White House Takes To Rails
President Truman launches a two week rail tour covering 9000 miles through 18 states. He will speak in Chicago Omaha Seattle Berkeley and Los Angeles on a non political swing amid union protests. The trip includes a flood relief detour to Seattle Portland and features 60 traveling press and security personnel not tied to the Democratic committee.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
White House
Union Station
Chicago
Omaha
Mr. Truman
Europe
Seattle
Berkeley
Calif
Los Angeles
Pacific North- West
Portland
Democratic National Committee
Five Year Draft Debated in Senate Previewing June Vote
The five year peacetime draft to staff regulars and reserves was laid before the Senate by Senator Gurney. Debate promises stormy battles over a segregated units amendment led by Senator Russell and civil rights amendments from Senator Langer. House rules will decide timing for floor action ahead of June 19 adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Langer
R-Nd
Truman
Capitol
House Rules Committee
Truck Route Seen As Boon To Big New Miracle Mile Motel
Paul Robinson of the Tucson Biltmore Corp states support for the Miracle Mile truck route bond. He notes the 400000 motor hotel with 68 units will benefit from reduced truck noise and traffic, and claims tourists will not be deterred. The hotel, featuring 48 rooms, 20 efficiency apartments, central climate control, a pool, and a restaurant, is due to finish early July.
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Miracle Mile
Paul Robinson
Tucson Biltmore Corporation
Robinson
Tucson Biltmore
Tucson
Arizona
Harless to Begin Race for Governor
Petitions for nomination of U S Rep Richard Harless as Democratic candidate for governor will be circulated starting Friday an authoritative source reported here Thursday Rumors had been current in Tucson that Harless planned to change residence to run for congressman from the second district He has obtained financial backing that would not embarrass him if he becomes governor Appointment Rumored Acting Gov Dan Garvey may promise a senate seat to publisher William R Mathews if Judge Howard C Speakman steps down from the U S district court bench Garvey called the tale absolutely false and said he would consider any appointments seriously and without commitments
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Richard Harless
Tucson
Rep
Harless
Phoenix
Safford
Maricopa County
Dan Garvey
William R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
U. S. Senate
Howard C. ‘Speakman
U. S. District Court
Ernest W. McFarland
Garvey
Baseball scores and schedules from the day
In the American League Detroit defeated the New York club 6 to 2 while St Louis edged Boston 3 to 2. Chicago visits Philadelphia tonight and Cleveland plays Washington tonight. In the National League New York plays Cincinnati tonight with Philadelphia topping Chicago 4 to 3 and Boston beating Pittsburgh 3 to 5. Brooklyn travels to St Louis tonight.
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New York
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
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Cleveland
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National League
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Davis-Monthan B-29s Bomb Detroit In War Exercise
Detroit observers report Selfridge base defense against a large mock raid by 200 B-29 bombers and 150 escort planes. Pilots from Selfridge’s 56th fighter group claim intercepts and passes, while Lt. Col. David Schilling calls the mission successful. Ground views vary on potential damage to Detroit from the exercise.
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Tucson
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Ft. Worth
Tex
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Tampa
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N. H
Salina
Price Index Rises Three Cents In Week
Dun and Bradstreet reports wholesale food price index up three cents to $6.97 for the week ending June 1, from $6.94 a week prior and $6.09 a year earlier. Increases appear in corn oats bellies sugar milk cottonseed oil cocoa potatoes steers and lambs while declines occur in flour wheat rye barley beef lard butter and hogs. The yearly high was $7.28 the week of January 13.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Paraguay Puts President Out in Coup
In Asuncion the army deposed President Higinio Morinigo after an eight year rule. Chief Justice Juan Manuel Frutos becomes provisional president awaiting the inauguration of Juan Natalicio Gonzalez, who was elected president in February. Police and army patrols appear as crisis signs grow.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Morinigo
Juan Manuel Frutos
Juan Natalicio Gonzales
Gonzales
World's Tallest Man Moves To Los Angeles
The eight foot seven inch Clifford Thompson, 43, plans to practice law in California after the October bar exam. He weighs 380 pounds and will use a nine foot bed and easy chair shipped from Iola Wisconsin. Thompson formerly weighed 460 pounds and has been dieting. He wears a size 22 shoe a 19 and a half inch collar and a size 9 hat.
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U.P
Clifford Thompson
California
Iola
Wis
Thompson
Accused Japanese Officer Denies Killing Any Crewmates
Gen Isamu Yokoyama told a UN war crimes commission in Yokohama on June 3 that he loves people including his enemy and has never killed a bird or animal. He faces charges over involvement in the vivisection deaths of eight B 29 crewmen.
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Yokohama
Isamu Yokoyama Thursda
Eighth Army
Coal Men Seek To Curb Lewis
Washington reports top coal industry opponents of John L. Lewis urged Congress to curb union power and outlaw pension strikes. L Ebersole Gaines of the National Coal Association told the Ball committee that strikes endangering public health safety and economy should be limited by amending the antitrust acts. Justice Goldsborough acted as umpire between Lewis and the Southern Coal Producers association as industry wide bargaining is defended as provoking biennial crises.
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John L. Lewis
Congress
L. Ebersole Gaines
National Coal Association
Senate-House Committee On Management-Labor Relations
Gaines
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Ball Committee
Forney Johnston
Johnston
Congress Hope of Rail Labor
Rail road union leaders turned from the White House to Congress seeking a congressional investigation into the administration’s handling of wage and other demands. Alvanley Johnston David B Robertson and Arthur J Glover led the push amid irritation over the army’s refusal to negotiate since President Truman’s May 11 order.
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Norman Walker
Washington
White House
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Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
David B. Robertson
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Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen
Army
Truman
Vanport Toll Stall Mystery Ensnared by Rumors
June 3 Vanport City Oregon reports flood aftermath rumors swirl in Portland about drownings and missing refugees from the disaster. No bodies recovered yet as 10 to 15 feet of water cover the ruins and divers search the submerged town.
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Plane crashes in El Morro desert near airport
A Viking Airlines DC-3 with one engine out belly landed in a sagebrush desert near El Morro New Mexico on Thursday. All 28 passengers escaped unharmed as the aircraft skidded to a stop one mile west of the airport after losing a wing.
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N. M
U.P
Viking Airlines
Voters to Decide City Truck Route Bond Election
Voters liable for real estate taxes in Tucson may vote in the bond election. Widows and veterans with total exemptions cannot vote. partial exemptions allow voting. Absentee ballots available at the City Clerk's office for those out of town on June 8. The $850,000 bond is deemed small. longer terms would raise unnecessary interest costs.
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Thomas J. Elliott
Tucson
London Obeys UN Halts Arms Exports Amid Flood Warnings
The article reports Britain stopping arms and military equipment shipments to Egypt, Iraq, and Trans‑Jordan under UN Palestine truce terms, with a warning of continued flood threats across Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and British Columbia as the Columbia River flood system worsens. It notes suspended arms to Arab states, impact on allied treaties, and ongoing embargo dynamics.
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Plan Truce As Fighting Rages In Palestine
Tel Aviv June 3. Fighting raged in Palestine as Count Folke Bernadotte began new talks with Arab leaders to fix the hour and date for a four week truce in the Arab Jewish war. He planned meetings in Cairo Amman Tel Aviv and Beirut to set a cease fire time and arrange for neutral observers to oversee it with possible U S air force officers ready to join.
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Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Bernadotte
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Cairo
Amman
Beirut
United Nations
Security Council
Holy Land
U.S. Army Air Force
War Widow To Reign As Academy Color Girl
A war widow Mrs. Katherine Wainwright Austin 26 from North Andover Mass will reign as color girl at the Naval Academy brigade gathering before Friday graduation. She will transfer the colors from last year’s best company number 23 to company 10, winner of this year’s competition. She was invited by Midshipman Frederick L. Nelson of Petersburg Alaska and is his classmate’s sister.
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Annapolis
Katherine Wainwright Austin
Naval Academy Brigade
Austin
North Andover
Mass
Frederick L. Nelson
Petersburg
Alaska
Nelson
Fund Is Sliced Waste Charged By House Committee
The house appropriations committee urged a 25 percent cut in Marshall plan and foreign aid funds. It sent a 5.98 billion dollar global assistance measure to the house floor with a 15 month spending plan. Economic Cooperation Administrator Hoffman pressed for the full 4.245 billion for his agency. The panel cut 150 million more, delaying expenditures until mid 1949 and warning of possible emergency measures.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Truman
Hoffman
Europe
Driver Prevents Major Downtown Explosion
A truck driver for J. H. Rose Produce in Houston quickly doused a fire on Congress Street near Stone when a backfire ignited an overflowing gas tank. John Pogoda used a hand firegun to stop flames before the tank exploded, averting a possible catastrophe and traffic tie ups.
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Pope Pius XII to Name Bishops June 21
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII will call a secret consistory on June 21 to name new bishops and archbishops. It is unlikely any of the ten cardinal vacancies will be filled at that time.
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Vatican City
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Vatican
College of Cardinals
Provisional German Government Possible in Western Zones
AP analysis by DeWitt Mackenzie notes tentative Western Allied agreement to set up a provisional German state in the American British and French zones. The plan envisions full German participation in the Marshall Plan with Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Moscow’s zone would remain separate as Russia denounces the Western move calling it a police state.
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