King Umberto accepts exile leaving Italy for Portugal
King Umberto announced by the royal palace that he left Italy for exile in Portugal aboard a Savoia Marchetti aircraft. He ended a three day cabinet dispute over a republic victory following a plebiscite, and moved to Lisbon for awaiting a supreme court ruling on irregularities.
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Rome
Umberto
Italy
Portugal
Quirinale Palace
Savoia Marchetti
Campino
Lisbon
Pisa
Supreme Court
A. P
Walter Green
Green
Iniquities in the American Federation of Musicians
Westbrook Pegler denounces the AFM citing Joe Padway as its counsel and alleges Nazi like control by national officers. He claims fines up to 5000 dollars can be imposed without trial and that appeals are façades governed by biased convention dynamics.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
Joe Padway
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Musicians’ Union
Padway
United States
Two Die in Hotel Plunges in Washington
A former garage owner Arthur D. Millison and writer Dorothy Cox Mahoney died within 45 minutes of each other after leaping from a ninth floor room at the Lafayette Hotel near the White House. Millison, 34, argued with two policemen before the fatal jump. Mahoney, 25, was found on the dining room roof. Both were Washingtonians with recent ties to San Francisco and local business activity.
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Washington
Lafayette Hotel
White House
Clyde N. Strange
Arthur D. Millison
Dorothy Cox Mahoney
San Francisco
Millison
Edwin Birrell
James
Jewels Recovered in Germany Tied to Kronberg Theft
The army said $40 000 to $50 000 of the Hesse family jewels were recovered in Germany after a four day search. Officers Col J W Durant and Capt Kathleen Nash and Maj David Watse face court martial in Frankfurt. The jewels will be shown at the I G Farben building as US forces pursue further details.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hesse
J. W. Durant
Kathleen D. Nash
United States
David F. Watse
James J. Shea
Calif
Forrmer
Col
Chicago
Kronberg Castle
Durant
WAC
Kathleen B Nash Durant
House of Hesse
Watson
Caraway and Giles Swap Pastoral Posts in Louisiana
Rev. P. M. Caraway leaves West Monroe First Methodist for Lafayette, to be replaced by Rev. W. H. Giles from Lafayette. The move follows a Louisiana Arkansas area meeting led by Bishop Paul E. Martian. Caraway gained wide local support in church and civic life, including leadership in the Kiwanis Club.
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P. M. Caraway
First Methodist
West Monroe
Lafayette
W. H. Giles
Caraway
Associated Press
Shreveport
Louisiana
Paul E. Martian
Louisiana-Arkansas
Seventeen Methodist Pastors Switch in Louisiana
Bishop Paul E. Martin announced immediate changes of seventeen Louisiana Methodist pastors following the death of district superintendent Dr. W. W. Holmes. The moves affect assignments across the Louisiana area of the church.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Paul E. Martin
Methodist Church
Martin
W. W. Holmes
Byrnes Leaves for Paris in Key European Peace Talks
President Truman bids farewell as Secretary of State Byrnes departs for Paris to face Russia over European peace settlements. Byrnes, Connally, and Vandenberg head to a critical session with Molotov Bevin and Bidault, with prayers asked for success and a potential presidential visit hinted.
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Washington
Truman
Byrnes
Paris
Russia
Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
Michigan
Molotov
Bevin
Britain
Bidault
France
Mr. Truman
Jim
Tom
Stephenville
Newfoundland
Mihailovic recaps meeting with puppet premier Nedic
Belgrade June 13 Gen Draja Mihailovic testified he met Milan Nedic in August 1944 but said the talks produced no results and denied arms for loyalty. He called Nedic mentally washed out and dismissed the alleged pact as imagination while noting only occasional aid from Nedic’s men. The cross examination continued with brief recesses.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Milan Nedic
Yugoslavia
Mihailovic
Nedic
Head of Musicians Accused of Violating Lea Law
James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians faces a federal charge of violating the Lea law after allegedly calling a strike at radio station WAAF to double its studio librarians. He plans a Supreme Court test of the law and warned of possible prosecution following his St. Petersburg Florida speech.
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Chicago
James C. Petrillo
A. F. of S. American Federation of Musicians
Lea
U. S
J. Albert Woll
Petrillo
WAAF
U. S. Supreme Court
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bankhead Dies at 73 Marks Long Senate Run
Senator John H. Bankhead died at 73 after a stroke at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He served in the Senate since 1930 and was a key advocate for farm and cotton legislation. Funeral services are planned Friday in Jasper Alabama. The Senate recessed to honor his memory.
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Washington
Bankhead
Grover Cleveland
White House
John H. Bankhead
Capitol Hill
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Senate
Jasper
Ala
Oak Hill Cemetery
House
Congress
William B. Bankhead
Louisianian Among 12 Plane Victims
Tampa Florida June 13 4 Sgt Alfred G Parker Jr Forest Louisiana was among twelve airmen killed when a B 29 crashed into a Tennessee mountain early Wednesday The MacDill Field public relations office released the list names of the victims with Mrs Christine Parker of Forest Louisiana as nearest kin 304 Willow Avenue Forest LA
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Tampa
Fla
Alfred G. Parker, Jr
Forest
Tennessee
MacDill Field
Parker
Christine Parker
Willow Avenue
Butterworth Fatally Hurt In Hollywood Car Crash
Charles Butterworth, 46, famed for subtle drolleries and tangled metaphors, died after his car crashed into a lamp post in Hollywood. He cabled to hospital with severe head injuries as deputies reported the fatal accident occurred while he was returning from a night club. Butterworth, born in South Bend Indiana, worked as a film comic after a varied career that included journalism and Notre Dame law studies.
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Los Angeles
Charles Butterworth
Hollywood
Sheriff's Deputies
General Hospital
Butterworth
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Chicago
Gromyko Opposes Security Council Compromise on Spain
Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko voiced strong disagreement with a compromise plan to refer the Spanish question to the General Assembly and did not rule out a veto. The council adjourned with the issue unresolved as nations split on whether to act or send the matter to the assembly.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Gromyko
Spain
United States
Australia
Poland
France
China
Brazil
Egypt
Netherlands
Eelco van Kleffens
Security Council
van Kleffens
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Herbert V. Evatt
Open Trial of Jap War Heads Open War Crimes Case
The Allied war crimes tribunal opens the case against Hideki Tojo and 24 co defendants. Big maps chart Nippon expansion and collapse from Manchuria to the South Pacific as the court session begins in Tokyo amid heat and weariness. Doihara and Shigemitsu pay limited attention while Tojo studies the red outlined maps intently.
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Tokyo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Nippon
Manchuria
China
Southeast Asia
South Pacific
Tojo
Japan
Mandated
Philippines
Thailand
Burma
New Guinea
Malay Straits
Empire
Kenji Doihara
Lawrence
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Missouri
Doihara
Shigemitsu
War Ministry
Henry G. Nolan
Canada
Bread Prices Advance In Monroe Stores
The one cent per pound bread price increase authorized by the OPA took effect Wednesday, with the standard loaf up to 11 cents and the pound-and-a-half loaf to 16 cents. Rolls and buns followed at Monroe’s OPA office, while wholesale prices rose as directed by the American Bakers Association, including 9 cents for standard loaf and 13 1/2 cents for the larger loaf.
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OPA
Monroe
Washington
Ouachita Baking Company
American Bakers’ Association
Government Proposal Progress in Maritime Strike Talks
Negotiations to avert the all coast Maritime strike narrowed to wording disputes as officials stated a settlement today seemed likely. Government conciliator and union leaders from the C I O and CMU held talks at the labor department amid reports the unions seek higher pay and a 48 hour seamen week with a $17.50 monthly wage rise.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Granville Conway
War Shipping Administration
Onway
Philip Murray
John W. Gibson
Gibson
C. O. National Maritime Union
CMU
WSA
A. B. Kelley
Pennsylvania
House Labor Sabe Committee
Kelley
John Owens
Inernational
Longshoremen’s Association
Owens
A. F. of L
John
Clash Over Vatican Envoy Taylor Recall Sparks Church Debate
New York June 13 Protestants led by Bishop Oxnam press for recall of Myron C Taylor as presidential representative at the Vatican claiming violation of church state separation. Cardinal Spellman denounces recall push as anti Catholic and asserts Taylor’s Vatican mission aligns with American tolerance and peace efforts.
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New York
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Francis Cardinal Spellman
G. Bromley Oxnam
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Truman
Oxnam
Taylor
Cardinal Spellman
Fordham University
United States
Roosevelt
House Banking Committee Approves British Loan Ratification
The House banking committee approved a 3.75 million dollar British loan ratification by 20 to 5. The measure, already passed by the Senate 46 to 34, heads to the House floor for a planned week from Monday debate amid administration support and opposition led by Jesse Jones.
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House Committee
Washington
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Banking Committee
Congress
Britain
Bretton Woods World Bank and Currency Stabilization Fund
American Bankers Association
United States Chamber of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Houston
Texas
Secretary of Commerce
Jones
Spence
Kentucky
United States
Great Britain
Rep. Wolcott
Michigan
Foreign legion proposal gains support in draft extension debate
Senator Bridges backs a plan to create a foreign legion in the US army limited to soldiers from wartime Allies as part of the draft extension. Senator Thomas suggests enlisting Poles and other veterans who fought with the Allies, amid concerns over potential Russian protests and a hurdle over reinduction of teenagers after July 1.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Foreign Legion
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
United States Army
Senate
House Conference Committee
Congress
United States
Poland
Bridgey
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Bob Low
Harvard
Cincinnati
Tommy Deane
John J. Jouett
Tulane University
Baton Rouge
Andre D. Grumbach, Jr
Louisianian
Plan
Bishop Oxnam
American Foreign Legion
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