Garland Gains Support as Bob Greene Named Campaign Manager
Garland, candidate for one of Gaston county seats in the state house, named Bob Greene as campaign manager. Greene will direct efforts in Gastonia ahead of the runoff primary on June 26, aiming to hold Garland’s first primary votes and attract ballots from defeated rivals. Garland previously led with 597 votes at Box No 1 in Gastonia.
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James Boyce Garland
Gaston County
House of Representatives
Bob Greene
Gastonian
Gastonia
Greene
Garland
Bessemer City
Carl Howard
Howard
David P. Dellinger
Cherryville
Dellinger
O. M. Vernon
Mt. Holly
Alabama States Rights Leaders Solidly United
Birmingham report says Alabama States Rights Democrats form a permanent organization to oppose President Truman’s civil rights program beyond 1948. Horace Wilkinson notes the group will carry out southern and Alabama Democrats’ wishes and oppose Truman this year and in future elections.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Truman
Horace Wilkinson
Local Temperature Report and Rainfall Deficit
Yesterday high 88, low 7 last night. Noon today 5. June rainfall to date 0.86 inch, June quota 4.22 inches, deficiency 3.36 inches.
Soviet Tanks Block Berlin as Currency Reform Sparks Crisis
Soviet troops blocked all ground travel into Berlin after Western currency reform was announced, with tanks and armored cars deployed at the interzonal border. Gen. Clay planned talks with British and French officials to address the move while authorities limited entry and allowed only residents to pass.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
Eisenach
Helmstedt
Nude sculpture at Stanford gallery shocks campus crowd
In Palo Alto California a life sized nude in the Stanford University art gallery moved as Police Sergeant Edward J. Farman watched. He covered the figure with his coat and the nude was later committed to Agnews State Hospital for observation. Campus residents had complained of a woman's loud singing prior to the incident.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University Art Gallery
Edward J. Farman
Agnew State Hospital
Farman
Brother Freed on Bail in Fatal Mitchem Case
LeGrande Mitchem, 17, brother of Jimmie Mitchem, posted bond and released from county jail after noon Friday while serving as a witness in the fatal shooting of Rhonda Pearl Mitchem, six, and wounding of Edith Mitchem. Jimmie remains in custody for investigation. Creddy Rolland, 16, also questioned. Rhonda’s body found with eight bullet wounds. Edith injured. Police note the home was entered after shots were heard. Jimmie and LeGrande reported returning from nearby locations. Friday update places Jimmie in custody pending further inquiry.
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LeGrande Mitchem
Jimmie Mitchem
Rhonda Pearl Mitchem
Edith Mitchem
Miuciecm
Richard Heilbrunn
Lowell
Creddy Rolland
Rhonda Pearl
White House
Spencer Mountain Road
LaGrande Mitchem
LaGrande
Jimmy
Mountain View Grill
Spencer Mountain
Jimmie
Legrande
Legislative Log Jam Keeps Congress From Adjournment
Washington June 19 Congress faces delay as Speaker Martin says final adjournment is impossible tonight. He cites a continued log jam and says only a break could let lawmakers go. Taft and others discuss possible returns after conventions amid ongoing debates and a 21 month draft bill for 19 to 25 year olds.
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Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Mayors Fire Back at Taft Whistle Stop Quip
Washington dispatch reports mayors from Los Angeles Gary Crestline and other cities blasted Senator Taft for calling rail tour stops whistle stops. Democratic leaders distributed 35 responses across the nation showing 73 percent disapproved. Crestline Ohio mayor and others criticized the remark as in poor taste and out of step with civic pride.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Gary
Ind
Crestline
Ohio
Taft
Chambers of Commerce of
Pocatello
Ida
Laramie
Wye
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
Truman
Congress
Earl M. McNutt
Eugene
Ore
Taft and Dewey battle for delegate help at GOP convention
In Philadelphia on June 15 delegates weigh backing for Dewey Taft and Vandenberg as they maneuver for votes to secure the Republican presidential nomination. Vandenberg blasts Truman urging caution while Dewey Taft camps set sights on 548 votes, Stassen sidelined. Rumors of a Dewey VP bid for Dwight Green surface but may fade as more delegates are counted.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
President Truman
Truman
Washington
Vandenberg
Congress
GOP
Michigan
Dewey
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
New York
Dwight Green
Illinois
Ilinois
Filibuster Ends as Senate Passes Draft Bill After All Night Battle
The Senate halted an 17 hour filibuster led by Taylor and Langer to approve a compromise draft bill by voice vote. It would draft men aged 19 to 25 for 21 months starting 90 days after final enactment, pending House approval.
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Taylor
Idaho
Langer
R-Nd
Washington
Senate
House
Ives
Taylor and Pepper
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate House
Taylor-Langer
Held by lover keeps teen captive near Payetteville
Sixteen year old Eula Mae Mason returns home near Payetteville North Carolina as Deputy Sheriff W W Jackson says officers hunt for 38 year old Norman Beard accused by the girl of holding her in a swamp for a month She says she left with Beard on a marriage promise that never came and that he beat her during captivity She escaped June 17.
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Eula Mae Mason
Payetteville
N. C
W. W. Jackson
Norman Beard
Eula Mae
Jackson
Beard
Truman appoints inquiry board to avert coal strike
President Truman names a three member board under Taft Hartley to investigate the wage, hour, and pension dispute involving 400,000 United Mine Workers and operators. The panel, chaired by David L. Cole, reports to the White House by next Wednesday and could underpin a court order to forestall work stoppage for 80 days.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Health and Safety
White House
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
E. Wright Bakke
Yale University
Waldo Emanuel Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Beard Hunter Sought in Cumberland Sandhills
Fayetteville June 19 Sheriff's men continued to comb the Sandhills of Cumberland county searching for Norman Beard about 38 charged with assaulting a female. Deputy E W Jackson said Beard held captive 16 year old Eula Mae Mason for more than a month in an isolated area. The girl said Beard beat her and they lived on berries and forage. She went with Beard into the pines after he promised to marry her but the ceremony did not happen. Eula Mae escaped and told officers Thursday.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Norman Beard
E. W. Jackson
Beard
Eula Mae Mason
Jackson
Pines
Eula Mae
Duchess of Windsor Biography Highlights and Marriage
The Duchess of Windsor born June 20, 1896 rose to prominence when the king abdicated to wed her. A US native, she was twice divorced before marrying the duke on June 3, 1937. They lived in France until his 1940 appointment as Bahamas governor, then spent most of their time in the United States after 1945.
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the Duchess OF Windsor
England
United States
France
The
Bahamas
Ini
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