Seven German doctors and SS officers hanged for war crimes
Landsberg Germany June 2 Seven German doctors and SS officers were executed on American gallows for war crimes. Convicted of killing and maiming thousands in brutal Nazi concentration camp experiments. The court led by Judge Beals said they perverted science into murder of helpless inmates.
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Landsberg
Germany
U. S
Nuernberg
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Walter Beals
Washington State Supreme Court
Westbrook Pegler Attacks Wallace Roerich Links and Dust Bowl Roots
Westbrook Pegler claims Roosevelt selected Wallace despite damning facts. He accuses Wallace of appointing a guru to Asia for seed research, links to Roerich and alleged plots to broaden war powers, and attacks figures like Eleanor Roosevelt and Hopkins while recalling 1935 seed press and dust bowl narratives.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
Midlas Roerich
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Stalin
Eleanor the Great
Harry the Rasputin
Hopkins
Joe
Guru
Georges
China
Department of Agriculture
Asia
Texas
Westover
Enlow
Turkestan
MacMillan
Stevens
Wallace
Old Roerich
City Schools Alumni Meet at Hotel Virginia Roof
The Alumni Association of the city held its annual meeting at Hotel Virginia roof on Tuesday night electing officers for the year. W. L. Ethridge Jr. was named president, Mrs. Archie Mellgren vice president, and Mrs. Dorothy Hodge secretary. Neville High School class of 1948 graduates attended amid floral décor and a formal program led by class sponsors. Foster Bond introduced as 1948 class president. Henry Florsheim served as toastmaster introducing alumni from past years.
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Alumni Association of the City Pools
Hotel Virginia Roof
W. L. Ethridge
Archie Mellgren
Dorothy Hodge
Neville High School
America
Mike John, Jr
Alf Reid
Ruth Simmons
Foster Bond
Henry Florsheim
Alumni Association
Louisiana Gas to Go Eastward Soon
Shreveport Louisiana June 2. National gas supplies will flow eastward from Texas and Louisiana fields through the Texas Eastern Transmission Corp pipeline. R H Hargrove said work will start on three new feeder lines and a fourth will be extended later this year boosting capacity to 508 million cubic feet daily. Temporary authority from the federal Power Commission was granted for the increased output.
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Shreveport
Texas
Louisiana
Big ‘Rch
R. H. Hargrove
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Texas Eastern
Federal Power Commission
Hargrove
Harris County
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Hastings Field
Little Big Inch
California
O Southwest Gas Producing Company
Hico-Knowles Field
Pit Big Inch
Silsbeeield
Truman presses housing trade and education in long Senate session
President Truman urged Democratic leaders to pass housing reciprocal trade and education bills during a White House conference as the Senate extended hours to clear three must bills before an expected June 19 adjournment. House leaders and party figures attended, with discussions on timing and prospects for House passage of the measures amid ongoing hearings and votes.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Senate
House
Rayburn
McGrath
Rhode Island
Lucas
Illinois
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Wherry
Nebraska
Gresham Named Head of Louisiana Training Institute
Rayville school principal J C Gresham was appointed by Gov Earl K Long as incoming superintendent of the Louisiana Training Institute. He succeeds D Curtis Seamon who led the institute during Gov Jimmie Davis's administration. Gresham, a Bernice native and 1934 Louisiana Tech graduate, will relocate his family from Rayville soon after starting the post. Enrollment at the institute stands at 126 boys.
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J. C. Gresham
Rayville
Earl K. Long
Louisiana Training Institute
D. Curtis Seamon
Jimmie Davis
Gresham
Bernice
Union Parish
Louisiana Tech
Rayville Grammar School
House Okays Record Peacetime Fund Bill
The House passed a record peacetime army and air force appropriation totaling 6.51 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year, voting 346 to 2. The dissenters were Reps. Marcantonio and Isacson of the American Labor party. The chamber also planned a 3.69 billion dollar Navy bill and a multi billion foreign aid package, with limited floor debate. The committee warned of the Soviet military threat and noted the U.S. fleet remains in the Mediterranean for deterrence and readiness.
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Washington
House
Senate
Marcantonio
Isacson
American Labor Party
New York
Army
Navy
Air Force
Appropriations Committee
United States
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Europe
Japanese Hiding on Kwajalein Atoll Killed by Marines
Marines shot and killed a Japanese hiding on Hene island eight miles from Kwajalein after he opened fire during a capture attempt. One other possible hidden Japanese was reported and searches continued on the uninhabited islet.
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Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Island
Navy
Hene Island
Kwajalein
Judge Warns Coal Strike Would Be National Tragedy
Washington June 2 Justice T Alan Goldsborough postponed a ruling on forcing John L Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association. He urged immediate talks between Lewis attorney Welly K Hopkins and SCPA counsel John C Gall to avert a possible nationwide coal strike next month as the government presses for a Taft Hartley bargaining order before the June 30 contract end.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Welly K. Hopkins
John C. Gall
Southern Coal Group
Goldsborough
SCPA
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
Berlin transport workers strike for higher wages and meals
About 20 000 Berlin transport workers began a 24 hour strike to win wage increases from 12 to 25 percent and daily ration free meals. Four million riders were affected as streetcars subways and buses ran with reduced service while elevated trains remained in operation.
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Berlin
British Control Commission
Kommandatura
Navy reports 28 missing after launch sinks near Kearsarge
In Hampton Roads a 50 foot liberty launch capsized dumping about 90 sailors and Marines into rough seas. 18 sailors and 10 marines are listed unaccounted for. The Kearsarge task force, delayed ten hours, includes roughly 1,100 second division Marines and will relieve forces in the Mediterranean. Coxswain James T. Walton of Springfield Missouri described the bow going under as swells rose. Sixty-five men were rescued.
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Norfolk
Navy
Hampton Roads
Kearsarge
Mediterranean
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
James T. Walton
USN
Springfield
C. S. Smiley
Maryland's Votes to Go for Truman at Convention
Maryland delegates to the Democratic national convention will vote as a unit for President Harry S. Truman in Philadelphia. The 20 votes will go to favorite son Millard Tydings and the delegation becomes the first south of the Mason-Dixon line pledged to Truman, bound to support both Truman and Tydings while either has a chance.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Philadelphia
Harry S. Truman
Millard S. Tydings
Mason-Dixon Line
Truman
Tydings
Pope Pius XI calls for social reforms in Rome speech
In Rome Pope Pius XI urged just and necessary social reforms to resolve problems from world upheaval and urged earnest effort to provide housing bread and work for the poor. He warned vigilance against enemies and noted peace as the top issue three years after world war. His address followed greetings from 17 cardinals on Saint day and coincided with Italy’s republic anniversary.
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John P. McKnight
Rome
Pius XI
Italy
The
Holy College
Eugenio Pacelli
St. Eugene
Vatican
Luigi Einaudi
Greece
China
Holy Land
Alcide de Gasperi
Communists Seen Using Mundt Nixon Bill as Issue
Leon Henderson of Americans for Democratic Action argued that Communist groups hope Congress passes the Mundt Nixon anti- Communist bill to create a political martyrdom and unite liberals. Protestors estimate 5,009 people will descend on Washington to demand the measure be killed in the Senate as Mundt and Nixon push registration of all Communist party members and forbidding activities toward a foreign controlled dictatorship.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
Henderson
ADA
Mundt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
R-S
Nixon
Arabs Demand Unified Nation in Palestine Truce
Arabs told the United Nations that any armistice lacking a unified Palestine has no chance of success. They accepted the four week armistice proposal but left cease fire timing to be decided.
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Robert Hewett
Cairo
Arab Nations
United Nations
Palestine
U. N
Holy Land
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Egyptian Foreign Ministry
Folke Bernadotte
Truce Commission
Security Council
Vote Against Advertising Tax Dominates Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on June 2 a majority of the house ways and means committee favored an unfavorable report on a proposed 10 percent advertising tax. The measure proceeds to the house on a minority report, allowing a possible vote. Key figures include Reps. Douglas Booth and H. V. Hargrove supporting the minority, Rep. Dudley Seamans, and Russell Long citing constitutional views. The tax would apply to newspaper and radio ads. Gov. Earl K. Long and Seamans position the bill amid broader political debate on taxation.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means
Douglas Booth
Richland
H. V. Hargrove
Allen
Hargrove
Dudley Seamans
West Carroll
Seamans
Russell Long
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
U. S. Supreme Court
Long
Sam Wilbanks Home Destroyed in Fire at 504 Moore Street
Firemen report the residence of Sam Wilbanks at 504 Moore Street burned to the ground early Wednesday morning. Mrs Wilbanks noticed smoke and alerted her son. flames engulfed the front rooms as firefighters arrived, resulting in a total loss with no salvage reported.
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Sam Wilbanks
Moore Street
Houe
Monroe
Wilbanks
Mighty Columbia Flood Rages Through Pacific Northwest
Crisis in Oregon and Washington reaches peak as the Columbia River crest and high tide flood lowlands from Portland to the sea. Thousands displaced, dozens dead, Vanport wiped out, 19,000 homes swept away, and recovery efforts led by President Truman with Red Cross and Salvation Army aid mobilized.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Vanport
Oregon
Vancouver
Longview
Washington
Arating
Truman
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Peace talks fail as rail unions end White House efforts
Washington June 2 Union leaders said White House efforts to settle the railroad labor dispute have failed completely after a conference with Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman. David B. Robertson chief of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen said Steelman is ending the bid to settle differences as talks broke down with carriers and other union heads. No further discussions are scheduled, with leaders unsure of next moves amid the stalled negotiations.
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Washington
White House
David B. Robertson
John R. Steelman
Robertson
Brotherhood of Firemen
Steelman
Truman
A. J. Glover
Alvanley Johnston
Johnston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Proposed tax on beer reduced in Louisiana
Baton Rouge, La June 2. Beer would cost consumers one to three cents per bottle more if the modified tax is enacted. Industry sources said bars restaurants and package stores would absorb the rise differently by price and clientele. Brewers and wholesalers likely pass most of the tax to retailers as margins are thin. The senate finance committee cut the proposed five cent per bottle tax to a barrel rate about 2 1/2 cents per bottle.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
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