Governor Dewey Intervenes In Union Expulsion Case
Governor Dewey interceded for three department store workers expelled by the CIO over anti Communist agitation. The store trusts the CIO's appellate system to protect members’ rights, while critics say state authority should govern. The dispute centers on union expulsion powers and the role of state agencies in labor matters.
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New York
Dewey
International
State of
Hackman
Senate Finance Committee OKs tariff extension with compromise
The Senate Finance Committee voted 8 to 5 to extend the foreign trade agreements act one year with a Millikin Vandenberg amendment. It requires the president to notify Congress within three days if ignoring tariff commission recommendations, while discarding a House veto provision. The act expires Saturday and party lines marked the vote.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vandenberg
Mich
Millikin
Colo
Congress
Tariff Commission
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Ammunition Handlers Placed On Alert In New York
The New York Daily Mirror reports professional ammunition handlers have been alerted for assignment. Observers say this signals a potential U S plan to lift the Palestine arms embargo and start full scale shipments. Alerts were telegraphed to International Longshoremen's Association members at union request and involve sworn secrecy training. Union leaders and Washington officials could not be reached for comment.
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New York
New York Daily Mirror
United States
Palestine
Holy Land
Mirror
The
A. F. of L. International Longshoremen's Association
Washington
Army
Senate OKays aliens in army
The Senate voted 43 to 33 to allow the army to enlist 25,000 aliens as part of the two year draft bill. Sponsored by Senator Lodge, the plan would grant citizenship after five years of service. Critics warned against linking the move to selective service and questioned the policy shift.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Foreign Legion
Europe
Gurney
South Dakota
Armed Services Committee
Tydings
Wherry
Nebraska
Russell
Georgia
Truman Gains Lifts in Idaho During Sun Valley Visit
President Truman leaves Sun Valley after a 25 minute meeting with 25 Idaho Democrats in the cottage of W Averell Harriman. State Chairman Dan Cavanagh pledges Idaho's 12 convention votes and backs the Truman program. He notes the party unity behind his foreign and domestic policies.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Truman
White House
Dan Cavanagh
Union Pacific
Dollar Mountain
Long's Tax Laws Boost Louisiana Revenue by 190000 Daily
Louisianians will pay about 70 million dollars more yearly as six new tax laws take effect. Gasoline tax rises to nine cents per gallon, retail sales tax doubles to two percent, and beer tax climbs to ten dollars per barrel. Other levies affect coin operated gambling, gas gathering tax, and various resource taxes. House plans to tackle New Orleans tax relief amid opposition. Governor Long champions funds for veterans bonuses, pensions, highways, and teacher pay.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
House
New Orleans
Delesseps S. Morrison
W. A. Cooper
William J. Dodd
Senate
Dodd
Coal talks near deadlock in welfare fund dispute
Washington June 8 soft coal operators show little inclination to fund $14,000,000 in miners death and disability benefits. John L. Lewis demands fulfillment of promises with no operator voice prompting a private morn huddle and a resumed afternoon conference at the Statler Hotel. Talks near new deadlock as trustees oppose financing through the 1947 welfare pact amid dwindling funds.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Statler
Charles O'Neill
Ezra van Horn
Thomas E. Murrey
New York
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Taft Seeks Midwest Support For Possible Convention Push
Washington reports Taft counts on Midwestern allies to gain influence on later convention ballots. While Taft denies outreach, aides converse with Stassen delegates in Minnesota Wisconsin and Nebraska. Stassen holds Minnesota Nebraska and Wisconsin votes with varying estimates. Taft aims to peel away strength from Iowa and others ahead of Philadelphia.
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Taft
Stassen
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
G O P Splits Over Housing Facing Convention
Washington June 8 A GOP family spat on the eve of the party convention. Rep Wolcott Mich announces the House Banking Committee will end hearings on housing and act on a substitute for Taft sponsored bill. The measure will differ from Taft’s and may extend into a platform fight at Philadelphia. Continued on Fourth Page.
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Washington
Wolcott
R.-Mich
Taft
House Banking Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Philadelphia
Auto Sales Bill To Come Up Again
A Louisiana senate vote 18 to 10 kept alive a bill to regulate new automobile sales. Sen. C. E. Barham switched his vote to allow reconsideration tomorrow. Sen. Tooke supported passage, recounting his brother’s marines service and a car with $245 in extras after 27 months. Sen. H. H. Richardson opposed citing concern over penal clauses.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
C. E. Barham
Ruston
Charles E. Tooke, Jr
Shreveport
Sen
Barham
Senate
Pact Is Approved By French Cabinet
INJURED IN FIGHT ON SHIP. Two sailors wounded aboard the liberty ship Angus Mc Donald after a seamen brawl near Diamond Head. Captain Snodgrass reported an unruly crew. Third Mate Bourdeaux drunk, handcuffed, Bourdeaux caused a clash with steward Willie Grover. Baptiste shot, Grover wounded, both taken to Tripler General Hospital. The ship turned to port for aid as coast guard investigated.
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Honolulu
Angus McDonald
McDonald
Mobile
Ala
O. L. Snodgrass
Coast Guard
James L. Baptiste
Algiers
Pantryman
Willie Grover
Steward
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tripler General Hospital
Diamond Head
Snodgrass
T. K. Whitelaw
Joseph C. Bourdeaux
Reserve
Bourdeaux
Grover
Baptiste
Joseph Anderson
Tampa
Jack Carter
Jacksonville
Dewey Agrees With Ballot Prediction At Convention
New York June 8 Gov Thomas E Dewey says he agrees with predictions that the first presidential ballot at the Republican convention will be about like this Dewey something over 340 votes Sen Robert A Taft something like 250 Harold E Stassen something like 150 Dewey in a CBS radio interview commented on published figures which he called impartial observers He said he thinks the figures are about right but added Im not making any forecasts.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Minnesota
Philadelphia
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
C. B S&s
Ministers Agree To Submit Western Germany Accord Friday
Paris dispatch reports the French cabinet approved the six power accord on western Germany and voted to submit it to the national assembly on Friday. The plan, reached in London by the six nations, calls for a west German federal government and international Ruhr safeguards. Debate continues with mixed reactions at home and abroad.
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Paris
Germany
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Moscow
New York
London
Ruhr Valley
Arabs And Jews Study Truce Plan in Egypt Gaza Fight
Cairo dispatch reports renewed battles in northern Palestine as Arabs and Jews study Count Bernadotte’s four week truce terms. Egyptian ships reportedly landed on the coast near Isdud to rescue encircled troops, with Meisanim taken and 220 Jews killed or wounded per communique. Bernadotte seeks replies by tomorrow while Arab League and ETZEL leaders weigh terms amid renewed air and artillery exchanges.
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Cairo
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Isdud
Meisanim
Nitsanim
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Miesanim
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
League
Bernadotte
Haifa
Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Israel
Isaac Haleve Herzog
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Trans-Jordan
Saad el Dine Sabout Bey
Abdullah
Stockholm
Rome
Athens
Third flood crest surges down Columbia Fraser rivers
The third flood crest surged the Columbia and Fraser rivers through British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Sandbag battalions defended dikes in a three week siege as rain, heat, and melting snow swelled rivers. Creston farmland flooded while Kootenay river breached a Canadian dike and crews held levees across Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and British Columbia. Forecasters could not tell if the third crest would top prior highs.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Fraser Rivers
Pacific Northwest
Kootenay
Canada
Creston
B. C
Vancouver
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Admiral Goodwin To Visit Home By Plane
Rear Admiral H H Goodwin plans a government flight from Norfolk Va to return home with his father H T Goodwin. The elder Goodwin attended his grandson Midshipman H H Goodwin Jr s graduation at the U S Naval Academy a week ago. Miss Philomene Goodwin also attended the ceremony and will travel home by plane, though women are not permitted to fly on government aircraft.
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H. H. Goodwin
H. T. Goodwin
Norfolk
H. H. Goodwin, Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
Philomene Goodwin
Veterans Administration to seek bids on 15 new hospitals
Veterans Administration will seek bids in June July and August on 15 new hospitals. Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr outlined the plans to the House appropriations committee. Those scheduled for August include Tupelo Mississippi.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Carl R. Gray, Jr
House Appropriations Committee
Tupelo, Miss
House panel trims funds for atomic energy and VA
The House appropriations committee proposed cash cuts totaling about nine percent for the Atomic Energy Commission and seven percent for the Veterans Administration in a 5.8 billion dollar bill funding six agencies for the fiscal year starting July 1. It urged halting GI bill hobby training, urged officials to accept practical budget limits, and outlined specific cash and contract authority changes for each agency, including a future vote on contract financing and a plan to abolish the War Assets Administration by August 31.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Maritime Commission
Office of Housing
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Congress
War Assets Administration
WAA
Maternity Doctor Attends Princess Elizabeth in London
One of Britain's leading maternity doctors, William Gilliatt, assists Princess Elizabeth at this time, as Elizabeth and Prince Philip await their autumn child. Buckingham Palace notes a rescheduled public duty and plans for a hospital event, marking one of her final public appearances before her baby.
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Britain
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
William Gilliatt
The
Royal College of Obstetricians
Duchess of Kent
Alexandria
Prince Michael
Prince Edward
Buckingham Palace
Grenadier Guards
Queen Elizabeth Hospital For Children
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