Civil War Looms In State Of Israel
A government communique reports clashes between Haganah and Irgun Zvai Leumi over a boat carrying arms, with casualties and threats of bloodshed if attacks continue. UN observers were sent as censorship limited details amid a four week armistice in effect. A separate note mentions a separate crash near Natanya and a highway collision near Madisonville with no relation to the Israeli events.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Hefanah
Ivan Zvai Leumi
Haganah
Natanya
Here
Larnel
United Nations
Irgun
Irgon Zvat Leumi
Provisional Government of
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Magmwonvine
Inns of Jarad
Wagson-Dixon
Kingsport
Atlanta
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Cpl. C. D. Simpson
James Waldrop
Henry Coltharp
Madisonville
Greek Army Squeeze On Reds In Albania Border Pocket
Frontline reports say the Ninth Division advanced over 10 miles northeast from Konitsa as 70,000 troops with artillery and air support push into a rock pocket along the Albanian border to crush Communist guerrillas amid stiff resistance in a three day operation.
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Athens
Mason-Dixon
Biggers
Konitsa
Albania
Kingsport Driver Critically Burned
Ernest E. Eggers a 37 year old Kingsport driver for Mason-Dixon Lines Inc was listed in serious condition Monday in a Sweetwater Tennessee hospital after a spectacular collision between his large trailer truck and a pickup near Ine dren hte Caedae alah, details incomplete.
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Ernest E. Eggers
Kingsport
Idriver
Mason-Dixon Lines, Inc
Sweetwater
Tenn
Ine Dren Hte Caedae Alah
Martin Quits Presidential Nominating Race for Dewey Support
Senator Joseph Martin of Massachusetts withdraws from the Republican nomination field and urges support for Governor Dewey to preserve party harmony. He argues the GOP victory is vital for the nation and world, urging unity amid delegations from Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Jersey and Illinois.
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Philadelphia
Martin
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Two Ballot Runs May Split Ranks Of Favorite Sons
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Republican convention faces a two ballot shakedown as Dewey Taft and Stassen contend for the presidential nomination. The crowded session on the second day centers on potential third ballot votes that could alter the alignments among favored contenders.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Talt
Harold E. Stasaen
High Court Rules For Union Editors
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Taft Hartley Act does not bar unions or corporations from financing political publications. The decision avoids ruling on constitutionality, since the CIO did not violate the act by endorsing a candidate in CIO News. The court will reconvene October 4, leaving unions to gauge legal limits before November elections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
CIO
Union Treasuries
Congress
Organist faces tough task at Willkie convention
Harry W. MacMillan, 37, married with one child, sits in Convention Hall awaiting cues to play the pipe organ for the Willkie convention. He recalls Willkie thanking him after the 1940 event, saying the gesture helped. The organ is 22 feet from the floor and sound travels a full beat and a quarter to reach him. He must play well despite distance and hearing limits. Programs are arranged by candidates with marches and college songs like Across the Field and Stout Hearted Men for Taft, Dewey songs Roar Lion Roar and Michigan Victory Song, creating a cross-country selection challenge for the organizer.
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Philadelphia
Harry W. MacMillan
MacMillan
Wendell Willkie
Taft
Dewey
Michigan
New York
Owosso
Vandenberg
Senator Stewart Telis campaigns in Kingsport for TVA allotment bill
Senator Tom Stewart, in Kingsport after visits to Bristol and Blountville, announced that a near adjournment bill allotted 15 142 000 for TVA Tau wata Dam s and South Holston projects as part of HR 6482. He noted the upper Holston funds are included in a 27 million dollar TVA appropriation and cited House Report 1880 and Senate Report 1616. He arrived with campaign team and friends, but delays pushed Hall Tennessee tour behind schedule and he missed a Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival appearance.
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Tom Stewart
Kingsport
Congress
TVA
Watauga
South Holston
Upper Holston
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Senate
Stewart
Bristol
Blountville
Kingsport Ann
BE. Ray Hawk
Tennessee
Fragmented street scene report with odd injuries
A boy in a self designed hammock collapses and dumps him on the ground while a girl stops at a streetcar and removes a shoe to bind a band sided heel. A country gentleman carries a fooster beneath each arm through downtown crowds to warn a poultry store.
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Seal Boy
Himelf
Poeltry
Russians Accept Currency Talk Plan In Berlin Parley
The Soviet news agency said Russia agreed to four power talks in Berlin on currency reform. Marshal Sokolovsky proposed U S Britain France and Russia meet at 2 pm local time with P Malotin, head of Soviet finance, to attend.
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Berlin
Vassily BD. Sokolovsky
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Russia
P. Malotin
Republicans Attack Democrats In Broadside Rhetoric
Green and Luce electrified the GOP convention railing at the New Deal and Roosevelt Truman era policies. They condemned domestic spending and debt while accusing the Democrats of secret deals with Stalin and concessions to Russia at Tehran Yalta and Potsdam.
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Philadelphia
New Deal
Russia
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Roosevelt-Fruman
Green
Joe Stalin
Luce
Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam
Roosevelt
Stalin
Truman
Joe
Tennessee Delegates Active Day At Convention
Tennessee delegates spent Monday meeting Republican leaders including B Carroll Reece and visiting Harold Stassen and planned visits to Dewey and Taft. Some delegates pledged to Reece while others backed Dewey. Pennsylvania and Illinois contingents leaned toward Taft or Dewey.
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Tennessee
William ¥. Ureehoff
Times-News
Philadelphia
Penn
B. Carroll Reece
Reece
George F. Dugger
Elizabethton
Johnson County
Howard H. Baker
Huntaville
Ten-Tennessee Delegarechoft Tion
Bronday
Harold Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert
Protocol Still Serves as Republicans Rally for Glory
In Philadelphia Republicans stage a ceremonial session, rewarding faithful delegates as they hint at later naming a presidential candidate. Notable moments include Mrs. Dudley C. Hay and Governor Dwight H. Green speeches, while Maine delegates mingle amid endorsement chatter and a large crowd.
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Philadelphia
George Murphy
California
Dudley C. Hay
Michigan
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Fach
Governor Green
Luce
Portland
Margaret ©. Smith
U. S. Senate
GOP
Maine
Nimont
Smith
White
Hattiet Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Horace Hildreth
Sumner Sewall
P. Beverage
Kingsport Sizzles As Heat Reaches Broiling High
Kingsport residents battled a 83 degree Monday heat, the hottest since last August 1, forcing open doors and windows for sleep relief. An expected drop to 88 Tuesday offers minor relief, though high humidity and clouds with possible thunderstorms are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Nighttime lows hovered around 67 with little respite. noon Tuesday recorded 85.
National Guard Swells With Young Recruits Amid Draft Talk
Washington reports a surge of young men joining the National Guard as draft legislation nears presidential approval. Officials expect recruitment to rise until President Truman signs the bill, with exemptions for current Guard members and those in active reserves. The draft could take effect within days of signing, with September as the anticipated first call and 18 to 25 year olds to register.
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Washington
National Guard
Officiala
Truman
Guard
Armed Forces
Nomination showdown tests two rival Republican leaders
Hal Boyte analyzes the high stakes contest shaping the party’s next ticket. He hints at a tense Internal duel within the Republican ranks as contenders vie to win the backing of their political family amid secrecy and pressure. The piece frames the fight as a civil war within the party, highlighting the pressure to choose a leader who can unite factions.
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Hal Boyte
Philadelphia
Aew
Plantet
Michigan Teens Sought for Farm Work as Convention Opens
A Detroit driven national convention highlights labor needs with a push to recruit hundreds of husky teen workers for summer farm jobs across Michigan. Officials warn there may be insufficient out-of-state recruits to meet the demand, while leaders like Governor Thomas Dewey and Senator Robert Taft attend receptions, underscoring a broad push to fill 6,000 posts.
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Legion
Detroit
Michigan Uniof
Michigan
Pauline Arejo
Thomas Y
E. Dewey
Sion
Ton
Robert A. Taft
Republicans Bid For Farm Vote
Republican platform plank promises permanent price supports and a sounder farm program. It backs cooperatives and family-sized farms, calls for flexible price supports and loans to hold price-depressing surpluses, and supports marketing agreements to protect reasonable prices. The measure, drafted by the resolutions committee, awaits national convention approval with little expected opposition.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
GOP Resolutions Committee
Isre
Carroll Reece
Resolutions Committee
Lodge
Israel
America
Ofichigan
Arthur H. Vsnidenberg
van~ Jenberg
Philadelphia
GOP
Detsila
Ford Wage Proposals Not Accepted By Union
Emil Mazey acting president of the CIO United Auto Workers said Ford Motor Company's wage boost proposal is not acceptable. He cited a plan to add 14 cents to higher wage earners and 11 cents to workers earning more than one dollar an hour. Mazey spoke in Grand Rapids during the Michigan CIO convention.
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Detroit
Emil Mazey
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
WAW
Ford
Mazey
Grand Rapids
Michigan Cio
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