Extension of Draft Debated by Senator Austin in Washington
Senator Austin of Vermont urged a prompt extension of the draft to bolster US negotiating power abroad. He argued the nation must regain prestige after victory and maintain a credible peace force, warning that promises without power undermine foreign relations. The debate confronts scrapping Selective Service or a draft moratorium, with opposition from the armed forces and backing from Secretary Byrnes.
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United States
Austin
Senate
Vermont
Senate Military Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
State Byrnes
Montgomery Flooded by Five Inch Rainfall
Montgomery Alabama experienced the heaviest rainfall in seven years totaling five inches from 2 am to 8 am. Streets flooded and cars drowned. residents used boats, yards filled, and Maxwell Field plus Oak Forest Bradley area saw significant damage. Fire crews reported many flooded basements and marooned residents unable to reach work.
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Ala
Weather, Bureau
Weather Bureau
Pekal
Oak Forest - Bradley
Chisholm
Maxwell Field
Italian monarch Umberto II flees Milan amid clashes
ANSA reports demonstrators broke police lines as King Umberto II visited Milan Cathedral and was forced to flee through an underground passage. Clashes between monarchists and republicans erupted in Luomo Square with no reported casualties. The fate of the monarchy hinged on tomorrow's plebiscite and a subsequent referendum to be held after the new constitutional assembly is elected.
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ANSA
Umberto II
Milan
Luomo
Umberto
Venice
Royal Palace
Alfred Cardinal Schuster
Italy
Parachute Test From Gloster Meteor Jet
Irisman Bernard Lynch, 27, will be catapulted from a Gloster Meteor jet plane traveling 500 to 600 mph next week. From Chalgrove Airdrome Oxfordshire he will shed the tail with an explosive charge to deploy a small parachute then a full chute while cameras film the test.
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London
Irisman
Bernard Lynch
Chalgrove
Oxfordshire
Pope Declares Peace Still Far Way After War Ends
Vatican City, June 1 AP Pope Pius XIV said in a world broadcast that true peace remains distant from the end of hostilities. He warned responsible men must reject despotism and that elections in Italy and France will decide if Latin nations stay Christian or drift toward materialism without religion. The pontiff warned that international tension could trigger a dark tomorrow and called the path to peace long and arduous.
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Pius XIV
Italy
France
Eugenio
Sacred College of Cardinals
Georgia Labor Vote Split Forecast By Experts
Political experts predict Georgia labor will split in the 18 primary with no unified bloc. AFL leaders back Eugene Talmadge while CIO PAC plans a later discussion. black and women voters show split tendencies and the Klan may influence the gubernatorial race.
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Bennet Deloach
Atlanta
Capitol
AFL
Eugene Tamadge
Talmadge
Red
CIO
Charles Gillman
Cio?pac
PAC
Arnall
Weather forecast for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Forecasters expect considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and in the north and west portions this afternoon. Temperatures mainly steady with slightly cooler readings in the north and west portions this afternoon and southeast portion tonight. Sunday outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies with more showers and thunderstorms fading southward. Winds expected to be moderate to fresh from the south.
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Georgia
Florida
Miners Win Quick Action On Health and Welfare Gains
Government moves rapidly to implement health and safety advances won by John L. Ligwis for soft coal miners ending a long strike. A 5 cent per ton fund finances welfare and retirement programs, workmen compensation, and occupational disease laws, with broad federal supervision and union-operator discussions on a new safety code.
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Karl-R. Bauman
Washington
John L. Ligwis
Eennsylvania
Joel T. Boone
Navy
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers
Krug
United States
Carmichael ties rivals to KKK in Georgia race
James V. Carmichael on a statewide radio accuses opponents Eugene Talmadge and E. R. Rivers of aligning with the Ku Klux Klan. He claims past administrations left Georgia with a public debt totaling 35,961,630.38 dollars and warns of a unified effort to raid the state treasury.
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Atlanta
James V. Carmichael
Georgia
Carmichael
Eugene Talmadge
E. R. Rivers
Ku Klux Klan
Stork Lands In Jammed Elevator In Chattanooga
A mother-to-be was being moved to Erlanger Hospital when an elevator jammed on the fourth floor. A nurse delivered the baby without a physician aboard. The elevator was repaired and the mother and daughter are reported doing nicely.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Erlanger Hopsital
Senate Trims Truman Labor Legislation
The Senate approves a diluted emergency labor bill but the House may balk after learning Truman’s plan for the Case anti strike measure. The bill passes 61 to 20 minus draft labor provisions, keeps seizure authority, and adds no strike penalties. Senate and House differ over key changes and timing.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Truman says no single group will control the country
President Truman told Washington College graduates he favors small business over large monopolies and noted he would rather see many small steel firms than a single bank or insurance giant. He also discussed Senate changes to his emergency labor bill and regional greetings from Maryland officials during a visit to the eastern shore.
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Chestertown
Truman
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Herbert O'Connor
Tydings
TWO WORLDS AT DEL MAR VETERANS IN SERVICE UNIFORMS
Sixty war veterans at Del Mar hotel returned to work in their old service uniforms to honor Memorial Day. Guests witnessed a former lieutenant commander now serving as boiler tender to an ex-private. other veterans included majors captains and lieutenants with a mix of ranks and duties such as porters clerks and telephone operators.
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del Mar
Calif
Agriculture Dept foresees tighter meat supplies next year
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a tighter national meat situation for 1947 with supplies possibly down as much as one million pounds below 1946. May butter output is expected 30 percent below last year as higher cream profits lure production away from butter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Trio of Soldiers Publicly Whipped For Burglary
Three Camp Robinson soldiers Richard Kurman Phillip Sudnick and Lee Roy Kirby were whipped 20 lashes each in Little Rock Circuit Court after pleading guilty to burglary and grand larceny. They consented to the punishment in a letter to the court and testified it would be suitable. The lashes were administered under Judge Laurence Auten with Dr. Howard A. Dishongh examining them. They suffered no permanent injury according to the doctor.
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Little Rock
Camp Robinson
Richard Kurman
Phillip Sudnick
Cleveland
Lee Roy Kirby
Spartanburg
S. C
Laurence Auten
Howard A. Dishough
Corone
Dishongh
U N Polish Delegate Seeks Worldwide Break With Spain
The United Nations subcommittee investigating Franco Spain urges Security Council action by referring the Spanish question to the General Assembly. It also backs the March three power declaration condemning the Franco regime and hopes for peaceful removal, with US Britain and France signers.
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United Nations
Security Council
U. N
General Assembly
United States
Great Britain
France
Oscar Lange
Australia
China
Poland
Brazil
CIO Seeks Fresh Talks to avert June Shipping Strike
Washington reports CIO and maritime leaders plan another round of talks at 8 p.m. EST as unions threaten a June 15 strike over a 40 hour week and higher pay. Truman warned he will deploy the army navy and coast guard to keep merchant shipping moving, drawing fire from Bridges and Curran.
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Joseph Curran
Committee For Maritime Unity
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