Labor leaders push for organic merger of AFL CIO groups
Miami meeting of the AFL CIO executive council weighs Murray proposal for a united labor front by merging the AFL and CIO dues paying bodies. A gloomy labor climate with a miners strike and idled industries frames the debate as Green and Murray clash over the plan.
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Miami
Fla
AF tLoday
CIO
Philip Seurtey
United Labor Front
Murray
Railroad Brotherhoods
AFL
Congress
John L. Lewis
William Green
Executive Council
Green
Philadelphia Record Suspends Publication After Long Strike
The Philadelphia Record and two sister papers in Philadelphia and Camden suspend publication after a strike by the American Newspaper Guild. The Evening Bulletin plans to acquire all three papers and WCAU radio. Guild protests higher wages while publishers cite unsustainable costs.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record Com
J. David Stern
American Newspaper Guild
Guild Y
Washington
Milton C. Mur
Fild
Camden
Amer
Stern
Fla
Bulletin Company
Bulletin
Record
Record _Courier-Post
Weather cappling cloudiness cool with little temperature change
Official weather records show temperatures and rainfall across multiple cities for hours ending 6 30 a m on Sunday February 2 1947. Readings include Charleston 70 52 Charlotte 64 6 9 Denver 2 Detroit 83 21 00 Greensboro 58 36 00 Little Rock 44 00 Memphis 47 49 New Orleans 45 46 Newark 39 00 Spartanburg 34 37 00 Tampa 38 10 Washington 70 35 00 Wilmington 51 0 9.
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Weath
Charleston
Charlotte
Fee
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Pransville
Galveston Sa
Dowkedville
Via
St. P
Mobile i
Mt. Mitchell
New Leans
Newark
Mmos AM
Raleigh
Pan Antonio
Fran
Spartanburg
Tampa i
Washington
Wilmington
Gardner to Take Son as Personal Aide in London
Ambassador O Max Gardner plans to take his 34 year old son Ralph to London as his personal aide. Gardner announced after meeting President Truman and said Ralph will sail with him aboard the liner America. Ralph Gardner is a 1985 graduate of the University of North Carolina and has served in the state senate. He practiced law in Shelby, North Carolina before the war and expects to return there after several months in London.
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Washington
O. Max Gardner
Great Britain
Ralph
London
Gardner
Truman
Young Gardner
Alrecdity of
North Carolina
State Senate
Shelby
N.C
Gardners
America
Belgium for Occupation of Germany in Proposed Peace Plan
Belgium urges partial occupation of Germany for 25 to 40 years to prevent renewed aggression. Baron Herve de Gruben proposes a federation of German states with long term occupation of strategic areas and maintained economic viability. Moscow backs a unified central government for Germany.
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London
Belgium
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
Feodor T. Gousey
Baron Herve de Gruben
Gruben
Gousev
Royal Family Sails on South Africa Tour Aboard Vanguard
Britain sends King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret aboard HMS Vanguard for a three and a half month royal tour of South Africa. The voyage follows a long sea crossing from Portsmouth amid snow as crowds bid farewell to the monarchs before a 10,000 mile train tour across the veld and gold fields.
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Portsmouth
England
Britain
H.M.S. Vanguard
South Africa
George
Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Margaret
Portsmouth Harbor
Mona
Austin Seeks Atomic Control as Top UN Issue
Warren R. Austin, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, pressed for atomic control to be the main item in any world arms reduction talks. He met with Andrei Gromyko and briefed Presidents Truman, Marshall, and congressional leaders as the United States shifts to concurrent discussions on atomic and general disarmament.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
Security Council
Vermont
United States
Council
Atomic Energy Comission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Socret
Austin
Truman
Marshall
Washington
New York
Bunn School Row Unsettled
The Bunn school committee meets at Louisburg to review reopening plans after the high school doors stayed shut for a third day due to a teacher walk out. The dispute centers on Miss Lucy Wiggs and C G Thompson with a petition from 675 residents alleging retaliation over retirement plans.
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Wiley Mitchell
Bunn High School
Lucy Wiggs
C. G. Thompson
Miss Wiggs
Thompson Alle Edly
Landlords to Gain Relief on Rent Ceiling Increase
Senator McCarthy asserted that Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming issued a 40 percent rent ceiling boost without proper identification. Fleming, head of the office of temporary controls, told the senate banking committee he drafted the measure amid wartime housing pressures.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Office of Temporary Controls
Senate Banking Committee
Truman opposes general rent increase. Fleming not penalized
President Truman reiterated opposition to a general rent increase. He said he would not penalize Major General Philip B. Fleming for drafting a flat ten percent rent rise that he killed before issue. Truman noted Fleming testified truthfully to a Senate committee about the rent mixup.
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Washington
Truman
Philip B. Fleming
Ofice
Fleming
Senate
Hike Ordered Before President Opposed It Ends Abruptly
Joo W. Follin, Fleming's deputy, moved ahead with the measure despite the president's repeated opposition. The order was killed abruptly as it went into effect.
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Joo W. Follin
Fleming
Royall Urges Strong Vets Support From North Carolina
Henderson February 1 Undersecretary of War Kenneth C Royall urged North Carolina business and civic leaders to give World War II veterans maximum support and the best service opportunities He said the average young veteran is physically mentally and morally healthier due to his service He noted North Carolina lagged in aiding World War I veterans and urged quicker action in providing business and civic opportunities to returning veterans.
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Henderson
North Carolina
Kenneth C. Royall
Goldsboro
Chamber of Commerce
Royal
War Department
Open attack by Russian general on American colonel in Berlin
Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov, Russian commandant in Berlin, publicly attacks Col. Frank L. Howley in Taegliche Rundscha u, accusing him of trying to sabotage Berlin trade union elections and pressuring unions. The dispute centers on how the central committee of Berlin’s trade unions federation should be chosen amid allied tensions. Britain and France reportedly supported the Americans in the broader disagreement.
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Berlin
Alexander Kotikov
Frank L. Howley
Balsa
Taegliche Rundschau
Kotikov
Allied Commandatura
Howley
Motokov
Commandantura
Col. Howley
Britain
France
Two Negroes Slated to Die in North Carolina
In Charlotte, Richard McCain and Jethro Lampkin were sentenced to die March 14 for first degree murder in the January 2 slaying of Thomas F. McClure, 67, manager of a fuel company yard. Appeals filed, automatic stay ordered.
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Charlotte
Police Seek Clues in Disappearance of Inez Rowe
New York police search for Inez Rowe 26 of Wilson North Carolina after she left a friend’s apartment in pajamas and fur coat to get coffee. Miss Rowe had been staying with Jessie Stephenson and reportedly came to New York to study at Columbia University. Attendants recall a woman matching her description seen on First Avenue signaling passing trucks.
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New York
Inez Rowe
Wilson
N. C
Truman Says No Need for Big Three Meeting
President Truman said he would welcome Attlee and Stalin in Washington but saw no necessity for a big three session. He also acknowledged Churchill’s view on sharing Palestine responsibilities, stating the United States has no stated obligation to do so.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Stalin
Russia
Ao Stalin
Winston Churchill
United States
Palestine
New and More Powerful Atomic Bombs Reported
The domestic atomic energy commission announced progress on research and development of improved atomic weapons. A senate committee member hinted this confirms rumors of vastly more powerful bombs in production. The report details U-235 production gains, new uranium and thorium deposits, and air power research at Oak Ridge. Colonel James McCormack was named director of the commission’s military applications division. Bernard Baruch is slated to testify on Lilienthal and five other nominations.
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Washington
Domestic
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Congress
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Japan
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Army Air Forces
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Lilienthal
James McCormack
Arlington, Va
Rhodes
Patterson
McCormack
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Commission
Morday
Jilted Lover In Triumph
Eileen Edwards, 17, faces parental consent rules in Welch West Virginia as she seeks marriage to Theodore Crabtree the coal miner after jilting ex GI Arnold Buesing. A London cable from her mother warns of deportation if she marries before parental approval. Eileen aims to marry Crabtree with help from the Welch Daily News as she negotiates the complex cross Atlantic romance.
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Welch
W. Va
England
Eileen Edwards
London
Theodore Crabtree
Superior
Crabtree
Eileen
Kathleen Edwards
Arnold Buesing
Waterloo
Neb
New York
Yadkinville
N. C
West Virginia
Buesing
Welch Daily News
Navy Plans To Leave Antarctic
Little America will be evacuated by the last of the navy Antarctic expedition force around March 1, Admiral Cruzen announced. The USS Mt Olympus and two cargo ships will depart between February 4 and 10 while Admiral Byrd and 190 men remain at the camp. Ice conditions may hasten or delay final evac, planes will continue exploratory flights, and ice breakers northward and Burton Island will pick up Byrd and the men.
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Little America
Navy
Richard H. Cruzen
Mt. Olympus
Central Task Force
Richard E. Byrd
Cruzen
Byrd
Philippine Sea
Burton
Price Estate Worth $3,767,399 Divides Among Heirs
Julian Price 78 of Greensboro died in an October auto crash near North Wilkesboro. His will, filed in Greensboro, states the estate of 3,767,399 dollars in real and personal property will be shared equally between his two children Ralph C. Price and Mrs. Kathleen Price Bryan. Three months before his death he donated 400,000 dollars for a Catholic church and rectory in Greensboro, with 200,000 dollars more to be raised on land already purchased.
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Greensboro
Julian Price
Greensboro Insurance Mayfate
North Wilkesboro
Termis
Ralph C. Price
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Kathleen Price Bryan
Price
Ethel Clay Price
Vincent
Watens
Raleigh
Construction Factions In Agreement For Labor Peace
President Truman announced a voluntary management labor agreement between the Associated General Contractors of America and the AFL building and construction trades department covering a national joint conference committee for resolving disputes. He highlighted recent steel and rubber industry deals as progress toward industrial peace.
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Washington
Truman
Associated General Contractors of America
Building and Construction Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Steel and Rubber
U. S. Steel Corporation
United Steel Workers
CIO
U. S. Rubber Company
CIO Rubber Workers
Seventh Oil Well to Be Sunk Sunday
Oriental news brief reports Carolina Petroleum plans to spud its seventh wildcat near Oriental in Pamlico county, naming it N C Pulp No 1. The firm has drilled five prior Merriman Carteret wells and one near Havelock, with scouts invited to view the rotary drilling rig.
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Havelock
CaPéCo
Crab Point
Morehead City
Cape Hatteras
Oriental Pamlico Village
J. Neely Allison
Carolina Petroleum Company
Gaston Hotel
New Bern
Cecil Messer
Roderick Stamey
Kinston
Carolina Peterleum Company
Two Die After Gun Battle Near Holly Ridge
Jacksonville residents Forrester Graham D Teachey 26 and Calvin C McLean 23 were killed in a roadside gun battle three miles north of Holly Ridge. Coroner Talbert Jones said Joe Locklear of Holly Ridge is being held without bond. an inquest is planned for later today.
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Jacksonville
Febora Graham D. Teachey
Calvin C. McLean
Talbert Jones
Onslow County
Holly Ridge
Jones
Joe Locklear
McLean
Ksonville
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