Russia to Join British French Talks on European Aid
In London on June 23 Russia announced it would join Britain and France in a conference on American aid to Europe. France invited Molotov and Bevin to Paris Friday to discuss with Georges Bidault. French officials welcomed the Soviet suggestion to begin meetings immediately and noted U. S. under secretary of state for economic affairs William C. Clayton would meet Foreign Secretary.
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Bidault
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Harvard University
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Truman veto overridden by Senate in labor bill vote
The Senate 68 to 25 overrode President Truman a day after his plea to oppose the Taft Hartley act. The new law allows government injunctions to halt national emergency strikes for 80 days, bans the closed shop, and tightens Wagner act restrictions, signaling a GOP led clash with the president.
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Assailant Of Author Kills Self In Police Cell
In Bar Harbor Maine 65 year old Filipino chef Blais Reyes employed by Mary Roberts Rinehart for 25 years hanged himself in a police cell while awaiting court action on an assault with intent to murder charge. Medical Examiner E J Morris ruled death suicide with temporary insanity a contributing factor. Police said Reyes, drinking, had threatened Rinehart with a receiver and kitchen knife after an attempted shooting with an old revolver whose bullets did not explode.
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Marshall seeks US aid to bolster neighbors armed forces
Secretary of State Marshall urged Congress to approve legislation allowing the United States to lead Western Hemisphere armament standardization and to ship guns ships and plans to Latin American nations and Canada. He led a delegation including Patterson Eisenhower Nimitz and Forrestal as Bevin Ridault Molotov talks unfolded in Paris.
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Fair Weather Across North Carolina and Daily Temperatures
North Carolina shares a fair day with warmer conditions today and tonight followed by a cool night. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures as regional stations report temperatures from Charlotte to Raleigh and Wilmington.
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Truman names nonpartisan panel on foreign aid limits
President Truman and Senator Vandenberg signaled outside help to assess how much foreign aid the US can safely provide. He named 19 leaders from business labor agriculture education and research to advise on the domestic economic impact and safe levels of aid to war damaged nations. The move aims to align foreign policy with domestic politics and avoid veto clashes.
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United States
Gambler Benjamin Siegel Killed in Underworld Cross
Beverly Hills police theorize Benja min Siegel a 42 year old gambler was killed in a gangland double cross after large losses at the Flamingo in Las Vegas. Police chief C H Anderson says Siegel’s own men may have accused him of betraying associates. He doubts Las Vegas caused the killing.
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Bugsie) Siegel
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Noted Author James A Tully Dies at 56 in Los Angeles
James A Jim Tully a noted author and former hobo prizefighter and circus roustabout died of heart disease after hospital treatment starting June 17 He was 56 and wrote Shanty Irish Beggars of Life and Jarnegan He was born near St Marys Ohio and spent youth at St Josephs orphanage in Cincinnati and tramped the nation twice collecting tales of 'men on the bum' and his own life.
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Los Angeles
James A
Jim) Tully
Will Cherry Indicted In North Carolina Incident
Northampton grand jury indicted Will Cherry a 24 year old Black man on charges of reported incident and first degree burglary linked to an event involving a white woman in Rich Square. Cherry and James Boone 21 were moved from Central Prison to appear. trial to start after separate hearings.
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Dick) Boone
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No Comment On Verdicts Asked
Sir Henry Gurney informed the United Nations Palestine commission that it is necessary to avoid public comment on the death sentences imposed June 16 on three members of the Jewish underground. He noted the sentences have not been confirmed and carry no legal force without confirmation.
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Nation reels from deadly winds floods and blizzards
Tornadoes flash floods and a brutal blizzard killed at least 18 people across the nation. In Nebraska Cambridge suffered a 12 foot flood surge while Beartooth Pass saw 150 foot snowdrifts. Nine drowned in Cambridge with four missing. hundreds were left homeless as rail lines washed out and towns faced record floods.
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Nine Violent Deaths In N. C. For Summer's First Weekend
The first weekend of summer in 1947 North Carolina saw at least nine deaths. Henry C. Taylor and Florence Taylor were killed when their car was struck by a Seaboard train at Roanoke Rapids. Others died by drowning, heart attacks, or violence across Wilmington, Richlands, Fort Barnwell, Boone, Burlington, and nearby areas.
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Roanoke Rapids
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Division Of India Voted At Meeting
In Lahore Punjab the legislature met behind barricades and with heavy police, voting to divide the province and its 30 million people between Hindustan and Moslem Pakistan. Sikh Hindu Moslem deputies backed constitutions for Pakistan and Hindustan amid a week of rioting leaving 28 dead.
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Atomic Curb Treaty Likely Delayed by UN Deadlock
LAKE SUCCESS June 23 The United Nations abandoned hope of writing an international atomic control treaty before the General Assembly meets in September. With Russia and Western powers deadlocked on major issues, delegates said completion within three months would be practically impossible. The UN atomic energy commission renewed its efforts to resolve U S and Russian veto disputes in atomic matters.
Monkeys Vaccinated Against Polio Highlight Hopkins Work
Johns Hopkins scientists Drs. Isabel Morgan Howard A Howe and David Bodian report solid immunity in monkeys after multiple muscle injections of active polio virus They note vaccines using live virus would be unsafe for children The study in the American Journal of Hygiene involved 25 monkeys with varied vaccination schedules and subsequent brain exposure to live virus yielding no paralysis in those with four or more injections The research funded by March of Dimes and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis aims to progress toward a human vaccine with further trials and funding.
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Microscope Corps
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David Bodian
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
NBC Chief touts ultrafax a million words per minute
NBC President Niles Trammell unveiled ultrafax a new radio communication system to Congress claiming it can send one million words per minute. He said it could transmit twenty 50 000 word novels from New York to San Francisco in 60 seconds and that newspapers of the future may be delivered by radio.
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NBC
Niles Trammell
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National Broadcasting Company
Congress
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Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Radia
Move To Curb Veto Started
Washington reports two veto battles in one week spark debate on constitutional change to ease overrides of presidential objections. Representative Arends signals a proposal for a simple majority in each congress branch, altering the current two-thirds requirement. The House narrowly failed to override Truman on the tax cut, while the Taft-Hartley bill advanced despite his objections.
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Labor Bill Baffling To Authorities
Washington June 23 brief on the Taft Hartley labor bill outlines its uncertain fate as Senate and House actions loom. The piece notes the bill’s sweeping reach and potential court tests, recalls Norris LaGuardia and Wagner acts, and explains how labor unions gained bargaining power while managers faced new limits.
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