Bombing and Riots Roil Bombay as Casualties Mount
United Nations dispatch sources report four new strikes threaten national stability as violent rioting in Bombay claims dozens killed and hundreds injured. In Manila and Okinawa relief cargoes are redirected while orders from Washington confound crews unable to deliver urgently needed supplies.
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Bombay
Honolulu
Pocahontas
Okinawa
Manila
States
Anthony H. Bledsoe
Pearl Harbor
Washington
7000 Mill-Smelter Workers Slated To Strike Monday Morning
The CIO mine, mill and smelter workers plan a 7000-member strike at 18 ASARCO operations starting 7 a.m. Monday. Other threats include a nationwide telephone service blackout and city utilities shutdowns. Government officials seek to avert a coast to coast strike as Caterpillar and GM negotiations continue with little progress.
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Houston
Washington
CIO
Smill
American Smelting and Refining Company
Peoria
Ill
Caterpillar Tractor Company
General Motors
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Carlton W. Werkau
Satny
Memphis
Werkau
A. T. & Tuilding
New York
United States
Eleven Men and Two Women Held In Spy Probe
Eleven men and two women are held in Canada's spy probe with more suspects anticipated as the investigation widens. Prime Minister Mackenzie King had said secret information had been turned over to a foreign power, Russia, prompting a cautious, in camera inquiry led by a two-member royal commission. The commissioners said more evidence would be placed before Justice Minister Louis St Laurent, with a full report not expected for at least two to three weeks.
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Harry T. Montgomery Awa
Canada
L. MacKenzie King
Russia
Justice
Louis Laurent
Royal Commission
Comoners
St. Laurent
Commis
Argentina Vote Hangs On Peron Defeat Says Officials
Washington reports government officials and Latin American diplomats agree that removing Col. Juan D. Peron from presidential contention would ease inter-American tensions. They split on Dr. Jose Tamborini prospects, noting possible fraud and violence at rallies could affect turnout and the election outcome. A Peron defeat could restore Argentina to better standing in the inter-American system.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
United States
Heron
Jon
Jose Tamni
Democratic Union Candite
Peron
Demotic Union
Knice
Com
Pol
Tamiy
Installa
Rickie
Argentia
Cox Dunbar Injured In Blair Park Auto Crash
Early reports say Cox, a young Asheboro road resident, is in Memorial hospital in critical condition with head and body injuries. James Dunbar of Trinity Rt 1 has a fractured collarbone and is not considered critical. Police charge Dunbar with reckless driving and, if Cox dies, manslaughter. The car traveled south at a high speed and veered off South Main Street near Blair Park. the vehicle was demolished.
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Early Cox
Asheboro Road
Memorial Hospital
James Dunbar
Trinity Rt. 1
Blair Park
Cox
Dunbar
South Main Street
Greaves-Walker Named Raleigh Advisor on Brick Tile
Dr. A F Greaves Walker head of the State college department of ceramic engineering is appointed advisor to the undersecretary of commerce on brick and tile manufacture. He led the War Production Board's metal and minerals division during the recent war.
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Raleigh
A. F. Greaves-Walker
State College Department of Ceramic Engineering
College
Greaves-Walker
War Production Board
Metal and Minerals
Unwanted Truman Chicks Sent To White House
White House and agriculture department rejected 2000 baby chicks sent COD by Indiana hatchery in protest of regulations. The first lot of 1000, shipped by William Lathrop of Richmond, Ind., was refused due to lack of authorized payer. President Truman ordered the chicks not to be accepted and the birds were later sold after no official acceptance.
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Washington
White House
Agriculture Department
C.co.d
Indiana
Illiam Lathrop
Richmond
Ind
Truman
Lathrop
James G. Pinkerton
Oaers
Railway Express Agency
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Raymond L. Gill
Silver Springs
Doughton Seeks Re nomination for NC in May primary
Rep. Doughton of North Carolina 82 and chair of the Ways and Means Committee says he will run for re nomination in the Democratic primary May 25. He began in 1911 and is in his 18th term, with his wife recently dying at their Washington home.
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
North Carolina
Sabath
D-Ill
State Board of Elections
Laurel Springs
N. C
Congress Weighs Housing For All And School Lunches
Congress will focus next week on housing for all and school lunch expansion. House debates an emergency housing bill with price ceilings and veteran preferences, while the Senate schedules hearings on Edwin Pauley’s undersecretary of the navy nomination and votes on lunch and veteran housing measures.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Edwin Pauley
Office of Price Administration
Department of Agriculture
China
Pauley
Senate Naval
Hitler cronies seek Churchill summoned to testify
At Nurnberg the defense for Goering and Von Ribbentrop asks the tribunal to bring Winston Churchill and Edouard Daladier as witnesses to show Nazi leaders tried to avert war. They quote Churchill saying England would destroy Germany if it grew too strong and seek 54 figures, including former British and French leaders, as defense witnesses.
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Muernberg
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Eri Daladier
Churchill
England
Germany
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
von Ribbentrop
Goering
Otto Stahmer
Britain
Birger Dahlerus
Stockholm
Government To Take Hand In Daily Dispute
Last minute negotiations aimed to avert a power strike in Pittsburgh set for Monday midnight at Duquesne Light Co. If unresolved, 3,400 employees may walk out, risking transportation and electric power. The union sought 37 percent, trimmed to 28 percent. the company held firm at 7 percent.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Chinese Officials Protest Yalta Pact Over Manchuria
Seven high Chinese government officials joined students and delegates in condemning the Yalta linked Manchuria accord. They petitioned the foreign office to reject any international decision affecting China without Beijing’s approval and warned against Russian occupation. Eastern Inner Mongolia reportedly favors united China under Chiang Kai-shek with autonomia.
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Chungking
Nww
Russia
Manchuria
Foreign Office
Yalta
China
Control Yuan
Council
Forthcomin Constitutional Assembly
United States
Tientsin
Republican Daily News
Inner Mongolia
Chiang Kai-shek
Outer Mongolia
Tokyo Press Weighs Matrimonial Ties for Allied Couples
Tokyo reporters ask if American soldiers and Japanese women can wed amid occupation. A representative of allied headquarters answered at a press conference, outlining the stance on possible marriages and the implications for postwar relations.
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Tokyo
Allied
Solons Seek Ways to Halt May Draft
Washington report on Capitol Hill explores stopping the May 15 draft as the act nears expiry. Congressman Vinson proposes a special occupation army of 75000 volunteers with incentives. War Departments insist on draft for occupational and national defense needs. President Truman urges continued strength and outlines a 2 million force goal for overseas service.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
House Military Committee
Vinson
War Department
State of the Union
Congress
War and Navy Departments
New Mopping Up Drive Against Japs Reported
Manila dispatch reports the 86th division says six Japanese and two Filipino soldiers were killed on Lu Bang Island, 70 miles southeast of Manila, as first Tarlac regiment troops track down renegade Japanese involved in island terror. American officers noted possibly five more Japanese killed or badly wounded. Troops requested 20,000 rounds of ammunition as mop up operations continue.
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Manila
Lubang
86Th
Tarlac
New OPA Official Promises to Hold Price Line
Paul Porter as the new head of the OPA pledges maintained price controls to curb inflation, boost production, and preserve stability. In a prepared Washington speech, Porter says decisive action will continue until inflation threat is eliminated and victory is achieved.
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Washington
Paul Porter
OPA
American Institute of Banking
Porter
McNutt Calls Philippines Islands Of Confusion
In a NBC broadcast Paul V. McNutt labeled the Philippines as islands of confusion in Oriental unrest. He urged swift Congress action on economic measures including a 28 year tariff preference and a $450 million plan for rebuilding, asserting continued American responsibility after independence.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
America
McNutt
NBC
Philippine
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House Executive Committee
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