Peace Conference Setback Draws Intra Allied Disputes
Paris July 6 The effort by 21 nations to set a July 29 peace conference was blocked by British American opposition to a Soviet demanded procedure. Molotov pressed for rules that would give veto power, while Byrnes Bevin and Bidault urged a workable path without rubber stamping. The ministers adjourned without agreement.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers’ Council
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U.S
Russia
Molotov
Council
Georges Bidault
France
Byrnes
Weather forecast NC mainly cloudy with rain and warmer west
North Carolina expected mostly cloudy with periods of rain and gusty winds in the east today. Partly cloudy with warmer temperatures tonight and Sunday. Rainfall hours and temperatures are listed for major stations including Charlotte Chicago Detroit New Orleans and others with highs in the 80s and 90s and lows in the 50s to 70s.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Nts
Chicago
Ingham
Nver
Ste
Detroie
Leston
Rvansville
Galveston
Viewmere
Point
Occasional Squalls Hit Carolina Coast Winds Up to 60
Occasional squalls with winds of 60 miles per hour struck Carolina and Wrightsville beaches though no injuries were reported. In Wilmington the maximum gust reached 30 mph, with some tree limbs fallen and heavy rain from the prior night. A 14 point barometer drop occurred between midnight and 1:45 a.m. The area remained overcast with mist and a stiff breeze this morning.
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Wilmington
Carolina
Wrightsville
British girl and children see ex Yank in Queens reunion
Norah Rose Carpenter travels from Heanor Derbyshire to Elmhurst Queens to embrace William Thompson and their three children Maureen Madeline and Michael after a two year separation. Thompson, a Pittsburgh native and former GI, awaits the family’s arrival with their quads.
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New York
Elmhurst
Queens
Norah Rose Carpenter
William
Red) Thompson
Norah
Heanor
Derbyshire
England
Thompson
Pittsburgh
Maureen
Madeline
Michael
Four Dry Dams Authorized on Yadkin Pee Dee
The senate authorized flood control on North Carolina's Yadkin Pee Dee near Wilkesboro with four dry dams at an initial 7.19 million dollars. The total project cost is projected at 198.232 million dollars as part of the flood control bill. Dam locations to fund are Wilkesboro, upper Wilkesboro, and two near the mouth of Reddies River.
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Washington
Senate
North Carolina
Yadkin-Pee Dee
Wilkesboro
Army
Reddies River
Hospital data sought by North Carolina commission
The North Carolina medical care commission asks state hospitals to send copies of their charters to determine which are publicly owned or run by charitable non profit non stock corporations. This helps identify hospitals eligible for indigent patient payments of one dollar daily under a 1945 appropriation of half a million dollars for each of two fiscal years.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
C. C. Clay
General Assembly
War Profits Case Heads to Senate Probe
Senator Mitchell demanded that Rep. Andrew J. May be summoned before the war investigating committee after testimony that a munitions combine paid 48,634 to a lumber firm linked to J. May of Prestonsburg Kentucky. The May cited is the Ky congressman's home town.
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L. H. Campbell, Jr
Army
Senate War Investigating Committee
Washington
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Illinois
Campbell
Henry M. Garsson
Left
Rep
May
House Military Committee
Mitchell
Steelman eyed for price and wage control role
Congress may revive price controls and John R. Steelman, reconversion director and labor adviser, could become the economic stabilizer. Chester Bowles, former head of the Office of Economic Stabilization, urged Truman to merge the agency with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, placing Steelman in charge of prices and wages.
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Washington
Congress
John R. Steelman
Chester Bowles
Office of Economic Stabilization
Truman
Office of War Mobilization
Steelman
Senator recounts bribe attempt tied to Erie Basin Metal
Mitchell told reporters a man offered a bribe last fall claiming to represent Erie Basin Metal Products. The caller showed a card bearing his name and King Farouk of Egypt and argued the Erie inquiry was persecution and unfair.
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Mitchell
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
King Farouk
Egypt
Erie Company
Three Children Saved by Youth Hero on River Bank
In Transylvania county near Horse Pasture river nine year old Henry Conner saved Doris 13 H V 11 and Victor 7 after their father Victor Lee Conner 45 drowned when his rescue attempt failed. Henry’s fishing line broke last as he hauled his father from the water and a body was recovered half an hour later.
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Brevard
Henry Conner
Rapid Horse Pasture
Victor Lee Conner
Transylvania County
Conner
Doris
H. V
Victor
Henry
Victor Jr
Death toll for holiday near 300 looms
The extended Fourth of July holiday saw violent deaths rise toward 300. By 6 p m Wednesday to today at least 269 people died violently, mainly from traffic accidents and drownings. New York and Michigan led states with 23 each. Michigan recorded 15 drownings.
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National Safety Council
Hegright
New York
Michigan
North Carolina
South Carolina
Propaganda of Polish Youth Triggers Kielce Riots
In Kielce, Poland, an eight year old boy claimed Jews held him in a cellar and spread rumors that sparked a bloodier war scare. Investigators blamed the child for touching off violence that left at least 38 dead and 50 injured, mostly Jews, as mobs attacked Jewish homes, shops, and residents.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ateast
Kielce
Heinrik Blasezycyk
Baby Born With Two Mouths Faces Mixed Blessing
Tokyo reports a girl born with two faces and two bodies joined above the hips with four legs. Parents are Nagano prefecture farmers. Later story says the infant, born alive, died soon after. physicians attribute the anomaly to maternal malnutrition and shock.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Nagano
Germany
Test of Bomb Would Have Wiped Out Navy
On the U S S Appalachian July 6 Brigadier General Roger M. Ramey said the first atomic bomb test would have wiped out the fleet if used in combat. The test fleet had 30 combat ships 30 support ships and 13 targets. Sixteen ships were completely eliminated and 25 to 30 damaged. five sank and eleven suffered boiler damage.
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Louis Spilman
Waynesboro News-Virginian
U.S.S. Appalachian
Navy
Roger M. Ramey
AAF
Task Group 1
Joint Task Group Forces
Damned Lie Truman Denounces Court Story
President Truman called a New York Daily News column by John O Donnell a damned lie about his requested resignations of Justices Black Jackson Murphy and Frankfurter. He dismissed the claim as made up and beneath notice during a press interaction in Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg
Truman
Supreme Court
John O'Donnell
New York Daily News
O'Donnell
Black
Jackson
Murphy
Frankfurter
White House
Mr. Truman
Washington
Wells attacks royal family in Socialist Leader article
The Socialist Leader magazine published a raid on Britain's royal family by 79 year old H G Wells asking if the monarchy profited from Mussolini funded fascists before the war. Wells urged monarchy replacement with republican rule and cited Mosley payments as possible proof.
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London
Britain
H. G. Wells
Oswald Mosley
United Kingdom
Benito Mussolini
House of Commons
Wells
House of Hanover
House of Savoy
Italy
England
Edward VIII
Magazin
Independent Labor Party
Mosley
Home
Chuter Ede
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Great Britain
Kde
Buckingham Palace
10 Downing Street
Labor
House of Windsor
Wianover
North Carolinian Wounded in Trieste Rioting
Ashton T. Bruton of Morehead City North Carolina was one of seven American soldiers wounded while patrolling Trieste streets on Monday night. Bruton was seriously injured but expected to recover. The seven names appeared in The Blue Devil, the weekly newspaper of the 88th Division.
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Trieste
Ashton T. Bruton
Morehead City
N. C
Bruton
Blue Devil
President Truman optimistic on peace treaty prospects
President Truman in Gettysburg expressed hope for success at the upcoming peace conference. He framed the gathering as a step toward world unity, citing the Gettysburg peace monument inscription and noting belief that a peace treaty is possible after years of war. He spoke during a trans Atlantic talk with reporters.
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Gettysburg
Truman
Gettysburg Peace Monument
Robbery at North Wilkesboro Claims $28000
Two armed men raided a poker game at Jim Foster's store near North Wilkesboro, taking about $28,000 from nine men. Authorities say the incident occurred between 1 and 2 a m as robbers emptied about $11,000 from the players and opened a safe with around $17,000. Sheriff C E Poindexter reported having clues in the case.
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North Wilkesboro
Jim Foster
Here
Foster
Wilkes
C. E. Poindexter
Poindexter
Opponents Prepare to Kill Bill on Meat Controls Monday
Washington reports Senate critics plan a first test vote on reviving meat price and rent controls. Democratic Leader Barkley and OPA foes maneuver to force action despite White House veto signals. Senator Wherry and others push amendments while Taft urges a modified profits measure as a fallback.
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Washington
WUPA
Ohio
Senate
Democratic
Barkley
Banking Committee
DPA
Taft
Wherry
OPA
Paul Porter
Wagner
D-Ny
McCarran
New
Truman
Russians Seize $22 Million Austria Assets In Soviet Move
The Soviet command in Austria claims $22 million worth of industrial property and all other German external assets in eastern Austria as seized. Chancellor Figl and General Clark react with cabinet meeting and orders to engage Soviet authorities. The US disputes the Potsdam interpretation, while the Soviets refuse council discussion.
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Vienna
Austria
Leopold Fig
Mark Clark
Kurrasov
Potsdam
United States
Allied Council
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