Governor Cherry Urges Merchants to Drive Growth
Governor Cherry told the North Carolina Merchants association meeting that the next ten years could be the finest and most productive period in state history but warned progress depends on more and harder work. He urged increased production to balance prosperity and cautioned against inflation from excessive prices without supply.
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Wrightsville Beach
Cherry
North Carolina Merchants Association
North Carolina
Ling
Fire kills 15 at Canfield hotel in Dubuque Iowa
The Canfield hotel fire in Dubuque Iowa left 15 dead and 23 unaccounted for as 75 firemen battled the blaze for hours. About 21 injured, many residents suspected to be permanent guests still registered at the hotel. Civilian aid and police helped evacuate victims while officials assess the scene and property damage.
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Dubuque
Canfield Hotel
Nany
Red” Cross
Zach Cook
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Perry Kirch
Kirch
College Centers To Be Debated at June 21 Meet
Raleigh June 10 The governor's committee on education should make definite arrangements for the first college centers at its next meeting here on June 21, says Dr James Hillman chairman Plans call for centers in key North Carolina cities to handle a record student enrollment of veterans and others Tentative sites include Wilmington Elizabeth City the YMCA plant near Asheville Goldsboro and Rocky Mount
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Raleigh
Governor's Committee On Education
James Hillman
North Carolina
Wilmington
Elizabeth City
YMCA
Black Mountain Junior College
Asheville
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Weather summary from June 11 1946 forecast and temps
The report notes fair conditions for today and Tuesday with moderate temperatures. June 10 figures show Meridian 93 and Miami 65, with other locales including St. Louis 76 and New Orleans 84. The scattered readings reflect a mild to warm pattern across several cities with varied rainfall indications.
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Dal Meridian
St Miami
Minn
St.p
Mobile
Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Fr'eisen
Yugoslav General Mihailovic Faces Treason Trial
Gen Draja Mihailovic once idolized as resistance hero goes on trial for life in Belgrade with 23 co defendants on charges of treasonable relations with German occupation forces and the puppet government. Prosecution cites links among Mihailovic led forces and exiled government figures with Premier Nedics regime. Nedics suicide in prison noted.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Peter III
Peter
Milan
Army Clamps News Silence On Great Jewelry Heist
Washington reports a hush tone on the $1.5 million Hesson crown jewel theft from a Rhineland castle. Maj. David F. Watson is under arrest in Germany while a discharged GI corporal remains sought. Col. Durant and his wife Kathleen Nash Durant are detained amid possible court martial action in Germany.
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Washington
Rhineland
War Department
David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Germany
Jack W. Durant
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Col. Durant
Plucky 13-Year-Old Earns Diploma After Amputations
In Chicago on June 10 a 13 year old boy with spelling and arithmetic diplomas walked to receive a diploma for himself and another for his twin brother Bobby who stayed seated. Bobby had his legs amputated after being struck by a freight train on January 31 but kept up lessons in hospital and at home showing remarkable perseverance.
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Chicago
Billy Gallagher
Bobby
Washington orders probe into Indian voting rights denial
Attorney General Tom Clark announced a complete investigation by the civil liberties section of the Justice Department into complaints that North Carolina Cherokee Indians, including 300 World War II veterans, were barred from registering to vote. The probe follows letters from the American Legion Steve Youngdeer post at Cherokee.
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Washington
Tom Clark
North Carolina
Clark
Civil Liberties Section
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
American Legion
Steve Youngdeer
Cherokee
N. C
Youngdeer Post
Grand Mufti Reported Back in Middle East
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, banished in 1987 for anti-British actions, reported arrived at Bladan Syria and expected to join Arab League talks on Palestine policy. Dr Hussein El Khalidi says the mufti would attend the Arab league council session amid debates over Jewish immigration and a new of Palestinian policy.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Palestine
Hussein el Khalidi
Arab Higher Front
Bladan
Syria
Arab League Council
Committee of Inquiry On
Italy
Stiff Fighting Breaks Out In Manchuria
In Manchuria and north central China fierce fighting erupted within hours of Chiang Kai-Shek ordering a 15 day truce. The central news agency reported 200 government casualties as Communist brigades attacked positions at Lafa and Kiu railway stations east of Yungki. Government and Communist leaders prepared for talks with U S General Marshall on terms for permanent peace in a country torn by civil strife for 18 years.
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Nanking
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lafa
Kiu
Yungki
U. S
Marshall
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Peiping
Chiang
Siam Names New King After Brother’s Death
Prince Phumiophon Aduldet, 18, born in Boston, is proclaimed king of Siam by an extraordinary session of the legislature after the death of King Ananda Mahidol, whose bullet wound is ruled accidental by police. A three member regency council is named. Pridi remains premier.
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Bangkok
Phumiophon
Aduldet
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Ananda
Phumiphon Aduldet
Boston
Mass
Prince Mahidol of
Songkhla
Harvard
Switzerland
Phanomyong
Pridi
Barompinan Palace
Gunman shoots paper company head in Boston office
William A. Whitcomb 73 president of the Great Northern Paper Co is fatally shot in his 8th floor office in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. By a well dressed gunman who fled with a briefcase. Police describe the killer as 45 to 50, stocky, wearing a straw hat.
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Boston
William A. Whitcomb
Great Northern Paper Co
Whitcomb
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co
Devonshire Street
Financial District
Treasury Department
Rescue Party Recovers 19 Bodies From Ill Fated C 54 Plane
Army authorities investigate the C 54 crash at Taboga island near the Canal Zone after a rescue party recovered 19 bodies from the wreckage. The plane carried 17 passengers and six crew, began from Morrison Field and struck a mountain at Taboga.
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West Palm Beach
Filadune
Morrigan Field
Taboga Island
Canal Zone
Morrison Field
Albrook Field
C. 7
Bradley Sees Four Million Vets Jobless
Gen Omar N Bradley, veteran administrator, warned at the Kiwanis International convention in Atlantic City that about 4,000,000 veterans would be unemployed next fall unless new jobs are created. He cited statistics showing 9,000,000 of 12,500,000 discharged veterans were currently without work.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Omar N. Bradley
Kiwanis International
Bradley
Some Insurance Rates Slashed and Others Go Up in North Carolina
North Carolina rates cut up to 50 percent for automobile fire and theft insurance while collision coverage rises 10 to 22 percent. Landon Hill, manager of the fire and theft insurance rating bureau, notes commercial car fire rates fell about 25 percent and theft by about 33 percent.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Landon Hill
Fire State Insurance Rating Bureau
John W. Snyder Confirmed By Senate Body
The senate finance committee approved President Truman's nomination of John W. Snyder to be secretary of the treasury in a unanimous, closed session. Snyder succeeds Fred M. Vinson, who has been nominated for chief justice of the United States. Senator Donnell praised Snyder's capacity and integrity, noting Missouri is honored by the selection.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
John W. Snyder
the Treasury
Missouri
Italy Declares Republic After Plebiscite Vote
In brief ceremonies at Monterr torio palace the Court of Cassation led by Chief Justice Guiseppe Pagano announced Italy’s vote to abolish the House of Savoy monarchy. The republic status was officially proclaimed marking a historic transition.
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Rome
Italy
Monteritorio Palace
Frozen Dinners Reality: Experiments Successful
The article reports on postwar frozen dinners to be ready for home use. Meals combine meat vegetables and potato in a pulp wood plate with plastic finish and a ten to twenty minus zero frozen state. Preparation time is about 30 minutes in the oven.
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Naval Air
Labor Group Steps Into Picture
Washington observers report the house labor subcommittee plans a congressional solution to the maritime labor dispute after federal mediation stalls. CIO dominated CMU unions threaten a Friday midnight strike over weekly hours, with potential testimony from CIO leaders Curran Bridges and Selly guiding hearings.
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Washington
Augustine B. Kelley
D-Pa
House Labor Subcommittee
Kelly
Subcommittee On
Labor Management
Labor Department
Kelley
CIO
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Jos Selly
CIO Americican Communication Association
Marie
CIO National Maritime Union
Paraguayan Revolt Ends Five Die in Barracks Uprising
In Asuncion a pre-dawn barracks revolt left five soldiers dead before President Morinigo regained control. Four cavalry officers fled to the Brazilian embassy as gunfire flared at Camp Grande Barracks. The uprising, led by Col. Victoriano Benitez Vera, lasted four hours before calm returned.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Camipo Grande
Victoriano Benitez Vera
First Cavalry Division
Buenos Aires
Benitez Vera
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