Arabs Push UN Truce for Palestine Unity
Arab nations told the United Nations that any cease fire must ensure Palestine remains politically united. They accepted the four week armistice but left its start timing undecided as fighting continued around Jerusalem and Tel Aviv with Egyptian and Arab forces involved. Republicans have selected nearly all delegates for the 1948 National Convention, leaving 29 slots open and signaling contests between Dewey Stassen and Taft camps. California and South Dakota finalized delegations, Warren supporters win California, Stassen favored by South Dakota.
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Robert Hewett
Cairo
United Nations
Palestine
U. N
Holy Land
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Washington
Indiana
Philadelphia
Charles Halleck Az
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
California
South Dakota
Earl Warren
Stassen
Arab Israeli Armistice Efforts Undermined by Cease Fire Strains
The article notes continued fighting in Jerusalem with artillery and mortar fire as the Arab league and Israel attach conditions to their armistice acceptances. The U N. mediator Bernadotte and the cease fire commission face compliance challenges amid unclear timing and security council expectations. Both sides presented conditions to the U N Secretary General Lie at Lake Success before the deadline.
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Holy Land
U. N
Folke Bernadotte
Truce Commission
Security Council
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Jewish Agency
al Assaf
Rehovot
Tel Aviv
Moshe Shertokold
U. N. Security Council
Seven-Nation
Arab League
Israel
Drygve Lie
Lake Success
N. Y
Turpentine Producers Back Plan to Cut Prices Across Market
Valdosta Ga June 2 AP The American Turpentine Farmers Association backs a plan to reduce retail prices and clear surplus stock It recommends lowering government support price for turpentine from 64 5 cents to no less than 45 cents and pegging the CCC loan price at 45 cents The move follows a 1947 peak price of 1 55 a gallon and a drop to 47 cents About 20000 to 25000 Georgians depend on the industry with annual output valued at 35 million dollars President Harvey Langdale says the recommendation would lower retail prices and stabilize the market
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Valdosta
American Turpentine Farmers Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
South Georgia
Harvey Langdale
Association
CCC Proposal Sparks Expectation of Industry Benefits
Observers predicted the CCC would accept the proposal, placing the industry in a stronger competitive position and signaling potential regulatory or economic advantages for the sector.
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CCC
Statue of Talmadge to stand 22 feet near Capitol
A 22 foot high bronze statue of the late Eugene Talmadge will be erected on the east side of the Capitol near the agriculture commissioner’s office. Sculptor Steffen Thomas will oversee a $35,000 memorial funded by more than 100,000 Georgians who donated $56,584. Work starts now with completion expected in 10 to 14 months.
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Talmadge
Capitol
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Agriculture Commissioner's
Zack Cravax
Memorial Association
Cravey
Steffen Thomas
Stone Mountain
Thomas
Talmady
Public invited to watch Klansmen initiated at Stone Mountain
Atlanta June 2 AP reports the Ku Klux Klan plans a public naturalization ceremony on July 23 at Stone Mountain. Grand Dragon Samuel Green announced 10 000 robed Klansmen will initiate more than 1 000 new members with open attendance for anyone interested.
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Atlanta
Samuel Green
Flood Comes To Lowland: Water Tops Dike In Area
The Columbia flood crest reached low lands from Portland to the sea as dikes fail and water invades towns farms and dairying areas. Vanport is wiped out and thousands homeless. Federal aid and rapid rebuilding plans surge to restore housing and essential services for flood victims.
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Portland
William Phipps Fortland
Ore
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Vanport
Oregon
Metroplois
Vancouver
Longview
Washigton
Truman
Federal
Public Housing Administration
Department of Interior
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Navy
Astoria
Army and Interior Departments
Vinson proposes radar net to guard U.S. coasts
Representative Vinson of Georgia introduces a bill to authorize a radar network along the U.S. and Alaska coasts with Air Force approval. The project would cost about 160 million dollars for equipment and 4 million for land. completion is estimated in five years.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
United States
Alaska
Air Farce
Air Force
Thousands oppose Mundt Nixon anti-Communist bill in Washington
More than 3000 opponents gathered in Washington from New York aboard three trains to protest the Mundt Nixon anti-Communist bill. Former Rep. Jerry O Connell praised defenders of liberties while criticizing the measure which would require registration of Communist party members and ban activities toward foreign dictatorship.
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Washington
New York
Jerry J. O’connel
Montana
Henry A. Wallace
O’connel
Senate Judiciary
House
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
Communist Party
Reps
Mundt
Nixon
California
Truman presses housing trade and education legislation
President Truman urged Democratic congressional leaders to pass housing reciprocal trade and educational bills at a White House conference as the Senate works late to dispose of key measures. House GOP leaders push adjournment with a list that omits civil rights and other major items.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Senate
GOP
House
Rayburn
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Mittee
Martin
Philadelphia
Senate Finance Committee
Governors Use of Guard Planes Questioned by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee questioned the legality of National Guard plane use by governors including James E. Folsom of Alabama and Howard L. Gibson of Vermont. General Kenneth F. Kramer explained planes serve National Guard purposes and may be used for state or national business under strict limits.
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Washington
National Guard
James E. Folsom
Alabama
House Appropriations Committee
House
Folsom
Gibson
Vermont
Salt Lake City
Utah
Scrigner
R-Man
Scrivner
Cramer
Adjutants General
Guard Bureau
Navy lists 28 sailors and marines missing after launch wreck
Norfolk reports 28 sailors and Marines feared lost after a 50 foot motor launch capsized near the aircraft carrier Kearsarge in Hampton Roads. The task force of about 1,100 marines delayed its sailing, while a light rain and 20 mph gusts battered the open launch returning a Liberty party.
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Norfolk
Navy
Hampton Roads
Kearsarge
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Kearsurge
Road machinery made available to 30 Georgia counties
Atlanta June 2 AP Ninety nine pieces of heavy road construction machinery valued at 135000 are being made available to county commissioners in 30 south Georgia counties affected by spring floods. Oliver T. Ray division engineer of the Federal Works Agency said the equipment includes drag lines road patrols and bulldozers. The machinery was declared surplus under provisions of the surplus property act of 1944.
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Atlanta
Ninty
South Georgia
Oliver T. Ray
Federal Works Agency
Judge Warns of National Tragedy if Coal Strike Occurs
Washington reports that Judge T A Goldsborough warned it would be a national tragedy if a coal strike occurred within a month while lawyers debated a court order to compel John L Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association on a new soft coal contract. The government argued the Taft Hartley Act supports bargaining, while Lewis and UMW claimed the SCPA is an obstructionist group formed to block negotiations. The case hangs on whether the Taft Hartley act constitutionality stands and whether the SCPA can represent coal operators in talks with Lewis.
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Washington
T.A Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Welly K. Hopkins
Gova
Denham
SCAP
UMW
Goldsborough
Joseph B. Moody
Southern Association
NLRB
South
SCPA
Budget Appropriations Move for Navy Air Force Spending
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $10,196.61 spending package for the Navy and Air Force as part of a broader military budget. Congress eyes action on three bills including military draft and Reciprocal Trade, with Senate aiming for swift passage despite potential late sessions.
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Washington
House
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Army
Senate
Iometihy
D. P
United State
Finance Committee
Millikin
R-Golo
U Tariff Commission
Truman
Department
Voice America
United States
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Georgia shows clear to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Extreme Northwest Florida sees fair conditions with little temperature change and gentle to moderate northeasterly winds along the coast.
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Georgia
Florida
Access in Battle Against the White Ringed Beetle Gains Hope
In Atlanta on June 2 AP reports an agriculture official says containment of the white ringed beetle pest shows progress. Infestations remain limited to several counties with ongoing treatment campaigns using sprayed insecticides and tractor mounted equipment.
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Thomas EF. Dewey
Edward Martin
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Leverett Saltonstall
Alfred E. Driscoll
Enjumin
Vinson’s
South GA
C. H. al Alden
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