Veterans committee fronts questioned by editor in New York
In New York on August 5 the interviewer cites Charles G. Bolte chairing the Ameri Veterans' Committee and discusses critics who label it a Communist front. Bolte defends civil liberties for Communists while opposing violence, touching on Spain, sanctions, and ideological tensions amid accusations of fascist and Nazi sympathies. The piece notes editor concerns over rumors and political mixes.
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New York
Charles G. Bolte
Ameri- Veterans’ Committee, Inc
Gilet Harrison
Ward McHale
AVC
Spain
Gullah
Bolte
Siberia
Russia
Buchenwald
Law in McMinn to be restored in Athens Tenn
Ath ens Tenn August 5 Mc Minn county moves toward restoring a constitutional government to replace a citizens committee after a six hour gun battle ended the Cantrell admin istration. The election is certified by the commission and the veterans slate leads unofficial returns. Deputized officers removed ballot boxes to the jail triggering the clash.
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Athens
Tenn
Mc Minn County
Citizens Committee
Pat Mansfield
Mansfield
Jim McCord
Paul Cantrell
Maj. C. A. Anderson
Election Commission
Otto Kennedy
Veterans State
George Woods
Cantrell
May Confined by Doctor for General Collapse
Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky, chair of the House military committee, is bedridden with a general collapse, diagnosed by Dr. John Archer as requiring at least a couple of weeks of rest. May, returning from Washington where named in a war profits inquiry, has stayed secluded and did not vote in Kentucky’s Democratic primary.
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Prestonburg
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
John Archer
House Military Committee
May
Truman Eyes Missouri Race In Key Kansas City Contest
President Truman watched the Kansas City Democratic congressional race from Independence as candidates clashed over spending. Enos Axtell backed to unseat Rep. Roger C. Slaughter amid calls for investigations of campaign expenditures. Slaughter and Axtell defended their camps while Jerome Walsh pressed for scrutiny of spending by both sides and the CIO PAC. Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret will vote in Independence tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Truman
Independence
Fifth District
Enos A. Axtell
Roger C. Slaughter
Jackson County
Margaret
Memorial Building
Jerome Walsh
Rayburn
United States
House of Representatives
Slaughter
Axtell
Walsh
C. I. O.political Action Committee
Notorious Japanese Captain Taken for War Crimes
Allied headquarters announce the arrest of Toshio Tsuneyoshi who commanded Camp O Dunnell in the Philippines and faces charges of atrocities. Navy Lt Masanori Hattori, linked to the submarine I 8, is imprisoned over involvement in executions of ship survivors. Witness consent delays slow trials but over twenty have testified or promised to appear.
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Tokyo
iPi
Allied
Camp O'Donnell
Philippines
Bataan
Toshio Tsuneyoshi
Sugamo
Navy
Masanori Hattori
F. E. Meek
Pacific
Coronel Meek
Washington
Col
D. M. Dunn
War Department
Civil Affairs Division
Dunn
Consolidation reshapes defense legislation in Congress
Washington reports that a broad overhaul of committee structure could drastically alter how defense measures move through Congress. Democrats expect seniority to place Walsh and Vinson in new armed forces chairs, potentially changing support for Truman’s unification plan as the merger faces resistance and scrutiny in 1947.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House-naval
Navy
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Committee On the Armed Forces
Elbert Thomas
Utah
House
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Rep
May
Kentucky
Vinson
Naval
Truman
Armed Services
Senate Military Committee
Naval Committee
Tydings
Maryland
Russell
Byrd
Virginia
Promulgation Over Davis Veto Denied
Wade Q. Martin Jr refused to promulgate the right to work bill in Louisiana. Representative Cleveland plans mandamus action to compel promulgation. The measure, vetoed by Governor Davis after a tight passage, centers on employment no longer tied to union membership.
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Baton Rouge
Wade Q. Martin, Jr
Cleveland
Rightloewvdan Wa
Wes
Srovernor Ditmaneé Davis
Davis
Uniisa
Louisiana
Martin
Nineteenth Judicial District Court
Secretary of State
E. Wayles Brown
Shreveport
Frank J. Looney
New Orleans
Marines Plan To Shoot Back In China Amid Ambush
Adm Charles M Cooke Jr said U S Marines in north China will defend themselves if attacked after the July 29 Marine convoy ambush near Peiping which killed four. He named Chinese Communists as the attackers. In Manila Jaime Fujii was sentenced to death for war atrocities, the first Japanese to receive the death sentence in the Philippines.
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Shanghai
China
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Peiping
Nanking
Ta Kang Pao
Truman
Marshall
U. S
Washington
Independence
Charles G. Ross
Admiral Cocke
U.S
Manila
Jahime Fujii
Kapeida
Philippines
Six States Cast Votes in Tuesday Primaries
Voters in six states vote on primary ballots with Missouri Fifth district attracting major attention. The contest features Rep. Slaughter facing Enos A. Axtell and Jerome Walsh amid presidential crosscurrents. In Kansas City Independence Truman plans to vote in the Fourth district race where C Jasper Bell seeks renomination as the focus shifts to Missouri and Kentucky battles continue.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Touman
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
Slaughter
Carroll Reece
Salt Lake City
Pendergast
Truman
Missouri Democrat
Independence
C. Jasper Bell
Enos A. Axtell
Jerome Walsh
OPA
Walsh
Kansas City Pen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Kentucky
John Young
Pickets Arrested as Rex Plant Reopens In Connersville
State guardsmen and police manned gates while Rex Manufacturing resumes operation amid a union clash. Fourteen pickets were arrested for shouting as 200 guardsmen and 130 police enforced order at the two plants. Several hundred additional pickets from the American Central Manufacturing Company joined the crowd. A court injunction and a pending ruling by Circuit Judge Allen Wiles shaped the legal move to restrain union interference with workers entering the building. Governor Gates vowed to uphold the court order.
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Connersville
Ind
Rex Manufacturing Company
Ralph F. Gates
Fayette County
Rex
American Central Manufacturing Company
Mex Company
C. I. O. United Electrical Workers Union
Edgar Meyers
Liberty
Meyers
Allen Wiles
C. I. QO
Governor Gates
Jewish Agency Rejects British Plan to Partition Palestine
The Jewish agency executive in Paris announced the plan to divide Palestine into four provinces is unacceptable for discussion. British cabinet proposals, based on the six‑man committee report, would create Arab and Jewish provinces plus central zones, with Attlee to bring the issue to the United Nations if Truman rejects the plan.
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London
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Attlee
United Nations
Truman
Paris
Committee of Six
Morrison
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Council
Deranged Marine Kills Sentry and Chinese Policeman
A mentally disturbed American marine shot and killed a marine sentry and Chinese military policeman in Tientsin. The assailant was killed in a street exchange of fire after refusing to surrender. Several military police and Chinese pedestrians were wounded.
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Tientsin
Marine Corps
Chu Yin-Sheng
Effort Made To Solve Deadlock In Peace Conference
In Paris the United States and China backed a British compromise to end the vote deadlock at the peace conference. The plan allows two thirds or simple majority recommendations to be sent to the foreign ministers council, which will have final veto. Byrnes urged support for two thirds and warned that council unity is not assured on key questions.
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Paris
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
Australia
Foreign Ministers Council
United States
State Byrnes
China
Canada
Norway
Molotov
Lynn Heinzerling
Britain
France
Aritish
Byrnes
Counccil
Conference
Union Parish arrests ripple after large liquor raid
Union Parish remains shaken as Sheriff George Miller Edwards and eight federal agents raided illicit stills and bootleg joints. In Monroe, U S Commissioner M C Redmond arraigned seven of 31 detainees, all pleading guilty to untaxed liquor possession and posting 500 bonds. Federal court proceeds loom for 24 others, while three cars were seized for forfeiture.
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Union Parish
George Miller Edwards
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Monroe
U. S
M. C. Redmond
Quachita Parish
Roy Elkins
Herman Kimble
Roscoe Johnson
Boody Grigsby
Elk Gardner
Doc Green
Bill Thurman
Farmerville
Benford Stewart
Edwards
Clyde D. Pace
New Orleans
Alcohol Tax Unit
Louisiana
Blandy Calls Atomic Blasts Form of Poison Warfare
Vice Admiral Blandy aboard the U S S Mt McKinley at Bikini lagoon says the underwater atomic test is a form of poison warfare as target ships remain radioactive 11 days after the blast. He notes ships like the carrier Independence still emit deadly radiation and describes handling them as a patient cautious process.
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Bikini Lagoon
Arkansas
Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Blandy
U. S. S. MT. M’kinley
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Mugford
Carteret
Independence
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Governor Davis to star in Louisiana film
Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis plans to take a break from public life to star in a motion picture titled Louisiana about his life. Filming will occur partly in Hollywood with Monogram Corporation producing and the rest in Louisiana, with a soundtrack of his songs and no definite actress named yet. Davis, 43, rose from tenant farmer to governor, using his band and performances to boost his political career.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jimmie Davis
Hollywood
Monogram Corporation
Davis
Jackson Perish
Alexandria
Louisiana Colege
Dass
Glee Club
College dc
Shreveport
Rommige Sioner
Huey Long
Governor
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