President Truman Visits Los Angeles on Nonpolitical Trip
President Truman arrives in Los Angeles for a high profile speech while labeling his cross country trip nonpolitical a line drawn amid crowds and security. He greets James Roosevelt and other officials before touring downtown and Wilshire Boulevard en route to the Ambassador Hotel for a luncheon with civic and military escorts present.
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Santa Barbara
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Rules Committee Clears Draft For House Action
The U S House Rules Committee approved the 1942 19-25 peacetime draft bill 6 to 4, clearing the way for floor passage. Leaders pressured reluctant supporters to back the measure as the Senate already approved a similar form. The bill faces amendment on the floor with a possible tabling motion defeated 7 to 3. Representative Forest Harness may have swung the vote to report the bill.
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Rules Committee
Senate
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Armed Services Committee
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R-ind
Woman Victim of Strangler at Chicago Rooming House
A 65 year old woman who ran a west side rooming house was found strangled with a bed sheet in her bedroom. Police suspect robbery as motive. Miss Anna Heidsick was found fully dressed by a tenant. Nelson Evans, 43, a basement resident, was questioned as officers search for a man named David who he said visited earlier.
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West Side
Anna Heidsick
Nelson Evans
Joan Cogger
Evans
David
Cotter
Convention and city notes fill the news page
Highlights include a Disabled Veterans convention with about 2000 attendees, urgent rubbish disposal action by the city, three defendants held without bail in a shooting, plus various briefs from local to national items and page references across sections A and B.
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Man Accused in Fatal Stabbing in San Diego
San Diego on June 14 Frank George Smith aged 35 is charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of Earl Wesley Dooley 57 in Dooley s trailer home Detective Lt Mort Geer said Smith admitted stabbing Dooley after finding his wife Shirley Smith 36 in the trailer Mrs Smith told Deputy Coroner F E A Turner that she and her husband had been drinking with Dooley She feared leaving when her husband left due to ongoing violent arguments Geer said Smith left then returned with a hunting knife
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San Diego
Frank George Smith
Earl Wesley Dooley
Dooley
Mort Geer
Smith
Shirley Smith
Geer
Toll in Columbia flood climbs as Vanport lists 30 missing
Portland race with flood toll reaches 40 dead and at least 30 missing as Columbia River lingers at 30.2 feet. Reynolds plant flood barrier completed with 29 000 cubic yards of gravel. Vanport death toll rises with ten new missing workers among hundreds sandbagging dikes.
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W. W. Emerson
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Oliver C. Hawley
John D. Hoover
Fred ©. Kirchmier
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Elmer Spencer
Francis Spickman
Ralph Tatum
Allen Hart
Two Men Killed in Claremont Crash
Two men died in a head on collision in Claremont today. The victims were later named as Jose Palacias of Pomona and Juana Noriega of an address unknown. Authorities investigated the fatal crash as a local traffic death.
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Juana Noriega
Antilynch Bill Advances in Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate judiciary committee approved the anti lynching bill 10 to 3, seeking federal criminal and civil penalties for lynch mobs. Opponents from the South vow to fight it, while supporters including Wiley and several Republicans push for action amid a crowded Senate calendar.
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R.-Okla
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D.-Miss
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I Wiley
R.-Wis
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Revercomb
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R-Mo
Cooper
House Backing Extends Old Age Insurance to More People
The House approved by 237 to 2 a bill to add 3.5 million people to the old age insurance program and send it to the Senate. The measure would allow state, local government and nonprofit employees to participate with safe approvals, excluding self employed and farm workers for now.
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Second Big Lockheed Navy Plane Tested
A second Lockheed Constitution transport plane for the Navy completed its first flight in two hours reaching 25 000 feet. The Navy reported the first Constitution model has logged over 200 hours of flying with complete satisfaction.
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Truman Eliminates Navy Ship Repair Spending Cap
President Truman signed a bill removing the 18 month cap on repair spending for a single ship. The Navy may spend whatever Congress appropriates, ending the wartime limit of 450000 per vessel.
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Washington
Congress
Rebel Leaders Brace for Court Order in Long Beach Harbor Tieup
Longshoremen and seamen at Long Beach-Los Angeles Harbor plan an afternoon meeting to discuss a court injunction to stop a general maritime strike. International union president Cotley says union policy will prevail, while National Maritime Union spokesman Ostheimer cautions against official defiance. A 10 am walkout is anticipated if contracts expire at 12:01 am June 16.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Jim Cotley
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
International Union
Kenneth Ostheimer
National Maritime Union
Waterfront Employers Association
L. B. Thomas
Purthley
Anthony Lucile
New York
C. S
Robert W. Kenny
California
Vincent Thomas
Eddie Pungen
National Union
Macine Cooks and Stewards
Louis Goldblatt
San Francisco
Corley
NMU President Says Union Will Not Defy Law
New York June 14 A P A federal judge enjoined a maritime strike until June 24 ordering I O unions and shipowners to bargain in good faith. The injunction covers East and Gulf coast phases of the threatened walkout as seven unions consider action after contract expirations.
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George 5. Harris
Harris
U. S
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Joseph Curran
Paul Palazzi
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Palazzi
Showers Halt Fires Across Ontario and Quebec Regions
In Ontario and Quebec, Weeknd rain aided fighters by slowing fires in areas including Mississagi and Chapleau. Ten minutes of rain brought brief relief after twenty days in the Manitaki district, amid pulp and paper country and shifting winds complicating suppression efforts.
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Normalcy Returns to Tripoli Old City After Two Day Riots
Normalcy returned to Tripoli's Old City as British authorities ended two days of rioting by Arabs. Fires burned in some Jewish-owned stores while troops kept order.
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Lidia
Old City
Sailors Reported Drowned as Monsoon B rages near Bombay
Four sailors were drowned as three barges and a launch sank in Bombay harbor during the 1948 monsoon. The 150 ton freighter Cossipore was wrecked 125 miles south of Bombay but its crew were saved amid 66 mile gales.
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India
Churchill Denies Pension Cash Lofty Claims in Parliament
In London June 14 Winston Churchill rejected claims he is drawing the £2000 annual pension for former prime ministers. He issued a formal statement stating he does not draw the pension, noting rank and file MPs receive £1000 yearly and that the pension is an alternative to his salary as party leader and former prime minister.
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