Union Chiefs Critical Of Companies Over Strike
Washington April 26 government negotiators sought a compromise wage offer to end a 20 day cross country telephone strike but NFTW leaders protested that the companies won t offer a cent The clash centered on a proposed 6 weekly increase instead of 12 with union leaders accusing the companies of wanting to keep the strike alive while admitting they can pay A Maryland settlement by 2000 plant and maintenance workers drew mixed views from NFTW and company officials as arbitration on wages was pushed but refused by the unions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Moran
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Steel
General Motors
Labor Department
Long Lines Division
Can Telephone Telegraph Company
Maryland
Lucien F. Rye
Aacres Senanaee
Se Iine
American Federation of Telephone Workers
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Survey figures mislead to High Point industries
Local mills deny mass closures after a state unemployment survey cited by the Associated Press. Executives from Melrose Hosiery Mills and others say production was reduced but not halted, with several plants only partially staffed. The report overstated layoffs, causing confusion in High Point and Thomasville industries.
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State
Associated Press
Raleigh
R. Fuller Martin
State Employment Security Commission
High Point
Thomasville
Charles L. Amos
Melrose Hosiery Mills
Martin
Melrose Mills
Melrose
Martin's
Boyd
Thomas Hosiery Mill
Jackson Hosiery Mill
Craven Chair Company
Tate Furniture Company
Fly-Back Company
Point
Lost twenty dollar bill found by Denny on streets or store
Gray Denny a 12 year old carrier for The Enterprise lost a $20 bill used to pay for papers on his route. He suspects it vanished between Sears Roebuck and the Enterprise office and asks that it be left at the Enterprise business office. He lives on the Thomasville road. A. H. Settlemeyer reports catching a 750 pound seven foot whale while fishing for perch in the Pacific.
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Gray Denny
Enterprise
Sears Roebuck
Young Denny
Enterprise Business Office
Thomasville Road
Yakima
Wash
A. H. Settlemeyer
Settlemeyer
Pacific Ocean
Cherry Governor Sees Growing Fruit Industry in NC
Hendersonville April 26 Governor Cherry addressed the apple blossom festival noting fruit and truck crops bring growers over 60 million dollars annually. He urged balanced agriculture with emphasis on fruits vegetables and livestock and called for high quality, quickly frozen crops to meet rising consumer demand.
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Hendersonville
Cherry
North Carolina
Raleigh
Local Jaycees elect officers at Atlantic Beach convention
Ed Ellis of Charlotte was chosen state president on the first ballot with Bob Williams of Asheville and Hal Love of Wilmington voting. Ed Pickard of Charlotte was named secretary treasurer. Sam Walker of Burlington became central vice president with Clarence Poe of Raleigh as runner up. Buddy Redman of Goldsboro and Horace Yelton of Forest City were eastern and western vice presidents. Yancy Harrelson of Gastonia and Billyarrison of Rocky Mount were named national directors.
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Morehead City
North Carolina
Sam Walker
Burlington
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
Buddy Redman
Goldsboro
Horace Yelton
Forest City
Yancy Harrelson
Gastonia
Billyarrison
Rocky Mount
Unclear Weather Note From Historic Paper
Fragmentary OCR text mentions cloudy skies and cooler conditions with possible regional notes. The readable items reference a northeast portion and a time marker 1047, but no coherent event, dates, or named entities are identifiable.
Unclear OCR Fragment From Local Page
Fragmentary text with garbled names and numbers. Indicates a sports or event line with partial scores and percentages but no clear subjects or outcome.
Fifteen Feared Dead After Montemar Explodes Off Chile
VALPARAISO Chile April 26 Fifteen crew members of the 824 ton Chilean coastal steamer Montemar are feared drowned or burned to death after an explosion off the coast south of Limbo Eighteen crewmen were rescued by the steamer Lunin which also recovered four bodies Officials hope the 11 missing swam to shore The Montemar was en route from San Antonio to Co bo carrying 425 tons of gasoline and 160 tons of fuel oil
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Valparaiso
Chile
Limbo
San Antonio
Cobo
NCU Student Questioned After Fires At Duke Hospital
Durham police questioned a North Carolina college student after two attacks on Duke hospital nurses and a string of deliberate fires at Duke Hospital. Miss Sue Taylor, a 26 year old nurse, was critically wounded by a gunman while fires were set following the incident.
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Durham
Duke Hospital
University of North Carolina
H. E. King
Sue Taylor
Virginia Leonard
Gunman kills patrolman in Hood River
State Patrolman Delman E. Rondeau 32 was shot and killed near the Hood River police station after a man attempted a break in. A gun duel followed near a service station 75 feet away. Police found an ex army surplus truck with rifles and shotguns nearby.
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Hood River
Ore
Delman E. Rondeau
Rondeau
Railroads defend wartime freight rates as reasonable
The Association of American Railroads says wartime export freight charges were not only reasonable but extremely low. The Justice Department plans to seek a refund from 964 railroads, with the case to be argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Justice Department
Carriers Association
William T. Fariey
The
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fariey
Tom Clark
Blast Takes Lives of Two Near Oxford
Two men were killed and three others seriously injured in a highway collision a mile north of Oxford. Coroner F Earle Hunt identified the dead as Ernest Toler 21 and Moses Toler 18 both Negroes. The injured include Traxton Morris a white man and Mack and Mitchel Cooper two Negro brothers.
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Oxford
Here
F. Earle Hunt
Ernest Toler
Moses Toler
Traxton Morris
Mack and
Mitchel Cooper
Negro Brothers
Customs Unit Under Fire
Senators controlling appropriations grilled the U S customs bureau over alleged gross incompetence and pressure tactics. A committee report urged a thorough overhaul and a $32.5 million funding level, warning other agencies as the House already slashed $3.5 million from fiscal year 195? allocations.
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Washington
U. S. Customs Bureau
Gordon
R-Ore
Appropriations
Mavertens
Senate Expenditures Committee
House
Daylight Time Begins Across Parts of Nation
Daylight saving time starts at 2 a m tomorrow for about a third of the U S population, mainly in the northeast. Some states and regions will not observe it, with standard time retained in airlines and several communities.
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New York
Northeast
South
Midwest
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Delaware
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Michigan
Compromise Bill On Veto Mix-Up Faces Senate
The Senate war investigates committee plans a Monday compromise resolution to fix a mix up in President Truman's veto of a measure to allow Burton Wheeler to serve as special counsel. The proposal would keep all vetoed elements and clarify it does not override the attorney general's authority.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Burton K. Wheeler
Brewster
Maine
Justice Department
Wheeler
Two American Officers Reveal Prison Ordeal in Manchuria
Maj. Robert Rigg and Capt. John W. Collins, held 55 days by Chinese communists, describe 34 days of solitary confinement in Harbin and four sham trials on spying charges. They were later told they had been convicted of reconnoitering and faced harsh conditions before release.
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Nanking
Manchuria
Harbin
Robert Rigg
Ong
John W. Collins
Evanston
Rigg
Collins
Changcehon
Chun
Protection of Singer Assured
Police Chief Frank N. Littlejohn assured backers of Kirsten Flagstad that her Charlotte concert would proceed with no serious disturbances. City officers will station two guards at the armory to prevent picketing or disruption, while Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders opposed any protest.
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Charlotte
Kirsten Flagstead
Frank N. Little- John
Littlejohn
Charlotte Armory
Parks Kitch
Stonewall Jackson
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Price Slashes In State Scattered By AP Survey
An Associated Press survey of major North Carolina cities found no statewide cuts in wholesale or retail prices today. While President Truman urged inflation control and price reductions were enacted nationwide, Greensboro area grocers reported a 10 percent markdown through a central buying agency.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Truman
Greensboro
Diplomat And Five Advisors Return From Moscow
President Truman welcomed Secretary of State Marshall and a five member delegation at National Airport after their Moscow conference. Marshall praised the trip and said the secretary would report to the country with a message that should please the people. He declined to comment on peace terms and headed for Pinehurst with plans to brief White House leaders before a national radio broadcast Monday night.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall
Moscow
Potomac
National
United States
Man
Pinehurst
White House
Berlin
Austria
Five Killed Seven Injured in Bus Crash at River Bridge
MADISON Ga April 26 Five died and seven were hurt when a Southern States bus from Macon to Atlanta collided with a guard rail on a bridge over the Ogeechee River near Madison. The bus carried 13 people including the driver. Two dead were identified as Ellie Mundy Jr about 22 and James Allen about 25 from Hobeckon Ga. Three injuries were serious.
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Madison
Southern Stages
Here
C. W. Fuller
T& State Highway Patrol
Macon
Ellie Mundy, Jr
U. S
Atlanta
James Allen
Hobecken
Fuller
Seaboard Reports Earnings for First Quarter
Seaboard Air Line railroad reports net earnings for the first quarter at 26,319 dollars, with a 2.20 per share and improved finances. The Norfolk, Virginia line posted a positive comparison to last year’s deficit, noting 5,038 in earnings for the month and 1,386,693 for the prior period.
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Norfolk, Va
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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Riggard
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Li Li-San
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