Dixie Democrats Conventioneers Plan Anti Truman Challenge
In Birmingham on July 17 delegates debated a grass roots platform to abandon the Truman Barkley ticket. Arkansas Governor Laney joined the strategy council at Tutwiler Hotel as picketers with pro Wallace signs and anti lynching placards gathered outside the auditorium.
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Ala
Philadelphia
Missouri
Laney
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Council of Higher Strategy
Tutwiler
Wallace
Eugene (Bull) Conner
Miss
Truman
Current Polio Epidemic Second Worst In State's History
North Carolina reports 679 polio cases for the year surpassing 1935 totals, with a peak weekly count of 84 in 1944 surpassed by 197 cases in the current week. Officials note wide distribution across central counties, with Guilford and several others reporting new cases as hospitalizations rise.
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State Board of Th
Board of Health
North Carolina Weather Outlook for Sunday and Saturday
Partly cloudy and hot today with widely scattered thunder showers this afternoon and again Sunday afternoon. Sky report notes sunrise at 6:17 and sunset at 7:35 for Sunday July 18 1048 with temperatures forecast for the 34 hours ahead and a brief note on weather symbols.
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North Carolina
Charlotte Asks For Paralysis Research Experts
Charlotte launches a door to door inspection campaign to stamp out insect breeding and unsanitary conditions in a polio fight. Mayor Baxter requests National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis send research experts to aid the health department amid an extreme polio outbreak with 55 cases and seven deaths in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
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BE. H. Baxter
National Foundation For
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North Carolina Leaders Ridiculed by Rights Revolt Echo
North Carolina Democrats compare 1948 to 1928 but say no Tar Heel leaders plan to join the state rights revolt in Birmingham. Governor Cherry and Kerr Scott deny attendance while leaders vow support for President Truman, despite some opposing votes at the convention.
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Herbert Hoover
al Smith
U. S
Farnifold M. Simmons
Truman
Birmingham
Cherry
Kerr Scott
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Russell
Hospitals Open Doors to Polio Care at International Conference
At the closing session of the first international polio conference, Dr. Claude W. Munger of St. Luke's Hospital emphasized early careful handling to prevent paralysis, as nerve damage occurs in the first days. Basil O'Connor noted growing hospital acceptance, with 700 facilities treating polio nationwide and 19 centers in North Carolina.
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Claude W. Munger
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Kenney
United States
Munger
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
North Carolina
116000 Ford Workers May Go on Strike
Detroit reports a looming strike possibility involving 116000 Ford Motor Company production workers as wage talks stall with the CIO United Auto Workers. Locales nationwide prepare ballots while Ford Local 600 in Detroit faces the largest unit as leaders seek strike authorization. Federal conciliators continue mediation efforts.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
International Executive Board
Ford-Uaw Department
Sun- AY
US Super Bombers to Hold Simulated Missions Over Germany
Lt. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay said B 29s arriving in England will stage simulated bombing runs and conduct routine training flights with Allied fighter and bomber aircraft in the U S zone of Germany. About 30 B 29s are based at Fuerstenfeldbruck. 16 jet fighters head to Germany next week but are delayed by weather.
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Vane Ee
England
Curtis E. Lemay
Lemay
U. S
Europe
Germany
Air Force
Russians escalate air activity in Berlin corridor raids
Berlin dispatch says today the Soviet Union piled up its greatest number of aircraft into the British American air corridors between Berlin and western Germany. Soviet press warned the United States would not risk war to break the blockade, implying US fears are overestimated. An American operations officer noted a warning of greater Soviet activity in the corridors used by hundreds of American and British forces.
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Germany
United States
U U. S
Russia
Mutiny Reported Aboard Freighter William Carson
The United States navy logged a mutiny aboard the freighter William Carson with a crazed radio operator sending a phoney SOS and leaping overboard to his death. A destroyer George K. Mackenzie boarded the vessel yesterday after the incident, about 300 miles from port.
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United States Navy
William Carson
Naval
United States
George K. Mackenzie
Truman Uses Special Session to Pressure on Civil Rights Bills
President Truman calls a July 26 special session to push price controls housing and education bills while anti lynching and anti poll tax measures await action. Senate filibuster risk could block bills, but non southern Democrats and Republicans could defeat cloture and enable passage.
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Truman
Congress
Fogh
Senate
House
Washington Job Holders Face Dilemma
Washington report details uncertainty for over 900 federal workers as Congress stalls confirmations, with President Truman planning a July 26 special session. Key nominations include Lilienthal and four atomic energy commissioners, whose terms expire August 1 and may require re nomination.
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David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
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Congress
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Ieee
Truman
James Boyd
Colorado
Bureau of Mines
Thomas C. Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Federal Power Commission
Roy W. Harper
Missouri
Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
Governor Reappoints Farrell and Stimson to Photographic Board
Raleigh July 17 Governor Cherry reappointed Charles A. Farrell of Greensboro and Ben A. Stimson of Statesville to three year terms on the state board of photographic examiners.
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Cherry
Charles A. Farrell
Greensboro
Ben A. Stimson
Statesville
State Board of Photographic Examiners
Battle Still Under Way In Nazareth
Arabs and Jews ceased firing in Jerusalem as the war raged on other Palestine fronts despite UN truce deadlines. Nazareth remained in fighting after Israeli forces reportedly captured the town. Bernadotte urged a Sunday night halt while Damascus reported a raid without damage.
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Bernadotte
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Marines to Palestine Guard Jerusalem Consulate
The navy has ordered a squad of twelve marines under a non commissioned officer into Palestine to guard the consulate general at Jerusalem. The action was taken at the request of the State Department and with the president's approval.
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Washington
Navy
Jerusalem
State Department
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Catalina flying boat crash near Macao sinks with 75 feared dead
A Cathay Pacific Airways Catalina flying boat crash landed and sank on a Macao to Hong Kong hop late yesterday. About 75 persons were reported missing and feared dead as the aircraft went down four miles east of Macao.
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Macao
Cathay Pacific Airways
Hershey Appointed Director of Selective Service
President Truman named Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey director of selective service. He will oversee registration of youths aged 19 to under the new peacetime draft act.
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Hershey
Washington
Truman
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Meyers cashiered from armed forces by Truman
Bennett F. Meyers, jailed for inducing a business associate to lie to a senate committee, has been cashiered from the armed forces by President Truman.
4-H Camp Called Off Over Polio Threat
Elizabeth City July 1 The 4-H camp planned July 6 31 for Pasquotank Camden and Tyrrell club members at Camp Jamestown Va has been called off due to the polio threat.
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Elizabeth City
Pasquotank
Camden
Tyrrell Club
Jamestown
Troop Replacements Arrive Aboard General Callan at Trieste
The U S S army transport General Callan docked in Trieste with an undisclosed number of replacements for U S forces and dependents aboard. A like number of troops will depart for home.
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Trieste
U. S.S
Callan
U. S
Labor Leaders Call Break With Communist Confederation
Christian Democrat labor leaders urged workers to leave the communist led Confederation of Labor and form a new union. The call was made amid rising tensions over labor representation and party influence.
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Rome
Confederation of Labor
CGTL
Bethlehem Steel seeks 18 cent raise for 80000 workers
Bethlehem Steel Co. announced it would follow U S Steel by seeking an average 18 cents per hour wage increase for its 80,000 employees nationwide. The move mirrors the wage pattern set by the steel industry giant and signals a broader industry push for higher pay.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Co
U. S. Steel
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