Truman Urges Universal Training Tax Slash Bill Killed
In Washington on June 17 a Wallace draft movement formed as Henry A. Wallace urged a Truman Stalin Berlin meeting to ease Soviet American tensions. Wallace spoke to 8 000 to 10 500 supporters and called for world peace through a Berlin conference.
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Truman
Washington
Henry Wallace
Berlin
Wallace
California
Henry A. Wallace
Stalin
Voice of Reason
Robert W. Kenny
California Aay
Los Angeles
Kenny
Southern
Progressive Citizens of America
Watergate
Lincoln Memorial
1948
Truman Veto Upheld as House Rejects Tax Bill
The House voted 268 to 137 to override President Truman's veto of the $4 billion tax reduction bill, failing to reach the two-thirds majority required. The veto was sustained, effectively killing the measure.
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Washington
House
Truman
Horton and secretary reported in good condition after crash
Durham June 17 The condition of W P Horton of Pittsboro chairman of the state Democratic executive committee and his secretary Mrs Elizabeth Blair Clark of Pittsboro, injured in a Chapel Hill Pittsboro highway wreck Sunday night, was described as good at a local hospital. Horton, former lieutenant governor, is resting comfortably. Four Negro occupants of the other car were reported in improved condition.
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Durham
W. P. Horton
Pittsboro
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Elizabeth Blair Clark
Chapel Hill
Horton
Hoerton
South Robbed Says Senator on Rail Rate Bill
Senator Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina denounced the Bulwinkle bill and urged freedom for railroads from anti trust suits if they fix rates with ICC approval. He called the south still robbed by pseudolegal rate making and said equality and freight rate reform are crucial to industrial development.
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Washington
Senate
Torrow
ICC
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
South
Churchill Home After Hernia Operation
Winston Churchill was brought home from the hospital on a stretcher six days after a hernia operation. No statement was issued but the early release, well before a ten day recuperation, suggested his condition was excellent.
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London
Winston Churchill
Weather Summary North Carolina June 1947
Partly cloudy with a slight warming trend through today and tonight, warmer Wednesday. Chicago? forecast shows readings near 82 in Charlotte with 1.08 inches rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8:50 a.m. Data lists temperatures across cities including Boston 74/58, Charlotte 82/62, Columbia 90/80, Denver 88/86, Detroit 72/53, Memphis 89/64, Miami 81/70, New York 24/?, Atlanta 85/80, Washington 46/38, Wilmington 87/68 with varied rainfall amounts and stations across the South and along the coast.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Official
Weather Bureau
Boston
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis Ae
Meridian
Miami
Minn
Mobile
Mt. Mitche
New Orleans
New York
Naletah
San Antonio
Shipping Conference Aims to End Seaborne Tieup
New York June 17. Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson arranged a meeting of shipowners and union officials to resolve a, tieup that unions call a lockout. The disruption has halted sailing of pipes and could affect east and gulf coast ports including the liner American awaiting departure for Europe.
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New York
John W. Gibson
Ean -Shipping
Gulf Coast
United States
Europe
National Maritime Union
CIO
Paul Palazzi
NMU
American Federation of Labor Unions
Baltimore
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
CIC
James A. Drain
Irv Dvorin
Anchorage
Merchants Hit By Strike In St Louis
Downtown retailers on June 17 estimated trade 30 to 40 percent below normal as a five day strike by streetcar and bus workers paralyses public transit. Despite ridesharing keeping attendance near normal, shoppers were scarce and Monday night crowds were absent. A furniture firm offered home visits to pull in customers. Traffic remained heavy on main arteries as cars filled the streets.
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ST. Louis
Vets' Officer Dies Following Operation
Rutherford county veterans service officer Winfield L. Brown aged 59 died after an operation. A WWI veteran active in civic groups and member of the American Legion and Xiwanis club, he will be laid to rest at Forest City Baptist church at 3 p m Wednesday. He is survived by his widow two brothers and three sisters.
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Rutherfordton
Winfield L. Brown
Rutherford County
Veterans’ Service
Brown
American Legion
Xiwanis Club
Forest City Baptist Church
North Carolina Delegation Split as House Overrules Veto
In Washington on June 17 the House sustained President Truman's veto of the tax reduction bill. Voting to override were 233 Republicans and 35 Democrats. opposing were 134 Democrats, two Republicans Carl Anderson and Hull, and Amer of New York. Republicans hailed the vote as a campaign issue for 1948.
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Washington
North Carolina
House
Truman
Boulwinkle
Redden
Bonner
Kerr
Barden
Cooley
Folger
Durham
Clark
Deane
Doughton
Jones
Hallbeck
Indiana
Carl Anderson
Minta
Hull
Wisconsin
Amer
New York
Senate
Martin
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman Says Surplus Could Hit Over Four Billion
President Truman, after vetoing a Republican tax cut, signals the coming fiscal year surplus may exceed 4 billion dollars. He maintains the official figure of 1.302 billion from January but says the actual surplus could be at least three times as large.
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Washington
Truman
France Offers One Infantry Division for Global Police Force
A French spokesman said Paris could contribute only one infantry division to a proposed UN global police force, about 14,000 troops, due to commitments in Indochina and elsewhere. Other major powers were seen favoring larger contributions, potentially an international army of over a million.
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France
United Nations
Fource
China
Russia
United States
Britain
Roanoke River Keeps Rising Not Reaching Flood Stage
The Roanoke River in North Carolina is rising after heavy weekend rains but not expected to flood, with Weldon at 28 feet and Scotland Neck at 16 feet. forecast shows 28 feet at Weldon this afternoon and 25 feet at Scotland Neck tomorrow, limited property damage anticipated.
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Raleigh
Roanoke
North Carolina
Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weldon
Scotland Neck
Air Safety Study Underway After Washington Crash
Five experts named by President Truman begin an air safety study prompted by 146 deaths on commercial airliners since May 29. The inquiry follows the Capital Airlines DC-4 disaster near the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia, with pilot error suspected as cause and questions about navigational aids and pilot load.
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Washington
Truman
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Gallon Law Explained by Alcohol Control Chairman
Raleigh June 17 Chairman Carl Williamson of the state alcohol control board says possession of more than one gallon of tax paid whisky is a violation even in counties with legalized stores. ABC stores will not sell more than one gallon to a customer at a time and possession of more than one gallon at home likely indicates intent to sell.
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Raleigh
Carl Williamson
State Alcohol Control Board
ABC
Williamson
Cotton Consumption Falls in May Report
The census bureau report shows May cotton consumption at 827234 bales of lint and 80410 bales of linters, down from April lint 812749 and linters 90140, and below May last year. For the ten months ending May 31, lint total reached 8629564 and linters 829056, with on hand stocks in consuming establishments and storage detailed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Plans Outlined For Meeting In Greensboro
Greensboro June 17 A four point program focusing on school education health world citizenship and parent education and family life will be the theme of the 20th annual North Carolina parent teacher institute opening next Monday at Woman s college. The event is expected to attract 350 people and will train officers of local parent teacher units with Mrs E B Hunter of Charlotte state congress president as institute chairman and C W Phillips of Greensboro as director.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Woman's College
E. B. Hunter
Charlotte
Congress
C. W. Phillips
Arrest of Negro in shooting of woman near home
The Alleghany county sheriff questioned a Black man in the Tuesday shooting of Peggy Bowman a 47 year old widow while she picked strawberries near her Winston-Salem area home. Police did not release the suspect name but said a statement would come later.
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Winston-Salem
Alleghany County Sheriff's Department
Peggy Bowman
G. D. Richardson
Diplomats Meet in Paris on Europe Recovery Plan
British Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Minister Bidault join Premier Remadier in Paris for exploratory talks prompted by U S Secretary of State Marshall. France proposes international committees with European nations and the United States to map Europe’s transport fuel energy agriculture and steel needs.
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Paris
Britain
France
United States
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Paul Remadier
U.S
George C. Marshall
Herve Alphand
Foreign Office
London
Earl Bonnet
Marshall
Alphand
Argentina Job Offered to Maryland Man
President Truman nominates James Bruce of Maryland to be ambassador to Argentina, succeeding George Messersmith who resigned. Bruce, 54, is vice president of National Dairy Products and a director of fourteen corporations, part of a series of shifts toward cordial relations with Argentina. Braden’s resignation as assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs prompted Norman Armour to replace him.
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Washington
Presiden
Truman Today
James Bruce
Maryland Corporation
Argentina
Ceorge Messersmith
Bruce
National Dairy Products Corporation
Truman
Messersmith
Spruille Braden
Braden
Norman Armour
Latin America
Flood Threat Looms Along Mississippi River
Residents in Missouri and Illinois brace for historic floods as levee damage from last week challenges containment. Army engineers push to prevent breaches while Coast Guard prepares for rescues near Quincy. Flood stages along the Mississippi at Canton and Hannibal are forecast to rise, with crews deployed to Hunt Lima Lake and Indian Grove districts. Alexandria, Missouri reports several feet of water as Des Moines joins higher levels upstream.
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Mississippi River
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
U. S. Coast Guard
Quincy
Hunt Lima Lake
Indian Grove
Fabius
Army
Mississippi
Canton
Hannibal
Col. W. N. Loaf
Army Engineers
Alexandria
Des Moines
Blonde Wife Witness At Treason Trial
The blonde wife of a man who claims to be Douglas Chandler's best friend in Europe testified in the treason trial in Boston. Mrs. Edward V. Sittler, mother of four, said Chandler once contemplated suicide and used sleeping powders and whisky.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Europe
Baltimore
Edward V. Sittler
Sittler
Ohio
Germany
Francis J. W. Ford
Chandler
Claude B. Cross
Ford
Mass Burial For 12 Victims Of Leesburg Crash
In Leesburg Virginia twelve of the fifty victims of last Friday's airliner disaster were laid to rest in a common grave at the local cemetery. Masses were conducted for ten unidentified victims.
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Leesburg
Dimitrov disputes US critique on Bulgaria trial
Bulgarian Premier Geor gi Dimitrov challenged a United States rebuke over the arrest of opposition leader Nikola Petkov. He said he was not informed that outside powers authorized dragging Bulgaria's regime before the world. He urged avoiding actions that could hinder normal friendly relations.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Georgi Dimitrov
United States
Dimitrov
State Department
Washington
Nikola Petkovy
Agrarian Party
Ting
U. S
Petkov
Truman Calls Universal Training Military Necessity
President Truman urged universal training to deter totalitarian pressure during a Princeton bicentennial, saying it would prevent war and strengthen national welfare. He received his tenth honorary LL.D. along with 36 other leaders in a ceremonial procession, with honors conferred after Chief Justice Vinson and other dignitaries.
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Princeton
N. J
Truman
Washington
Princeton University
United States
Frederick M. Vinson
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Viscount Alexander
Tunis
Canada
Rent control extension clears House amid rent rise clause
The House accepted a joint committee's recommendations to extend rent control to February 29 1948 on a 168 to 78 vote, with 114 to 7 backing sending the measure to conference. The bill allows an 18 percent rent hike if landlords and tenants agree in good faith for a 1948 lease, and would free building materials except for amusement and recreational construction. Legion urges universal military training at the North Carolina convention in Carolina Beach as delegates adopt a related resolution.
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Washington
House
Congressional Committee
House-Senate
Senate
Trent Signs with Dodgers and Joins Thomasville Club
Vitamin Trent, a right handed pitcher for Paculet mills in the Eastern Carolina league, signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and will report to Thomasville in the North Carolina State league. He received an 80 000 bonus and is 18 years old, 5 feet 19 inches tall, and weighs 200 pounds after winning 6 games this season.
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Hi-Toms
Spartanburg
8. C
Vitamin Trent
Paculet Mills
Brooklyn Dodgers
Thomasville
Trent
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