Reds Beaten At Council Meet Russia Loses Its Fight On Trieste Issue
The United Nations security council overrode a Soviet bid to block immediate discussion of the Trieste governorship. A 9 to 1 vote with France abstaining set the matter for a closed session. Russia and Australia abstained from the vote.
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Russia
Trieste
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
France
Andrei A. Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
Gromyko
Australia
Truman Veto Defeated as Taft Hartley Passes House
The Taft Hartley bill to curb labor unions cleared the House 331 to 83 despite President Truman’s veto. The vote sets the stage for a Senate decision to override, likely signaling a broader political clash as provisions are outlined, including court orders to curb strikes and limits on union activities.
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Senate
House
Truman
Bevin Plans To Stand For No Delays
In a House of Commons address Ernest Bevin pledges a prompt British French effort on the Marshall plan for European economic recovery. He criticizes delays from procedure and awaits the Soviet reply while indicating Britain and France may proceed with or without Moscow. He condemns communist influence in Greece and notes Hungary and Bulgaria resist opposition.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Europe
U. S. Posals
Bevin
Britain
France
George C. Marshall
Hungary
Bulgaria
Greece
Strickland Furniture Wins $1.57 Million War Contract
The Strickland Furniture Company of High Point received a $1,571,695.35 contract from the War Department General Staff for two bedroom furniture items dressers and vanities. Kenneth Strickland announced the award, with delivery to begin before October 1 and production to start before July 1 at a new streamlined plant in the south section of High Point.
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Quartermaster’s
Washington, D. C
Strickland Furniture Company
High Point
Kenneth Strickland
War Department
Strickland Company
American Publishers Arrive in Karachi After Global Flight
A Pan American clipper carrying U S publishers landed at Dings Road airport in Karachi at 4 25 p m after a 65 minute delay from Istanbul due to headwinds. The arrival marks a round the world tour by American publishers.
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Karachi
India
U. S
Dings Road
Istanbul
North Carolina Weather: Showers and Warmer Turn Weekend
Considerable shower and storm activity with a slight temperature rise today and tonight. Saturday forecasts call for partly cloudy and warmer conditions with scattered afternoon showers. Weather data from Charlotte notes 24 hour temperature and rainfall ending at 8:39 am.
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North Carolina
Rives
Charlotte
Weath Bureau
Truman Will Visit Brazil Soon Says President Accepts Invitation
President Truman accepted an invitation to visit Brazil, conveyed by Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Martins after a White House talk. The trip, with Mrs. Truman and Margaret, is hoped for within the next few months though no exact date was set.
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Washington
Truman
Brazil
Carlos Martins
White House
Martins
Eurico Gasper Dutra
Dutra
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Cross Hearing Petition For Compensation For Fowler
In Raleigh on June 20 a cross hearing addressed a petition for compensation for Victor Fowler who served about two years of a 15 year term for robbery with firearms linked to the 1932 Bank of Denton robbery. Under a 1947 law wrongfully convicted inmates pardoned may claim 500 dollars per year served. Stefanoff and Greene confessed and were executed for murder. three other men with Fowler were pardoned. Fowler was represented by C. N. Cox of High Point.
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Raleigh
Hathaway Cross
Victor Fowler
Bank of Denton
Mike Stefanoff
Lester Greene
Stefanoff
Greene
Fowler
C. N. Cox
High Point
Shipping Back To Normal For American Ships
Shipping resumed on all coasts as American liner America was set to sail from New York after a labor dispute paused voyages. Unions had barred crews from sea until contracts expired. west coast sailings were allowed as talks continued with ship operators and unions.
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New York
United States
America
New York Harbor
Europe
CIO
Gulf Coast
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Sentences Stayed In Wake of Winston-Salem Strike
The Raleigh judge stayed execution for 11 Black defendants tied to a Winston-Salem tobacco strike to allow appeals to the U S Supreme Court. White CIO organizer Philip M Koritz may seek a similar stay. Separately Marvin Bell of Yadkinville faced execution for rape of a 15 year old. his alleged accomplice was reprieved.
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Raleigh
Winston-Salem
M. C. Barnhill
United States Supreme Court
Philip Milton Koritz
CIO
Piedmont Tobacco Company
Marvin Claude Bell
Yadkinville
Wilkes County
Senate Banking Committee votes fund to probe RFC
The Senate Banking Committee approved a $50,000 full and complete investigation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and endorsed extending RFC's life by one year. The measure awaits Senate approval and contrasts with House moves to extend but curtail RFC. The investigation covers accounting, lending, subsidies, and private credit channel effects.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Buck
R-Del
RFC
Senate
House Banking Committee
Truman Faces Rent Control Dilemma as Extension Looms
President Truman must decide whether to let rent controls lapse or sign the extension bill. The Senate approved a measure extending rent control to February 29 with a 15 percent ceiling lift if leases run beyond December 31, 1948. The bill removes most construction curbs except for recreation facilities, a change that housing expediter Frank Creedon warned could derail the housing program.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Frank Creedon
Acquittal Motion Denied in Treason Trial
Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford denied a motion for acquittal of Douglas Chandler a former Baltimore writer after the government rested its case on charges of treasonably broadcasting Nazi propaganda during World War II. The ruling came after a 45 minute conference with counsel in the judge’s absence from the jury.
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Boston
Francis J. W. Ford
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Ford
Karl Schotte
Governor appoints 16 member milk commission in North Carolina
Governor Cherry names a 16 member commission to study milk production processing and distribution laws and report to the 1949 legislature. The panel includes C. W. Pegram Fred Rhyne Ralph H. Scott Prof W L Clevenger J A Arey S D Gibson Howard Robertson A H Elliott R L Caviness J W Cummings H A Yancey Dr Jacob Mauney Dr Frank Sharpe Milton Mangum Harry Caldwell and H J Rollins.
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Raleigh
Cherry
General Assembly
C. W. Pegram
State Agriculture Department
Dairy Division
Fred Rhyne
Gastonia
Ralph H. Scott
Burlington
W. L. Clevenger
State College
J. A. Arey
S. D. Gibson
High Point
Howard Robertson
Winston- Salem
A. H. Elliott
Wilmington
R. L. Caviness
J. W. Cummings
Guilford College
H. A. Yancey
Charlotte
Jacob Mauney
Mt. Holly
Frank Sharpe
Greensboro
Milton Mangum
Harry Caldwell
H. J. Rollins
Rockingham
P. G. A. Champion Is Eliminated In First Round
Detroit reports veteran golfer Toney Penna of Cincinnati defeated defending champion Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pennsylvania, in the first match play round of the PGA championship by a 3 and 1 margin.
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Detroit
Toney Penna
Cincinnati
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Professional Golfers Association
One City Manager Candidate Out Of Local Race
Roy L. Williamson of Burlington accepted the Rocky Mount city manager post at a reported 7500 salary after resigning as Burlington’s chief. Williamson had been among High Point contenders to replace Roy Braden. budget delays postpone a decision on a successor while council reviews local and nonlocal prospects. Local names Grover Jones and Troy Short have surfaced amid continued speculation.
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High Point
Roy L. Williamson
Burlington
Rocky Mount
Williamson
Raleigh
Roy Braden
L. B. Aycock
Earl N. Phillips
Phillips
Braden
Grover Jones
Troy Short
Green Praises Veto as GOP Leaders Attack Taft-Hartley
Washington June 20 Republican party chiefs denounced President Truman's veto of the Taft Hartley bill while AFL President William Green praised the veto. Green called it a masterpiece of statesmanship and said the president upheld fundamental principles of freedom and fair dealing in industrial relations against the bill. Democrats offered no immediate response.
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Washington
Republican Party
AFL
William Green
Truman
Plo
Democratic Party
Green
Mechanization urged for cotton fields by textile leader
John M. Caughman of Spartanburg S C told the 38th annual meeting of the Southern Textile Association that mechanization is essential to raise output from fields and match rising wages, warning current equipment is outdated and profit depends on improved methods and full time research leadership.
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Blowing Bock
John M. Caughman
Spartanburg
S. C
Southern Textile Association
South
Truman Taft On Air Tonight Across Nation
President Truman vetoes the Taft Hartley bill and will address the public on network radio at about 9 p m eastern time. Senator Taft plans a 9 45 p m radio appearance on Mutual Broadcasting Company to discuss the bill.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Taft
Ohio
Jack Martin
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Mutual Broadcasting Company
President denounces bill as threat to democratic work
In a 5,500 word message to Congress the president decries legislation banning excessive union dues and initiation fees as a clear threat to the functioning of democratic society amid tension with non-striking workers and mass picketing discussions.
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Congress
Truman Hosts Democratic Senators at White House Lunch
President Truman invited leading Democratic senators to a 1 p.m. luncheon at the White House to discuss his veto of the Taft Hartley labor bill. Reports said he aimed to persuade lawmakers who originally backed the measure amid sharp exchanges with Republican sponsors.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
President Warns Bill Weakened Unity and Economy
The president denounces a proposed labor bill as a threat to national unity and the economy. He argues it would split labor from movement and inject politics into economics, warning it could create a class basis for political action. He urges moderation and recalls prior state of the union recommendations.
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