Morale crisis in European troops prompts drastic action
An American commander in Europe, General Joseph T. McNarney, orders strict steps to curb discipline problems among U S troops. He cites black market activity, sunkenness, high AWOL rates, venereal disease, and defiance of authority, warning allied powers and urging restoration before damage spreads.
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Europe
U. S.S
Joseph T. McNarney
Uncle Sam
Reich
United States
Alf
General McNarney
Crack Flyers Wrecked In Illinois
Weary rescue workers counted 44 dead and 125 injured in a rear end collision between the Burlington Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer near Naperville Illinois. The Advance Flyer had 150 to 200 passengers. the Exposition Flyer 175 to 200. The engineer of the Exposition Flyer faced man slaughter charges though officials said it was a technicality.
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Burlington Railroad
Naperville
Ill
Burlington Railroads
San Francisco
Dupage County
Chicago
Union Station
Advance Flyer
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebr
San Ncisco
Osmena Believed Beaten In Race For Presidency
Manila dispatch reports Osmena's headquarters conceding defeat as Roxas widens lead. An unnamed palace source says the election appears stolen and actions seem futile. AP tally at 6 p.m. from 4,748 of 14,238 precincts shows Roxas 478,543 to Osmena 391,121, a widening margin.
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Sergio Osmena
Philippines
Malacanan Palace
Osmena
Senate
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
Associated Press
Commonwealth
Concord Pupils Spend 3 Days In Washington
Twenty eight pupils from Concord North Carolina visited Washington for a three day trip in peacetime. The group toured public buildings despite rain and postponed a Mount Vernon bus trip while shaking hands with Congressman Hoey.
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Carolina
National Capital
Concord
N. C
Mount Vernon
Ator Hoey
D-Nc
Parking Meters Excluded From Church Property in Conshohocken
The Rev. Joseph W. Kavtaugh urged the Conshohocken town council to bar parking meters in front of St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church calling it an affront to religion. The council voted to amend the meter ordinance to exclude church property.
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Conshohocken
St. Matthew's
Joseph W. Kavtaugh
Sanford Plane Crash Fatal To S C Resident
Sanford reports a light civil plane crashed at the airport during an attempted landing killing Elliott McCants of Columbia S C and injuring James A Tomlinson also of Columbia Both men were in their early twenties. McCants address Heyward Street Tomlinson 2501 Devine Street.
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Heyward Street
Tomlinson
Devine Street
Mass funerals for victims of berserk seaman
SHANGHAI April 26 A navy identified Seaman 2-c Leon A Schmidt 18 Huntington NY as the youth who overpowered a crazed shipmate after a fatal shooting aboard an LST on the Yangtze river Tuesday. Schmidt died from his wounds. Seaman 2-c William V Smith 19 Asheville NC killed nine sailors before killing himself. Kenneth Stalnecker 18 Reading PA survived a chest wound and helped subdue Smith. Flags flew at half mast across U S S government buildings and ships during the mass funerals.
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Shanghai
Leon A. Schmidt
Huntington
N. Y
Navy
U. S
Yangtze River
Schmidt
Willaim V. Smith
Asheville
N. C
Smith
Kenneth Stalnecker
Reading
Stalnecker
VU. S&s
President Truman and Eisenhower Confer at Quantico
President Truman met with General Dwight D. Eisenhower aboard the Williamsburg anchored off the Quantico Marine Base for a two hour conference on major Pacific problems. The session included the war department chief of staff and planned Eisenhower's Saturday inspection of Pacific installations.
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Quantico
Truman
Williamsburg
U. S. Marine Base
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pacific
War Department
Eisenhower
Four foreign ministers grapple with Austrian issue at Paris talks
In Paris on April 26 the Big Four pressed for European treaty consensus amid Russian opposition to placing Austria on the agenda. Byrnes and Bevin discussed the crisis while Molotov signaled no objection to French observers at discussions, as talks focused on the Italian peace treaty and broader reparations agenda.
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Paris
Russia
Austria
Rhineland
Pensio
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Bevins
Byrnes
Felix Gouin
Pussia
France
Balkan
Europe
United States
Britain
V. M. Molotov
London
Pittsburgh Youth Robbery in Park
An eleven year old named Murray Susser was robbed in a Pittsburgh park by a boy on a pinto pony. The thief took a watch valued at 35 dollars. Susser studies Sherlock Holmes after the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Murray Susser
Sherlock Holmes
Susser
Lenoir County Negro Executed In Gas Chamber
RALEIGH April day 193? Alligood King a 32 year old Lenoir County Black man died in the state's lethal gas chamber for the September murder of Mrs. Raymond T. Hardy a Snow farm woman and mother of three. King entered the Hardy home through a back door screen and killed Mrs. Hardy after midnight and said he planned to ravish her. An autopsy showed rape.
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Alligood King
Lenoir County
Raymond T. Hardy
Snow
King
W. G. Cheves
Hardys
Mrs. King
Nation Faces New Threat Of Rail Walkout
A nationwide rail strike potential threatens 300000 trainmen and engineers on May 18. After rejecting a government board’s wage and rule recommendations, union leaders and railroad representatives plan talks in Chicago while Cleveland hosts brotherhood HQ.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Brotherhood
State Ends Parole for Gastonia Murder Figure
Paroles Commissioner Hathaway Cross announced the termination of Fred Erwin Beal's parole after three years of probation. Beal, a labor leader, was convicted in 1928 for the slaying of Gastonia Police Chief C. F. Adderholt during strike disorders. He had served just over five years of a 17 to 20 year sentence and was paroled in 1942 after previous good conduct.
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Raleigh
State Paroles Commission
Fred Erwin Beal
C. F. Adderholt
Gastonia
Hathaway Cross
Beal
New York State Paroles Board
Havior
Gaston County Superior Court
Cross
United States
Russia
Communists Believed In Harold Harbin In Manchuria
Communist forces reportedly occupied Harbin a key north Manchurian rail hub as Soviet withdrawal proceeded. Reports cited disrupted links between Mukden and Harbin and speculated on a Communist takeover amid talks with the Chungking government.
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Nanking
Harbin
Ment
Central
Mukden
Takangpao
Marshall Malinovsky
Manchuria
Ana King
Chou En-Lai
Chou
Chiang Kai- Shek
Marshall
Iowa coed argues G I Joe is lazy in finals
Helen Braden, 20, of Iowa Wesleyan College, reaches the finals of Northwestern University’s interstate oratorical association tournament after declaring in her remarks that many G I Joes are lazy and boastful of war exploits. She calls for men who can think for themselves and honor heroes who died abroad.
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Ill
Iowa
G.I
Helen Braden
Iowa Wesleyan College
Northwestern University
Oskaloosa
G.I. Joe
CIO Planning on a Campaign For The South
The CIO will pursue a long term southern organizing drive lasting at least a year. George Badanzi will resign from CIO Textile Workers to live in the south, while Van A. Bittner oversees staff expansion. S. H. Dalrymple seeks southern campaign offices as space may be scarce, with headquarters to be established in several southern cities. The hosiery workers faction failed to gain independence from the textile workers union.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
South
George Badanzi
CIO Drive
CIO Textile Workers Union
van A. Bittner
S. H. Dalrymple
Birmingham
Ala
CIO Textile Workers
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Textile Workers Union
Alexander McEweown
Philadelphia
Australia proposes five man UN Spain inquiry subcommittee
In New York the UN Security Council received Australia’s draft for a five member subcommittee to probe the Spanish question and defer action until Monday. Delegates debated timing amid Russian opposition and French willingness to compromise while Hodgson pressed for action.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Australia
W. R. Hodgson
Rafael de la Colina
Hodgson
Council
Henri Bonnet
Oscar Langex
Security Council
United States
San Francisco
General Assembly
London
Pedro Leno Velloso
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Henri Bennett
France
Spain bars entry of enemy nation reps in UN inquiry
Madrid reports that Spain will not permit representatives of the enemy nation to enter the country as the United Nations Security Council considers an investigating commission for Spain.
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Madrid
United Nations Security Council
Spain
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