Louisiana Senate Faces Gas Export Policy Showdown
Louisiana's long term natural gas policy debate moved toward a floor clash in the state senate. A minority conservation committee report urged free export, reversing 1942 policy and aiming to abolish the natural gas conservation office. The panel favored another resolution seeking the governor's action.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Senate
Senate Conservation Committee
Senate
Office of Natural Gas Conservation
A. K. Goff, Jr
Ruston
Clyde V. Ratcliff
Newellton
R. L. Gay
Zwolie
Wilfred J. Desmare
Westbrook Pegl er on Americans and politics as spectacle
Westbrook Pegler notes Americans now treat politics as a spectator sport rivaling past sports in popularity. He observes crowds attend rallies to hate, not be convinced, with entertainers and speakers drawing varied audiences. He cites William Fields and Clare Boothe Luce as prominent figures shaping political theater.
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New York
Garden
Carnegie Hall
William C. Fields
Hollywood
Leo P. Flynn
Arizona
Clare Booth Luce
William Gailmor
Moscow
Connecticut
Mrs. Luce
Chester Bowles
OPA
Labor measures may merge Case bill with Truman emergency plan
Washington report notes House study of combining the Case labor disputes bill with President Truman’s emergency strike control measure into one package. Backers seek to push enactment. Truman has voiced opposition to permanent labor legislation during current unrest. House actions on draft authority are debated as talks of a conference committee stall.
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Washington
Truman
House
Congress
Federal Mediation Board
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
Chicago La Salle Hotel fire probes begin with inquest
June 7 La Salle Hotel fire triggers coroner jury inquest and city council review. Relatives of 59 victims expected as officials continue to probe blaze source and fire code violations. Watch for theater closures and license actions amid ongoing investigations.
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Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Big Loop
Opa Sweat
Tampa
Fla
Hospitl
Subert
Great Northern
Windy City
Edward J. Kelly
LaSalle Hotel
Harry Eckhardt
House considers terminal pay bill
The House debated a plan to pay about 15 million dollars in terminal furlough pay to past and present servicemen averaging 250 dollars each. Led by Dwight I. Rogers and Robert L. Sikes, supporters expect quick Senate action with minimal opposition. An amendment to simplify payment methods would allow claims by mail or cash at local military offices.
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Washington
House
Dwight I. Rogers
Florida
Robert L. Sikes
Senate
Army
Monarchist Riots Roil Naples and Rome in Italy
Large scale demonstrations in Naples support the deposed Savoy royal house while police struggle to quell the actions. A parallel monarchist protest in downtown Rome was broken up by club-swinging officers.
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Rome
Savoy
Naples
Truman names Vinson Snyder for top posts
Washington reports quick Senate approval anticipated for Fred M. Vinson as chief justice and John W. Snyder as secretary of the treasury. John L. Sullivan may rise to undersecretary of the navy, with mixed reactions from New Dealers and Republicans about the nominees.
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Washington
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
United States
John W. Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Johnson
Colorado
John L. Sullivan
Navy
Vinson
Snyder
White House
Organized Labor
Supreme Court
Argentina and Reds Friendly
Washington reports a new Argentina Soviet friendship as Peron’s government nears a June 1 leadership milestone and Moscow asserts diplomatic ties. U S policy remains hopeful and awaiting Argentina to curb Axis influences, paving potential Western Hemisphere defense cooperation.
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Washington
Argentina
Soviet Russia
Juan Peron
Stalin
United States
State Department
Peron
Buenos Aires
Moscow
Prison witnesses refuse to testify in Lichfield brutality case
In Bad Nauheim Germany six witnesses again refuse to testify in the Lichfield trials over cruelty to American POWs. Eight men sit in judgment on Lt Leonard W Ennis of Peekskill N Y as he faces charges for cruelty while guarding at the Lichfield stockade. Eleven more witnesses were to be asked after lunch.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Lichfield
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
England
United Nations Plans Global Outreach Offices
The United Nations launches a global information program with branch offices planned in Copenhagen The Hague Brussels Paris and Geneva while London already operates a hub Assistant Secretary General Benjamin Cohen leads European survey to establish outlets These offices will provide U N publications films exhibits and report world opinion on UN activities and media coverage.
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New York
United Nations
U. N
Benjamin Cohen
Chile
Europe
Copenhagen
the Hague
Brussels
Paris
Geneva
London
U. N. Preparatory Commission
Department of Public Information
Senate Bill Would Remove Charity From Hospital Names
Baton Rouge June 7 The Louisiana senate passed a bill to drop the word charity from all state hospital names and replace it with state names, except the Northeast Charity Hospital at Monroe which would become E A Conway Memorial Hospital. Senator R L Gay stated the change spares poor patients from hospital names naming charity status.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
House of Representatives
R. L. Gay
Zwolle
New Orleans
Charity
Monroe
E. A. Conway
Lt Danno Acquitted in Yokohama War Crimes Trial
Lieutenant Kazuo Danno was acquitted by an eighth army tribunal in Yokohama of war crimes charges. He was accused of failing to restrain medical detachment members from abusing American prisoners. It marked the fourth acquittal among 61 Japanese tried by the eighth army.
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Danno
Yokohama
Kazuo Danno
Eighth Army
Eighth Awny
OPA Hikes Milk Prices Across Nation
The OPA orders a one cent per quart milk price increase, with butter up about 11 cents a pound and Cheddar cheese up six cents, targeting dairy products to curb subsidy funding while facing congressional pressure. The ruling covers cream and flavored drinks with rounding rules for two-bottle sales, and signals further dairy price rises if subsidies are cut.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Congress
18-Year-Old Boy Seeks Marriage to 79-Year-Old Widow
Delbert Sprouse, 18, with parental consent, obtains a license to wed Mrs. Mattie Lyons Large, 79, in Kentucky. Clerk denies due to minority lacking parental consent. wedding planned at Mrs. Large's home in Gladys. Doctor notes pension impact and youth’s ministerial approval delays.
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Louisa
Delbert (Shorty) Sprouse
Mattie Lyons Large
Sprouse
Lawrence County
W. H. Moore
Mrs. Large
Gladys
Shorty
Moore
Muslim League Accepts British Plan to End Indian Deadlock
The Moslem League endorsed the British cabinet plan for a federated India while reaffirming its aim for a separate Pakistan. Jinnah directed the council to begin negotiations with Viceroy Wavell for Moslem participation in an interim central government. The vote signals momentum toward a peaceful settlement amid years of conflict.
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New Delhi
India
Union of India
Moslem League Council
League
Pakistan
New Delhi Statesman
Jinnah
Lord Wavell
Simla
Council For the League
Orders Still Chinese Guns In Yangtze Truce Talks
June 7 report says guns for China’s fighting factions to be silenced at noon as Communist leaders Chou En Lai and Lu Ting YiFly toward Yenan to confer with Mao Tse Tung before returning to Nanking for the 15 day truce. Chiang Kai Shek endorses the truce but seeks greater U. S. mediation powers. The 91st division reports capturing Shwangshan and Vist army advances along the Sungari river. The truce aims to end 18% years of fighting but faces tough negotiated terms.
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Nanking
China
Yenan
Chou En-Lai
Lu Ting-Yi
Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Marshall
Shwangshan
Changchun
Vist
Sungari
Harbin
Chiang
Weather outlook stays fair for Louisiana and Mississippi
It will be mostly fair in Mississippi and partly cloudy in Louisiana tonight with warmer conditions in northern sections. Showers expected Sunday or Monday. lows tonight range from 72 to 74 degrees in the region.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Threats Made To Naval Personnel
West coast ship owners agreed to offer terms to three maritime unions threatening a nationwide shipping strike set for June 15. The proposal followed a White House cabinet meeting on the strike and a council of war by National Maritime Union leaders from 40 ports. Cooks and stewards, marine firemen, and engineers were targeted. an offer was to be tendered at 3 p.m. EST. Meanwhile two AF of S Maritime Unions planned a nationwide strike and warned Truman that government personnel would be treated as strike-breakers if they manned union vessels during any walkout.
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Washington
White House
Tom Clark
John W. Snyder
Big C. I
National Maritime Union
Labor Department
New York
A. F. of S
Truman
Neville High 59th commencement in Monroe audience hears Cline
Neville High School auditorium hosted the 59th annual Monroe city schools commencement. Dr. Rodney Cline of Northeast Junior College urged practical culture and education for all, noting high school growth from 1890 to 1940 and that many students end formal education after twelfth grade.
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Monroe City
Neville High School
Rodney Cline
Northeast Junior College
Lake
E. L. Averette
Minnie Madden
Olga Tefas
Alfred Barlow
Clara Hall
Dr. Cline
Seafarers and Sailors Union vote for strike action at multiple ports
About 5000 Seafarers and Sailors Union of the Pacific members authorized an immediate strike vote during a three hour meeting with 30 other Atlantic Pacific and Gulf port meetings. Leaders said work had largely resumed but a further stoppage could occur today. They warned against using navy coast guard or War Shipping Administration personnel in vessels under union contract.
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Seafarers’ International Union
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
S. IL. U
Freed After Five Years of Murder Trial
E. E. Ashcraft and John Ware were freed in Memphis after five years of legal battles over the 1941 murder of Ashcraft’s wife. A criminal jury ruled them innocent following reversals by the U S Supreme Court and state Supreme Court of three prior convictions. The couple had faced sentences up to life, 99 years, and 55 years. Ashcraft, 49, said he would return to work as a dragline operator.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. E. Ashcraft
John Ware
Ashcraft
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Here
Hirohito Shakes Hands With Yank in Japan Visit
Emperor Hirohito greeted Lt Col Frederick J Stevenson the military governor of Chiba prefecture at a railroad station on the final leg of his tour. The exchange occurred as Hirohito traveled through Boso peninsula visiting sites, inspecting the Chiba agricultural station and a bomb damaged fishing center, and talking with repatriates from the Palau and Mariana islands.
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Chiba
Japan
Hirohito
Frederick J. Stevenson
el Paso
Tex
Chiba Prefecture
Stevenson
Boso Peninsula
Tokyo
Umekichi Sekine
Ineubo
Chiba Prefectural
Kan Yuasa
Kosei
Palaus
Tinian
Rota
Foremosa
Bane
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Treasury Post
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Denton
William Mason Russell
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Jessica McCullar
Neville High
Roger Cline
Maritime Unions
WAR Council
Council of War
A. F. of L
National Council
Yank
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