GOP Leaders Score Victory In Labor Fight
The Senate Republican majority blocked a Morse plan to divide the omnibus labor disputes bill into four separate measures. The tactic aimed to secure labor legislation this session and possibly appease President Truman. Taft opposed splitting, arguing House passage of an omnibus bill made division impractical.
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Senate
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Labor Committee
Congress
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Taft
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House
Arabs Lose First Round on Palestine Independence at UN
New York April 30 The Arab states failed to win immediate consideration of Palestine independence as the UN special assembly moved toward a full 55 nation vote. Ten of fourteen steering committee members spoke with five opposing the Arab Proposal to send the issue to the full assembly.
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New York
India
Special Assembly i United Nations
Assembly
Asaf Ali
Palestine
Special Assembly of
United Nations
14-Nations
Ali urges serious approach to Palestine at UN debate
The text notes Ali calling the Palestine question serious and criticizes quick taunts toward Sir Alexander Cadogan. It reports the U S delegation opposing Jewish groups gaining a floor voice in the UN Palestine session unless major changes occur. It also mentions a possible Arab demand and the need for a United States position before calendar decisions.
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Denmark
Ali
Alexander Cadogan
Iain
Palestine
United States
United Nations
U. S
Assembly
Commission of Inquiry
Great Britain
Bernhardt Furniture President Fatally Shot at Home
George H. Bernhardt age 52, president of Bernhardt Furniture Co, was fatally wounded by a gunshot discharged at his Lenoir home. Relatives say he had suffered poor health for several years.
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Lenoir
H. Bernhardt
Furniture Manacturer
Bernardt Furniture Company
North Carolina Weather Outlook May 1 1947
Mostly cloudy with slight thunderstorm chances tonight and Thursday morning. Warmer today with sunrise 5 28 and sunset times. Temperature and rainfall readings from several stations show Charleston 74 and 69, Charlotte 61, Chicago 65, Columbia 81, Denver 47, Detroit 67, Evansville 73, Galveston 78, Greensburg 78, Jacksonville 80, Little Rock 60, Meridian 60, Memphis 77, Mobile 55, New Orleans 82, Wilmington 72, with varied rainfall totals across the 24 hour period ending 3:30 a.m.
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Detroit
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Jacksonville
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Los Ano
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Meridien
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Ms. Mitchell
Orleans
New York
Rale Wilmington
House Votes To Slash Relief Fund Across the Board
The House approved a 43 percent cut in the administration's relief program, trimming funding from 350 million dollars to a lower total. The roll call stood 225 to 165 amid sharp criticism of aiding nations perceived as under Russian domination. The chamber then addressed restrictions on distribution.
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Washington
House Fornally
Russia
House approves $200 million foreign relief bill
The House passed a 200 million dollar foreign relief bill and trimmed 150 million dollars from the administration request. It imposed strict conditions on aid to nations under Russian domination.
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Washington
House
House Names Eligible Nations for Relief Aid
The House overruled State Department objections and defined Italy Greece Hungary Austria Poland and China as eligible for relief aid subject to multiple conditions. Debate centered on Russian activity and potential ties to communism with Rep Rankin urging severed relations with the Soviet Union while others warned against politicizing relief.
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House
State Department
Italy
Greece
Hungary
Austria
Poland
China
Rankin
Soviet Union
Eaton
Rep. Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Releif
Boulder Dam Renamed Hoover Dam by Presidential Signature
President Truman signed legislation renaming Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam. He used four pens in the ceremony and sent them to Lawrence Ritchie to distribute as Hoover sees fit.
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Washington
Truman
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Lawrence Ritchie
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Degree For Dr Kitchen Honored By Davidson College
Davidson College conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on President Thurmond D. Kitchen of Wake Forest College. Dr Kitchen has led Wake Forest since 1940, joined as professor in 1917, served as dean of the medical school from 1919 to 1980, and is a North Carolina native who graduated from Wake Forest in 1905.
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Davidson, N. C
Davidson College
Thurmond D. Kitchen
Wake Forest College
Kitchen
Wake Forest
School of Medicine
Taft Seeks July 1 Start for Tax Cut
Senator Taft argues the logical start for the $4 billion tax cut is July 1 rather than retroactive to January 1. He warns retroactive implementation would force $751 million in refunds next year and burden the treasury. Taft also says distributing refunds inflates spending and that tax withholding would need readjustment in 1948 to avoid taxpayer confusion.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
House
Treasury
Bright Object Clue Emerges In Mount Moriarity Search
A bright object seen on Mount Moriarity lower levels near Nanaimo provides a clue in the disappearance of a trans-Canada Airlines transport en route from Lethbridge to Vancouver. Canadian air force planes await weather break to scour the rugged east coast of Vancouver Island for the missing craft.
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Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Trans- Canada Airlines
Lethbridge
Alta
Canadian Air Force
Federal Jury Indicts Dennis and Josephson for Contempt
A federal grand jury indicted Eugene Dennis secretary of the Communist party and Leon Josephson a New York attorney on charges of contempt of Congress. Both allegedly disobeyed subpoenas during the House Un American Activities Committee investigation.
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Washington
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
United States
Congress
Leon Josephson
New York
House Committee On unAmerican
Twenty Killed In Western Tornado
Tornadic winds hit Arkansas Missouri and Iowa killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 50. Worth Missouri suffered the worst damage with most of its business district destroyed and two churches and the schoolhouse leveled.
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Arkansas
Bright Water
Garfield
Missouri Line
Clio
Iowa
Worth
May 9 Execution Set for Willie Francis in Baton Rouge
Acting Governor J Emile Verret announced the death warrant for Willie Francis an 18 year old Black man sentenced for murder. Francis previously survived a misfired electric chair attempt and his case reached the U S Supreme Court and the state pardon board without success.
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Baton Rouge
J. Emile Verret
Willie _ Francis
Francis
United States Supreme Court
State Pardon Board
Durant Given Fifteen Years
Frankfurter report says Col. Jack W. Durant 37 of Chicago received 15 years at hard labor and dismissal from the U. S. Army for involvement in the Kronberg palace jewel theft. A U S military court of eight colonels convicted him on eight counts including theft and jewel smuggling.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Jack W. Durant
U. S. Army
Kronberg Castle
U.S. Military
Chicago
Love Letter Leak Stuns Prosecutor in Murder Case
State Attorney General Fred N. Houser sought to learn how love letters from Louise Overell, 17, and George Gollum, 21, were obtained by a Los Angeles paper. Miss Overell and Gollum await trial May 26 on charges they murdered her parents at Santa Ana in Orange County.
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Los Angeles
Fred N. Houser
Orange County
Santa Ana
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Howser
Overell
Gollum
Former E C T C President To Be Pardoned July Twenty Eight
Dr. Leon R Meadows former president of East Carolina Teachers College will be pardoned July 28 the central prison gates to open for him paroled on good behavior time. He is 63 serving a three year term for embezzlement and false pretense with a long prison history and a sought pardon last fall despite no parole granted previously. Meadows spent months appealing to the state supreme court and wrote a book during imprisonment.
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Leon R. Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Hathaway Cross
E.C.T.C
Pitt County Superior Court
Mead
Ows
State Supreme Court
Paroles Commission
Cross
Meadows
J. Paul Frizzelle
Mexico's Miguel Aleman Tours Washington in Honor of Unknown Soldier
Mexico's president Miguel Aleman arrives in Washington and outputs a busy schedule. He attends a White House dinner hosted by President Truman and visits Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb. He is set to address the Pan American Union and holds talks on possible loans to Mexico including a multimillion dollar line.
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Miguel Aleman
Mexico
America
White House
Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Pan American Union
Union
inter-American Organization of the American Republics
Don Miguel
U. S
Soomeport - Im Bank
United States
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Citizens Seek 10000 Fund For Railroad Reopening
Moore county residents plan to raise 34000 to reopen the Moore Central railroad from Carthage to Cameron. Receivership overseer C W Short was ordered to appear before Judge Pittman in Rockingham to justify keeping the line under receivership.
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Moore County
Moore Central Railroad
van B. Sharpe
W. B. Sabiston
Short Line Railroad
Bute
Cameron
Sabiston
C. W. Short
William Pittman
Rockingham
Sharpe
Two Are Saved By Quick Action
Greensboro gas fumes overpowered a 14 month old girl Barbara Lillian Howell and a Negro cook Dorothy Miller at a local house. Firemen used a resuscitator to revive the baby and ambulance attendants revived the cook within minutes. both were reported in good condition.
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Greensboro
Barbara Lillian Howell
E. C. Howell
Dorothy Miller
Bay
Howe
Coast Guard probes Texas City disaster findings
Galveston Texas April 30 A coast guard board led by Rear Adm Gordon T Finlay completed its ninth hearing into the Texas City disaster which killed at least 575 people It will send recommendations to Coast Guard Commandant J F Farley in Washington with announcements to come from Washington after the executive sessions conclude.
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Galveston
Tex
Coast Guard
Texas City
Gordon T. Finlay
New Orleans
J. F. Farley
Washington
Coal Debate Delayed by Mine Chief
John L. Lewis opens a new contract fight as Southern Coal Producers oppose nationwide wage bargaining. He questions tonnage behind each producer group, delaying talks to reassess industry positions in Washington.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Man Shoots Self After Warning Of Burial Suit
In Durham on April 30 J R Capps 31 a hosiery mill worker killed himself with a firearm in his home in front of his wife and nine year old son after trying to have the boy pull the trigger. Sheriff Belvin called it a clear case of death by own action and said no motive was given though Capps had threatened suicide earlier.
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Durham
J. R. Capps
E. G. Belvin
Capps
Police Hold Taxi Driver in Inquest Over Wife’s Death
MT AIRY April 30 Police held Eugene Childress 28 local taxi driver pending an inquest into the death of his wife Mary Virginia Fulp Childress 21 who died of a bullet wound yesterday afternoon Sheriff Sam Patterson and Coroner L Woltz said Childress said the shooting was accidental
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Eugene Childress
Mary
Virginia Fulp Childress
Surry County
Sherif
Sam Patterson
L. Woltz
Childress
Telephone workers end scattered strikes in New York and Pennsylvania
Five unions representing 43 000 telephone workers in New York and Pennsylvania called off strikes after agreeing to wage increases of 3 to 4 dollars per week. NFTW unions halted actions amid broader calls for a national settlement and renewed talks. Joseph A. Beirne said Bell Telephone’s opposition to raises is crumbling as negotiations resume.
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NFTW
Frank J. Fitzsimmons
Western Electric Employes Association
Telc E
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Snes
Ee Mayer
New York
Mayer
Beirne
Washington
National Federation of Telephone Ee Ee Ve
Gvernment
Joseph A. Beirne
NETW
Bell Telephone System
Noted Economist Dies In New York
Dr. Irving Fisher, noted economist and Yale professor emeritus, died yesterday in Gotham hospital at age 80. He entered hospital on February 28 and spent his final birthday at a testimonial dinner the night before.
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Eiect Nation Dlay
Gotham Hospital
Fisher
Yale University
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