Louisiana considers anti closed shop amid big state budget
Baton Rouge June 27 The legislature moved from the contentious closed shop bill to other measures including the general appropriations bill nearing 200 million dollars. Governor Jimmie Davis would not disclose action on the anti closed shop bill, saying it is under consideration. He has ten days to sign veto or take no action, which could make it law if time runs out. Senator Brooks Oliver predicts Davis will not sign the anti closed shop or the labor bill. The measure awaits final house action as others are delivered.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie Davis
New Orleans
Senate
House
Davis
Brooks Oliver
Bastrop
Hoff man suspends New York union charter from Ben Pross control
Sal Hoff man, president of the upholsterers union, suspends local 661 New York amid Ben Pross tied misconduct. Pross, a longtime union boss, claims control over multiple locals including local 640 20734 and 20646 while collecting dues around 3 dollars monthly. Authorities plan action at the Philadelphia based AF of L general executive board meeting in July.
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New York
Sal Hoffman
Pross
Hoffman
International
Ben Pross
Philadelphia
Ed Flynn
New Deal
Herbert Pross
Herman and
Hyman
A. F. of L
Brooklyn
National Organization of the Wine, Liquor and Distillery Workers
Chicago
George Oneto
Oneto
Bad Weather Might Block Bomb Tests At Sea
Weather delays could push the first atomic bomb test to August, with only a few days of ideal wind conditions left. If delayed, a second underwater Bikini test may occur, potentially making this summer the sole test season. Meteorologists note typhoon formation here typically moves away from the American coast.
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U. S. S. Appalachian
W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Pacific
American
Philippines
Aleutians
Truman undecided on Hobbs anti racketeering bill
President Truman said the Hobbs anti racketeering bill has not reached him and he will decide to veto or sign once it arrives. He noted agencies are being polled for opinions while Senate passage awaits White House review. Congressional labor measures appear defunct for this session.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
Hebbs
Murray
Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
House Rules Committee
Rep. Cox
Cotton futures surge to limit as OPA fight looms
Heavy buying in New Orleans futures pushed prices up to the limit of $5 a bale as traders speculated on price controls. October and other months rose to about 31.45 to 31.62 cents per pound before a swift profit-taking wave pulled futures back from the peak.
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New Orleans
Washington
Moore
O’daniel
OPA
Cotton Exchange
Irgun members sentenced in Jerusalem court
A military court in Jerusalem sentenced 30 members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi to 15 years in prison for carrying firearms and explosives.
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Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Evatt to Seek Showdown on Veto at UN Assembly
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert V. Evatt plans to press for removal of the veto from the UN charter at the upcoming General Assembly session. The Spanish question dominated the latest Security Council meeting as Andrei Gromyko used the veto three times on British Australian proposals. Evatt, who chaired the Spain inquiry, said the issue remains unsettled and called for moral condemnation of Franco.
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New York
Herbert V. Evatt
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Evatt
Russia
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Andrei A. Gro~myko
Primaries to be arranged for Louisiana congressional seats
The Democratic state central committee will meet in Baton Rouge to call primaries on July 2. Primaries set by law for September 10 will nominate a representative for eight congressional districts and other officers. July 20 qualification deadline. October 15 second primary. November 5 general election. Fifth district members listed. Edward L. Gladney Jr. chairs the committee with D. Y. Smith as secretary.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Court of Appeals
State Capitol
Baton Rouge
John Fred Odom
Congress
Louisiana
Fifth Congressional District Committee
Caldwell Parish
Vinson M. Mouser
Catahoula Parish
O. R. Wurster
Concordia Parish
Joe Pasternack
East Carroll Parish
T. G. Biggs
Franklin Parish
B. S. Landis
Jackson Parish
Travis E. Pardue
Coverdale Slated to Head Louisiana Sheriffs Association
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 27 Sheriff Milton Coverdale of Ouachita parish is expected to become president of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association at the annual meeting authority notes The first vice president traditionally succeeds the outgoing president Sheriff Gibben Ozenne Iberia is current president and Sheriff Henry Agué Calcasieu is second vice president The group will hold a dance Friday with Governor Jimmie Davis Lieutenant Governor Emile Veillet and legislators among those to be honored.
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Baton Rouge
Milton Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association
Teddy Martin
East Feliciana Parish
Gibben Ozenne
Iberia
Henry Ague
Cal
War Expected by Matsuoka
The article profiles Yosuke Matsuoka, former Japanese diplomat, predicting in 1940 that only a domestic revolution could curb militarists and avert war with the United States. It notes his later stance that he did not want war and his view on the tripartite pact pressuring the U.S. toward peace.
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Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
United States
Manchurian Railway
Matsuoka
Prosecution in Japan criticized by former staffer
In San Francisco on June 27 a former Allied prosecution investigator blasted the Tokyo War Crimes process as mismanaged and inefficient. Bentley M. McMullin urged stronger leadership and clearer presentation of Japanese leaders’ guilt to deter future violations and shape international law.
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San Francisco
Japan
Naval Reserve
Bentley M. McMullin
Newport Street
Denver
Joseph B. Keenan
United States
Kennan
Double funeral held for Hart in Glendale
William S. Hart, pioneer of cowboy films and a symbol of the old west, was honored in a double funeral. A morning service was held at Newhall ranch with family and friends. an afternoon public service at the Church of the Recessional drew nearly a thousand attendees. Hart’s ashes will rest in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, near his sister Mary’s grave.
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Glendale
Calif
William S. Hart
Newhall Ranch
John Davidson
St. John's Episcopal Church
Rudy Vallee
Hart
Sueng
William
Hit Jy
Wiilfred Westover
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary
Radio singer Thomas questioned over Degnan kidnapping case
Phoenix dispatch reports Chicago police were to interview Richard R. Thomas, the self-styled radio singer and kidnap-slayer, to verify if his January confession about the Suzanne Degnan case was truthful. Authorities fear he may have fabricated the tale to avoid punishment and extradition.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago
Richard R. Thomas
Suzanne Degnan
Thomas
Degnan
Walter Storms
Arizona
Government Raises Coffee Prices to Encourage Latin American Imports
Washington June 27 The government approved a 3 to 4 cent per pound rise in coffee prices to boost imports from Latin America. Stabilization Director Chester Bowles signed the measure, with exporters to gain two cents more per pound and importers’ ceilings raised by 2.075 cents. Bowles cited higher production costs and said the step was reluctantly agreed to after monthslong pressure.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
CPA
Bowles
Latin America
State Department
Meat Shortage Persists as Shops Close Half
The nation faces a persistent meat shortage with about half of retail shops closed. Restaurants report higher burdens while OPA price controls draw criticism. Senators push extended talks as black market concerns rise and a one day a week meat counter closure gains votes. Community groups plan anti black market actions.
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Associated Press
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
National Restaurant Association
Senate
OPA
O'Daniel
Texas
J. W. Stevens
Clyde F. House
Department of Agriculture
New York
Louisiana Losses In War Disclosed
A postwar casualty roll lists Louisiana with 3 964 casualties in World War II among 10 000 000 mobilized. Total U S losses 8 978 dead and missing. Louisiana breakdown includes 1 999 killed in action and 1 324 non battle deaths. District of Columbia highest rate. Louisiana 2 36 percent, Mississippi 2 32 percent.
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War Department
U. S. Army
Louisiana
Mississippi
United States
District of Columbia
Maryland
Alabama
Florida
Truman Urges Bowles To Remain In Post Amid OPA Debates
In Washington Senator Moore delivering a 13 000 word attack on price controls as the OPA extension debate continues Senate leaders clash with critics while President Truman presses Bowles to stay on as economic stabilizer Bowles plans to retire could shift policy Bowles met with Truman but kept details private Moore accuses Bowles of political motives and C I O influence as talks go on toward a July 1 extension deadline.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Senator Moore
Oklahoma
Senate
Bullet Fatal to Joe Coates in Forsythe Avenue Yard
A 32 caliber pistol with a spent shell was found in the rear yard of 1312 Forsythe Avenue after Cicero Eugene Coates 29, a former army sergeant and produce merchant, was shot and died at St. Francis Sanitarium. Coroner Dr. James T. French said an inquest would be held and witnesses summoned.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Cicero Eugene
Joe) Coates
Coates
James T. French
Parish
George W Lester
Sheriff's Department
Hixson Funeral Home
French
J. W. Cummins
Mulhearn
Dot Hemler
Cummins
William
K. Burford
Howard Street
Burford
Quachita Produce Company
Pine Street
Rankin Defends Against Two Libel Suits
Representative Rankin says two libel suits filed in federal court seeking 650000 dollars were trumped up to hurt his election bid. Herbert C Heldridge and 11 Veterans League of America members accuse Rankin of defamatory remarks in the House cloak room and over a telephone interview with a reporter. Rankin contests the allegations and mocks the high damages claim.
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Rankin
Mississippi
House Today
Prig
Herbert C. Heldridge
Veterans League of America
League
Heldridge
War Department
Holdridge
Veterans League
Fritzsche argues dictatorship fueled WWII and derides democracy
Nazi editor Hans Fritzsche told the international military tribunal that democracy in Germany could have prevented the catastrophe of World War II. He claimed the dictatorship magnified Europe’s horror and that democratic control would have made such a catastrophe impossible. He said some leaders spouted master race rhetoric, while Goebbels maintained strict control.
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Hans Fritzsche
International Military Tribunal Today
Germany
Kurt Dittmar
High Command
Fritzsche
Robert Ley
Paul Josef Goebbels
Hitler
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