Major Parties Shape Political Battle Lines
Washington June 24 Democrats and Republicans clash over November wins in 17 states. Senator Lucas counters Reece claim of GOP gains, citing North Dakota Indiana and Maryland as key battlegrounds while labeling Reece polls as one-man.
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WASHINGTON
Lucas (II
Democratic
GOP
Carroll Reece
IL senate
Lucas
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Roosevelt
John Moses
P. W. Lanier, Jr
Fargo
Nye
Milton R. Young
William Langer
J. B. Bradston
Grand Forks
Langer
Maryland
George L. Radcliffe
Herbert R. O’Conor
Indiana
William E. Jenner
Raymond E. Willis
Reece
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
West Virginia
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
senate
Carroll Reese
Carroll
Plan Memorial For Roosevelt
John G. Winant will be principal speaker at a joint session of Congress on July 1 to memorialize Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Senate House committee announced invitations to FDR family members President Truman cabinet Supreme Court justices foreign representatives and high army and navy officials.
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WASHINGTON
John G. Winant
United Nations social and economic council
congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
senate-house
Truman
supreme court
Ministers Reject Austrian Demands at Paris Meeting
Paris June 24 The council of foreign ministers rejected Austria's bid to gain control of part of the southern Tyrol and could not settle the Italian French frontier. Discussions on the French Italian border continued alongside talks on railway disposals and Balkan treaty issues raised by British and American delegates. France sought a Trieste compromise as MoI Ø.
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PARIS
council of foreign ministers
Austria
Tyrol
Italy
Pusterthal
United States
Alpine
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Gladwyn Jebb
Balkan
Danube
Hungary
France
Trieste
Public Hearings On Court Asked
Washington June 24 Senator Ferguson urged the Senate judiciary committee to order public hearings on a plan to unpack the Supreme Court. He supports examining the proposed constitutional amendment by Eastland and Bridges to remove the last four Roosevelt appointees and replace them with temporarily elected lower court judges. He also suggested hearings could cover Justice Jackson's public feud with Justice Black and concerns over litigants hiring lawyers of specific political persuasions.
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WASHINGTON
Ferguson
Mich
senate judiciary committee
supreme court
Michigan
Detroit
Eastland
D-Miss
Bridges
R-NH
Roosevelt
house
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo L. Black
Black
Dutch Accuse Jap Colonel Over Looted Treasure
Batavia June 24 Dutch authorities charged Japanese Col Akira Nomura with illegal possession of property in connection with the theft of a 30 million dollar cache of looted East Indian jewels gold and cash about 6 million dollars of which has been recovered. Dutch prosecutor E Brunsveld Van Hulten said Nomura a former Tokyo school teacher and director of the Japanese planning board in Java during the war was believed to know where the bulk of the treasure was hidden. Nomura was taken from a prisoner of war camp to face the charges.
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BATAVIA
Java
Akira Nomura
E. Brunsveld Van Hulten
Nomura
Tokyo
Japanese planning board
State Rights Issue Raised in Senate Debate
Washington June 24 Senator Tunnell urged rapid approval of a bill to return the United States Employment Service to state operation by year end. He backed a compromise to shift USES to states on June 30, while personally favoring permanent federal control to maximize employment and reduce turnover. The broader debate includes a tidewater oil ownership dispute tied to federal versus state control dating back to Ickes and the navy era.
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WASHINGTON
Senator Tunnel
senate
United States Employment service
Tunnell
senate labor committee
congress
supreme court
California
Harold S. Ickes
interior
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
navy
Ickes
Forces Arrive to Reinforce Australian Brigade at Kure
Seven hundred reinforcements for the 4th Australian brigade in the Allied army of occupation arrived today at Kure aboard the transport West Australia. The movement strengthens postwar presence in the region as Allied forces bolster detachments amid ongoing occupation duties.
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KURE
Japan
army of occupation
West Australia
Clothing and Purse Stolen From Policewoman at Hyde Park
Mrs Betty Klein a policewoman reported a burglary after leaving her car by Lake Michigan during a swim at Hyde Park. A thief took her clothes and a purse containing a blackjack and arrest slips. The incident occurred in Chicago on June 24.
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CHICAGO
Betty Klein
Hyde Park
Lake Michigan
Decision Near On OPA Control Conferees Say
Washington June 24 Conferees predicted the final form of price control extension legislation should be determined by 9 p m EST as the joint committee works to harmonize house and senate OPA bills with OPA expiry looming. If deadlock arises they may report disagreement to the houses for instructions. Four major points remain including senate amendments lifting ceilings on meat poultry dairy petroleum and tobacco as of end of June. The House plans no amendments and will vote promptly after agreement and send the measure to the Senate where a filibuster could delay action.
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WASHINGTON
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
joint congressional committee
house
senate
rules committee
Correspondent Dies in Washington at 70
Washington June 24 Leland C Speers a former New York Times correspondent died yesterday at his home here at age 70 from heart disease.
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WASHINGTON
Pi— Leland C. Speers
the
New York Times
Polish Demands at UN Session Face Likely Rejection
United Nations security council debated Poland’s push for a worldwide break with Franco Spain. Poland likely could muster only about four votes, while India filed a discrimination complaint against South Africa and the Arab League signaled plans to bring Palestine questions to the UN. Poland also planned a possible compromise on atomic control as the AEC meets. Sir Ramaswami MudaLar alleged South Africa’s 20 year policies harm Indians, affecting about 250,000 people.
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NEW YORK
United Nations security council
Poland
Spain
Russia
France
Mexico
Oscar Lange
U.N
league
Palestine
atomic energy commission
tomorrose
U. S
Bernard Baruch
Andrei A. Gromyko
Trygve Lie
Ramaswami Mudalar
India
South Africa
Sir Ramaswami
Vinson Named 13th Chief Justice In Colorful Washington Ceremony
In a sunny White House ceremony on the south portico, Fred M. Vinson took the oaths as the United States 13th chief justice. President Truman praised the appointment as lucky for the United States and Vinson, while Speaker Rayburn lauded Vinson’s capability. The nine minute service featured a navy band and a pomp-filled atmosphere reminiscent of a presidential inauguration.
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WASHINGTON
Fred M. Vinson
the nations
White House
Vinson
Truman
United States
Rayburn
Pettycoat Rule Sought by Japanese Peer Mizuno
Tokyo June 24 a member of Japan's house of peers Jinjiro Mizuno urged a pettycoat rule arguing all Japanese men bore responsibility for the war and should quit politics. He asked Premier Yoshida for the government's stance while Yoshida, presiding over a male cabinet, declined to commit and said the government was studying ways to improve women's position.
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TOKYO
Jinjiro Mizuno
house of peers
Japan
Miizuno
Yoshida
Eisenhower Reports to Chiefs of Staff
General Dwight D. Eisenhower in a final report as supreme allied commander Europe says he was kept uninformed about Russian grand strategy until four months before V-E Day. He notes Stalin provided full plans for the Red Army's final push, forming part of the pressure that aided the defeat of Germany. The 123 page document covers D-Day to German surrender, with minor security deletions.
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WASHINGTON
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
Stalin
Red army
nevan hafara
Eisenhower
combined chiefs of staff
Normandy
war department
army
United States
Great Britain
Fisenhower
Hitler
Von Rundstedt
Pas-de-Calais
England
FALAISE
the
Rhine
Germany
Occupation Plan Rehearsal Demands Broad Revision
Assistant Secretary of War How ard C. Fetersen warned that German occupation plans must be radically revised if Allied Berlin talks continue. He said treating Germany as an economic unit is essential and that failing to do so would burden the American taxpayer in an ongoing occupation.
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Howard C. Fetersen
Berlin
reich
Columbus chamber of commerce
Petersen
Russia
Germany
Italy to Resist Trieste Cession
Premier Alcide De Gasperi declared Italy would resist with all her strength any peace settlement that would internationalize Trieste and cede western Istria to Yugoslavia. He called such a settlement iniquitous and warned Italy would not suffer outrage to its rights.
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ROME
Alcide De Gasperi
Italy
Trieste
Istria
Yugoslavia
De Gasperi
Lost and Found recovers boat and airplane in Wis
JANESVILLE Wisconsin June 24 UPI Sheriff E A Silverthorn s lost and found department lists an 18 foot motorboat an airplane and a cow The boat and airplane were found in farmers fields recently and the cow was munching grass on a front lawn in Janesville
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JANESVILLE
Wis
UPI
E. A. Silverthorn
Coastal Area Shaken by Major Northwest Earthquake
A powerful quake struck from Vancouver Island to Olympia, Washington, jolting Seattle and causing structural damage across coastal British Columbia. One man, Jacob L. Kingston, 69, died of heart failure as downtown buildings swayed. Buildings collapsed in Courtenay and Port Alberni, bridges and chimneys were damaged, and power interruptions occurred.
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SEATTLE
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Kilowna
British Columbia
Olympia
Wash
Jacob L. Kingston
church
University of Washington
Dominion astrophysical observatory
Victoria
B. C
J. A Pearce
Dominion station
Campbell river
Port Alberni
Courtenay
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver
Canadian National railway
George Finley
Lions Gate
Vancouver harbor
empire
highway department
Everett
Two Americans shot in Vienna by Russian soldier
In Vienna on a Saturday night two U S military policemen were hit in the head by a Russian firing from a stolen jeep, as U S and Russian authorities investigate. One Russian was wounded in the ensuing search and taken to a Red Army hospital. the two Americans are reported recovering.
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VIENNA
U. S
U. S. army
Red army
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