Atom Control Plan Gets Further Study
UN atomic energy commission debates veto dispute as nations back both U S and Russian control plans. Poland endorses Russia while Egypt and Australia favor unified global authority. Evatt forms committee to draft an integrated program and security council tackles Spanish issue ahead of September assembly.
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NEW YORK
United Nations
United States
Russia
U. N. atomic energy commission
commission
Poland
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
security council
Evatt
Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Oscar Lange
U. N
general assembly
council
Andrei A. Gromyko
atomic commission
Bernard M. Baruch
Egypt
Baruch
France
Netherlands
Prohi Party Confers Honor On Bartender
SAN DIEGO Calif June 26 Pi John W Brown secretary of the local and state bartenders union AFL was chosen by Prohibitionist party voters at the June 4 primary for a place on the party central committee the canvass disclosed today He said he felt highly complimented even if he cannot serve He noted he was ineligible as he was not a registered Prohibitionist and Rex Lord registrar of voters confirmed the write in vote.
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SAN DIEGO
Calif
John W. Brown
Bridston Edges Langer In North Dakota Senate Fight
With 774 of 2256 precincts reporting in Fargo North Dakota J B Bridston of Grand Forks led U S Senator William Langer in the Republican senatorial contest 25 909 to 23 929 The ROC backed Bridston campaigned on an international platform while Langer headed the nonpartisan league faction opposing the United Nations andBritain s loan In the short term race Milton R Young led Bill Lanier and Gerald Nye with Nye conceding Young s victory The contest also spotlighted personal issues between the Langer and Bridston camps.
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FARGO
N. D
J.B. Bridston
Grand Forks
U. S
William Langer
R.ND
Bridston
Langer
nonpartisan league
GOP
North Dakota
United Nations
Britain
Bradston
Republican organizing committee
ROC
senate
Milton R. Young
R-ND
Bill Lanier
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Lanier
Young
Langer-Bridston
President Truman Cooling with Pauley Foes On Capitol Hill
Washington June 26 A coolness has developed between President Truman and senators who opposed Edwin C Pauley’s nomination as under secretary of the navy Capitol Hill ponders if this strain will affect 1948 campaigns Some senators say the White House wariness toward those critics lingered after the Pauley fight Senator Tobey led the opposition and Truman reportedly scolded him in a letter noting Ickes and Tobey bore responsibility for his difficulty attracting qualified nominees The president described the criticism as unwarranted calling Tobey’s cries Macedonian and saying he would feed starving people abroad rather than chickens at home
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Edwin C. Pauley
Capitol Hill
Tobey
R-NH
Pauley
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
White House
Pepper
Fla
Stewart
Tenn
New Hampshire
Ickes
New England
Draft Extension Measure Passes In Both Houses
Washington June 26 The draft extension and pay rise measures cleared final hurdles in Congress with a projected over 632 million dollars in pay increases for the coming year. The Senate approved both quickly while the House backed the draft extension by 259 to 118, enabling potential July or August signings by President Truman.
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WASHINGTON
White House
army
navy
marines
Truman
armed service
senate
house
war department
Suspect Is Held In Degnan Case
CHICAGO, June 26. Law officers planned to fly to Phoenix to question 42 year old ex convict who claimed he had kidnapped and killed six year old Suzanne Degnan on Jan 7. Chief Walter Storms said an investigation is under way into claims made in Phoenix by Richard Russell Thomas, a former Chicago male nurse now jailed on a sex charge. Storms noted discrepancies in parts of Thomas' statements about the Degnan girl's brutal kidnapping and slaying.
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CHICAGO
Phoenix
Ariz
Suzanne Degnan
Walter Storms
Richard Russell Thomas
Storms
Thomas
Degnan
Two Policemen Questioned After Suspicious Car Report
Milwaukee June 26 Two sheriff's squads rushed to investigate a report a suspicious automobile was parked in a driveway near the county line. In the car were two policemen from neighboring Ozaukee county. They parked their squad car to make out a report.
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MILWAUKEE
Ozaukee county
Debate on UNRRA Aid Budgets Sparks House Fight
WashingtonJune26 A House appropriations panel recommended 465.9 million dollars for UNRRA as part of a 726.57 million dollar deficiency bill sent to the floor. The measure triggers a likely bitter wrangle over UNRRA funds to Soviet republics and press access restrictions.
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WASHINGTON
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration
house appropriations committee
UNRRA
house
Rep. Brown
U. S
Truman
congress
Byelorussia
Ukraine
OPA
office of price administration
selective service
army
navy
United States
America
New Wheat Pact With Britain Fails As U S Opposes
A proposed ten year Canada Britain wheat agreement collapses after U S opposition. Britain’s John Strachey returns to London without a deal as Washington and Ottawa negotiate amid a push for multilateral postwar trade. Canada favored multilateralism but sought long term markets for a key export. Meanwhile in Washington the Army launches a “new order” to reduce caste between officers and enlisted men, cutting salutes and moving toward equal leave, pay and duty standards.
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OTTAWA
Ont
Canada
Britain
United States
John Strachey
London
Washington
U. S
Russia
Patterson
Doolittle “gripe
war department
Leopold Accepts Inquiry Into War Activities
King Leopold III of Belgium announced that he would submit his war activities to a non parliamentary inquiry commission. The move follows pressure over wartime actions and signals a formal review by an appointed body.
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LEOPOLD
BRUSSELS
Leopold III
Fantasy and Romance Lead to Indictment
Evelyn Katherine Stanton a 25 year old car hop and mother of three was indicted on six counts of using the mails to defraud men who wooed her. Prosecutors say she promised marriage and accepted funds and jewelry from at least six suitors across several states.
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DETROIT
Evelyn Katherine Stanton
Postoffice
Raymond C. Miller
Molotov Calls Foreign Envoys Into Session
Paris report says Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov convened a surprise meeting of the foreign ministers council to discuss Italian affairs amid rumors of a possible Trieste compromise. Byrnes' envoys indicated private talks with Molotov, while Tito’s Yugoslavia rejected a French ten year Trieste plan and pressed for a Yugoslav solution.
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V. M. Molotov
foreign ministers’ council
Molotov
Moscow
Trieste
Byrnes
Italy
Yugoslavia
council of foreign ministers
Adriatic
Marshal Tito
Tito
Balkans
Children Slain Father Sought in Bay Area Tragedy
In San Francisco a 21 year old mother, Lorraine Newton, suffers head wounds with a grim case unfolding as police seek Verhaston, a 24 year old San Francisco glazier, on charges of killing his two daughters Barbara Anne aged about two and Caroline Lee seven months. The bodies were found in a canyon 25 miles south of the city, the heads beaten in, while the mother survived with uncertain injuries.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Lorraine Newton
Verhaston
War Relocation Agency Ends After Japanese Removal Housing
President Truman ordered the termination of the War Relocation Authority effective June 30. The agency had administered housing for Japanese aliens removed from the west coast during the war.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
war relocation authority
Extension Measure Held Best Possible
Washington June 26 Democratic Leader Barkley called the compromise OPA extension the best bill possible under the circumstances though it contains imperfections. It would extend OPA until July 1 next year while easing wartime controls on prices but keeping ceilings on meat poultry and dairy.
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WASHINGTON
Barkley
senate
house
OPA
WHERRY
RNeb
joint committee
McXellar
D-Tenn
conference committee
White House
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
Truman
congress
100 Trillion Pengo Note In Circulation
In Budapest a 100 trillion pengo bank note entered circulation amid inflation. It would have traded for 20 trillion dollars before the war, but now buys only a coffee and small cake. Financial analysts doubt the government claims that a new currency, the florin, will stabilize the economy when issued August 1, predicting rapid depreciation.
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BUDAPEST
Famine in Meat To Grow Worse
A virtual famine in fresh meat grips the nation as the senate weighs the house approved OPA bill with price controls. Industry spokesmen warn shortages may widen for months, with packing plants operating at record lows and retailers facing near empty shelves.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
senate
house
OPA
Los Angeles
New York City
Bidault Approved Paris Coalition Government
The French constituent assembly voted approval today of President Georges Bidault's new coalition government by 517 to 4 in Paris.
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BIDAULT
PARIS
constituent assembly
Georges Bidault
High Bidder at Auction Learns of Sphygmometer
Joseph Hoare a Buffalo bartender outbid everyone with 75 cents at a police auction of unclaimed property, buying a sphygmometer a device for checking the pulse beat though he did not know what it was when he bid.
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BUFFALO
Joseph Hoare
Hoare
Board Concludes King Ananda Mahidol Likely Assassinated
A Bangkok report cites medical evidence from 18 physicians supporting the theory that youthful King Ananda Mahidol was the victim of an assassination. The board's finding follows secret analyses and a trusted briefing in Siam on June 26.
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BANGKOK
Siam
Anada Mahidol
Credit Restored as Poland Receives Fifty Million
Washington reports the state department restored a fifty million dollar credit to Poland on June twenty six. The move signals renewed financial backing amid postwar economic efforts.
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WASHINGTON
GPi
state department
Poland
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