Congress Clears Labor Bill as Veto Override Hopes Rise
Washington June 7 AP Congress completed action on a major labor bill aimed at curbing union power winning overwhelming support in both chambers. Senate Republicans predict a veto override possible by July if President Truman rejects it. The measure imposes injunction power over national strikes and bans certain union practices while expanding employer rights.
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Washington
Congress
Teatt Hartley
Truman
Senate
House
GOP
Custer
Taft
Ohio
John
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Oe OS
Aula
United
Mitte Workers
Bes
Cor Bredeh
Sof
Juriscutan
Iife
Ellender
D-La
L. “Lewis
Hilender
Fight Over UN Police Force Seen By Parris
John A. Parris Jr. reports from Lake Success on a developing fight over the size and composition of a proposed United Nations global police force. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged limiting armed forces and equal global contributions, while the U S argued for a mobile strike force and flexible basing. The debate included opposition to equal contingents and concerns about bases and foreign troop presence.
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John A. Parris
Lake Success
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Germany
Japan
Russia
U. N
United States
W. R. Modison
Florida Non-Resident Fishing License Effort Fails
Tallahassee June 7. An effort to raise Florida non resident fishing licenses failed to pass. A bill increasing the 10 day non resident license from 2.50 to 5 and the annual license from 7.50 to 15 passed the Senate but was indefinitely postponed in the House.
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Tallahasses
CIA
Florida
Senate
Opposition Leader Arrested In Bulgaria Sparks Hungary Parallels
Sofia June 7 AP Opposition leader Nikolai Dimitrov Petkov of the Agrarian party was jailed after the assembly stripped him of parliamentary immunity. Government press chief Topencharov linked his actions to Hungarian conspirators, claiming Petkov led and aided conspiracy groups. Petkov has long resisted Communist rule in Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria
Nikkolai
Dimitroy Petkov
Hungary
Petrov
Agrarian Party
Petkov
National Assembly
Vladimir Topencharov
Serenc Nagy
Switzerland
Fatherland Front
Topencharov
Black Sea
Soviet Russia
Front
Truman Divides Time Between Bedridden Mother and Comrades
President Truman spends time with his bedridden mother and veterans of World War Two in Kansas City and at Grandview. He notes postwar parade plans for the 5th Division, attends events with General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s remarks on peace and stability, and postpones a decision on the Republican tax-cut bill.
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Comrads
Ernest
B. Vaccaro
Dune
Otter
Grandview
Mary. Truman
Mary Jane
Kansas
Dwight Divis
Russia
Eisenhower
35Th Division Association
Washington
White House
Capitol Hill
Chinese Communists Gain in Manchuria as Nationalists retreat
Gen Tu Li Ming said a decisive civil war phase would arrive soon in Manchuria with a “new plan” on reinforcements. Communist gains were reported at Pulantien, a key rail town guarding Dai Rien, while Nationalists withdrew, claiming mission complete.
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Manchuria
Tu Li-Ming
Mukden
Hsin Min Pao
Pulantien
Dairien
Shanghai Professors Report 43 Students Missing After Riot
The Shanghai University Professors Association said 43 students disappeared during recent anti civil war demonstrations and that tracing efforts have been unsuccessful.
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Shanghai
Tom Masterson Shangshai
Shanghai University Professors Association
Conferees narrow rent control extension outlines
Washington June 7 AP Conferees agree to strip local governments of power to end rent controls and drop states rights to run own programs. They keep local boards in defense rental areas and set executive timing for board recommendations within 30 days unless the National Administrator acts. Both versions require permits for recreation construction and allow mutual 15 percent rent increases through December 31. The Senate extends through February. the House through December 31 with possible 3 month presidential extension.
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Senate House
House
Buck
Rdel
Conference Committee
Defense
Senate
Two Infant Girls Battered to Death in Ohio Nursery
Massillon Ohio June 7 AP two infant girls were battered to death in the pediatrics nursery of city hospital last night by an unidentified assailant. The victims were Rosemary Morton nine weeks and Diane J Brand eight weeks. A nurse Marian Silleck found their bodies by the cribs and police say the attacker may have struck them against the floor.
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Massillon
City Hospital
Rosemary Morton
Harry HK. Morton
Diane J. Brand
Leo Brand
Marian Silleck
Stanley W. Switter
Celanese Production Workers Remain On Strike
About 8,600 Celanese Corp. workers at the Cumberland plant stayed out after a 15 hour bargaining session failed to settle. The strike began May 30 as Textile Workers Union demands included premium weekend pay six holidays lunch pay and a union shop.
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Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Reopening of Jap World Trade Nears
Allied plans move toward reviving Japan’s economy and trade to self-sufficiency within two months. General MacArthur will oversee the program with U S. involvement and aims to import raw materials and experts while easing occupation costs. Nations with strong participation potential will be favored and temporary trading centers will host foreign visitors during the initial period.
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Morris J. Harris
Japan
United States
Mac Arthur
George L. Eberle
U. 3
MacArthur
Anderson Forecasts End of Sugar Rationing for Home Use
Washington June 7 AP Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said rationing for household consumption will end as quickly as possible. He testified before the House Banking Committee on two bills abolishing home sugar rationing and prioritizing sugar for home canning purposes.
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Washington
Anderson
House Banking Committee
Floods and Tornadoes Disrupt Midwest States
The Associated Press reports thousands homeless as floods spill over farms in four midwest states. Tornadoes damaged towns in Illinois and Colorado, with no fatalities. Des Moines river rise forcing evacuations in southeastern Iowa, including Ottumwa where 30,000 residents faced outages and water shortages.
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Oklahoma
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Ottumwa
Rumor Moscow Won't Sign Austria Pact Amid Turmoil
Vienna reports a senior Austrian official says Moscow will not sign a treaty with Austria while the current government remains in power. The news follows Soviet backed regimes in Hungary and Bulgaria, and talks by four power foreign ministers on an Austrian accord.
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Ernst Fischer
Moscow
Austria
Russia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Foreign Ministers Council
Karl Renner
Leopold Tfigl
People's Party
Soviet Union
Carinthia
Styria
Germany
Trussia
United States
France
Britain
Georgia Weather Forecast Partly cloudy and warm
Partly cloudy and warm across Georgia this afternoon and tonight with a partly sunny Sunday. Widely scattered after noon thundershowers expected in the extreme north portion of the state.
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Georgia
Talmadge Says Officials Ignore White Georgia Democrats
Senator Herman Talmadge charged the Democratic National Committee with disregarding white Georgia Democrats to win black votes as it recognized Gov. M. E. Thompson's Georgia Democratic faction. He warned the move would affect the next national convention and criticized plans to back Henry Wallace for vice president.
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Herman Talmadge
Democratic National Committee
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Democratic Party
Atlanta Constitution
Talmadge
National Party
Truman
Supreme Court
Thompson
Henry ‘Wallace
Bob Hannegan
Gael Sullivan
Georgies
Tak Party
Talacge
Macon
Eugene Talmadge
William H. Morris
Augusta Chronicle
Morris
Coast Guard reports Navy TBM bomber crash offshore near Savannah
A Navy TBM bomber with three crew crashed about 30 miles northeast of Savannah in the Atlantic at 10 07 a m EST. Coast Guard vessels and three air sea rescue planes responded after the distress signal indicated a landing attempt. The aircraft was believed to be from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Scotland Yard Tightens Security Over Murder-by-Mail Bombs
London June 7 AP A Scotland Yard spokesman said new precautions against murder-by-mail bombs are being taken as plotters may shift tactics possibly sending bombs in packages from abroad. Twenty bombs had been detected through yesterday all in letters from Turin Italy targeting Prime Minister Attlee Winston Churchill and other cabinet ministers with officials blaming Jewish terrorists.
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Italy
Turin
Ministr Attlee
Winston Churchill
Eves Bevin
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