Senate votes down race segregation ban in draft bill
The Senate rejected a proposal to forbid race segregation in the armed services by a 67 to 7 vote. The action shifts focus to the draft measure as leaders fear a Southern blocking move and seek final action on civil rights provisions separate from the draft.
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Department of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
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Amed Services
Chatman Gurney
R-S. D
Amed Services Committee
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Sein Lange
Truman
Gurney
GOP
Railroad Suits In Court Today Beckman Due
Two civil actions against the Boston and Maine Railroad opened in superior court as a jury trial date was set, with a simultaneous assault case against Eddie Shaw Beckman of Seabrook. The railroad suits, brought by the estates of Harry Bratter and Sam Taubes of Portsmouth, involve fatal 1944 car train collisions at Barberry Lane crossing. Beckman faces trial for the Jan 3 1948 shooting of Seabrook grocer Charles Fogg Janvrin after a home intrusion.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Eddie Shaw Beck
Seabrook
Harry Bratter
Sam Taubes
Portsmouth
Barberry Lane Cross‘ing
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Taube
Wyman P. Boynton
Myer Sander
Manchester
Henry M. Fuller
Everett Norton
Newmarket
Ruth Dalton
Samule Winrow
Plaistow
John F. Woods
Epping
Ida F. Weaver
Caroline M. White
Derry
Roy
W. Printon
Chester
John T. Sheehan
Walter A. Ladd
Hampton Falls
William A. Brown
Salem
Orin Chase
Auburn
William G. Beasley
Exeter
Beckman
Charles Fogg Janvyiin
Janvrin
Labor peace pact aims to defeat anti-labor laws in Massachusetts
AFL and CLO in Massachusetts join with Americans for Democratic Action to form a political peace pact in the forthcoming fall campaigns. It marks the first joint statement by the two unions in the Bay State and centers on opposing anti-labor legislation and maildates.
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AFL
CLO
Massachusetts
Stid
Bay State
Americans For Democratic Action
Southern Foes Concede Truman Will Top Ticket
Washington dispatch reports southerners concede Truman will win the Democratic nomination despite anti Truman sentiment in Nebraska. Some southern states hint at a separate candidate or walkouts. Truman barnstorms to shore up delegates, with Oklahoma Kentucky Connecticut and more voting this week. Nebraska chairman William Ritchie accuses local party leadership of Republican manipulation as Curley keeps Massachusetts in line. Congress urged to act on long range farm program.
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Julie 7
Nebraska
President Truman
Walter Georges
Richard Russell
Georgia
Mr. Truman
Alabama
Texas
Philadelphia
Truman
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Connecticut
District of Columbus
Colorado
Minnesota
William Ritchie
Omaha
Ritchie
Iowa
Massachusetts
James M. Curley
Boston
Curley
Wyoming
Congress
Grand Island
Neb
Driver's Course Exam Set For 13 Pupils
Thirteen seniors at the senior high school will take driving course examinations tomorrow under Chief Motor Vehicle Inspector Kennard E. Goldsraith. Successful candidates will receive diplomas allowing them to apply for driving licenses within 20 months without further tests. Superintendent Raymond T. Beal announced. Adults seeking summer instruction with Kenneth Day should attend a preliminary meeting at senior high School Room 4 at 7:30 Wednesday night.
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Kennard E. Goldsraith
Raymond T. Beal
Kenneth Day
Charles W Nash Dies at 84 Auto Tycoon in California
Beverly Hills California June 7 AP Charles Warren Nash longtime General Motors president and Nash Motor founder died at his home after a long illness His heart disease had troubled him for two years but he remained active in Nash Motor affairs until about six months ago He was 84 years old and an orphan farm boy who rose to leadership of a major industry
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Calif
America
Charles Warren Nash
Nash
General Motors
Nash Motor Company
Western Powers Propose Federal German Government Plan
The United States Britain and France unveiled a five point plan for a separate federal government in western Germany facing Russian opposition. The accord, agreed at a London conference, calls for Allied military chiefs meetings elections to a constituent assembly drafting a German constitution and potential boundary revisions while maintaining Ruhr coal and steel controls under international oversight. A military security board would ensure disarmament and demilitarization as Western frontiers undergo provisional territorial adjustments aimed at stabilizing postwar Europe.
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Europe
United States
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France
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Ruhr
United Kingdom
Benelux
Russia
Weekend crashes claim Rochester man and injure girl
A Rochester man Ernest J. Seaman Jr. died when his car overturned on Route 202 near Northwood. An 18 year old Newtonville girl Mary C Egan sustained concussion and possible skull fracture after a collision on Ocean Boulevard in Hampton.
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Peter Hospital
New Hampshire
Northwood
Ernest J. Seaman,Jr
Maeman
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Northwood Lake
Mary C. Egan
Newtonville
Maas
Exeter Hospital
Ocean Boneyard
Hampton
Miss Egan
Charles N. Egan
Henry V. Dipais
Beach
John J. Malek
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Matick
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Willam P. Egan
Kathleen Gallagher
Sli
Malek
Associated Press
Clyde Witter
Farmington
Rochester Hospital
Ann Brown
Keene
Rose Heberman
Socialite pleads innocent in murder of paralyzed husband
Springfield masses June 7 AP socially prominent Mrs Mary B Blackford 55 pleads innocent to the charge of murdering her helplessly paralyzed husband Walter M Blackford 61 a wealthy paper company executive slain in bed at their Longmeadows May house. She was held without bail and the case continued to June 1.
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Mass
Mary B. Blackford
Walter M. Blackford
Paper Company
Longmeadow
Thomas F. Moriarty
William J. Granfield
Blackford
Truman On Westward Campaign Tour After Omaha Fiasco
President Truman pressed his western campaign, outlining farm policy and rallying crowds in Cheyenne and Omaha. An estimated 150000 to 165600 attended the 35th division parade, while organizer issues at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum were blamed for a 2000 turnout. Democratic chairman William Ritchie called for a new nominee.
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Omaha
Ben ‘Coliseum
J. J. Isaacson
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45Th Division
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lester Hunt
Wyoming
Lee Knous
Colorado
William Ritchie
Ritchie
Trueman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Any
Pineal
Defiant Lewis Blasts Operators In Contract Parley
John L. Lewis opened soft coal contract talks in Washington with a harsh attack on operators calling them fat cats and opulent. He asserted the union has no wage proposals but seeks improvements and welfare fund guarantees under the taft Hartley framework, urging operators to offer terms or face further action.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miner's Welfare Fund
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Republic
Operatora
UMW
Benes Resigns in Prague Over Communist Constitution
Ailing President Eduard Benes resigns rather than approve a new constitution drafted by the Communist government. Premier Gottwald accepts the move. Benes will receive Lang country home and life-long salary. The question remains who will assume the presidency as the party ponders next steps.
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Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Benes
Washington
Gottwald
Lang
_UN Peace Efforts In Palestine See Split Over Immigration
The UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte offered a peace proposal to Israel and Arab states, with the core clash over immigration. Arabs refuse extra Jewish influx and Jerusalem siege. Jews push for road reopening from Tel Aviv. Bernadotte remains confidential and uncommitted.
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United Nations
Palestine
Israel Cabinet
Folke Bernadotte
Merchant of Peace
Bernadote
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Bernadette
Cairo
Planning Board Meets Tonight Over Seabrook Highway Plans
The Portsmouth planning board will start study of problems caused by the Seabrook to Portsmouth superhighway at 7:30 tonight. The meeting will be held at the board's Washington Street headquarters.
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Seabrook
Portsmouth
Peak Tide Crest Gnaw Northwest Dikes
The Army dispatched 26 engineer officers led by five lieutenant colonels to reinforce a 100 mile dike front from Portland to the Pacific as the Columbia and Fraser flood waters surged. The northwest faced 60,000 homeless, 26 dead, and 52 missing amid tides nine feet high and record heat aiding rapid water rise.
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Ore
Tagung Columbia River
Pacific
Great River
Leutenant
Fort Belvoir
Columbia
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