Vandenberg Proposal Seeks Bipartisan Aid Survey
Senator Vandenberg pushes a bipartisan plan to survey how much foreign aid the United States can safely provide, seeking state department backing. Undersecretary W. Clayton backs the idea of limits on aid but cautions on determining foreign needs, which countries should assess themselves with American checks.
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Washington
Vandenberg
United States
State Department
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
W. Clayton
Clayton
Treasury
Europe
Asia
Pan American Constellation Eclipse Crashes in Syria
At Megadine near the Euphrates a Pan American World Airways Constellation Eclipse crashed while attempting a forced landing. Fifteen of 37 aboard were killed including eight passengers and seven crew. The aircraft was en route Karachi to Istanbul, with initial reports linking it to the inaugural World Flight.
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New York
Pan-American World Airways
Megadine
Syria
Pan American
Karachi
Istanbul
India
Eniyadine
America
Pan-American
Constellation
Euphrates
Gander
Newfoundland
Senator Bridges Demands Policy On Germany Currency Looting
Senator Bridges questioned three cabinet officers and halted hearings to seek an official policy on postwar Germany currency abuses. He cited Russia’s actions and the allocation of press money, urging action while outlining a plan to curb the overseas overdraft. No date for the next session was set.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire Republican
Russia
Germany
Marshall
Patterson
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Senate
Armed Services
Bank
Two Men Saw Way Out of Dix Hill Bars
Raleigh June 19 Two white inmates escaped Dix Hill by sawing their way out. Identified were David D. Henry 22 Clayton Wake county serving 20 years for axe slaying of Willie Mitchiner a negro and Frank Beach 28 Tarboro serving three years on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Authorities unsure where they obtained the saw.
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Raleigh
Dix Hill
Kyle Matthews
David D. Henry
Clayton
Wake County
Willie Mitchiner
Frank Beach
Tarboro
Weather calendar notes for Friday June 20 2047
AP weather report lists 24 hour temperature and rainfall across multiple cities. Readings include Charleston 93 with 0.00 rainfall, Charlotte 65 with 0.00, Chicago 68 with 0.50, Denver 64 with 0.54 and 0.03 in another line, Detroit 30, Jacksonville 92 with 0.00, Little Rock 92 68 0.00, Los Angeles 78 60 0.00, Memphis 72.00, Meridian 84 80 0, Miami 84 80, New York 80 0. - Rainfall amounts vary by city.
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Charlotte
Weath Bureau
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian de Miami
St. P Te
Mobile
Mt.Mitchell
New Orients
New York
Raletah
San Antonio
S. Franciaco
Spartaniurs
Tampa
Washington
Truman Sets Today Aside For Verdict On Taft Hartley
President Truman faces a split in his own party as he reserves today for a fateful decision on the Taft Hartley labor bill. Advisers split between a veto expectation and confidence in no definite knowledge of his action. A daily confidant notes the uncertainty.
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Washington
Truman
Truman rejects southern labor bill appeal at White House
President Truman refused to hear a southern Democratic appeal to sign the wanton curbing labor measure. Col Arion Rushton of Montgomery Alabama pressed the issue at a White House conference but Truman cut the line of questioning and said he would decide after his current analysis.
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Washington
Truman
Arion Rushton
Democratic National
Montgomery
Ala
White House
Democratic Party
Labor Bill Veto Debate Split Within Democratic Ranks
A Democratic National Committee survey shows 103 in favor of a veto and 66 for passage with four recommending a signatureless enactment. The poll, taken without White House guidance, also notes state fears of losing New York if vetoed while the South urges a Truman signature. President Truman planned to send a message detailing his stance.
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Beaca
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
White House
New York
South
Truman
Clark M. Clifford
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Veto Could End UN Plan To Disarm
Delegates reported that a Russian veto of the U S plan for world arms reduction would likely end United Nations disarmament efforts. After the Armaments Commission sent the plan to the Security Council, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned that approving the proposal would collapse UN disarmament work and separation of arms limitation from atomic weapon bans contradicts a 1946 general assembly resolution.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
U. S
Andrei A. Gromyko
General Assembly
House Committee To Debate Rail Bill Tomorrow
The House Commerce Committee will take up tomorrow a Senate approved bill to exempt railroads cooperative rate practices from anti trust laws. The Senate backed the measure 60 to 27 after a week and a half of debate. Critics expect a veto if it reaches the president. A similar measure by Rep Bulwinkle previously passed the House but died in the Senate due to filibuster threats from southern opponents.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Bulwinkle
Secret Russian Mission Almost Changed WWII History
Liberty magazine reports a January 1943 proposal where Russia would press Germany for a separate peace while Germany would gain a Baltic Dardanelles corridor and oil and manganese aid to sustain its war effort. The plan ended when Russia feared allied discovery and danger to its own war aims.
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New York
Liberty Magazine
Russia
Germany
Stalingrad
Rommel
North Africa
Paul Schwartz
German Foreign Service
O.S.S
Guy Richards
Washington
Riga
Baltic
Dardanelles
Turkey
France
Defense rests in war fraud trial
The defense rested its case in the May Garsson war fraud trial and lost a motion for a delay. Chief defense attorney Charles J. Margiotti asked for a suspension until key witness Joseph F. Freeman recovers from a heart attack. Judge Schweinhaut ruled the case should proceed with rebuttal witnesses.
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Washington
Charles J. Margiotti
Joseph F. Freeman
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Warrants Issued in Slaying of Two Children and Shooting
Four warrants, two for first degree murder and two for assault with intent to murder, were filed against Chris Russell for the death of his six year old son Johnnie Christo and eleven year old daughter Peggy and for shooting neighbors Mr and Mrs Walter Wolfe. Mrs Betty Russell, the children's mother, said she hoped he would face punishment. Russell claimed he and his children chose to die rather than be separated.
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Chris Russell
Miami, Fla
Peggy
Johnny Christo
Walter L. Wolfe
Wolfes
Miami
Fla
I. Ray Mills
Henry L. Oppenborn
Russell
Johnnie Christo
Wolfe
Jackson Memorial Hospital
John L. Deas
Betty Russell
New York
Yonkers
N. Y
Greek relief to begin next week
Washington expects an American effort to keep Greece from falling to communism with a possible $400 million outlay. A civilian mission of about 40 people will depart for Athens to join a military mission already there as the relief program swings into action next week.
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Washington
Greece
Athens
Tobacco Market Dates to Be Fixed at Raleigh Meeting
Virginia Beach June 19. A 15 member committee representing growers warehousemen and buying interests will fix opening dates for flue cured tobacco markets next week in Raleigh North Carolina. The group will also decide basket weight auction speed and daily hours of operation.
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Virginia Beach
Raleigh
N. C
Tobacco Association of the
Association
Lanier
Ex Baltimore Writer Paid Largest Sum in Nazi Radio Broadcasts
Former Baltimore writer on treason trial testified that Douglas Chandler was the highest paid commentator in the U S zone of Nazi shortwave radio during the war. Karl Schotte said Chandler earned 2500 marks monthly, far above Schotte's 900 marks, and that Chandler used the alias Paul Revere.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
U. S
Karl Schotte
New York Electric Company
Chandler
Schotte
Oscar R. Ewing
Paul Revere
Britain and France Give Soviet Until Monday
Paris dispatch reports France and Great Britain gave Moscow until Monday to decide if the Soviet Union will join a Marshall plan backed European recovery effort. London or Paris would host a meeting with Molotov during June 23 week. If Moscow rejects or stays neutral, the plan proceeds without Russia.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Russai
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
U. S
George C. Marshall
London
Dairy Case Docketed For Next Monday
Solicitor Basil L Whitner said five Mecklenburg county dairies alleged to adulterate milk have their trial docketed for the term of superior court beginning next Monday in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Basil L. Whitner
Mecklenburg County
Superior Court
Thought Clinic opens with Southern Democrats in Washington
Washington June 19 Democratic leaders from Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi and North and South Carolina gathered to brief party chiefs on Southern views and discuss national issues with President Truman. The eighth clinic aims to expose state concerns and craft party strategy on foreign policy taxes housing and living costs. Georgia delegation led by supporters of Governor Thompson attends amid Talmadge faction disputes over party control and a potential separate primary next year. North Carolina members Joe L. Blythe Beatrice Cobb and Mrs B B Everett attend along with Charlotte and Morganton delegates.
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Washington
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Truman
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
M. E. Thompson
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Thompson
Talmadge
Democratic Committee
North Carolina
Joe L. Blythe
Charlotte
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
B. B. Everett
Palmyra
Eisenhower Pressed on Columbia Presidency
General Eisenhower has been approached about possibly becoming president of Columbia University but will not leave his post as army chief of staff this year. Maj. Gen. F L Parks said Eisenhower has no intention of quitting and would only consider future activity after clearance from his superiors.
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Dwight D
Ike” Eisenhower
Army
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Board of Trustees of
Columbia
Washington
F. L. Parks
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Parks
Army Public Information Division
Board of
Secretary of War
Soviet Might Has Big Edge Over America
Lt. Gen. J Lawton Collins warned in Miami that Soviet soldiers outnumber U S forces by 20 to 1 and Russia fields over 10 000 aircraft. He estimated 200 divisions ready in Europe plus 100 satellites, urging a full review of U S defense and warning of potential long range air strikes, atom bombs, and bacteriological warfare.
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Miami
Fla
J. Lawton Collins
U. S
Collins
Europe
U.S
Russia
Colling
Pearl Harbor
War Department
New York City
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Settlement Reached For East Coast Seamen Wage Rise Five Percent
Negotiators for three maritime unions and 39 East and Gulf coast shippers reached a settlement on the East Coast based on a five percent wage increase benefiting about 110000 seamen if unions and shipowners ratify. West Coast officials expect the East Coast agreement to influence their talks.
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New York
John W. Gibson
Atlantic
Gulf
Nathan Feinsinger
Labor Department
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
CIO
Curran
NMU
American Communication Association
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Gibson
Frank J. Taylor
Two Die For Rape of Church Worker
In Raleigh on June 19, two young white men Ralph Vernon Litteral of Winston-Salem and Marvin Claude Bell of Yadkinville were scheduled to die in the gas chamber for raping a 15-year-old Sunday school worker during an all night ride into Tennessee. Governor Cherry declined to intervene.
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Raleigh
Tennessee
Cherry
Ralph Vernon Litteral
Winston-Salem
Marvin Claude Bell
Yadkinville
Stay of Execution Granted in North Carolina Rape Case
Marvin and co-defendant Ralph Vernon Litteral, 35, of Winston-Salem, awaited execution for raping a 15-year-old Sunday school worker during an all night Tennessee trip. Governor Cherry refused to intervene, but Chief Justice Stacy granted a stay as counsel plans a US Supreme Court certiorari petition.
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Raleigh
Marvin Claude Bell
Yadkinville
Ralph Vernon Litteral
Winston-Salem
Tennessee
Cherry
Bell
W. P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
United States Court
Convictions in Elkin Rape Case Linked to Will
Peggy Shore of Elkin testified the defendants were convicted of raping her on August 23. A will drawn by Littoral bequeaths his brain and eyes to Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Warden Hugh Wilson planned to present the will for signature. Littoral sought to donate his brain to science to gauge mental capacity. His mother noted he had attempted suicide six times and was once a patient at Dix Hill mental hospital.
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Peggy Shore
Elkin
Littoral
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Hugh Wilson
Central Prison
Litteral
Dix Hill
Three Prisoners Paroled By Governor Cherry
Governor Cherry freed three inmates including B. Clyde Morton who was convicted in Jones county in 1931 of second degree murder and sentenced to 15 to 20 years. Morton's term will start after his current sentence ends, a sentence he began serving in 1940.
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Raleigh
B. Clyde Morton
Jones County
Cherry
Morton
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