Governors favor arms program for western Europe
Colorado Springs June 21 governors at their 41st annual meeting voiced support for the administration’s arms and economic aid program for western Europe. Lt General Bedell Smith urged backing a 1.13 billion dollar package, while Dewey Thurmond Robins Warren urged firmness to deter Soviet aggression and sustain the Marshall plan.
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Coloorado Springs
Colo
Russia
Western
Europe
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Moscow
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
States’ Rights
Idaho
Charles A. Robins
United States
Foreign Ministers Conference
Berlin
Congress
Lady Relief From Bedtime Gas After Inner-Aid
A woman feared bedtime due to stomach gas that rose into her throat when lying down and made her nearly choke. After taking INNER-AID with 12 herbs, she reports no gas, regular bowels, and peaceful sleep, with claims of improved liver and kidney function.
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Yas
Housing bill sparks clash over cost and control
The National Association of Home Builders protested to Speaker Rayburn about the bill’s true price, contending the total exceeds 20 billion dollars despite White House claims of 10 billion. They warned enactment could let the federal government assume full housing production. Detroit builder Rodney M. Lockwood cited James Byrnes on looming statism and citizen subjugation.
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National Association of Home Builders
Rayburn
Rodney M. Lockwood
Detroit
James F. Byrnes
Mr. Truman
Cutting Old Tree Stirs Up Dispute
Baton Rouge authorities opened an inquiry after a hundred year old oak on a street was felled. Mayor Higginbotham acted on resident complaints as Nina Schoonmaker claimed the work crew had no valid city permit and that the tree stood on her property she retained when selling land.
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Baton Rouge
Powers Higginbotham
Nina Schoonmaker
Truman seeks quick approval for seven gov ernment reorganization plans
Washington June 21 Congressional leaders pressed a path to activate President Truman's seven reorganizations without a prolonged session. The measures would create a welfare department and adjust agencies including employment security, post office, two national security bodies, civil service, maritime, and roads. Proposals to bypass or shorten the 60 day waiting period circulated as Hoover Commission guidance loomed large. Leaders eyed adjournment before mid August and some urged immediate veto-proof resolutions or kept Congress technically in session to meet the deadline.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Department of Welfare
Bureau of Employment Security
Post Office Department
National Security
Civil Service Commission
Maritime Commission
Public Roads Administration
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Bipartisan Commission
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Commission
Rep
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Hoover Group
Lucas
Illinois
McCarthy
Wis
Big Four Pledge Changes Communique After Debate
As Acheson and Bevin prepared to return home, Vishinsky demanded delaying the communique and a new meeting. After a quick Paris session, the point on Austrian treaty oil profits was given to diplomatic channels. Austrian leaders hailed independence moves while Berlin's U S deputy commander saw freed elections as uniting the city with four powers backing.
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U. S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Moscow
Vienna
Leopold Fig
Berlin
Col
W. T. Babcock
Babcock
Barge Project Aims to Open River Route to Camden
The barge plan would make the river navigable from the Black River mouth to Camden even at pool stage. Several large Twin Cities shippers have shown interest and have been directed to Jackson's firm for possible service inquiries.
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Black River
Camden
Twin Cities
Jackson
Free Air Show Aims to Open New Jennings Airport
BATON ROUGE LA June 21 A free air show will highlight the dedication of Jennings new airport featuring aero batics precision maneuvers and aerial planting The program announced by T B Herndon aeronautics chief in Louisiana department of public works White and Herndon will fly to Jennings to take part The department aided in planning the field and obtaining federal aid Jennings touted as one of the most air minded cities in the nation with more planes per capita than any other in the southwest
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Baton Rouge
Jennings Next Sun
T. B. Herndon
Louisiana
Department of Public Works
Herndon
J. Lester White
Jennings
Southwest
Legion Raps at White Robed Mobs in Birmingham
American Legion demands action from Jefferson County law enforcement to halt hooded and white robed mobs. Reporter Clarke Stallworth faces assault charges after being knocked down while investigating night riders in Sumiton. Warrant issued for Roscoe Fowler. bond posted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson
Birmingham Post
Sumiton
Clarke Stallworth
Roscoe Fowler
Fowler
Stallworth
Glenn Godfrey
Federated Ku Klux Klan, Inc
American Legion
Gorgas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Playground events highlight family shows this summer
The playgrounds club schedules hobby and pet shows field days and parades for bicycles and doll carriages. A major event occurs July 4 at Neville Stadium with junior Olympics and Joe E Lee day on July 29 at Barkdull Faulk playground.
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Neville Stadium
Joseph E. Lee
Playgrounds
Barkdull Faulk Playground
Greenville courthouse anchors river town growth hub
Mrs Dickins notes long window shades in Greenville where the old courthouse sits at the town center. The community is prospering with a population over 35,000, doubling in nine years, and the river traffic cotton hub sits along the Mississippi border, a delta valley trade center sometimes called America's Nile valley.
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Greenville
Delta
Mississippi River
America
Nile Valley
Johnson calls for balanced service roles in U S armed forces
In a forceful address, Johnson argues for monopoly possession of strategic assets by the joint chiefs but asserts air power's promise without diminishing ground or naval forces. He condemns interservice waste, warns against spendthrift defense, and stresses continued military strength as deterrence amid Soviet hostility. He defends carrier aviation while denying plans to abolish Marines or naval air arm, stressing their essential wartime role.
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Western Europe
Russia
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
New Yorker
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Russia
Navy
Congress
Marines
Naval Air Arm
War College
Marine Corps
Acheson Eyes Paris Report and Global Issues
The article notes Acheson will report to President Truman on the Paris meeting and to Congress. It mentions the White House delaying a 1.46 billion dollar arms aid program pending NATO action, with expiring trade acts and stalled ITOC charter ratification. It lists pressing problems including China, Israel-Arab disputes, Tito and Cominform, VOA jamming, a British Argentine trade deal, Mexico oil loans, and Chile copper tax concerns.
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Acheson
Truman
Paris
House
Senate
White House
State Department
China
Israel
Marshall Tito
Cominform
Russia
Voice of America
Mexico
Chile
U. S
Permits Granted for Market Additions and Dwelling Moves
R T Henderson receives permission to add to a curb market at 2000 Jackson Street with a $700 cost and day labor. Anzale Price is allowed to move two dwellings from Selman air field to 1915 Breard Street with Fowler Griswold handling the work. costs are $375 for one and $250 for the other.
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R. T. Henderson
Jackson Street
Anzale Price
Selman Air Field
Breard Street
Fowler-Griswold
Labor battle over proposals sparks clashes in Congress
Morse attacks the Douglas Aiken plan calling it a disservice to American labor and criticizes the Taft proposal for broad injunction authority. He favors a ten day veto window before seizure and strict limits on government injunctions. Senator Ives drafts a plan relying on congressional authority to permit or deny action.
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Morse
Congress
Ives
Byrnes Speech Divides Congress On Social Welfare Efforts
Rep Curtis says Byrnes deserves congratulations while Sen Humphrey warns the address may stiffen opposition to the president’s social welfare program. Pepper defends housing education and social security proposals tied to the 1948 Democratic platform as debates over size of government continue.
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Congress
Rep
Curtis
R.-Neb
House
Byrnes
Humphrey
D.-Minn
Senate
Pepper
D.-Fla
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