Marshall Scores Soviet Tactics
Secretary of State Marshall outlined a plan to open the Danube for unhindered navigation by proposing a four power plus central and eastern European Danube conference in Belgrade beginning July 30. He noted Austrian independence talks in London suspended due to Soviet delaying tactics and warned the Danube issue tests Soviet willingness to improve U.S. relations.
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Washington
State Marshall
Europe
Danube River
U. S
Russia
Marshall
United States
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
London
Austria
Danube
Romania
Hungary
Moscow
Germany
Presbyterians to consider union and expansion plan
Southern Presbyterians open a five day meeting in Atlanta to discuss union with the northern church and joining the Federal Council of Churches. Col Walter LeCraw will report progress on a seven point five million dollar five year expansion, with a 100 percent membership rise and increased financial support. The denomination counts 625000 members in 3500 churches from Maryland to New Mexico and Florida to Missouri, with nearly 590 commissioners attending at the First Presbyterian church.
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Atlanta
Northern Presbyterian Church
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Southern Presbyterians
Walter LeCraw
Presbyterian Presubmit
Southern Presbyterian
Maryland
New Mexico
Florida
Missouri
First Presbyterian Church
Truman Wins Gratitude of U S Clam Societies
President Truman signed a law funding a five year study of hard-shell and soft-shell clams. The $500000 bill directs the fish and wildlife service and the states to find ways to increase the clam population.
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Washington
Truman
Fish and Wildlife Service
A Grumble Fined Ten Dollars For Offense
Richmond Va May 26 A grumble cost Anna Yancey Grumble ten dollars and costs in police court today Officer W G Smith testified Grumble claimed he did not like the way he was being directed traffic He allegedly told the officer to give him a ticket and was charged with abuse of an officer and interfering in official duties The court imposed a ten dollar fine plus costs
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Richmond
Grumble
Anna Yancy Grumble
W. G. Smith
Western Germany Accord Is Near
A six country conference broke a deadlock on the political and economic fate of western Germany. Leaders agreed on road powers for an international control board over the Ruhr valley iron ore coal and other resources. The accord came after tense sessions with the United States Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The French delegation backed the Ruhr inter plan while objections remained to national control. The American delegation made concessions to expand safeguards against potential wartime use of German production.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Inter
White House Won't Study Rail Nationalization Proposal
The White House says nationalization of the railroads is not being considered. President Truman’s press secretary answered no when asked about government plans to buy rail carriers. Union leaders demand preparations, but railroad management spokesmen dismiss the proposal.
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Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Peta
Price Tempts Farmer To Release Cotton
Palestine, es May 26. John Caldwell stored 23 bales of cotton on his Neches area farm. He balked at the 1 cent per pound offer long ago. After decades of inflation and war he watched prices range from five to 28 cents. Recently he sold 14 bales for over 30 cents per pound and plans to sell the remaining 11 bales as a precaution.
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Palestine
John Caldwell
Neches
Caldwell
Fairmont Soldier Wounded By Blast
A land mine exploded during a post exercise dearmening drill at Camp Campbell Kentucky injuring Pfc. James Stuckey of Fairmont West Virginia. He is with the 505th transportation truck company Fort Riley Kansas and is listed in serious condition at Camp Campbell station hospital. The incident occurred about two hours after the official end of exercise assembly, which involved air force airborne and ground forces.
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Camp Campbell
Gordon Andrews
Joint Exercise Information Bureau
James Stuckey
Fairmont
W. Va
Stuckey
505Th Transportation Truck Company
Fort Riley
Kan
Andrews
Camp Campbell Station
Lewis To Start Hard Coal Talks
John L. Lewis will meet anthracite operators in Philadelphia to discuss a new contract for 80,000 hard coal miners. Talks begin after 60 days notice under Taft Hartley with no termination date since 1946. Proposals include welfare fund royalty, 35 hour week, and increased vacation pay from 100 to 250 dollars.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ralph E. Taggart
Lewis
Taggart
Wife for Sale Act Brings Bids in Hempstead
Mrs. Dorothy Lawlor a 28 year old divorcee with two children sought a $10,000 cash settlement and support in a "situation wanted" ad. She would interview bidders at a local night club and decide within a week to secure money after her Hempstead Newsday story.
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Hempstead
N. Y
Dorothy Lawlor
Eli
Long Island
Lawlor
Dorothy
Tommy
Marshall Turns Down Magazine Award
New York May 26. Secretary of state Marshall said he will not accept the annual award of the Churchman magazine because the publication engaged in world political discussions of a very marked character. He explained his decision after Dr. Emery Shipler, editor of the Episcopal magazine, made public correspondence with one of Marshall's assistants. A letter from Marshall S. Carter to Dr. Shipler noted the Churchman editorials extend far into politics and international affairs, and that the secretary does not feel he can accept the award.
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New York
Marshall
Churchman Magazine
Emery Shipler
Episcopal
Marshall S. Carter
Shipler
Churchman
Inside Job Says Police Lieutenant
Springfield Indiana May 26 The police report 60 boards of lumber were requisitioned to make no parking signs. An hour later 11 boards are missing, locking the remaining pile under key. Lt John McLean calls it an inside job and invites quotes.
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Springfield
John McLean
McLean
Draft Measure Faces New Hurdles in Draft Bill Debates
Washington May 26 AP Senator Langer R ND seeks to add a civil rights amendment to the draft bill to bar racial discrimination under selectiv e service. Senate Republican Wherry warns of a filibuster. House members ready to oppose the bill before rules committee action. President Truman civil rights program seen unlikely to advance, while House approves civil air patrol as a permanent Air Force civilian auxiliary.
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Langer
R-Nd
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
House
Congress
Truman
Leo E. Allen
R-Ni
House Rules Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Allen
White House
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
CAP
Air Arm
Czech Leader Eduard Benes Gravely Ill in Prague Crisis
A Prague government source reported 64 year old President Eduard Benes is gravely ill and not expected to recover. Names of possible successors Gottwald and Fierlinger were named. Benes’s illness coincides with exile parliament meeting in London and Slovakia’s election, signaling potential drastic shifts in Czechoslovakia.
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London
Prague
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Zdenek Fierlinger
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Hapsburgs
Thomas G. Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
Little Isis River Devotee Ballot Sparks River Jump
Oxford May 6 undergraduates in Oxford University's labor club voted Miss Anne Whates as the girl they would most willingly throw into the Isis river. Today six of them plunged in as hundreds watched. Miss Whates, a comely 20 year old from Lady Margaret Hall, wore a gay Edwardian costume. Ballots showed some voters were hazy about the actual aim of the vote.
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Oxford
England
Oxford University
Labor Club
Anne Whates
Isis
Miss Whates
Lady Margaret
U S Readies Air Evacuation of Citizens in Middle East
The United States prepared to evacuate Americans from the Middle East by air, sending about 20 C-47s to Cyprus for potential use if conditions worsen amid Jewish Arab fighting in Palestine. Cyprus acts as assembly and staging point. about 12,000 Americans may be affected. Separate items note President Truman's press secretary denying imminent arms embargo lifting and Rep Javits proposing a $100 million military aid bill for Israel, with no loan discussions confirmed with Britain.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
State Department
Dizen Air Force
Cyprus
Europe
Nicosia
Palestine
Mediterranean
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Rep
Javits
R-Ny
Israel
Ross
London
British Foreign Office
Chrysler UAW Talks Pushed Toward Early Settlement
Detroit May 26 Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers returned to bargaining amid hopes for an early settlement. The union narrowed its wage demand to 17 cents after GM reached an 11 cent cost of living wage agreement for 225000 workers, while Ford schedules June 14 talks and seeks wage equalization.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
UAW
Kim Sigler
Ford
O Brien Keeps Lead As Recount Ends
Charleston, W V May 26 Complete returns give D Pitt OBrien the Democratic nomination for secretary of state by about 330 votes. Final canvass shows 58,104 for OBrien and 57,774 for Sam Chilton with Kanehawa county pending. OBrien, incumbent for nearly 16 years, seeks renomination and faces A Sweeney Fleming in November.
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Charleston
W. Va
D. Pitt O’brien
Ohio County
Noice
Kanawha
Caren
Sam Chilton
Poninie
Sweeney Fleming
Fairmont
William
Arab Battle Rages in Jerusalem as Cease Fire Fails
The Jerusalem fight intensified with Arab forces pressing a 200 yard area in the old city while truce talks collapsed at Lake Success. Arab legion reports claim victory at Latrun and advances toward Tel Aviv, with Jewish defenses under heavy shellfire and new bombings over modern Jerusalem.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
Security Council
Holy Land
U.N
Lake Success
Arab Legion
Old City
Near East Radio
Great Hulva
Associated Press
Near East
Old Jerusalem
Eer
Tel _ Aviv
Telviv
Latrun
Beit Jiz
Khuida
Tel Aviv
U. N. Security Council
Trappist
Daniel de Luce
Dewey Confident Of Winning GOP Nomination
Trenton New Jersey May 26 Thomas E Dewey says he is confident of winning the Republican nomination for president after a 24 500 mile swing through seven western states He told newsmen he expects to be nominated as he seeks to regain the strength he had in 1944 and 1940 New Jersey 35 convention votes are pledged to Alfred E Driscoll as a favorite son
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Trenton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
New Jersey
Wendell Willkie
Alfred FE. Driscoll
Young Defeated In Bid For NYC Directorship
Albany May 26 An attempt to seat Robert R Young and Robert J Bowman on the New York Central railroad board without consent was defeated at the annual stockholders meeting. ICC had refused May 14 to permit them to sit while Chester J Bollenbach of New York claimed representation of a minor stockholder. Young and Bowman each received 614 votes. the existing slate won re election with 4 692 076 votes each.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert R. Young
Robert J. Bowman
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
New York Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Young
Bowman
Central
Chester
J. Bollenbach
New York City
Bollenbach
Ohio Coal Men Meet In City
About 400 people attend the 17th annual Ohio Coal Conference in Bluefield with sessions at the West Virginian hotel and events hosted by the Pocahontas Operators association and Norfolk and Western Railway. notables include R C Luther and J S Davis Jr with speeches on safety and industry outlook. The gathering features banquets, a mine tour, a barbecue, and an officers election the following Saturday.
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Ohio Coal Conference
R. C. Luther
Peerless Coal and Coke Company
Vivian
West Virginian
Weldon Evans
Evans Coal Company
Lima
Ohio
Pocahontas Operators Association
W Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Bluefield
J. 8. Davis, Jr
Davis Coal Company
Dayton
R. H. Smith
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield Country Club
West Virginian Hotel
Pocahontas
P. G. Craven
Goff-Kirby Company
Cleveland
D- D. McGuire
Gray and Son, Incorporated
Wooster
Don P. Miller
Cellar Lumber Company
Westerville
Ohio Miners End Three Day Strike In Cadiz
In Cadiz Ohio 600 United Mine Workers voted to end a three day strike at Neim’s deep shaft coal mine. They sought the firing of Chief Mechanic Charles Heron for allegedly performing hourly rated work. Union district rep Al Douglas said the walkout was not authorized. Workers will return to the pits tomorrow to negotiate the dispute.
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Cadiz
United Mine Workers
Neim
Deep Shaft
Charles Heron
Heron
UMW
al Douglas
Douglas
2000-Year Old Camp Found In West Virginia
Smithsonian archaeologist Ralph Solecki announced the discovery of a 2000 year old campsite in a cave in Summers County West Virginia. The site includes ash beds and cooking fire remains predating pottery. Solecki said no older campsite is known in the state.
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W. Va
Summers County
Smithsonian Institution
Ralph Solecki
Solecki
A. Solecki
GOP Wins Test To Curb Tariff Slash Powers
Washington May 26 Republicans rammed through the house a one year renewal of the reciprocal trade act and gave Congress a veto on tariff making. The final vote 218 Republicans 16 Democrats supported the GOP measure 142 Democrats 5 Republicans and 2 American Labor party members opposed. The bill goes to the Senate as Democrats attacked it as isolationist. The act, first passed in 1934, expires June 12 unless renewed, and would let Congress curb presidential tariff adjustments via the tariff commission with a 60 day veto window.
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Washington
House
Beame
American Labor Party
Senate
Marshall
America
Halleck
Indiana
B. Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Army
Truman
Congres
Congress
State Department
Federal Tariff Commission
Eldest-Bride 90 Weds 37 Year-Old Bridegroom in New York State
In Moira, New York, Mrs Eliza Murray believed to be over 90 married Clarence Mc Gee 37 in a Methodist church before a capacity crowd. The ceremony was led by Rev Lewis McConnell amid comments of prior complaints. The bride, missing a leg, wore an orchid and awaited blood test results with her son noting her true age.
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Moira
Eliza Murray
Lewis McConnell
Clarence McGee
Brushton
New York
McGee
James
Stassen Urges UN Action Over Israel Crisis
Harold E. Stassen urged the United Nations to deploy a Stabilit Force to the Holy Land rather than lift the arms embargo on Israel. The Republican presidential candidate argued the force could be organized without risking a Russian veto.
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Boston
Harold EB. Stassen
United Nations
Holy Land
Israel
Russia
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