Worst Congress of All Truman Attacks GOP on Tour
President Truman labeled the GOP led Congress the worst in United States history during a western tour rally and quipped at Spokane that voters should reward the current Congress only if they vote in November. Republican leaders quickly hit back decrying the president’s harsh tone.
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Washington
Truman
Spokane
Congress
Chicago Tribune
Spokane Spokesman-Review
United States
GOP
House
Halleck
Indiana
Lee Truman
Permanent RR strike ban debated as unions seek lift
Washington June 9 The government seeks a permanent injunction to bar a nationwide railroad strike. Three unions remain under a temporary restraining order from Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough who has scheduled arguments. President Truman seized railroads on May 10 and placed them under Army control with a temporary order due to expire the next day.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Truman
Dewey Pursues Delegates On One Day NC Tour
Governor Thomas E. Dewey travels through Raleigh and Lexington and Morganton with a full day of riding and speeches to win support of Republican delegates for the Philadelphia convention. Stassen predicts nomination on the ninth ballot while Dewey promotes victory in November and avoids civil rights specifics until the party platform is drafted.
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Raleigh
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
North Carolina
Piedmont
Lexington
Morganton
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Richmond
Virginia
Philadelphia
Stassen
Minnesota
Truman
South
Associated Press
Winston-Salem
Robert A. Taft
Durham
Burlington
Greensboro
High Point
See Dewey
Draft For Men 19 To 25 Is Passed By Senate 78-10
The Senate approved a peacetime draft for men aged 19 to 25 by a 78 to 10 vote. If enacted, 19 through 25 year olds face two years in service, with volunteers for one year available for 18 year olds. The measure would revive selective service and expand all services and reserves to fill gaps.
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Senate
Washington
Armed Services
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Regular
Selective Service
Hartley says Lewis preparing another soft coal strike
Rep. Hartley of New Jersey warned that John L. Lewis is readying a new soft coal strike next month. He urged Congress to remain in session to handle an emergency, citing stalled negotiations and pension disputes as talks resume amid limited coal reserves.
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Washington
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
John L. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
House Labor Committee
Truck Driver Burned To Death On Hertford Causeway
A Kinston truck driver Horace Stroud was burned to death when his dump truck overturned on the Hertford causeway early Wednesday. The lower body burned while his head and chest fell into the water, saving the upper body.
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Elizabeth City
Kinston
Hertford
Horace Stroud
Democrats Admit Negroes To Their Party
In Columbia, D C on June 10 the Richland County Democratic Executive Committee opened party membership to Negroes for the first time in state history. The move, aimed at preventing federal court actions, allows Negroes to enroll on precinct books as whites do, while state rules still restrict broader membership to whites.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Richland County
Democratic Executive Committee
John Rice
Richland
Rice
Cloudbursts Threaten Flood Area Along Pacific Northwest
Flash floods and high tides raise risk as the Columbia and Fraser rivers surge toward new heights. Three cloudbursts and a five hour downpour dump water on farmland, adding to 650 square miles already underwater, while showers and thunderheads persist and high tides threaten dikes guarding Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Fraser
New Heights
Pacific
Oregon- Washington
British Columbia
Canada
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach Dies at 53 in Washington
Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach died at Walter Reed Hospital at 4:40 AM after weeks of illness. He had led the Labor Department since June 1945 and previously served as Democratic senator from Washington and federal judge. The White House said death was from cardiac failure.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
White House
Schwellenbach
Walter Reed Hospital
Labor Department
Truman
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Schnellenbach
Havana
New York Harbor
Governors Island
Wallace H. Graham
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Federal District Court
Activity Calendar TONIGHT 7 p m Gaston County Personnel Association
Tonight at 7 p m the Gaston County Personnel Association hosts a meeting with the Woman's Club at a local venue. Members are advised to bring updates and any relevant notices for inclusion in the club calendar.
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Gaston County Personnel Association
Woman's Club
Armistice Starts Friday Cease Fire Orders Go To Arabs
Cairo reports cease fire orders issued to Arab and Jewish troops for a four week pause starting Friday morning as U N mediators push for a peace conference in Rhodes. Trans Jordan forces and the Arab Legion are included in the halt with Israel ready to halt Jewish troops. Bernadotte urged prompt nationwide notification to avoid misunderstandings and pledged continued effort for peace in Palestine.
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Palestine
Tewfik Abu Abuda
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Trans - Jordan
Arab Legion
Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Shertok
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
Mediterranean
Rhodes
New Air Force XS-1 Exceeds Speed Of Sound
Air Secretary Symington said the XS-1 research plane flew much faster than sound in tests. Capt. Charles E. Yeager, a famed fighter pilot, is the only pilot to break the sonic wall. The speed of sound varies with temperature, 763 mph at 59 F sea level.
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Washington
Symington
Air Force
Charles E. Yeager
Yeager
Myra
W. Va
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Ohio
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh born June 10 1921
Prince Philip Mountbatten born June 10 1921 is noted as an athlete and naval officer. He renounced a Greek title and gained one in Britain after marrying Elizabeth the heir presumptive to the throne. He is great grandson of Queen Victoria and third cousin to Elizabeth. He spent childhood years with Louis Viscoun Mountbatten and his wife.
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Prince Philip (Mountbatten
Duke of Edinburgh
England
Elizabeth
Queen Vic
Louis
Viscoun Mountbatten
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