Truman pledges aid to nations seeking peace and recovery
President Truman announced the United States will aid nations that choose peaceful coexistence and support world recovery through maximum contribution. He urged completion of the St Lawrence project and touted the Great Lakes system as vital, signaling possible further aid to Greece and Turkey.
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Ernest Vaccaro
Ottawa
Truman
United States
St. Lawrence
Canada
Trumian
Puy World
W. L. MacKenzie King
MacKenzie King
Tyman
Mongol Invasion Laid To Soviets By China
Chinese foreign office spokesman claimed Soviet partial responsibility for an outer Mongolian raid into Sinkiang province. Reports say a Mongol cavalry battalion advanced 500 miles, with Chinese and Mongolian casualties and aircraft involved bearing Soviet markings.
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Soviets
Harold Miles Nanking
Russia
China
Sinkiang
Moscow
Chang Yuan-Chang
Foreign Office
Central News Agnecy
Monoglia
Peitashan
Thomasville leaders press on Finney Hospital protection
Kelly and Watt of the Thomasville Chamber of Commerce met Georgia lawmakers and Veterans Administration officials to prevent Finney Hospital’s closure. They argued the facility serves about 80 000 to 90 000 veterans in South Georgia North Florida and Southeast Alabama and planned further talks before returning home.
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Washington
Lee Kelly
W. A. Watt
Thomasville
Kelly
Watt
Garrson admits no tax filings for lumber company
Washington dispatch reports Henry Garrson acknowledging he never filed income tax returns for Cumberland Lumber Co in Kentucky. He insists the firm was his business, not a government front, as Andrew J May faced war bribery charges and testified about his role with no financial interest.
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Washington
Henry Garrson
Ncome
Cumberland Lumber Company
Kentucky
Garrson
Andrew J. May
Democratic Congress
May
Jata
House Military Committee
Henry
Murray Garsson
Tire dealers cut prices by up to six dollars
New York June 11 AP Retail tire dealers unloading heavy stocks are cutting prices of passenger car tires as much as four to six dollars each. A. C. Schwarz of Manhattan calls the price cutting at the cut throat stage and notes cross margins as low as ten percent versus a typical twenty five to thirty percent.
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New York
A. C. Schwarz
Manhattan
New Sinking Invasion Is Cause of Alarm
AP analyst Glenn Babb reports alarm over a possible invasion of Sinkiang by Mongolia with Soviet air support. The piece links the move to broader Russian pressure in Asia and notes Outer Mongolia’s fragile independence after a 1945 plebiscite and a 1946 treaty with the Soviet Union.
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Outer Mongolia
China
Kremlin
Japan
Soviet Union
Moscow
United Nations
U S Protest to Soviets on Hungarian Coup
The United States issued a strong protest note over the Hungarian coup and pressed for an Ameri Russian British inquiry with a potential UN appeal. In Austria, Communist demands for Gruber investigation were rejected and Tito Groza met on Danube revisions and a cultural pact as Belgrade rumors of a Balkan federation persist. Hungary’s Premier Dinnyes vows to purge anti democratic elements from the army while seeking friendship with the Soviet Union.
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Associated Press
United States
Hungary
United Nations
Austria
Karl Gruver
Vienna
Ernest Fischer
Gruber
Fischer
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Marshall Tito
Romania
Petru Groza
Soviet Union
Lajos Dinnyes
National Assembly
Dinnyes
Holders
Protests by 17000 Miners Gradually End Today in Uniontown
Wildcat strikes by about 17 000 coal miners protesting current labor legislation were gradually ending today in Uniontown Pennsylvania as AFL United Mine Workers leaders urged workers to return to protect the membership.
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Uniontown
Afl-United Mine Worker
Prospects for End of Sugar Ration Brightens
Sugar rationing may end July 1 as the United States gains 350000 tons more of world sugar. The extra stock could lift household allotments by about five pounds per person and allow end of rationing to households by month’s end, with institutions and industry still affected. The rise stems from a larger Cuban crop and France’s reduced Cuban imports.
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Washington
United States
International Emergency Food Council
Inter
Agriculture Department
France
Senators Cool On Plan For United States Of Europe
Washington June 11 AP Several senators on the Foreign Relations Committee express coolness toward a proposal to record support for a United States of Europe. The resolution, endorsed by Secretary of State Marshall and Winston Churchill, prompts cautions about external interference and motives. Senator Hatch says initiative should come from Europe, not Congress. Chairman Vandenberg notes many proposals before considering the Fulbright Boggs measure. Senator Ives urges a New York style anti discrimination bill to address employment bias, with a commission to settle disputes before prosecutions.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
United States of Europe
Statte Marshall
Winston Churchill
Hatch
D-Nm
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Hale Boggs
D-la
Ives
R-Ny
New York State
Senate Labor
Fair Employment Practices Commission
George Asks Snyder To Urge Truman To Sign Tax Cut Bill
Senator George asks Secretary Snyder to urge President Truman to sign the 4 billion tax reduction bill. George warns a veto could delay any tax cut until late 1948 while noting the budget could be trimmed by about 2.5 billion this session to allow tax and debt relief.
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George
Snyder
Truman
Washington
D-Ga
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Weather forecast for Georgia and northwest Florida
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Thursday with light rain in extreme south portion this afternoon and tonight. Scattered thundershowers in extreme northern sections Thursday afternoon. Not quite as hot this afternoon with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. In extreme Northwest Florida partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers and moderate southerly winds.
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Georgia
Florida
U S Note Demands Probe of Soviet Hungary Action
Washington reports a U S State Department note protests Soviet interference in Hungary and seeks a three power investigation with possible appeal to the United Nations. The note was sent to V P Sviridov with copies to Moscow and London, aiming to clear Russia of the charges.
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Washington
Russia
Hungary
State Department
United Nations
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
Moscow
London
Eb, S. T
Yalta
Russia asks UN to control all atomic materials
In Lake Success on June 11, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the UN Atomic Energy Commission to create a world commission to strictly supervise all mining, production, and stockpiling of atomic materials. He said the body would access facilities and data under Security Council veto and insisted on outlawing atomic weapons as a prerequisite for control measures.
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Russia
United Nations
World Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Churchill Undergoes Hernia Operation Today
London AP reports former prime minister Winston Churchill underwent a hernia operation this morning in satisfactory condition. He is expected to be absent from his duties in the House of Commons for at least a month.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Mayor Stops Lynch Mob Saving Local Negro Youg Harris
In Hartsboro Alabama on June 11 19 year old Jimmy Harris was saved from a lynch mob by Mayor Hart Vann and local officials who urged the crowd to let the law run its course. The mob had planned to hang Harris over an alleged attempted rape. Harris was bound but unharmed after rescue.
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Bem Price
Hartsboro
Ala
Hart Vann
Jimmy Harris
Harris
Vann
N. M. Rutherford
Phil
H.T. Ellison
Godwin Bush
Jackson
Rich Square
N. C
Bush
Four More GI Escapees Captured in France
Heidelberg June 11 AP Four more of eight GI fugitives who escaped Mannheim Military Prison were captured by French police in France last night leaving only two at large. The U S constabulary reported today.
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Heidelberg
Mannheim
France
U. S
CIO Parade in New York Demonstrates for Labor Reform
CIO sponsored march through Manhattan during rush hour at Square Garden with Philip Murray denouncing a measure as a threat of fascism. Police estimated 60 000 participants in the largest labor march in New York City history.
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CIO
N. Vie
New York
Manhattan
Square Garden
Philip Murray
New York City
Manchurian Drive Halted as Communists Regroup
Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomingtang forces halted the Communist drive in Manchuria according to a government spokesman. An information director said Communists may be regrouping for a new assault on Nationalist positions.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomingtang
Manchuria
Hollington Tong
Princess Elizabeth Calls Commonwealth Bond Stronger Than Ever
Princess Elizabeth, addressing London after receiving the city's freedom, said the link between the British Isles and the Dominions is stronger than ever. She called the Commonwealth a miracle of faith, addressing a large audience of dignitaries. The honor of freedom of the city had previously been given to Florence Nightingale and the Baroness Burdett Coutts.
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Princess Elizabeth
London
Elizabeth
British Isles
Dominions
Commonwealth
City of
Florence Nightingale
Baroness Burdett Coutts
Free potatoes for charity in Georgia
Athens, June 11 AP Charitable institutions in Georgia supported by donations or tax funds may receive free Irish potatoes in carload or truckload quantities by applying to T. R. Breedlove state director of the Production and Marketing Administration U S Department of Agriculture The government buys the potatoes under the price support program in South Georgia delivering them cost free.
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Athens
Georgia
T. R. Breedlove
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Georgia
Meat supply hinges on weather for Midwest planting
The 1948 meat supply depends on dry hot weather to finish planting the corn crop. The Agriculture Department warned that 20 to 25 percent of corn acreage remained unplanted by June 1 due to wet weather. A short crop would curb meat milk and poultry production and push prices higher.
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Midwest
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
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