Charlotte Phone Workers Strike In Local Dispute
Southern Bell employees in Charlotte walked out over an employees meeting bulletin board issue. Western Electric pickets threatened or affected offices in North and South Carolina. An injunction blocked picketing in North Carolina with hearings set for April 28.
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Associated Press
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Charlotte
Columbia
Western Electric
Telephone Company
Bell
Charlotte Co
J. M. McAlister
South Carolina
Salisbury
Greensboro
Durham
Charleston
Southern Bell
Mecklenburg Superior Court
North Carolina
Pany
Harvey G. Booth
Bell Exchange
Caldwell St
Western
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CWA
Dan K. Moore
Western Union
B. G. Dobson
Roaring Senate Debate Fired By Proposal
Washington roars as President Truman seeks to move over 21 000 federal jobholders from patronage to civil service. If the House does not block within 60 days the change becomes law under the 1949 Government Reorganization Act. The plan affects 21438 postmasters 51 collectors of customs and numerous other customs officials.
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Sons of the American Revolution to hold annual meeting in Greensboro
The Nathaniel Greene Chapter of the North Carolina Sons of the American Revolution will host the society's annual meeting tomorrow afternoon in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Nathaniel Greene
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North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
11th Man Charged in Fair Bluff Kidnapping Case
An 11th man, Carl Richardson, 58, was charged in the alleged kidnapping and flogging of Dorothy Martin and Ben Grainger of Fair Bluff. He was ordered to appear before the U. S. District Court in Wilmington at the term beginning May 12.
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Fayetteville
Dorothy Martin
Ben Grainger
Fair Bluff
Carl Richardson
U. S. District Court
Wilmington
Paria Trousseau Defined as Bride's Postnuptial Attire
A Paria trousseau refers to the clothing a bride wears for six or seven years after marriage, indicating a lasting set of garments not worn all at once. The term reflects historical bridal fashion practice and dowry expectations.
Youth labeled for death after guilty mugging
In a brief state court session Judge John J. Burney condemned 17 year old Ernest Ray Simmons to death in the gas chamber for a mugging that also involved 30 year old white farmer Joseph Me. Simmons’ attorney immediately gave notice of appeal to the state Supreme Court, which suspends the execution pending higher court action.
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Ernest Ray Simmons
Joseph Me
John J. Burney
Simmons
State Supreme Court
High Court
Embezzling Charge Against Morganton Hospital Clerk
J Harley Walker, former manager of the Morganton State Hospital commissary, is charged with embezzling 368.18 dollars. He is set for a Burke County Recorder's Court preliminary hearing on April 15.
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Raleigh
Morganton State Hospital
Henry
J. Harley Walker
Burke County Recorder's Court
Finalists compete for top prizes in 1952 speaking contest
Ten finalists in the 1952 speaking contest sponsored by the State Bankers Association competed for $300, $200, and $100 prizes. The winner earned the honor of addressing the State Bankers convention that summer.
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Raleigh
State Bankers Association Tarricultural Agencies
State Bankers’ Convention
Oak Ridge scientist to speak at 18th annual meeting
Dr Ralph Liv of Oak Ridge National Laboratory was slated to address the 18th annual meeting of the neu section of the American classical Society at North Carolina State College. The three day meeting opened yesterday with 400 delegates registered.
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Raleigh
Ralph Livlabore
Oak Ridge National Co
Nue
Americ Aessical Society
Iety
North Carolina State College
Governors Fish At Oregon Inlet With Arkansas Governor
Gov W Kerr Scott and Ark Gov Sidney McMath visited Oregon Inlet for bass fishing. Veteran guides Capt Sam and Omie Tillett took the pair offshore from Nags Head for a trolling outing aboard their boats.
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W. Kerr Scott
Sidney McMath
Arkansas
Oregon Inlet
Wiley Channel
Sam and
Omie Tillett
Hean
Arkansas Governor Says U S Fails to Lead World
Raleigh reports Gov. Sid Me Math of Arkansas denounces U S reluctance to lead globally, claiming World War I sacrifices were wasted. He blames a retreat from leadership and references Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations as pivotal factors.
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Sid MeMath
Arkansas
America
White House
Woodrow Wilson
League of Oe
U. S
State Art Society approves 54 paintings for 800000
The board approves purchasing 54 paintings for eight hundred thousand dollars. The State Art Commission, overseeing a one million dollar appropriation, recommended the latest purchases, raising the total to 200 works of art.
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Raleigh
State Art Society
State Art Commission
Ford plans million dollar parts plant in Charlotte
Ford Motor Co announced a million dollar parts plant to serve North and South Carolina. A 12 acre site has been purchased for the new building project in Charlotte.
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Ford Project
Charlotte
Ford Motor Co
North
South Carolina
Wilson Tobacco Warehouse Association Says End to Time System
Wilson North Carolina warehousemen ditch the spending floor space based selling method in favor of a new incentive style. The move ends a system in effect since 1941. Two local warehouses have changed ownership as Cozart Eagles acquire Watson Warehouses and Growers Cooperative take control of Big Star Warehouse.
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Wilson
N. C
Wilson Tobacco Warehouse Association
Cozart- Eagles Group
Watson
Growers Cooperative Warehouse
Big Star
Michigan Pact May Signal End Of Telephone Dispute
Michigan Bell and the CIO Communication Workers announced a basic 12.7 cent hourly raise, signaling a possible end to the nationwide telephone strike. Negotiations target final writing of the agreement, with mediators guiding joint talks after extensive separate bargaining.
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Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communication Workers Today
Walter Scharr
CWA
Homer Scaader
Michigan Bell
Schaar
Bell
Ohio
California
New Jersey
Nevada
Western Electric
Bell Systems
CLO Communications Workers Union
U.S
E. Mervin Sconyers
Oy Dane
Street fighting spreads as Bolivian forces choke La Paz
Reports from La Paz say loyalist troops, under President Ballivian, control roads, railways, and airports to trap rebels. Conflicting word places rebels in Oruro and reports Sucre Potosi Tarija in government hands, with up to 200 dead and wounded in La Paz and city communications down.
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Chile
la Paz
Hugo Ballivian
Antonio Seleme
Hernan Siles
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Oruro
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Bolivia
Potosi
Tarija
National Revolutionary Movement
Sabre Jets Hit Red Supply Train in Korea Action
Fifth Air Force reported 44 Sabre jets spotted a train crossing from the Manchurian border. They destroyed the locomotive and crippled 17 box cars. Ground haze and further air strikes followed as naval guns and destroyers engaged North Korean shore batteries with limited hits.
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Fifth Air Force
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Navy
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Mackenzie
Silverstein
Hungnam
Chevalier
Eisenhower Gains One Delegate in North Carolina
In North Carolina 26 Republican national convention delegates show Eisenhower up by one since the state party convention. Taft leads with 13 delegates, Eisenhower 7, and 6 uncommitted. an earlier March survey had Taft ahead. Several delegates decline to comment, while others lean Eisenhower or Taft, with some uncommitted yet signaling preference.
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N. C
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Sen
Taft
Clyde Greene
Boone
Othe
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Wilkinson
Washington
Lewis P. Hamlin
Brevard
J. Oliver West
Dunn
Oliver T. Webb
Morganton
Jo Smith Sr
Lenoir
James Carter Gasulian T. Gaskill
Goldsboro
John Tucker Day
Walkertown
Worth Little
Albemarle
J. Ed Broyhill
Ohio
Thomas C. Carter
Mebane
G. N. Beck
High Point
Bill Sommers
Wilkesboro
R. M. Tiger
Hayesville
W. T. Outland
Woodland
Everette Peterson
Clinton
Joel Johnson
Four Oaks
L. S. Lewis
Asheboro
Eisenhower asks to be relieved as supreme commander
The White House said Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower requested relief from his role as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe effective June 1 and return to the United States on inactive status. He did not specify a return date for resuming campaign activity for the Republican nomination.
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White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Robert A. Lovett
United States
Eisen
Joseph Short
Truman
Short
Lovett
Allied Powers Europe
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Shon
Truman to Sign Jap Treaty Today Clearing Path to Reentry
President Truman will sign the Japanese peace treaty today to formalize the end of the occupation and pave Japan's return to full membership among free nations. Ratification becomes effective once documents are tied at the national archives with five other wartime allies, expected within two weeks.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Family of Free Nations
Mills Shuts Down NTIC Amid Competition Pressure
Kerr Mills, a 50 year old Fall River company, will close early next year due to Southern competition. E Burton Shaw of American Thread Co said a multi million dollar finishing plant is being built in Sevier North Carolina for Fall River products and some workers will transfer to Sevier.
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NTIC
Negro attorney loses civil rights suit against Greyhound
A federal court jury found against Charles V. Bell, a Black attorney, in his $60,000 civil rights lawsuit against Greyhound Bus Co. Bell alleged he was forced to leave a Gastonia bus after refusing to sit in the rear to yield space for white passengers.
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Charlotte
Greyhound Bus Co
Charles V. Bell
Gastonia
History's Greatest Missouri River Flood Reaches Pierre
Floods sweep downstream from a 25 foot crest with up rivet tributaries. Red Cross declares disaster areas across Nebraska Iowa and Minnesota while cities brace for 28.5 foot crests. Pierre Fort Pierre and Sioux City face evacuations as Minnesota and Montana rivers rise and threaten additional towns.
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Sioux City
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Steel union leaders hold a meeting in Washington
CIO President Murray met with steelworkers leaders as Wage Stabilization Board talks stalled. He said a report would go to the 36-member executive and hinted at possible presidential seizure to avert a nationwide strike.
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CIO
Murray
Steelworkers Union
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Benamin F. Fairless
Ofnited States Steel Corp
Ellis Arnall
Defense
John R. Steelman
Charles Sawyer
National Production Authority
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