Army Plans No Draft During July August
In Washington and Nanking reports cross the Pacific on June 25 note Gen Marshall and U.S. officials reacting to Mao Tse-tung's charges while Congress moves to extend the draft law. Secretary Patterson announces no draft calls for July and August as pay raises for servicemen are debated and an all volunteer force is urged. The House acts on a compromise bill extending the draft to next March 31, banning 18-year-olds from induction and permitting 19-year-olds with tight constraints.
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Mao Tse-Tung
United States
China
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U. S
Mao
Yerlan
Kalgan
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Patterson
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Army
House
Thomason
D-Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bulletin
Senate
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
OPA
Chester Bowles
Secretary of Agriculture
Barkley
Georgia Warm With Scattered Showers Forecast
Partly cloudy and continued warm this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and not quite so warm northeast portion this afternoon. Scattered thundershowers north portion Wednesday afternoon. Extreme Northwest Florida partly cloudy today tonight and Wednesday with gentle to moderate southeast winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Indian Congress Accepts British Plan For Freedom
The All-India Congress Party accepted a long-range British plan for an independent federated India but rejected an interim government. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad announced the decision after a two hour working committee meeting in New Delhi.
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All-India Congress Party
Union of India
Congress Working Committee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Lord Wavell
Congress Party
India
Moslem League
League
Nazi official says Jewish persecution a needed cleansing
Baron Constantian Von Neurath, former German foreign minister, testified at Nurnberg that Nazi persecution of Jews and dissolution of political parties were a necessary cleaning up of public life. He admitted under cross examination that he still believed the aims but would have preferred different methods.
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Baron Constantian von Neurath
International Military Tribunal
Germany
von Neurath
David Maxwell Fyfe
Mitchell names new Comptroller General of Georgia
Atlanta governor Ellis Arnall appoints William R Mitchell as Comptroller General to succeed the late Homer C Parker. The announcement was made in Atlanta on June 25 with AP reporting the change in state finance leadership.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
William R.mitchell
Homer C. Parker
Man for the Job in Spokane Votes to Reward Sign Thieves
John A. Scott, candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in Syvokyne county, offers a $50 reward for the arrest and conviction of thieves who stole three of his large hand-painted campaign signs. He says no clues are available.
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Spokane
Wash
John A. Scott
Syvokyne County
Atomic treatment fails to save Georgia leukemia victim
Aronette Rubin, 10, dies in Los Angeles after ten days of exposure to radioactive substances as part of an experimental “atomic bombardment” leukemia treatment. She was flown from Atlanta with her father Ralph L. Rubin, a grocer, to undergo the procedure.
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Los Angeles
Aronette Rubin
Atlanta
Aronette
Ralph L. Rubin
Atlanta Grocer
OPA Reveals 3 Million Dollar Used Car Plot
Detroit reports 22 of 31 defendants pleaded guilty in a federal case described as a three million dollar conspiracy to buy used cars above ceiling prices. Cars moved through Murray Kentucky and Cairo Illinois then sold in Southern states. Seven defendants pled not guilty and trial began, with two others held in abeyance.
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Arthur Koscinski
OPA
Murray Ky
Cairo
Kentucky
Koscinski
Atomic Tests To Be Perilous Despite Planned Precautions
The joint Army Navy task force outlines the Bikini atoll operation for July 1 with 34 000 personnel moving out June 29 30 and two hours before detonation all ships except the target fleet to clear the lagoon. Only test animals on ships and a few terrestrials remain in the area as instruments and cameras are readied for the blast.
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Army-Navy
Bikini
Atomic Energy
Bikini Atoll
Griffin Daily News to Close One Week for Vacation
The Griffin Daily News will shut down for a full week from July 1 to July 9 to give all employees a vacation due to a shortage of help. This marks a change from previous practice of staggered personal vacations.
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Griffin Daily News
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Daily News
Russell lashes Reds for stand on atomic plan
Washington June 25 AP. Senate atomic committee members clash with Pravda over international control of nuclear weapons. Senator Russell denounces Russian motives and backs Baruch plan stating no veto and strong world safeguards are essential. Johnson agrees the Russian stance risks UN negotiations deadlock.
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Jack Bell
Washington
United Nations
Congress
Russia
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Senate
Special Atomic Committee
D-Ga
Georgia
U.N
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
CIO Chief Urges Truman Veto of Hobbs Bill
CIO President Philip Murray urged President Truman to veto the Hobbs anti racketeering bill claiming it criminalizes peaceful union action. He said the measure mirrors the Case bill vetoed June 11 and would curb legitimate labor activity and set harsh penalties up to 20 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Senate
White House
AFI
William Green
Murray
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reds Fore U.S. Newsman to Quit Romania Area
Acting Secretary of State Acheson said the Soviet Union rejected a U.S. protest over press freedom in Romania and forced Reuben Markham of the Christian Science Monitor to leave. He noted Moscow and Bucharest refused to rescind the action, despite U.S. objections tied to the Potsdam agreement.
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Acheson
Russia
United States
Romania
Reuben Markham
Christian Science Monitor
Markham
Moscow
Bucharest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kremlin
Stalin
Truman
Attlee
OPA Charges Rile Southeast Violators in May
More than 850 cases were filed by the OPA in May against alleged price and rationing violations in the southeast. John D. Mosby, regional enforcement chief, said most cases involved ceiling charges on food with rent and durable goods also prominent.
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Atlanta
OPA
Southeast
John D. Mosby
Paris Conference Hitting Snags on Italian Settlement
Paris dispatch reports friction at the Big Four talks over Trieste internationalization. The plan to place Trieste under UN administration for ten years with a plebiscite to decide sovereignty drew American and Russian doubts, while Britain weighed its stance. Deadlocks also lingered on the Franco Italian frontier, Danube navigation, and disposition of Italian naval units.
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