Coroner’s Jury Holds Driver for Involuntary Manslaughter
Thomasville coroner's jury held Wesley E. Mills of Groom town, age 24, for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Robert George Kennedy and serious injuries to J M Bodenheimer after Mills’ Ford struck the constables and a parked Plymouth on the High Point road. Gills of Baltimore was held as a state witness. Kennedy, a two year constable and ex-Police, died at age 34. Bodenheimer remained in critical condition with a broken jaw and skull fracture. Funeral arrangements set for Prospect Methodist church Tuesday.
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Buck) Kennedy
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Union rejects bid by Thomasville furniture workers
The national labor relations board reports Thomasville North Carolina Furniture Co workers voted 67 to 46 against Furniture Workers Local 2771 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America AFL as their bargaining agent. About one fourth of land in the Netherlands lies below sea level.
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National Labor Relations Board Today
Thomasville
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Netherlands
Truman Veto Sets Stage as OPA Dies and Inflation Looms
The piece outlines Truman’s veto of a bill to strengthen OPA and its effect on inflation. It notes Republicans Taft Wherry and Crawford opposing the veto, while Democratic leaders Barkley McCormack and McKellar urged signing. Congress lets OPA die, raising questions who bears political blame and potential 1948 campaign impact.
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Jewish groups call for underground government after curfew strikes
A Jewish source in Tel Aviv urged forming an underground Jewish government and uniting resistance groups including Irgun and the Stern Gang. Palestinians consider passive resistance like tax strikes and government-service boycotts. British curfews in Jerusalem Haifa and Tel Aviv left three Jews and one British soldier dead, with 13 Jews hospitalized and many others injured.
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Stern Gang
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High Point Man Sentenced in Thomasville Court
Special to the Enterprise reports in Thomasville that D H Elks of High Point drew 18 months on the chain gang for driving drunk and license revocation violations after a Main Street collision. Other local sentences included Ivey's six months, Algood's 30 days, Wells's suspended three months, and Batten's 30 day term with appeal noted.
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High Point
Recorder’s Court
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George T. Ivey
Smith Foushee
S. H. Algood
Winston-Salem
Davidson County
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Smith Food Market
Sadie Wells
Community Hardware
Lloyd Batten
Superior Court
Interior and UMW wage deal excludes price controls
An official said the Krug Lewis agreement covers only wages and working conditions and does not include price controls. Price control remains with the OPA.
End of OPA Triggers Rent and Price Surges Across States
As OPA price controls end the U S experiences widespread rent hikes from Florida to Cleveland with tenants facing 15 to 40 percent increases in some buildings. Retail beef prices edge up in Charlotte while wholesale supply and inflation fears loom nationwide amid government moves on rationed goods and futures markets.
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Denver
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Colorado
Charlotte
OPA
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Congress
Chicago
Board of Trade Directors
Ralph Walter
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Test of Atomic Bomb Yields Mixed Results on Pacific Atoll
Observers report eight minor damage incidents on ships near the test area while some animals aboard fringe vessels remained alive. Admiral Blandy confirms an underwater test planned in 3 to 4 weeks as the blast creates a pink to gold cloud and a 20 mile wide mushroom. No lives lost, palm trees intact, and public concern turns to rising living costs as Congress weighs price and rent controls with OPA actions and potential new laws.
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Paul K. Lee
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Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
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Congress
Senator Urges Army to Mississippi to protect Negro vote
Senator Taylor of Idaho urged President Truman to send troops to Mississippi to safeguard black voters if needed. He spoke ahead of a Senate Elections Committee hearing on Bilbo's alleged call for a white primary. The postponed inquiry drew Negro council protests over polling-place security.
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Taylor
Idaho
Truman
Mississippi
Senate Elections Committee
Bilbo
D-Miss
Green
D-Al
National Negro Council
Negro volunteers pour into regular army drive
War department data show Negro volunteers being signed up in the regular army at a ratio of one to five with white soldiers as part of an intensive recruiting campaign. An official March policy set a postwar troop basis ratio of one Negro per ten whites in the civilian population.
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Bible Will Be Given Stalin
ATLANTA July 1. Dr Louie D Newton president of the Southern Baptist convention sails for Russia to present Premier Joseph Stalin with a Russian Bible inscribed from one Georgian to another.
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Louie D. Newton
Southern Baptist Convention
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Newton
Funeral Rites For Rev William Milton Wilmington
Funeral services for the Rev. William H. Milton 78 longtime rector of St. James Episcopal church were held at 4 p.m. today from his former church with the present rector Rev. Mortimer Glover and bishops Rt. Rev. Thomas H Darst and Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst officiating. He died Wednesday in Baltimore and is survived by his widow Virginia Epes a son William H. Milton Jr and two daughters Mrs. Robert C. De Rossett and Mrs. John M. T. Finney. He was a Virginia Military Institute graduate ordained in 1892 after Virginia Theological Seminary studies.
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Baltimore
Mortimer Glover
St. James
Thomas H.right
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East Carolina
Thomas C Darst
Italy urged to be heard on Trieste riots and peace moves
Yesterday in Trieste pro Italian rioters injured five American soldiers while police battled a Slav communist driven mob. Ministers debated Italy colonies as Molotov and Bevin clashed over a European peace conference date with Russia and a UN General Assembly plan eyed for September. A 14 foot mammoth tusk was found in Siberia.
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Trieste
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Ernest Bevin
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Pyrnes
Vyacheslav Molotov
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Agricultural Products Soar To New Highs
Prices of agricultural products climbed in cash and futures markets as traders adjusted to the first free markets since the war. Cattle and hogs reached all-time highs, with hogs up 2 to 3.65 per hundred pounds and butter market too confused for a quotation. Corn and wheat posted sharp advances while oats fluctuated, and onions rose slightly as potatoes fell on heavy receipts.
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Indianapolis
Omaha
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Name Committee To Draft Plan For Atom Bomb
Dr. Herbert E. Evatt named a six nation subcommittee to draft a general plan for controlling the atom bomb. The panel includes United States Russia Great Britain France Mexico and Australia with Australia chairing the body. The group will review policy speeches and propose a framework for international oversight.
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Herbert E. Evatt
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
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Russia
Great Britain
France
Mexico
Australia
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Senate leaders seek stable pricing laws after OPA end
Senate leaders spoke with President Truman after he vetoed a temporary extension. Barkley urged a durable plan acceptable to both houses, while Rayburn expected a 20 day House vote to restore price controls. The end of OPA sparked nationwide confusion and political crossfire as Boston's Chatham Street bears the economic shift.
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OPA
U S Steel and Main Stocks Rise in Quiet Market
New York markets show U S Steel advancing about 1 percent with a 3,700 share block amid mixed rails and utilities. Major names including General Motors Bethlehem Steel Packard Chrysler and Du Pont were listed as active gainers while other sectors weighed on sentiment. Livestock and dry goods also reported mixed moves with cotton futures opening higher and textile conditions unsettled.
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Congress Honors FDR With Solemn Capitol Memorial
Congress held a joint memorial session in the Capitol to honor Franklin D. Roosevelt with John G. Winant praising the wartime leader as one who played a great part in great events. President Truman attended, along with former Roosevelt aides and foreign officials. Cryoke was discovered by the Danes in 1794.
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