Solons Pledge Final Vote On Draft Measure
Washington June 10 AP Senate leaders forecast final votes on a peacetime draft bill to revive selective service. The measure would require 15 to 25 year olds to register and allow up to 160000 volunteers for one year. debates included timetables for draftees and scale of wartime service, with a roll call possible on 18 month vs 24 month terms.
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House
Army
Air Force
Navy
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Russel
D-Ga
Dixie Democrats
Russell
Malone
R-Nev
Ca@pehart
Ind
Truman
States Rightsers Seek Midwest Support For 1948 Campaign
Jackson Mississippi June 10 AP States Rights Democrats campaigning for a pro South stance against President Truman turn to the Midwest for aid. Nebraska Democratic Chairman William Ritchie plans to attend a July 11 caucus to set a common course and outline demands for the Democratic Convention. A Birmingham conference may follow if Truman is renominated, with states urged to appoint delegates. Governor Fielding Wright says conciliation with the national party is unlikely and states leaders will push for their own nominee slate.
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Jackson, Miss
South
Truman
Midwest
Nebraska
William Ritchie
Omaha
Philadelphia
Washington
Oliver Emmerech
McComb
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
National Party
Fielding L. Wright
States’ Rights Movement
Wright
Congress
Martin
Taft
Myr
Ex King Mihai Takes Princess Anne as Bride
In Athens on June 10, ex King Mihai I of Romania wed Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma in a Greek rite ceremony. The couple exchanged three turns around a table, with Archbishop Damaskinos officiating. Only about 30 guests attended at the Grand Hall of the Royal Palace before a luncheon and departure to Tate palace.
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L. S. Chakales
Athens
Mihai I
Romania
Anne
Bourbon- Parma
Damaskinos
Denmark
Rome
Mihai
Mizhai
Royal Palace
Eric
Paul
Missing Chatta hoochee woman Josie Daniell found unharmed
Mrs Josie Daniell of Chatta hoochee was located unharmed after a three state hunt. She telephoned police from a pay station in Pensacola and said she had been visiting and resting. Police reported she refused to reveal where she spent Sunday to Tuesday nights. Florida Georgia and Alabama patrols had joined the search.
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Pensacola
Fla
Josie Daniell
Chattahooche
Pensacola Journal
Daniels
Crosby Hall
Chattahoochee
Marianna
Panama City
Mobile
Hall
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Seviert Board Probes Cause Of AAF Plane Collision
An air force accident board began a daylong investigation into a collision that killed three officers near Rome New York. A C 45 transport and an AT 6 trainer crashed in a rainstorm. Victims were Lt Col Charles C Wilder Jr Lt Daniel E Hisse and 1st Lt Jacob Foster.
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Rome
N. Y
Air Force
Charles C. Wilder, Jr
Daniel E. Hisse
Jacob Foster
Rep Stefan Hints of Speculation in Cotton for Europe
Rep Stefan of Nebraska says that officials have heard certain interests bought thousands of bales of cotton to profit from the European recovery program. He notes the House Appropriations Committee warned EC A officials against inflated prices and that over half a billion dollars’ worth of cotton may be purchased for relief. The leak prompted a six cent per pound price rise.
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Washington
Stefan
R-Neb
House Appropriations Committee
Economic Co-operation Administration
Nebraskan
ECA
Arabs and Jews in Palestine to observe cease fire Friday
News dispatch notes both Arab and Jewish troops ordered to halt hostilities at 1 A M EST Friday. U N mediators tally cautious optimism for four week armistice while Rhodes talks press for a permanent peace formula. Irgun and Stern Gang rebuke Israel over truce. Bernadotte calls for observers as Red Army request sparks debate.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Rhodes
U. N
Folke Bernadotte
Cairo
Israel
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Stern
Haganah
Army of Israel
United Nations
Russia
Pale
Rabbi Joshua Liebman Dies at 41 Author of Peace of Mind
Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman former Boston Temple Beth Israel leader and author of Peace of Mind died yesterday in Boston at age 41 from a heart attack. He declined a pulpit offer at Temple Emanuel in New York eight months earlier to remain with his current congregation.
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Boston
Joshua Loth Liebman
Temple Beth Israel
United States
Temple Emanuel
New York
Air Force to Buy Over Two Thousand Planes
Washington AP reports the Air Force will purchase 2,201 new planes to build a 70-group force with funding drawn from $11.345 billion in defense appropriations. The buy includes 243 bombers with 162 heavy long range types and 1405 jet fighters.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
Defense
Boston Rabbi Leaves Widow and Adopted Daughter
The late religious leader is survived by his widow Fannie Loth of Cincinnati and his adopted daughter Leila a 17 year old European refugee.
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Tionate
Boston
Fannie Loth
Cincinnati
Leila
Stassen Opposes Cut in European Recovery Aid
Harold E. Stassen told the Senate Appropriations Committee that reducing the Western Europe recovery funds would breach national honor. The Minnesota candidate urged restoring the full 6.3 billion and backed by Senator Vandenberg as efforts to block the House cut continue. Secretary Marshall and Hofman were set to testify alongside Stassen.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Harold E. Stassen
Congress
Stassen
Western
Europe
Senate
United States of America
Truman
Capitol
R-Mich
Taber
Rny
House Appropriations Committee
Marshall
Hoffman
Vandenberg Und Stassen
Political Gloves Come Off In Wake Of Truman's Latest Blast
In Georgia three men received prison terms for bootleg liquor schemes as a jury convicted Rep. Edd Knight Sheriff A H Glenn and Gordon Hartline. Presidential rhetoric heated up as Truman and Republicans traded sharp accusations over Congress and civil rights with Taft set for a rebuttal on NBC.
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Truman
Rome
Edd Knight
Gilmer County
A. H. Glenn
Chattooga County
North Georgia
Gordon Hartline
Summerville
U. S
Robert L. Russell
Nquor
Coattooga County
Grand Dukee Dam
Thaddeur Stevens
Congress
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Forecast
Georgia forecasts clear to partly sunny this afternoon with little temperature change and Friday turning partly cloudy and hot with widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon. In northwest Florida expect partly cloudy conditions this afternoon through Friday with scattered storms and modest to moderate variable winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Waycross Bank Wins Strickland Award for Farm Work
The First National Bank of Waycross South Georgia won the 1949 Robert Strickland award for distinguished service to agriculture at the state bankers convention. G M Babtemore accepted the plaque and a $1000 scholarship fund for a local farm youth. John A Sibley presented the award in memory of the Trust Company of Georgia president.
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Atlanta
South Georgia Bank
Robert Strickland
National Bank of
Schwellenbach's Death Reported From Cardiac Failure
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, 58, a former Senator and Federal Judge, died after a long illness in Walter Reed hospital. President Truman was notified and spoke of Schwellenbach as a great senator and administrator. The White House cited cardiac failure as the cause. plans for funeral were undecided.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Truman
Senate
Olympia
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
Labor Department
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Congress
Purenus
U. S. Employment Service
Federal Security Agency
Jabor
John QR. Steelman
Steelman
Missouri
Washington State
Schnellenbach
Lfe
University of Washington
Seattle
Anne Josephine Duffy
Southeastern Phone Co seeks rate increase in Georgia towns
Atlanta June 10 AP The Southeastern Telephone Company asked the Public Service Commission for authority to raise its rates by 74880 annually in 16 Georgia towns. The PSC granted increases totaling 33245 in 12 towns, with approvals at Adel Alapaha Ashburn Fitzgerald McRae Marshallville Metter Vernon Cellla Perry Quitman Unadilla and denials at Abbeville Montezuma Oglethorpe Nashville.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Telephone Company
Georgia
Public Service Commission
Adel
Alapaha
Ashburn
Fitzgerald, McRae
Marshallville
Me ™Ter
M& Vernon Cellla
Perry
Quitman
Unadilla
Abbeville
Montezuma
Oglethorpe
Nashville
Farm scholarship aid to 4-H member or future farmer
Sibley said the bank would fund a college of agriculture scholarship within the university system. The award aims to support crop and soil improvement and would go to a 4-H Club member or aspiring farmer.
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College of Agriculture
Sibley
Truman rails at Congress during Northwest trip stop
President Truman capped a trainside appearance with a joking nod to the nonpolitical nature of the stop while pledging support for development in the Northwest. He teased about entering a salmon teehee as he urged lawmakers to back river basin projects and prepared for a Seattle speech.
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Ernest B
Vaccaro
Wash
Truman
Congress
Atver
Mt. Truman
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Morrow
Executive Mansion
Wallgren
Olympia
Jos. Bremerton
Elks Club
Navy Yard
Stadium
Georgia highway funds face $12 million setback
Atlanta June 10 AP Georgia Highway officials anticipate a $12 million setback when Congress approves the public roads administration bill. The loss frees funds for 1,000 miles of rural roads and 600 miles of resurfacing on principal highways, as Georgia will have $12.0 million available after July 1 with no federal strings. KE Thompson divides the remaining money into new programs.
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Charles Barrett
Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Public Roads Administration
Uncle Sam
KE. Thompson
Higby
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Sevient Board
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Spokane
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Halleck
Indiana
George Washington
Wherry
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Waycross Bank
Strickland Award
Southeastern Phone CO
Highway Dept
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