Negotiations Open for New UMW Working Contract
John L. Lewis and about a dozen aides met with coal operators in Washington to negotiate a private contract ahead of the June 30 government seizure end and the July 1 target for return of mines to owners. The talks involve 2,500 mines and 400,000 soft coal miners under federal operation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Truman
Joan L. Lewis
Interior Krug
Lewis
Navy
N. H. Collisgon
Collisson
New Delhi Calls for Palestine Issue Drop if Britain Binds
New York April 29 India demanded the United Nations drop the Palestine question unless Britain gave immediate assurances she would abide by recommendations of the Palestine session of the general assembly.
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Palestine
Faisal al Saud
Saudi Arabia
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Security Council
Great Britain
United Kingdom
United Nations Assembly
New York
India
United Nations
Britain
General Assembly
America To Push Recovery Program
Washington reports the United States will push ahead with steps to speed Europe’s recovery without waiting for Stalin’s predicted exhaustion. Secretary Marshall blames Russia for the failure of Austria’s peace talks and outlines moves toward unifying the British and American zones in Germany. A $400 million aid program for Greece and Turkey is noted as a major action under consideration.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Europe
Stalin
Marshall
Lng
Moscow
Kremlin
Austria
Germany
France
Greece
Turkey
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Conaily
D-Tex
Senate
Sen
North Carolina Weather Update With Warmer Trend
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer today and tonight. Wednesday brings more clouds and mild showers likely in the afternoon. Temperatures near or a bit above normal through Wednesday, then warming into Saturday with a mix of showers tomorrow.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Norwu
Weather records and rainfall totals across major cities
A terse AP bulletin reports temperature and rainfall records across multiple cities. Data covers a 24 hour period ending at 8:20 p.m. with figures from Evansville Houston Jackson and others listed among U.S. locations including New Orleans New York and Washington.
Blaze Damages Fire Quarters in Hickory
A morning fire damaged the living quarters of the Hickory fire department and silenced the city alarm system. All firefighting equipment remained undamaged. Fire Chief Donald Shuford said technicians would repair the alarm system this afternoon. The origin is undetermined. the blaze started in a dormitory closet adjoining the dormitory.
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Hickory
Donald Shuford
Shuford
Taft Attacks Snyder Over Tax Cut Prices and Estimates
Senator Taft accuses Secretary Snyder of delaying recalculation of federal income estimates to hide a potential surplus that would justify a tax cut. He asserts possible yearly tax reductions of up to four hundred billion dollars with debt payments if spending is kept below Truman’s $37.5 billion projection.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
President
Relief Plan Gets Approval
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved legislation authorizing 3501 relief for five European areas and China. The House tentatively voted to cut a proposed 8500 million foreign relief fund to 700 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
House
Relief Bill Debate Focuses on Spending Plan
Chairman Vandenberg states the measure will not specify relief fund allocations yet a formal report will include a state department statement noting relief will be provided for Italy and also Hungary Austria Poland Greece and China. The Senate group acts as the House resumes debate with quick test votes expected on curbing or cutting the relief bill while Chairman Eaton notes strong opposition.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Department
Italy
Este
Hungary
Austria
Poland
Greece
China
Senate
House
Eaton
R-Nj
Foreign Affairs Committee
Laraine Day Charged With Paying Off Husband
Los Angeles April 29. Airport executive J Ray Hendricks testified Laraine Day paid him 10500 and turned over a 1939 car to avoid contesting her California divorce suit filed last January. The hearing examined grounds of collision and fraud in the decree set aside action.
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Los Angeles
J. Ray Hendricks
Laraine Day
California
Bernard M. Silbert
Hendricks
Laraine
Silbert
Th. Gall W. Bull
Miss Day
Santa Monica
Jews Plan Mass Escape From Jerusalem Prison
Jerusalem authorities report a plot for a mass escape by about 100 Jewish prisoners inside a central Russian compound prison. Plans allegedly included breaching interior walls and partial exterior wall breaches amid prior unrest and two condemned inmates who killed themselves in a death cell.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalé
Meyer Feinstein
Moshe Barazani
Prn
Increase in Phone Wages Hopes Rise Among Workers
Washington officials and telecommunication leaders debated a proposed $2.50 weekly wage boost by Northwest Bell as a potential breakthrough in a nationwide 23 day wage dispute. Other union spokesmen offered no clear sign of broader raises as government negotiations continued.
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Washington
Northwest Bell Company
No Progress Reported in Telephone Strike Talks
Washington officials said no progress was made in the 22 day old telephone strike as conciliators met with union leaders and AT and T officials to break up the talks.
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Washington
Tabor Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
AT&T Leaders Face Union Bargaining Across Five States
George S. Dring of AT and T claims power to settle a long distance wage dispute while the Northwestern Bell talks in the midwest stall over a $6 demand. The five state NETW group denounces concessions as a postwar pattern and negotiators press for a break in sessions in Washington with Western Electric and Southwestern Bell officials amid broader bargaining meetings nationwide.
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George S. Dring
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Northwestern Bell
Offrc
National Federal of Telegraph
Dose One
NETW
Washington
Betwen Union and Company
Long Lines
Western Electric Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Riot reports in Fuquay Springs overblown
Wake County officers and Raleigh deputies rushed to Fuquay Springs after reports of a disturbance among Negroes. They found no violence. the town was quiet by midnight and investigations continued into the incident.
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Fuquay Springs
Wake County
Raleigh
Plane With 15 On Board Is Missing
A Trans-Canada Air Lines transport with 15 aboard vanished on a flight from Alberta to Vancouver. Radio contact ceased three minutes before landing at 11 16 p.m. PST. Two RCAF planes searched Vancouver Island but found nothing. Captain Pike of Toronto piloted the craft. the flight covered about 475 miles over rugged terrain.
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Vancouver
B. C
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Alta
Northwestern Air Command
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Air Force
Duncan
Chemainus
Nanimo
Air Command
Pike
Toronto
Leghbridge
North America
Army Demotes 640 Colonels to Lieutenant Colonel
The army ordered 640 colonels demoted to lieutenant colonel effective July 1, lowering the 1948 year-end total to 5,628. Of the group, 588 are regulars and 52 non regulars with 43 air officers. medical and chaplain corps excluded. Names will be published around mid May.
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Washington
Army
Chaplain Corps
War Department
British Reveal Planes Feats
British scientists unveiled a rocket propelled 1887 pound flying model to study speed of sound and the potential for a full sized air craft. Sir Ben Lockspeiser said tests over the Sicily islands southwest of England would begin in about five weeks to provide data for faster than sound flight.
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London
Ben Lockspeiser
Ministry of Supply
Sicilly Islands
England
Mexico's President Heads to Washington for State Visit
Mexico City reports President Miguel Aleman departed at 6 02 a m for Washington to continue the state visit sequence following President Truman's Mexico trip last month.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Washington
Truman
Mexico
Mexican President Aleman To Fly Over Carolinas En Route
President Miguel Aleman of Mexico is scheduled to fly from Mexico City to Washington today. His presidential plane will pass over Spartanburg South Carolina and Greensboro North Carolina in the early afternoon as it nears the capital.
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Washington
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Carolinas
Mexico City
Spartanburg
D. C
Greensboro
N. C
Truman Plane Carries Aleman After Farewell Salutes
President Truman's personal plane carried Mexican President Aleman and his party after two 21 gun salutes at the airport. Aleman planned to stay in the United States for nine days to seek aid for the multi million peso agricultural and industrial self-sufficiency program.
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Truman
Aleman
United States
Truman Urges Businessmen to Cut Prices and Boost Output
President Truman addressed the U.S. chamber of commerce urging a nationwide price reduction across all levels while increasing production. He spoke before about 25,000 delegates at the 35th annual convention, stressing unity among labor, agriculture, business, finance, and government to sustain prosperity and freedom. Navy Secretary Forrestal added that maintaining military power is essential for world peace.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
John RK
Steelman
America
Big Business and Industrial Organization
Wreck Viewed From the Air Over Greenwood
Aerial view of two Southern freight trains colliding near Greenwood Mississippi. Witness J L Hollingsworth piloted at about a thousand feet and watched crews escape as engines met. Engineer Dan Fellers and fireman Sim L Chavis were lightly injured and treated at Greenwood Hospital.
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Greenwood
D. C
Here
J. L. Hollingsworth
Mr. Hollingsworth
Dan Fellers
Sim L. Chavis
Greenwood Hospital
Taft Labor Plan Faces Republican Opposition in Senate
Senator Taft faces resistance from Senator Vandenberg and others as he seeks to widen labor bill provisions to allow private injunctions against jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts. Debate centers on Norris LaGuardia Act limits and possible compromises amid calls from farm-state senators.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Vandeney
Mich
Vandenberg
Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Connally
D-Tex
George
D-Ga
Hayden
D-Ariz
White
R-Me
Ball
R-Minn
Byrd
Dva
Donnell
R-Mo
Labor Committee
Policy Committee
Tafta
Vandenberg Says European Peace Plan Delayed
Senator Vandenberg states there is no reasonable path to a final European peace program if a consensus cannot be reached. He cites Secretary Marshall and the need to avoid surrendering principles for expediency, urging a supreme effort to pursue agreement in the coming months.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United Et Ee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Marshall
Vanderberg
America
Britain Wins Early OK for Palestine Fact Finding Panel
Britain won preliminary approval to set up a Palestine fact finding committee after saying she could not be expected to expend blood and treasure alone to carry out United Nations recommendations on the Holy Land.
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New York
Britain
United Nations
The
Holy Land
Wallace Hints At Bolting His Party
In an abroad tour Wallace says he may bolt the Democratic party in 1948 if it does not align with his liberal definition. He left open support for Truman’s 1948 bid, citing a fundamental divergence on foreign policy and the need for world peace while defending his abroad speeches and criticisms in Congress.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Party
England
France
Wallace
Democra
Congress
Truman
Ster
Greece
Turkey
Agai
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