Marines Propose Shipboard Colleges to Ease Education Bottlenecks
Gen. Graves B. Erskine, tasked with smashing educational bottlenecks, studies plans to convert army and navy bases and even ships into college campuses. He suggests docking a renovated warship as a dormitory for up to 500 students near a city, with expansion possible to coastal cities, the Great Lakes, and river ports.
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Robert Geiger
Washington
Graves B. Erskine
Army
Navy
Pacific Fighting
John R. Steelman
Office of War Mobilization
Department of Labor
Erskine
Chesapeake Bay
Great Lakes
Zabriskie Traces American Russian Rivalry in Manchuria
Zabriskie analyzes the 50 year power struggle over Manchuria, tracing Russia Britain Japan and the United States actions from 1895 through 1913. He notes open door aims, the Boxer upheaval, the Russo Japanese War and Portsmouth treaty, ending with Wilson withdrawing from the international consortium.
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Far East
Edward H. Zabriskie
University of Newark
University of Pennsylvania Press
Manchuria
Russia
America
Britain
State Department
Foreign Office
Japan
Korea
John Hay
Navy Department
South
China
Zabriskie
Theodore Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Wilson
Russians Reject New U S Move On Peace Talks
Moscow officials rejected a U S proposal to convene the general European peace conference on July 15, saying the foreign ministers' talks were not advanced enough. ministers set a Friday deadline for Italian and Balkan treaty work and planned two daily meetings. Byrnes urged invitations and continued work toward July 15, warning of changes if progress stalls.
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Paris
Russia
Conference of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Rowena
Byrnes
United Nations Assembly
Trieste
President May Sign Hobbs Bill Faces Labor Rift
President Truman weighs whether to sign the Hobbs anti-racketeering bill as Senate passage prompts debate over exemptions for legitimate labor activity. Labor groups seek specific carve outs while Truman had urged similar protections after vetoing a prior bill. A surprise Senate move by Senator Katch advanced the proposal on Friday.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
Katch
D-N. M
Fri
Louisiana Senate to Hear 200 Million Household Expenses Plan
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 22 The Senate will begin hearings on the state household expenses estimated at about 200 million dollars to fund government departments schools and welfare over the next two years Sen James O Dolby chair of the Senate finance committee announced hearings start 10 am Monday The Senate will meet only at night during the first day with daytime sessions for legislators department officials and the public The House meanwhile acts on about 13 million in special appropriations reduced from an initial 15 million for capital penitentiary colleges hospitals and other institutions The House appropriations committee sent recommendations after a fast four part session.
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Baton Rouge
State Department
Appropriations Committee
House
Davis Campaign Printing Alleged Free Rides Spark Political Debt Claims
Martin Close of Alexandria said he heard from reliable sources that Moran Sons Printing of New Orleans provided $25 000 of free printing for the Davis campaign in the 1943 44 gubernatorial primaries and would be repaid with favors if Davis won He investigated but was met with denials from Davis campaign managers He continues to probe reports about a state printing board bill tied to paying a political debt and pressure on legislators to pass it with Governor Davis and State Finance Director James Reily cited as pushing the measure
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Martin Close
Alexandria
Sam Jones
Thomas J. Moran's Sons Printing Company
New Orleans
Davis
Close
Moran Company
James S. Reily
Shreveport
Wio
Pend
Two British Officers Freed From Kidnap in Tel Aviv
British military authorities reported that two of five officers kidnapped from an officers' club in Tel Aviv on June 16 were released. The pair were freed within a few yards of the hotel housing the officers' club. Identities remain undisclosed. The fate of the remaining three captives was not disclosed.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Miller quits head of V. A. in Florida
Orlando architect W Kenneth Miller resigned as president pro tem of the Florida branch of the Veterans Industrial Association charging Attorney General Tom Watson wants to run the group. Miller called the V I A in Florida a strike breaking outfit and said he would not cede control or policies to Watson.
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Orlando
Fla
W. Kenneth Miller
Florida
Veterans Industrial Association
Tom Watson
Miller
James Karam
Arkansas
Andrew Pattilo
Freddie Crews
Watson
Gi's
National Labor Relations Act
Karam
Mine dump explosion near Campobasso claims many lives
A Avanti dispatch reports sixteen people were killed and seventy injured when a mine dump exploded near Campobasso yesterday, sending shock through the region.
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Rome
Campobasso
Avanti
Vicksburg Festival Sparks Fireworks Feud Over Name
In Vicksburg Mississippi the Fourth of July celebration faces controversy as fireworks explode early and residents protest naming the event Carnival of the Confederacy. The two day celebration includes a three mile parade an address by Secretary of War Patterson and a Miss Mississippi contest.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Robert P. Patterson
Mississippi
Vicks
Three Men Rob New Orleans Safe With 31500 Stolen
Three men broke into Robert A Massa’s residence in New Orleans at night and stole a safe reported to hold 20000 in cash and 11500 in bonds. They moved the safe to an automobile and fled as neighbors fired at them. A loaded .32 pistol and a watch were found, and a nearby witness reported the loading into the car around 1130 p.m. Massa was away at the time.
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New Orleans
Louis Kuepferle
Robert A. Massa
Massa
Congress braces for fateful action on draft and OPA
Washington leaders say Congress must act this week on key bills including the draft and the Office of Price Administration, with votes on wartime appropriation measures and agency reforms. The OPA dispute could trigger a Truman veto, shaping the president’s political future as the fiscal year ends June 30.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
OPA
Legislaion
Senate
House
Senate House
Meat and Bread Shortages Weigh on War Rationed Diet
Meat and bread were harder to find yesterday than in wartime, with experts expecting relief by July. Chester Bowles forecast more meat for a few months after July 1, while bread supplies should ease in about 20 days. Agriculture officials cited shippers withholding livestock to test price-control changes after June 3. Millers' National Federation echoed an improved bread flour outlook within 30 days.
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Associated Press
Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
Department of Agriculture
Millers’ National Federation
Trade Association of Millers
Fourteen lawmakers advance price control deal to house vote
Conferees agree on all but four major points in extension talks as they plan to reconvene Monday. Disputes include extension length for OPA and meat and dairy decontrol dates, a decontrol board, and subsidy levels. Bowles had called five amendments booby traps.
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Washington
House
Chester Bowles
Senate
Congress
Downey
California
Secretary of Agriculture
Bowles
OPA
Mississippi Negro Voting Fears Stir Primary Clash
Jackson reports on June 22 describe rising fears over Negro voting as Mississippi moves toward a Democratic primary for senator and four representatives. Etoy Fletcher alleges he was flogged and threatened in Brandon. surveys show few Negroes registered. T B Wilson cites intimidation by clerks. Theo Bilbo and John Rankin urge suppression of Black voters. Nelson Levings blames Bilbo for current laws.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
United States
Etoy Fletcher
Pucket
Brandon
Rankin County
T. B. Wilson Negropete
Progressive Voters League
Theo G. Bilbo
Bilbo
John Rankin
Congress
Nelson T. Levings
Walter Sillers
Levings
Fletcher
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Woods
Jackson College
College Medical Center
Wilson
Voters League
Observers warned to shield eyes from atomic blast at Bikini
William L. Laurence explains to reporters the need to shield eyes from the first flash of the nuclear explosion, detailing goggles use, viewing angles, and the blast’s three phases as observers 20 miles away would hear the sound after about 100 seconds.
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Appalachian
Bikini
William L. Laurence
New York Times
Alamogordo
N. M
Nagasaki
Laurance
Navy
Laurence
Funeral for B. Z. Rogers in Delhi Masonic Cemetery
The 64 year old B. Z. Rogers died after a runaway trailer towed by a truck crashed into parked cars and struck him near the Delhi Masonic Temple. He leaves a wife and five children and a brother. The accident occurred Friday. Rogers died Saturday at 2 20 a m. The truck operator was Joe Red Willis of Richland parish.
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Delhi
B. Z. Rogers
Delhi Masonic Cemetery
Donnie Wilburn
Ernest Herington
J. L. Conrad
Maryzell Rogers
Roy Rogers
Ben Rogers
Rogers
Hodge
Here
Delhi Masonic Temple
Joe “Red” Willis
Monroe
Richland Parish
English film extra slain in bedoom in London
Scotland Yard detectives hunted the bedroom singer of Mrs Margery Gardner a 33 year old English film extra found dead in a disorderly west end hotel room. The bruised nude body with legs tied was discovered after a violent struggle and police said suffocation caused death. A tall fair haired English colonel known in society circles is being questioned though his link to the case remains undisclosed. Mrs Gardner mother of a three year old was identified in the room with smashed furniture and broken glass.
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London
Scotland Yard
Margery Gardner
West End
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