Draft Extension Sought for Peacetime Draft Act
The Senate Armed Services committee recommended a three year extension of the peacetime draft act which would keep presidential power to order inductions for men aged 18 to 26. A Russell amendment would require segregated units if requested in writing by draftees amid Truman era moves toward integration.
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Senate
Senator Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Russell
House
Congress
Spectacular Fire Destroys Plainville Wheat Elevator
A swift blaze in Plainville Kansas destroyed the Bowersock Mills and Power wheat elevator owned by a Lawrence company. Damage was about 169000 dollars including 72872 bushels of wheat, much of it CCC property. Fire began 730 AM and burned late into the afternoon. nearby structures were shielded and equipment moved to safety.
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Plainville
Kas
Bowersock Mills and Power Company
Frank Ellett
Lawrence
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas Light and Telephone Company
Plainville Farm and Implement Company
Lou Dougherty
Lilienthal urges freeing of the atom from monopoly
Former Atomic Energy Commission chair David E. Lilienthal calls for ending a Soviet type monopoly on atomic energy. He urges private industry, a revised law, and an end to cloak and dagger secrecy to unlock peaceful atomic use.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
America
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Collier’s Magazine
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers and Warmth
Mostly cloudy with continued warmth and showers and occasional thunderstorms on Friday and Friday night. Saturday looks partly cloudy and warm with continued mild temperatures.
Four Linemen Electrocuted Near Pearson Georgia
Four linemen were killed when a power line broke during a downpour near Pearson Georgia in a soggy work area emitting 2 000 volts. The victims O A Odum C M Brooker J L Liles Jr and C L Brown were Waycross residents. two workers escaped injuries. The crew was relocating a high voltage line along a new highway section when the line broke and energized the ground before the ambulance arrived at a Douglas hospital.
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Pearson
Georgia Power and Light Co
O. A. Odum
C. M. Brooker
J. L. Liles, Jr
C. L. Brown
Waycross
Francis Corbett
Douglas
Corbett
Death of Missouri newsman Carlos F. Hurd at 73
Carlos F. Hurd, a 50 year Post-Dispatch veteran and Titanic interview source, died of cancer in St Louis at age 73. A native of Cherokee Iowa, he began in Springfield Missouri and joined the Post-Dispatch staff in 1900. He popularized the Weatherbird caption and authored works on St Louis history. He is survived by his wife Rachel, a son Clement R. Hurd, and two daughters Frances Hurd and Mrs. Fred A. Ep p enberger.
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ST. Louis
Carlos F. Hurd
Post-Dispatch
Hurd
New York
Springfield
Leader
Weatherbird
The
Rachel
Clement R. Hurd
Frances Hurd
Fred A. Eppenberger
Release Witness On Habeas Corpus In Kansas City
Fred Wells freed by Kansas City court of appeals on a writ of habeas corpus after contempt sentence and refusal to answer Jackson county grand jury questions. Judge Dew noted Wells had been “fooling around” with policy for 25 years. Mrs. Antoninette Cammisano posted a $3 000 bond. Hearing set for Monday. The case follows a county grand jury probe into gambling and crime.
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Kansas City
Fred Wells
Jackson County
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Samuel A. Dew
Wells
Antoninette Cammisano
William Cammisano
Federal Grand Jury
Dew
Ray Cowan
Bomber Loses Suitcase Mirror And Picture Safe
MOBILE Alabama June 8 Claude A Smith watching a bomber saw a large object drop from the ship It hit near his house but caused no explosion It turned out to be a suitcase belonging to Pfc Homer Ruiz from Brookley Air Force Base returning to base from Memphis The bomb bay door had accidentally opened and the bay slipped out A mirror and a picture inside were undamaged
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Mobile
Ala
Claude A. Smith
Pfc
Homer Ruiz
Brookley Air Force Base
Memphis
Tenn
Barkleys Made Life Members Of Missouri Society
Vice President and Mrs Barkley have been named life members of the Missouri State Society in Washington A scroll announcing the honor was presented to the Barkleys in the vice presidential office by Missouri delegates Edward Morgan society vice president and chief counsel for a Senate committee delivered the scroll
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Washington
Barkley
Missouri State Society
Barkleys
Edward Morgan
Senate
Truman Eyes Promotion for Allison in St. Louis
Will President Truman campaign for Emery Allison during a St. Louis stop. Mayor Darst says officials should back the candidate they deem best qualified. Allison, Rolla state senator, is Truman’s pick for the Democratic nomination to the Senate and will board the train home from Columbia without rival Thomas C. Hennings Jr. aboard.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Emery W. Allison
Joseph M. Darst
Allison
Rolla
United States
Missouri
Mr. Truman
Columbia
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
Forrest Smith
John J. Nangie
John H. Hendren
Democratic State Committee
D. W. Gilmore
Benton
Young Democrats of America
Robert M. White II
The
Mexico, Mo
Ledger
J. S. Jolley
Audrain County
Democratic Committee
Truman visits Missouri for foreign policy talks and WWI reunion
President Truman lands in St Louis for two foreign policy speeches and a reunion with the 35th Division veterans. He reviews Cold War developments with Secretary Acheson, then plans talks at the University of Missouri Columbia and a Jefferson Memorial site in St Louis.
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Columbia
ST. Louis
Truman
Missouri
White House
State Acheson
University of Missouri, Columbia
Jefferson Memorial
Mississippi River
France
Independence
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
J. Vivian Truman
Truman Goes Into Seclusion At Jefferson Hotel
President Truman arrived in St Louis and retired to his Jefferson Hotel suite on the ninth floor, decorated in a California western desert motif. A White House line was installed there to maintain contact. A large crowd gathered as his plane landed, with about 500 people onhand at the airport.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Hotel
Jefferson
California
White House
The
Search is pressed for Slayer in Shelton clan shooting
Fairfield Illinois reports police continue to seek Roy Shelton's killer as the last two active Sheltons hide in fortified homes. Authorities found a footprint jacket and rifle shell pellet. inquest offered no new light as survivors gave no enemies or grudges to explain the shooting.
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Fairfield
Ill
Shelton
Roy Shelton
Concession Stand Robbery Reported at Hubbard Park
R. E. Lee, operator of the Hubbard Park stand, told police that Wednesday night a break in netted one box of cigars two cartons of cigarettes one box of candy and one box of pretzels.
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R. E. Lee
Hubbard Park
Congress Looking For Santa Claus
The House passed a bill to grant duty free importation of evergreen Christmas trees. The measure, sent to the White House, mirrors a long range push for holiday tree supplies.
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Washington
Congress
Santa Claus
House
White House
Drug Addict Forces Police To Kill Him At Harrisons Ark
In Harrison Arkansas a 45 year old drug addict Bart Frailey was shot and killed by police after he fired on officers while attempting to obtain morphine. His 81 year old World War I veteran father Dr D M G Frailey said his son left a note in the family Bible stating he aimed to die by police gunfire and that he planned to go into town to provoke the police to shoot him. Richard Scarsdale, 18, was wounded in the store shooting andtn hospital in serious condition.
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Harrison, Ark
D. M. G. Frailey
Bart
Dr. Frailey
Frailey
Richard Scarsdale
Scarsdale
Four Air Force Men Still Missing After B 29 Crash
Four U S Air Force airmen remained missing after a B 29 bomber ditched into the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. Eleven parachuted from the burning aircraft. three died and four survived. Rescue craft and ships searched the sea while next of kin were being notified.
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London
U. S. Air Force
North Sea
County Budget Authority Ruling From Missouri AG
Jefferson City June 8 Attorney General J E Taylor says Pettis County Clerk James H Green has no authority to countermand county court budget orders. The decision states the county budget law places final budget control with the county court, while the clerk handles ministerial duties in assembling estimates and recording approved budgets.
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J. E. Taylor
William F. Brown
Pettis County
Brown
James H. Green
Robert R. Welborn
Welborn
Wife Rescues Husband From Charging Bull in Moody
In Moody Missouri on June 8 a 67-year-old woman used a crowbar to save her 77-year-old husband John A. Schaller from an attacking three-year-old bull. He was gored several times and taken to a West Plains hospital after the animal, long deemed tame, charged him.
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Moody. Mo
John A. Schaller
Schaller
West Plains
Grand Jury Probing Amerasia Case Sparks Whitewash Critique
A New York grand jury is reportedly examining the 1945 Amerasia documents case as Republicans accuse the Tydings committee of whitewashing the Capitol inquiry. Key figures including Jaffe and Vardaman appear in court or testify, with officials denying or undercutting alleged influence in the espionage matter.
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Washington
New York
Amerasia
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Tydings
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
FBI
Amerasia Magazine
Philip Jaffe
Tyrdings Group
Jaffe
Capitol Bill
Tydings Committee
James K. Vardaman
Truman
Julius Holmes
Vardaman
Bishop Welles Confirms Class at Calvary Episcopal Church
The Right Reverend Edward R. Welles confirmed a mixed class of adults and children at Calvary Episcopal Church. Bishop Welles urged followers to live by Christ’s example and spoke on his life through earth saints and today’s people. A reception followed as the bishop met parishioners and Mrs Welles after the service.
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Edward R. Welles
Episcopal
Kansas City
Calvary Episcopal Church
D. D
West Missouri
Warren L. Botkin
Calvary Church
Welles
Earth
Christ
Botkin
George H. Scruton
George H. Trader
Meadowood Farm
Five Killed in Scotland Train Fire
BEATTOCK Scotland June 8 Fire broke out tonight on a speeding Birmingham Glasgow Express train killing a man two women and two children A search was made to determine if there were any other victims Fanned by the speed of the train the flames swept through the first three coaches These were ablaze when the train ground to a halt near this village 60 miles southeast of Glasgow Lanarkshire fire brigade headquarters said all three cars that caught fire were burned out.
Drowning Victim Body Recovered Near Columbia
The body of Joseph Shelby Salmon, 49, a railway worker, was recovered from Perche Creek south of Columbia after he fell from a boat in rainy conditions last Saturday. He leaves a widow and 15 children.
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Columbia
Joseph Shelby Salmon
Perche Creek
Salmon
Conclave for DeMolays Opens in Sedalia With 42 Chapters
About 250 DeMolays aged 14 to 21 gather in Sedalia for a three day Missouri State Council of Deliberation at the Masonic Temple. State Master Councilor Robert C. Frey of Higginsville opens the meeting with Rev. J. W. Watts giving the invocation and Mayor Herb Studer offering welcomes.
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Sedalia
Order of DeMolay
Masonic
Masonic Temple
Pettis
Order of Eastern Star
Liberty Park
Fox Theatre
Epworth Methodist Church
Missouri State Officers of Order of DeMolay
Perjury Charge Faces A Commerce Dept Economist
William W. Remington a government economist was indicted by a federal grand jury on one perjury count for denying he had been a member of the Communist party. The indictment cites his May 25 denial that he had ever joined the party and notes he later testified falsely.
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New York
William W. Remington
Communist Party
Remington
Washington
Loyalty Review Board
Joseph Rauh
Justice Department
McCarthy
R.wis
Commerce Department
Grand Jury
Elizabeth Bentley
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Miss Bentley
Special Federal Grand Jury
Ann Moes Remington
Alexandria
Senate House reach $590 million military construction deal
A Senate House conference committee agreed to a $590,000,000 military construction program with $189,241,000 added after Senate passage. The agreement includes a plan for armories shared with states and reserves, a three year build schedule, and the removal of $105,000,000 for domestic family housing.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Vinson
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
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Minn
Jefferson City
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Mr. Brown
McGrath
Senator Knowland
R-Calif
Knowland
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