40 Year Four-Power Pact Sought for German Demilitarization
US Secretary of State Marshall proposed at Moscow that plenipotentiaries from the four powers negotiate a 40 year treaty to ensure German demilitarization and disarmament. He urged a provision to bind Germany by treaty law with details potentially set by a commission. Britain and France show support while the Soviet position remains uncertain.
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Moscow
U. S
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers of Plenipotentiaries
Soviet Union
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Moscow Radio
Britain
France
United States
Council
George F .Bidault
Red Leader Eisler Indicted by Grand Jury
A federal grand jury in Washington indicted Gerhart Eisler on charges of swearing to false statements when seeking to depart the United States in 1945. Eisler, a 54-year-old German alien living in New York, faces three counts for concealing his Communist Party membership aliases and recent U.S. residence.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Eisler
New York
Congress
House Committee On UN- American Activities
State Department
Communist Party
Weather Summary for Carolina and Regional Readings
Cloudy with occasional rain across the region today and tonight with variable totals. Temperature readings shown for multiple cities including Charleston, Chicago, Columbia, Denver, Mobile, New Orleans, New York, Raleigh, San Antonio and Atlanta, with rainfall measurements ranging from trace amounts to over 1 inch in some locales.
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Carolina
Dureau
Keston
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Coal Production Virtually Normal in Major Fields
Pittsburgh April 14. Reopening of Big Captive mines in the Pittsburgh Uniontown belt ends UMW safety shutdown. Pennsylvania output described as pretty much normal by the Solid Fuels Administration. West Virginia nears capacity. 75 percent of eastern Ohio miners back at work. Some workers threaten a walkout if contracts aren’t reached by June 30 when government control ends.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-Uniontown
United Mine Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Vesta No
Centralia
United States Wide Open To Air Attack
Washington reports that the wartime aircraft detection network is nearly dismantled and the nation is exposed to a surprise air attack. An unofficial survey cites a Defense paper noting long range bombers and smuggled bombs as current delivery modes with rocket threat in the future. Officers say detecting an attacking force in time to deploy fighters and anti air guns is the main challenge.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Asheville Election Begins In First Primary In Years
Asheville voters are to cast ballots in the first municipal primary in eight years and the first GOP participation in 16 years. About 17 000 residents are eligible with 15 788 Democrats deciding between an administration backed slate and a young GI ticket. Democratic nomination is effectively the election. Municipal elections occur May 13.
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Asheville
Clergyman Criticizes U S Morals After U S Visit
The Rev. Brian Green, a Church of England cleric returning from the United States, described American student morals as deplorable. He estimated 90 percent of male and 70 percent of female state university students have sex outside marriage and linked emotional instability to broader American society. He suggested co education does not cure the issue.
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London
Brian Green
Green
America
Holy Trinity Church
Clapp Faces Bitter Senate Battle for TVA Post
Washington April 14 Gordon R Clapp who took over David E Lilienthal s job at TVA faces a Senate showdown this week on confirmation as director of the multi million dollar power and flood control project Senators Revercomb R Va and Chavez D NM who backed Lilienthal s Atomic Energy Commission nomination say Clapp should win by about the same 19 vote margin McKellar D Tenn foe calls it a hot fight.
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Washington
Gordon R. Clapp
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Senate
Revercomb
R-W.va
Chavez
D-N.m
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Clapp
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Security Council resumes Greek Turkish aid debate
The United Nations Security Council continued talks on President Truman's 400 million Greek Turkish aid program. Albania denounced the plan, while Russia prepared a major new attack. Albanian minister Karamen Vili in Paris said the proposal weakens the UN and reduces its authority and prestige.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Truman
Albania
Russia
Karamen Vili
Soviet Charges Truman Aids Show Unilateral Character
Andrei A. Gromyko accused the Truman administration of masking the Greek Turkish aid program as UN backed. He said a Senate amendment by Senator Vandenberg only underlines the unilateral nature of the aid plan before the Security Council.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
Truman
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
U. S. Senate
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
UN Faces Test Over Palestine at General Assembly Session
An Albanian delegate criticized the U S program as contrary to the UN charter while discussions focused on the April 28 special session on Palestine. Delegates, in corridor talks, said the United Nations faced its greatest test in 16 months handling the Holy Land issue.
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United Nations
U. S
Hi Ane
Ambassalaria
Erday
General Assembly
Palestine
Trygve Lie
Opion
Holy Land
Wildlife body to be named before July one
Governor Cherry announced plans to appoint the North Carolina Wildlife Commission before July 1 as the division of game and inland fisheries separates from the department. He indicated the current commissioner John D. Findlay may be retained, though the nine member panel will select the new leader and salary. Long-term contracts with the federal government are to be drawn, and the commission will begin operating July 1 though not legally in office.
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Raleigh
Cherry
North Carolina Wildlife Commission
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department of Conservation and Development
John JD. Findlay
Council of States
General Motors Signs Pact With Electrical Workers
General Motors and the United Electrical radio and machine workers of America CIO announce a wage pact raising hourly rates by 11 cents plus 4 cents for six paid holidays. New Years Memorial Day Fourth of July Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas paid. Health welfare and retirement program to be discussed. Ratification by UE unions required by April 21.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Moe
UECIO
International Union
General Motors
Strikes to Hit Pee Dee Manufacturing Plants in Rockingham
Representatives of the CI United Textile Workers said they would call a strike at Pee Dee Manufacturing Company plants in Rockingham after breakdowns in contract negotiations. A conference with Local 906 members will determine the strike date while L. L. Shepherd leads the union in Rockingham. The UTW office in Charlotte announced the election certification as bargaining agent on February 4.
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Rockingham
CI United Textile Workers
Pee Dee
L. L. Shepherd
Blaine Can
North Carolina
United Textile Workers
Charlotte
Eleven North Carolinians Killed Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least eleven North Carolinians died from violence over the weekend. Incidents include a coast guard officer found after a beach sighting, a private plane crash near Ayden killing two, a house fire fatally burning Odell Ramseur and his infant, a dynamite blast at Lake Waccamaw killing Don Ald Sheffield, a drowning on a Greensboro farm, a fatal auto truck collision near Wilson, a pond boating accident near Mt Olive, and a fatal shotgun discharge involving a four year old.
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Carolla
Roy Lee Evans
Elizabeth City
Coast Guard Command
Henry Leigh Burgess
Raleigh
Don Jenkins
Ayden
Burgess
Lake Wacamaw
Donald Sheffield
Whiteville
Fauron
Harrellson
Mollie
Robert Paschal
Greensboro
Randolph Thorne
Rt. 1
Wilson
Wilson-Raleigh
Norman Summertin
Mt. Olive
Raymond Jarman
Annette Taylor
Reynolds Bombshell Leaves Calcutta For Chinese Capital
Reynolds Bombshell aircraft departed Calcutta for Shanghai at 10 30 A M as part of a globe spanning flight circling the earth in 40 hours. Milton Reynolds the Chicago pen maker finances the voyage and serves as navigator with two crewmen aboard the converted A26 Invader.
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Reynolds Bombshell
Calcutta
Reynolds
Shanghai
Karachi
New York
Milton Reynolds
Chicago
Truman Returns Fire Over Wallace Criticism in London Visit
President Truman faces Republican pressure amid Wallace attacks on U.S. foreign policy during his England tour. Senator Vandenberg and Senator Moore urge action, accusing Truman of courting Wallace and signaling a split overGreek Turkish aid and bipartisan cooperation ahead of 1948.
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Jack Belli
Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Congress
England
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moore
R-Okla
London
Republican National Committee
Aiken Accuses Taft of Bossism Over Labor Bills
Senator Aiken of Vermont accuses Senator Taft of high minded political bossism as labor curbs near congressional approval. The Senate labor committee, chaired by Taft with Aiken as a member, works on an omnibus bill amid tensions with union leaders. The House readies four days of debate on its own measure as CIO leaders press Congress to halt action. Rep Lesinski labels the House bill a monstrosity Truman cannot sign. Aiken cites a 21-7 Senate vote assisting the push toward final action.
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Washington
Aiken
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republicans
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
House
CIO
Philip Murray
United States
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Truman
Senate
Charlotte Man Re elected President of Cotton Waste Exchange
J. M. Bing of Charlotte and New York was re elected president of the National Cotton Waste Exchange at the annual meetings in Augusta Georgia over the weekend. Also re elected for 1947 were Charles D Gray Gastonia Edwin Baumer Atlanta John M Bell Atlanta and Maurice McDonald Atlanta. Bing is in Belgium visiting plants in Ghent and Brussels.
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Augusta
J. M. Bing
Charlotte
New York
National Cotton Waste Exchange
Charles D. Gray
Gastonia
Edwin Baumer
Atlanta
John M. Bell
Maurice McDonald
Bing
Belgium
Ghent
Brussels
Gray
Supreme Court Rules No Seniority Guarantee Under Selective Service Act
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the selective service act does not guarantee a veteran’s seniority with his prewar employer after reemployment. Justice Rutledge wrote for the majority, with Justices Jackson and Frankfurter dissents. The CIO United Automobile Workers and Trailmobile of Cincinnati appealed from a Cincinnati circuit court ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Justice Rutledge
Justice Jackson
Justice Frankfurter
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Trailmobile Company
Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court
Union
White House says strike talks in labor department hands
President Truman was asked if the White House would intervene in the nationwide telephone strike. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross replied that negotiations are "in the hands of the labor department." Truman had previously declined comment on any personal action.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Senate panel approves general labor bill to curb strikes
The senate labor committee today approved provisions of a general labor bill authorizing issuance of court injunctions to block national paralysis strikes.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
NFTW strike across nation nears second week
Joseph A. Beirne, NFTW president, says no push for government seizure as talks with Bell System units stall. Government officials insist on independent role while Washington negotiations fail to produce a bargaining framework. The long lines division tentative settlement is rejected by the union policy committee.
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Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
CLO
NFTW
Ross
John R. Steelman
Washington
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Strategic
Long Lines
Union
House labor bill cleared for action amid clash over strikes
Nineteen members of the house labor committee backed the omnibus labor bill to curb strikes and union practices. A six-man Democratic minority charged the measure aims to wreck living standards and punish labor. The rules committee approved the bill for action tomorrow with expected passage by Friday.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
House
Strikes at AT T Erupt Over Bargaining Demands
Company representatives walked out of a government sponsored conference as unions press ten nationwide demands against AT T including a $19 wage issue and numerous local concerns.
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Bell System
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
At&t
New Jersey Labor Case Nears Jury
In Newark on April 1 a court fast tracked a case against two Women’s Traffic Workers Federation leaders over anti public utility strike laws. The preliminary hearing sent the matter to Essex County grand jury. Elssex judge Hartshorne noted a name change for Elizabeth Ryan after a wedding.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Mary Hans. Com
Traffic Workers Federation of New Jeresey
NFTW
Virginia Wigglestworth
Essex County
Richard A. Hartshorne
Womeen Union
Pasquale Sicliano
Brlney
Hartshorne
Elizabeth Ryan
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Odell Ramseur
Rt. J. Newton
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