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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
5
Washington reports bread and flour shortages expected for at least another year despite a bumper wheat crop. The Agriculture Department forecast an 80 percent flour extraction rate and lower domestic flour use beginning July 1, with measures to conserve wheat and discourage feeding to livestock.
New York AP report says a second postponement of Spain debate in the UN Security Council stemmed from a British Labour government delay to sample the Labour Party Congress reaction before a final stance on Franco. Cadogan and Herschel Johnson sought a postponement while study of the subcommittee report continued.
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. In extreme northwest Florida partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with a few widely scattered after noon thundershowers. Moderate southeast winds along the coast.
Justice Robert H. Jackson charges Justice Hugo Black with participating in decisions favoring Black's former law partner in the Jewel Ridge coal case and accuses him of pressuring to cover up facts as the U.S. Supreme Court feud unfolds during Jackson's war crimes trial duties.
Secretary of State Byrnes said the United States planned to discuss with Britain which forces might be available to maintain order in Palestine amid increased Jewish immigration. He declined to indicate US troops would be sent, noted British questions, and urged careful progress toward a just peace. He also announced Baruch will present a plan on international atomic energy control, and discussed Yugoslav Mihailovic testimony and the maritime strike threat.
Dense smoke engulfed a 14 story Kansas City club as a man with baggage escaped a 13th floor window and slipped down the fire escape while 400 to 500 spectators shouted. He paused at the second floor and returned as onlookers directed him to the fire source burning tar paper on a new sidewalk.
Washington AP June 11 The House passed and sent to the Senate legislation to compensate past and present enlisted personnel for furlough time not received in service. The bill standardizes two and a half days per month with a 120 day cap and cash payment for accrued time. Discharged personnel would be paid on their certification of entitlement.
President Truman vetoed the Case Labor Disputes Bill saying it would force men to work for private employers in peacetime, worsen industrial strife, fail to prevent or shorten recent damaging strikes, and differ from the emergency plan. He listed four key objections to Congress.
The House sustained President Truman's veto of the Case labor disputes bill 230 to 106, killing the measure for now. The veto followed a heated debate over labor control, with Senate passage at 49 to 29, short of the two thirds needed to override.
Rome reports a grave political crisis as Italy celebrates the republic birth while King Umberto II clings to the throne. Premier De Gasperi’s cabinet declares a national holiday and vows steps to quell violence as monarchist protests flare in Naples. Police and troops deploy with heavy arms amid uncertain loyalties. The split between republican north and monarchist south deepens the threat.
Eastern ship operators propose pay for time ashore to avert a strike, challenging a shorter work week demands by CIO seamen. War Shipping Administrator Granville Conway cautions, while unions push for a fast settlement before a June 15 strike deadline. Bridges and Curran testify at House subcommittee as Labor Dept negotiates.
Washington June 1 AP Morris Verner CPA official said widespread withholding of clothing and other goods from markets until July 1 is inevitable due to price control uncertainty. OPA officials noted price ceilings on major commodities may be lifted only after Congress acts on the OPA bill. Verner predicts withholding will extend to refrigerators washing machines and automobiles as prewar profits shift under the new legislation. Verner stressed checks on inventories won’t occur until June 20 and that withholding may not be severe in quantity if continued only through July 1.
In Richmond on June 11, Walter P. Bronston a chiropodist and elephant enthusiast faces a move as his office building sells. He owns hundreds of elephant replicas of ivory porcelain bric a brac and more but the highlight is a 12 by 6 foot plaster elephant with a 32 inch ear span. Dismantling it proves tougher than the basement boat work tied to his hobby.
The War Assets Administration pledged full support to southeastern veterans buying surplus jeeps. It opened the sale to all southeastern veterans and offered on site certification with discharge papers. On opening day 532 veterans purchased jeeps at Conley Depot, with gifts totaling $230,600 from 532 jeeps valued at $532,000. remaining 2,100 jeeps to be sold through Friday.
Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky told the Senate that an added year of life for OPA will be its last. He argued the extension is necessary as demand outpaces production and balance has been retarfied by labor management disputes. Johnson of Colorado noted colleagues fear the pace is too fast.
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