Senate Debates Poll Tax Bill With Southern Filibuster
In Washington, anti-poll tax legislation faced a Senate filibuster as Southerners tried to stall any action. The measure, already through the House, would ban poll taxes for federal elections. Senate leaders discussed strategies amid talks of constitutional amendment hurdles and partisan clashes over price control programs.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Paul Porter
OPA
House Banking Committee
GOP
Porter
Wolcott
R-Mich
House
Wherry
R-Neb
Russell
D-Ga
Stennis
D-Miss
Taft
Ohio
Majority Party
Dixie Democrats
Mrs Abbott Testifies Of Blood On Hands In Slaying Trial
Mrs Marie Abbott 40 testifies in Common Pleas Court detailing her life from birth to the Morris Abbott death on Memorial Day eve. She describes removing blood from Cyril Gordon clothes and receiving Morris blood on her hands, collapsing under cross examination as she recalls the fatal day and her fear of exposure. She describes plan to fake an accident with Gordon, and emotional turmoil over alleged affair and divorce talk.
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Cyril “Scotty” Gordon
Morris
Abbott
Alice Lawler
Common Pleas Court
Cyril “Scottie’’ Gordon
William Hopkins
Cincinnati
Gordon
Mrs. Abbott
Tit
Indianapolis
Gilbert Condo
McSavaney
Mrs. Hopkins
Indiana
Ohio State Line
Franklin County
Ind
Miami
Uni
Truman seeks power to roll back prices
President Truman asks Congress for authority to roll back prices to November 1947 levels or the nearest appropriate period. Porter presented a bill for anti inflation powers through 1950 including rationing, wage and credit controls, rent ceilings, and market regulation. Republicans warned against such measures as potential police state actions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Paul Porter
OPA
Capitol
Porter
House Banking Committee
Tito Elected To Central Committee In Belgrade
Premier Tito and his full candidate list were elected to Yugoslavia's 63 member Central Committee as the party wrapped up a week-long congress in Belgrade. The Cominform had urged purging Tito and aides, accusing him of deviating from the Marxist line and pursuing a hostile policy toward Russia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Stalin
International Communist Information Bureau
Russia
Two Day Normalcy Sale Returns To Middletown Shops
Middletown merchants team up for a two day event starting tomorrow to bring back a sense of the good old days with reduced prices on household goods. Ortman Stewart Transportation offers free bus rides from 9 to 11 a m on both days to boost shopper turnout.
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Middletown
Ortman Stewart Transportation Company
Bevin Signals Possible Halt to British Demobilization
London AP Bevin says Britain may pause demobilization amid Russia West tensions. Labor government reassesses policy as Berlin blockade and allied diplomacy approach a potential four power talks to clear path for peace and security in Europe. Churchill backs government stance and calls for postponement until Berlin issues are resolved. Moscow sources hint at possible four power conference among foreign ministers.
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Tom Williams
London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
West
House of Commons
Britain
United States
France
Berlin
Bevin
Winston Churchill
Labor
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
U.S
Molotov
Europe
18 Dead in Crash Landing of Flying Boat in Argentina
Maritime police reported 18 killed and four injured when an Alfa Airlines four engine flying boat crash landed in fog near Plate River after leaving Rosario. The aircraft carried 18 passengers and five crew. one passenger survived unhurt. Details were withheld by authorities.
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Buernos Aires
Apr
Alfa Airlines
Rosario
Plate River
Pickets March for Univis Dayton Plant Failing to Turn Violent
Pickets shouted scab and skunk at Univis Lens Company in Dayton as 700 workers entered the plant under 164 police on duty. CIO organizer Lou Kaplan, with a fractured finger, led three lines despite a court order. Union leaders linked the strike to broader political and corporate interests, urging votes and change.
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Dayton
Kaplan
Arthur L. Garfield
Detroit
General Motors
United Electrical Workers
Wall Street
Lehman Brothers
Univis
Montgomery County Cio Industrial Union Council
Heavy Radio Attack On Truman's Program By GOP
A packed AP report details GOP leaders blasting President Truman's special session plan as unnecessary political theater. Taft Wherry Halleck Dirksen Keefe condemn inflation controls while vowing to press Congress to assess real options beyond police state measures.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
House
Halleck
Indiana
Dirksen
Illinois
Keefe
Wisconsin
Martin
Massachusetts
ABC
Ohioan
Former GOP Senator Watson Dies at 84 in Washington
Indiana Republican James Eli Watson, Senate minority leader under Hoover, died at 84 after internal hemorrhages. A veteran of eight presidents, he served in the House from 1894 to 1906 and the Senate from 1916 to 1933, later practicing law in Washington. Survivors include his wife Flora Miller Watson, daughter Mrs Ernest Gross, three sons Edwin G Watson Joseph C Watson James E Watson Jr, and a brother.
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Washington
James Eli Watson
Indiana
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Watson
House
Flora Miller
Winchester
Ind
Ernest Gross
Edwin G
Joseph C. Watson
James E. Watson, Jr
Chicago
Akron tire workers win hourly wage increase
An a ent-an-hour raise for 3,500 General Tire and Rubber Company employees at the Akron and Waco plants was announced yesterday, boosting hourly pay.
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Akron, O. (Ap
General Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Waco Tex
Traffic Trap Under Probe in Kentucky Cities
Kentucky motorists who paid fines for traffic traps are asked to report the incidents to their automobile clubs. Clubs in Louisville Lexington and eastern Kentucky launch an investigation led by Blue Grass club president Dr William Taylor. Reports will be kept confidential.
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Lexington
Louisville
Kentucky
William Taylor
Blue Grass Club
Taylor
Stassen Named New President At University
Harold E. Stassen, 41, named by the University of Pennsylvania as its new president after a special board meeting. Nomination follows unanimous executive board recommendation. election to be held in September. Dr George William McClelland to become university chairman. Stassen would be the youngest president in Penn history.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
University
Stassen
George William McClelland
Minnesota
Jet Plane Hits Auto at Wright Field Damages Car
Alton W. Williams an insurance adjuster from Columbus watched Army jets land at Wright Field when a Lockheed Shooting Star piloted by First Lieutenant Robert A Hoover undershot the field and struck his car denting the top and breaking the windshield. Both Williams and the pilot escaped injury as the jet jumped a fence into a nearby field.
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Dayton, C
Alton W. Williams
Columbus
Williams
Wright Field
Rober A. Hoover
Poth Williams
Fireworks at Ludwigshafen Blast Stirred But Red Charges Denied
German investigators brushed aside Communist charges the Farb en plant made war materiel after a massive blast in Ludwigshafen. Police in the French zone reported 84 bodies found with about 250 missing, with tolls varying between 334 and 800 dead across nearby towns. US officials noted 6,200 injured as fires and fumes hindered rescue. the plant, employing 22,000, produced industrial chemicals and dyes. Communist Berlin outlets alleged illegal war material production, while investigators cited ethyl chloride as a possible ignition.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Farben
Rhine
Mannheim
U. S. Army
Berlin
I. G. Farben Industrie Trust
National Zeitung
Farben Directors Convicted of Looting Occupied Countries
Nine directors of the F. G. Farben chemical trust were convicted by a United States Military Tribunal on counts of looting industries in Hitler-ruled territories. The court acquitted 24 leaders on charges of plotting and waging aggressive war, citing politicians and militarists as responsible.
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Muernberg
Germany
F. G. Farben Chemical Trust
Hitler
United States
Farben
Third Reich
Hermann Schmitz
Georg von Schnitzler
Fritz Ter Meer
Ernst Buergin
Paul Harliger
Max Ilgner
Friedrich Jaehne
Heinrich Oster
Hans Kuggler
Curtis G. Shake
Vincennes
Ind
Chemical Trust
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Krauch
Keitel
Krauch
Chicago Man Shot to Death on Busy South Side Street
Nathan Gumbin, 56, a wealthy paper carton manufacturer, was killed by a single shotgun blast in daylight on Pershing Road near Wallace Street. His son Owen escaped injury as two gunmen in a car fired through a side window as the sedan halted at a red light. Police report a nearby officer witnessed the ambush.
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Chicago
Nathan Gumbin
Gumbin
Owen
Pershing Road
Wallace Street
James Webster
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