Palestine Issue Hots Up as UN Session Opens
UN Special Session begins with Britain and major powers pressed to define stance on Palestine. Arab League support and calls for inquiry frame debate while Britain and the U S resist broad questioning. Hungary files to join as Axis member state, awaiting ratification before Security Council and General Assembly action.
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Britain
Palestine
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Mona Re
Arab League
London
United States
U.N
Hungary
Aladar Szegedy Maszak
Security Council
Assembly
NAM Poll Finds One in Five Report Price Cuts Since Year Start
National Association of Manufacturers reports 20.8 percent of 5 742 respondents cut prices on at least one product since January. 77.2 percent said no cuts. 2 percent did not answer. NAM cites material costs, wages, and labor efficiency as cutting-potential barriers and notes postwar price hysteria concerns.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Mmute
NAM
Earl Bunting
GOP Senate Leaders Map Strategy On Labor Issue
Senate Republican leaders outline plan to add union curbs to the labor bill and push for passage next week despite opposition. Sen Taft leads a nine member committee aiming to advance debate and possibly a Wednesday night session to finish action by week’s end.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Ellender
D-La
Murray
D-Mont
Stor Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
Senate Republicanity Committee
Taft
Rohio
Power Committee
Repub
Weather forecast note on temperatures and rainfall
An AP weather bulletin reports temperature and rainfall patterns affecting growing areas. The note outlines expected changes and regional impacts on crops and irrigation planning.
Mother Cuddles Mangled Baby in Tragic Detailing
DETRIOT April 26 Police recount a mother’s unwavering love after her eight year old son Frank Sieczkowski was decapitated when a locomotive nudged freight cars as he crawled beneath them for coal. Brother Raymond 11 rushed home to tell mother Mrs Francis Siezkowski 31 who retrieved the mangled remains and carried them inside without words.
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Frank Sieczkowski
Raymond
Francis Siezkowski
Truman hands china naval vessels and docks
President Truman announced an unspecified number of U S naval vessels and floating drydocks would be transferred to China under a 1946 law. He authorized the navy to teach the Chinese how to operate them, noting the act allows up to 271 vessels and craft that the U S no longer needs.
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Evalyn McLean Dies At Home In Washington
Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean 60 prominent Washington social leader and owner of the Hope diamond died at her Georgetown home after a several day illness from pneumonia. Survived by two sons John in Texas and Edward Jr in Colorado Springs and Mamie Reynolds daughter of former Senator Reynolds.
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Georgetown
Edward Beale McLean
Washington Post
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Camp Bird
Colorado
John
Texas
Edward, Jr
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mamie Spears Reynolds
Robert R. Reynolds
Evalyn McLean Reynolds
McLean
Stop Communism line laid down at ministers conference
James D. White analyzes the Moscow conference showing a clear American stance to contain communism in Europe and a projected policy rollout worldwide. He notes Europe frozen in camps, UN deadlock on disarmament and atomic control, and rising Korea risks with US aid likely to focus on self government in southern Korea if Russia blocks unification.
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Molotov
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Washington
Russia
Armed Forces Depleted Says Senate Leader
Senate Armed Services Chairman Gurney estimates the United States has about 200000 ground combat soldiers and five groups of long range bombers out of a total force of roughly 1000000, with 400000 in the air forces. He warns of sabotage and subversion, possible long range air attacks, and airborne assaults before any large scale invasion. Thomason notes civil defense is local, with a strong national guard, reserve, and universal military training boosting local defense and combat strength.
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Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Thomason
D-Tex
House Armed Services Committee
NBC
Marshall Arrives at Pinehurst for Weekend Rest
General George C. Marshall Secretary of State arrived at Pinehurst North Carolina by special Army plane from Washington at 1 40 p m. He was met by Mrs Marshall and will depart for Washington tomorrow afternoon He reported feeling well and planned to relax during the weekend after a long air trip from Moscow Berlin and Washington
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Town Officials of Jamestown Sworn In As Community Takes 3rd Charter
A Jamestown report notes officials sworn in as the town enters its third charter. Finland faces a government vacuum since April 4 after Premier Mauno Pekkala’s coalition resignation. Attempts by S Tuomioja and Yrjö Leino to form a cabinet have stalled.
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Swedish People’s Party
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Bank of Finland
Yrjoe Leiono
Juho Paasikivi
Firebug Alert Ties Durham Hospital Attacks
Police press investigation into mysterious hospital attacks and seven incendiary fires at Duke hospital. Dennis O Neal, 25, questioned regarding nurse Sue Taylor shooting as patient safety remains a concern. another nurse Virginia Leonard injured during attic fire investigation.
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Dennis O'Neal
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Wake Forest Police Chief Killed In Auto Crash
Wake Forest police chief George Mitchell died instantly when his car collided with a Trailways bus between Wake Forest and Raleigh. His 14 year old son Roy was seriously injured in the same crash.
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George Mitchell
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Raleigh
Police Chief Dead In Holy Land War Assailants Escape
Two young Jews fired from a passing taxi and killed A. E. Conquest, head of Haifa CID, as he stepped from his car in Haifa. The killing lifts the weeklong Jewish underground toll to 14 deaths. The Jewish agency plans new anti terrorism steps with Hagana security patrols.
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Jamestown Incorporation Ceremony Crowns New City Officials
James town officially becomes a city this afternoon with a charter ceremony at Jamestown High School. About two to three thousand residents attended as Senator George Penny served as master of ceremonies and swore in Mayor Meyer and the city council.
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Jamestown
Jamestown High School
George Penny
North Carolina
Penny
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford County
Don C. MacRae
Meyer
Thomas C. Ragsdale
Robbins Tilden
H. N. Williard
W. C. Campbell
R. E. Bundy
Two Die In Oxford Auto Crash Near Intersection
Two persons were killed instantly and three others were critically hurt in a two-car crash at a highway intersection a mile north of Oxford early this morning. Ernest Toler, 21, and Moses Toler, 18, both Negroes and sons of Joe Toler of Oxford, are identified as the deceased.
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Lirr
F. Earle Hunt
Ernest Toler
Moses Toler
Joe Toler
Major Strikes Averted By Auto Steel
General Electric Chrysler and Jones Laughlin Steel grant wage boosts about 15 cents an hour. The move brings over 790,000 workers in three major industries to tentative agreements at that pay level.
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Associated Press
General Electric
Chrysler Corporation
Jones Laughlin Steel Corporation
Hosiery Workers Reach Wage Increase Pact
Representatives of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers and 36 mills announce a 18 cent an hour wage hike for about 10,000 workers nationwide, with five paid holidays and boosted insurance. The agreement, reached after two days in Philadelphia, revises the current contract expiring August 31 and will be voted on at the Durham convention the week of May 5. The pact covers Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America members, with potential coverage for a further 10,000 workers.
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American Federation of Hosiery Workers
CIO
Hosiery Mills
Alexander McKeown
Durham
N. C
Union Hopeful Of Early Settlement In Phone Strike
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach held shirt-sleeve talks on the nationwide telephone strike. Joseph Beirne of the National Federation of Telephone Workers expressed hope for an agreement by Monday, but added nothing concrete. He met separately with Beirne and C F Craig of AT&T to discuss the stalemate as the coast-to-coast strike nears its fourth week.
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Schwellenbach
Joseph Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Identification of Dead Frightful Aftermath of Texas City Holocaust
CAMP WALLACE Texas April 26 The aftermath of the Texas City disaster unfolds as single bodies and body parts lie in a refrigerated vault amid grieving relatives. Nurses aides and volunteers describe seeing multiple missing loved ones while fingerprinting and careful identification efforts continue.
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Aia
Martha Bilovich
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Jessie Parker
Ncle
M. W
Blackie” Killiam
Department of Public Safety
Ollie Quinn
Luther Quinn
Luther
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