Campaign balance in a Truman run and rival plans
James Marlow analyzes the 1948 presidential landscape noting the likelihood of Truman facing GOP attacks on his record and Congress while Dewey and Warren lack federal Washington experience. He argues the public debate centers on Truman versus a Republican Congress and the difficulty voters face assessing rival records.
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Washington
Caliornia
Truman
Dewey
Warren
Mr. Truman
Acousticon Promotes Roy C Lescalleet to Western District
Announcement names Roy C Lescalleet as Distributor for Acousticon Division covering 15 counties in Western Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Frederick County native based in Hagerstown will oversee expanded territory bringing Acousticon hearing service to the deaf and hard of hearing. He will be at the Acousticon office 158 Washington Street Wednesday and Saturday this week.
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Acousticon
Dictograph Products, Inc
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mr. Lescalleet
Frederick County
Hagerstown
Tlsx
Lesealleet
Leséalieet
Washington St
U.S. Planning Tough Moves in Germany Crisis
Western zones faced 000 residents cut off as 39 giant C-548 transports head for Germany from Alaska to the Caribbean. Officials reported more craft available while diplomacy accelerated with Lovett, Truman, Bevin, Attlee in top level talks amid Berlin impasse.
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Alaska
Caribbean
Air Force
U. S
Berlin
Lovett
Truman
White House
William Draper
Lewis W Douglas
London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Draper
A. C. Wedemeyer
U.S
Lucius D. Clay
Attlee
Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Bevin
Will Continue To Urge Enlistments
Washington June 29 Allied services will keep urging men to volunteer after the draft begins. The Army expects as many as 360,000 volunteers in addition to the 225,000 to 250,000 draftees estimated for the coming fiscal year starting next Thursday. The Air Forces and Navy plan to rely on continued enlistments to replace expirations and to build toward new total strength.
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Washington
Allied Services
Army
Air Forces
Navy
Blockade Denunciations Amid Berlin Crisis
Reports from Lake Success indicate UN Secretary General Trygve Lie weighs presenting Berlin to the Security Council. Soviet officials admit tight rail and food blockades persist, with 2.5 million Berliners to be fed by round-the-clock airlift as interzonal travel and rail traffic face new limits and curbs.
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Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lake Success
Berlin
Security Council
Poland
Ruhr
Germany
ADN
U. S
Improvises For Setting Hen Continues On Hatch Efforts
Mrs Bagent attempted to hatch eggs using a hot water bottle as a makeshift incubator. She kept it warm from Saturday night, tending the eggs with cloths until the first chick peeped Sunday afternoon. Four chicks hatched with one more possible, and she praises the bottle while modestly sharing credit.
German Leaders Scored By Reds
Berlin report says Soviet press accuses Kurt Schumacher and SPD leaders of anti Russian spying for Western powers. Wilhelm Lohrenz, in Soviet custody ten years, signs a confession accusing SPD of turning into a spying outfit under English and American circles. AMG officials named deny the allegations as Soviet terror.
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Kurt Schumacher
Taegliche Rutdschan
Wilhelm Lohrenz
Social Democratic Party
Lohrenz
Germany
Schumacher
Lorenz
Social Democratic Party of Germany
SPD
L. A. Wiesner
Te Amg
Wiesner
Lourenz
Social Democrats
Socialist Unity Party
American Secret Service
Moscow
Syria protests ship shelling near Palestine clash
Syria objects to an American warship shelling Arab lines near Al Barwa as Arab League meets in Cairo to discuss U N peace proposals. Mohsen Al Barazi protests to the United States and to Bernadotte, while Washington says no official note was received and ships act only as observers.
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Syria
Palestine
Arab League
United Nations
Mohsen al Barazi
United States
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
U. S
Bernadotte
al Barwa
Fawzi Pasha al Kaukji
Washington
State Department
Bernadette
J. Escarati
Cominform Statement on Yugoslavia Sparks Early Reactions
The Cominform blast signals a tough path as it calls for Yugoslav leaders to confess faults and shift to internationalism. It marks Yugoslavia’s expulsion from the Communist family, with editors in Europe reacting as Prague paper Rude Pravo preemptively published an early edition.
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Interna
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Communist Party
Communist Front
Information Bureau
Rude Gavo
Rude Pravo
Retirement Pay For Reserves Is Signed Into Law
President Truman signed a bill granting retirement benefits to reserve officers and enlisted personnel across the Army Air Force and Navy. The act allows reserves to retire after twenty years with credit for reserve time, previously pension only for those with active service or disability.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Air Force
Navy
United States
Methodists To Break Ground For New Home
Ground will be broken this afternoon for a new Cassels Building at the Asbury Methodist Home for the Aged in Gaithersburg. Bishop Charles Wesley Wint will head dignitaries from Baltimore, Washington and eastern West Virginia, with Dr Karl Meister as principal speaker. The addition also includes an infirmary, expanding capacity from about one hundred to accommodate forty additional residents on the waiting list of ninety seven.
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Asbury Methodist Home For
Gaithersburg
Charles Wesley Wint
Washingtonates
Baltimore
Washington
West Virginia
Karl P. Meister
General Board of Methodist Hospitals and Homes
Cassels
Asbury Home
States' rights caucus plans July meeting in Philadelphia
Leaders of the states' rights campaign plan a Philadelphia caucus July 11 with more than 1,000 delegates. Fifteen hostile governors will attend pre convention talks to decide action for the Democratic convention and possible Birmingham or Jackson meetings. Emmerich, McComb publisher, cites southern and border states governors. identities withheld.
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McComb
States’ Rights Campaign
Philadelphia
Truman
Oliver Emmerich
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
Emmerich
Peru Declares State Of Acute National Crisis
President Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero announced Peru is in an acute national crisis and will rule by decree with extraordinary powers. He cited dangerous political tension and potential violence brewing among political factions. Congress will not convene for its July 28 session due to a boycott by 21 independent senators.
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Lima
Peru
Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero
Russians Use Food to Push Propaganda in Germany
In Berlin and across the Russian occupation zone, Moscow shaped coverage as Russians supplied 40,900 tons of bread and fodder, while Western allies fed Germany to avert hunger. American and British relief shipments continue, yet German press leaned on Soviet praise, editors swapping thank you letters and broadcasts highlighting Moscow aid.
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Berlin
Germany
Soviet Union
U. S
Britain
Baltic
Dresden
Special One Day Registration Proposed Here
County Supervisors announce a special registration day to aid residents in outlying districts who lack transport. Eligible voters may register any day at the courthouse office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, with closing hours at noon Saturday. October 2 is set as the final registration day before the November general election.
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Hagerstown
Missing VA check reported by Daniel Schaffer
Daniel Schaffer of 1090 West Washington Street reported today the theft or disappearance of a Veterans Administration government check. He said the check should have arrived on June 1 and VA officials confirmed the check was mailed out.
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Daniel Schaffer
Washington Street
Dolice
Veterans Administration
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