Butch Given Selective Service Medal in New York
Selective Service officials awarded a medal and certificate to F. H. LaGuardia urging Congress to enact peacetime selective service. In Dunkirk, C George Wheeler Jr, 23, died from motorcycle collision injuries. In Jamestown, six freight cars derailed after a collision of three slow freight trains near downtown. The U S Navy Hospital at Seagate Brooklyn was decommissioned and to revert to owners July 1. Mrs Margaret Frick Taylor of Lyons was endorsed for the State Assembly by Wayne County Republicans. Four troop ships were due in New York port Monday: Thomas Fitzsimmons St Albans Victory Antioch Victory and M E Comersford.
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INS
U. S. Special Navy Hospital
Seagate
Brooklyn
Thomas Fitzsimmons
Bremen
St. Albans
le Havre
Antioch
M. E. Commersford
Antwerp
Mystery letters threaten five Lawrence homes
Five Lawrence families received identical letters postmarked New York City warning of bombardment and destruction unless they vacate by October 1. The notices signed La Mano caused police to treat them as a security scare.
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Mass
New York City
Deaths列 Generals and bankers in obituary notice
Gen Jorge Whico 68 former president of Guatemala nicknamed the Little Napoleon of the Tropics died in New Orleans. Dr Thomas J Hendlee 69 chaired entomology at New Jersey College from 1912 to 1944 and helped Mosquito control in New Jersey, died in Plainfield. Mrs Miriam Lontulet former Raymar Farms owner and horse exhibitor died in Deal. Boies Co Hart 61 vice president overseas division National City Bank died in New York.
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Guatemala
New Orleans
Thomas J. Hendlee
New Jersey College of Agriculture and Experiment Station
New Jersey
Plainfield
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Miriam Lontulet
Raymar Farms
Press Attacks Turks in Soviet Coverage Across The Press
Soviet outlets accuse Turkey of Kurdish suppression and hint at a secret Turkey Iran pact to curb Kurdish nationalism. Canada shifts peace-time plans but eyes nearly one billion dollars for reconstruction. US hires 4000 Polish soldiers for guards in Germany. France fixes Wednesday for presidential election with Vincent Auriol as likely compromise candidate.
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Turkey
Iran
Canada
Ottawa CP
Reconstruction Department
JAP ELECTRIC FIGHT ENDS AS PAY DEMAND MET
The Japan Electric Power Company granted 80 percent of the 40,000,000 yen food allotment fund demanded by its workers, ending a three week labor dispute and the threat of a nationwide blackout from a strike. A military court in Madrid sentenced two Spaniards to death for placing bombs in German and Spanish information offices. In Berlin, Franz Neumann, head of the Social Democratic Party, said three of eight district commanders in the Russian zone are curbing his party’s activities.
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Japan Eeletric Power Company
Madrid
Berlin
INS
Franz Neumann
Social Democratic Party
Bikini Bomber Sailor to Pilot Atomic Test Plane
Mr. McKinley, Maj. Woodrow P. Swancutt, national intercollegiate boxing champion 1939 1940, likely to pilot the atomic bomb plane in the first Bikini Atoll test next month under plans announced Saturday Brig General Roger M. Ramey, commander of the 20th, recommended Swancutt's crew.
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Crossroads
Mr. McKinley
Woodrow P. Swancutt
Bikini Atoll
Roger M. Ramey
Swancutt
Backers of Case Bill pause fight amid Truman plan vote
Backers of the vetoed Case labor disputes bill said they will halt their drive to revive the measure likely until next year. They will support a modified version of Truman's emergency strike control legislation giving the president power to seize essential strike bound industries. The move drew praise from critics as a victory for Truman in Congress, while sponsors insist they are not surrendering and will pursue a constructive result.
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Truman
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D-Wis
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Cox
Senate House
Case Bill
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Biemiller
Officer in Cruelty Trial Fined $250
Lt. Gran sville Cubage of Oklahoma City was fined 250 dollars and officially reprimanded for authorizing and knowingly permitting unauthorized punishment of GI prisoners at the Lichfield barracks. He was the first of six officer defendants convicted, with enlisted men already found guilty.
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INS
Gransville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Lichfield Barracks
Cubage
AVC Urges Peace Jobs and Freedom Platform Adopted
Des Moines reports the American Veterans Committee adopts a constitution limiting membership to World War II veterans and approves platforms from Units in the Big Three to Peace Jobs and Freedom. Delegates back a 75 cent minimum wage, wage and rent controls, and social security aims while opposing postwar bonuses and Loyalist’Esp ad options, and favor UN control of mass weapons.
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Lrst
the American Veterans Committee
A.V.C
U. S
Merchant Marine
United Nations
United States
Lilienthal
Amer
United Kingdom
Soviet Russia
Reece Predicts GOP Senate Victory in November
National Chairman B Carroll Reece predicted the Republican Party would gain 11 senators beyond a majority in the Senate and win control of the House in the November elections. He spoke at a press conference after addressing the War Veterans' Republican Club of Ohio in Columbus Ohio.
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B. Carroll Rezce
Republican Party
Senate
Reece
War Veterans’ Republican Club of
Ohio
House of Representatives
Maritime Labor Settlements Shift in United States Ports
In Washington and several ports, ratification delays and partial settlements spread as unions in Boston Philadelphia and New York approved actions while ship operators faced calls for a congressional probe. Picketing eased after settlements, with San Francisco Seattle and San Pedro officials guiding votes and timelines. Government officials foresee a temporary peace but warn of possible renewed labor clashes by late summer as industry cycles continue.
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Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
C.I.C
UNION
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Philadelphia
New York
War Shipping Administration
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West Coast
National Maritime Union
San Pedro
Calif
CLO
Mariime Unity
Seattle
Northwest
Minneapolis Couple Mark Anniversary With 2896 Dollar Balance
R H Zima balanced his wife 165 pounds with silver dollars to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. The weight balance reduced their mortgage by 2896 dollars and the family, including three sons, used the coins to pay down the loan at a local bank.
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Minneapolis
R. H. Zima
Zima
Luzon Clash Kills Fifteen in Nueva Ecija
In Nueva Ecija Province near Cabanatuan Luzon fifteen peasants were killed and five wounded in renewed clashes at San Felipe Kabaulihan and Camadag. Gov Isabelo Casineda reported fights among civil guards Hukbalahap and Usaffe guerrillas as the Agrarian Commission tries to settle unrest.
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Luzon
Nueva Ecija
New
Philippine Agrarian Commission
Isabelo Casineda
Usaffe
San Felipe
Kabaulihan
Camadag
Army to Conduct Polar Air Trip
The United States Army Air Force considers an air expedition over the North Polar regions, an Air Force journal notes. It would mirror the Canadian Music Ox expedition of last winter, and its link to a Arctic equipment test by 4,500 Army ground troops next winter is not stated.
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United States Army Air Force
North Polar
AAF
Air Force
AAAF
Arctic
Turkey to Help ANKARA Aid Amid Food Shortage Crisis
The ANRRA mission announced Saturday that Turkey agreed to lower prices on goods for nations facing food shortages and to donate 20,000 tons of coal and 150,000 tons of salt outright.
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Ankara
ANRRA
Big Four Ministers Meet In Luxembourg For Axis Peace Talks
The four foreign ministers of the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union convened in Luxembourg for another effort to forge a unified peace formula addressing Italy Bulgaria Romania and Hungary and the German problem. They reported a jovial mood as they set an agenda and awaited deputies' negotiations likely to run late into the weekend.
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Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Austria
United States
Yalta
Potsdam
Germany
Ministers Council
United Nations General Assembly
Britain
France
Russia
Luxembourgh Palace
Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Georges
Aidsand
U. S
July 15 Deadline Set for European Conference Opening
American diplomats said July 15 was the deadline to begin the European conference to allow at least six weeks of consultations before the United Nations Assembly opens on September 3.
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United Nations Assembly
Ship searches for Mufti as British hunt widens
The Devonshire was stopped off Port Said in a determined British search for the missing Mufti Haj Amin el Husseini. An Admiralty spokesman said the government was taking all steps to prevent his reaching the Middle East after news he escaped from France. In Syria Prime Minister Jabiri said his government has no knowledge of the Mufti's whereabouts amid rumors he is hiding there.
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Devonshire
Port Said
Mufti
Jerusalem
Admiralty
Middle East
France
Syria
Sanadbullah Bey Jabiri
Haj Amin el Husseini
Palestine
CityGirls To Pick Berries Near Tivoli Camp
Twenty two college and office girls left Grand Central Station to pick a bumper crop of strawberries for two weeks. They were recruited by the U S Employment Service for the Cornell University Extension Service and will be quartered at the 24 acre Farmers Cooperative camp at Tivoli.
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Grand Central Station
U. S. Employment Service
Cornell University Extension Service
Farmers Cooperative
Tivoli
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