Violence Erupts in Jerusalem Amid Truce Effort
Violence broke out in Jerusalem as Arab Jewish truce talks stalled. British troops searched for arms in Arab quarters while UN three man truce commission delayed a decision. Reports from Natanya and Tel Aviv warned of Lebanese Syrian invasion fears and ongoing bombardments.
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Damascus
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Rail Fare Boost Sought In East Coast Lines
In an ICC hearing in Brooklyn East Coast railroads seek to raise coach fares 20 percent and first class fares 14.3 percent effective June 1 Walter S Franklin vice president traffic for the Pennsylvania railroad spoke for all East Coast roads He cited a 96 600 000 annual cost rise since the last June 1 1947 fare increase and urged a prompt rate structure adjustment The hearing will resume tomorrow
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Interstate Commerce Commision
ICC
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Pennsylvania
Churchill advises British travelers to curb criticism abroad
London May 5 Winston Churchill counseled conservatives departing for America to forget Britain’s socialist government while abroad. The guidance, relayed by Col J R H Hutchison M P, urged visitors not to criticize the home government overseas but to make up for it upon return.
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Winston Churchill
America
Col. J. R. H. Hutchison
M. P
Great Britain
Britain
Lana Turner honeymoon aboard Mauretania in England
Actress Lana Turner and her new husband Bob Topping said they were “up in the clouds” as they boarded the liner Mauretania for a honeymoon trip to England. The Toppings wed last week in Hollywood. it is their fourth marriage each.
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Lana Turner
Bob
Topping
Mauretania
England
UN Rushes Plans For Palestine
In New York on May 5 an emergency UN regime for Palestine emerged as a possible temporary solution before Britain relinquishes the mandate on May 15. A 12 nation subcommittee urged by the general assembly will study the issue, with Cuba proposing a plebiscite if Jews and Arabs cannot agree. The plan would not be a UN trusteeship or permanent fix, and no country would be recognized as having territory under the temporary regime. The subcommittee convenes again Friday amid ongoing assembly and security council sessions assessing Palestine’s civil conflict.
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Jewish Agency For Palesttine
Alexandre Parodi
Council
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Guillermo Bell
Defense Accord Sought By GOP
Washington May 5 A harmony meeting to smooth out clashing defense programs was proposed today for Republican leaders in the House and Senate. Taft said he would see Speaker Martin to arrange a consultation. Senate and House Armed Services panels differ on draft vs training. The House passed a 3.23 billion plan to build a 76 group air force while the Senate panel prepared a similar appropriation bill for action.
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Senate Policy Committee
British Bread Ration May Be Abolished
London May 5 Harry Marriott chairman of the cooperative bakery association said bread rationing in Great Britain may be abolished this summer. Responsible officials would like no promises the adult Briton now may buy 63 ounces of bread a week.
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London
Harry Marriott
Cooperative Bakery Association
Great Britain
Marshall urges power balance to check communism
Secretary of State Marshall told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Western world must be strong enough to deter Soviet domination. He argued for a balanced power system like at UN’s founding and warned against excluding Russia. He and Warren Austin urged strengthening the UN with allied military force, while stressing economic and political recovery as essential for lasting security.
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Rep
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Bogota
Mediators Fail To Settle Meat Strike
Washington May 5 The government mediation efforts in the meat workers strike reached a standstill with no progress shown Cyrus Ching head of the federal mediation service ended fruitless talks between the CIO Packing House Workers and the big four firms Swift Cudahy Wilson and Armour The firms offered nine cents an hour while the union seeks 29 cents and rejected the offer, authorities said
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Washington
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO
Swift, Cudahy, Wilson and Armour
Typhoid Outbreak Strikes Acre Troops and Civilians
Typhoid hits British forces and Arab refugees in Acre as 52 Middlesex soldiers and seven constables fall ill. Serum assistance offered while 101 more troops and 64 police exposed. Acre officials report 36 civilians ill with about 50 suspected cases.
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Haifa
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Middlesex Regiment
Middlesex
France to lengthen military service to Fifteen months
The French cabinet advised Parliament to temporarily extend military service from twelve to fifteen months. Foreign Minister Georges Bidault presented the findings on the international situation motivating the recommendation.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Wallace for President Pins West Virginia Activism
In Logan County 12,000 miners reportedly back Wallace as petition circulates to urge President Truman to rescind fines against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The campaign frames the penalties as an insult to 125,000 West Virginia miners and a direct attack on their livelihood amid the coal field strike backing civil liberties and Taft-Hartley concerns.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Lewis
Charleston
Logan County
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Miners’ Union
Oleo Backers Score Early Victory in Tax Repeal Fight
In a 47 to 30 vote, Oleo backers overturned Senator Vandenberg and sent the margarine tax repeal bill to the finance committee, surprising even the supporters. Fourteen Republicans joined 33 Democrats to defeat the ruling, in a coalition mainly from cotton and industrial states. The agriculture committee vote was 26 Republicans and four Democrats in favor.
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Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Finance Committee
Agriculture Committee
Taft
Ohio
Lewis Requests Court OK Pension Payments
Washington May 5 John L Lewis asked a federal court not to block 100 a month pension payments to retired soft coal miners Ezra Van Horn and three trustees had sought to block the plan Lewis and Senator Bridges had approved Van Horn argued the plan would ruin the welfare fund Lewis said no plan met his must be his own choosing He argued the court lacks jurisdiction and noted months of failed negotiations before the contract expires June 30 The pension dispute helped trigger the recent coal strike Bridges served as neutral aid in settlement efforts"}
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Ezra van Horn
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Senator Bridges
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van Horn
Bridges
Global Aid Plan Off To Big Start
Washington May 5 The world relief effort advances as Roger D. Lapham former San Francisco mayor takes charge of Chinese aid and four more European nations qualify for American dollar aid Britain Belgium Ireland Iceland and Britain pledge in the European mutual aid program France Italy Austria Holland Norway and Denmark had filed letters of intent China qualifies for a 463 million dollar share of foreign assistance fund Hoffmann names Lapham to China mission Lapham will return May 24 and reach China about June 1
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ECA
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Europe
Big Jin Folsom Weds Office Worker In Surprise Ceremony
Rockford Alabama May 5 194? Governor James E Folsom wed Tamalin Winann at Rockford Baptist Church in a surprise ceremony. The 39 year old widower talked of returning to the office tomorrow and planning a later honeymoon. The marriage follows a recent paternity suit naming him father of Christine Putnam Johnston’s two year old son, James Douglas, from Cullman.
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Rockford
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Meme
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LW Slyerl
Ulu
Montgomery
Folsom
Berry
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B. F. Hixon
State Highway Department
Sara Cartney
Christine Putnam
Truman Hopes To Sidetrack Rail Strike
President Truman aims to sidestep a looming railroad strike as a May 11 deadline looms. He plans to travel by train to the Pacific Northwest on June 3, while mediation efforts continue after a failed mediation round. Union demands include a 30 percent wage hike and rule changes, with troop and essential service trains allowed.
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Truman
White House
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Brotherhoods of
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Frank P. Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
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Greek Parliament Suspended For Month
The Greek Parliament was suspended for the month after a government crisis. Liberal Premier Themistokles Sophoulis announced the move following talks with Dwight Griswold and Karl Rankin. The rift between liberal and populist parties led to a cabinet reshuffle and a coalition. Parliament adjourned, with reconvening in five days planned.
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Dwight Griswold
Karl Rankin
U. S
Sophoulis
Kingswood Pickets Fined in Redman Act Plea Deal
In Kingswood West Virginia on May 5 ten pickets pleaded guilty to assault and battery for beating a non union miner near Hodgeville during the miners walkout. They received 75 dollar fines plus costs and 30 day suspended jail terms. Two co defendants had charges dismissed. One United Mine Workers official was among those charged. The Redman act conspiracy indictments were dismissed.
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W. Va
Hodgeville
United Mine Workers
Carl Fitzwater
Asault
U. S. Plans To Keep 309 Wartime Plants
Secretary Forrestal told Congress the government will retain 309 wartime plants as an industrial reserve and may keep 100 more. The wartime build cost about 14.0 billion dollars for 1,200 plants. the 309 kept would cost about 5.7 billion and cover roughly half of wartime productive capacity.
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Forrestal
Congress
Rat Wins Respect Of Fire Station In Keene
A Keene fire station rat has earned the firefighters’ respect after being seen sliding down a water pipe between the first floor and basement in a display of agility likened to a pole vaulter. The creature’s antics have become a local curiosity amid routine station duties.
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Keene
Senate Approves Home Loan Bill in Stopgap Move
The Senate backed a short-term revival of Title 6 housing insurance to June 30 while the House balks at action. The measure aims to extend public housing provisions tied to the Taft-Allender-Wagner long-range bill, with Senate leaders wary of delaying broader reform and the House weighing longer extensions against political resistance.
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Senate Today
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Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Senate
Cain
Jury Convicts Screen Writer Dalton Trumbo
Washington May 5 jury convicts movie writer Dalton Trumbo of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer a House committee on un American activities about his communist ties and Screen Writers Guild membership. He faces up to a year in jail and $1000 fines on two counts. Lawson appeals.
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Dalton Trumbo
Congress
Tokyo
House Committee On un-American Activities
Screen Writers Guild
John Howard Lawson
Albert Maltz
Trumbo
Lawson
Wheelchair Worker Faces Eviction in New Bedford
Edmond Z. Normandin a 30 year old crippled by infantile paralysis in 1941 faces eviction from his small apartment with his wife and two children. He supports his family by operating a telephone switchboard from a wheelchair in an answering service that has grown to about 400 dollars a month.
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Mass
Edmond Z. Normandin
Normandin
Taft Looms As Winner In Ohio Primary Vote
Harold E Stassen added nine Republican presidential delegates in Ohio as Taft hoped to hold a majority of 44 of 53 votes for the GOP national convention in Philadelphia. Stassen praised the win as decisive while Taft claimed 45 Ohio delegates. The Ohio race featured contests in Cleveland Day ton Akron Youngstown Toledo and rural districts with Bricker leading Taft in votes.
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Robert A. Taft
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Stassen
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Aon
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Olassen
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Youngstown
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Springfield
Canton
Delegates Stand in Republican National Convention
Delegates and standings show Republicans tallying 770 of 1,094 pledged or claimed delegates with no candidate near the 548 needed for nomination on the first ballot. Dewey leads with 125, Martin 75, Stassen 68, Green 52, Taft 44, Vandenberg 41, Saltonstall 35, Driscoll 35, Reece 3, MacArthur 22, plus 267 uncommitted or unassigned across the field. overall totals 170.
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Taft
Stassen
Ohio
Thomas F. Dewey
Edward Martin
Harold E. Stassen
Dwight H.green
Vets Pay Boost May Be Delayed
Washington May 5 Officials said veterans benefiting from the new on the job training ceilings law may not see boosted subsistence checks until July or August due to the bill's complexity. The measure raises wage and subsistence ceilings for various dependent levels and applies to trainees in combination courses and eligible public law 16 programs with retroactive effect to April 1.
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Veterans’ Administration
Truman
Kearney
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