GOP Balk At OPA Extension Fold Back To Conference
Republican Senators signaled they would send the OPA extension bill back to conference as House leaders indicated support for folding the measure today. The move comes amid disputes over price controls and wartime policy changes. Francis J. Kelly reports from Washington.
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Opa
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
House
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Nebraska
Wherrs
White House
Lucas
Ifll
Senate
Army narrows social paths for GI’s new order
The Army launched a postwar reform by narrowing officer and enlisted distinctions, approving most Doolittle board recommendations. Changes include ending saluting on duty except at posts, allowing enlisted men the same unused leave accrual, and improving officer training and social facilities while preserving discipline.
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Edward BE. Bomar
Washington
Army
Paterson
Doolittle “Gripe” Board
Patterson
War Department
Owutright
Inquiry Board
James H. Doolittle
Regents Report Strong Jobs Outlook for Georgia Graduates
The Georgia University System reports that 1,386 graduates from 16 colleges between last September and this June have jobs or employment assurances. More than three quarters of graduates are employed or assured work. The oldest graduate was 52, the youngest 18 at the U
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Georgia
State Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Regents
System Center
Albany State College
Albany
University of Georgia
University System Center
Nation Faces Acute Shortage of Fresh Meat Across U S
The Associated Press reports a virtual famine in fresh meat nationwide as the Senate weighs the House approved OPA bill retaining price controls. Industry spokesmen warn meat supply could worsen if the bill passes while packing plants show record lows and shoppers turn to fish and eggs. Some expect increased cattle releases next week as farmers wait on OPA settlement.
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Joint Committee
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Dtex
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White House
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OPA
New York City
Los
British plan caretaker government during Indian constitution work
New Delhi June 26 AP British cabinet mission announced the Viceroy intends to set up a temporary caretaker government to rule in the interim while a new constitution is written for an independent India. The caretaker will consist of Indian officials and department secretaries following rejection of a previous interim proposal by the Congress Party.
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Iate
India
Eee
Bainbridge Citizens Told Work To Begin On Flint River Dam
Col. Mark W. Boatner of the U S Army Engineers announced an assured Flint and Chattahoochee river project for Bainbridge with a nine foot channel and a 46 000 acre reservoir. Construction to start within 12 months after August contract, with dams at Bainbridge and Columbia Alabama providing flood control electricity and new recreation areas. The project cost about 24 139 000 with 1 5 million already appropriated.
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Decatur County Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mark W. Boatner
United States Engineering Office
Mobile
Ala
Flint and Chattahoochee
Flint
Col. Boatner
River Junction Dam
Seversl
Chattahoochee
Columbia
Alabama
J. G. Kwilecki
Decatur County
Veto Deadlock Persists Between U S and Russia At UN
United Nations atomic conference talks fail to resolve veto issue as the United States and Russia clash over control plans. An 12 nation committee led by Evatt will draft an international atomic energy framework while seeking to sideline veto disputes for now.
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United States
Charles A. Grumich
New York
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Commission
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Erward M. Baruch
Poland
Egypt
Baruch
France
Netherlands
Pulish
Ozcar Lange
Soviet Union
Evatt
Draft extension and pay hike loom for military as Truman signs
Washington dispatch reports a $50 million monthly pay raise hinge on the timing of President Truman's signature. The draft extension covers nine months beyond June 30, with an 18 month service limit and no inductions of fathers. Army Navy and Marine personnel await the pay raise, which will start the month after signature.
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Navy
Marines
Truman
Armed Service
Mr. Truman
Senate
Revercomb
R-W Va
Picketing Ends as Murphy Store Workers Vote Union
Picketing of the G. C. Murphy Company store at Stick-to-it-ness Washington Indiana ended after about five years. Walter Reed president of the Central Labor Union said the company agreed to an election to determine union representation. Local AFL retail clerks began picketing September 17, 1941.
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Ind
G. C. Murphy Company
Walter Reed
Central Labor Union
Retail Clerks Union
AFL
Ticking sound reveals atoms linger after bomb blast
Aboard the U S S Appalachian the report describes ticking from radioactive waves after the July 1 blast over Bikini Lagoon and nearby islands. Geiger counters convert radiation into ticking sounds guiding safety officers during early re entry and concluding with notes on how long the tick may continue.
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Geiger-Mueller
Bikini
New Mexico
Siames King Ananda Mahidol Assassination Report
A report by a board of 18 physicians secretively studied supports the theory that King Ananda Mahidol of Siam was killed by an assassin. The 20 year old monarch died June 9 in his Bangkok apartment, with official word saying accidental self-inflicted gunshot.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Switzerland
Medical Board
Special Inquiry Commission
Jaten Island Ruins Examined For More Victims Of Blaze
Searchers probed the Staten Island Ferry terminal ruins after a $2,000,000 fire. Dead include Mrs. Cornelius White 45 and Harold Clendening 50. Jeremiah Cronin 46 among the dead. About 49 injured, many firemen. The blaze struck shortly after a ferryboat carrying hundreds departed.
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New York
Staten Island
Cornelius White
Harold Clendening
Marshall Gets Red Plan For Chinese Army
Gen Marshall receives a Chinese Communist proposal for reorganizing China s army seen as key to peace. The plan limits reorganization to Manchuria and keeps Communist control of liberated areas while other points urge evacuation of northern capitals and railways.
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Nanking
China
Ta Kank Pao
Kuomintang
Chiang
National
Manchuria
Harbin
Tsitsihar
Hsiaokhingan
Shantung
Jehol
Chahar
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Georgia experiences considerable cloudiness and warm conditions with showers and isolated thunderstorms in the north and west this afternoon and tonight. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Northwest Florida sees partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Thursday with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers and gentle to moderate southeast winds.
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