UN in Emergency Session on Palestine Crisis
The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency session over the Palestinian crisis as Israel urges action to halt Egyptian attacks in southern Palestine. Israel warns of determined action on all fronts while UN personnel are evacuated. Arab League rejects extending ceasefire talks.
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Washington
Navy
United Nations
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Israel
Shertok
Lie
Holy Land
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
W. B. McCoy
Oxford
Haifa
John Reedman
Cairo
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Seven Nation
Arab League
Comte Folke Bernadotte
Security Council
League
Immediate Action To End Walkout Postponed
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough set July 14 for a hearing on whether to order an end to the steel industry owned coal mine strike. He required John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to show cause why a stop strike order should not be issued. The case arises from NLRB charges and a Taft Hartley act complaint over a union shop clause in a coal agreement.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
David Findling
National Labor Relations Board
Goldsborough
Findling
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Lewis
Denham
David F. Findling
Truman Sees Clear Track in Ike Nomination Talk
Philadelphia July 8. President Truman’s aides deem Gen. Eisenhower out of the Democratic race after private assurances from two close friends. Eisenhower says he cannot accept any party nomination, while Democrats split on his draft renunciation. James Roosevelt and Sen. Lister Hill voice support for a possible draft or renomination path as others call for compromise and a replacement on the ticket.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
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New York City
Ike
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J. Howard McGrath
James Roosevelt
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Salt Lake
Deep South
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Lister Hill
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Douglas
Democratic Party
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
New Laundry Minimum Wages Set by State Commission
Phoenix July 8. Higher minimums for women and children in laundry and dry cleaning go into effect Monday as ordered by the state industrial commission. Laundry workers 52 cents hourly or 18.72 for 36 hours. dry cleaning 60 cents hourly. Old minimum 28 cents. 11.20 for 40 hours. Experienced part time rates rise to 57 cents and 66 cents. A 10 minute rest period per half day worked is paid.
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Phoenix
State Industrial Commission
Tucson to organize water service as separate city utility
Tucson council approves moving water department to a separate utility and plans to issue bonds for water and sewer projects. Financing options include revenue bonds for water and general obligation bonds for sewers, with tax impacts and credit rating considerations outlined to about 20 citizens.
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Water Department
E. T. Houston
Council
Malcolm Woodward
Municipal Bond Authority
Henry Dahlberg & Co
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Glenton Sykes
Lloyd Wixon
Woodward
Martin
Sykes
CIO Demands Roosevelt Platform at Democratic Convention
The CIO urged Democrats to adopt a Roosevelt platform linking the 1948 campaign to a civil rights agenda. James B. Carey outlined calls for federal anti-lynching laws, poll tax repeal, fair employment, and desegregation in the armed services, among other reforms.
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Philadelphia
CIO
James B. Carey
Truman
Patrol Issue Up Thursday
Phoenix July 8 The conflict over whether the state highway commission or the governor controls the highway patrol may be settled Thursday one day early. Patrol Supt A G Walker will outline duties Thursday and has threatened resignation if a commission ruling placing the patrol under its jurisdiction stands. Acting Gov Dan Garvey says the patrol is his responsibility and has asked for an attorney general opinion.
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Phoenix
State Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
A. G. Walker
Walker
Dan Garvey
Attorney General’s Office
Mix-Up Confuses State Delegates in Phoenix
Arizona's 24 member delegation to the Democratic national convention faced a committee mix-up with rival officer lists. Charles Bernstein announced one set of officers while Steve Lang and Sam Morris issued another, creating confusion over appointments and positions including honorary vice chairmanships and the secretary post.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Philadelphia
Charles Bernstein
State Central Committee
Steve Langmade
Sam H. Morris
Globe
Langmade
Bernstein
National Committee
Arthur Curlee
Five Japs To Hang For 65 Yank Deaths
Five Japanese were sentenced to be hanged for the murder of 65 American airman prisoners. Forty eight died in a May 1945 Tokyo prison fire and 17 were killed by guards as they tried to escape. Prison warden Toshio Toshihiro and five guards were also sentenced.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
U. S
Eighth Army Military Commission
Toshio Toshiro
Masao Koshikawa
Hatsuaki Kambe
Keiji Kamimoto
Mataisha Okubo
Wallace resigns from New Republic editor post
Henry A. Wallace has resigned as contributing editor of the New Republic magazine in New York. The move ends his role with the publication announced July 8.
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Wallace
New Republic
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Survivor recalls deadly sea voyage and sacrifice
Brother Vincent Sheerer, 32, one of six known survivors, tells how a typhoon swept 11 men from a banca off Luzon. Three Filipinos died of exposure, two others including Rev. Leo Mc Crudden are missing, and two men reached shore after drifting.
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Manila
Vincent Sheerer
Holy Hill Shrine
Wis
Luzon
Leo McCrudden
Baler Bay
Leo
Vincent
Meyers Faces New Rail Rate Quiz in Congress
Retired two star general Bennett E. Meyers, jailed in Chillicothe, Ohio, is slated for a new congressional inquiry into a multi million dollar rail gauge in World War II freight bills. Subcommittee chair Bender plans to subpoena Meyers before summer's end as hearings probe wartime contracting and procurement and Meyers’s role as deputy purchasing officer for the Army Air Forces.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Bender
Ohio
House
Meyers
Chillicothe, O
Army Air Forces
Lead Found in Desert Slaying
Prescott July 8 A motel café overheard argument between a man and a woman matching the dead woman's description. The man allegedly warned I will take you back to Phoenix the report says. Identity of the man is known to investigators but not disclosed.
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Prescott
Cliff Sorrells
Maricopa County
Wickenburg
Sorrells
Yavapai County
Palm Springs Faces Cement Plant Fears
Riverside County officials and Palm Springs residents oppose plans for a cement plant within five miles of the resort led by S. A. Guiberson Jr. They warn fine dust would blow into the town damaging business homes and health.
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Calif
U.P
Palm Springs
Riverside County
James I. Easley
Chamber of Commerce
Harry C. Harper
Texas
S. A. Guiberson, Jr
Harper
Baseball scores from the American and National Leagues
Cleveland routed Chicago 14 to 1 as New York triumphed 6 to 5 over Philadelphia. Washington played Boston at night while St Louis visited Detroit. In the National League Boston defeated Brooklyn 7 to 4 and Cincinnati beat Chicago 4 to 0 with Pittsburgh at St Louis booked for night action.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Powers Agree To Ultimatum
Western powers agreed to give Russia at least 24 hours to lift Berlin's food and fuel blockade. London Washington and Paris coordinated notes demanding restored unrestricted surface transport between western occupation zones and Berlin. Berlin faced electricity and gas cuts as 2,000,000 residents suffered shortages amid planned airlift efforts.
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London
Russia
Berlin
Washington
Paris
Soviet Union
Germany
Frank L. Howley
Poland Protests German Division Told to Address Russia
In Washington on July 8, Poland protested U S plans for a western Germany self government. Under-Secretary Lovett said objections should be made to the government chiefly responsible for Europe’s recovery, namely Russia. Poland filed June 18 and Britain rejected a similar protest on Tuesday. Lovett’s reply to Ambassador Winiewicz followed on Wednesday.
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Poland
United States
Germany
Warsaw
Russia
Robert A. Lovett
Europe
London
Britain
Lovett
Josef Winiewicz
Moscow Struggles for Freedom Amid Eastern Europe Ties
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Moscow suppresses liberty but cannot end the longing for freedom. He highlights Czechoslovakia where 80,000 marched in Prague for the Sokol congress, cheering ex president Benes and shunning Gottwald. American flags appeared among demonstrators. The Sokol movement, a symbol of Eastern European independence, gathers thousands of gymnasts at congresses.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Sokol
Benes
Bolshevism
Klement Gottwald
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