Byrnes cautions against framing policy to fight the Soviet
At Philadelphia June 9 former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes told University of Pennsylvania graduates that the United States should not base foreign policy on fighting Soviet communism. He warned the greatest danger is Soviet aggression but urged tolerance and said containment misstates aims. He defended the Yalta pact as wartime necessity, noting the USSR later mocked it.
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Hiladelphia
James F. Byrnes
America
Soviet Union
Byrnes
University of Pennsylvania
U. S
Soviet Russia
Union Membership Total Up Sharply
New York June 9 1947 membership of American labor unions rose from 12 957 000 in 1946 to 14 280 000 in 1947. Figures released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in a preliminary study on wages and trade unionism led by Leo Wolman Columbia University professor.
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New York
National Bureau of Economic Research
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
Sanitone Dry Cleaning Hails The World's Finest in Long Beach
Exclusively franchised to Petri's Cleaners in Long Beach the nationally known Sanitone dry cleaning process promotes itself as The World's Finest in its advertising copy.
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Petri's Cleaners
Long Beach
Wife retracts slaying story in Los Angeles case
Colleen Berry 21 has withdrawn a statement that she killed Murri ll Berry. Her husband Harold Berry 20 already serves a life term in San Quentin. Police and the district attorney reported she previously said she fired the shots on December 4 after a drinking party in suburban Van Nuys.
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Los ‘Angeles
Colleen Berry
William E. Simpson
Mrs. Berry
Harold Berry
San Quentin
Fred Henderson
Murriill Berry
van Nuys
Hillcrest Club Blast Investigated
Los Angeles June 9 Arson squad investigators studied the remains of Hillcrest Country Club after a boiler room explosion and fire wrecked the building. One man died and six were injured as damage reached about 173000 dollars. The west wing with dining room and offices survived.
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Los Angeles
Hillcrest Country Club
John Steinberg
Steinberg
Southern California Gas Co
Franklin’s Kite Fact Sparks Russian Lightning Debate
Moscow papers dispute Benjamin Franklin’s lightning claim citing Lomonosov. Lomonosov allegedly discovered electrical nature of lightning a year earlier, with Trud denying Franklin’s influence. Britannica notes Franklin’s role, while historians cite kite experiment as proof but acknowledge prior ideas.
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Moscow
L& Trud
Lomonosov
Benjamin
Franklin
Trud
Errant Bride Returns Home
A 17 year old bride who ran away with a married salesman was reunited with her husband in York Pennsylvania. The husband Thomas T. Kalinoski a 25 year old bakery truck operator from New Britain Connecticut said he would have a long serious talk before deciding their future. The girl was taken into custody in Wichita Kansas with Arthur D. Deets Jr. of Kingston after she admitted going away with Deets willingly.
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Thomas T. Kalinoski
New Britain, Conn
Mary
Wichita
Kan
Arthur D. Deets Jr
Kingston
Deets
Cardinal Denies Trying to Convert Hirohito
Tokyo dispatch reports Francis Cardinal Spellman says he did not discuss Hirohito's conversion during a call with the emperor. He stated the subject was not discussed and noted his party of 14 will travel to Wake, Midway, Honolulu, Los Angeles and New York. He commented on a question about marriages between American soldiers and Japanese women, adding the church requires freedom to marry and no race or color barrier.
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Tokyo
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Hirohito
Wake
Midway
Honolulu
Los Angeles
New York
Catholic Church
Traffic deaths rise as crossing accidents tally 1790 lives
SAN FRANCISCO June 9 1947 The safety section of the Association of American Railroads received a report showing 4015 grade crossing accidents in 1947 causing 1790 deaths and 4251 injuries The committee on highway crossing accidents noted totals were above 1946 but 2.07 percent under 1945.
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San Francisco
Associaton
American Railroads
Committee On
Blimp Hangar At Akron Could Resume Airship Era
June 9 report says Goodyear blimp program may be revived with a House approval to let the Maritime Commission study build and operate lighter than air craft. Akron would be the development hub, with Goodyear board chair Litchfield urging a five year plan for two 90 ton cargo ships and passenger or freight service across long routes.
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Goodyear Dirigible
Akron
Ohio
House
Maritime Commission
Senate
Weichel
House Merchant Marine Committee
Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Honolulu
Litchfield
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