Molotov Eyes Moscow Call as Trieste Issue Hovers
Paris dispatches report Molotov expected a call from Moscow that could shift the Trieste dispute in Italian peace talks. Byrnes, Bevin, Ridault briefed on progress with Molotov, but no decisions disclosed. Sources caution no breakthrough yet as seven key treaty questions are referred to a special committee.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Trieste
Byrnes
Molotov
Italy
Yugoslavia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Bevin
Georges Ridault
Foreign Ministers Council
Bidault
Russia
Nine Killed as Train Hits Workers' Truck Near Harlingen
Nine were killed and 12 injured when a passenger train struck a truckload of Latin American agricultural workers three miles west of Harlingen Texas. Victims and wreckage scattered 150 feet along the right of way. injured waited along the rails for ambulances from Harlingen and Mercedes. State Patrol Captain Marvin Gordon said a siding string of freight cars blinded both engineer and truck driver.
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Harlingen
Tex
Here
Mercedes
Marvin Gordon
State Highway Patrol
Partly cloudy weather with storms in North Carolina
Weather report notes partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers across the west today and over the entire state Thursday. Temperatures remain near normal with low highs. Calendar references include Thursday June 27, 1946.
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North Carolina
Rians
Bos
Sete
Tel
Interior bill funds large for Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina would receive 5.4 million dollars in the house approved interior appropriation bill to close gaps and complete links. The parkway connects Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with Great Smoky Mountains National Park across North Carolina and Tennessee as part of an 11 million dollar appropriation from a conference committee.
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Washington
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Hoey
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
Army Navy Men Look To Truman
Washington observers focus on the White House as the draft extension and pay raise bills clear final hurdles. The nine month draft extension beyond June 30 affects non-fathers aged 19 to 25, with $50 million at stake and public interest centered on the wartime policy ahead of Lochtenviek time.
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Washington
White House
Lochtenviek
Nye Surprised At Outcome In North Dakota
In North Dakota, U S Senator William Langer and J B Brideton battle for the Republican senatorial nomination as Gerald P Nye concedes to U S Senator Milton R Young in the second senatorial race Nye says he was surprised by the defeat while Lanier concedes Young's short term victory Nye’s independent bid adds political intrigue amid partial precinct tallies with Young leading Lanier Brideton early in the GOP contest
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Fargo
N. D
U. S
William Langer
J. B. Brideton
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Bill Lanier
Milton R. Young
R-Nd
Brideton
Langer
Nye
We Young
Lanier
Young
Langer-Brideton
Automobiles Behind Schedule In 1946 Production
Detroit June 26 A M A report shows 654000 passenger cars built in the first six months of 1946, far below the 1,680,000 deficit from planned schedules. General Manager George W Romney cites $1.5 billion in sales lost so far with further losses expected. War Production Board records from 1945 had called for 2,320,000 cars to dealers by June, but only 140000 are slated for assembly in June.
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Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers Association
George W. Romney
Romney
War Production Board
UNRRA Receives New 465 Million Dollar Fund Recommendation
Washington report notes the House Rules Committee backed a 465 million dollar UNRRA appropriation as part of a 726.6 million dollar deficiency bill. The measure sparks debate over aid allocation to Russian republics and includes 106.65 million for the Office of Price Administration and 27.75 million for the Selective Service System. The bill also cancels about 3.07 billion dollars in war-time appropriations, bringing total rescissions to 64.33 billion since the war.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
House
Trews
UNRRA
Office of Price Administration
Army
Navy
British cabinet mission to issue interim India statement
New Delhi June 26 the British cabinet mission announced it would issue a statement within 24 hours outlining the interim framework for Indian independence. Options discussed include a Muslim league coalition or a Congress dominated government plus territorial and cross communal plans. Gandhi voiced deepening doubts about the proposals.
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New Delhi
all-India Congress Party
Yestern
Congress Party
Legislative Assembly
Mohandas K. Kandhi
Elephant height measured by ear span and forefoot
An African elephant’s height is described as equal to the distance across its expanded ears and is six times the diameter of its forefoot.
Forrestal Says Navy Will Cooperate On Merger Plan
Navy Secretary Forrestal notified President Truman that he and Admiral L limits will cooperate fully to achieve the president's army navy merger program. The letter, released by the White House, states three attainable objectives and Forrestal's willingness to support the national defense reorganization.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Truman
Trueman
White House
Ex Husband Of Tar Heel Girl Is Sentenced
An Army Captain Archie Miller of Bellevue Texas received a first degree murder sentence after being found guilty in a fatal assault on Ty Eugene Dalelas. Judge John A. McAn Army detachment awaited Miller for possible Governor's Island action. Dale, 27, survivor of the Bataan death march, died in the incident.
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New York
Army
Archie Miller
Bellevue
Tex
Eugene Dalelas
John A. M
Miller
Governor's Island
Dale
Bataan
Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Creasy Proctor
Oxford reports the death of Rev. Creasy K. Proctor aged 56 from a heart attack. He served as superintendent of the Oxford orphanage since 1928 and was a past potentate of the Sudan Temple of the Shrine. He was a trustee of High Point College and Duke University and an alumnus of Duke. Funeral time not yet announced.
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Oxford
Creasy K. Proctor
Sudan
High Point College
Duke University
Duke
More Demands From Chinese Communists
Nanking reports on June 3 that General Marshall received a Chinese communist army reorganization proposal. A reliable source says the peace committee of three including Marshall and a government and communist representative agreed on two other points: cessation of hostilities and restoration of...
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Nanking
Marshall
China
Mineral Research Funds Approved for North Carolina
The house approved interior department appropriation provides funds for ongoing mineral research in North Carolina. Senator Hoey states a laboratory at North Carolina State College in Raleigh and experiments in the Deep River coal mine and state iron ore mines will receive support despite senate-supplied reductions.
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Washington
Interior Department
North Carolina
Hoey
Senate
N. C. State College
Raleigh
Deep River
Wheat harvest stymied by rail car shortage in bread belt
In June 1946 Great Bend Kansas dispatches report wheat harvest peaking across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas hindered by a shortage of box cars. Nearly 300 grain elevators are full with wheat and some grain is piled on the ground at elevators and farms due to the rail bottleneck.
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Great Bend
Kas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Fresh Meat Famine Looms as OPA Bill Moves
In Chicago on June 26 a virtual famine in fresh meat looms nationwide as the Senate readies action on the house approved OPA price controls bill. Industry spokesmen warn shortages may worsen, with some predicting months of tight supplies and possible shutdowns from packing houses to retailers.
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Chicago
Senate
OPA
Los A
Fiancee Climbs Flagpole to Await Lover on World Record Try
In Coshocton Ohio a man known as Mad Marshall Jacobs climbed 176 feet to seek a world sitting record. His fiancée Miss Lonnie Cosmar stayed atop the pole after his disappearance and vowed to wait for him. They plan marriage on the pole Sunday, amid storms and heat that tested Jacobs for 26 days. Jacobs came down as Cosmar resisted leaving for Cleveland for a radio broadcast.
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Coshocton
Marshall Jacobs
Lonnie Cosmar
Jacobs
Miss Cosmar
Cleveland
Runaway Two Year-Old Dashes From South Omaha Court
A two year-old girl in a blouse scrambled through Judge Perry Wheeler’s South Omaha police court and fled toward the rear exit pursued by her mother. The child had been in the family welfare office across the hall when she bolted.
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Omaha
Neb
Perry Wheeler
South Omaha
Canada Britain Wheat Pact Delayed by U S Opposition
Britain and Canada aimed for a ten year wheat contract at about 1.18 U S dollars per bushel, but U S opposition and push for multilateral trade stalled the talks. British Food Minister John Strachey returned from Washington and Ottawa with no agreement, as Canada weighed bilateral gains against multilateral goals.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Great Britain
United States
John Strachey
London
Washington
Britain
U. S
Dune
America
Drive By Republicans Push Back On Meat Decontrol Bill
Washington June 26 A Senate GOP push to return the extension bill to conference with the House failed as the House voted 221 150 against reworking the measure. Administration leaders cited a strong House margin as evidence the bill would pass the Senate and reach the White House. The House approved 265 105 yesterday and OPA expires next Sunday at midnight unless enacted.
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Washington
Blican
House
Nebraska
Wherry
White House
OPA
Lucas
Ill
Senate
Mysterious radio set recovered from Abbott Creek near Thomasville
Deputy Jesse Green fished a mysterious radio sending and receiving set from Abbott's Creek near Thomasville. Found near highway bridge 109 the gear was in three cases partly submerged and possibly dumped from a vehicle. FBI Charlotte notified and equipment sent to Lexington for disposal.
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Thomasville
Abbott's Creek
Here
Jesse Green
Green
Winston-Salem Road
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte
Lexington
FBI
Sheriff Green
Young King of Siam Ananda Mahidol Supposed Assassin Target
A board of 18 physicians studied medical evidence supporting the theory that King Ananda Mahidol, age 20, was killed by an assassin. He was found dead in his Bangkok apartment on June 9. officials later said he accidentally shot himself with the bullet entering the forehead.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
North Carolina Authorities Can Retrieve Kidnapped Girl
Rosemary Johnson 19 also known as Loretta Frances Bronek is accused of kidnapping four year old Terry Taylor. She withdrew her habeas corpus appeal and the case was dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals. The pair were found in Annapolis Maryland after the child went missing from Charlotta New York in February.
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Washington
North Carolina
Rosemary Johnson
Loretta Frances Bronek
Terry Taylor
U. S. Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Charlotta, N. Y
Veto Deadlock Marks UN Atomic Conference Progress
United States and Russia maintain opposite veto positions on atomic control plans while most other members see merit in both proposals. An Evatt led working committee will draft an integrated plan as the Security Council moves to address the Spanish issue and the commission seeks a unified path to world atom energy control.
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New York
United Nations
United States
Russia
UN” Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Security Council
Evatt
Britain
Sir Cadogan
Oscar Lange
Atomic Commie
Second Blaze Destroys Clyde Roberts Hotel in Raleigh
A hotel one mile south of Raleigh on Highway 15 A suffered total loss after a second fire in 12 hours. Fire Chief W R Butts reported the first blaze at 5 50 p m yesterday in the boiler room and rest room, extinguished by 6 25 p m. A 12 55 a m call revealed the southeast corner already collapsing with the structure destroyed and 23 guests' belongings lost. no injuries were reported.
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Raleigh
Clyde Roberts Hotel
Here
Highway 15
W. R. Butts
Roberts Hotel
Butts
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