Truman Undecided On When To Send Solons Arms Plan
President Truman has not decided when to send the arms-for-Europe program to Congress. Senate and White House officials discuss timing with emphasis on not hindering the North Atlantic pact. A $100 million revolving credit for Latin America is proposed to finance advance military orders through U S defense channels while contracts are paid in cash upon delivery.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
Lucas
United States
United States National Defense Establishment
Secretary of Defense
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Archbishop Attacks Red Czech Gov t in Pastoral Letter
Prague June 27 The Roman Catholic Church accuses the Communist government of deceit fraud kidnapping and robbery aiming at the extermination of the Church of Christ The pastoral letter signed by Archbishops Beran Matocha and the bishops denounces any church state agreement and warns priests to be ready for martyrdom amid police seizure of printing gear and government charges of anti state agitation.
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Czechoslovakia
Church of Christ
Josef Beran
Josef Matocha
Olomouc
Beran
St. Vitus
Church
Ministry of Justice
Coplon espionage trial enters tenth week in Washington
Defense aims to finish case as Arthur Shimkin of Simon & Shuster is set to testify. Coplon says the secret papers were for a book and claims she discussed writing with Shimkin. Prosecutors allege the papers aided Russia. Gubitchev, a Russian UN worker, was arrested with her in New York. Alger Hiss perjury trial nears climax with cross examination in New York.
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Judith Coplon
Washington
Arthur Shimkin
New York
Simon & Shuster
Shimkin
Russia
FBI
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
Justice Department
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Georgia and Northwest Florida Partly Cloudy With Showers
Partly cloudy and hot and humid today and tonight with widely scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms. Tuesday also sees scattered afternoon showers. Extreme northwest Florida shares a similar pattern with partly cloudy skies and afternoon thunder showers and moderate coastal winds.
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Georgia
Florida
U. S. Moves to Pay War Claims With New Commission
Washington June 27 AP nearly four years after VJ Day the Truman administration moves to form a three man war claims commission to begin paying war losses. Nominations may reach the Senate this week with a $22 000 a year pay. The panel will handle specified losses of Americans and others and report by next March 31 on broader legislation.
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Washington
Truman
War Claims Commission
Senate
Congress
State Department
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Hun
Georgia editors push for action against Klan by legislature
Savannah June 27 AP editors favor legislative moves to ban the Ku Klux Klan. A Georgia Press Association resolution urged outlawing the Klan and any group using masks, with one dissenter, Wilkinson County News editor and state Representative Alex Boone, defending the organization.
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Savannah
Georgia
Georgia Press Association
Wilkinson County News
Alex Boone
Landlords Seek Rent Increases Under 1949 Act
Washington reports about a million landlords may seek rent ceiling boosts under the 1949 Rent Control Act. Housing expediter Woods said his office issued thousands of application blanks and four new orders allowing higher rents for remodeling decorating and new equipment when tenants gain services. He argued that even minor spending could spur vast jobs and sales in housing and materials fields.
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Washington
Iighe Kk
Woods
Berlin Rail Strike Ends Tomorrow Morning
Berlin reports the five week railway strike will end tomorrow as the UGO union complies with Western allies. West Berlin government warned relief payments would halt if not ended, and the measure will convert salaries to West marks amid economic strain and ongoing East West trade talks.
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Berlin
Anti- Communist Railway Union
UGO
West Berlin
Paris
Foreign Ministers’ Council
West Germany
Berin
Shadow Of Lash Fiery Cross Hangs Over Dixie
The shadow of lash and burning cross hangs over the Deep South with 51 reported acts of violence across Alabama Tennessee and Georgia since February. The wave includes lynchings floggings cross burnings bombings and threats with no convictions recorded. Victims report race religion or moral causes for attacks. Incidents spread from Chattanooga Tennessee to Birmingham Alabama and Dora and Coaltown with home invasions and witness of cross burnings.
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Shadow of Lash
Fiery Cross
Dixie
Atlanta
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Blue Hills
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Mtu
Navy
Dora
Alt
American Legion
Coaltown
Housing Bill Vote Opens House Test In Washington
Backers of the administration housing bill win an initial 137 to 99 vote on a substitute without public housing. The measure would fund 1.5 million units in seven years, with up to 400 million a year for four years to cover costs, while slum clearance and farm housing aids receive billions more over decades.
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Rep. Davis
D-Ga
SUN
Rayburn
Truman
House
Reyburn
Air
Tomorow
Finn House
America
Senate
Mr. Truman
Weather Summary from Thomasville GA June 27 1949
Weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Thomasville Georgia notes hot and humid conditions with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers through Wednesday. Observation taken at 8 am 78th meridian time.
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U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Thomasville
New Georgia Factory for the Blind Opens in Bainbridge
Governor Herman Talmadge officially opens Georgia’s new blind factory in Bainbridge. State appropriations total 64 000 dollars with 26 000 annually for upkeep. Trainees will make mattresses mops and brooms sold mostly to the state. First shipment of 60 mattresses flown by Eastern Air Lines. Local officials and dignitaries attend including Lt Gov Marvin Griffin and Capt Middle Rickenbacker representatives.
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Bainbridge
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Eastern Air Lines
Middle Rickenbacker
Marvin Griffin
R. A. Griffin
F—R
Allen Kemper
Department of Public Welfare
Georgia Sheriff Leads Five Negro Deputies on Washington Tour
Sheriff Bill Harris of Chatham county Savannah Ga arrived with Fay Patterson a Savannah Negro policeman and four Negro youngsters senior deputies for a five day tour of New York and Washington He said it may be the first time a Georgia sheriff has taken five Negroes on such a tour The group was photographed with J Edgar Hoover head of the FBI in Washington
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Washington
Bill Harris
Chatham County
Savannah
New York
Georgia
Harris
Fay Patterson
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Probe Of Ala Night Riders Heads To Washington Hearing
Congress prepares a probe into Alabama night riding violence with Rep. Byrne leading the inquiry set to begin Wednesday in Washington. editors Paul Trawick Clarke Stallworth and Clarence Lake added as witnesses while Southern protests mount and Alabama asks Congress to stay out. The Justice Department also launches a nationwide inquiry under Attorney General Clark.
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Byrne
House
Paul Trawick
Union News
Jasper
Ala
Trawick
Bydne
Clarke Stallworth
Birmingham Post
Clarence Lake
Birmingham New
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Rep
Battle
D-Ala
Washington
Department of Justice
Clark
Collins announces reorganization of state education department
State School Superintendent M. Collins announced a department reorganization effective July 1 reducing divisions from 12 to six. Plan studied three years with new administration led by J. J. Allman and others. board items include budgets and teacher allotments for next year.
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Atlanta
Fune
M. . de Collins
Colling
Collins
State Board of Education
Department
J. J. Allman
Paul S. Barrett
L. M. Lester
Piece Meal Recession Seen Ongoing In America
New York June 27 AP reports a piece-meal recession in progress with a mixed outlook. Analysts predict a bottom around early 1950 and a slow recovery into late 1950, with unemployment rising yet employment and farm returns fluctuating. Corporate earnings ease from late 1948 peaks while inventories stay manageable and personal incomes remain near a high for the year.
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Washington
Wall Street
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Tex
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