tax cut bill but tougher save on labor bill
Democratic leader Barkley said after a senate minority policy committee meeting that the senate will sustain a veto if a tax cut bill comes forward. He noted it would be harder to uphold a veto on the labor bill if President Truman acts, and he had no information on the president’s plans for either measure.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Minority Policy Committee
Truman
President weighs labor and tax-cut bills amid economy outlook
The president faces a decision in the coming days on Republican sponsored labor and tax-cutting legislation as he balances economic prospects with shifting foreign policy concerns.
White Boy Heroic Rescue Highlighted by Hoey
Senator Hoey recites in Congress the heroic rescue attempt by Chic Sha heen to save Thomas Upchurch in Wake County North Carolina. He notes the drowned black boy companion and urges national reflection on racial issues and journalism.
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White Boy
Washington
Atention of
Congress
Chic Shaheen
Thomas Upchurch
Wake County
N. Y
Congressional Record
Raleigh
South
No Comment On Weapon
British ministries refused to discuss Auckland reports about a purported super secret weapon with potential to rival the atom bomb. The Auckland Herald quoted sources saying research began in 1944 and continued in secrecy by scientists in New Zealand Britain and the United States.
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London
New Zealand
Defense Ministry
Air Ministry
War Office
Admiralty
Ministry of Supply
Auckland
Great Britain
United States
Japan
New Zealand Herald
British Seek British Help To Launch European Revival Plan
The British embassy opened talks with the U S State Department to learn how to implement Secretary Marshall's European recovery proposal. London seeks clarification on several suggestions before urging Britain to initiate regional cohesion. The U S says it will not dictate steps and expects Britain to start the program. Secretary Marshall emphasized Europe must draft its own rehabilitation plan. Benj a min V Cohen said 15 to 24 billion dollars may be needed over three to four years to avert famine and dictatorship.
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Washington
State Department
Marshall
London
Hese
United States
Britain
Europe
Benjamin V. Cohen
Long Beach
Calif
Bevin Praises Marshall Plan as Bridge to Link East and West
London reports that Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin lauded Secretary Marshall's aid for Europe plan as a bridge to unite east and west. He praised Marshall's Harvard address as one of history’s greatest, and noted U.S. actions to include Russia reduce misunderstandings. Britain plans a conference of European nations to craft an integrated recovery program.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Europe
Russia
Foreign Press Association
Bevin
Harvard
U. S
Britain
United States
Conference of European Nations
Interior Given Appropriation for Fiscal Year
The Senate appropriations committee approved a 215 530 353 dollar Interior Department appropriation, adding 54 116 840 to the House total. Increases include 36 837 932 for the reclamation bureau and 9 314 600 for the Bonneville Power Administration, with the senate plan at 80 605 067 and 43 021 73 below prior year.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
House
Reclamation Bureau
Bonneville Power Administration
Senate
Budget Bureau
Veterans Administration Budget Trim by House Panel
Washington June 13 The House appropriations committee cut 130 884 220 from Veterans Administration funds while approving an 8 498 759 bill to finance 33 government agencies next year The total cut amounts to 540 732 about 3 9 below Truman budget aims The panel reduced funds across agencies including atomic energy commission Federal Communications Commission Civilian Conservation Corps and others The president’s own budget was cut modestly while some programs like GI Bill benefits and construction of new veterans hospitals received approvals The Republicans claim tax savings of over 1 4 billion despite overall reductions
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House
Veterans Administration
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Commission
Federal Communi Commission
Federal Commission
Federal Works
Inters Commerce Commission
Sena
Atomic One Commission
Addi al
Veterans’ Hospital
Maritime Commission
O Fee
Creane
Commission
Eliminal
War Assets Administration
Crde
1,000 Bed Hospital Planned for Tar Heel Area
Washington report notes the house appropriations committee approved construction of 15 new veteran hospitals with a total capacity of 1 650 beds. The plan adds a 1 000-bed unit for the North Carolina area to existing hospital projects already under way.
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Washington
House
North Carolina
City Chooses R. Alexander as City Administrator
Elkin officials name R Alexander attorney as city administrator effective immediately. His ties will be similar to those of a city manager and place him at the hub of municipal operations with the board of commissioners overseeing policy.
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Elkin
R. Alexander
Board of Commissioners
Shooting at Strawberry Patch Baffles Investigators
Investigators continued probing the strawberry patch shooting of Mrs. Peggy Bowman a 44 year old widow from Saddle Mountain Alleghany county. She was in critical condition at Martin Memorial hospital after a shotgun blast while picking berries. Sheriff Richardson said authorities are pursuing an angle and expect a significant development soon.
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Peggy Bowman
Saddle Mountain
Alleghany County
Martin Memorial Hospital
G. D. Richardson
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