Senate approves larger Western reclamation budget
Senate appropriations amendments boost Western reclamation to 99,555,532 for the year starting July 1, raising Indian education and mining investigations funding. Increases affect land management, mines, recreation areas, and river basin studies, with higher totals for fish and wildlife and various Arizona and Nevada projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Lowell Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Senate
House
Bureau of Land Management
Indian Service
Bureau of Mines
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reclamation Bureau
House Appropriations Trim Veterans Funds In Budget Bill
The house appropriations committee cut 130.9 million from the Veterans Administration as it approved an 8.498 billion dollar bill funding 33 independent federal agencies for the next year. The VA share was down 1.8 percent on a 6.944 billion dollar allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William PF. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Veterans’ Administration
President Truman
House
Mr. Truman
Office of
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Service Commission
Clayton To Visit Europe's Capitals
The state department said Undersecretary William L. Clayton will visit several European capitals soon to discuss Europe's economic problems with foreign officials. His associates said he has no special assignment from Secretary Marshall or President Truman to push action on Marshall's proposed joint European economic revival program.
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Washington
State Department
William L. Clayton
Europe
Clayton
Marshall
Truman
Floods Return Across Missouri and Iowa
New floods threaten farms and cities as the Missouri and its tributaries rise after heavy rains. In Kansas City and Ottumwa crews rush dikes while Ottawa braces for renewed flooding, and the Missouri nears its highest levels in years at several points.
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United Press
Des Moines
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Ottawa
Chariton
Keytesville
Arizona lawmakers agree on welfare program funds
Legislative leaders move toward adjourning the first special session after approving an $11,583,305 welfare and social security appropriation. House and Senate leaders expedited consideration while Governor Osborn weighs a second special session to address Colorado River water funding.
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Phoenix
Senate
John Babbitt
House
E. L. Jameson
Arizona
Social Security Department
Sidney P. Osborn
Colorado
Hotel Adams
Social Security Agency
President Sees Niagara Falls during Canadian trip
President Truman, en route home from Canada, took a 20 minute sight seeing visit to Niagara Falls. He left the train on the Canadian side with Mayor W. L. Houck to view the falls, wearing a topcoat and hat, and remarked it is one of the greatest sights in the world. Ambassador Ray Atherton accompanied the party.
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Truman
U.P
Canada
Niagara Falls
Mr. Truman
W. L. Houck
Homburg
Victoria Park
Ray Atherton
Ottawa
Washington
Rent Control Gets New Life
A house senate committee reached final accord on extending rent controls through February 29 with up to 15 percent increases under certain conditions. Rep Walcott said the bill is largely the same as two days earlier and the House expects to ratify the conference report next Wednesday with Senate action anticipated the following day before sending it to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Walcott
R-Mich
Wolcott
White House
Arizona House Protest Over Welfare Hearing Plan
A tumultuous Arizona House session ends with a protest by Rep A R Spikes and others to Speaker E L Jameson at the Adams hotel over a noon announcement of a public welfare hearing set for Friday at 10 am. The group demanded assurance such procedures not be repeated.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
of Representatives
E. L. Jameson
Adams Hotel
House
Jameson
Capitol
Rep
A. R. Spikes
Zoning Change Plan Is Filed
Recommendations on 72 proposed changes in the city building and zoning ordinance were filed by E A Wilson secretary of the planning and zoning commission. The plan awaits city council discussion in a future meeting with the date undecided. The changes concern building height lot area and other regulations.
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Carl M. Hitt
E. A. Wilson
Planning and Zoning Commission
Auto Industry Sees Labor Peace With Wage Settlement
DETROIT June 13 Auto plants move toward general labor peace as Hudson Packard and Continental settle or ease walkouts. Hudson resumes production after a two day halt and reaches a basis of settlement with CIO UAW on clerical demands. Packard grants 15 cent hourly increase to 8000 UAW CIO workers. Continental workers end one day sit down strike. Ford foremen strike ongoing.
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Detroit
Hudson Motorcar Co
CIO
United Auto
Hudson
Packard Motorcar Co
Continental Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Packard
George T. Christopher
Ku Klux Gives Up Its Charter in Georgia
In Atlanta on June 13 a Fulton Superior Court judge dissolved the Ku Klux Klan charter by court order. The action followed a Georgia suit led by former Governor Ellis Arnall to abolish the order amid postwar anti Negro sentiment and renewed Klan activity. Grand Dragon Samuel Green conceded the fight and directed the dissolution after a 1946 Stone Mountain initiation, ending expectations of a new surge.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Bond Almand
State of Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Samuel Green
Morgan Belser
Green
Stone Mountain
Fulton Superior Court
Belser
European Plan To Cost 24 Billions
Washington reports the British embassy seeks clarification from the State Department on Secretary Marshall's European revival plan. Officials say Britain may start the initiative while the U.S. avoids dictating steps. State counsellor Cohen estimates 15 to 24 billion dollars may be needed over three to four years to avert famine and dictatorship.
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Washington
State Department
Marshall
London
United States
Britain
Europe
Benjamin V. Cohen
Long Beach
Calif
Cohen
U S Protests Two Romanian Statutes
Washington June 13 The United States has vigorously protested Romanian laws enacted recently alleging they may nationalize American property without compensation.
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Washington
United States
Taft Anticipates Veto of Tax Bill Amid Gasperi Victory
Chairman Taft of Ohio warned President Truman will likely veto the income tax cut bill and said Congress would struggle to override. In Rome, Premier Alcide de Gasperi’s non Communist government won by 73 votes as leftists aimed to topple the cabinet over food fraud charges against a minister.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Congress
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Russian Conquest Method In Europe More Apparent
AP analysis outlines two main Soviet tactics in Europe east and west. In Bulgaria the Communist dominated assembly expelled 23 agrarians linked to Nikola Petkov, replacing them with party loyalists. The move mirrors Hungary as Moscow tightens grip, with Bulgaria already largely under proconsul Georgi.
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Europe
Glenn Babb
Bulgaria
Nated National Assembly
Nikola Petkov
United Opposition
Fatherland Front
Hungary
Petkov Agrarians
Russia
Moscow
Old Georgi
Six Billion Yearly Seen For Europe Aid
Long Beach California June 13 European nations may need as much as six billion dollars annually for four years to meet rudimentary needs Benjamin V Cohen warned at the Junior Chambers of Commerce convention He cautioned that without such aid political unrest and dictatorship risks could rise though he did not specify US responsibility
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Long Beach
Calif
State Department
Benjamin V. Cohen
Cohen
National Convention of
Junior Chambers of Commerce
Europe
United States
Bevin Praises Marshall Plan as Bridge to Europe
London reports Foreign Secretary Bevin called Secretary Marshall's aid for Europe a bridge linking the east and west. He lauded Russia's inclusion, praised Marshall's Harvard address as historic, and said the U S plan unselfishly aims to save and rehabilitate Europe. Britain plans a conference of European nations to frame an integrated recovery program.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Russia
Foreign Press Association
Bevin
Harvard
U. S
Europe
Britain
United States
Conference of European Nations
United States Has Peace Key Says Warren R Austin
Warren R. Austin, U S delegate to the United Nations, told MIT graduates that the United States with half the world’s productive power can shape conditions for permanent peace. He cautioned progress on atomic control talks may be slow, but continued study and discussion will bear fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Warren R. Austin
U. S
United Nations
United States
Austin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FBI Investigating Anonymous Note To Thomas
FBI agents probe an anonymous death threat to J Parnell Thomas and to Rep. John Rankin as the House Un American Activities Committee eyes rallies and a report on Communist infiltration. The note warned of deaths in June and July and prompted security caution.
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Washington
FBI
House
UN American Activities Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
John E. Rankin
D-Miss
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Thomas
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
United States
Suboena
Charlie Chaplin
Edward G. Robinson
Dorothy Parker
Hollywood
House Civil Service Committee
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers’ Union
CIO
Victor Kravchenko
Russia
Wallace Address Blocked by Anti Communist Association
The American Anti Communist Association filed an injunction in federal district court to stop Henry A Wallace from using a public park in Washington for a Monday night address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Anti-Communist Association
Henry A. Wallace
Disagree On Labor Bill
Government labor experts say the Taft Hartley bill is unworkable and will not stop a coal strike while other advisers urge Truman to sign. Officials report the analysis favors the Taft Hartley version over the Taft led alternative, arguing it offers government tools and likely passage by Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Rep. Hartley
R-Nj
Sen. Taft
R-O
Allied commission members accuse Russia in Austria oil seizure
In Vienna on June 13 American and British members of the Allied commission for Austria charged Russia with extraterritorial rights by taking control of oil and other raw materials within Austria.
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Vienna
Allied Commission For
Austria
Russia
Baseball Results From National League and American League
Boston beat Pittsburgh 6 2 while Chicago defeated Philadelphia 4 to 3. Brooklyn faced St. Louis at night with other night games in St Louis New York and Chicago hosting Boston and Cleveland hosting Philadelphia Detroit playing Washington.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
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