Teen-Age Draft Measure Faces New Attacks
The piece notes Senate debates over extending conscription into peacetime with the 20 year age lowered to 18. It records party splits on teen induction and pay hikes for service ranks, plus an exemption voice vote for certain veterans and students. It mentions senators defending the draft and the House opposition to teen exemptions.
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Congress
Gurney
S. D
Austin
Vandenberg
Mich
Continental United States
Edwin C. Johnson
D. Colo
Senate
House
Firemen Save Many Despite Wild Confusion
Firemen fought a blaze that spread to elevator shafts and ceiling forcing chaotic rescues. Bernard Trasca, a sailor from Glenview Naval Air Station, carried a legless veteran to safety after finding him near the flames. A white haired man on a sixth floor window issued a suicide threat and was rescued.
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Bernard Trasca
Glenview Naval Air Station
Trasca
Millers Predict Wheat Upturn in Two to Three Weeks
The Millers National Federation forecasts relief from a severe bread shortage in two to three weeks due to a larger winter wheat crop and a shift of foreign relief stocks. Yet officials warn this week may be the worst for mills with 80 to 90 percent of flour mills out of wheat. State reports describe looming shortages from New York to California as bakeries ration and some cities face imminent stoppages.
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Chicago
Millers National Federation
Herman Steen
Federation
Texas
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
New York
New York City
Lawrence H. Miller
New York State Association of Retail Bakers
Illinois
The
Food Distributors Association of
Ulinois
Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Kansas
Jess B. Smith
Associated Millers of Kansas Wheat
Kansas City
California
Michigan
Detroit Bakeries
Bakers Union Threatens Strike Over Flour Shortage
Local of the International Bakers and Confectionery Workers Union threatened a 48 hour strike unless more flour was supplied. Walter Sands of the New England flour distributors warned that at least 90 percent of New England bakeries could be closed by June 15 as warehouses run two weeks short on flour.
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International Bakers and Confectionery Workers Union
Walter Sands
The
New England Flour Distributors
New England
Seaway Project Debate Heads for Senate Committee
Washington reports the controversial St. Lawrence Seaway and Power project moves toward full Senate Foreign Relations Committee consideration after weeks of delay. Senator LaFollette secured a pledge the measure will be discussed at today's session, with vote timing and passage still unclear.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
LaFollette
Senate
Jodl Claims Russia Provoked 1941 German Attack
Col Gen Alfred Jodl testifies at Nurnberg war crimes trial that Russia massed 150 divisions on the border after Poland was partitioned. He says Hitler was informed Moscow planned to seize Romanian oil fields, prompting the 1941 invasion.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Alfred Jodl
War Crimes Court Today
Russia
Poland
Jodl
United States
Britain
France
Hitler
Red Army
Reparations Chief In Korean Hospital
U S Reparations Commissioner Edwin W. Pauley is confined to the 29th army general hospital with bacillary dysentery after a recent visit to northern Korea. The mission ate on its special train, with two dinners hosted by Soviet officials. Greece will receive 1.2 million dollars worth of British made clothing for women and children damaged by bombing.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Edwin W. Pauley
29Th Army General Hospital
Reparations
Pauley
Greece
Britain
Miss Wanda Randall Addresses Hard-of-Hearing Readers
Wanda Randall of Kenosha Acoussticon outlines a message to the hard of hearing. She urges action paired with thought, inviting readers to visit her office at the Orpheum Building Room 403 or call for home appointments to learn about Acoussticon and its life-changing benefits.
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Wanda M. Randall
Kenosha Accousticon
Miss Randall
Orpheum
Winners of Elks Contest Announced in High Honors
The Elks contest final ratings listed many participants including John R. Thomas Francis Cook Floyd A TeKampe Mary Alice Graham Burton Lepp Lawrence Hastings Theresa Zicar elli Mary Zuliski Karl Baar Patricia Cumiskey Charles Guy Malcolm Price Kenneth Johnson June Broesch James McHenry Robert G. Stevens David Zeff and Dick Aiello. The Elks Scholarship committee chaired by Frank Isermann with George N Tremper Val W Dittmann and Stig Wiren praised the entrants for their high call.
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John R. Thomas
Francis Cook
Floyd A. TeKampe
Mary Alice Graham
Burton Lepp
Lawrence Hastings
Theresa Zicarelli
Mary Zuliski
Karl Baar
Patricia Cumiskey
Charles Guy
Malcolm Price
Kenneth Johnson
June Broesch
James McHenry
Robert G. Stevens
David Zeff
Dick Aiello
Elks
Frank Isermann
George N.tremper
Val W. Dittmann
Stig Wiren
Isermann
Bananas Arrive in Belfast for Distribution Nationwide
Northern Ireland welcomed a shipment of 12 000 Jamaica bananas delivered to Belfast for nationwide distribution. Teachers aiding in a related contest were thanked as the playful note mentions the event.
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Northen Ireland
Jamaica
Belfast
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