8 000 Italians Riot In Rome
Rome dispatch reports a massive clash in Piazza Del Popolo as republican and democratic factions grappled with monarchist supporters. Police and troops in jeeps and armored vehicles restored order while casualties mounted in Naples and Taranto. Italy teeters between republic and monarchy amid political turmoil.
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Rome
U.P
Piazza del Popolo
Italy
Carabinieri
Taranto
Humbert II
Alcide de Gasperi
Naples
de Gasperi
Humbert
Supreme Court
Mikhailovitch Admits Plots Against Partisans
Gen Draja Mikhailovitch testified in Belgrade that a British liaison colonel named Bailey instructed him to liquidate Tito’s Partisans and fight to the death. He said Bailey visited in 1942 to plan a Yugoslav invasion and urged no united front with Partisans. The British Foreign Office denied involvement and said officers sought a united front against Germany.
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Belgrade
U.P
Draja Mikhailovitch
Bailey
London
Foreign Office
Mikhailovitch
Marshal Tito
Germany
Draginja
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Senate Backs Curb on OPA Price Ceilings
The Senate approved an extension bill with a ban on price ceilings lower than prewar prices plus cost increases. The 44 to 29 vote supported Taft proposal to ensure a reasonable incentive for production. An alternative allowing producers to set prices if ceilings fell short was rejected.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Taft
R-O
Congress
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Sen. Wherry
R-Neb
Wherry
Bevin Wins Labor Conference Endorsement on Foreign Policy
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin won a Labor party conference endorsement of his foreign policy status after defending relations with Russia and rejecting a policy of perpetual war. He pledged not to divide Europe, denied aggressive aims, and criticized calls for a break with Spain while defending diplomatic personnel.
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Bournemouth
A.P
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Russia
Bevin
Britain
Spain
Palestine
Victoria Station
Trench Mine Reopens After Five Month Copper Strike
The CIO mine workers at 18 A S & R plants end five month strike as union and company accept a federal board wage rise of 1812 percent, retroactive sections to Oct 1 1945, with no strike or lockout clauses through June 30 1947. Remaining Cu mines including Phelps Dodge, Kennecott continue walkouts.
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Washington
American Smelting & Refining Co
CIO
Mill & Smelter
Patagonia
Ariz
Phelps Dodge
War Labor Board
Anaconda Copper Co
Reid Robinson
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Texas
Phelps Dodge Corp
Utah Copper Co
Kennecott Copper Corp
Robinson
New York
Kennecott
Baseball scores from major leagues tallied tonight
In the National League Cincinnati defeated New York 3 to 2. Cleveland beat Boston 7 to 2. Other games listed were rained out or incomplete with Brooklyn at St Louis and Philadelphia at Chicago affected by rain. Detroit at New York and St Louis at Washington also noted as night games.
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National League
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
New York
American League
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Utility Stock Nearly Gone
Tucson brokers report 147000 shares of Tucson Gas Electric Light Power on sale by First Boston and Blyth & Co. with few shares left. Dahlberg Co and Durand Co each placed 2550 shares on sale in Tucson at 40 dollars, plus 7500 more later. Stock on market is very limited and sales near completion nationwide after SEC approval of the bid by First Boston Blyth to Federal Light and Traction Co.
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Tucson Gas, Electric Light, & Power Company
First Boston Corp
Blyth & Co
Tucson
Eugene Durand
Henry Dahlberg
Dahlberg & Co
Durand & Co
SEC
First Boston and
Blyth
Federal Light & Traction Co
New York
Servant Aided Gem Discovery in Kronberg Theft Case
The War Department announced the arrest of former enlisted man Roy C. Carlton at his Kilgore Texas home. He is the fourth suspect seized for investigation in the Kronberg castle jewel theft.
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Washington
War Department Today
Roy C. Carlton
Kilgore
Tex
Kronberg Castle
Chauffeur claims role in Kronberg jewel cache discovery
Ludwig Weiss, longtime chauffeur for Princess Margareta of Hesse, told UP he lifted a stone in Kronberg castle to reveal a hidden subbasement stash of jewels and antiques valued at over 1.5 million dollars. He saw a box with paper parcels. Capt. Kathleen Nash later directed removal to her room.
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Richard Clark
Kronberg
Germany
Ludwig Weiss
Margareta of
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
Weiss
United Press
Carleton
Capt
Nash
Prince Wolfgang
Youth, 19, Admits Tucumcari Murder
Phoenix June 12 James Alford Murray 19 year old confessed slayer of Finley T Drummond discharged naval officer awaits return to Tucumcari N M to face murder charge. Jailers reported Murray ate breakfast after a night of questioning during which he admitted fatally stabbing Drummond after hitching a ride. The arrest was credited to Harold Chapman agent of the Arizona repossession bureau who recognized Drummond s car in a Phoenix lot from a description heard on radio.
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Phoenix
Ariz
James Alford Murray
Finley T. Drummond
Tucumcari
N. M
Muldrow
Okla
Drummond
Harold Chapman
Arizona Repossession Bureau
Government moves to end ship wage dispute with unions
Washington reports the government takes over talks with seven maritime unions threatening a nationwide strike. A 48 hour week plus overtime is discussed alongside wage hikes and arbitration within 30 days to avert a walkout affecting 200 000 mariners and 2 400 government ships. Congress heard warning of a prolonged, bitter strike if hours remain unsettled.
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Washington
Labor Department
War Shipping Administration
J.P. Bryan
Pacific-American Shipowners
Frank P. Fossie
Waterfront Employers’ Association of the
Pacific Coast
Gregory Harrison
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s Union
CIU
Navy
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
CIO
Congress
Nine Perish In Eastern Storm News Summary
A violent spring storm across four eastern states caused nine deaths including an Army plane crash near Freehold New Jersey and fatalities in Massachusetts and New York. Damages included uprooted trees, destroyed crops, and a high school graduation interrupted by a windblown tree in Elmira New York. Three Rockview penitentiary inmates escaped during a power outage.
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United Press
Freehold
N. J
Massachusetts
New York State
Canada
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Auburn
N. Y
Elmira
Barbara Crawford
Ted Ellenwood
Amsterdam
Rockview
Bellefonte
Letter Carriers To War On Biting Dogs
Inglewood California June 12 postmen organize against dogs. Morris E Winkelman president of branch 2980 of the National Association of Letter Carriers says an average of three postmen are bitten weekly and that an attorney has been hired. If bites continue the postmen will sue.
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Inglewood
Calif
Morris E. Winkelman
National Association of Letter Carriers
Bread price rise signals higher living costs in 1945
Washington reports a one cent per loaf bread hike and one cent per dozen on bread rolls. OPA says price boosts aim to ensure supply after a cost study of the baking industry. Officials project a two percent rise in May and June, with broader inflation concerns. Rent, clothing and other items also show increases as 1939 living costs trend ahead of 1946.
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Washington
OPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
BLS
P 80s Zoom Toward West
Three jet propelled Army fighters landed at Andrews Field Maryland at 10 58 am finishing a dawn to dusk cross country flight in 5 hours 31 minutes Their path from March Field California included a 34 minute refueling stop at Oklahoma City They beat the Los Angeles Washington bomber record by 14 minutes Pilots plan to land in Washington then begin the return leg Col Leon Gray led the flight aboard Beautiful Doll and expressed relief after the refueling stop Eight planes started the mission but one dropped out at Oklahoma City
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Washington
Andrews Field
March Field
Calif
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
Lanc
California
Leon Gray
Casa Grande, Ariz
Chinese Reds May Fight U S
WALTER RUNDLE reports from Shanghai on June 12 that a full scale Communist drive to capture Tsingtao, base of the U S seventh fleet and the U S trained Chinese navy, is expected momentarily. U S Marines at Tsingtao face a 24 hour alert as rebels threaten to attack.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
U. S. Seventh Fleet
U. S
Shantung Peninsula
Shantung
Central
Changchun
Tu Li-Ming
Manchuria
Lafa
Nanking
Nebraska Republicans award Butler victory over Griswold
Senator Hugh A. Butler won renomination in Nebraska defeating Governor Dwight Griswold, clouding Harold Stassen prospect for 1948 Republican convention votes. Stassen’s Nebraska bid faltered as he backs Griswold and faces loss of party support.
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Hugh A. Butler
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Charles C. Gossett
D-Ida
George E. Conart
Gossett
Glen Taylor
Stassen
San Francisco
Griswold
America
Butler
UNRRA
Bretton Woods
Stassen Stassen
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye
Henrik Shipstead
John Mekota
George Olsen
Henry Dworshak
House
Richard H. Wells
Pocatello
Arnold Williams
C. A. Robins
Capitol page boys spark debate on reform and discipline
Senator LaFollette proposed reorganizing Congress to raise salaries and fire pages, suggesting homespun discipline via mothers. He later withdrew the bill, while McClellan praised pages’ inspiration. The controversy drew sharp comparisons to Nazi camps over cramped conditions.
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Sen. LaFollette
Congress
Sen. la Follette
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Senate
Buchenwald
Social security tax hike approved by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to raise the Social Security tax from 1 to 1.5 percent on both employees and employers, effective January 1. If adopted by both chambers the annual Social Security insurance collection would rise from 1.3 billion to 2 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Copper Firm Sees Taxes Endangering U S Copper
H H Angst, general manager of the New Cornelia mine at Ajo, warned Rotary Club that domestic copper mines face ruin without protective policies and tax relief. He cited Arizona as the leading copper state and described the Ajo mine’s scale, open pit operation, 1 million pounds annual output, and 30 year life depending on protections, labor efficiency, and taxes.
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H. H. Angst
New Cornelia
Ajo
Rotary Club
Pioneer Hotel
United States
Arizona
Pima
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Angst
Twelve Die as B 29 Crashes on Clingmans Dome Peak
In Gatlinburg Tennessee the B 29 from McDill Field Florida plummeted into the Smoky Mountains near Clingmans Dome. Twelve aboard died with nine bodies recovered by noon. Weather was clear and cause under investigation as wreckage spanned the forested slope.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
U.P
McDillfield
Fla
Clingmans Home
Great Smoky Mountains
Knoxville
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Clingmans Dome
Mississippi River
Supreme Court probe shelved amid Black Jackson feud
Washington notes that Congress avoids a full inquiry into the Supreme Court while a public clash between Hugo Black and Robert H. Jackson remains in focus. The piece discusses the Vinson nomination, Roosevelt appointees, and calls for resignations, with debate over court procedures and fairness.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Hugo Black
Robert H. Jackson
House
Senato Es
Jackson
Black
Nuernberg
Germany
Senator Bridges Calls for Black Resignation Over PAC Speech
Sen Bridges urged Justice Hugo Black to resign after a speech to the National Citizens Political Action Committee. He cited Black’s remarks at the Roosevelt memorial dinner in New York on Apr 12 and tied the issue to a Jackson court feud.
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Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Harlan F. Stone
Judiciary
Roosevelt
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
la House Judiciary Committee
Jackson
House Committee
United States
Harold Burton
Supreme Court
Democratic
Black
New Deal
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Nuernberg Germany
Congress
Washington
Psen. Bridges
Hugo Black
Political Action Committee
Bridges
Senate
National Citizen’s Political Action Committee
Commodore
New York
Congressional Record
Sen. Guffey
High Court
Robert H. Jackson
McCarran
Judiciary Committee
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Albania
Stalin
Molotov
Trench
U.S
Seventh Fleet
Walter Rundle
Keller E. Rockey
China
Rockey
William T. Clement
Chihli
D. Harold Oliver
AP Political Reporter
Capitol Page Boys
Frederick C
Othman
Capitol Page
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Fellows
House of Representatives
U. S. Capitol
Capitol
Nazi Germany
Congressional
John H. Bankhead
Paris
Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem
Orly
Trans World Airlines
Cairo
Bludan
Syria
Arab League Council
League
Abdel Arhman Azzam Peneha
Vienna
Mark W. Clark
Allied Control Council For
Austria
Tulln
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