21 Jun 1948
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1948
Page
1
A government voice states it will not assess the constitutionality of a spending ban. The remark signals official stance on legal review and fiscal policy. No further details on who spoke or the context are provided in readable text.
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 decision, won't review a lower court ruling upholding the Taft Hartley Act provision on non Communist affidavits and political use of funds. The court says it will not decide the constitutionality of that section and notes the C I O News publication did not violate the act as charged. Justice Reed states the law does not clearly define offenses against union or corporate funds. The case involves C I O News editor and Edward Garmaty of Baltimore justified by the political spend ban context.
Supreme Court rules on 6 to 3 decision involving Kurt Lu fexe former Nazi official ordered to leave the United States as a dangerous alien. Arguments center on government authority to deport under the alien enemies act after Germany’s defeat and wartime conditions.
Readable fragments describe a fire at Lavino offices with mention of hand grenades stored inside. Citizens feared more danger as the building burned and rumors of nearby rentals and commodity prices appear in the damaged copy.
Philadelphia June 21 AP Supporters of Thomas E. Dewey lost a bid to place his name first at the Republican national convention. Alabama 14 vote delegation deadlocked 7 to 7 on yielding to New York on the first nomination roll call. Alabama would pass on the initial vote, with Arizona and Arkansas uncommitted, California committed to Gov Earl Warren.
A government communique says Israeli regular army and the Irgun Zvai Leumi clashed tonight. It reports a boat landed on the Palestine coast carrying Irgun arms.
Trieste reports two U S privates Ab sent AWOL Saverio C Tremarki Philadelphia and John R Wright Johnson City Tenn liberated by Yugoslavs since June 9. They were escorted to a road post between Yugoslav and Anglo American zones by a Yugoslav detachment last Saturday. Five other soldiers still held captive from a cruise along Istria's shore are unaccounted for.
Allied officials announced the 10 billion mark issue for Western Germany as the maximum currency in circulation after reforms. Issuance started yesterday in the Western zones with a potential 1 billion marks issuance under future restricted conditions.
In Vienna's international zone Russian soldiers seized Fritz Nanseck Austrian interpreter for the American criminal investigation division from an American M P patrol led by Sgt Merrill Allen of Stonington Maine. Allen said two Russian officers and two soldiers took the prisoner after grabbing the car wheel and shouting for help. Allen was held for 15 minutes and Nanseck was released a few hours later.
About fifteen leading Democrats with President Truman met at the White House discussing his 9000 mile 15 day western tour. The group did not appear to plan future campaigns but noted a planned July 5 Bolivar Missouri appearance. Attending were Senator Scott Lucas Rayburn McGrath Oscar Ewing John M Redding and cabinet members. Ad language then occupies the page.
In Philadelphia on June 21 the Democratic nominating process begins with Taft's news conference and the Republican convention opening in a charged atmosphere. Reporters interview Mrs. Dewey while crowds, bands, and banners fill the scene as pickets protest WFIL coverage amid campus-style rehearsal noise and political drama.
Republican convention opens with a hard fight for the presidential nomination while a draft loophole allows youths to join national guard or reserve units before the president signs the measure. G O P chairman Carroll Reece calls out communism and rallies party unity as delegates weigh Dewey Taft Stassen and others. Reserve officers report openings and drill attendance rises as the draft policy dominates discussion.
Occasional thunder showers tonight and tomorrow, followed by partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Low tonight in the upper 60s, high tomorrow near 90. Humidity around 60 to 70 percent, barometer falling later, river stage 13.5 feet, Lake of the Ozarks 0.6 foot below full, 1.62 inches of precipitation in the past 24 hours.
Inside pages feature brief caucus on minor matters by the Missouri delegation and a report on Kerrs Record intact with Charles M. Harger, 85, named assistant secretary. Mencken hints at Hoover London slate, and a policy clash looms over the international plank while Kansans catch on to beverage enforcement.
A Spencer plant proposes a Ford pay offer with increases for about 110 000 U A W workers on a sliding scale. The move aims to raise wages across grades tied to wage steps and cost of living indices.
Ford Motor Company proposed an 11 to 14 cent per hour wage increase for its 110000 United Auto Workers in a move aimed at matching rising pay at competitors. The plan seeks 14 cents for workers earning $1.50 or more and 11 cents for those below, with a June 21 Detroit dateline.
Weather outlook shows lingering rain and thunder showers in the area with potential for heavy rainfall tonight and tomorrow. Kansas City totals climb to 3.79 inches for June after last night’s .30 inch addition, exceeding last year’s pace by about two inches. Oswego reports 3.56 inches in Southeast Kansas and Newton adds 2.37 inches in the first week of harvest time.
Federico Aquadro Jr an organist at a St Louis Catholic church sang two solos and began the wedding march before turning the console to a substitute as Miss Betty Jane Seibel arrived. They were married by Rev Herbert Schehl.
Three deafening blasts at the Hercules Powder Co. Nenvy plant in Kenvy New Jersey killed three workers and injured at least two. The three nitroglycerin buildings were demolished and the cause was not known. The explosions rocked northern New Jersey and few workers were nearby.
Walter Shahane a 52 year old business agent for the International Boilermakers union residing at 1915 Steele Road Kansas City Kansas was arrested by local police on a warrant from Ottumwa Iowa charging criminal syndicalism He refused extradition stating he had trouble in Ottumwa The Ottumwa charge stems from an alleged fight with two officials of an engineering firm rebuilding the city power plant there
Sheriff J A Purdome says several more persons will be tested as part of the safe robbery inquiry. No arrests or view developments have occurred after $9,961 in currency and $5,000 in checks vanished from a civil division vault where delinquent tax sales money was kept overnight on the jail courthouse floor.
The opening band concert at Penn Valley Park tonight has been canceled due to wet grounds. The band will perform tomorrow night at Troost Park to start the summer park season.
Two ordinances go to the Kansas City council tonight relating to the Kansas City Museum. One ordinance accepts a warranty deed from the museum association for the museum and the second creates a three member museum advisory board appointed by Mayor Kemp to four year terms without pay.
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