Delay Arams Aid Measure in the Arms Aid Plan Shift
Washington reports that the administration dropped a fast track plan to push a 1.45 billion dollar arms aid program to Congress on a global basis. The move aims to avoid conflicts during the North Atlantic pact debate opening Tuesday. President Truman and Secretary Acheson still urge passage this session and plan to press hard once introduced.
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Washington
Western East
Congress
Truman
State Acheson
Senate
Foeereign
Two Mines Win Restraining Orders In Kentucky
In Madisonville Kentucky two coal companies obtained sweeping restraining orders from Circuit Court to bar United Mine Workers interference with mine operations. West Kentucky and Homestead Coal were named along with UMW leaders and 57 identified members as defendants. Hearing set for next Saturday to decide permanent orders.
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Madisonville
Iis
United Mine Workers
H. F. S. Bailey
West Kentucky Company
Here
Homestead Coal Company
UMW
Ed J. Morgan
Jess Lovelace
Earl Saver
Arthur Chaney
Bealcamp
Jim Jeel
James Dunlap
Homestead Coal Meee
Bailey
Widow Sues Greensboro Insurers Over Husband Death
The widow of Charlotte businessman Ward Thomas James Jr. sues two Greensboro insurers for 55000 in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. She claims Jefferson Standard Life Insurance owed 45000 and Pilot Life 10000, alleging policies valued at 22500 and 5000 with accidental death indemnities were in force at death.
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Charlotte
Greensboro
Jerelin Clark James
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Pilot Life Insurance
Ward Thomas James
United Candy Couny
Ecklenburg County
Jefferson Stadard
Senators Push 5 Percent Cut in Federal Spending
Senators George and Taft call for large reductions in total outlays amid a 1.1 billion dollar deficit. George backs cutting 3.6 billion for the ECA and 15.9 billion for armed services while Robertson warns against deep cuts to European recovery funding. Johnson signals possible reductions in defense, including air force size.
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Washington
George
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Economic Cooperation Administration
Armed Services
Robertson
D-Va
Appropriations
Defense
Louis Johnson
Air Force
Truman
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Labor Marks 13 Senators for Expiring Terms
Organized labor targets 13 senators whose terms end next year after voting to repeal Taft-Hartley. CIO President Murray calls 6 million members to action to remove obstructionists. AFL announces a July 27 conference on 1950 strategy as the tally lists the anti labor group.
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Organized Labor
CIO
Philip Murray
Senate
Taft
Ohio
CIO News
Murray
Congress
AFL
Labor
League For Political Education
The
Machinist
International Association of Machinists
Independent
Fulbright
D-Ark
Millikin
Rcolo
Baldwin
R-Conn
George
D-Ga
Capehart
D-Ind
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Reed
Rkas
Tydings
D-Md
Donnell
Coplon Must Stay In U S
Miss Coplon, 28, convicted of spying for Russia, must remain in the United States as passport actions are outlined by the State Department. The case ties her to Valentin A. Gubitchev, with prosecutors seeking to prove a conspiracy to send U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union.
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New York
Coplon
United States
Lincoln White
State Department
Washington
Miss Coplon
Russia
Brooklyn
Justice Department
U. S
Miss Copion
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Soviet Union
Tar Heels Off To Play Spots
North Carolina travelers head for beaches and mountains for a long Fourth of July weekend with thousands on the roads. Officials predict 900000 vehicles on highways and at least 12 highway fatalities, as public offices close and mills pause operations.
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Raleigh
State Motor Vehicle Department
Minster Warned by Hooded Mob After Floggings
Rev. Luther Brown of Millersville Methodist Church says he was warned he was near the top of a whipping list after he uncovered a series of East Alabama floggings. He reported the threat to state officers and recalled five robed floggings in Clay County alongside Rev. Frank Ledford of Ashland. A disabled WW veteran also claimed a hooded mob flogging in a separate Alabama incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
East Alabama
Luther Brown
Millersville Methodist Church
Here
Sankheat Bates
State Patrol
Brown
Frank Ledford
Ashland
Clay County
Heroic School Girl to Wed Wounded Boy
Betty Bowen a 16 year old Los Angeles high school student plans to marry Alwyn Sonny Ivers 19 in hospital tomorrow after she aided him in fending off a masked robber who shot him and they fled in a car. Sonny was wounded in the neck and mouth but survived the night with a grim outlook.
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Los Angeles
Betty Bowen
Oklahoma City
Alwyn
Sonny) Ivers
Ivers
Sonny
Betty
Cal Tech Reports A Heavy Earthquake
Cal Tech reports a heavy earthquake felt at 12:09:45 p m in Pasadena California. Seismologist Dr Charles Richter estimates the epicenter about 5900 miles away with undetermined direction and notes potential for widespread damage and loss of life if in a populated area.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Charles Richter
Kernersville Fourth of July to feature 504th commander
Colonel Charles Allen of Fort Bragg will deliver the patriotic address at Kernersville Fourth of July Celebration. The parade includes Mills Home Orphanage band, Caledonian Blue Ribbon band, VFW drum corps, and more than thirty floats. A national champion foxhound float will highlight the Beach Show.
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Kernersville
Charles Allen
504Th Air Borne Infantry Regiment
82Nd Air Borne Division
Fort Bragg
Rotary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Col. Allen
West Point
Pacific
126Th Infantry Regiment
Philippines
New Guinea
Papua
Luzon
Crack Mills Home Orphanage
Thomasville
Caledonian Blue Ribbon
Winston-Salem
G. P. Swisher
Phil McCuiston
William Burch
Winston- Salem
Forsyth County Superior Court
Johnny Miller
D. C
Slovak Peasants Rally Around Priests To Guard Them
In a tense scene the largely Catholic Slovaks formed around priests to shield them from Soviet police amid church state clashes in Czechoslovakia. Reports note Western observers struggle to verify conditions in the province as clashes with police recur.
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Ted Press
Czechoslovakia
Sun
President Truman Studies Economy Aboard Presidential Yacht
President Truman reviewed unemployment and the general economic index while cruising the Potomac on the Williamsburg for a three day Independence Day holiday. He carried a bulging midyear report to Congress and said substantial work remains to finalize recommendations.
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Truman
Potomac River
Economic Advisory Council
Williamsburg
Navy Yard
White House
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Anchorage
Robert L. Dennison
Margaret
Jane Lingo
Harrison B. Lingo
Crucie Snyder
the Treasury
Blakiston Island
St. Mary's River
Former Textron Head Joins Burlington Mills
Charles H. Dyson will become administrative vice president in charge of sales of Burlington Mills Corp on July 11. The appointment was announced by Robert L. Huffines Jr president. Dyson recently resigned as executive vice president and director of Textron Inc.
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New York
Charles H. Dyson
Burlington Mills Corp
Robert L. Huffines
Dyson
Textron, Incorporated
Justice Department Will Go All Out in Spy Cases
The Coplon case prompts a tougher U S stance on espionage. Attorney General Tom Clark defends prosecuting suspected traitors and pledges to “throw the book at him” if national security data are taken. The 10 week trial ended with Coplon’s 40 months to 10 year sentence and airing of FBI reports.
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Justice Department
Ashington
Judith Coplon
Tom Clark
Coplon
United States
Department
Clark
Miss Coplon
Wuenard College
FBI
Albert L. Reeves
Justice
Gubitchev
New York City
Labor Board Rules Against Foremen
Washington Sicily 2 Carnegie Illinois case the National Labor Relations Board ruled the company did not violate the law in discharging 89 foremen who refused to do maintenance work during the 1946 steel strike by a 3 to 2 majority the board found the foremen had committed a serious breach of duty removing them from Wagner Act protection.
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Washington, Sicily
Carnegie-Illinois
National Labor Relations Board
Record July Fourth Toll Rises Across States
The Associated Press reports 121 killed so far in the Fourth of July weekend with 76 traffic deaths and 31 drownings through Saturday plus 14 other accidents. The National Safety Council estimates a 290 toll overall as 33 million cars head to beaches and resorts. State tallies list Alabama to Wyoming with numerous single and multi fatal incidents across Alabama California Connecticut Delaware Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming and more.
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New Haven
Conn
Texas
National Safety Council
Alabama
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Sinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kenucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
High School Youth Calm As Verdict Its Delivered
In Roanoke Virginia a jury found Hastings con vict guilty of slaying Mare Weaver and fixed his term at 99 years. The defendant Scott Hastings heard the verdict calmly as classmate Dana Marie, also 16, waited. The foreman said it was a first degree conviction after two hours fifteen minutes of deliberation.
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Roanoke
Hastings
Lee Buddy
Ae Mare Weaver
Dana Marie
E. T. Petticrew
Dirk A. Kuyk
Scott
T. Warren Messick
Ruby
Messick
Journalism Foundation Aims to Raise 100000 in NC
North Carolina Press Association moved to activate its journalism foundation at its annual meeting in NAGS HEAD and set a 100000 fundraising goal to support journalism education in the state. The action accompanied election of R E Price as association president and a slate of officers and directors.
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NAGS
North Carolina Press Association
Journalism Foundation
NCPA
R. E. Price
Rutherford County News
Rutherfordton
Randall Harris
Asheville
Citizen-Times
Beatrice Cobb
Morgantan News-Record
Clarence Griffin
Forest City Courier
P. T. Hines
Greensboro News-Record
Henry Belk
Goldshore News-Argus
Holt Mesterson
Shelby Star
A. Arp Lowrance
The
Mecklenburg
Missing Girl Found in Fayetteville Theater
Seven year old Mary Elizabeth Matthews of Stedman was found safe in Fayetteville Theater after being reported missing since yesterday. Police had launched a search as her mother Nancy Matthews worried for her return by bus. The child was located early this morning asleep inside the theater.
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Fayetteville
Mary Elizabeth Matthews
Stedman
Nancy Matthews
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