Efforts Made To Avoid Shipping Strike
San Francisco reports tense talks between Bridges CIO Maritime Committee and West Coast Shipowners aimed at averting a strike on June 15. Bridges accuses owners of bad faith while owners say any extension requires union agreement. Unions seek six percent wage rise and extension to 1948. owners offer until Sept 30 under AFL contracts.
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San Francisco
Bridges
Hach
CIO Maritime Committee
Marine Engineers
Waterfront Employers Association
AFL
Capper Promotes Prohibition Ad Ban Amid Telegram Row
Senator Arthur Capper at eighty one remains active socially yet skirts liquor. He has introduced a bill to ban liquor advertising in interstate commerce affecting radio, newspapers, and magazines. A Kansas rival telegram from Louis Levand of the Wichita Beacon objects, pledging no liquor ads regardless of laws.
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Washington
Arthur Capper
Yale
Harvard
Kansas
Capper
Senator Capper
Ellow Kansan
Louis Levand
Wichita Beacon
Levand
Braden resigns as Assistant Secretary amid unification talk
Washington June 5 President Truman announced Spruille Braden will resign as Assistant Secretary of State. Braden, former Ambassador to Argentina, faced long controversy over Argentina relations. Diplomats expect Argentina arms talks and a White House conference could ease tensions. Senator Robertson Wyoming criticizes pending Army Navy unification bill as merger in spirit, though the bill claims no merger. House group plans hearings in about two weeks.
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Washington
Truimai
Spruille Braden
Stave Braden
Argentina
Long
Truman
Oscar Ivanissevich
Johes
Robertson R.wyo
Wyoming
Robertson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army supply bill passes House and sent to Senate
The House approved and sent to the Senate a 5,280,982,423 dollar Army supply bill, adding 40,000,000 for airplane purchases. The measure, approved by unanimous voice vote, ends 7.6 percent under the President's War Department budget for the new fiscal year. Two eastern state residents were registered at the Baranof Hotel, Mrs. Calla Louise Engle of Middleburgh, N.Y. and Don Horter of Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Baranof Hotel
Calla Louise ‘Engle
Middleburgh
Don Horter
Brookline
Mass
U.S. and Argentina Move Toward Friendlier Ties
Congress shows strong support for a warmer U S policy toward Argentina and quick action on a permanent inter American defense pact. Braden’s resignation is welcomed as a step toward closer ties with Juan Peron’s government in Argentina.
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Washington
U. S
Argentina
Spruille Braden
Juan Peron
Newsprint shortage eased by equipment cooperation
Washington June 5 Rep Clarence J Brown said cooperation from equipment suppliers to newsprint mills has been very helpful in congressional efforts to eliminate the shortage He chairs a House committee studying the shortage and expects the supply gap to be closed months earlier than originally thought though he did not elaborate on specifics
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Jro
Brown
House
Treasury permits sale of raw gold in domestic use
Washington June 5 Rep Engle D Califf said the Treasury Department advised that gold in its natural state may be bought and sold domestically without a license. The ruling could open a free market for raw gold not melted or refined and may allow higher prices as sellers deal in gold in its natural form.
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Washington
Engle D-Califf
Treasury Department
Engle
Ins
Trevety
Treasury
Search for missing in ship wreck at Isle Royale
Fort William Ontario June 5 search renewed in Lake Superior for ten missing bodies after the Canadian freighter Emperor sank on rocks near Isle Royale. Twelve crew believed lost. 21 rescued by Coast Guard Kimball. Coastal Queen to scour headlands with small power boats amid grim hunt.
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Fort William
Ont
Lake Superior
Isle Royale
Coast Guard
Kimball
Éi Jay
Joseph Tobachuk
Edna Schultz
Owen Sound
Canada Steamship Lines
Lower Lakes
Northern Engineering Company
Coastal Queen
Piscatorial Payment Prank Check To Albany City Treasurer
Albany June 5. City Treasurer J O'Brien received a stray check for 100 dollars labeled money for stolen time. O'Brien quipped someone took time off to fish and his conscience bothered him but for a hundred he must have done a lot of fishing.
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Albany
Pcity
Prank J. O'Brien
O'Brien
Wallace Hedging On Third Party In 1948 Reelect Question
Wallace refused to fully back Truman for reelection saying it depends on whether the Democratic Party remains liberal. He rejected campaigning for Republicans under any circumstances, noting possible reservations about Harold Stassen and Oregon Senator Wayne Morse while preparing a Raleigh address and press conference at Josephus Daniels home.
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Raleigh
Henry Wallace
Truman
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Wallace
Russia
Democratic Party
Harold 8. Stansen
Minnesota
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Marshall urges European unity for reconstruction plan
Secretary of State Marshall urged European nations to craft a joint reconstruction program with U S economic backing. He warned against governments or groups that exploit misery and pledged United States opposition to any that block recovery. He called for substantial aid over three to four years and a European blueprint, stressing policy against hunger and chaos rather than any country or doctrine. Ray Faig was bound over to the Federal Grand Jury on burglary charges after a May 19 arrest. bail reduced from 2000 to 1000.
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Cambridge
Mass
Marshall
Europe
United States
Marehall
Harvard Alumni Association
State Department
Ray Faig
U. S
Felix Gray
Paig
Star Bakery
Stock Quotations in Slow Market Session in New York
Closing prices for Alaska Juneau mine at 44s, American Can 90s, Anaconda 33 1 2, Curtiss-Wright 44, International Harvester 1, Kennecott 43 1 2, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 10 1 2, U S Steel 64 1 2, Pound 4.02. Total 520000 shares traded. Merrill Lynch averages: Industrials 169.42 rails 43.56 polities 33.07. Market was narrow and slow as tax bill awaits Presidential action.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Merrill-Lynch
Wall Street
Derrick 15 Named Steward at Taku Post
Derrick 15 named Club Steward of the Taku Post Veterans of Foreign Wars by Post Commander Hunt W Gruening. He comes from the U S Public Health Service in Washington D C and belongs to Sarame Lake Nor post of the VFW. He will assume his duties tomorrow.
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Jonn
Derrick
Taku Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hunt W. Gruening
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Sarame Lake, N
VPW
Defense plan for Pacific outlined in Honolulu report
The Honolulu Advertiser reports a Pearl Harbor Guam Alaska triangle guiding future Navy Pacific operations with Guam as forward base. It notes Guam hosts about 12,500 sailors nearly equal to Hawaii personnel, while Hawaii remains key support hub with expanded supply, storage, repair and communications. Temporary Guam facilities will become permanent over five years as the Navy disperses defenses to avoid past vulnerabilities.
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Honolulu
T. Hy
Guam
Cavite
Alaska
Pearl Harbor
Fifty Americans to Meet Royalty at Buckingham Palace
About fifty American debutantes and matrons were notified they will meet the Royal Family in Buckingham Palace gardens next Tuesday. They will be the first Americans to gain this distinction since the war, a class of guests proudly recalling pre-war social magic presented at court.
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London
Buckingham
Palace
BPWC to Meet at Noon Tomorrow
The Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its regular business luncheon meeting Friday in the Gold Room of the Baronet George Rogers, Administrative Assistant to the Governor, will speak on the shining situation, and pupils from Dorothy Roff's dancing school will entertain the members.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
George Rogers
Dorothy Roff
Daniing School
Truman Defends Taft Old Idea Amid World Aid Debate
President Truman blasted Taft’s boom and bust theory as the old idea and argued Administration policy aims to curb inflation while extending foreign aid. He named Griswold to run Greek aid and Alle as field director for relief funds, and urged voluntary price reductions as crucial amid domestic and international needs.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Richard F. Alle
Red Cross
China
Steamers and sailings from Pacific Northwest ports
Steamship movements list vessels and schedules from Vancouver and Seattle with departures on June 6 to 17. Passengers at the Baranof Hotel in Seattle include Dan Noonan G Lee Lewis Edward Seidenberg and W Jones plus John Davis of Tacoma.
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Princess Louise
Vancouver
Northern Voyager
Seattle
Bursnot
Ketchikan
Juneau
Corowa
Valdes
Benard
Princess Norah
Square Linnet
Alaska
Seaeattle
Baranof Hotel
Dan Noonan
G. Lee Lewis
Edward M. Seidenberg
W. ¥. Jones
John R. Davis
Tacoma
Baranof
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Anchorage
John Monagle
Monagles
John Jr
Joan
Barenof Hotel
Marie Idem
Petersburg
Justis J. Stanter
Louise M. Davis
Sitka
By Drew Pharson
Walter Florett
Wendy Gussell
Hollywood
Paris
Braden
Army
Navy State Dept
Ee Mere
U.S
Treas. Dept
King George VI of England
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Windsor Great Park
Unison
Sec
Faig
Steward Taku Post
Pacific
BPWC
Hungary
George Messersmith
Buenos Aires
Messersmith
Wade
Kansas City
Charles R Savage
Congress
Democratic National Committee
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