Vinson Sworn In as 18th Chief Justice at White House
Fred M. Vinson became the 18th Chief Justice in a colorful White House portico ceremony. President Truman praised the appointment as lucky for the United States and for Vinson as the Navy band played. The nine minute swearing-in drew thousands on the sunlit lawn in a ceremony modeled after a presidential inauguration.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
White House
Vinson
Truman
United States
Rayburn
Disabled veterans face job placement hurdle in Georgia
Georgia USES director J Pat Kelly says placement of physically handicapped veterans grows as a principal problem. About 7 700 disabled men and women are registered with USES in the state, not counting service-connected World War veterans aided by the Veterans Administration. He urged Georgia employers to cooperate and hire handicapped personnel where possible.
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Atlanta
Georgia
J. Pat Kelly
U. S.employment Service
Veterans’ Administration
Truman Delivers Remarks on Supreme Court Vacancy Choice
President Truman notes he has labored long and faithfully to select a successor to the late Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. He says he hopes the circle of potential nominees includes the former Treasury Secretary and addressed a crowd about the vacancy.
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Supreme Court
Truman
Treasury
Harlan F. Stone
Seasonal Farm Workers Travel Across States
Report notes between 700000 and 1500000 workers travel state to state for seasonal farm labor. The figure reflects migrant labor patterns and regional hiring trends affecting agriculture and labor markets nationwide.
Poland Fails to Gain Support for Break with Franco Spain
United Nations Security Council session on Poland’s demand for a world wide break with Franco Spain faced likely rejection as only four votes appeared likely. Polish delegate Oscar Lange weighs keeping the case on the agenda or taking it to the General Assembly in September amid other developments including India’s complaint against South Africa and a possible compromise atomic control plan.
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Max Harrelson
New York
United Nations Security Council
Poland
Spain
Council
Russia
France
Mexico
Oscar Lange
General Assembly
United Nations
India
Union of South Africa
The
Arab League
Cairo
Palestine
U. N
League
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Bernard Baruch
Andrei A. Gromyko
Trygve Lie
Ramaswami Mudaliar
South Africa
Security Council
Assembly
Alexandre Parodi
Day of decision for the OPA as Congress weighs its fate
The article asserts a pivotal moment as Senate and House conferees work to extend the OPA for a few months. It compares the agency to a discharged soldier’s uniform and argues price controls harm liberty, urging abolition for greater freedom and prosperity amid postwar civilian life.
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OPA
Senate
House
Czar Bowles
Truman
Bowles
Congress
Armed Services
Vessels Tested At Bikini Map Atomic Hull Strength
By Elton C. Fay aboard Mt. McKinley Bikini June 24 AP two former enemy ships may show how modern naval construction withstands atomic blasts. Prinz Eugen Sakawa Nagato Saratoga and Independence are examined for welded hulls protection and overall resilience amid bomb tests with details on hulls age and combat history.
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Elton C. Fay
Crossroads
Mt. McKinley
Bikini
United States Navy
Germany
Prinz Eugen
Sakawa
United States
Independence
Arkansas
Admiral Sipper
North Atlantic
Eugen
Bikini Lagoon
Navy Department
Nagato
Yokoshaga Naval Base
W. H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Midway
Saratoga
Nevada
Brazil wood as a dye wood from Caribbean and South American trees
Brazil wood is described as a dye wood sourced from West Indian and South American tree species.
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Brazil
Rate of Poli Cases Declines in Miami Area
Miami, June 24 AP Dr. E T Cato Dade county health director said it was now safe to bring children into the Miami area as the rate of polio cases declined Dade count total remained 710 cases since Jan 1 with one patient awaiting diagnosis at Jackson Memorial and a new victim a visiting Miami girl in West Palm Beach
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Miami
Fla
E. T. Cato
Dade County
Hashish Used As Anesthetic By Han Physician In 200 B C
A Chinese physician named Hua reportedly used hashish, a hemp derived drug, as an anesthetic as early as 200 B C marking an early use of cannabis in medical practice.
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Hua
22 Year Old Negro Admits Murder in Valdosta Case
Robert Lee Reddick, 22, confessed to killing D. D. Grooms, a Valdosta fruit stand operator, after taking about $6,000 from a money belt and striking him with a heavy iron. Grooms’ body was found ten miles from McRae. Reddick was arrested in Jefferson County, Florida, and a preliminary hearing was planned in McRae around June 26.
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Gail
John B. Walker
Telfair
Robert Lee Reddick
D. D. Grooms
Valdostan
McRae
Walker
Florida
Reddick
Grooms
Grooms, His Employer, “For the Money He Was Carrying.” Grooms
Delmar Jones
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Ocala
Fla
Jones
Jacksonville
Jefferson County
THREE DOWN ONE MISSING IN RIVER ACCIDENTS SUNDAY
In Birmingham Alabama a fishing boat capsized on the Warrior river leading to three drownings and a reported missing man. Barbara Lucille White 14 drowned while attempting to rescue brother Alfred William White 18 near Warrior. Max Henson 14 of Empire drowned near Sayre. Carl Jennings 24 of Birmingham, a returned serviceman, was missing after the boat capsized near Smith's Camp on the Warrior river.
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Birmingham
Ala
Warrior River
Barbara Lucille White
Alfred William White
Neazv
E. R. Caldwell
Max Henson
Empire
Sayre
Clyde Morris
Carl Jennings
Ap Smith
Escape attempt thwarted at Tattnall State Prison
Deputy Warden W. D. Wallace halted a planned breakout at Tattnall State Prison in Georgia. In a Saturday escape, Leland Harvey of Sandersville Wilbur Turner of Rome and D W Richardson of Atlanta fled in a truck but were spotted, with Harvey and Turner jumping free and later recaptured. Richardson surrendered. Harvey had a history of prison breaks including a Milledgeville death cell escape and a 1943 Tattnall breakout.
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Tattnall State Prison
Reidsville, Ga
W. D. Wallace
Leland Harvey
Sandersville
Wilbur Turner
Rome
D. W. Richardson
Atlanta
Wallace
Harvey
Turner
Richardson
Milledgeville
Forrest Turner
Tattnall
Reunion in London Ends Long Wait for Quadruplets Father
Norah Carpenter brought her three babies and their brother to the American Embassy in London for a visa ahead of leaving for the United States. Former staff sergeant William Thompson, stationed with the U S Army in England, acknowledged paternity and promised to support the family as they awaited divorce and travel clearance.
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London
Norah Carpenter
United States
Willian Thompson
Pittsburg
Heanor
Derbyshire
Norah‘ Carpenter
Thompson
U. S. Army
England
Thomson
Norah
Europe
Red
false Klan plot to kill Arnall denied by Georgia Klansmen
Grand Dragon Dr. Samuel Green of the Association of Georgia Klans operates under Georgia law and says reports of an Atlanta Klavern plot to kill Governor Ellis Arnall are wholly false. FBI official J. W. Trost could not comment.
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the Ku. Klux Klan, Inc
Association of Georgia “Klans
Georgia
Army Plane Crashes Into Car Killing Two in Memphis
A Memphis based Army C 47 returning from Dallas crashed roadside into a moving automobile. Two rear seat occupants were killed. Pilot Wayne Collier and co pilot Captain Francis Kenny along with six hitchhikers escaped unhurt. Ernest Bobo and his wife survived.
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Memphis
Tenn
Army
Francis L. Kenny
Enon Valley Pa
Alex Bobo
Buddy Woodhouse
Crenshaw
Miss
Ernest Bobo
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