Berlin Crisis Closes Roads as Soviet Currency Reform Tense
Soviet troops block Western and German ground travel into Berlin amid currency reform plans. Marshal Sokolovsky demands measures while Allied leaders in Helmstedt plan a meeting with Britain and France to respond.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Greater
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
Eisenach
Helmstedt
Congress Won’t Adjourn Tonight Says Speaker Martin
Washington June 19 House Speaker Martin of Massachusetts said it is impossible for congress to adjourn tonight only a break in the legislative logjam would permit a recess. After a conference with Senator Taft the speaker noted no decision on returning before or after the conventions.
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Washington
House
Martin
Rmass
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Weather notes show warm trend with afternoon storms
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions persist in North Carolina with warm night and Sunday forecast. Thunderstorms expected in the afternoon and evening, with increasing activity noted for Sunday.
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North Carolina
Arabs And Jews To Attend Meet
Western officials plan a meeting to decide action as Arabs and Jews agree to send experts to confer with Count Folke Bernadotte on Rhodes. UN truce team reports a breach near Nazareth with rifle fire between sides. Fifty UN guards head to Palestine for emergency duty.
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Germany
Berlin
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations Palestine
Rhodes
Nazareth
New York
Palestine
France
General Confederation of Labor
Clermont-Fer
Workers’ Force
Trade Union Congress
Brussels
Mount Grammos
Greece
Kaifeng
Nonan
Shanghai
Warlick Case Not Settled
Washington June 19 A recess appointment of Judge Wilson Warlick of Newton North Carolina may be used if the senate fails to confirm him before adjournment Senator Yates Webb of Shelby is reported physically unable to carry the burden until next year Senator Langer said his committee had approved Warlick but no formal report was issued Democrats accuse Republican leaders of delaying such appointments to win after the November elections
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Washington
North Carolina
Senate
Wilson Warlick
Newton
Yates Webb
Shelby
Langer
R-Nd
Senate Judiciary
Warlick
Republican Policy Committee
North Carolina Press Association Concludes Session
The 76th annual NC Press Association convention nears noon adjournment at Fontana Village as the final morning program progresses. More details on page 6 follow.
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Fontana Village
North Carolina Press Association
Heat waves grip southeast with 100 degree highs
Chicago dispatch reports warm humid weather over the southeast and Texas after another day with temperatures above 100. The north stays cool with rain in parts of the Great Lakes, Rockies, and western Nevada and Idaho. Texas highs reach 105 in El Paso 108 in Abilene and 102 in San Antonio.
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Chicago
Texas
Great Lakes Region
Rocky Mountains
Rts
Nevada
Idaho
Texas- Oklahoma Panhandle
Plains States
el Paso
Abilene
San Antonio
Foreign Aid Program Blocked by Immovable Objects
Washington June 19 The Senate House conference on foreign aid funds is deadlocked with two immovable positions about $1 billion apart. Senator Bridges warns no bill unless a basis to compromise exists, while Taft and Vandenberg push for action to fund a European recovery program. The series of meetings and potential extra sessions loom as adjournment nears.
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Washington
Senate-House
Bridges
R-Nh
Joint Committee
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Rep. Taber
R-Ny
Magician Loses $1000 in Flint Stage Heist
In Flint on June 19 magician Leon Mandrake reported $1000 missing from backstage purses after a performance. Police were summoned to investigate the disappearance of the funds in full view of the audience.
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Flint, Mich
Leon Mandrake
Mandrake
Dewey Taft Forces Push For GOP Nominations
Philadelphia June 19 delegates gather for the Republican convention as Dewey and Taft push to line up votes. Vandenberg teases a possible anti Truman bid while Stassen remains sidelined. insiders say no bloc has reached the 548 vote target.
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Philadelphia
Thomas F. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
President Truman
Mran
Washington
Vandenberg
Congress
GOP
Truman
Michigan
Dewey
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Polio Cases in State Rise to 193
The state reports 193 infantile paralysis cases to date with no general alarm. Burke county shows no new cases, while June adds 11 new cases and a January and two May cases statewide. Eastern and western regions remain relatively polio free. June cases include Scotland three, Forsyth three, Moore two, and single cases from Catawba Cumberland Guilford Buncombe Avery and Rutherford. The month total reaches 72.
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Raleigh
Burke County
State Board of Health
Burke
C. P. Stevick
State Health Department
Avery
Rutherford
Truman names inquiry board to head off coal strike
President Truman appoints a three member National Emergency panel to investigate the wage hour and pension dispute involving 400000 United Mine Workers and coal operators. David L. Cole chairs the panel with E Wight Bakke and Waldo Emanuel Fisher as members. The panel must report to the White House next Wednesday to help forestall a potential 80 day work stoppage.
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Paterson
N. J
E. Wight Bakke
Yale University
Waldo Emanuel Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Truman
Alan Goldsborough
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Lewis
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Fish Seized by Hornpout Bites Young Boy
In Boston a 12 year old Albert Fleeming was bitten when a hornpout clamped its jaws on his finger after he pulled the fish from a pond. The creature trailed him to City Hospital where doctors freed the fish.
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Sam Mazzio, Jr
County Hospital
Chicago
Barbara Hughes
Charlotte
William Bolinger
N. C
Bridgetender
John Almand
Bolinger
Anna Wendowski
Boston
Albert Fleeming
City Hospital
Albert
Peace Plea by Gen. Bradley Urges Vote to Save World
General Omar N. Bradley told the Reserve Officers Association in Denver to put peace before elections and face life’s facts. He warned that American prestige has suffered from wartime vacillation and urged a counter attack before it is too late. He denied charges of discrimination against reserve officers by regulars.
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Denver
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Reserve Officers Association
Bradley
Regular Army
Taft Sees Adjournment Tonight After All-Night Senate Session
Senator Taft said after an all night session there is a chance Congress can adjourn tonight despite a 15 hour filibuster by Taylor and Langer. The deadlock over foreign aid and other end of session bills held up House measures and a conference on farm and energy funding.
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Taft
Washington
R-Chioe
Senate
Congress
Taylor
Idaho
Langer
Ohioan
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Capitol
Taylor-Langer
Interior Department
Government
Senate House
House
Aiken
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
Two Senators Fight Draft War In Senate Filibuster
WASHINGTON June 19 — A two man Senate filibuster stalled action on a reported draft compromise. Senators Taylor of Idaho and Langer of North Dakota, in shifts, blocked all Senate action on a plan to induct men aged 19 through 25 for 21 months of service, starting in 90 days.
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Washington
Senate
Taylor
Idaho
Langer
RND
House
Taft
Ohio
Senate backs compromise draft bill to draft men 19 to 25
The Senate approved a compromise by voice vote ending an all night filibuster. The measure would draft men ages 19 through 25 for 21 months starting 90 days after final enactment, pending House approval. The vote followed disputes over whether the bill had passed.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taylor
Idaho
Langer
Filibuster Talkathon Seen Ending As Senate Hangs On
Reporters note continued round the clock debate on the draft bill with Taft and others weighing whether Langer and Taylor can resume speaking. The filibuster could end if a final motion to adopt the conference report passes, with clocking in hours of talk by Taylor and Knowland before dawn.
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Senate Republican Policy Committee
Langer
Taylor
Senate
Taft
Senators
North Dako
Knowland
Calif
Republicans Favor Farm Group Plan
Philadelphia June 19 Republicans favor a farm group plan to cut government price supports for farm products to lower food and farm fiber costs. The proposal would set a lower price level if no emergency shortages arise, with wording in a farm plank to be reviewed by committees after hearings.
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Philadelphia
Ancher Nelson
National Orange
Albert S. Goss
Goss
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Associated Press
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Coal Board
John L. Lew
Gen
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