Denham May Apply For Injunction
Washington July 8 A government move to end the steel mines coal strike by court order seemed likely today as the National Labor Relations Board prepared to interview Welly Hopkins chief attorney for John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers The inquiry aims to decide whether to file a formal complaint against Lewis and the union for violating the Taft Hartley act Injunctions have already been issued against Lewis and the UMW with substantial fines Pittsburgh July 8 About 78000 soft coal miners remained idle as UMW officials kept the work stoppage in place.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
Welly Hopkins
Denham
Hopkins
NLRB
UMW
T. Alan Goldsborough
Retired General to Face War Gouge Investigation
Washington July 8 Retired two star general Bennett F. Meyers faces a new probe over alleged multi million dollar gas gouging in wartime freight bills. The inquiry could subpoena Meyers from Ohio jail before summer’s end as congressional leaders examine service contracts with oil firms for aviation gasoline during World War II and the handling of army transportation matters at Patterson Field.
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Washington
Bennett FE
Meyers
Bender
Ohio
A of Representatives
Cothe
Army Air Forces
Patterson Field
Thomas F. Proctor
Justice Department
Post Office Department
Senate War Investigating Committee
Proc
Bender Group
Yestern
Benny Meyers
Air Forces Materiel Command
Army Transportation Corps
Air Forces
General Meyers
Proctor
Six Polio Cases Reported in York County
A York county health spokesman said this morning that six polio cases have been reported. Cases include two in the Hickory Grove area, one in York, one near Clover, and two in the Rock Hill vicinity. None described as serious.
North Carolina Weather Averages and July 9 1948 Almanac
Official weather records show hot readings across the state with high temperatures around the 90s in cities like Charleston and Raleigh. Rainfall data for the past 24 hours ending 8:30 am notes scattered showers in a few locations, while other areas report no measurable precipitation.
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Pepature
Weathge Barn
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mini-St.p Ta Aw Mobile
Mt.Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Antonio A
Freisco
Berta’ Burg
Ritoes Fd
Bear abducts and slays ranger family child in Michigan forest
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan a black bear seized three year old Carol Ann Pomrankey from a Mission Hill cabin and dragged her away. Her body was found near a forest stream as a large search party formed and the hungry bear was killed by an angry crowd shortly after. The incident occurred near the Marquette National Forest, with the girl’s mother alerting authorities and the father coordinating the response.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Michigan
North Woods
Carol Ann Pomrankey
Carol Ann
Arthur Pomrankey
Allen
Pomiankeys
Mission Hill
Marquette National Forest
Here
Pomianak
Mission 1
Pomrankey
National Forest
Detroit man under suspended sentence for petty larceny
Detroit July 8 Arthur Chizan 26 was under suspended sentence today on a petty larceny charge. He stole a watchdog.
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Detroit
Arthur Chizan
Union Leader Ejected From Witness Chair
New York July 8 A union leader was forcibly removed from the witness chair at a house subcommittee inquiry into alleged Communist infiltration of unions. Jack Paley secretary treasurer of Local 65 Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union of America CIO was the first witness. The hearing followed a tumultuous start with three leaders refusing to answer if they were Communists.
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New York
House
Jack Paley
Local 65
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union of America
CIO
Charles J. “Ersten
Rwis
Paley
Daily Worker
Samuel A. Neuberger
Communist Party
Kersten
Neuberger
Four Democratic Giants Honored At Memorial Service
Philadelphia dispatch notes next week the tribute to four party giants William Jennings Bryan Woodrow Wilson Franklin D Roosevelt and Josephus Daniels. Delegations from Nebraska New Jersey New York and North Carolina will select eulogy speakers with a free talkfest planned and invitations sent to convention delegates. Sons Bryan Jr James Roosevelt and Jonathan Daniels will attend.
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Philadelphia
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Josephus Daniels
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Michael Frances Doyle
Daniels
Chicago
Doyle
Roosevelt
Wayne C. Williams
Denver
Colo
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Wallace invites independents to July 22 conference
Henry Wallace invited all independent businessmen of America to attend a conference for the advancement of independent business in New York on July 22.
West Berlin Faces Sharp Shortages Amid Blockade
In July 1948 western Berlin endures Russian economic pressure with cuts to electricity and gas, rising unemployment of two million, and a massive airlift of food fuel and medicine. Col Frank Howley announced continued rationing while coal is cut, as Allied powers urge Berliners to endure and uphold democracy amid the blockade.
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Berlin
Frank L. Howley
Tempelhof
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Moscow
Howley
Two Pilots Die In C 47 Crash Near Greenville
At Greenville air force base a C 47 transport crashed and burned after releasing two gliders during a training mission. Two pilots were killed, 1st Lieutenant Bernard M Nickerson and 2nd Lieutenant Clarence L Fer ree, both assigned to the base. Gliders landed safely. Cause of the crash not determined.
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Greenville
S. C
Greenville Air Force Base
Bernard M. Nickerson
Clarence L. Ferrero
Paul H. Prentiss
Twenty-Nine More Polio Cases Reported In State
Twenty-nine more infantile paralysis cases were added to the state tally by the state board of health. The year total reached 437, with seven June and 22 July cases. Guilford reported five new cases, part of epidemic counties including Burke, Moore, and Cumberland. Other counties listed two or one case each. No quarantines were imposed on pools or theatres, though crowds were discouraged. The outbreak is the worst for this time of year, aided by a July backlog.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Guilford
Guilford County
The
Board of Health
Burke
Moore
Cumberland
Catawba
Buncombe
Durham
Gaston
Lee
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Surry
Wilkes
Alexander
Chatham
Cleveland
Iredell
Expansion of Television Now In Full Swing In U. S.
Washington reports a rapid expansion of television after World War II with about 30 operating stations from Los Angeles to New England, 800 applications pending, and 300 licenses requested. Four networks exist, coast-to-coast broadcasts are years away, and current broadcasts are black and white with color near.
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U. S
Washington
ABC
Los Angeles
New Engand
FCC
Atlantic
Bing
Thomas Wolfe House in Asheville Offered for Sale
A Asheville classified ad promotes sale of Julia E. Wolfe home at 48 Spruce Street, the former Thomas Wolfe residence. The 22 room boarding house once run by Wolfe’s mother and tied to his novel Look Homeward, Angel is described as a shrine option while the heirs consider sale for other memory purposes.
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Asheville
Julia E. Wolfe
Spruce Street
Thomas Wolfe
Wolfe
Kentucky
Angel
Carruthers Named President of North Carolina Railroad
Gov Cherry asked directors to elect Joseph T. Carruthers Jr. of Greensboro as president of the North Carolina Railroad which owns the Goldsboro to Charlotte line and leases it to Southern Railway. He will be paid $900 yearly, succeeding L. B. Hollowell. The state holds about 80 percent of the stock.
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Raleigh
Cherry
The
North Carolina Railroad
Joseph T. Carruthers, Jr
Greensboro
Carruthers
W. B. Umstead
Road
L. B. Hollowell
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Charlotte
Southern Railway
Hollowell
Henry A. Dennis
Henderson
D. P. Stowe
Belmont
Herbert Miller
Lincolnton
James A. Adderton
Lexington
J. B. Benton
Benson
E. C. Greene
Asheville
E. S. Powell
Reidsville
James H. Pou Bailey
John H. Vernon
Burlington
Thomas W. Bird
Albert Doub
Ossee
Attorne Pela
Sane
Hamee
A. Little
Hiram B. Worth
R. S. Ferguson
Taylorsville
Citrus Leader L C Edwards Dies at 78 in Tampa
L C Edwards, 78, longtime president of the Florida Citrus Growers Association, was found dead in bed yesterday at his summer cottage in the Cruse section near Canton. The Tampa resident’s death ends a prominent career in citrus industry leadership.
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Canton
L. C. Edwards
Tampa
The
Florida Citrus Growers Association
Simmer
Cruse
Here
Negroes Seek End to Segregation in Democratic Platform
Philadelphia July 8. Negro organizations urge the Democratic platform writers to endorse civil rights measures including anti lynching poll tax abolition and FEPC. Walter White for 21 groups argues the party must oppose bigots and uphold equality in armed services education and transportation. Civil rights Congress pushes to deny seating to poll tax supporters or Klan affiliates. Southerners silent as platform committee shifts strategy.
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Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Truman
National Negro Council
80Th Congress
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Civil Rights Congress
Ku Klux Klan
Platform Committee
Dixie
Palestine War Resumed As Truce Fails
Cairo July 8. Israel's high command says Egyptian forces launched an offensive south of Tel Aviv as the Palestine truce collapsed. Bernadotte said Arabs rejected a three day extension. renewed Arab Jewish war expected tomorrow. Jewish spokesmen say the war is on. U N observers and staff evacuated. Palau carrier and Marquette ship arrived Haifa. three American destroyers stand by under U N orders.
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Cairo
Israel
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Rhodes
Beer Tuvia
Bernadotte
United States
France
Belgium
Holy Land
U. S
Palau
Haifa
U. N
Marquette
Haifa Bay
Putnam
Henley
Owen
Ellerbee Driver Is Injured In Crash
A peach truck traveling eastbound hit a westbound truck and trailer early today in Petersburg Virginia, then crossed the sidewalk and struck several houses on West Washington Street leaving the Ellerb ee driver seriously injured and two homes damaged.
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Ellerbee
Petersburg
Washington Street
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Margaret Hohl Shelley
Valley Stream
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Bennett E. Meyers
Sherry Lynn Plumb
York
Bear
Bryan, Wilson
Fdr
West Berlin
Logan Ferry
Albert Bashioun
Bashioun
International Soundphoto
By James Marlow
Federal Communication Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
St. Louis
San Francisco
Tom Wolfe
N.C. Railroad
White
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