Exemptions In New Draft Act Guidelines Outlined
Washington June 25 The White House military and selective service draft changes outline exemptions for veterans nonveterans and students with deferments. provisions include 90 days service 1941 45 or 12 months service relative to Pearl Harbor VJ day and reserve membership. also sole surviving son and essential occupation deferrals for health safety and national interest. student deferments until graduation or end of school year with satisfactory pursuit.
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White House
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Army
Pearl Harbor
National Guard
Air National Guard
Officers Reserve Corps
Regular Army Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Enlisted Reserve Corps
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Coast Guard Reserve
Public Health Service
Berlin Faces Hunger Amid Russian Rail Blockade
Berlin residents fear hunger and unemployment as Russia threatens to keep the rail freight tieup. L. J. Steck reports the embargo disperses the four power food pool, endangering Western Berlin's fresh milk for children while powdered milk distribution continues. The blockade splits supply lines between the Soviet zone and the western sectors, blamed on technical railroad difficulties.
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L. J. Steck
Central Food Board
Berlin
Kommandatura
Warsaw meeting paves way for German unity effort
Western powers agreed to seek a federal government in western Germany. Some delegates favored an eastern German state to counter this, but the conference pressed for one more push toward German unity. If that fails, the Soviet bloc would back a separate east German government. A 30,000-strong crowd cheered Molotov on his Moscow-bound return as workers left factories to greet him at Okecie airport and demonstrators clogged the highway with Red banners.
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Soviet Bloc
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Okecie
Weather Forecast for Tucson and vicinity and regional readings
Mostly clear tonight with light winds and increasing afternoon cloudiness over mountains. Yesterday’s high 101 and low 71, with variable readings across multiple cities and station data including moon times and general cloud cover.
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Lear
Clay
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Origen
Aim York
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Salt Lake City
Yuma
We Gee
Tr St Ea
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Warren as Running Mate Emerges in GOP Rally
California Governor Earl Warren, nominated by acclamation for vice president by the Republican convention, has been a potent vote getter in California. In 1946 he won re election as the nominee of both major parties, a dark horse prospect in 1944, and he has championed higher old age pensions and compulsory health insurance. Born in Los Angeles to a railroad worker, Warren's early life included work as a newsboy and farm hand before studying law and becoming a prosecuting attorney.
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Earl Warren
California
Warren
Dewey
Los Angeles
Greeks Press Advances On Amouda Ridge And Boufa Heights
Greek forces gained Boufa heights and pushed toward Amouda as King Paul watched from the front. Ninth Division faced fortified positions five miles west near aeromilitia Lykorrachi and Zerma. Dispatches report rebel machine gunners killed surrendering guerrillas.
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Boufa Heights
Paul
Amanda
Second Corps
Ninth Division
Aeromilitia
Lykorrachi
Zerma
Dewey Promises Top Talent for Government Work
In a downtown hotel appearance, Dewey tells a crowd that the Republican party and he will bring the finest talent in the country to do the job of government that needs to be done. Citizens gathered along the curbside as he spoke.
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Dewey
Republican Party
Michigan Gave Up on Van Denberg as Dewey Seal Was Set
A newspaper recounts the 1948 Republican convention where Michigan delegates split as Dewey built a lead on the first ballots. Connecticut shifted late, Baldwin tried to keep Dewey from being inevitable, and Taft unexpectedly quit minutes before the night session amid arithmetic and strategic withdrawals.
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Joe Martin
Connecticut
New York
Dewey
Warren
Stassen
Vandenberg
Pennsylvania
Taft
Editorials back Dewey as worthy Republican standard bearer
Newspapers including the New Orleans Times-Picayune Providence Journal Boston Herald Portland Oregonian and Louisville Courier Journal express support for Governor Dewey. They note his record as governor his temperament and cautious policy approach and present him as a unifying figure capable of leading the party and the nation with steady policy and experience.
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America
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dewey
Providence
Union
Arizona Republicans rally behind Dewey ticket in Warren era
Arizona party figures led by executive secretary Glen Hawkins asserted unity for the national ticket at a time when GOP leaders were in Philadelphia. Hawkins said Dewey’s nomination is a victory for Arizona and the West and predicted Warren would be friendlier to Arizona’s needs amid the campaign surge. State headquarters in Phoenix reported a flood of calls and visitors praising the Dewey slate and Warren’s vice presidential nomination.
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Rocky Mountain
Philadelphia
Glen Hawkins
Arizona
Hawkins
Thomas Dewey
West
Gov. Warren
Phoenix
Dewey
Warren
Quote on Dewey defeat and late coalition collapse
A senator lamented the anti Dewey coalition collapse saying they started too late and should have united on a single candidate after the first ballot. A Pensylvania delegation member confided that coming together earlier might have changed the outcome.
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Pensylvania
Ball backs Dewey for President in 1948
Senator Ball of Minnesota said at the White House he will support Governor Thomas E. Dewey for president. He previously backed Roosevelt in 1944 over Dewey due to foreign policy, and offered no preference on a vice presidential candidate. Representative Blatnik accompanied Ball and spoke with the President on forestry matters.
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Truman
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Ball
R-Minn
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
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Blatnik
D-Minn
Mr. Truman
Riddlesbarger Case Probed Over Newspaper Bias
In a civil case related to statutory rape charges against a Chicago manufacturer, attorneys debate newspaper publicity and bias. Beers complains of press influence while the Kessels seek 520000, later reduced to 350000, with court banter marking the proceedings.
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Riddlesbarger
Wilson
Beer
Homer
Freda Kessel
Chicago
E. A. Atteberry
Atteberry
Rough Riders Reunion Honors 1898 Veterans in Yuma
Mrs. O Neill recalled Carter s visit after Rough Riders discharge as 1898 buddies gathered around the Yavapai courthouse plaza. The reunion ends Friday night when the Rough Riders return from the Grand Canyon with acting Gov Dan E Garvey among the honorees.
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Walter Ingalls
Yuma
O’neill
Carter
Rough Riders
Yavapai Court House Plaza
Grand Canyon
Dan E. Garvey
UN Defenses Under Study
Washington reports on U S plans to pursue regional defense within the United Nations. Undersecretary Robert Lovett said the State Department may soon begin talks with the Western European Union to implement the Vandenberg resolution objectives.
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Washington
Robert Lovett
State Department
Western European Union
Senate
United Nations
Sen. Vandenberg
Eich
United States
Lovett
Department
U.S
World War I Veteran Dies At Home
Carroll Henry Lewis, 58, a World War I veteran and retired electrician who had lived in the area for 10 years, died suddenly at his home at 2608 East Elm. He belonged to the DAV and Morgan McDermott Post of the American Legion. Parker Mortuary is handling arrangements.
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Carroll Henry Lewis
East Elm
Dav’s
Morgan McDermott
American Legion
Parker Mortuary
Fiji prospers under a mixed colonial boom and fears of change
Suva dispatch reports Fiji’s record prosperity driven by copra and sugar, plus gold exports from Vatukoula. It notes a small white ruling class, strong Australian-owned plantations, and an American miner, Nils E. Nilsen, who has earned millions in gold. The piece contrasts modern Fiji with Cannibal Isles lore and notes changes in native practices over 70 years.
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Suva
Fiji
San Francisco
Calif
Vatukoula
Colonial Sugar Refining Co
Michigan College of Mines
Tropics
Nils E. Nilsen
Capt. Cook’s
Fiji Faces Rising Political Restiveness and Racial Tensions
A Fiji correspondent notes rapid Indian population growth with 120000 Indians outnumbering Fijians and whites. Indians are successful and politically conscious, raising concerns about one vote for one man and potential shifts toward colonial change. Racial segregation remains accepted in local elections.
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India
Fiji
Pacific
United Nations
United States
Marker Found After 93 Years Near Rulo
In Rulo Nebraska a survey party of 24 led by Charles A Manners placed an iron monument on a Missouri river bluff on May 8 1855 marking the Kansas Nebraska boundary. After 93 years three men reached the marker hidden in dense woods and found it in good condition.
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Iron Monument
Missouri River
Charles A. Manners
Kansas
Nebraska
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