Peace Conference Talks Stall Over July 15 Date
Russian opposition to an early general European peace conference persists as Molotov and Byrnes clash over timetables. Ministers push to finish Italy and Balkans treaty drafts by June 28 while deputies prepare an agenda starting with the Italo Austrian frontier.
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Paris
Russia
Conference of Foreign Ministers
V. Molotov
Council
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
United Nations Assembly
Trieste
Washington
Moscow
Molotov
Truman
Yrnes
Ships to Create College Dormitories Aboard War Vessels
General Graves Erskine proposes converting decommissioned army and navy ships into dormitories near coastal cities and Great Lakes ports to expand college campuses. He notes ship graveyards as sources for potential dorm ships and urges rapid transfer of government property to higher education.
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Bragar
Smas
Graves B. Erskine
Army
Navy
John R. Steelman
Office of War Mobilization and
Department of Labor
Erskine
Chesapeake Bay
Great Lakes
Ralph McDonald
Department of Higher Education
National Education Association
America
Army aims for 100 mile high Nazi V-2 test in New Mexico
In White Sands New Mexico Maj General Everett S Hughes says the army hopes to loft a captured Nazi V-2 to 100 miles altitude with scientific instruments aboard. Five of 25 rockets built by military and civilian teams have flown since May 10, reaching about 75 miles before fuel cutoff.
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Washington
New Mexico
Thurs
Everett S. H
Eoce
Hughes
White Sands
N. M
Proving Ground
CBS
Duke Doctor Dies In Auto Wreck Near Smithfield
Dr. Raymond Thornhill 31 of Duke Hospital Durham and Spokane Wash died when his car left the road and hit a bridge abutment 15 miles south of Smithfield North Carolina The highway patrol reported no inquest necessary and said his family was alone in the car Papers found on him listed him as a first lieutenant in the army The crash occurred at a bridge over Stoney Creek on highway 701 near Newton Grove.
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Smithfield
N. C
Raymond Thornhill
Duke Hospital
Durham
Spokane
Wash
Here
W. R. Mallard
State Highway Patrol
Thornhill
Stoney Creek
Newton Grove
Soviets Reject Hopes For Global Peace Anniversary Article
Moscow reports mark the fifth anniversary of the German invasion with critic letters from historian Eugen Tarie denouncing talk of an American peace. Izvestia frames the war as an inevitable outcome of modern monopoly imperialism and notes the Soviet drive toward communism continues without pause.
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Moscow
Eugene Tarie
Star
Russia
Izvestia
Weather Outlook for Carolina-Fair and Nearby Areas
Weather to be partly cloudy and warmer on Sunday and Monday. AP report filed from Washington notes a 24 hour temperature and rainfall summary across principal cotton growing regions and surrounding areas.
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Carolina
Washington
New Mechanized System Picks Army Officers for Congress
Washington reports a new partially mechanized method selects 9,600 top leaders for army officer commissions. Generals claim it is over twice as effective as the old system and far superior to industry practices. The list goes to Congress next Friday for approval.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Congressional stalemate on OPA and wartime measures looms
Washington reports lawmakers from both parties rally for a crucial week of sessions on OPA renewal as well as key appropriation bills and war time authority for scarce materials. Observers warn votes will carry heavy political repercussions and affect upcoming elections.
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Washington
Truman Legislative
OPA
Truman
Jap War Criminal Pleads Insanity in WWII Case
Lt. Col. Kikuji Ito, among four Japanese accused of bayoneting and beheading two American POWs on Chichi Jima, was entered into insanity defense today by Lt. Cmdr. Donald H. Dickey. Defense cites a Navy surgeon examination.
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Guam
Donald H. Dickey
Chicago
Kikuji Ito
Chichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Surplus Camps To Provide Vets Housing Materials
Wholesale dismantling of surplus army camps will furnish lumber for veterans housing. The program aims to supply enough wood for about 125,000 three bedroom homes and could exceed 1.5 billion board feet. Salvaged material starts flowing within 60 days with dismantling underway at multiple camps, including a potential Camp Dix site.
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Washington
Engineer Corps
War Assets Admin
Istration
National Housing Agency
NHA
Wilson Wyatt
Camp Dix
New Jersey
First Mail Delivered By Jet Plane
A P-80 Shooting Star delivered the first U S airmail by jet, flying 370 miles from Schenectady to Washington in 49 minutes at 460 mph. Another jet carried mail 840 miles to Chicago in 2 hours 22 minutes with a Dayton layover. Reginald G Standerwick said jet power will progress quickly and GE's flight test lab marks US progress alongside Britain.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Truman
U. S
Schnectady
Washington
Dayton
Chicago
Edward J. Kelley
Reginald G. Standerwick
Standerwick
General Electric Company
United States
Great Britain
Governor calls North Carolina highway safety conference
Governor Cherry announced a statewide safety conference in Raleigh to discuss expanding procedures after citing high accident toll. He referenced adopting a national program from President Truman and suggested possible periodic vehicle inspections coordinated with police road checks.
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Raleigh
N. C
Cherry
North Carolina
Truman
Washington
Bar Association Meet Set for Winston-Salem Way
The North Carolina Bar Association announces its annual convention in Winston-Salem from August 29 to 31. President Louis J. Poisson says a three week long attorneys institute runs August 17 to 28 under UNC government institute supervision.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Bar Association
Winston-Salem
Louis J. Poisson
Wilmington
Institute of Government of the
University of North Carolina
High Point Votes Heavy Majority For Durham
High Point voters backed Representative Durham in the first primary, defeating Judge E Earl Rives of Greensboro by a wide margin. In Durham precincts 1 and 8 the totals favored Durham 224 to 61 and 205 to 63 respectively, with Precinct 7 giving Rives 74 to 47. Durham's total 1991 to 700 in Durham city. overall turnout 2692 as voters used mobilization and transport to polls.
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Rives
Durham
Chatham
Folger
Orange County
Alamance
Ford County
Guilford
Ford
High Point Ship
High Point Township
Chapel Hill
E. Earle Rives
Greensboro
Mary
South Main Street
George Covington
Senators and House group back OPA amendments move
Fourteen senators and representatives approved five of six amendments to extend price controls as Bowles warns of possible impasse. Conferees reached agreement on most disputes and will reconvene to resolve remaining issues before forwarding the bill to both chambers. Price control expires June 30 unless acted upon.
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Washington
House
Chester Bowles
Senate
Congress
Downey
D-Calif
Thurmond Chatham Says No Statement on Fifth District Primary
Winston Salem reports Thurmond Chatham would not issue a statement on the fifth Democratic congressional district race. He said at 10 15 that he has no comment beyond continuing to straighten out traces in this primary. Further details continued on Page Two, Sec.
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Raleigh
John H. Folger
Carl Durham
Durham
Earle Rives
Greensboro
Folger
Thurmond Chatham
Salem
Mount Airy
Winston-Salem and
Elkin
Winston-Salem
Chatham
Chinese Peace Committee Sees Pessimism in Manchurian Truce Talks
In Nanking on June 22 the peace committee led by General Marshall met amid pessimism over extending the Manchurian truce to June 30. The Communist and factional distrust dampened hopes for settlements. Changchun reported American observers could not enter eight Communist areas, while the Red commander rejected a request to permit observers. Tour-Tillot and his party were treated hospitably but were told ceasefire teams would not enter Communist zones.
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Nanking
China
Manch
Marshall
Changchun
Ex (Truce
Manchuria
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Red
Heaers
Masterson
U. S
Raymond Tour-Tillot
Li Calif
Harbinday
Piao
Reg
Tour-Tillot
Lin
Alose
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