Nations start second peacetime draft after law sign
President Truman signed the two year selective service bill, setting up nationwide draft machinery by August 16 and delaying inductions until September 22. The plan calls for up to 225000 men 19 to 25 for 21 months, with 161000 18 year olds volunteering, and various deferments including students and essential workers.
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Washington
United States
Truman
Mr. Truman
National Guard
Defense
Forrestal
East Coast Republicans Celebrate Expansion of Federal Jobs
In Philadelphia on June 25 a crowd celebrated a surge of federal employment under Roosevelt’s expanding national government. The piece notes Taft, Dewey, and Roosevelt era policies, social security, and a shift in Republican sentiment toward government employment as the crowd cheers and political loyalties shift in the day’s events.
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Philadelphia
New York State
Taft
Mr. Dewey
Empire State
Roosevelt
Four Borgstrom brothers to be honored in Utah funeral
Tremonton Utah June 25 The Borgstrom brothers long separated since 1940 enlistment are laid together in flag draped caskets after dying in Guadalcanal Italy England and France within six months Military funeral services will be led by Gen Mark Clark Utah Gov Maw and LDS Church President George Albert Smith among other dignitaries The brothers Clyde Elmer Rulon and Rulon Jr perished in 1944 and 1945 with crews command aiding the escort effort
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Tremonton
Utah
Borgstrom
Guadalcanal
Germany
Alben Borgstrom
Marine Corps
Mark Clark
Sixth Army
Herbert B. Maw
George Albert Smith
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Pic
Clyde E. Borgstrom
Guadalcanel
Elmer Leroy Borgstrom
Italy
91St
Rulon Borgstrom
England
Rolon
38Th Infantry
le Dreff
France
Leonard R. Crews
Louisiana Smokers Face Nation's Highest Cigarette Tax
Baton Rouge June 25 Louisiana smokers would pay the nation's highest cigarette tax if a new administration sponsored measure becomes law. The senate approved an eight cent per pack cigarette tax, three cents above the old rate, with cigar taxes adjusted similarly. The package also includes civil service revision debates and moves to cut New Orleans sales tax, abolish the state finance department, and repeal the little Case labor act, amid opposition from religious groups.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
House
Civil Service Revision
New Orleans
Civil Service System
State Department of Finance
Jimmie Davis
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana Restaurant Men to Meet in Monroe
The Louisiana State Restaurant Association will hold a board of directors meeting in Monroe next Tuesday. About 14 cafe and restaurant operators from across the state and their wives are expected to attend. A banquet will be served at Rendezvous here Tuesday at 6 p.m. and at 8 p.m. the group moves to Hotel Frances for a business session. Tony D Amico of Baton Rouge serves as president and Bobby Pappas of Rendezvous is fourth vice-president. Monroe operators Edgar Hemphill and Joe Guerriero sit on the board.
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Louisiana State Restaurant Association
Monroe
New Orleans
Hotel Frances
Tony D’amico
Baton Rouge
Bobby Pappas
The
Rendezvous
Edgar Hemphill
Joe Guerriero
Greek Troops Press Rebel Hold Near Nestorion Grevena
Greek general staff reports surprise attacks breaking guerrilla resistance near Nestorion and Grevena, with Boufa heights taken and Amouda ridge aimed for new assault. Six Greek divisions with U S advisers push toward rebel stronghold across 1000 square miles of territory, amid fog and renewed clashes.
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Athens
Nestorion
Grevena
Gramnos
Markos Vafiades
Albania
Boufa
Amouda
Sarandaporos
Kos
Nitsa
Anarachi
Ptolemais
Peloponnesus
Roumeli
Lake Doirani
Chalkidiki
Macedonia
Tom Dewey Blitz Shatters Rival Hopes in 1944 Nomination
Philadelphia dispatch reports Tom Dewey’s aggressive campaign crushed rival hopes for the Republican presidential nomination. Senators Taft and Stassen refused to exit, Warren pledged to fight, while Ed Martin’s Pennsylvania vote boost solidified Dewey’s momentum. Michigan’s Vandenberg offered little resistance as Dewey surged to 434 votes on the first ballot.
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Ed Martin
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Dewey
Warren
Connecticut
Vandenberg
Michigan
Russians Strike Again At Allies In Berlin
Russians strike another blow at western Allies by halting food shipments from the Soviet zone into western sectors. Traffic on rail lines supplying these zones was suspended, as Western zones provide about two thirds of Berlin's food under the four power agreement. American and British experts said the central German agency distributed the food to ensure even supplies.
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Berlin
Arab firings escalate in UN truce period clash
United Nations spokesman said Egyptian forces fired on a clearly marked U N truce plane with an American pilot near Kefar Warbug, and blocked a Jewish supply convoy to Negev settlements Beer Tavya and Kefar Warbug. The incidents were deemed truce violations but not a breakdown of the cease fire. Israeli and U N officials cited Egyptian actions as breaches while Col Martin escaped injury in the plane incident. Col Count Thord Bunde advised Jews they could act to pass the convoy through in response.
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James M. Long
Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
U. N
Negev
U.N. Commission
Beer Tavya
Kefar Warbug
Gaza
U.N
Martin
Count Thord Bunde
Predicts Fight To Go On Tonight In Yankee Stadium
New York June 25 The weather bureau forecaster predicted the heavyweight title fight between Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott will proceed tonight at 9 p m in Yankee Stadium. He said early data show fair conditions with only scattered late afternoon showers unlikely to cause another postponement. The two veterans, after two delays, are set for an 11 round world championship bout.
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New York
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
U. S
Yankee Stadium
Coal contract hopes fade as steel mine refuses
Washington June 25 Hopes for a full settlement between John L Lewis and the soft coal industry dimmed when steel company mine interests refused to sign the proposed new contract. Harry M Moses the negotiator for captive mine interests cited opposition to the union shop clause and said he would not sign. The joint announcement said the contract keeps most terms of the previous wage agreement and includes a union shop provision despite Taft Hartley rules. Miners begin a 10 day vacation tomorrow and return July 6.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Steel Company
Harry M. Moses
Lewis
Moses
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Truman Nomination Seen Uncertain by Arkansas Governor
Gov. Ben Laney in Marianna says it becomes evident the Democratic standard bearer nomination for Truman may not be assured. He notes strong cross sectional growth of the states rights movement and predicts a Dewey administration would push civil rights laws if elected, urging Democrats to reject Truman at Philadelphia.
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Ark
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Truman
South
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Philadelphia
Louisiana House advances bills to reshape LSU board
In Baton Rouge, the Louisiana House Judiciary Committee sent favored constitutional amendments to reduce terms for the LSU board of supervisors from 14 to seven years and to create a new eight member state colleges board. Governor Earl K Long backs the plan, which the Senate already passed, with ratification by voters coming in November. The plan also creates a coordinating education council and preserves junior colleges’ status.
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Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
House Judiciary Committee
Earl K. Long
House
Senate
Downs
Long
Board of Education
Council On Education
University Board
College Board
Senate Finance Committee
East Louisiana State Hospital
Governors Pick Dewey Warren Ticket at GOP Convention
At the Philadelphia convention the Republican party nominated New York's Governor Dewey for president with California Governor Warren as vice president. Dewey praised Warren as the ideal running mate as the gavel ended the 21st century convention with hopes for a coast-to-coast victory in November.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Thomas E
Earl Warren
California
Warren
New York
Dewey
Dewey Defines Freedom Goal at Republican Nomination
Philadelphia June 25 As New York Governor Thomas Dewey accepted the Republican presidential nomination he framed world freedom as the central aim saying a united party must labor for liberty and a just world order Peaceful means to build such a world would bring lasting peace and a good society He praised rivals as high minded and urged spiritual unity amid the party’s unity. Warren was named the likely vice president and the Dewey Warren ticket seen as a near certainty with other contenders narrowing support for Stassen and Warren’s ascent announced by Chairman Martin.
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Ed Creagh
Philadelphia
Tom Dewey
Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
Raymond Bk. Baldwin
Connecticut
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Minnesota
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Gov
California
Joe Martin
Warren
United States
Arizona
Harold B. Stassen
Joseph Martin
Dwight Green
Illinois
John W. Bricker
Hensmen
Dewey First Defeated Man Ever Rechosened By G O P
Philadelphia June 25 Gov Thomas E Dewey became the first unsuccessful Republican candidate for president to be renominated. His career shows repeated comebacks with early losses followed by wins, including governorships and earlier presidential bids. He carried a record electoral vote count in past contests and pursued renomination in 1948 after pre convention primaries.
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Henry
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Manhattan
Herbert H. Lehman
Robert A. Taft
Wendell L. Willkie
John J. Bennett
New York State
Michigan
Roosevelt
Willkie
James M. Mead
New Deal
Stassen Triumphs in Defeat at Republican Convention
Philadelphia June 25 Harold E Stassen stood before 14 000 delegates and urged support for Dewey after conceding. He spoke with calm dignity and urged the party to back Dewey in the campaign, foreshadowing a potential rise as a darling of the GOP. Dewey remained the stronger nominee choice.
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Philadelphia
Thomas EF
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Jack
Missing Maine men found after 10 days in Canadian wilderness
William C. Brewster and Roy Mangels, both missing since June 15, emerged from a Maine Canadian frontier area near Plaster Rock exhausted but unharmed. They said their light plane crashed on a mountain top 40 miles northeast of Plaster Rock and that they survived on grain ferns and frogs legs before discovering cake flour and sardines from a trapper cache. More than 20 aircraft assisted in the search.
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William C. Brewster
Roy Mangels
Brewster
Maine
Owen Brewster
Associated Press
Plaster Rock
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