Debate on beer and wine sales in Gaston County
Residents weigh in on legal sale versus abolition. W Williams Morris Barber Shop opposes sale citing public drinking trouble. Mrs Reeves 902 N Oakland supports taxed sale with ABC stores. Stella H Melton says cut alcohol access not solution and favors recreation to deter youth excess.
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Gaston County
W. Williams
Morris Barber Shop
Gastonia
Williams
H. Reeves
Oakland
ABC
Stella H. Melton
Her Highness Beauty Salon
Stassen May Tie With Taft as Midwest Delegates Drawn
Republican hopeful Taft counts on Midwestern backing as Stassen’s delegates are courted in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska. Taft may seek Vandenberg or Stassen’s support in a possible Philadelphia bid while Stassen pursues second choice votes in Hartford and Baldwin’s delegation.
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Taft
Ohio
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Nebraska
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Boston
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Conn
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Capital Hill
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Abolition of Beer and Wine Sales Discussed
L O Thoernburg of Dallas argues against banning beer and wine saying would drive buyers to other states and states tax revenue should be captured locally. J M Alexander an insurance salesman supports abolition if it can be enforced, noting moral factors and public cooperation.
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L. O. Thoernburg
Dallas
Charlotte
South Carolina
J. M. Alexander
Wine Manufacturer Parker Charged With Tax Evasion
A federal indictment in Greensboro charges Eagle Springs wine maker Josephus D. Parker with income tax evasion totaling $114,639.49. The government says Parker, claiming $101,339.69 in 1943–45, owed $161,933.02 in taxes but paid only $47,293.53.
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Greensboro
Eagle Springs
Josephus D. Parker
U. S
Parker
Egyptians Seaborne Reinforcements in Isdud Battle
In a weeklong clash near Isdud 23 miles south of Tel Aviv the Jews claim they now surround about 1000 Egyptians of a 5000-strong force. Eyewitnesses report Egyptian ships landing troops to reinforce the coastal fight while a naval engagement saw a Jewish corvette and two planes repulse four Egyptian vessels. A four week truce proposal from Count Bernadotte is under consideration with replies expected by tomorrow.
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United Nations
Cairo
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Tel Aviv
Egypt
Isdud
GOP housing split threatens convention platform writeup
Washington June 8 A Republican family feud over housing bills flares as Rep Wolcott Michigan prepares a substitute to Taft's Senate bill. He signals a quick House hearing end and a later floor fight likely shaping convention debate over federal low rent housing and federal financing.
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New York
Life Underwriters Fish Fry at Rankin Lake
Activity calendar notes a 6 p m fish fry hosted by Life Underwriters at Rankin Lake followed by a 7 p m Lions Club gathering in Armington He el and a 7 30 p m Gaston County Historical Society event in the municipal court room at City Hall.
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Life Underwriters Fish Fry
Rankin Lake
Lions Club
Armington Heel
Gaston County Historical Society
Municipal Court
Lewis Demands Face Mine Operators in $14 Million Benefit Clash
Washington June. Soft coal operators show reluctance to fund $14,000,000 in miners death and disability benefits sought by John L. Lewis. Private huddle planned as formal talks resume at 1 p.m. EST at the Statler Hotel. Trustees and fund allocations spark deadlock amid government seizure era welfare schemes and looming June 30 contract expiry.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Statler Hotel
Charles O'Neill
Lewis and
Ezra van Horn
Thomas E. Murray
New York
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Senate Eyes Draft Revival After Long Session
The Senate labors into the night to finalize a limited draft revival with seven amendments left to act on including a race issue. The House will take up its bill after Senate passage. A poll tax ban for armed services voters passed 37 to 35 amid Southern opposition and Taft faced accusations of GOP breach of an informal agreement.
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Senate
House
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Nebraska
Russell
D-Ga
Langer
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Taft
Ohio
GOP
Lucas
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Weather Snapshot From Sidian Montana
Local temperature high yesterday and noon today reported from Sidian Montana. June rainfall to date shows 4.22 inches while 3.71 inches remain below the quota of 8.93 inches.
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Sidian Mt
Glass dresses spark pocket rock prediction in Skipperville
Uncle Bud quips about fashion change as women may wear glass dresses prompting men to walk with pockets full of rocks, a humorous local forecast on style and consequence.
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Skipperville
Third Crest Approaching in Northwest Flood Siege
The Columbia and Fraser rivers delivered a third crest as flood defenses held under siege across Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and British Columbia. Creston farmland flooded while workers and machines reinforced dikes for weeks. The Memorial Day drowning of Vanport remains a grim tally with hundreds missing.
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Ore
Columbia
Fraser
Pacific Northwest
Kootenay
Canada
Creston
B. C
Vancouver
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Vanport
Pacific
Dewey Heads South for Southern GOP Push
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey begins a southern tour to court Republican delegates, stopping in Baltimore for a dinner with Philadelphia convention delegates and traveling to Richmond for a luncheon with Virginia leaders. Dewey aims to win votes in Maryland and Virginia as Stassen is to be hosted that evening.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
New York
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Dewey
Richmond
Harold E. Stassen
French cabinet backs six power Western Germany pact
Paris June 8 French cabinet approves the six power agreement on Western Germany and votes to submit it to the National Assembly Friday Foreign Minister bidault spearheads push for formal acceptance of the London plan joint accord by United States Great Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg Moscow papers note the plan but publish no editorials Russians denounce the talks in Moscow newspapers the pact calls for a West German federal government international control of Ruhr coal and iron and safeguards against a military threat subject to home government approval the British cabinet approved it yesterday.
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Georges Bidault
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Moscow
New York
London
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Senate panel approves one year extension of trade act
The Senate Finance Committee voted eight to five to extend the foreign trade agreements act for one year with a milder revision. A seven to six compromise amendment by Senators Vandenberg and Millikin requires the President to notify Congress within 30 days if he ignores tariff commission recommendations.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vandenberg
Mich
Millikin
Cole
Congress
Tariff Commission
Taft
Ohio
Petrillo Vows Job For Margaret Truman
James C. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians says he told President Truman the union will secure a radio job for Margaret Truman regardless of the presidential race. He reassured Truman during a Washington concert and indicated no firm political endorsement yet but could always find a job for her.
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N. J
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Truman
Margaret Truman
Petrillo
Musicians’ Flat
Washington
Frank Lloyd Wright Pioneers Modern Architecture Globally
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, born June 8 1869, left the University of Wisconsin before finishing civil engineering. He found work in Chicago and began designing houses, shaping the worldwide modern school of architecture. The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo remains among his most famous works and his ideas crossed to Europe before gaining U S popularity.
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Chicago
Imperial Hotel
Tokyo
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