Allies Told To Take It Or Leave It
A volatile exchange features Russia’s Vyacheslav Vishinsky denouncing Western ultimatums as dictatorial. He accuses Britain and others of pressuring and violating treaties, cites the 1921 Danube accord, and argues signatories must consent to changes while contrasting with Western attempts to replace or abrogate the agreement.
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Danube
Russia
Pera
Thierry
Sir Charles Peake
Britain
Vishinsky
Germany
Austria
Italy
Belgium
Greece
Dan River Mills Union Wins Rollover Clause
The contract gives the union a six month notice right to reopen wage talks and unresolved fringe issues. The union can reopen after one year. Virginia North Carolina textile workers earn about 1.05 to 1.15 an hour. an 8 percent rise on 1.05 yields 8.4 cents to an average of 1.134 dollars. Dan River Mills employs about 11,000 workers.
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Virginia- Carolinas
Dan River Mills
ROTC Cadet Returns From Infantry Camp
Cadet Alexander M Rankin of Ill 427 Edgedale Drive completed the six week Reserve Officers training at Fort King. He gained practical weapon and infantry techniques honed since World War II at the Infantry Center.
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Alexander M. Rankin
Edgedale Drive
Fort King, A
Truman Praises Peace Efforts as Air Show Dazzles Crowd
President Truman, amid calls for security and goodwill, attends a vast air show featuring 1,000 planes. F-80 Shooting Stars, B-36 bombers, and Navy display jets headline the demonstrations, with a 21-gun salute marking the event’s end as Truman meets Gov. Dewey and surveys a new postage stamp.
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4Th Fighting Wing
Camp Springs
Fort Worth
Texas
Air Force
Aes
Sel Field
Mich
Saiee Tanee
Navy
Ar Truman
Semat
Saipan
Gov. Dewey
Permits Issued For $22 000 In New Dwellings
City building inspector issues new dwelling permits totaling 22 000 dollars. Francis Hilliard builds a four thousand dollar one story frame on South street near Elliot and Burton. Harvey C Voncannon plans a five thousand six hundred dollar Arlington street home. J S Dallas files three one story frame houses at 207 209 and 211 Windley street costing eighteen hundred dollars each. J A Reavis constructs a seven thousand dollar one story frame port at 602 Howell street.
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Francis Hilliard
South Street
Elliot and
Burton Streets
Harvey C. Voncannon
Arlington Street
Montlieu
Cedrow
J. S. Dallas
Windley Street
J. A. Reavis
Howell Street
GOP Debates Price Controls as Senate Considers Actions
Senate moves on installment buying limits and bank credit tightening while House may delay action. Senators weigh cloture to end anti poll tax debate with Wherry and Vandenberg at odds. CIO calls for housing inflation wage civil rights action and uses special session to pressure for 1948 election messaging.
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House
United Nations
New York City
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Penomene
CIO
Congress
America
Philip Murray
The
Berlin crisis deepens as Molotov exits on vacation
Soviet actions appear to push Berlin talks toward a stalemate while Moscow hints at censorship on Berlin ripen. Western envoys report tough Soviet posture at Belgrade Danube talks led by Vishinsky. U S and Britain push diplomacy as air corridors risk disruption and a peaceful outcome remains the aim despite mounting tensions.
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Berlin
State Department
Zovin
Moscow
Danube
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Washington
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
Britain
Marshall
Zorin
W. B. Smith
Democrats walk out of Harris county conventions in Truman loyalty protest
About 500 Democrats left the Harris county meeting in Houston protesting after state supporters of President Truman won control of the gatherings with test votes. The walkouts followed anger over the convention results and reflected party divisions during the convention day.
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Houston
Tex
Truman
Harris County
Origins of Aesop Fables in Athens and Latin Version
The Athens 5th century B C fables were linked to Aesopus who likely narrated them. The familiar Aesop fables come from a 320 B C foundational book later rendered into Latin in centuries hence.
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Athens
Aesopus
Aesop
Engineers Favor Dike Construction At Dismal Swamp
Senator Umstead announced that army engineers approved a dike on the Gates Pasquotank county line in North Carolina to protect farmland from Dismal Swamp overflow. The plan runs from U S Highway 158 to the Pasquotank River with control gates in Newland canal and Shephard eight foot ditches. First year costs are estimated at 113000 dollars with local land and right of way provided.
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Washington
Umstead
Newland Canal
Shephard
Rhee Elected President of the Korean Republic
Dr Syngman Rhee aged 74, a longtime fighter for Korean independence and former editor of Seoul’s first daily, is elected president of the Korean Republic after years in exile. He previously faced imprisonment and torture in his early resistance to the Korean Empire.
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Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Korea
U.S
International
Dixiecrats Aim to Name Ballot Candidates in High Point
About seven qualified voters circulate petitions in High Point to place States Rights Democratic party candidates on the next general election ballot. M L Patrick chairs the effort, seeking over 1,000 signatures before Monday night. The Birmingham convention backed Strom Thurmond for president and Fielding Wright for vice president.
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High Point
States Rights Democratic Party
M. L. Patrick
Patrick
Birmingham
Ala
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
North Carolina
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