France starts postwar elections to form new assembly
Paris reports that the June elections will determine a 586 member Constituent Assembly to draft a new French constitution. The race centers on Communist and Socialist strength amid a bitter pre election clash, with notable candidates including Gen. Henri Giraud and Felix Gouin.
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Sormer
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Felix Gouin
Georges Bidault
Edouard Herriot
Paul, Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Italy May Decide Monarchy or Republic Vote
In Rome on June 1 King Umberto II urged Italy’s 23 million voters to back a plebiscite tomorrow on monarchy versus republic. He promised a new referendum after the forthcoming constituent assembly election and possible reforms in any form of representation. The day before elections, Italy’s scene centered on a clash between Christian Democrats and Socialists, with Communists seen as waning. In Havana, ballot results began to shape Grau’s two year plan as over two million Cubans voted in a four party contest for senate, house, and mayoralties, seeking to solidify a governing majority.
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Rome
Umberto II
Constituent Assembly
Havana
Ramon Gra Santi
Senate
House of Representatives
Grau
New Effort to Avert Ship Tremp Crisis
In Washington Sun June 1 the CIO leaders and ship operators prepare for renewed talks to avert a June 15 general strike over a 40 hour week and higher pay. Truman warns use of military if needed while unions condemn policy shifts and threaten action. Co chairmen Bridges and Curran push for unity amid tense negotiations.
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Lurgan Opanue
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Navy
Coast Guard
Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
Committee For Maritime Unity
Dallas Sees Second Worst Flood Expectation
Dallas faces a foretold major flood as Trinity River rises toward 42 to 43 feet, locals flee homes while roads including U S Highways 67 and 82 face closures. Rice regions in southwest Texas and Louisiana suffer 100 000 acres damaged by heavy rains totaling eight inches over eight days.
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Texas
Louisiana
Rio Grande City
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
East Texas
Trinity
Seven Injured in Great Lakes Strike Related Violence
Ottawa reports indicate seven men injured last night during a Great Lakes shipping strike. Six hospitalized after a Cornwall restaurant clash involving strikebreakers from Montreal, unionists, and police. A separate melee in Montreal saw a man wounded in the right leg and possibly fractured nose as 209 pickets boarded a freighter in the Lachine canal. J A Sullivan, head of the Canadien Seamen's union, urged Labor Minister Mitchell to order police off federal property and to seize ships operated by Canada Steamship Lines to force a settlement and prevent bloodshed.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
Cornwall
Montreal
Lachine Canal
J. A. Sullivan
Canadien Seamen’s Union
Humphrey Mitchell
Canada Steamship Lines
Strikers Threaten Extension of Shuttle Service
New York strikers led by Matthew A. O Leary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen warned they may broaden the Newark to New York shuttle dispute to the Pennsylvania Railroad. He said union trainmen could walk off eastern Pennsylvania trains, accusing Pennsylvanian firm of breaking the strike. the railroad denied shuttle operations and said it only augmented regular service.
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vPi
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark
Matthew A. O'Leary
Brotherhood of Railway
Pennnsylvania
Hudson
Manhattan
O'Leary
Brotherhood
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
June Cold Influx Hits Midwest With Snow Flakes
A Hudson Bay cold mass swept into the Midwest on Saturday affecting nine states. Snow fell in St Paul with trace snow elsewhere. Duluth and Bemidji reached freezing as northern Minnesota and Wisconsin stayed in the 30s, while other regions expected warm spells.
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Hudson Bay
Michigan
Minnesota
St. Paul
Duluth
Bemidji
Senate approves diluted anti strike bill as House delay looms
Washington report details the Senate passage of a softened emergency labor bill tied to Truman’s draft authority. House delays and likely conference committee action shape fate as negotiators weigh seizure powers, seniority, wage rules, and penalties. If House agrees, the measure goes to Truman. otherwise further action could stall through June 30 1947.
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Truman
House
Todey
Horse Land Senate
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Treasury
Congress
Leutenants
Boston Archdiocese says landlords with no children signings go to court
The Pilot official Catholic archdiocese publication reports landlords who require young couples to sign statements promising they will have no children should be brought into court.
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Boston
INS
Catholic Archdiocese of
Weather Outlook Sees Warm Weekend With Cooler Sunday
Forecast shows cloudy Saturday afternoon and night with a cooler Sunday. Saturday highs around 88 degrees and Sunday low near 62 with a Sunday high not provided. Friday high around 92 and Friday low near 73. Saturday low about 82.
Polio Death Reported as City Sees Six Fatalities
The health department reported polio deaths rising to six from 42 cases, the latest being James Moffett, 40, of 414 Sal Dana Street. No new polio cases in city limits. a Cotulla boy of one year was admitted with suspected polio. An encephalitis death count stood at two from five cases, while officials weighed lifting bans at a Saturday epidemiological committee meeting.
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James Moffett
Saldana Street
Cotulla
Robert B. Green Hospital
Lift Operators Stays on Jobs Continue in SF Strike
In San Francisco on June 1, about 85 downtown buildings kept elevator operators and other building service workers on the job after union contracts expired at midnight. Negotiations continued over the unions demand for closed shops across the buildings, with strike threats looming.
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San Francisco
A.F. of L
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Pope Voices Slow Path to Peace and Looming Elections
Vatican dispatch reports Pope says true peace remains distant amid ongoing hostilities and warns against despotism. He notes two critical elections in Italy and France, urging Christian choices over materialism. The pontiff stresses security lapses inflaming international tensions and calls the church renewed in vigor and steadfast against force.
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Xii
Italy
France
Gered
St. Eugene
Sacred College of Cardinals
Leo Xid
Citivens
Coma Baby Doing Well After Accident Victim Lingers
Mrs Leland Wenger remains gravely ill six months after a car crash that left her paralyzed while a daughter born six months later thrives in an incubator. Dr Frances C Schaeffer says mother has little chance of recovery in the suspended death condition at the hospital.
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Leland Wenger
Frances C. Schaeffer
San Francisco
Entry Legalized For 36ths Orphan
Italian war orphan Giovann Johnny Camera who joined the 36th Texas division and was later adopted by a sergeant entered the United States legally after crossing the Rio Grande and securing an immigration visa from Piedras Negras consul. Tom Clark helped pave the entry process. Curly Thompson of Waxahachie, previously in charge of Camera, later adopted him.
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Giovann
Johnny Camera
36Th
Texas
Ima
Camera
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Tom Clark
United States
Claren
Curly”Thompson
Waxahachie
Jhose
Thompson
Solon Urges Extend Draft for US Prestige and Power
Washington reports Senator Austin L Vermont urges extending the draft to strengthen the United States in international negotiations. He argues a lack of a peace force handicaps postwar dealings and asserts promises without power lose credibility. His stance comes amid debate on volunteer versus conscription and possible scrapping of selective service.
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United States
Austin R.vt
Senate
Vermont
Austin
Tour helps San Antonio clean-up drive against garbage
Crampton, general manager of the chamber of commerce, joins city and county officials on a tour of the garbage dumps near Lady of the Lake college. He outlines plans to mobilize army equipment, set up sanitation units, assign unit leaders, and establish a two-way phone system to handle citizen complaints as part of a sweeping anti polio cleanup effort. The group observes the dump conditions, notes flies and stench, and discusses burying garbage with dirt rather than burning it to curb contamination.
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Qecember of Commerce
Crampton
Army
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P. I. Nixon
E. J . Arendt
Dorbandt
Hout
Arendt
Martin
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Crampion
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