Speculation on Stops for Dewey Affects 1948 GOP Race
Washington whispers rise over possible stop-Dewey drive as Gov. Thomas Dewey tours July schedules. Observers split between a vote-seeking trek and a genuine bid, with Taft Stassen MacArthur and others jockeying for favorable delegates as party leaders weigh favorite sons and regional loyalties.
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Washington
Hornar E. Dewey
Dewey
New York
Salt Lake City
Philadelphia
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Occasional rain tonight and Friday with unseasonably cool conditions. Low around 48 degrees tonight and a high near 65 degrees on Friday.
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la Crosse
Hearings to Probe Communist Infiltration in Unions
Washington a house committee on un American activities will begin hearings June 23 on Communist infiltration in labor unions. Witnesses will include CIO electrical workers union members from Bridgeport Schenectady and New York City. Victor Kravchenko, author of I Chose Freedom, will testify June 26 about how Communism operates in Russia and potential influence here.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
J. Parnell Thomas
Henry A. Wallace
Thomas
Uiry
Victor Krave O
Soviet Purchasing Commission
New York
Kravchenko
Russia
Bulgarian Assembly Expels 23 Agrarian Party Members
The grand national assembly in Sofia voted to expel 23 Petkov Agrarian party legislators who opposed the Communist dominated front. The members protested that they did not resign while Nikola Petkov, jailed on state plotting charges, serves as party general secretary. The resolution said the Agrarians have lost prestige and are no longer assembly members.
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Bulgaria
Grand National Assembly
Petkov Agrarian Party
Fatherland Front
Nikola Petkov
Agrarians
Ity
United Nations
Agrarian Party
Petkov
United States
U. N
Hungary
Britain
Soviet Union
Receive Approval To Open New Consulate
The State department announced Soviet approval to open a new United States consulate in Leningrad. Seldin Chapin testified before a Senate subcommittee that previously the US posts in Russia were in Moscow and Vladivostok, and noted naval representatives at Odessa as well.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Leningrad
Seldin Chapin
Foreign Service
Senate
A Tions
Russia
Moscow
Vladivostok
Chapin
Hungary
Odessa
Marshall Seeks European Economic Unity With Britain and Russia
Secretary of State Marshall said his proposal for European nations to coordinate economic recovery includes Russia and Great Britain. Speaking at Harvard last week, he noted Churchill’s push for a United States of Europe influenced the idea. He gave no funding estimate, but officials hint at billions yearly. He stressed the plan rests with Europeans and has not drawn formal replies.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Great Britain
Harvard University
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
United States
State Department
Urchill
Harvard
Europe
Asia
Britain
Price Index Higher in New York Wholesale Food Scale
The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose to $6.12 this week from $6.09 last week and $4.21 year ago, marking a third straight week of gains. The all foods per pound total hit a historic high of $6.77 on March 4, while the year’s low was $5.95 on May 20.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Platypuses Pampered At Bronx Zoo Arrival
The three platypuses at the Bronx Zoo receive special care after arriving from Australia 48 days ago. Keepers have changed uniforms to dark colors and barred spectators with bright clothes and umbrellas to soothe the animals.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Australia
Russian Soldier Kills Swedish Relief Agent Near Vienna
A Russian sentry fatally shot Arne Carlsson head of the Swedish Save the Children mission in Vienna after a roadblock incident near the Czechoslovak border. Dr. Thorsten Arneus was slightly injured by glass. Carlsson, 35, died as his car turned back toward Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Swedish officials call it an accident and will report to Stockholm.
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Vienna
Arne Carlsson
Save-The-Children
Legation
Foreign Office
Carlsson
Thorsten Arneus
Austria
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Arneus
Cattle Prices Hit New High In Chicago Markets
Chicago traders report record cattle prices with steers and yearlings averaging about 26.00 per hundred pounds. Hog prices show mixed movement while retail meat prices rise and packers cite strong domestic demand amid supply and export notes.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Indianapolis
South St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mead Subpoenaed To Testify In May War Fraud Trial
Defense lawyers obtained a subpoena to compel former Senator James M. Mead to testify next Tuesday and bring documents allegedly withheld. Mead, a former chairman of the senate war investigating committee, probed wartime links of Andrew J. May and the Garsson brothers.
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Washington
May Garsson
James M. Mead
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Mead
Senate
Andrew J. May
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Wallace to Toss Hat in Ring for President
The Los Angeles Times reports Henry Wallace will enter the 1940 Democratic presidential race within two months. A Kyle Palmer story notes Wallace seeks the nomination in California’s preferential primaries and in about a dozen other states with an organizing Wallace for president committee in place.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Henry Wallace
Kyle Palmer
Times
Wallace
California
Balkan Showdown Amid East West Tensions Grows
A Bulgarian Parliament purge of Agrarian deputies signals rising East West confrontation. The United States weighs new policy lines and possible UN action while Hungary, Greece, and educational missions face Soviet controls and denied access. Petkov's arrest escalates regional strains.
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Europe
Bulgaria
Balkan
Russia
West
Washington
United States
Moscow
Hungary
Flooded Areas Brace for More Rain In Midwestern Flood Zone
Missouri Illinois and Iowa endure new rain as Missouri river crests near Boonville and Mississippi set to peak around 35 feet. U S meteorologist predicts late crest while large acreages remain under water and more than 24 000 people displaced. Levee breaches threaten farmland near Grand Tower and Sny levee near Hannibal as engineers race to save 120 000 acres.
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Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Mississippi
Canton
Quincy
Ill
Louisiana
Boonville
U. S
Harry F. Wahlgren
Wahlgren
Red Cross
Grand Tower
Cairo
Sny Levee
Hannibal, Mo
U. S. Army
House Approves 15 Million Levee Repair Fund
The House approved an emergency 15 million dollar appropriation to repair levees seawalls and flood protection works damaged by floods. The bill moves to the Senate and authorizes Army engineers to draw on available funds to start repairs immediately. The measure was introduced by Rep. Sim and targets flood damaged infrastructure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep. Sim
Army
UN Subcommission Fails Entry Into Bulgaria
In Salonika Greece a United Nations subcommission twice failed to enter Bulgaria to investigate Greece's charge that anti government Greek guerrillas receive help from Bulgaria An informed source said Bulgarian conditions blocked the expedition reflecting ongoing regional tensions
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U. N
Greece
Bulgaria
Budapest
U. N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Hungary
Harold Snyder
Salonika
United Nations
Record Food Imports Hit New German Zone Peak
The United States and Britain funded food imports to the combined Anglo American zones in Germany. In early June 141000 tons of foodstuffs valued around 18000000 dollars arrived, marking a weekly record.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Greece Calls Up Men in Military Classes 1941 to 1945
Athens reports the Greek army has called up all men born 1941 to 1945 for military service. Greece seeks American approval to expand its forces using U S loan funds, but a U S official says no action has been taken yet.
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Athens
Greese
U. S
Wildcat Coal Strikes End in Western Pa Mines
Diggers return as wildcat walkouts at H. C. Frick Coke Co. pits ease after a strike wave that idled up to 17 000 miners in Pennsylvania and Indiana. About 8 500 workers resumed work by nightfall with renewed volleys of voting to end the stoppage.
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Uniontown
U. S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Youngstown
Indiana
18 000 Auto Workers Idle in Detroit Strikes
Labor disputes idle about 18 000 Detroit workers. Hudson Motor and Continental Motors report shutdowns and slowdowns tied to union contract talks. Continental and Hudson workers walkouts affect 1 200 day workers and 600 salaried staff amid UAW CIO actions. Ford plants idle as negotiations continue. Foremen’s Association of America members strike Ford.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
Ford
Continental Motors Corp
Continental
Hudson
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Uaw-Cio
Foremen’s Associations of America
Stassen Sees No Economic Crash and Local Governance Answer
Harold E. Stassen says the nation can avoid another 1929 mood by wise policies and local control. He warns against centralizing power and urges court house decisions on local matters to preserve American economic strength.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Wisconsin Highway Commissioners Association
Wisconsin County Highway Committee Members Association
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Washington
Stassen
America
Main Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Halleck To Keynote Wisconsin GOP Convention
Rep Charles Halleck of Indiana will headline the Wisconsin Republican convention in Madison on June 21. Coleman, the party chair, notes Halleck will discuss the GOP drive to enact a party program and Halleck’s role as House majority leader.
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Dewey
Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Owen Brewster
Maine
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
House
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Texas
Leverett Saltonstall
New England
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Madison
Wis
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
R-Ind
Thomas E. Coleman
Halleck
House of Representatives
Coleman
Anderson
Congress
Nationwide Weather Mix From Snow to Record Heat
Snow hit Denver and Lander while Cheyenne saw five inches as temperatures dipped near 30. The Midwest faced heavy rain worsening floods, with showers in Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Missouri moving east into Illinois and Indiana. Eastern cities endured heat with Richmond hitting 97 and New York 95 as the South stayed warm and humid.
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Midwest
Denver
Colo
Lander
Wyo
Cheyenne
U. S
Chicago
Braska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Richmond
New York
Deep South
Anderson Beats GOP To End Sugar Rationing
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson terminated household sugar rationing last midnight, beating Congress to the draw and ending the wartime coupon control for sugar. The move leaves price controls and industrial sugar rationing in effect with an Oct. 31 sunset. Congress may still act to prevent a future return to tighter controls.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
House
GOP
Halleck
Ind
Congress
International Emergency Food Council
United States
Cuba
Truman urges Congress to extend consumer credit controls
President Truman urged Congress to pass a bill allowing peacetime continuation of consumer credit controls. He warned he would end the wartime regulations if Congress fails to act, noting the controls fix down payments and installment periods on goods like household appliances and automobiles.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
House Banking Committee
Reserve Board
Third Son Born to Cobina Wright Jr and Palmer Beaudette
Actress Cobina Wright Jr gave birth to her third son on Wednesday. The couple, who wed in 1941, announce the new arrival and note the happy family count.
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Hollywood
Cobina Wright, Jr
Palmer Beaudette
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