Seafarers in Surprise Move Council Showdown Looms
Surprising council showdown looms as a UN Security Council subcommittee considers action on Spain under Franco. Russia the United States and Britain debate immediate measures and possible referral to the General Assembly while a 3 p.m. EDT session nears after a lengthy inquiry into Franco and the Falangist regime.
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New York
United Nations
Mittee
Spain
General Assembly
Francisco Franley
Russia
United States
Rtain
Andrei Aromyko
Torgue
France
Theussian
Gen
Gromyko
Franco
Ha Hiso
Britain
Trains Collision Near Hot Lake Kills One
A Union Pacific streamliner and the Portland Rose passenger train collided near Hot Lake Oregon twelve miles east of La Grande early today. At least one person died and several were injured as the trains, moving east and west, hit between switches at 3 08 a m PST.
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LA Grande
Ore
Union Pacific Streamliner
Portland Rose
Hot Lake
Here
Senate And House Gird For Battle
Washington reports a draft compromise in play as Senate favors continuing teen inductions while House opposes. Conferees must reconcile extend dates 15 or 11 months and age limits 18 19 29 with pay raise plans and induction moratoriums before June 30.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Walkout on All Coasts Ordered Amid Maritime Labor Crisis
AFL Seafarers called a surprise walkout on all coasts with CIO talks looming for June 15. AFL sailors from Atlantic Gulf Pacific and Hawaii planned 2 p.m. meetings to discuss actions. New York port warned of a dead day as ships halted. House labor panel prepared hearings while President Truman urged settlement through collective bargaining.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Hawaiian
House Labor Committee
A. B. Kelley
D-Pa
Kelley
Great Lakes
New York
AFL Seafarers International Union
West Coast
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Gulf Ports
Aritime
Wington
CIO Nat Maritime Union
Capitol Hill
Truman
Hirohito Urges Farm Aid Amid Food Crisis Visit
Emperor Hirohito toured rice paddies in Chiba and Odo, urging farm workers to help ease Japan's food shortage. He inspected a fishing center, war damaged schools, a dockyard, and a soy sauce factory, while researchers met with MacArthur's team on food and shelter issues.
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Chosi
Japan
Peror Hirohito
Odo
MacArthur
Fair and warmer weather in North Carolina today
The forecast calls for fair conditions and rising temperatures today and tonight with continued warmth into Friday. Winds light, with no significant precipitation expected across the state.
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North Carolina
School Head Accused In Surry County Purge Plot
Winston Salem June 6 Thurdmon Chatham confessional candidate alleges John Comer superintendent of Surry county schools used his office to purge teachers who supported Chatham in the Democratic primary. Three Surry teachers Myrtle Needham Snow Henry Wolfe and Walter Callaway were discharged by Comer around May 25 according to Chatham who blames Folger aligned politics.
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Winston-Salem
Thurmond Chatham
John Comer
Surry County
Surry Ny
Chatham
Myrtle Needham Snow
Henry Wolfe
Walter Callaway
Senate
Comer
John Folger
Folger
Official investigations opened into La Salle Hotel fire
Chicago officials launched a series of probes into the La Salle hotel flash fire that killed 58. The 22 story La Salle at Madison and La Salle streets was evacuated as investigators, city, county and state, pursue separate inquiries into Chicago s worst hotel disaster. The two theaters Shubert and Great Northern would protest closures while nursing homes faced possible action pending new quarters. Mayor Kelly ordered other fire hazard buildings closed as the blue ribbon probe continued. Continued on Page Two Sec A.
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Chicago
la Salle
Madison Street
Loop
Shubert
Great Northern
Edward J. Kelly
Inty
Moslems Favor British Plan Amid Radio Broadcast
London dispatches report the Moslem League council voting by a large majority to support the British cabinet mission proposals for Indian independence. Earlier New Delhi reports noted sentiment in favor of acceptance despite Jinnah’s push for a separate Moslem state. The New Delhi assembly, with 475 representatives from 11 provinces, met yesterday to review the plan.
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London
All- India Radio
Reuters
Folger Calls For Second Democratic Primary Runoff
Native John H. Folger of North Carolina's fifth district formally notified the state elections board he would oppose Thurmond Chatham in a Democratic run-off primary. Folger submitted a telegram. regulations require a written runoff request. FE. Earle Rives also seeks a run-off with Rep Jene Durham in the sixth district.
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Raleigh
John H. Folger
North Carolina
State Board of Elections
Thurmond Chatham
Winston-Salem
Folger
Earle Rives
Greensboro
Jene Durham
Records Show How Germany Planned War
Confidential Krupp records reveal the hidden path to German rearmament after World War I. Allied files show a 1920 loan of 48 million dollars by a former Reich chancellor and finance minister, years before Hitler. A 1940 letter from ex-chancellor Josef Wirth to Gustav Krupp underscores a bold alliance between industry and politics to restore military strength.
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Mernberg
Germany
Krupp Dynasty
Weimar Republic
Hitler
Krupp’s
France
England
Switzerland
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Ruhr
Jose Wirth
Essen
Switchboard Operator May Get Top Award
Mrs. Julia C. Barry, heroic LaSalle hotel switchboard operator, warned guests of a blaze and died from smoke. She is eyed for the Theodore N. Vail award by Illinois Bell Telephone officials for outstanding public service in telephone work. The Chicago Sun started a fund for her 16-year-old son Jack with $500.
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Chicago
Julia C. Barry
LaSalle Hotel
Theodore N. Vail
Illinois Bell Telephone
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago Sun
Order To Halt Firing In Manchuria In 15 Day Cease Fire
Chiang Kai-Shek orders a 15 day halt in Manchuria fighting effective June 7. The truce aims to pave a path to settlement with the Communists while reserving Chinese sovereignty under the Sino-Soviet treaty. Three issues must be resolved within the period: ending hostilities, and schedules for complete disengagement.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Communist Co
New Governors Elected for Two Rotary Districts in N C
Atlantic City June 6 Two new Rotary governors were chosen for North Carolina districts 188 and 189 James W Butler of Goldsboro becomes district 188 leader succeeding Ormer Henry and L M Bailey of Raleigh takes over district 189 succeeding John A Holmes Butler is Goldsboro chamber of commerce executive secretary and past president of the Goldsboro Rotary Raleigh Bailey is general counsel of the North Carolina bankers association and former president of the Raleigh club
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rotary
North Carolina
James W. Butler
Goldsboro
L. M. Bailey
Raleigh
Utler
Ormer
Henry
Lumberton
Mild Earthquake Shocks Fordham University Seismograph
A quiet mild earthquake was recorded at Fordham University noting two shocks at 7 48 34 a m and 7 57 18 a m. The event was described as indeterminable in direction and originated about 4400 miles distant per Rev Joseph Lynch.
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Fordham U
New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Jones Views On Loan Meet Opposition
Assistant Secretary of State laim L. Clayton defended the British loan plan against Jesse Jones who warned it sets a bad precedent. Clayton said the $3 750 000 000 credit is not an alliance but an open measure that dissolves blocs and prevents others, while calling Jones a good friend who may not grasp bilateral trading.
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Washington
Laim L. Clayton
Jesse Jones
United States
Britain
Clayton
House Banking Committee
Jones
Houston
Tex
Secretary of Commerce
Charlotte Woman Killed by Auto Near City Limits
Mrs. Valiie Miller Davies of Charlotte was killed when struck by a car on the Concord highway shortly after on June 6, police report. The incident occurred a short distance beyond the city limits in Mecklenburg County.
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Charlotte
Valiie Miller Davies
Concord
Mecklenburg Police Headquarters
Russia Backs Science as Path to Peaceful Atomic Power
The article notes heavy emphasis on science in Russia with top priority for scientists, new laboratories and equipment, special food rations and luxury datchas. It argues Moscow aims for peaceful atomic energy while acknowledging foreign secrets and US progress.
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Eddy Gilmore
New York
Russia
United States
Molotov
Kremlin
Moscow
Turkish Weed Experiments Reach Commercial Stage
Turkish tobacco project moves toward commercial status in Clemson Washington area. Experiments in cultivating fertilizing curing and storing Turkish aromatic tobaccos began years ago at North Carolina and Virginia with university cooperation. In 1944 Clemson Agricultural Experiment Station applied knowledge to boost imports due to shrinking leaf reserves from Turkey and nearby regions.
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Clemson
D. C
Carolina
N. C
Chatham
Withuke University
Clemson College Agricultural Experiment Station
Turkey
Bukgaria
Greece
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