Solons Approve 6.5 Billion Army Air Force Bill
The House passed a 6.5099 billion dollar appropriation for the Army and Air Forces for the next fiscal year starting July 1, with a 346 to 2 vote against by Marcantonio and Isacson of the American Labor party. Navy funds of 3.6867 billion were approved, with total defense outlays over ten billion. Debate was brief, and the committee warned of Soviet naval strength while detailing force presence in the Mediteranean and the need to safeguard occupied Europe.
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Senate
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Isacson
Americas Labor Party
New York
Navy
Army
Air Force
Appropriations Committee
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Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Europe
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Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Norfolk
U. S
Denfeld
Germany
Maleate
Greece
Turkey
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Truman
Rainfall and June records noted in local report
Rainfall recorded here yesterday is linked to June records while local weather notes list tides and temperatures. The page also references international dispatches on Soviet actions and German occupation, with various sections on markets, sports, and services.
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Pene
Germany
Pius
Flood Crest Laps at Dikes Near Clatskanie Oregon
River flood crest nears dike tops as the Columbia swells through the Clatskanie area. Four hundred civilian volunteers and troops reinforce nine dikes while Vanport remains a wrecked, 18 700 population city under water.
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Ore
Columbia
Clatskanie
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Washington
Mile Square
Ledger in China Kills Landlady's Sons
A woman logger in Peiping killed her landlady's two sons with a kitchen knife after being told to leave. Police report she then attempted to set the house on fire and died trying to kill herself. The victims, aged 6 and 3, were sons of Mrs Yen Yi-min, 35. She blamed the house owner for objecting to her keeping a logger.
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Peiping
Alice
Chia Yung-yi
Yen Yi-min
Union Hits Failure in Rail Talk
In Washington on June 2 union leaders declared White House efforts to settle the railroad labor dispute have failed. David B Robertson of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineemen announced after a White House conference with Presidential Assistant John R Steelman that Steelman’s attempts to resolve the dispute are ending. The comment follows President Truman's court order and government seizure of the railroads to avert a threatened strike on May 11.
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White House
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Prnion
John R. Steelman
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Steelman
Truman
Arabs Accept UN Armistice Plan But Fighting Continues
Arab nations accepted the UN four week Palestine armistice with caveats that coexistence remains unlikely while Israel exists. Arab forces claimed attacks on Ramla Givat Shaul and Jerusalem killed about 100 Jews with 80 more dead, as fighting persisted around Jerusalem and Negba. Israel said immigration for Palestine would continue, including fighting age men, a point the Arabs rejected as a threat.
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Old Jerusalem
Arms rounded up in raid on Japs
Tokyo reports police seized 800 swords 320 revolvers and hunting rifles and 500 boxes of cartridges in disarming Japan during six weeks ending May 31 Asahi reported today police intensified searches after a rise in armed robberies
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Tokyo
Japan
Asahi
Primary Vote Goes Heavily to Republicans
California voters backed Republicans in the congressional primary, with five Republicans winning both party nominations and several others leading in multiple districts. Incumbents favored in light turnout, while two Democratic incumbents also appeared assured of reelection. The nationwide count covered 23 districts, with several races still undecided as results continued.
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U.P
California
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Truman
Rn Warren
Congress
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Leroy Johnson
Stockton
Richard Welch
Jack Z. Anderson
San Juan Bautista
Gordon L. McDonough
Los Angeles
John Phillips
Banning
Nixon
Carl Hinshaw
Ernest K. Bramblett
Parcifle Grave
Richar L. Nixon
Fishing Boat Explodes Off Point Fermin
A 32 foot fishing boat Sug exploded and burned near Point Fermin just before 8 am. Owner John J. Martell and Louis Martell escaped in a dinghy and were rescued by the purse seiner Zollo. Coast Guard boats evacuated the area. fuel tanks sank after being fired upon. both men were taken to Cabrillo Beach landing.
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Zollo
John J. Martell
Long Beach Blvd
South Gate
Louis Martell
82Nd St
Los Angeles
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Martell
Cabrillo Beach Landing
Eight Incumbents and Seaton Elected to City Council
Eight incumbent councilmen and Seaton were chosen in a near complete tally from yesterday's election. Unofficial city and county returns show Seaton leading in the Fourth District with Lewis for company, while other districts list winners like Parmley, Gentry, Ramsey, Clark, Downey, Wagner, Carney, Ahern, Klockheim, Walther, Chace, Hughes, Carleson, and Black among others.
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James
R. Seaton
Parmley
Gentry
Ramsey
Clark
Kealer
Downey
Seaton
Lewis
Wagner
Carney
Jackson
Ahern
Klockheim
Walter
Chace
Hughes
Carleson
Black
Congress
Willis W. Bradley
Clyde Doyle
William S. Grant
Lorne D. Middough
Eliza‘beth
McArdle
Assedhyiain
Carl Fletcher
Edward F. Crunchiey
Emmet M. Sullivan
Raymond V. Darby
Board of Supervisors
Formosa Rail Blast Toll Rises to 173
Shanghai dispatchs report the toll from a Formosa train disaster has climbed to 173 dead or missing. Official cause not announced though early reports cited an explosion linked to camphor oil. physicians indicate burns and blast injuries observed among passengers.
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Shanghai
Formosa
Haz
Central
Central News
Truman presses housing trade and education bills in White House session
President Truman urged Democratic leaders to push three key laws on housing reciprocal trade and education during a White House conference. House and Senate activity on these measures ran parallel as Rayburn and other aides discussed prospects amid plans for a broad cross country speaking tour.
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Truman
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France
yauMisny
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Rhode Island
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T[linsis
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Massachusetts
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Aiken
Senate Agriculture ‘Committee
Congress
Republican
Foes of Mundt Nixon Anti Red Bill Gather in Capital
More than 3000 opponents of the Mundt Nixon anti-Communist bill arrived in Washington from New York by three special trains to protest the measure. Former Rep. Jerry J O Connell greeted them at Union Station as patriots defending American liberties. Police presence was heavy but orderly as two mass meetings were planned and delegations planned to press Congress. The protest was organized by a committee to defeat the Mundt bill after Senate judiciary halted public hearings. Many attendees supported civil rights measures and displayed illynhc and other civil rights placards.
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New York
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Montana
Henry A. Wallace
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Union Station
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Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Committee For Democratic Rights
Naonal
Flames Blast at Union Oil Refinery in Wilmington
A 6 53 a m explosion at the Union Oil Co refinery in Wilmington caused a fire and damaged a low pressure evaporation tower from a 15 million dollar still unit. One man Roy Pillsbury, 36, was burned while shutting valves to halt oil flow, helping limit the blaze. Fire crews controlled the flames by 7 30 a m as investigators sought the cause, with vapors suspected.
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Union Oi Cal
Charles
Harbor
Union Oil Co
Anaheim St
Wilmington
Roy Pillsbury
Houghton Park ‘Village
Texas
Buge
San’ Pedro
Kenneth Kingman
Carrent
Kingman
President Bergson and Huddle Nominated for Key Posts
President Truman nominated Herbert A. Bergson of Massachusetts for assistant attorney general. He also sent John Huddle’s nomination to be United States representative on the U N Security Council Kashmir Commission, while he remains American ambassador to Burma.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert A. Bergson
Massachusetts
Senate
John Huddle
United States
U. N. Security Council
Roy Scott Recalls Thunderbolt Strike In London Home
In London on June 2 Roy Scott, speaking to his mother, described a blinding flash and soot pouring from the chimney at Cotman Gardens. Tiles were blown from the roof as the event left the boy puzzled by the sudden danger.
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Roy Scott
Scott
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Roy
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