Charge Fraud In Italy Vote and Republic Proclaimed
Monarchist leader accuses fraud in the plebiscite that ended the monarchy and moved Italy toward a republic. Riots and deaths occur in Naples Rome and Palermo while returns lag in certification. Interior says republic leads by about two million votes and a proclamation is delayed by a few days.
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Rome
Italy
Umberto II
Naples
Palermo
Giuseppe Romita
Giuseppe Pagano
Supreme Court
Umberto
Savoys
End Commission
Sailors Oppose Plan To End Walkout Crisis
In Washington and San Francisco the AFL Sailors union paused a strike vote as mediation proposed paying sailors for in port time instead of shortening work at sea. CIO mariners resist a quick fix while talks continue between operators, unions, and federal mediators ahead of a possible coastwide walkout.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
Committee For Maritime Unity
CIO National Maritime Union
John W. Gibson
National Maritime Union
Committee For Maritime Union
MacArthur says Japan seeks no revolution amid transition
In his monthly occupation summary MacArthur reports Japan wants no revolution though politics are volatile. He notes Koreans face food problems and remain quiet amid stalled U S Soviet talks while reforms extend to southern Korea. The purge has removed militaristic elements and Japan moves toward responsible government.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Korea
Ae Neces
Russia
Plans Laid For First Pick-Up Air Service In Nation
Milwaukee report notes G I Airlines plans to operate within 90 days after civil aeronautics board approval. The nine twin engine Beechcraft aircraft will snatch up to 200 pound parcels midair and drop them without landing. Flights would run Chicago to Des Moines Mason City Ia to Minneapolis and routes from Milwaukee to Superior Wis and Minneapolis, totaling 3508 miles.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Civil Aero— Board
E. Merritt Anderson
Anderson Air Activities
G-1 Airlines
Anderson
Des Moines
Mason City
Minneapolis
Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pantabangan Seizure By Guerrillas Near Manila
President Roxas said Pantabangan in Abalao Ilon country 90 miles north of Manila fell to intruders described as Hukbalahap or bandits after hundreds looted the town and established a local government in a deep mountain area.
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Manila
Pantabangan
Xas
Roxas
Local Weather Forecast Says Pleasant Sunday
Fair and pleasant weather expected Sunday with near normal temperatures. Highs in the afternoon around 80 degrees.
British Anger Over Palestine Delays Fray with Washington
London officials say Britain is perplexed by American delays on the Palestine report and by U S failure to treat the Middle East as a whole. Whitehall stresses that a broader imperial strategy and Suez security require U S backing and Jewish disarmament as a prerequisite to Arab disarmament talks.
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London
Britain
Palestine
Middle East
Whitehall
Amercan
Nine Hurt in Alexandria Riots Flare Again
Nine persons were wounded by hand grenades as anti British riots flared in Alexandria on Saturday night bringing the day’s toll to one dead and 19 wounded. The Moslem Brotherhood organized a demonstration timed with London’s Victory Day to protest the evacuation delay. Egyptian troops and police tried to disperse the crowd. Grenade explosions near army barracks Friday night caused four British soldiers and seven Egyptians to be wounded. The government suppressed a general strike planned for Saturday.
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Alexandria
London
Moslem Brotherhood
Egypt
Army Barracks
Wisconsin Vets Drop Government Life Insurance
Milwaukee report shows about 80 percent of World War II veterans let their government life insurance policies lapse. John R. Thomas of the Veterans Administration warned the lapse represents an economic waste worth over two billion dollars and could deprive heirs of estate stability or home security.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John R. Thomas
Veterans’ Administration
Thomas
Driver Injured In Truck Crash Near Harder's Hill
Jerry Ender age 23 sustained a severe scalp laceration when his cheese laden truck left highway 56 near Harder's hill toward Viroqua. He was taken to a Viroqua hospital by county highway police ambulance. The truck was owned by Robert Venner.
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Viroqua
Wis
Jerry Ender
Highway 56
Harder’s Hill
Ender
Robert Venner
Flying Stovepipe Engine Reaches 1500 MPH
A ram jet engine nicknamed the flying stovepipe has been successfully flown at speeds over 1,400 mph. The 70 pound, no moving parts device was boosted by rockets for in flight tests and is designed to power guided missiles. Johns Hopkins Lab aided the development and reported the test speeds to researchers.
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Washington
Johns Hopkins Laboratory
Seek Parley With Petrillo
The National Association of Broadcasters urged a peace talks approach with James C. Petrillo of the AFM after he said he would stop radio network music broadcasts if the Lea bill is upheld. NAB insists industry and labor must negotiate regardless of legislation, keeping the door open for talks.
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Washington
National Association of Broadcasters
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
AFM
St. Petersburg
Fla
Supreme Court
Lea
NAB
Bee
Playgrounds Open Monday With Wide Range Of Activities
La Crosse playgrounds open Monday morning offering sports dramatics and recreation for youths. North side centers Roosevelt Logan Copeland. south side Washington Hogan Hood West Avenue South Avenue St Joseph's. hours nine am except Logan Washington afternoon 1 30 pm. St Joseph's runs 9 am to 5 pm with softball tennis badminton and more. Walter Weigent directs inter playground leagues. Rodney Martin leads junior baseball. William Baker coaches tennis. E M Saterbak band instruction begins June 24. Leigh Elder to schedule string classes June 17. senior band concerts at Burns Park from June 21 to Aug 16. Leona Wood oversees arts crafts and staff training.
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la Crosse
North Side
Roosevelt
Logan
Copeland
Washington
Hogan, Hood
West Aveington
Hogan
West Avenue
South Avenue
St. Joseph's
Walter Weigent
Rodney Martin
William Baker
Recreation Department
E. M. Saterbak
Leigh Elder
Burns Park
Central
Aquinas
H. C. Amundson
Leona Wood
Senate Grants Truman Free Budget Hand in Reorganization Bill
The Senate voted to allow the president to cut appropriations to fit the budget without a fixed cap. The move, part of a broader reorganization bill sponsored by Senator LaFollette, would shrink committees, cap membership, and raise pay.
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Senate
Truman
Washington
Barkley
Congress
Senator Overton
Dla
Senator Connally
D- Tex
OPA
LaFollette
Congressional
McCarthy To Speak Across Wisconsin in Weeklong Swing
Circuit Judge Joseph McCarthy of Appleton endorsed by the state Republican convention as U S senator candidate will tour Wisconsin with talks in La Crosse Tomah Sparta Bangor West Salem Vernon Richland counties and Prairie du Chien from Tuesday to Friday arranging appearances Monday. The schedule outlines a broad crosscounty campaign event series ahead of the August primary.
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Joseph McCarthy
Appleton
U. S
la Crosse
McCarthy
Tomah
Sparta
Bangor
West Salem
Vernon
Richland
Prairie du Chien
Ban on Young Brideship Babies Enforces Ship Load Rules
War department bans carrying babies under six months on ships and restricts pregnant wives and child loads after a board of inquiry found an epidemic among Zebulon Vance passengers. Nineteen infants were treated for diarrhea. six died at Fort Hamilton and three other infant deaths were reported elsewhere.
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Washington
War Department
Board of Inquiry
Zebulon Vance
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
United States
Scientist Admits Revealing RDX Ingredients
Dr. Raymond Boyer war scientist testified he gave Fred Rose four of five materials making up the explosive RDX and disclosed rough proportions at Rose’s home. The prosecution witness said Rose noted details on the back of an envelope for five to ten minutes.
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Montreal
Raymond Boyer
Russia
Fred Rose
Rose
Boyer
Elmira seeks state aid after wind and flood damage
Elmira New York, still recovering from the May flood, faced a wind and electrical storm that toppled about 400 trees in the downtown area and plunged the city into darkness. City Manager Ralph Klebes asked the state Department of Public Works to redeploy workers to assist cleanup efforts.
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Elmira
N. Y
Ralph Klebes
State Department of Public Works
UAW Council To Meet Today In La Crosse
Delegates from six midwestern states gather in La Crosse for a Sunday UAW regional conference. Reports focus on two state strikes at Case and Allis Chalmers and on pending national legislation.
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United Automobile Workers
Region Four
CIO
Joseph Mattson
Chicago
UAW
Illinois
Nebraska
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
la Crosse
Stoddard
Manchurian Truce Held While Talks Continue
In Nanking and Manchuria Chinese minority parties pressed to extend the truce as government forces prepared to resume the push when the armistice with the Communists expires at noon on June 22.
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Nanking
Manchuria
Funeral Held For Telephone Operator Heroine Of La Salle
In Chicago at St. Brendan's church mourners gathered for Mrs. Julia Berry whose brave act on the La Salle hotel fire switchboard saved others. Her son Jack, 16, joined mourners as Father Edward Morgan lauded her duty and sacrifice.
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Heroine
la Salle
Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Julia Berry
St. Brendan's
Jack
Edward Morgan
Father Morgan
Blame Wiring In La Salle Fire at Chicago Hotel
City investigators tentatively blame the La Salle hotel fire on crossed wires behind a false ceiling in the Silver lounge. They are tracing about $20,000 in jewelry, money and clothing lost by victims. Fire Captain Frank A. Thielman says the blaze started from a wiring defect behind walnut panelling in the lounge, not in the elevator shaft.
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Chicago
la Salle
Frank A. Thielman
Immigrant ship lands at Haifa under British escort
After 15 days at sea a storm tossed voyage brought 470 illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa port escorted by a British destroyer. They were intercepted south of Ascalon and moved to the motor vessel Haviva Reik for passage ashore.
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Haifa
Palestine
Ascalon
Haviva Reik
Seizure Threat Looms Over Farm Tool Plants
The U S conciliation service pushes to end the Allis Chalmers and Case strikes as government seizure looms if talks fail. President Truman warned he would seize plants to boost farm machinery output, with 29 000 workers involved. Negotiations in Milwaukee paused then resumed amid renewed efforts.
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U. S. Conciliation Service
Allis-Chalmers
Truman
J. I. Case
Schwellenbach
Allis Chalmers
Labor Department
Washington
Case Company
Milwaukee
E. F. Ohrman
Robert Buse
Uaw-Cio
Leper's Husband Slams Vote Ban At Leprosarium Gate
Maj. Hans Hornbostel, a Bataan veteran, says his wife has lost the right to vote while living behind a steel wire fence at Carville leprosarium in Louisiana. He returned to San Francisco after escorting her there and condemns the treatment of leprosy patients as criminal or insane.
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San Francisco
Hans Hornbostel
Bataan
Carville
Louisiana
Irish Outlaw Chief Ends Hunger Strike
Belfast based prison officials report David Fleming, 27, an Irish Republican Army prisoner, ended a 77 day hunger strike after 81 days without food. Doctors ordered a diet of brandy milk and glucose as Fleming, described as weak and pale, concluded his protest begun March 20 over treatment of political prisoners.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crumlin Road
David Fleming
Irish Republican Army
Fleming
Blind Girl Missing On Chicago Flight
Hazel Hurst Colouris a 26 year old blind woman with a Seeing Eye dog was reported missing in Chicago. She was said to have arrived from Pasadena California on Thursday and was to meet Dr Hedwig S Kuhn of Hammond Indiana. Detected details tie her to Hazelhurst foundation a blind training school.
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Chicago
Hazel Hurst Colouris
Chicago Detective Bureau
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Allied Control Commission
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CI0
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International Labor Organization
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Perneaces
Philippine
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Cairo
India
The
Levant
trans-Jordan
Libya
UAW Council
Max Raskin
Mattson
J. I. Case Company
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Middle West
North Dakota
Case
Walter Cappel
le Roy Motors
Cappel
International Executive Board
Walter Reuther
Associated Press
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