United States presses for three power inquiry on Hungary
Washington predicts Moscow will reject or stall the demand for a three power probe into Hungary's political grip. The U S notes accuse Moscow of flagrant interference and threaten United Nations action to spotlight Soviet activity in the Balkans. The note to Brig Gen Weems cites prior refusals by Lt Gen Sviridov and warns of further action if no adequate inquiry is conducted.
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Washington
Russia
Hungary
United States
United Nations
Balkans
Moscow
George H. Weems
Allied Control Commission
Budapest
V. P. Sviridov
Sviridov
Nation Faces Diverse Weather Across Regions
The nation recorded a varied weather day with snow in the Rockies and six inches in Lander Wyoming while Cheyenne saw five inches. Denver noted a five year snow record as highways remained open. The Midwest faced heavy rain and floods, with Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Missouri seeing showers. Temperatures were cooler than normal in the Midwest, while the East experienced heat with highs near 97 in Richmond and 95 in New York. The Southeast endured rain amid warm humidity.
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Rockies
Midwest
Denver
Colo
Lander
Wyo
Cheyenne
Ountain
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
New York
Deep South
Sugar Ration Ends Nationwide After Five Years
Washington reports the end of home, restaurant, and hotel sugar rationing at midnight, ending five years of ration stamps that controlled consumables. Industrial sugar rationing and price controls remain pending, with Agriculture Secretary Anderson stating larger supplies justify the move and Congress poised to act.
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Washington
Anderson
Congress
House
Utilities Chief Will Be Honored
The Carolina Power and Light dam at Waterville Haywood county named for Charles S. Walters VP and director since 1926. The 13 million dollar hydro plant, largest in North Carolina, will be ceremonially renamed this fall near Asheville.
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Raleigh
Carolina Power and Light Company
Waterville
Haywood County
North Carolina
Charles S. Walters
Operaons
Asheville
Walters
Weather Outlook for Carolina Tonight and Friday
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and evening. Warmer today. cooler highs anticipated Friday amid lighter temperatures. Calendar note shows Friday June 13, 1947 with sunrise at 7 38.
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Carolina
Aft
Temperature Rainfall Summary From June 12 AP
Weather records show 24 hour readings ending 3 50 a m with city by city temperatures and rainfall. Cities listed include Boston Charleston Charlotte Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Evansville Galveston Jacksonville Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis New Orleans New York and Miami with various highs lows and rainfall amounts.
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Dune
Boston
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville S
Galveston and Greens
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Minn
T. Pafge
LAI Mt.Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Communists Denounced In Address In Hungary
A Freedom party leader Deszo Sulyok denounces the communist controlled government and calls for tactics to advance democracy in Hungary. Deputy Speaker Istvan Kossa adjourns parliament amid clashes as anti communist members protest silencing of planned speeches.
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Budapest
Hungary
Freedom Party
Deszo Sulyok
Ferenc Nagy
Istvan Kossa
Trades Union Council
Sulyok
Kossa
Policy Demands Rise Over Reds Border Foray
Nanking reports a short lived Chinese Mongolian border raid by cavalry from outer Mongolia prompts calls for a tougher China stance toward the USSR. The fighting near Sinkiang raised fears of loss of autonomy while government forces retook Peitashan after Mongol incursions 50 miles inside Chinese territory.
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Nanking
Outer Mongolia
China
Russia
Legislative Yuan
Sinkiang Province
Wang Shih- Chieh
National Defense Ministry
Peitashan
Sinkiang
Greensboro Man Held After Fatal Shooting
Sheriff Ben Morgan of Randolph county said he held John Lamb, 31, a Greensboro textile worker, in connection with the shotgun death of his brother Charles Bee Lamb, 28, Rendleman mill worker. Charles was shot as he entered his mother Jennie May Lambs home in Randleman and died en route to a hospital. John is jailed under a warrant signed by Policeman M. E. Williams of Randleman.
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Sheboro
Ben Morgan
Randolph County
John Lamb
Greensboro
Charles “Bee" Lamb
Rendleman
Charles
Jennie May Lamb
Randleman
John
M. E. Williams
WCTU Leader Sees National Prohibition
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin of Evanston Illinois, head of the National Woman's Christian League, told the opening WCTU session that the United States is moving toward national prohibition. She cited 28 million people in 25 percent of the country as dry and predicted entire states will go dry and eventually the nation. She noted over 1500 areas had voted dry last year and expected 800 to 1000 more by year end.
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D. Leigh Colvin
Evanston, Ill
National Woman's Christian Union
United States
WCTU
Colvin
Retired Penn Dean Charles Turner Dies in Raleigh
Dr. Charles R. Turner aged 71 former dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry died in a Raleigh hospital. An UNC and Virginia Medical College graduate, he joined Penn in 1902 became prosthetic dentistry professor, and served as dean from 1917 to retirement in 1941.
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Raleigh
Charles R. Turner
School of Dentistry
University of Pennsylva
University of North Carolina
Medical College of Virginia
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Truman Leaves Canada After Ottawa Tour
President Truman closes his Canadian visit with a leisure outing around Ottawa and a luncheon at Seigniory club. He plans to return to Washington tonight to decide on a four billion dollar tax cut veto deadline and labor curbs awaiting a Republican Congress.
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Truman
Canada
MacKenzie King
House of Parliament
Ottawa
Ont
Washington
United States
Toronto
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Congress
Furniture Men Open Meeting At Blowing Rock
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association opened its summer conference in Blowing Rock with reports that high quality lines have strong orders while cheaper lines lag. Speakers include Rep. Walter C. Ploeser, Lyle F. Watts, and Meryle Rukeyser. conference ends tomorrow.
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Blowing Rock
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
High Point
Waliter C. Ploeser
St. Louis
House
Small Business Committee
Lyle F. Watts
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Meryle Rukeyser
New York
Acquittal for Guido Schmidt in treason case
A five member Vienna court acquitted Guido Schmidt, the pre Anschluss foreign minister, on charges of betraying Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and aiding Austria’s 1938 alignment with Germany. The court stated its role was to judge Schmidt’s guilt or innocence, not the policy's merits.
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Vienna
Guido Schmidt
Anschluss
Schmidt
Kurt Schuschnigg
Germany
Truman Urges Peacetime Credit Controls Bill
President Truman asked Congress to pass a bill allowing continuation of consumer credit controls in peacetime. He warned that ending wartime regulations would end the present installment buying limits on down payments and payment periods for items like appliances and cars. The letter to Marriner Eccles was read to the House Banking Committee, backing continued Federal Reserve authority.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Marriner E. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
House Banking Committee
Reserve Board
Churchill Back After Hernia Operation
London reports that 72 year old former prime minister Winston Churchill had a good night after his surgery and his general condition is satisfactory.
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London
Winston Churchill
Marshall Seeks European Economic Unity With U S Aid
Secretary of State Marshall said Europe should form an economic program with Western nations, including Russia and Britain, while the United States could provide billions in aid. He noted Churchill's U S of Europe idea influenced his thoughts but emphasized European-led initiative and no formal European offer yet.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Great Britain
Harvard University
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
United States
State Department
Urchill
Harvard
Mead to Testify in May Garsson War Fraud Trial
Justice Schweinhaut allowed defense to call former Senator James M. Mead as a witness in the May-Garsson war fraud trial. Mead, ex-chair of the senate war investigating committee, is accused of withholding evidence beneficial to the defense. May and Garsson brothers face bribe conspiracy charges over wartime dealings.
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Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
James M. Mead
May-Garsson
Mead
Justice Department
Senate War Investigating Committee
Andrew J. May
Henry and
Murray Garsson
May
House Military Committee
Garsson Brothers
Garssons
Schweinhaut
Rent Control Extension Bill Agreed Upon
Washington reports House and Senate conferees have agreed on a bill to extend rent control through February 29 with a voluntary 15 percent increase option for leases running through 1948. Senator Taylor of Idaho told newsmen that President Truman should sign the bill and place responsibility for ending rent control on the Republican Congress.
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Washington
House-Senate
Taylor
Idaho
Truman
Republican Congress
Meat Prices Spark Broad Charges in Beef and Pork Market
Chicago reports record beef prices at 26.00 a hundred pounds and near 30 on top grades as demand climbs. Hog prices reach 24.75, while Kansas City cattle receipts hit 25 year high. Butchers accuse packers, Newark shops threaten to close, and farm department notes 46 percent rise in production year over year.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Newark
N. d
Joseph Vian
Independent Retail Butchers Association of
New Jersey
Agriculture Department
Reds Expel 23 Scions In Bulgaria
Sofia Bulgaria June 12 the Bulgaria grand national assembly expelled 23 Agrarian party legislators opposed to the communist dominated fatherland front. The 23 claimed they did not resign while Nikola Petkov now jailed on charges of plotting against the state remains their secretary. The assembly said the Agrarians have lost prestige and will be replaced by opposition members from October 1946 lists. A government probe found Petkov held the resignations but they never reached the assembly.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Grand National Assembly
Petkov Agrarian Party
Fatherland Front Bloc
Nikola Petkov
Agrarians
Petkov
Agrarian Party
Soviet Union presents detailed atomic control plan
United Nations delegates consider a new approach as Andrei A. Gromyko unveils a detailed Soviet plan for atomic control. The 12 month deadlock in the UN atomic energy commission remains, with Western powers and Moscow still far apart on core issues. The plan moves to the working committee for discussion.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Commission
Snyder Signals Opposition to Income Tax Cut Plan
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder urged veto of a proposed tax reduction bill saying expenditures must be known before revenues. He reaffirmed debt reduction over tax cuts and questioned Congress's hasty move to cut revenues before the new fiscal year starts July 1.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
Congress
Austrian report cites Russian fire on Swedish relief party
A high Austrian official said Russian troops fired on a Swedish relief agency caravan near Berg Austria killing the driver and wounding Torsten Arnaus head of Sweden's mission. The Swedish legation doubted the claim awaiting the chargé d affaires findings.
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Vienna
Killin
Torsten Arnaus
Austria
Carlsen
Arnaus
Berg
Transformer Fire Darkens Charlotte
Charlotte suffered a 20 minute blackout during a fire at an 88,000 volt Lakewood transformer at the suburban switching station. High voltage partially restored by 11:40 p.m. with Duke Power switching to other units. the $25,000 transformer was ruined and the cause was not determined.
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Charlotte
Lakewood
Carolinas
Duke Power Company
French Rail Workers Win Salary Boost After Six Day Strike
Paris June 12 The French government granted rail workers a total raise of 9.9 billion francs for the last half of 1947 ending a six day national rail strike. Union members returned to work after all night talks. Prime Minister Ramadier and Transport Minister Moch signed the accord making terms official.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Jules Moch
Gate City Woman Receives Honor
SALEMBURG June 12 The 42nd convention of the North Carolina Eastern Star Order closed here last night after installation of Nell Porter of Swannanoa as Grand Matron and Dr. J Howard Brown of Tarboro as Grand Patron. Also installed were Ethel Lovett Asheboro associate grand matron A M Tingle Asheville associate grand patron Bessie Manum Rocky Mount Nellie B Stine Lenoir treasurer Edna Boag Greensboro conductress Mae Wilman Asheville associate conductress.
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Salemburg
North Carolina Eastern Star Order
Nell Porter
Swannanoa
J. Howard Brown
Tarboro
Ethel Lovett
Asheboro
A. M. Tingle
Asheville
Bessie Manum
Rocky Mount
Nellie B. Stine
Lenoir
Edna Boag
Greensboro
Mae Wilman
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Rotary International
San Francisco
Reds
Hudson Motor Car Company
Continental Motors Corporation
Continental
Eee
Norse
Hudson
CIO
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Uaw-Ci Dagen
UAW
Gate City
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