Berlin Food Supplies From Red Zone Halted
Berlin’s western zones faced renewed disruption as Russia cut off food deliveries to the U S Britain and France. Western Berlin electric service was also interrupted while British Foreign Secretary Bevin warned Berlin’s delicate situation. General Clay insisted only war could oust American forces, as the Warsaw conference touted a provisional all German government under Soviet influence and proposed measures for demilitarization and four power control.
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Russia
U. S
Berlin
Germany
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Lucius D. Clay
Ruhr
West Germany
Auto Workers Counter Ford Wage Offer
The CIO United Auto Workers countered Ford's 11 to 14 cent hourly raise with revised demands totaling about 28 cents more per hour. The union seeks a flat 14 cent raise, company funded health care, and elimination of wage differentials including night and vacation pay, merit spreads, and extra fringe benefits.
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Detroit
CIO United Ato
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Ford
New Process for Steel Is Claimed
Ductile Steel Ltd announces a new steel making method that could transform the industry by enabling Midlands mills to cast their own billets. Chairman Frank Hall says light scrap and other metals are fused with a proprietary mixture to produce high quality steel ready for pouring.
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Wolverhampton
England
Ductile Steel, Ltd
Midlands
Frank Hall
Ohio Moose Association Opens State Convention
The Ohio Moose Association opened its annual state convention in Cincinnati with 5 000 members expected to attend. Executive and nominating committees planned meetings before the first regular business session at 2 30 PM.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Moose Association
Rita Hayworth in Paris Hospital for Anemia Treatment
Paris report says Rita Hayworth, who arrived three weeks ago, is in a Paris Ameri ca hospital for a check up and has since been receiving anemia treatments. Friends provided the update indicating she has been there for about a week.
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Rita Hayworth
Paris
America
Miss Hayworth
Greeks Executed in Athens Declares Treason Verdicts
June 25 report from Athens states twenty six persons were executed after convictions for treason sabotage or murder. Authorities carried out the punishments this morning as part of a harsh crackdown.
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Athens
Truman Signs Draft Measure Start of Nation's Draft
Truman signed the draft measure prompting a fall call to thousands of draftees as the second peacetime draft begins. Army Secretary Royall ordered state adjutants general to halt National Guard recruiting due to expected funding constraints and lack of extra appropriations.
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United States
Truman
Washington
Pi—Army
Royall
Congressional
Truman signs two year draft bill amid rush to 2 million force
President Truman signed a two year Selective Service bill at 4 40 P M EST and approved a 10 billion plus fund to build up the Army Navy and Air Force to 2 000 000 men The draft becomes effective at midnight and registration will begin as the national machinery is ready with over 4 000 local draft boards to handle 18 through 25 year olds Induction for new draftees expected to start September 22 or later.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman nomination seen as not certain by Arkansas leader
Gov. Ben Laney of Arkansas said on June 25 that it is becoming evident weekly that Truman’s nomination as the Democratic standard bearer is not assured. He noted strength for the states rights opposition to Truman’s civil rights program and said support is growing beyond the South at a barbecue hosted by the Arkansas Free Enterprise Association.
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Marianna
Ark
Ben Laney
Arkansas
President Truman
States Rights Democrats
Truman
South
Laney
Arkansas Free Enterprise Association
Thomas E. Dewey Biography Highlights Career
Philadelphia dispatch outlines Thomas E. Dewey born March 24 1902 in Owosso Michigan. Education at Michigan and Columbia Law School. married Frances Hutt with two sons. Early legal roles include U S attorney and prosecutor. New York County district attorney. ran for New York governor in 1937. GOP presidential hopeful in 1940 1944. elected New York governor in 1942 and reelected in 1946. last night nominated for president by the Republican Party.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso, Mich
George
Annie Dewey
University of Michigan
Columbia University Law School
Frances Eileen Hutt
Sapulpa
Okla
Thomas E., Jr
John M
Hotel Roosevelt
New York City
Albany
New York State
Pawling, N. Y
U. S
New York County
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Nor
Republiciai Party
Soft coal contract signed by Lewis and most operators
John L. Lewis and most soft coal operators signed a new contract granting an 11 dollar daily wage increase and doubling the welfare pension fund. The agreement retains other terms of the prior pact including a union shop, despite Taft Hartley Act limits. The pact takes effect July 1 while miners take a ten day vacation and return July 6. Harry M. Moses refused to sign, citing the union shop as a legal violation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Earier
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Harry M. Moses
Moses
West Virginian May Head GOP
Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia is talked up as a possible choice for GOP National Committee chairman by Governor Dewey. Hallanan heads the West Virginia delegation and the convention Arrangements Committee and shifted his support to Dewey before balloting. Dewey plans to pick a new national chair as one of his first campaign moves.
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Philadelphia
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Thomas E. Dewey
Hallanan
Dewey
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Summer Forecast Warns of Terrible Heat and Storms
Fair Lawn New Jersey June 25 An astro meteorologist George J McCormack predicts a harsh upcoming summer with extreme heat late June into early July from the Mississippi valley to the western divide and Southwest The heat will ease in mid July and a thunderstorm wave is expected around July 3 to 5 moving toward the Atlantic from the Mississippi valley
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Fair Lawn
N. J
George J. McCormack
McCormack
Mississippi Valley
Continental Divide
Slav Detention of GIs Protested by United States
The United States protests to Yugoslavia over the 11 day detention of five American soldiers who swam in the Yugoslav zone of Trieste. The State Department will present the protest and demand for their early release to Belgrade through Ambassador Cavendish Cannon.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
State Department
Belgrade
Cavendish Cannon
Fire destroys 120 buildings in Japanese town
Wind-fanned blaze in Kori yama, 135 miles northeast of Tokyo, devastated downtown area last night. Yodo News Agency reports damage estimated at 1 million dollars across 120 structures.
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Tokyo
Koriyama
Yodo
Third Man Arrested as More Dynamite Found
A Dayton man was arrested on burglary tools charges and 19 detonators plus pounds of dynamite were found in a rooming house linked to Swihart. Authorities note possible ties to the Linton Dairy safe robbery, with Ryan identified as the car owner in the previous arrest trio.
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Dayton
Linton’s
Lawrence Thurman Ryan
Hammer Avenue
George L. Schilling
T. W. Thomas
Max Lambert
State Highway Patrol
A. O. Smith
Ryan
Russell Abraham Swihart
Paul Jennings Reynolds
Daytor
Proud
Swihart
Foote
Paul Riley
Everett Downing
Wilmington
E. H. Schneider
R. H. Schangen
Smith
Ohio Penitentiary
Montgomery County
Downing
Linton
Mother Indicted In Girl's Poison Death
Cincinnati date June 25 Mrs Mary Clay Watts 43 indicted by grand jury for first degree murder in the poisoning death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann The indictment handed to Judge Nelson Schwab followed the coroner and autopsy findings that Mercurial and a barbiturate poison caused the death on May 1 Watts was arrested June 13 ten days after the homicide ruling was announced
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
Nelson Schwab
44 Crewmen Of Norse Tanker Are Rescued
New York June 25 reported today the 44 man crew of the Norwegian tanker Fenris was rescued at sea after a blaze and explosions swept the engine room and superstructure. The ship, 9,804 tons, was abandoned 649 miles northwest of Brest, France, following the fire.
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New York
Brest
France
Speeding of Soil Conservation Urged
Ralph S. Trigg of the U S Department of Agriculture urged farmers to speed soil protection efforts. He said peak production is needed to meet national and world food needs, but farmers must not neglect the soil.
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Columbus
Ralph S. Trigg
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Californian Gets Nomination by Unanimous Vote
Gov. Earl Warren of California accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination at the national convention in Philadelphia. He was nominated after a brain trust canvassed candidates and was accompanied by Mrs. Warren and the governor’s three daughters. The convention adjourned later as Warren pledged loyalty for four years.
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Earl Warren
California
Warren
Gera E
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Supreme Court
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania
J. Russell Sprague
Sprague
Halleck
Charles Hal
Truman View Conservatives Rule GOP
Senator Murray quoted President Truman saying the Republican national convention shows conservative interests control the party. Murray reported Truman had not publicly commented on Dewey’s nomination and noted the platform reiterates Republicans’ past unfulfilled promises.
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Truman
GOP
Washington
James E. Murray
D-Mont
New York
Thomas B. Dewey
Murray
Mr. Truman
White House
MacArthur Honored With Belgian Wartime Honors
Gen. MacArthur received the Belgian Croix de Guerre for World War II service in Tokyo. He was also awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown Belgium's highest honor.
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Tokyo
Gen
MacArthur
Order of the Crown
Belgium
Dick Jurgens Leads Junior Hop After Dance
Dick Jurgens and his orchestra provided an hour of entertainment at the Sports Dance in the high school gym Thursday night. A hiccup at intermission involving Krog Babb and Roderick Telfair is noted, while Jurgens jokingly lines up future Coca Cola radio work amid light audience participation. A red bat with four babies was found by Mrs. C. T. Hanks near the Johnsons’ home.
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Dick Jurgens
Krog Babb
Roderick Telfair
Gilbert Wilkin
Jurgens
Babb
Krog
C. T. Hanks
Columbus Street
News- Journal
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