Compromise Talk On Teen Draft As Congress Weighs 19-Year-Olds
Washington June 6 AP Congress braces for a clash over resuming the teen age draft with hints of a compromise that would make 19 year olds eligible while exempting 18 year olds. Senate supports continued use of teenagers but House opposes it. Senate votes 69 to 8 to keep wartime draft act provisions in force until next May as conferees meet to reconcile house and senate versions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman picks Austin to push Soviet attitudes on UN
President Truman names Warren Austin as American representative to the United Nations Security Council. Austin, 68, succeeds Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and will work with Soviet counterpart Andrei Gromyko. He cited a "security-conscious" view of Russia in a School of Advanced International Studies address. The piece notes U.S. foreign policy aims and includes a local speed trap notice from Homer City.
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Washington
Truman
Warren R. Austin
United Nations Security Council
Vermont
Edward R. Siettinius, Jr
Senate
New
Russia
Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Council
School of Advanced International Studies
Foreign Service Educational Foundation
United Nations
Cease Fire Declared In Chinese War For 15 Days
Chiang Kai-Shek ordered a 15 day halt in Manchuria hostilities to ease paths to a political settlement with the Communists. The truce starts tomorrow with aims to outline detailed terms for ending fighting and restoring communications while preserving sovereignty under the Sino Soviet treaty. Reports from Peiping say government forces advance to within 20 miles of Harbin as Reds face potential resistance.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Peng Hsuch
Pei
Communist Party
Chiang
China
Peiping
Hstin Min Pao
Harbin
Shih Chieh Jih
Probes Begin Into Chicago La Salle Hotel Blaze
Investigations opened into Chicago La Salle Hotel fire as officials examine cause and rapid spread from lobby to upper floors. 53 of 58 victims identified. two women, a man, and a torso remain unidentified. Blue ribbon inquiry panel includes engineers and safety experts. fire alarms disputed. one official cites a 20 minute delay in alarm.
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Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Louis Marco
Loop Hotel
la Salle
Madison Streets
John L. Fenn
Queen Maria Jose Leaves Italy for Exile
ROME June 6 The royal house announces Queen Maria Jose of Italy is aboard the Italian cruiser Duca Degli Abruzzi en route to Portugal The Duke and Duchess of Aosta have gone to Belgium They are cousins of King Umberto II who is expected to follow his queen into exile after the weekend plebiscite voted the monarchy out and a republic in
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Rome
Maria Jose
Italy
Portugal
Duca
Bad Start At Wedding Trip Leaves Man Wounded
Dana G Horning 50 of Watertown Center was hospitalized with a broken wrist after his daughter and son-in-law left on their wedding trip unaware he stood in a ring of tin cans attached to the bridal party’s car. Also notices: barber rummage sale June 8 and a Methodist event in Indiana Theatre Community Center.
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Watertown
Dana G. Horning
Watertown Center
Horning
Indiana
Methodist County
Indiana Theatre Church
Near Accord In Coal Talks
New York June 6 Leaders of the AFL United Mine Workers and anthracite operators were reported nearer accord in forging a contract to end the strike of 75 000 Pennsylvania yard coal miners. John Boylan said the conferees made some more progress while both sides declined comment. A prior meeting of the union scale committee and the operators advisory committee preceded the negotiators session.
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New York
AFL
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
John Boylan
Anthracite Conciliation Board
Boylan
Normandy marks second anniversary of invasion
TREVIERS France June 6 AP Normandy commemorates two years since Allied forces struck beaches in the largest invasion. Observances center on St Mere Eglise with honors to the 82nd Airborne while Bayeux Caen honor British and Canadian troops. Villagers recall heroism and sacrifice with prayers and stories, as Pierre Roust toasts the Second Infantry Division.
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Treviers
France
Normandy
Europe
St. Mere Eglise
82Nd Airborne
Bayeux
Caen
Star of David
Pierre Roust
Pierre
Ritz-Carlton
New York
Second Infantry
Spain Spain Rupture Forecast Draws Foreign Interest
Madrid June 6 AP Arriba a Falange party newspaper says only Russia would gain from a world rupture with Spain and questions if the United States and Britain want an iron curtain at Algeciras. YA calls a rupture good business for Russia. ABC attacks Spanish exiles. Franco regime warns against foreign interference. Washington says a general shoe price rise looms as leather costs push up footwear and related goods with OPA likely to approve higher prices to offset increased production costs.
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Madrid
Falange
Arriba
Russia
Spain
United States
England
Algeciras
Europe
ABC
Mariano Caranas
Ministry of Interior
Stheam
United Nations
Washington
OPA
Troops in Disguise Reported in Iran Dispatch
London dispatch cites Tehran paper Rahbar reporting British soldiers in civilian dress still in Iran settings including Bushire Baluchistan and southern ports. Broadcast urged Premier Qavam to send patriots and journalists to verify troop evacuations and inform the United Nations Security Council of findings.
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London
Moscow Radio
Tehran
Rahbar Today
Iran
Bushire
Baluchistan
Ahmed Qavan
United Nations Security Council
IndictedRailroad Workers Charged in Rail Disruption Plot
Two former Pennsylvania Railroad employees Ralph C. Groom and John A. Marko were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to halt interstate rail operations by tampering with plant inserts in two switches. Groom, 37, and Marko, 47, posted $5,000 bail. Both deny the charges.
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Philadelphia
iTwo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ralph C. Groom
John A. Marko
Quake Felt Distantly Recorded by Fordham Scriptograph
The Rev. Joseph Lynch reported a mild quake felt today in New York about 4,400 miles away. First shock reached 7:48:34 a m EDT and a second at 7:57:18 a m EDT as recorded on Fordham University’s seismograph.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Fall From Car Fatal To Clymer Girl
Patricia Ann Strong 5 of Clymer died after falling from her father Paul Strong's moving car on Benjamine Franklin Highway. She suffered a fractured skull and intracranial hemorrhage and died at Indiana Hospital. Born June 28, 1940, she is survived by her mother Mildred Strong and sister Catherine. Funeral arrangements are with Streams Funeral Home.
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Patricia Ann Strong
Clymer A
Indiana
Paul K. Strong
Benjamine Franklin
Belsano
Cambria County
Indiana Hospital
Clymer
Paul BE
Mildred (Lioy) Strong
Catherine
Streams Funeral Home
Driving and Morality Top Petit Jury Case List
Petit jurors meet Monday June 10 at 1 30 p m with a trial list of 15 cases mainly morality and drunken driving. Following a June grand jury indicting 16 persons District Attorney E M Clark prepared the docket for Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday sessions. Notable names include Mrs Elizabeth Albert charged with larceny and several defendants charged with operating a motor vehicle under intoxication or related offenses.
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E. M. Clark
Lal A
Elizabeth Albert
Jareeny
John Milter
Bruce W. Poole
William R. Gallagher, Jr
Charles Ellueberger
Victor Swanlek
Bernard Galonis
Harry Mauk
John Porowar
John Piwuwar
Puschiel
L. E. Baw
Byrd Bair
Allied rejects offer to send search parties for Japanese soldiers
Tokyo reports Allied headquarters refused a government proposal to deploy search teams to locate Japanese soldiers still at large in combat zones, saying assistance from local authorities is not required.
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Tokyo
Allied
Tieup Begins At 2 P M Amid Coastwide Action
A union official says a 100 percent stoppage on AFL manned ships in New York started at noon as sailors prepare at 2 p m for meetings on matters of great importance. Congress plans hearings to avert a CIO shipping strike set for June 16.
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New York
Jack Dwyer
Sailors Union of the Pacific
AFL
Washington
Congressional
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Hawaiian
House Labor Committee
A. B. Kelley
D-Pa
Kelley
Great Lakes
Geil
New
San Francisco
Britain firm against appeasement of Russians in Paris talks
London dispatch reports two days of House of Commons debate left Britain with a clear stance toward the Soviet Union. The government backs an open minded approach at the Paris four powers conference on June 15 but refuses any appeasement of Stalin’s regime. Officials emphasize plans for a federated Germany and support Byrnes on a 25 year four power alliance to keep Germany disarmed and aid European neighbors.
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Ramney Wheeler
London
House of Commons
Russia
Paris
Jung
Soviet Union
Europe
United Nations
Winston Churchill
Alcacon
Gore
Stetlin
Trieste
Adriatic
Germany
Aithe
Ernest Bevin
Britain
U.S
James If. Byrnes
Livesay’s Pride and Pledge in Centralia Church Scene
Mrs. Addie Livesay the former Chicago organist joins a Centralia service, delivering a polished performance on both plane and organ. She quips she cannot play it all, yet her decades of music training show as she guides pupils and leads hymns with steady hands.
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Centralia
Addie Livesay
Chicago
Ieee
Livesay
Orlando May Be President In New Italy
Rome dispatch says Vittorio Emanuele Orlando leads in talks for a new Italian republic. He faces strong Communist opposition and possible rival Ivanoe Bonomi while King Umberto II plans exile as 13 million voters back a republic. The constituent assembly opens June 24 to choose the first president who will then name the premier, likely Alcide de Gasperi to continue.
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Rome
Grizsled
Vittorio Emanuele Orland
Gdikely
Rege Steel
Versailles
House of Savoy
Orlando
Palmira Togliatto
Ist
National
Democraatic Union
Ivanoe Bono
Constituent Assembly
Selec
Alcide ,de Gasperi
Call Truman No 1 Strike Breaker
The CIO United Automobile Workers International Executive Board ended a two day policy session in Cleveland after voting to back spare time workers in a threatened strike and labeling President Truman the number one strikebreaker of America for his tactics to avert a shipping tie up. The board adopted a resolution sharply protesting Truman and condemning use of armed forces as strike breakers against maritime workers.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers International Executive Board
Truman
America
National Union
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