Lodge-Sponsored Plan Lets 25 000 Aliens Join Up
The Senate approved an amendment to the draft bill allowing enlistment of 25 000 aliens. Sponsored by Senator Lodge the plan would grant citizenship after five years of service and distribute recruits through the army rather than forming a foreign legion.
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Senator Lodge
R-Mass
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Foreign Legion
Europe
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Tydings
Dmd
House
Chamber
Wherry
Nebraska
Russell
Rga
Armed Services
Langer
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Morse
Czech Parliament to Elect New President Monday
Prague reports that Czechoslovakia's Communist led parliament will elect a new president next Monday to succeed Eduard Benes who has resigned.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
County Commission OKs limited convict labor for stadium project
The County Board approved a limited aid plan sending several county farm laborers for a few days to assist in building concrete stands at the East Side school grounds in Thomasville. A committee led by Lee E Kelly presented the request as part of a community stadium project spearheaded by a Touchdown Club with funds already in hand.
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Board of County Commissioners
Thomasville
Messrs
Frank Eiison
Marcus Calhoun
Lawrence Steyerman
Claude Rountree
Lee E. Kelly
Egyptian forces fight to break Jewish coastal trap near Isdud
Egyptian troops landed on the coast near Isdud to aid forces encircled by Jewish defenses as Arabs and Jews dispute the Bernadotte truce terms. Tel Aviv faced air raids while a casualty toll and captures were reported amid stalled peace replies.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Isdud
Miesanim
Nitsanim
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Abdel Rahman Assam _ Pasha
Arab League
League
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Seven-Nation
State Prison Asked to Investigate Death of Negro Convict
Augusta Georgia June AP reports the state prison board was asked to probe the death of Ike Crawford a black convict who died 15 days after hospital admission for eye trouble. Sheriff M Gary Whittle said a report claimed a shovel struck Crawford in the eye while at the Richmond county stockade. Officials extend inquiry but find no foul play. Crawford died Saturday at University Hospital.
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Belgum
Gromyko
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Augusta
State Prison Board
Ike Crawford
M. Gary Whittle
Richmond County Stockade
Whittle
D. M. Silver
Silver
Crawford
Robert L. Chavous
Scott Nixon
David Franklin
University Hospital
Weather Outlook for Georgia South Carolina and Gulf Coast
Partly cloudy and hot through Wednesday. Widely scattered thundershowers likely Wednesday afternoon and over northern portions tonight. Mississippi Alabama and extreme Northwest Florida remain hot and humid with little temperature change. Moderate southwest to west coastal winds.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Soft Coal Operators Seek 24 Hour Pause for Contract Talks
Soft coal operators asked for 24 hours more to discuss potential contract offers to John L. Lewis. Negotiations were postponed to Wednesday at 1 p.m. EST as operators debated what proposals to take to the United Mine Workers.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John L. Lewis
Statler
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Federal District Court
Ezra van Horn
Sen. Styles Bridges
van Horn
T. Alan Goldsborough
Welafre
VA Finney Hospital to Open July First
VA officials confirm Finney V A Hospital will open as a 500 bed domicilium home on July first. Telegram delivered to Hon. W. Fred Scott and Lee E. Kelly states the opening is confirmed and imminent.
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W. Fred Scott
Lee E. Kelly
Finney V. A. Hospital
Gas Blast Destroys Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles
A gas explosion at Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles caused the clubhouse to roof and burn, injuring five people. The blast struck the locker room area scattering lockers in a fifty foot arc, with two diners trapped and club pro Olin Dutra escaping injury. Manager John Steinberg put losses at 175000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Hillcrest Country Club
Olin Dutra
John Steinberg
British general says Germans should be treated as civilized people
British General Sir Brian Robertson told reporters in Berlin that Germans should be treated as Christians and civilized people, signaling a humane policy from the occupying British control commission in Germany. The remark, echoed by Allied plans for postwar Germany, contrasts with earlier conqueror framing and hints at broader unification recommendations.
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Belman Morinap
Dewis MacKenzie
Berlin
Germany
Brian Robertson
Generi Robertson
Irish Control Commission
Generi Misenhower
Taft Eyes Midwest Bloc In Potential Convention Bargain
Political maneuvering centers on Taft seeking midwestern support for a possible third or fourth ballot at Philadelphia. Talks of pairing with Michigan’s Vandenberg or Minnesota’s Stassen surface as Taft strategists weigh Midwest leverage amid Truman era divisions and delegate realignments.
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Jack Bell
E. Washington
Associates
Reblican
Robert A. Taft
Pega
Amiel Sgul
Ohio 98
Harold E. Piden
Ion
Arthur Denberg
Michigan
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Taft
Stassen
Joe Taft
Vandenberg
Jon
Artin
Lassen
Bart . Conn
Raymon
Baldwin
Supreme Court Rules On Divorces In Residency Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that full faith and credit requires states to honor divorces from other states if proper opportunity to argue the residence issue was provided. Chief Justice Vinson led the decision, with Justices Frankfurter and Murphy dissenting. The ruling questioned Nevada and Florida decrees and touched on alimony in a separate 7 case.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
Massachusetts
Margaret Sherrer
Florida
Katherine C. Coe
Reno
Sherrer
Floran Court
Edward C. Sherrer
Coe
Nevada
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Murphy
Frankfurter
Claus
Rivers Arnall not apt to send rival delegates
Atlanta reports the Rivers Arnall faction unlikely to back a rival Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Editor Ralph McGill of the Atlanta Constitution doubts a rival slate, noting Truman secured enough votes by week’s end. Peters, chair of the state committee, holds authority to name delegates, while both ex-governors concede a rival slate would spur anti Talmadge forces.
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Ao Lkelihood
Rivers-Arnall
Georgia
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Ellis ‘Arnall
James 8. Peters
Riva
Truce Observers Reported Amid Washington June 8 Note
An item from Washington notes a June 8 entry mentioning truce observers and an officer addressing servers. The fragment hints at official coordination but lacks complete context or identities.
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