Eastland Seeks Court Probe and Limit on Justices
Senator Eastland calls for Senate Judiciary hearings on a feud in the Supreme Court and pushes a constitutional amendment to retire four Roosevelt appointees. The plan would limit presidents to three justices and temporarily fill vacancies via lower court elections until a new president appoints successors.
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D-Miss
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Peidges
R-Nh
Congress
Hugo S. Black
Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Harold H. Burton
Truman
William O. :. Douglas
Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson
Wiley Rutledge
Roosevelt
Fred Vinson
Hugo Black
Jackson
Black
Mississippi
Bridges
Marshall proposes drastic cuts in China's armed forces
General George C. Marshall recommends a major reorganization and reduction of China's military to 60 divisions under U S supervision. Acheson and Patterson testified to Congress proposing transfer of war goods and U S training of Chinese personnel with an advisory group of 1,000 to assist in the reorganization.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
China
Far East
United States
State Acheson
Patterson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Marshalll
Philippines
Cheson
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Georgia: Partly cloudy and hot with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Northwest Florida: Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with widely scattered afternoon and evening storms. Coastal winds from the southeast and south.
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Georgia
Florida
Rooney in chase by patrolman ends in dash through traffic
George A Rooney of Belleville Kansas whipped by a motorcycle patrolman Walter Millstead who had stopped a speeder. The officer split pursuit as Rooney passed both and sped on in a hurried dash.
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George A. Rooney
Belleville
Kas
Walter Millstead
Rooney
Millstead
Congressional hearings debated over Jackson Black dispute
Senator Eastland assailed the Jackson Black clash as dividing the Supreme Court and eroding public trust. Chairman McCarran left hearings decisions to the committee while Jackson plans a July return from Germany after serving as prosecutor in Nazi war crimes trials.
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Jackson
United States
Nuernberg
Germany
Congress
Supreme Court
Eastland
Senate
Eastland urges new board to curb espionage risk
Senator Eastland of Mississippi proposed a new board with power to keep American inventions from foreign governments. He said the judiciary subcommittee he leads will study tightened espionage laws and prepare recommendations soon. The move follows testimony that Russia bought a complete index of commerce department reports on military devices.
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Subcommittee
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Russia
Commerce Department
Rade
Von Papen admits knowledge of Nazi brutality in 1938
Franz Von Papen told the Nuremberg tribunal he helped pressure the Austrian government before the Anschluss in 1938. He acknowledged awareness of Nazi murders by the Gestapo but said he served Germany out of duty, insisting he was responsible to conscience and the German people.
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Franz von Papen
International Military Tribunal Today
David Maxwell Fyfe
von Papen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sir David
Reich
Gestapo
Hitler
Germany
Tension Grows In Palestine As Sixth British Officer Vanishes
Palestine police report another British officer missing amid a wave of disorder. Troops seal Tel Aviv, Acre, and surrounding areas as police search Jewish settlements near the Lebanese frontier. Soldiers block streets, curb movement, and guard the Jordan-Syria crossing after rioting and bomb attacks.
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Palestine
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Maj OM
Aldawick
King David
Tel Aviv
Chadwick
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Sixth Airborne Division
Acre
Man Kills Wife and Son-in-Law Then Falls to Detectives
Tampa Florida June 19 AP Detective Capt D D Stephens reported an enraged husband beat his wife to death with a hammer as his daughter watched then decapitated his son in law at a distant cottage and was himself fatally wounded attacking a detective with the hammer The dead are Roscoe M Tucker 55 Evelyn Mable Tucker and Curtis Alton Nipper Dorris 13 and Kenneth 19 witnessed the events and the husband was found hiding in bushes shuffling a blood stained hammer The detective Shykove shot Tucker five times after a struggle and Tucker claimed Nipper's body would be found at Palmetto Beach cottage The couple had been estranged.
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Tampa
Fla
D. D. Stephens
Stephens
Roscoe M. Tucker
Evelyn Mable Tucker
Curtis Alton Nipper
Palmetto Beach
Dorris
Kenneth
Jack Shykove
Tucker
Shykove
Florida quarantine sparks Georgia travel rush and clash
North bound travelers from Florida faced possible two week quarantine as Georgia enforces a ban to curb infantile paralysis spread. Dr. Abercrobie of Georgia argues epidemic reach requires action while Florida officials contest enforceability. The dispute centers on possible mobilization to enforce the quarantine.
Marines would aid Chinese authorities in Tsingtao if needed
Brig. Gen. Walter T. Clement said Marines could help maintain peace and order in the Shantung port if the Communists attack. He declined to say whether Marines would defend the city. Reports said National troops recaptured Chengyang, 18 miles north, as Communists reportedly moved toward the port.
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Fu “Marine
Tsingtao
Shantung
Walter T. Clement
Central
Associatedress
San Francisco
Chengyang
U. S
Peiping
China
United States
Manchuria
Georgia Ends Debt Year With Cash Reserves Gone
Georgia will close the fiscal year solvent but without $7 million in wartime cash reserves. State auditor B. E. Thrasher said the state will be out of debt yet must finance the new year from income with about $2.5 million in the treasury to balance payments. Revenue through May totaled $71,138,036 on $83,046,694 in appropriations. June revenues were expected near $8,000,000.
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Atlanta
Georgia
B. E. Thrasher
Thrasher
Prices for canned foods set to rise under wage hikes
Washington June 19 The OPA announced that wage increases granted to canning industry workers will raise costs for producers. House wives will face higher prices for part of the 1946 pack of canned fruits and vegetables. The wage stabilization board noted that details on the number and scope of raises are not yet clear and reports have not reached Washington.
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Washington
OPA
Poland Plans Atomic Energy Proposal At UN Session
Dr Oscar Lange Polish delegate to the United Nations atomic energy commission will present Poland plan soon a informant said the plan described as simple and startling Lange may speak after the commissions second session today The council will discuss US plan for international authority to oversee atomic energy and ban the atom bomb Baruch stressed no veto power in the proposed framework
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New York
Oscar Lange
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Poland
Tt Waz
Lange
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Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Franco Spain
Russia
General Assembly
Security Council
Franco
Spain
United Naions
Francisco Castillo Najera
Mexico
Fie IL Nations
Canada
A Born Salesman Inglewood Scout Recruiter Sets Pace
Inglewood California June 19 AP John W Dawson the Army recruiting station’s top recruiter signed European veteran Oscar Witherspoon for another three year hitch and then moved into Witherspoon’s house.
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Inglewood
Calif
John W. Dawson
Oscar Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Paris ministers remain deadlocked over Italian issue
Paris curbs on Italian reparations persist as the big four foreign ministers press ahead with other treaty clauses. Georges Bidault plans to attend a deputies session as talks shift to Bulgarian and Finnish treaties. A renewed push on Yugoslav Albanian and Greek reparations could lead to a European peace conference around July 15.
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Paris
FE. SS. T
Georges Bidault
Chamber of Deputies
France
U. S
Hussia
Vyacheslav M
Molotov
Tidault Elected President of France by Assembly
Paris June 13 AP Georges Tidault was elected president of France's interim government by the constituent assembly. An unofficial tally showed he received 683 votes. Tidault, serving as foreign minister, had broad support from Socialists and the MRP and key allies Edouard Herriot and Jacques Baumel provided additional votes.
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Paris
Georges Tidault
France
Constituent Assembly
Labilators
Biault
Popular Republican Movement Party
MRP
Edouard Herriot
Jacques Baumel
Republicans
Wallace urges OPA stay strong to keep prosperity
Secretary of Commerce Wallace warned against relaxing price and rent controls as Capitol Hill reconvenes to chart OPA extensions. He argued weak controls invite boom and bust, boosting profits for some and risking monopolies while inflation harms small business.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate House
OPA
Capitol Hill
Rundstedt Indicates Germany Planned Aggression in Peace Years
Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt told allied investigators that the German general staff prepared for aggressive war during peacetime and defended the tactic as necessary for army operations. He called the SS impertinent and described generals as professional soldiers not aligned with politics.
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Karl Rudolph Gerd von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
General Staff
Geaxtapo
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