Georgia Sues To End Klan Charter
Georgia filed a Fulton county suit to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan charter. State Attorney General Eugene Cook alleges the Klan aims to enforce its doctrines by force and to organize police and other workers to seize state government power. Governor Arnall ordered actions to break up the Klan.
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Atlanta
State of Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Fulton County
Eugene Cook
Klan
State Legal Department
Arnall
Georgia
Cook
Westbrook Pegler Trashes AFL Leaders Over Press Scandal
Westbrook Pegler reports William Collins and Frank Fenton discuss Benjamin Press, a bankruptcy crook linked to small unions in New York. Pegler accuses AFL leaders of tolerating racketeers, notes liquor industry locals as targets for CIO organizers, and hints a continuation on page five.
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New York
William Collins
American Federation of Labor
Benjamin Press
Collins
Frank Fenton
A. F. of L
Fenton
Pross
International Union of the Wine, Liquor and Distillery Workers
Chicago
William Green
Little A. F. of L
West Monroe Post Office To Become Independent First Class
In early July the West Monroe post office will operate independently of Monroe as the city becomes a first class office. Leon M. Fife will be postmaster, with six clerks and a substitute, and one mounted carrier, as the town eyes an approved federal building and new site funding.
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West Monroe
Monroe
West Side
Post Office Department
Washington
Leon M. Fife
Fife
Former Japanese Major Tries Harakiri on Diet Steps
Yoshio Maki, 68, a former Japanese army major, attempted harakiri on the steps of the Diet building in Tokyo. He wrote two scrolls blaming the emperor’s woes and war criminals, seeking to atone and pray for divine protection, but only caused a shallow wound.
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Tokyo
Yoshio Maki
Diet
Maki
Japan
Hirohito Urges Diet Backed Constitutional Change
Emperor Hirohito called for a revised constitution to curb royal power and renounce war in a historic message to Japan's diet. He urged action under general MacArthur approved terms, promising rights and liberty while the throne initiates revision under article 73. Five Communist members boycotted the opening.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Diet
Japan
Mikado
Poison Cloud From Atom Bomb Feared
Bikini Atoll June 20 news says fears of a poisonous cloud endangering areas from atomic test fallout are largely groundless. Vice Admiral Blandy reports new high altitude studies reduce danger from radioactive precipitation and improve chances for favorable bombing weather in July. A full rehearsal by army and navy air units proceeds as prep for a final dress rehearsal with ships and planes.
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Mount M'Kinley
Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
Atomic Task Force
Blandy
Army
Navy
William FE. Kepner
Tel Aviv Proclaimed Out Of Bounds Amid Palestine Violence
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv a new round of violence raises fears as 22 Jews and three Britons die in three days. Haj Amin al Husaini returns to the area as troops guard rail junctions and streets, while bombs and pamphlets surface across the capital during the week of unrest.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haj Amin al Huseeini
Middle East
Irgun Svai
Wildcat Well Bursts Gas Near Rayville Monroe Area
The Burke No. 1 wildcat in Richland Parish six miles south of Rayville tested Wednesday and flowed about 20 000 000 cubic feet of gas daily with notable distillate. Owner R. T. Sellars, a Texas operator, directs Northeast Louisiana operations from Hotel Frances.
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Monroe
Duncan S. Cook
District Conservation Department
Burke No. 1
Richland Parish
Rayville
Ford
Big Creek
Cook
R. T. Sellars
Texas
Ford Extension
Hotel Frances
Louisiana
Mississippi
Bryant & Caraway
Rupple
Franklin Parish
Leon Rogers
Delhi
Conservation Office
Senate House conferees fail again on drafting 13-year-olds
Washington June 20 Senate 2 House conferees fail to settle draft issue. Chairman Elbert Thomas says an agreement may come later. House foes of drafting 18-year-olds criticize Gurney for using war dept radio to influence proxy Andrews. Thomas notes Senate offer to draft 18 as last resort rejected 3 3.may vote on taking 19 and exempting 18.
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Washington
Senate
House
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Gurney
Republican
South Dakota
War Department
Walter G. Andrews
New York
Thomas
Andrews
Jewel Theft Revealed in East Indies Cache
British special agents recovered a six million dollar cache of gold jewels and cash seized during World War II in the East Indies. Officials say Dutch, British and Japanese nationals are implicated with arrests and trials planned in Java and Batavia as the investigation continues.
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Singapore
East Indies
Batavia
Jeva
Java
London Daily Mail
Carla Wolff
United Kingdom
Netherlands East Indies
O'Toole Demands Holding Back Louis Conn Purses
Representative O'Toole of New York urged the New York State Boxing Commission to hold the purses of Joe Louis and Billy Conn until an investigation into last night's championship fight is completed. He criticized the bout as a fraud and urged action to protect those swindled, warning boxing could be ruined in the U S for years.
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Washington
O'Toole
New York
New York State Boxing Commission
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Edward Egan
Commission
United States
Bowles Signals Possible Resignation Over Price Controls
Chester Bowles hinted he may resign if inflationary price control bills become law and warned against any compromise that weakens the fight against inflation. He contrasted comment avoidance with Roosevelt’s rule and said current OPA changes aim to strengthen government action.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Bowles
OPA
House-Senate
Acheson
Wyatt
Japanese propagandist testifies on inflaming public against United States
Nobufumi Ito told the international tribunal that Japanese policy aimed to show the West as obstacles, though he did not view them as enemies at the time. He said the effort was to shape national policy and public perception during 1940 to 1941.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Pearl Harbor
Nobufumi Ito
International Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Far East
Board of Information
Ito
Ichiro Kiymse
Tojo
Mufti Granted Egypt Asylum
Cairo reports Haj Amin al Husseini the mufti of Jerusalem has arrived in Egypt and asked for refuge at King Farouk's palace. Foreign Minister Lufti el Said Pasha says Egypt will grant asylum to a political refugee. Britain weighs surrender options amid tensions in Palestine and postwar violence.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile Kingdom
Haj Amin al Husseini
Jerusalem
France
Farouk
Haj Amin
Hitler
Palestine
Lufti el Said Pasha
Wether
Lufti Pasha
Foreign Office
London
Britain
Abdin Palace
Mufti
Parisian
Middle East
Holy Land
Sailors Awaken Married After Night in New Orleans
Two Mississippi sailors claim they married women in the French Quarter after a night of revelry. Oland Stringer of Hattiesburg and Kenneth Dupree of Laurel reportedly were intoxicated, while an official said the ceremonies were sober. The brides from Birmingham say they may have unresolved divorces. both 21 and charged with vagrancy and dreamw.
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New Orleans
Oland W. Stringer
Hattiesburg
Kenneth T. Dupree
Laurel
St. Bernard Parish
Richard Riess
Sheila Warren
Elsie Lindsey
Reiss
Birmingham
Amendments Approved On Largest Peacetime Army Budget
Congress moves a $7.091 billion army budget with a $175 million atomic energy addition to the House floor. The committee trims $150 million from relief and occupied country programs, revises the atomic service fund, and maintains an air corps allotment of $1.1995 billion to support roughly 1,946 planes. Dwight Eisenhower and Leslie Groves caution on sharing A bomb secrets while forecasts show 1.27 million active troops and 240,000 guards for the coming year.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Atomic Service
Army
War Department
Air Corps
Carl Spaatz
Spaatz
Air National Guard
Atomic Service Fund
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leslie R. Groves
Louisiana Senate okays mutual responsibility labor bill
The Louisiana Senate approved the "Little Case" bill 25 to 14 to allow courts to enforce labor contracts against unions and employers. Amendments removed secondary boycotts and clarified strike language while keeping a provision for injunctions, with debates framing the measure as fair and pro growth.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
House
Senate
Sen
A. K. Goff
Ruston
Goff
R. E. King
Winnsboro
W. J. Cleveland
Acadia
Senator King
King
Cleveland
Lloyd Hendrick
Shreveport
Dr. King
Labor
Senator Hendrick
Governor Davis Urges Tech Grads To Lead Postwar Recovery
In Ruston Louisiana Governor Jimmie H. Davis addressed Louisiana Tech graduates urging resilience amid postwar challenges. He warned debt and low production but said opportunities for courageous leadership are abundant and graduates can improve communities and aid the nation and world.
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Ruston
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana Tech
Davis
Slugging Fatal to Franklin Man
James Joseph Walker 45 of Franklin La died at Baptist Hospital New Orleans from injuries after an unidentified soldier hitchhiker struck him with a rolling pin and robbed him of over 600 dollars two weeks earlier. Walker had given the man money and then was assaulted in his Franklin restaurant kitchen. An autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause of death.
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New Orleans
James Joseph Walker
Franklin
Baptist Hospital
L. J. Walker
New Iberia
South Carolina
Walker
Fred Rose Gets Six Year Term for Illicit War Info
Montreal dispatch reports Fred Rose a Communist member of parliament was sentenced to six years in prison for sending information illegally to Russia during the war.
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Montreal
Fred Rose
Russia
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