Senate Hikes Foreign Aid Bill Amid House Opposition
The Senate approved a $6.13 billion global aid package by 60 to 9, restoring a 12 month spending cycle and boosting the House approved total by about $146 million. The vote also backed a $3.69 billion Navy appropriation and discussed TVA funding as the bill heads to a conference committee.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Chamber
Congress
Europe
Russian Veto Seen On Atom Control Plan
Lake Success June 16 A Russian veto on majority backed plans for world atomic control appears likely with council members expecting Russia to exercise the veto if the United States resolution backed by Britain and Canada is voted on. An informed source said Gromyko prepared a 15 page speech outlining Russia opposition to the majority plan.
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Lake Success
Deans
Britain
Canada
Gromyko
Russia
U. N. Atomic En
Swank Meyers Estate Placed on Market
The estate of Bennett E. Meyers a former Army Air Forces major general is listed for sale for 100000 dollars. The twelve acre Long Island property overlooks the Sound and includes a twelve room Georgian colonial house and is listed with real estate dealers.
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Huntington
N. Y
Long Island
Bennett E. Meyers
Army Air Forces
Genoo
Long Island Sound
Search Plane Sights Wreckage After Missing B-17s
A search plane sighted wreckage near Santa Maria in the Azores in the area where three B 17 bombers disappeared after taking off yesterday. No sign of life was found. Warships were en route to the scene.
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Weanta Maria
Azores
Farm Program Bill Pondered In Senate Fight
Senators debated a new price support plan for farm products as the House had approved an 18 month extension. A potential oleomargarine tax dispute seemed averted while Maybank vowed to oppose the bill and push for a stopgap plan.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Program
Body found in Ohio River near Portsmouth
The body of Alvin Walden, 47, was recovered from the Ohio River yesterday. He had last been seen in a rowboat on Sunday.
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Portsmouth
Alvin Walden
Ohio River
Negotiations Stall As Coal Talks Break Down
Washington June 16 The government conciliator Cy Ching moved to avert a walkout as operators led by the Southern Coal Producers Association refuse to bargain with John L. Lewis over a new wage welfare fund pact set to expire June 30. Lewis pressed for activation of the 1947 welfare fund while operators warned against more talks. Lewis named two southern executives as potential negotiators if talks resume.
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Washington
Cy” Ching
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ching
Southern Coal Producers Association
Charles O'Neill
Individualist Pouts on Pier as Seagoing Home Departs
In Baltimore on June 16 Frank Mach, 63, lived aboard three war surplus boats after eviction. The city deemed the vessels fire hazards and charged dock rent. He refused to move or pay, the Pocahontas was sold, and two boats were towed away while he rejected charity and stayed aboard a remaining craft.
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Baltimore
Frank Mach
William C. Coleman
Mack
Pocahontas
Girl Gees to Camp for Crippled Children
Barbara Perrin sails from 479 West Second Street to Sunshine Camp near Newark for a two week session ending June 30. L. K. Showalter launches escort for the Hocking County Society for Crippled Children as about 70 southeastern Ohio youths aged six to 16 attend. The Easter Seal service of the Ohio Society sponsors the camp, directed by Walter B. Underwood. Activities mirror those of able children including sports hikes arts and crafts and nature study.
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West Second Street
Sunshine Camp For
Newark
L. K. Showalter
The
Hocking County
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Walter B. Underwood
Farm Population Decline Continues Through 1947 Census
The Census Bureau reports farm population on January 1 1948 was 10.2 percent below 1940 levels. Demobilization and a high birth rate aided a partial recovery from January 1945. 27 439 000 people lived on farms in January 1948, up 2 249 000 since 1945. Earlier exodus mainly affected those under 25.
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Washington
Census Bureau
House Overrides Veto In $975 Million Employment Bill
The House voted 288 to 113 to pass over President Truman's veto a $975,914,700 appropriation shifting the U S Employment Service from the Labor Department to the Federal Security Agency. The margin exceeded the two thirds needed, awaiting Senate action to finalise the law.
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HOUSE
Washington
Truman
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Senate
Fees of Draft Seek to Put Bill on Ice
Washington June 16. House draft fees rally around a plan to delay the draft until next January 31 and avoid immediate registration. Rep Shafer proposed the pause with strong opposition to peacetime selective service while Rep Short backs the delay. The Senate backed a similar bill and final House action was expected soon.
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Washington
Rep
Shafer
Rmich
Short
R-Mo
House
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Services Committee
Gavin
R-Pa
Armed Services
Marshall Vandenberg Near Split Over Tariff Policy
Washington June 16 Reuters reports a rift between Secretary of State Marshall and Senator Vandenberg over the reciprocal trade act. The dispute centers on tariff cuts and the State Department’s stance, with Will Clayton opposing the revival bill and Vandenberg criticizing the department as "stubborn" for withholding records.
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Washington
Marshall
Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Department
Truman
Will Clayton
Senate
Michigan
Department
Arabs Reject Open City Plan
Cairo June 16 Arabs reject UN mediator Count Bernadotte proposal to make Jerusalem an open city. Trans Jordan foreign minister Fawzi Mulki Pasha says Arab League will evacuate positions if declared open, threatening breach of cease fire terms. Arab League also rejects sitting with Jews for a permanent Palestine peace.
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Cairo
United Nations
Jerusalem
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Folke Bernadotte
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Bernadotte
Azzam Pasha
Lebanon
Trans- Jordan
Rhodes Island
Egypt
Dock Workers Refuse to Load Ship for Joe in Brooklyn
Longshoremen refused to load cargo onto the 10,000-ton Yugoslav ship Radnik after finding portraits of Stalin and Tito on the vessel at a Brooklyn pier. A dock worker quipped that if it is Joe's stuff he should load it himself, as the ship was set to sail at noon with food automobiles trucks jeeps and ambulances aboard.
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New York
Stalin
Tito
Brooklyn
Joe
Radnik
Pacific Northwest Flood Toll Rises to 44
The toll from the Pacific Northwest floods reached 44 known dead as river crests receded. Authorities await lower flood stage in the lower valley to finalize the casualty count and assess remaining damage.
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Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Columbia
Fraser
Pacific
Lebanon Mayor Clyde Collins Dies at 72
Clyde C. Collins, serving his second term as mayor of Lebanon, Ohio, died at his home last night from a heart ailment at the age of 72.
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Lebanon
Clyde C. Collins
Charles M. Yarber Dies at 62 in Union Furnace
Charles M. Yarber, 62, died at 8:25 A M today at his Union Furnace home after a long illness. He had worked for Hocking Valley Brick Co and was injured in an accident two years ago. Survived by wife Alena three sons William Henry Logan Carl Edward Tumwater Wash and Charles Jr and daughter Mary plus two sisters. Funeral arrangements are with Leonard Funeral Service and will be announced later.
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Yarber
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Alena
William Henry
Logan
Carl Edward
Tumwater
Wash
Charles, Jr
Mary
Leonard Funeral Service
Death Under Train Awaited with Smile
A 45 year old woman was killed by a freight train early today after placing herself on the tracks and smiling as the train approached. Portage County Coroner J R Turner ruled the death a death by own action and identified the woman as Dorothea H Reinicke of Kent.
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Kent, O
Portage County
J. R. Turner
Turner
Dorothea H. Reinicke
Kent
Kent State University
Court Clerk Retires After Long Service in Youngstown
Youngstown Ohio June 16. The municipal court has had only one chief clerk since 1910 when it was organized. Martin J. Carney retired yesterday after decades of service to the court and city.
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Youngstown
Martin J. Carney
Rockbridge Names Theodore Good as New Superintendent
Theodore Good of Rockbridge schools was promoted to superintendent after the Good Hope Board of Education meeting. He succeeds Fred Wright who declined the offer. Good is Fred Good’s brother and previously taught at Rockbridge before serving four years in the U S Army Air Corps. The board also hired Marie B Hull as home economics teacher and extended contracts for Clara B Martin David Tucker Clyde Dupler Elmer Risch Lucille Wright and Ruth Mae Chute.
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Good
Fred Wright
Fred Good
Benton Rural Schools
Rockbridge
U. S. Army Air Corps
Good Hope Board
Marie B. Hull
Clara B. Martin
David Tucker
Clyde Dupler
Elmer Risch
Lucille Wright
Ruth Mae Chute
Markets At a Glance Wheat Leads Aid Cut Revisions
Wheat strengthens as Senate restores cuts in foreign aid appropriations. Corn and oats hold firm with good cash demand. Hogs rise 50 to 75 cents led by butchers under 350 pounds to 26.25. Cattle steady to higher with choice steers and yearlings up to 38.50.
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Senate
Steel Worker Ralph Dumford Dies of Work Injuries
In Middletown Ohio yesterday Ralph H. Dumford, 19, died from injuries sustained a week earlier at Armco Steel Corp where he was employed. The death was reported as the result of the accident at the plant.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Ralph H. Dumford
Ten Thousand Workers Protest Force At Tire Factory
About 10 000 workers struck across France in a general stoppage led by the Communist dominated CGT at the Michelin rubber plant in Clermont Ferrand. Police clash injures reported as strikers occupied plants and sympathy actions ripple to Marseille Riom Belfort and Brussels London and Turin.
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Clermont - Ferrand
France
Clermont-Ferrand
U.S
General Confederation of Labor
Michelin Rubber Co
Marseille
Berougnan
Brassac
St. Etienne
Riom
Belfort
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Brussels
Belgium
Antwerp
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Bell Telephone
Sharp Juveniles Bootlegging Forbidden Fireworks in Ohio
Ohio youths bootleg fireworks amid ads in children’s magazines. Director W J Rogers says boys obtain high powered firecrackers without parents knowledge and resell for profit. A Worthington mother reports her child bought eleven dollars worth of fireworks, prompting concern.
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Columbus
W. J. Rogers
Worthington
Rogers
Pera
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