Ministers Tackle Italian Peace Pact
PARIS June 17 AP The Big Four foreign ministers resume drafting an Italian peace treaty amid Trieste disputes and a possible Soviet shift. A US source calls Trieste a principle issue. Russia may concede on the Adriatic port. Disputed points include the Italian Yugoslav frontier reparations colonies and the UN trusteeship option.
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Trieste
U. S
James F. Byrnes
prinsth
eipie
United States
Russia
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Moscow press
radio
Tass
Britain
United Nations
France
Italy
Austria
Five Army Men Die in Crash at Fort Knox
Fort Knox Kentucky June 17 Maj Gen Hugh Gaffey and two other army officers were killed when planes crashed during landing at Godman Field. Gaffey, 51, commanded the second and fourth armored divisions in Europe in World War II and had been armored school commander at Fort Knox since the war’s end. He was named post commander at Fort Knox last Tuesday.
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FORT KNOX
Hugh Gaffey
Godman field
Gaffey
Europe
Conclave Opens For Red Cross Conclave Opens For Red Cross
Philadelphia June 17 delegates expected to exceed 6000 began arriving for the 21st national convention of the American Red Cross opening four days of meetings tomorrow. This first meeting since 1941 features forums with speakers including Justice Owen J Roberts and Count Folke Bernadotte of the Swedish Red Cross.
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PHILADELPHIA
the
American Red Cross
U. S. Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Count Folke Bernadotte
Swedish Red Cross
Zoo faces feed shortage as animals traded to ease hunger
In Los Angeles on June 17, Griffith Park Zoo suffers hay and grain shortages. The park commission ordered exchanges including four elk six aoudads seven black and two white Indian deer one Brahma calf one Utah mule deer eight karakul sheep and lambs and four mountain sheep and a lamb in swaps for easier to feed animals amid cur rent conditions.
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LOS ANGELES
Griffith park zoo
The park commission
Utah
Spain May Be Blocked Report At UN Security Council
The UN Security Council convenes to debate a subcommittee report on Franco Spain with Britain seeking legal clarifications. Russia opposes. eight nations support. Gromyko hints at veto possibilities while Britain weighs sanctions amid Labor opposition.
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NEW YORK
Great Britain
Spain
United Nations security council
Russia
Alexander Cadogan
London
Sw Alexander
Andrei A. Gromyko
general assembly
Gromyko
security council
Labor party
Successor named in Alabama Senate seat vacancy
Gov Chauncey Sparks announced George R Swift known as Robin Swift to fill the Senate seat left by the death of Sam Bankhead in Montgomery on June 17. Swift is named as the new state highway director and will assume the vacancy in the Senate.
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MONTGOMERY
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
George R
Robin) Swift
senate
San. Bankhead
Congress Faces Major Problems Before Recess
Washington June 17 The 79th Congress nears recess with six key issues unresolved including price controls draft extension atomic energy oversight emergency labor powers and British loan approval. President Truman may gain limited changes while veteran disputes and filibusters threaten major bills as conference talks resume.
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WASHINGTON
79th congress
Capitol Hill
Truman
White House
senate
house
interior department
senate-house
Gurney
R-SD
Barkley
New Irish Navy to Form From British Corvette Purchases
Cork Ireland June 17 three corvettes bought from the British navy for 1 000 000 dollars will form the basis of Ireland s new navy.
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CORK
Eire
Woman Sees Wrong Cop About Bank Loan
In Kansas City on June 17 a woman asked a bank policeman about a loan. He advised seeing a bank officer. She claimed she had already and was told to talk to the cop. The officer investigated and found she was instructed to see George Kopp, a bank vice president.
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KANSAS CITY
George Kopp
Mufti Whereabouts Continue Mystery
Dr Izzat Tannous secretary of the Arab high committee says the Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin El Husseini remains unseen and is believed to prefer secrecy. He suggests the safest place may be Saudi Arabia where Jews could not harm him, and notes few close associates know his location.
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JERUSALEM
Izzat Tannous
Arab higher committee
Haj Amin El Husseini
Saudi Arabia
Vannous
De Gaulle backs strong executive in French crisis
Paris reports a political crisis as Socialists reject the presidency of the council while the Popular Republican Movement backs Georges Bidault. De Gaulle, rising from obscurity, calls for a strong executive and two chamber legislature as the MRP gains, Communists fall, and Socialist President Felix Gavín resigns.
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PARIS
council
Popular Republican Movement
Georges Bidault
DE GAULLE
Charles De Gaulle
MRP
Bayeux
Socialist party
Daniel Mayer
national council
roosers
Felix Gavin
More Veterans Find Employment Raises Optimism
Washington June 17 UPI More veterans found jobs in April and May than were discharged from the armed forces the United States employment service said today noting the peak of veteran unemployment has passed Robert C Goodwin USES director said with about 500 000 veterans now returning monthly to civilian life there is every reason to believe the situation looks good from here on out The May census bureau report showed total unemployment 2 310 000 of which 930 000 were unemployed and seeking employment Another 800 000 veterans neither working nor seeking work 570 000 students and 300 000 retired or unable to work
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WASHINGSON
UPI
United States employment service
Robert C. Goodwin
USES
Goodwin
census bureau
Contests Few For Elections
Maine voters pick nominees for governor and senate as a week of candidate contests opens with few major races. Michigan and Massachusetts hold primaries tomorrow with North Carolina having a Democratic run-off for two House seats. Notable bets include Maine governor Horace Hildreth and opponents over a proposed veteran bonus.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maine
senate
house
Massachusetts
Michigan
North Carolina
U. S
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho
Raymond E. Willis
Ind
Horace A. Hildreth
Roy L. Fernald
Movie Man OToole Dies in Scranton at 74
Michael J. OToole aged 74, former president of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and public relations officer for Comerford Theaters, Inc., died yesterday at his Scranton home.
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SCRANTON
Michael J. O'Toole
Motion Picture Theater Owners of America
Comerford Theaters, Inc
Butter and cheese price boosts ordered by OPA
OPA announced immediate increases of 11 cents per pound for butter and six cents for Cheddar cheese, with higher manufacturer ceilings. The action coincides with broader price hikes across milk, evaporated milk, cream, sugar, and aluminum utensils, aiming to curb rising living costs.
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WASHINGTON
Pi— OPA
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
John L. Se wewis
United Mine Workers
Slim Chance Seen For Bill to Pass
Army navy merger foes call President Truman’s revised unification plan too little and too late with four weeks left in Congress. Critics warn of one man control and note few changes from last December proposal while Truman endorses the plan and seeks Navy and Army support for a single national defense structure.
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WASHINGTON
Trueman
war department
marine corps
joint chiefs of staff
congress
Robertson
R-Wys
Truman
army
navy
airforces
secretary of national defense
senate naval committee
Wyoming
joint chiefs
senate
house military and naval
Forrestal
Patteson
naval service
Mr. Truman
department of national defense
Patterson
Finland Pays Semiannual Interest on WWI Debt
Washington reports Finland has paid 166,479.74 dollars as the semiannual interest installment, keeping it from default on its world war I debt. The treasury notes total payments of 7,263,000 dollars to date, with more than 18 million still owed.
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WASHINGTON
Finland
treasury
U. S
Indians Favor Cabinet Plan for Interim Government
New Delhi June 17 The Hindu congress and Moslem league edge toward accepting the British cabinet plan for an interim government to rule the subcontinent before Independence. Wavell proposes a 14 member body with five congress, five league, and four from minor groups, to begin June 26. Gandhi reportedly unhappy but some papers urge favorable consideration. Azad seeks clarification on portfolios and premier Mahtab’s status, with congress resisting removing him from provincial duties.
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NEW DELHI
Gil
congress party
subcontinent
Lord Wavell
congress
India
GANDHI
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Hindustan Times
Wavell
Dawn
Maulana Azad
Sir Stafford Cripps
H. K. Mahtab
Orissa
Mahtab
party
Japan reports wheat harvest below normal this year
Mainichi reports Japan will harvest 58 million bushels of wheat, about half the normal yield. Labor is ample except in Hokkaido where fertilizer shortages have curtailed production.
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Japan
Mainichi
Hokkaido
Wears Sinatra's Pants But Sacrifices Pockets
Chicago June 17 U Police Sgt Joseph Briatta wears a pair of Frank Sinatra pants given as a souvenir. The belt line fits but pockets are removed to fit his wider hips, a humorous detail linked to the famous singer.
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CHICAGO
U—Police
Joseph Briatta
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Briatta
Harry Conover to Wed Model Candy Jones
New York June 17 2B Harry Conover owner of the models agency announced he would marry top model Candy Jones born Jessica Wilcox of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Candy has worked for Conover five years and appeared in films and Broadway. Conover divorced his first wife Gloria Dalton in Reno June 1. He is 34 and Candy 22. He proposed by long distance phone from Portland Oregon. she is in San Francisco.
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NEW YORK
Harry Conover
models agency
Candy Jones
Candy
Jessica Wilcox
Wilkes Barre
Conover
Gloria Dalton
Reno
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Two Man Regency Will Rule Siam
Bangkok June 27 the national parliament set up a permanent two man regency to govern Siam until King Phumiphon reaches his majority regents are Royal Prince Chainat and Priya Manavaraj Sevi speakers of the old national assembly replacing last week’s temporary regency after King Anand Mahidol’s death.
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BANGKOK
Siam
Phumiphon
Anand Mahidol
Chainat
Priya Manavaraj Sevi
national assembly
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