Catholics Pray for World Peace at Marian Congress Close
About 250000 Roman Catholics gathered in Ottawa to mark the Marian Congress end with masses and rites. Cardinal McGuigan delivered Pope Pius XII's message urging truth as liberty's light. Cardinal Spellman urged penance and prayer to avert war while Mooney called for leaders with Christian roots to heal and build peace. The Dionne quintuplets sang solos with their sisters Rose T herese and Pauline providing instrumental support.
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James Cardinal McGuigan
Toronto
Pius Nit
Cardinal McGuigan
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York City
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
Dionne Quintuplets
Rose-Therese
Pauline
Uphold Veto Wallace Urges Sustaining Taft Hartley Veto
Henry A Wallace urged listeners to support retaining the Taft Hartley bill veto. He praised Truman's condemnation of the bill, saying it hampers labor unions in unintended ways. Wallace promoted a genuine two party system and opposed bipartisan policies dictated by reactionaries.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Jim Tully Dies at 56 Hobo Author and Fighter
Los Angeles reported author James A. Tully known as Jim Tully died aged 56 from heart disease after hospital treatment starting June 17. A former prizefighter and circus roustabout, he wrote Shanty Irish Beggars of Life and Jarnegan, tracing his life as a hobo and his time in St Mary's Ohio and Cincinnati orphanage.
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Los Angeles
James. A
Jim) Tully
Jarnegan
St. Mary's
St. Joseph's Orphanage
Cincinnati
Senate Debates Truman veto override and committee hearings
Today in Congress reports Senate debates over overriding President Truman's veto, with a 3 PM vote time. Foreign Relations resumes hearings on Anglo American oil agreement. Commerce subcommittee hears NEC President Niles Trammell on revising the Federal Communications Act. Public Welfare subcommittee opens hearings on the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Debates resume on authorizing the State Department's foreign broadcast program. Foreign Affairs hears Secretary Marshall and top officials urging Western Hemisphere arms standardization.
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Truman
Foreign Relations Committee
Commerce Subcommittee
NEC
Niles Trammell
Public Welfare
State Department
Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
Job training firms cut as states revoke VA on the job programs
The Veterans Administration reported that state governments withdrew approval for 80,000 business and industrial establishments participating in veterans on the job training. The bulk of eliminations came from firms unable to meet established job training standards.
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Assailant of Mrs. Rinehart Ends Life
Bar Harbor Maine UPI A 65yearold Filipino chef Blas Reyes employed by author Mary Roberts Rinehart for 25 years hanged himself in a police call Sunday while awaiting court on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Medical examiner E J Mor r ison ruled death by his own action with temporary insanity a contributing factor. Police said Reyes threatened the novelist with a revolver and kitchen knife after attacking her at her summer home, bullets failing to explode due to age. two servants disarmed him and another employee alerted police.
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Bar Harbor
UPI
Mary Roberts
Rinehart
Morrison
Blas Reyes
George E. Abbott
Reyes
Abbott
Unidentified man dies after 175 foot plunge on Manhattan Bridge
An unnamed man fell 175 feet from the south pedestrian walk of the Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan. He struck the pavement at South and Pike streets. Police reported a ship tattoo on his right wrist and suggested he may have been a merchant seaman.
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Manhattan Bridge
South
Pike ‘Sts
Texas City Holds Mass Burial After Explosion Disaster
Texas City resumed reconstruction after a 67 day pause to bury unidentified dead. Sixty three caskets were lowered into six graves as 2,200 attended the interfaith service at a coastal memorial cemetery. Families of missing numbered nearly one hundred, with many still seeking confirmation of identities.
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Texas City
Texas
Camp Wallace Morgue
Argentina Grants Credits to Italy Signaling Five Year Accord
A Foreign Office spokesman said a five year Italo Argentine accord to be signed soon in Buenos Aires would establish a revolving credit of 350 million pesos for Italian purchases in Argentina and grant Italy an outright loan of 250 million pesos. The agreement covers Italian purchases of Argentine food and other products and Argentine purchases of Italian machinery and textiles.
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Foreign Office
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Italy
Grocery Ad Fragment Reflects Local Catalog Prices
A fragmented ad lists items such as Par Roberts Creamy and Phully Marshmallow for 23 Amicot, Fineapple or Peach Preserves in jars, 49 6 oz bars, Silks and Wootens Ivory Snow detergent, heavy waxed paper, Strained Fruits Vegetables Heinz Baby Foods, vegetable shortening, Criscots tin, and Soap Powder with magic suds, indicating a mid century grocery insert with mixed product names and prices.
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Heinz Baby Foods
Rice Rupture Experts to Visit Syracuse at Yates Hotel
Personal representatives of William S. Rice Inc. will be at the Yates Hotel in Syracuse from Wednesday morning June 25 through Saturday evening June 28. The Rice Method for reducible rupture is demonstrated with a risk free thirty day trial of the Rice Appliance.
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William S. Rice, Inc
Adams, N. Y
Yates Hotel
Syracuse
N.Y
Inventions Blow To Fine Art Of Hog Calling
In Omaha a hog calling contest sponsored by livestock commission men drew losses blamed on modern inventions. Winners Mrs. Vern Lofgren of West Point Nebraska and Harold L Madsen of Nebraska City Nebraska will travel to New York to demonstrate a hog call on radio. Judge J C Kosahian of Los Angeles notes the need for a smooth easy tone. Contestants came from across the nation.
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Omaha
Livestock Commission
Vern Lofgren
West Point
Neb
Harold L. Madsen
Nebraska City
New York
J. C. Kosahian
Los Angeles
Dewey Lands Safety Drive Opens Summer Campaign
Gov. Dewey endorsed the summer highway safety campaign initiated by the New York State Publishers Association and the New York Press Association. He warned that a record mileage will be driven on under par roads, creating the greatest mass exposure to automobile accidents in adverse conditions.
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Albany
Dewey
New York State Publishers Association
New York Press Association
Summer Safety
Pact Awaits Senate Vote on Ford Strike
Detroit report says 84 day Ford strike by 3,800 foremen stalls as union leaders await Senate action on Taft Hartley bill. If veto overridden, employers would not be bound to bargain with foremen. if upheld, Foremen's Association officials seek quick settlement and recognition as sole bargaining agent for supervisory workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Senate
House
Truman
Foremen’s Association of America
Tnd
Ford
U S Soviet Pact as Peace Key at Tamiment Meet
M J Coldwell Canadian delegation member to the United Nations Assembly said world peace hinges on US Soviet understanding rather than unanimity of five powers. He urged the U N Security Council to consider immediate armament reductions to free productive capacity for improving living conditions.
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Tamement
United States
Soviet Union
M. J. Coldwell
United Nations Assembly
Coldwell
House of Commons
Tamiment Social and Economic Institute
U. N. Security Council
River Vessel Runs Aground Near Manhattan Island
New York report says the North Haven carrying 217 passengers on a Manhattan sightseeing tour ran aground in the Harlem River ship canal on a calm Sunday. The 132-foot excursion vessel encountered trouble prompting early evacuation of women and children first as crews assessed the situation.
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New York
Harlem River Ship Canal
North Haven
Manhattan Island
North Haven Fireboat Lifts Passengers After Docking Mishap
A freboat carried 100 passengers after a vessel stayed steady as North Haven struck bridge pilings. Captain Cornelius W Lawrence arranged the rescue, with the fireboat using a loudspeaker directing women and children first. Within under three hours, a rising tide and lightened load helped free the stuck ship.
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