U S Calls In All Old Scrip In Europe and Asia
FRANKFURT June 20 AP The United States ordered milhões of military scrip be turned in across Germany Britain Austria France Trieste North Africa and elsewhere within six hours as part of a plan to curb counterfeiters and black market trading. A new issue replaces the old four-year old scrip worth possibly 350 million dollars.
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Germany
United
Europe
Africa
Atlantic
U. S. Army
Britain
Austria
France
Trieste
North Africa
Getrich-quick
Tokyo
Philippines
Korea
U.S
Philppines
Gen Lopes to Seek Portugal Presidency
Gen Francisco Higinio Craveirt Lopes will be the presidential candidate for Portugal’s National Union party in elections expected in mid July. The party controls the government and announced the bid last night. The opposition has not named a candidate for the presidency, vacant since Gen Antonio de Gasp Carmona’s death.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Francisco Higinio Craveirt Lopes
National Union Party
Antonio de Grapaso Carmona
Urban fringe tax battle moves to Senate vote
In Sacramento the Senate debated a zoning bill allowing counties to tax unincorporated suburban areas for services like police and fire. If approved, the measure caps at $1 per 100 assessed value and targets urban fringe zones starting 1954. Proponents argue it ends subsidies for unincorporated areas. opponents call it unworkable and unconstitutional, seeking an interim study and delay.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
Assembly
Royal Government Committee
Richard Graves
League of California Cities
Albert I. Stewart
Pasadena
California Association of County Supervisors
Congress
Supreme Court
State Farm
Graves
Laveas
Tme
Harold W. Kennedy
Los Angeles
League of Cities and Supervisors’ Association
Kennedy
Stewart
James F. Little
Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
Truman Ready to Battle Controls Revolt
Washington June 20 a Democratic Senator said President Truman may enter a fight against key elements of the economic controls program with a special message to Congress. Senate and House committees moved to restrict price cuts on beef relax credit rules for autos and appliances raise rents under control ceilings and deny licensing powers to crack down on violators. Final action rests with Congress and may come early next week as stabilization directors cry alarm.
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Washington
Trumar
Congress
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Truman
Pararaliies
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Louisiana Defeats Move to Probe State Crime
Louisiana lawmakers rejected a resolution to form a House committee to probe state crime and law enforcement, killing the measure 46 to 20 after remarks by Rep. Marion Vallee. Illinois had previously killed a similar effort to start a Kefauver style investigation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Kefauver
Algie Brown
Shreveport
House of Representatives
Senate Crime Committee
Louisiana House of Representatives
Marion Vallee
Jefferson Davis Parish
Bourbon St
New Orleans
French Quarter Avenue
Vallee
Ilinois
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South St
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India
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Tenn
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Nashville
Associated Press
Charles D. Humphrey
Plymouth St
Robert J. Singleton
Marine Ave
Wilmington
Baldwin C. Johnson
Palmer
St. Cominton
Victor C. Moon
Fourth St
Edward Luadburg
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