Bright glare of publicity to mark G O P convention
Philadelphia June 16. G O P arrangements chair Walter S Hallanan said the myth that presidential nominations are decided in a smoke filled room will be buried next week as publicity will expose every convention activity. The convention faces six delegate disputes including two involving negro recognition with Georgia South Carolina and Alaska described as serious contests.
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Mark
Philadelphia
Walter S. Hallanan
G. O. P. Arrangements Committee
Convention Hall
Ezra R. Whitla
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Georgia
South Carolina
Alaska
Whitle
Maryland
Mississippi
District of Columbia
National Committee
Whitla
Republican Central Committee of
J. Bates Gerald
Charleston
B. L. Hendrix
Estill
I. S. Leevy
Columbia
Gerald
Roy G. Foster
Wadley
W. R. Tucker
Dawson Ville
Taft
Tucker
Dewey
Perry Howard
Arrid Creamogen Deodorant Ad Promotes Safe Use
Little Rock girl Lor raine Davies from 1948 endorses Arrid deodorant claiming 1 to 3 day odor control and skin safe formula. The ad touts Arrid with Creamogen preventing crystallization and drying in the jar priced at 89 cents plus tax.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lorraine Davies
Orlando
Florida
Truman Lauds New Mexico Democrats During Western Tour
President Truman praised former Secretary Clinton P. Anderson and Democratic Senators Chavez and Hatch in Albuquerque. He noted more lawmakers like them would ease his congressional clashes. Oscar Chapman coordinated advance work and rejoined the party on the special train near Los Angeles.
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Kansas City
la Junta
Colo
Dodge City
Newton
Emporia
Kas
Albuquerque
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate
Chavez
Hatch
New Mexico
House
Congress
Oscar Chapman
Washington
Los Angeles
Nine year old seeks 75000 in wrongful death suit
In Los Angeles a 9 year old girl, Elizabeth Jane Cox, sues RKO Radio Pictures and George N Gabe for 75000 claiming her father Ed ward L Cox died after drinking cleaning fluid mistaken for whiskey. The bottle was left unguarded in an unlocked closet and Ed ward drank from it on June 23, 1947, dying five days later.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Jane Cox
Rko-Radio Pictures, Inc
George N. Gabe
Edward L. Cox
Cease fire tensions flare as Bernadotte urged to write proposal
Arab League official Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha said the military committee met to review Arab complaints of truce violations as Bernadotte discussed issues with league leaders. In Tel Aviv, a spokesman charged Britain aimed to place Arab troops in Haifa, risking truce breach, while Jews pressed food and water talks with the UN. The Israeli regime announced a manpower mobilization decree and Irgun declared a political party name, the Jewish Freedom Movement.
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Bernadotte
Egypt
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
League
Tel Aviv
Haifa
U. N
Jerusalem
Foreign Ministry
Rhodes
Holy Land
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Jewish Freedom Movement
Foreign aid and navy appropriation head to house action
The Senate passed a $3.69 billion Navy appropriation starting July 1 by voice vote and sent it back to the House along with a Senate boost of over $125 million. The Senate also disposed of a $43.42 million government corporations bill with a TVA appropriation of $30.97 million, which goes back to the House for decisions on more than $5 million in increases including a $4 million TVA steam plant. The ERP was debated after a 64 to 15 vote to restore a 12 month spending period. ERP cuts of $245 million were proposed. Six Republican and three Democrat Senators voted against the aid measure.
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House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Capehart
Ind
Jenner
Kem
Langer
N. D
Hawkes
N. J
Malone
Appropriations Committee
Congressional
Halleck
Rind
Folger
D-N. C
Javits
R-N. Y
Powell D-N
Powell
National Guard
Air National Guard
Mills Music Store Destroyed by Fire
An estimated 4000 dollar fire destroyed the interior of Mills Music Store and Specialty Shop at 309 Louisville Avenue shortly after 2 a m Wednesday. Cause undetermined. Smoke noticed by two unidentified boys. Poisonous gas from burning cellulose fumes hindered fighting the blaze. Firemen from engines 1 and 3 and ladder company 6 assisted.
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Mills Music Store
Louisville Avenue
H. L. Hales
Hales
Ladder Company
Fear of Boomerang Effect From Committee Action
Senators Pepper and Morse criticized the move fearing it would alienate non Communists in Soviet dominated countries and backfire on the United States. They warned the action could turn allies against this nation and increase tensions abroad.
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Pepper
D-Fla
Morse
R-Ore
Senate Draft Plan Seeks Aliens for Enlistment and Citizenship
The proposal from the Shafer plan and a Senate version would enlist up to 100000 aliens for three year terms with citizenship after service. An alternate plan calls for 25000 aliens for five years while a later registration window would open next January 31 if voluntary enlistments fall short.
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Shafer
Congress
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Louisville Ave
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Louisiana
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Rayville, Louisiana
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Bastrop, Louisiana
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Columbia, Louisiana
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