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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
1
President Truman planned to veto the Taft Hartley Labor Control Bill after delaying his news conference. White House aides say he based the final decision on national interest, with organized labor mounting a major campaign including nearly 800000 letters and telegrams urging a veto.
London reports say Soviet leaders questioned Western motives for an Anglo French invitation to a European reconstruction conference while hinting Molotov might attend. Bevin told Parliament Russia bears responsibility for Europe’s division. Attlee and the cabinet hear details of the Paris talks with Georges Bidault as Marshall’s unified program looms.
Soviet Ambassador Nikolai V Novikov said cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union is not only possible but desirable. He spoke at a Chicago luncheon marking six years since Germany's attack on Russia. The address was before the Chicago council of American-Soviet friendship.
Dallas district construction committee reports commercial projects approved since April 1 total 1,656,115 dollars, with an additional 1,040,512 dollars in proposed work approved. The update reflects activity in the Dallas area as of June 19.
Selected stocks listed with gains and losses in active trading. American Airlines AT&T Anaconda Chrysler Gen Met Phelps Dodge Phillips Pet U S Steel Sun Ray Oil Tel Par C O Humble Oil Lone Star Gas show mixed moves. Bonds irregularly higher while U S governments dip. Chicago and curb stocks trend higher. Cotton futures firm near highs since October with grains futures in Chicago for wheat corn oats and barley.
Lake Success June 19 A Soviet warning that arm scrapping negotiations may collapse before they begin jolts UN disarmament hopes. Gromyko bluffs suspected by some diplomats as western refusals to link talks with atomic control threaten a breakup at key meetings of the UN Atomic Energy Commission.
The State Public Safety Department announced competitive July exams to select 30 new driver license examiners for Sept 1 start. Ten replace vacancies and 20 add personnel from the last legislature. Four weeks training will be provided at department headquarters.
President Truman named Edwin C. Wilson ambassador to Turkey to head the American mission for aid to Turkey. He also nominated Charles E. Saltzman, NYSE vice president, as assistant secretary of state.
The Mexican government warned it may seize the Southern Pacific Railroad for alleged fraud in running its Mexican properties. Consul Rafiel Orendain said public opinion blames SP for poor management. reports said an ultimatum to sell or face seizure circulated, which SP president Mercier denied.
St Louis residents hoped for a quick end to a seven day transit strike as AFL bus and streetcar workers and the Public Service Company agreed to submit their wage dispute to the Missouri Public Service Commission. If union meetings approve, service would resume immediately. A sympathy strike rumor near gas stations followed the news.
The defense in the May Garsson conspiracy trial rested its case with plans to finish questioning a sick witness, Joseph F Freeman of the Garsson firm. Freeman, a Washington representative, was originally a co-defendant with former Congressman Andrew J May and the Garsson brothers Henry M and Murray. Freeman was acquitted midway through the trial.
The Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers announced at its executive committee meeting in Austin that the state convention will be held in Galveston from November 18 to 20.
LATE NEWS FROM OVER THE WORLD HAIFA June 9 UP United Nations inquiry committee arrived from Jerusalem to tour Palestine. Moving reports from Moscow, Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Seoul detail naval visits, economic data collection, and a U S governor planning to travel to Washington.
Chicago reports show corn futures near the record with rains in the corn belt driving July futures to 1.995 a bushel, just short of the 1.9999 peak set in July 1919 as floods in Iowa Missouri and Illinois keep supply concerns alive.
Houston city council approved about $6,300 in equipment for the prison farm barracks including $1,100 for an automatic dishwasher and sterilizer. Officials stressed the unit is for sanitary reasons, not to cut inmate labor.
A Navy spokesman said the armed forces face a fuel shortage as the petroleum industry prioritizes competitive civilian markets over supplying the military.
A Pan American Airways Constellation crashed near Meydana 200 miles northwest of Damascus in the Euphrates Valley. Fifteen people were killed including eight passengers and most crew members. The flight carried 37 aboard with a 27 member passenger list when it went down about 1:30 a.m. Syrian time, 27 miles from Deir-Ez-Zor emergency field. Captain Joseph C. Hart Jr. commanded the plane. Pan American President Juan Trippe prepared to fly emergency help to survivors. The crash marks Pan American’s first fatal land crash in over two million passenger miles.
FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover told a Senate subcommittee he did not intend to imply Attorney General Tom C. Clark acted with ulterior motives in ordering a limited Kansas City vote fraud investigation last year. He noted Clark has not blocked any investigation from its logical conclusion.
In St Joseph Missouri on June 19 UP reports George W Koch paid 10 dollars to the police chief J Croy Keller with a note. The money is to cover one overtime parking ticket and the remaining nine dollars to be kept by police to cover future tickets as they arise.
The Senate approved a wool price support bill to raise trade barriers on foreign wool with a 48 to 38 vote, a margin short of the two thirds needed to override a veto.
The four day old maritime strike ended on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as CIO seamen accepted a five percent wage increase. Negotiations continued on the Pacific Coast but a pattern for settlement emerged. Rank and file members will vote on ratification at 2 pm EDT today.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower stated he has been approached about becoming president of Columbia University but did not discuss the matter. Columbia officials had previously said no president had been selected and Eisenhower noted he would not leave his post this year.
The State Department announced that the United States will not recognize or maintain diplomatic relations with Nicaragua's new revolutionary government. Lincoln White stated no relations would be kept with the Nicaraguan embassy and orders were sent to avoid contact with the present regime.
Oklahoma City report details Ralph H. Smith a night club manager whose car was struck by a cast from an artificial leg. He backed into a parking space near a downtown office building when a work bench cast fell from a window propelled by a blowing exhaust fan.
A cloudburst flood isolated Mt. Hope and Haven in Kansas, washing out a Missouri Pacific track between Haven and Hutchinson. Water was surface runoff and expected to dissipate soon, with no river overflow. In Washington, FBI agents testified that Robert May gave varying accounts of his business ties to the Garsson munition empire.
Sen Richard B Russell of Georgia urged President Truman to veto the Reed Bulwinkle Rail Road Bill if approved by both houses. The Senate already passed the measure 66 to 27 despite Democratic protests that it would create a transportation monopoly. Senate Democratic Leader Alben Barkley called for a veto in response.
Douglas G. Wright of the Interior Department proposed taxing government power facilities to place them on equal footing with private utilities. He suggested tapping tax exempt receipts for a tax rate of five ten or fifteen percent.
The State Board of Water Engineers closed five weeks of hearings on three applications to take public waters for the Texas City industrial area. Applicants are American Canal Co Briscoe Irrigation Co and San Jacinto River Conservation and Declamation District. Decision delayed while board consults the Attorney General's Department on legal aspects.
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