Wallace Wins In Court Struggle
Federal Judge refused to bar Henry A. Wallace from speaking at the Watergate amphitheater in Washington. The House voted to strike a protest by the Southern Conference For Human Welfare from its records as a communist front, while Wallace defended his stance on fighting Russia if it expanded into Turkey and Arabian oil fields.
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James M. Proctor
Henry A. Wallace
Watergate
House
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House Committee
Associated
Rep. O'Konski
R-Wis
Wallace
United States
Britain
House un-American Activities Committee
Clark Foreman
Atlanta
Horton Has Poor Night After Crash
Wilkins P. Horton chairman of the state Democratic executive committee and former lieutenant governor of North Carolina was injured in a three car collision on the Chapel Hill Pittsboro highway. He was described as in fair condition with a poor night. Horton's secretary Elizabeth Blair Clark and two African American passengers were treated for facial lacerations and listed in fair to good condition.
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Durham
Wilkins P. Horton
Pittsboro
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Chapel Hill
Horton
Elizabeth Blair Clark
H. E. Hayes
Three Killed and Six Hurt at Speedways Across United States
The Associated Press reports three race deaths and six injuries across separate tracks Sunday. Elbert Booker, 45, of Dayton, died en route after his car hit a wall. his wife and three children witnessed the crash. In Greenfield, Indiana, Alfred Cobb, 38, of Fort Wayne, was killed when his car collided on Leary's half mile dirt oval. Cobb’s wife was in the stands.
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Associated Press
Speedway Automobile Racing
Elbert
Leary
Cobb
Truman
Capital Airlines
Fort Knox
Godman Field
Curtis M. Green
Weather summary for Carolina region shows scattered readings
North Carolina forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with above normal temperatures. The daily weather log lists temperatures from Boston to Raleigh and Charlotte readings with highs near the mid to upper 80s and lows around the 60s. rainfall is minimal across the stations, with several locations reporting no precipitation.
Yadkin Valley Crops Washed Away in Flood Disaster
June 16 report from North Wilkesboro notes flash flood devastates Yadkin Valley crops. Eighty percent rainfall caused river to crest eight feet over banks, near twenty feet above normal at Elkin. Evacuations considered, Mt. Airy Blue Ridge League game postponed, flood control project eyed at seven million dollars.
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North Wilkesboro
Yadkin Valley
Yadkins
Wilkes
Surry
Elkin
Mount Airy
Mt. Airy
House
CIO Maritime Sitdown Put Into Effect
New York June 16 The CIO seamen began a no contract no work sitdown immobilizing hundreds of ships across coasts. Ports report 150 ships affected in New York harbor 40 in Philadelphia 40 in Baltimore four in Boston one in Portland Mo Houston saw about 1000 men quit Seattle logged 12000 Padget Sound workers ordered off. Federal conciliators held talks as unions and ship operators sought a path to an accord.
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CIO
U. S
National Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Houston
Seattle
Padget Sound
West Coast
ACA
NMU
Violent Death Toll Reported in North Carolina
The Father's Day weekend in North Carolina saw at least 15 violent deaths. Victims include Lloyd Mayberry, 32, shot near North Wilkesboro. Percy Johnson, 47, charged with the shooting. Walter Jones, 47, killed in Wake county front yard. Thomas Taylor, 26, arrested for self defense claim. George Musselman, 28 from Cambridge, Md., dies of auto crash injuries in Wilmington hospital. J A Parrish, 38, slashes self in Chatham prison camp. Elton Robert Singleton, when shot along with wife. William Gray, 27, killed when civilian jeep overturned near Rutherford. Garfield Oliver, 38, Greensboro producer worker fatally shot.
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North Wilkesboro
Lloyd Mayberry
Windy Gap
C. G. Poindexter
Wilkes County
Percy Johnson
Walter Jones
Sunset Lake
Wake County
Thomas Taylor
Apex
I.ng M. Cheek
George Thomas Musselman
Cambridge
Wilmington Hospital
J. A. Parrish
Chatham County
Elton Robert Singleton
Kinston
Raymond Jerman
City Street Department
Rutherfordt
William Gray
Garfield Oliver
Greensboro
Des Moines River Flood Surges Higher Than 1903 Record
Keosauqua Iowa faces rising Des Moines river levels with 25.1 feet recorded, threatening to surpass 1903 peak. The flood inundates the business district, isolates telephone services, and evacuates residents as Ottumwa and Keokuk also endure rising waters and widespread damage.
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Des Moines
Norwood Teal
Bonaparte
Teald
Ottuwma
Ottumwa
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Herschel Loveless
Keokuk
Mississippi
Burlington
Louisiana
Veterans Hospital Construction Set To Start Next Fiscal Year
Durham reports the $10 million veterans hospital near Duke University will begin in the new fiscal year starting July. The Veterans Administration agreed to pay $30,875 for an 18 acre site and preliminary property transfer work to the federal government has been completed.
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Durham
Veterans Administration
Duke University
Wall C. Ewing Begins Sentence After Denied Appeal
Fayetteville June 16 Former Cumberland County state senator Wall C. Ewing who was convicted of shooting his wife in March 1946 and sentenced to 18 to 20 years imprisonment surrendered to Sheriff N. H. McGeachy and was taken to central prison in Raleigh this morning. Rural Policeman Dave McNeill accompanied him. The appeal recently denied by the supreme court followed the conviction at Cumberland superior court.
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Fayetteville
Wall C. Ewing
Cumberland County
Supreme Court
Central Prison
Raleigh
N. H. McGeachy
Dave McNeill
Ewing
Cumberland Superior Court
Douglas Southerland Ewing
Flood Wipes Out Village in Mexico Mystery
At Viudas de Oriente near Agua Calientes a dawn flood from two broken dams wiped out the village. Forty families feared missing or dead after waters from Tullillo and Alcatara dams created a lake up to seven feet deep. Fourteen bodies recovered. survivors likely few.
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Agua Calientes
Mexico
Viudas de Oriente
Tullillo
Alcatara
Common Grave Proposed For Crash Victims
In Seesburg Virginia investigators pressed a four way inquiry into the Capital Airlines crash that killed 50 people near Keys Gap West Virginia. With 37 bodies identified authorities said the remainder may be unidentifiable and a common grave was proposed for the unidentified aboard the Chicago to Washington flight.
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Seesburg
William Frazer
Loudoun County
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountains
Keys Gap
W. Va
Here
Hoover Emerges as GOP economic counselor in politics
Former President Herbert Hoover rises as a leading GOP economic adviser amid a popularity comeback. He faces potential testimony before committees on preventing depressions at home while aiding Europe, with lawmakers proposing a role in a broad balance-sheet effort and foreign program funding.
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GOP
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Presi
United States
Ball
R-Minn
Billson Council
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Devers Calls for Universal Military Training
General Jacob L. Devers, commander of the army ground forces, told the North Carolina American Legion convention in Carolina Beach that universal military training is essential for U.S. security. He cited the president's advisory commission report urging preparedness as the only alternative to a large professional military establishment.
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Carolina Beach
Jacob L. Devers
Army
North Carolina
Legion
Gen. Marshall
Japan
Manchuria
Hitler
Poland
North Carolina Legion convention backs veterans and universal training
Thousands of North Carolina American Legionnaires heard Governor Cherry pledging to promote veterans welfare with preference in appointments and expanded educational opportunities. He cited historical Legion resolutions and warned that without national military training, the defense would remain weak amid rise of global threats.
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Carolina Beach
North Carolina American Legionnaires
Cherry
Soldier Shot To Death In Poker Game
Fayetteville reports Hugh D. Long 36 of Opelika Alabama attached to Fort Bragg was shot dead in a Spring Lake poker game fight. Master Sgt Clyde Seamon 45 of near Salisbury is jailed without bond and Thelma McCormick 26 is held on 1000 bond as a witness. Spring Lake taxi driver Adkins is released on 500 bond after being slightly wounded.
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Fayetteville
Hugh D. Long
Opelika
Ala
Airborne
Fort Bragg
Spring Lake
C. T. Meachum
Clyde O. Seamon
Salisbury
Thelma McCormick
Adkins
Truman veto knocks out 1947 income tax cut
President Truman vetoed the 4 billion tax reduction bill saying it would harm sound tax policy and fiscal stability. Congress will vote on overriding the veto, but leaders see no chance in the Senate. He urged studying a full revision of the tax system and warned the bill would not provide relief where needed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Princeton University
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Communists Defied By Rival Leader In Hungary Rally
Budapest June 16 Deszo Sulyok leader of the Hungarian Freedom party defied Communist rulers by calling an open political rally in which he was expected to denounce the new regime. He condemned Hungary as a police state saying political terror rules in Hungary.
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Budapest
Hungary
Deszo Sulyok
Hungarian Freedom Party
Sulyok
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