House votes to delay World War II draft to next year
The House approved postponing registration and inductions until after January 31 by a 125 to 90 vote. Rep Shafer proposed the amendment, with plan supporters Leo Allen and Harness backing the measure. The vote may be followed by a roll call as debate continues on the two year draft revival.
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Washington
House
Shafer
R-Mich
Rules
Leo E. Allen
Harness
R-Ind
Local Temperature and Rainfall Report
Temperature figures show high yesterday at 61 degrees and a low last night briefly noted. June rainfall stands at 0.86 inches toward a 4.22 inch quota, with a deficiency of 3.36 inches to date.
Veteran backs Johnson drive gains party support
A Raleigh war veteran announced that 93 members of the 1947 State House and 39 senators back Charles M. Johnson for governor. Gene Simmons of Tarboro, supporting Johnson, said over 77 percent of lawmakers endorse Charlie Johnson, signaling strong legislative backing for the Democratic nomination.
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House of Representatives
Charles M. Johnson
Gene Simmons
Tarboro
Johnson
Charlie Johnson
Police Probe Mystery Case Near Gastonia
Sheriff investigators link a fatal eight chest wound on Rhonda Mitchem and six chest wounds on Edith Mitchem to a possible murder or double homicide. A coroner's jury examined the scene at Jimmy Mitchem's home after he, returning from Ranl Mill, found his wife and child wounded early Thursday.
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Sheriff's Department Today
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Ranl Mill
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Mountain View
Police hold three in investigation of girl’s murder
Capt. R J Stroupe said two men and a girl are being held without charges for the murder of six year old Rhonda Pearl Mitchem. Jimmy Mitchem the father and Lagrande Mitchem the uncle were questioned in a sheriff's office room while Creddy Rolland a 16 year old girl was also held. Lagrande said he heard shots after midnight and found the girl dead.
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Sheriff's Department
Rhonda Pearl Mitchem
Jimmy Mitchem
Lagrande Mitchem
Creddy Rolland
Mitchem
Grievers Discover Tragedy at Family Home
Mitchem returns around midnight finds doors locked and wife unresponsive. He shines light through open venetian blinds and sees his wife and child dead, prompting a grim discovery at the Spencer Mountain area residence.
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Spencer Mountain
Mitchem
Republicans Push New Housing Bill In House Vote
House leaders moved a fresh housing bill toward passage as discussants blocked public housing and slum clearance. The measure, approved by the House Banking Committee 15 to 11, omits public housing provisions and aims to renew mortgage insurance, give veteran purchasing priorities, and accelerate depreciation taxes for rental housing.
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Hall
Wisconsin
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
Wagner
Soviet Move Threatens Austrian Power Minister
Soviet authorities told Austria they plan steps possibly including arrest against Austrian Power Supply Minister Alfred Migsch over anti Soviet stance. Migsch reportedly said Eastern Bloc states must follow Moscow orders and serve Russian reconstruction and armament during a speech in the French zone.
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Migsch
Moscow
France Accepts Six Power Pact to Govern Western Germany
Paris June 17. The national assembly reluctantly approved a six power agreement to set up a semi independent German government with allied control. Premier Schuman survived a bitter debate though with only eight votes to spare 297 to 289 and 26 abstentions. Russia rejected the plan noting it violates Potsdam.
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Truman Blasts Congress During Missouri Train Stop
President Truman assailed Congress on his return trip to Washington. In Sedalia he criticized delays on price control and in Warrensburg he urged quicker passage of federal aid to education. He said the Republican Congress has done a grand job to the people, not for them.
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Blue baby linked to crayons at California hospital
San Mateo June 17 Community Hospital reports four year old Diane Pastorelli turned blue from swallowing colored crayons. Doctors say the condition is serious and under medical care.
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Calif
Community Hospital
Diane Pastorelli
Stassen Says He’ll Be 3rd On First Ballot At GOP Meeting
Harold Stassen arrived in Philadelphia and conceded he will be third on the first presidential nominating ballot at the Republican convention. He aims to lead liberal and younger forces toward the nomination by the ninth ballot and expects Dewey or Taft to lead the first roll call while praising Senator Vandenberg as a top statesman.
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Harold FE. Stassen
Minnesota
Republican Party
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Dewey
Maine
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Taft
F. L. Fitzgerald
GOP
Civil Rights Fight Sparks GOP Platform Debate
In Philadelphia on June 17 the Republican platform committee faced a clash as a Texas delegate protested lack of Southern representation on the civil rights subcommittee. Orville Bullington of Wichita spoke out against the committee assignment process.
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Republican Platform Committee
Texas
Agnes Jones Gifford
South Orange
N. J
Burlington
Gifford
Lodge
Editor charges bribe attempt in governor race
A young editor alleged that supporters of Charles M. Johnson offered to pay him to suppress deposits of state money. Ford Davis of The Zebu lon Record made the accusation during a radio broadcast backing Kerr Scott in the Democratic governor nomination fight. He cited repeated charges from the first primary as the basis for his claim.
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Charles M. Johnson
Ford Davis
Zebulon Record
Kerr Scott
Johnson
Davis
Report of United Airlines crash near Mt Carmel Pa
A United Airlines propeller plane crashed in flames near Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania. Forty one people were believed dead including 37 passengers and four crew. The craft, Flight 624 from San Diego to New York, struck a transformer and cut a power line. Pilot Captain George Warner of Chicago identified in the found logbook. Eyewitnesses described 35 to 40 bodies scattered at the scene. State police could not confirm casualty numbers at the wreck site.
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UAL
New York
San Diego
Ed Darlington
WCNR
Bloomsburg
Darlington
Midvalley
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company
Boy In Iron Lung Dies From Polio
A two year old boy died of polio in an iron lung at Cumberland County Health Center Payetteville after being rushed 40 miles from Laurinburg. Luther B Fowler died five hours after admission to the lung. He was the son of Mrs Loriie D Fowler. It marked the hospital's second death in a lung in one week.
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Payetteville
Luther B. Fowler
Cumberland County Health Center
Laurinburg
Loriie D. Fowler
Erwin To Speak At North Carolina Teacher Shortage Conference
Raleigh June 17 Dr Clyde A Erwin state superintendent of public instruction was slated to deliver the keynote at an emergency conference addressing the teacher shortage in North Carolina today.
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Raleigh
Clyde A. Erwin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
North Carolina
Third Setback for President in Four Days
Congress overridden President Truman's veto for the third time in four days. The House approved 297 to 102 and the Senate 63 to 25, allowing railroads and other carriers to form rate agreements if ICC approved, shielding them from anti trust action. Earlier vetoes on social security and a department transfer were also overcome.
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ICC
Bulwinkle
Arrest Made in Beam Case in Rock Hill
Police disclosed Nathan T. Corn, 34, was being held in connection with the murder of George C. Beam Jr, oil dealer. Corn was arrested last night after Beam’s body, pierced by a bullet, was found in the Catawba river near Rock Hill. No charges had been filed and Corn endured hours of questioning by four officers including Rock Hill Police Chief E M Hanna and Detective Chief Fred Wolfe.
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Nathan T. Corn
George C. Beam Jr
Cora
E. M “Zip” Hanna
Fred Wolfe
York County
T. W. Derrick
Floyd Allison
Beam
Corn
John Hersey Pioneer Writer of War and Bell for Adano
John Hersey born June 17 1914 rose to prominence with A Bell for Adano as a novel stage and screen piece. He wrote many books and served as a World War II correspondent for Time magazine. Son of missionaries to China he learned Chinese before English and after Yale studied in England before briefly assisting Sinclair Lewis.
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England
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