Leaders of Stop Dewey Seek Help From Dewey Allies
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg backed formal nomination, while Taft Stassen and others woo Governors Sigler and Warren to join anti Dewey efforts. Duff and an anti Dewey Pennsylvania bloc push a rival candidate, aiming for an open convention and a second ballot strategy to stop Dewey.
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Jack Bell
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Arthur H.vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
Dewey
Harold
BE. Stassen
Stassen
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Earl Warren
California
Sigler
Vandenberg
Taft
New York
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
Tocus
Edward Martin
Oth
Ohioan
Aft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Soviet and Eastern Bloc ministers meet in Warsaw gathering
Representatives of the Soviet Union and six eastern European states open a surprise conference at Wilanow near Warsaw headed by Foreign Minister Molotov An overhaul of the Cominform and a push against the European Recovery Plan are reported aims Also large security measures and armed Polish troops surround the site as secrecy is enforced
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Larry Allen
Warsaw
Russia
Soviet Union
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechiia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
V. Molotov
Gath
Wilanow
Moscow
Molotov
Puss Foreign Ministry
Ananece
Seec Nalion
Ilanow Palace
Louis Wolcott Fight Postponed To Tomorrow Night
The Joe Louis versus Jersey Joe Wolcott bout in Yankee Stadium was postponed until tomorrow evening due to rain and threatening weather. Promoter Mike Jacobs announced at the noon weigh in he would decide later, then confirmed the delay as soon as rain started.
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New York
Joe Wolcott
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Civil Strife Rages as Israeli Ship Bombed by Irgun
In Tel Aviv a munitions ship beached by Irgun Zvai Leumi ignited a four hour battle with the army. The LST carried 600 tons of arms in violation of a UN truce. Dozens were killed or wounded as crowds fled the waterfront and rumors of deals surfaced.
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Robert Hewest
Tel Aviv
Israel
Irgun
Central Water Front
LST
United Nations
Haganah
Menachen Beigin
Greek Divisions Press Guerrillas Near Albania Front
Greek Second and Tenth Divisions push into the Grammo area near Albania as the Ninth Division advances along the frontier capturing Vourbiani. Rebels reportedly fleeing toward Albania while Greek forces brace for encirclement with US adviser Van Fleet predicting a four week major battle end and mop up by August. King Paul in Kozani surveys front as artillery exchanges continue.
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Athens
Grammos
Albania
Vourbiani
Nestoron
Greece
King Paul I
Kozane
James A. van Fleet
U. S
Tornadoes Rip Nebraska and Iowa Towns
Nebraska City reports a tornado that tore through southeastern Nebraska and Iowa late yesterday, killing one person and injuring several others. Farm buildings were left in rubble across multiple towns.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Nebraska City
Neb
GOP Platform Adopted by Wide Margin at Philadelphia Convention
The 1948 Republican platform calls for world cooperation, anti-communism at home, civil rights measures, and public housing reform. It urges expansion of old age insurance and survivors benefits, anti-lynching and anti-poll tax statutes, with emphasis on federal aid to states for housing and slum clearance. The convention voice was unanimous for the platform.
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Francis M. Lemay
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Republican Convention
Congress
Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
White House
Ono
Joseph Martin
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold B. Stassen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Allies Reject Red Plan To Control Berlin Currency
In Berlin and Miami, reports show Allies refuse a Soviet currency order for Berlin. Western powers insist on using the Deutschmark in the western sectors and deny Moscow's move as a violation of four power agreements.
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Berlin
Lynn Heinzerling
Socialist Unity Party
Former Georgia governors Arnall and Rivers join forces for Thompson defeat
Atlanta June 3 AP Two former Georgia governors Ellis Arnall and E D Rivers publicly united to back Gov M E Thompson against Herman Talmadge in the upcoming gubernatorial race. Arnall and Rivers once clashed with Talmadge over who would lead after Eugene Talmadge's death, but now pledge to campaign together to unseat him.
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Arnall
Rivers
Thompson
Talmadge
Bem Price
Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Amnal
E. D. Rivers
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Armed Forces face decision on handling communists drafted
Washington reports Army officials say the military must decide by next fall how to treat communists drafted under the new Selective Service program. Induction policy, oath, and overseas assignment issues lack clear legislative direction as reserves attract eligible men and service branches report small gains.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Th Army
National Guard
Air Force
Navy
Three Thousand Georgia Legionnaires Expected at Convention
Atlanta reports three thousand Legionnaires expected for the Georgia department annual convention. National commander Jamie F. O’Neil will deliver the memorial address at the opening session in the municipal auditorium tomorrow night. Army navy and marine bands from other states will join. Parade Saturday along vacant streets.
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Atlanta
Georgia Department of the American
Jamie F. O'Neil
Army
Navy
Marine Corp
Georgia
Lewis to Meet on Policy in Coal Negotiations
Washington June 23 AP John L Lewis seeks guidance from the 200 member non United Mine Workers policy committee as contract talks with coal operators resume. A pending pension fund dispute with Justice Goldsborough figures into the slow progress toward a new wage agreement before June 30.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
UMW
Lewis
President Truman
Truman
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Justice Department
H. Graham Morrison
Deace Nobel
John &.’ Lewis
Toring Il
Penace Ee
Nettle Etta
Ezra
van Horn
Britain sends troops to unload food in London docks
London dock workers strike leaves perishables at risk as 19 days of idle cargo threaten waste. The Labour government orders service personnel to unload ships at noon to safeguard food supplies in the capital.
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Britain
London
Primeinister
Attlee
PCA
Xinc
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