France Faces Night of Decision On OPA Extension Plan
Washington June 24 The OPA extension bill nears final form as Rep Wolcott says a conclusive decision may come by 9 p.m. EST. Conferees meet at 8 p.m. to resolve four remaining issues before OPA expiration. Key dispute centers on lifting ceilings for meat dairy poultry petroleum and tobacco end of June.
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Senate
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Secretary of Agriculture
Printing Delayed by Duke Power Plant Outage
A power failure at the Duke Power company plant near press time halted printing, delaying the afternoon edition of the Enterprise Teaches.
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Duke Power Company
Weather: North Carolina warm and partly cloudy today
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies in North Carolina with warmer temperatures today and tonight. Tuesday brings cloudy conditions with continued warmth and higher humidity across the state.
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North Carolina
Eisenhower says he was kept in the dark on Soviet plans
In his final report as supreme Allied commander in Europe, Eisenhower says Stalin provided full Red Army plans only four months before V E day. He credits allied unity and invincibility of spirit for victory, noting three decisive battles: Normandy, Falaise pocket, and the Rhine push. He also cites coordination difficulties with the Soviets and the misdirection of German forces.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Russia
Stalin
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Great Britain
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Pas-De-Calais
England
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French leader's hobbies listed by Bidault newspaper
Paris dispatch notes President Georges Bidault's hobbies ranked: astronomy, stamp collecting, mushroom study, locomotive study, reading, and eating black radishes, according to L Aube.
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L' Aube
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Atomic Bomb Test Brings Good Results Aboard B-29 at Bikini
June 24. The B 29 crew testing the atomic device outguessed the weather and scored good results with a practice bomb after an earlier tragedy halted takeoff. General Roger Ramey rode the bomber and called the mission apparently satisfactory from an operations view. Clouds hid targets at Bikini lagoon but the bombardier timed a drop within 13 seconds of the scheduled moment and described the burst as orange flame near the target ships.
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Wisconsin Rapids
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Bordentown
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Mt. McKinley
Browder Held Incommunicado By British Security
London reports Earl Browder former Communist party chief in the United States is held incommunicado by British security police at Heathrow after arriving from Paris before a planned departure to New York. Police say he is comfortable, with air, bed, meals, but no contact. The U S embassy notes transit visa only allows touching down in England and Browder has made no effort to contact officials.
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Ellis Island
England
Mao declares United States an armed menace to China peace
Mao Tse tung says U S army and navy in China threaten national peace and freedom. He accuses U S aid to the Kuomintang and strong U S forces in China as a grave danger while General Marshall's mission seeks a Chinese settlement. A Shanghai leftist delegation was beaten at Nanking station amid rising tensions.
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Japan
Military Court Trials Begin for 31 Irgun Members
A Israeli military court opened in Jerusalem to try 31 members of Irgun Zvai Leumi on arms charges. The defendants include a 21 year old woman. they were arrested south of Tel Aviv in April and face possession of bombs rifles automatic weapons and other explosives.
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Aged Woman and Youthful Hubby Draw Big Huntington Crowd
Delbert Sprouse 18 and his 70 year old wife attracted about 12 000 spectators in Huntington West Virginia as promoters expanded appearances at the park The couple married in Louisa days earlier and live in Cat Hollow near Louisa Details note the wife has 49 grandchildren and the spectacle drew a large crowd with playful remarks about the gate being left open
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Shorty) Sprouse
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Training Bill Agreed Upon By Veterans
San Francisco reports three major veterans groups have endorsed a universal military training model bill. National Commander Don V. Walker outlined six main points including a draft system, an 18 to 20 age enroll date, education focused training, a three to four month basic phase, and the option to complete remaining training.
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San Francisco
Don V. Walker
California
Vinson Becomes 13th U.S. Chief Justice at White House
The Senate confirmed Fred M. Vinson as the 13th chief justice. He took two oaths on the White House south portico amid a nine minute ceremony watched by thousands. President Truman hailed the appointment as fortunate for the nation.
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Fred M. Vinson
White House
Truman
United States
Remarriage Odds for Widows by Age Study
Charles Molony reports on a study using a prewar remarriage table to estimate how many widows remarry within six years after widowhood. The odds rise with age: 12 of 100 for ages 16–20, 8 of 100 for 21–25, then 6 of 100 for 26–30, 4 of 100 for 31–35, 2 of 100 for 36–40, and about 3 of 100 for 71–74.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Cotton Textile Production To Drop Next Week
Cotton textile production in the two Carolinas will decline next week as many spindles and looms idle due to a one week vacation for the July 4 holiday. About half of the mills are expected to close during the week, with limited operations on the Friday after Independence Day. Cotton consumption is expected to fall by at least 100000 bales during the holiday period. May consumption totaled 871000 bales.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Quake Claims Seattle Man As Strong Shake Rattles Pacific Northwest
A powerful earthquake in the Pacific Northwest killed 69 year old Jacob L Kingston in Seattle as walls toppled and a hillside shifted. The quake rattled Vancouver Island to Olympia, with seismographs in Seattle and Victoria recording the event for about an hour. Officials placed the epicenter near Victoria, roughly 25 miles away.
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Vancouver Island
Kalowna
British Columbia
Olympia
Wash
Jacob L. Kingston
Church
University of Washington
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B. C
Reynolds Case Set for Florida Hearing Today
A counter suit for divorce by Mrs. Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds of Winston-Salem North Carolina was to be heard in Dade County circuit court. She accuses Richard Joshua Reynolds heir to an tobacco fortune of shifting from calm to explosive temper and of planning to marry another woman after Navy duty.
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Fla
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Dade County
Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds
Winston- Salem
N. C
Pacific
New York
Reynolds
Eynolds
Democratic National Committee
Conservation Berth Goes To Tom Walker
Tom Walker former assistant managing editor of the Raleigh News and Observer is named education director of the division of game and inland fisheries Commissioner John D Findlay announced Walker will assume the post July 1 succeeding Gene Wike who resigns to enter private business Walker recently returned from naval duty as a lieutenant.
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Tom Walker
Raleigh News and Observer
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
John D. Findlay
Walker
Gene Wike
Wike
Adriatic Port Center of Trieste Dispute in Peace Talks
Paris reports say British American and Russian delegations discuss a French plan to plebiscite Trieste to decide whether it joins Italy or Yugoslavia. The plan could alter Italian border and naval questions as de Gasperi warns against internationalizing Trieste and ceding Western Austria.
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Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Georges Bidault
Bidault Forms New Coalition Government in France
Paris reports Georges Bidault assembling a post liberation cabinet with eight ministers from the MRP, seven Communists, and six Socialists. He retained the foreign affairs post, previously held by Gen. Charles De Gaulle, and the lineup came after concessions to the Communists amid wage-demands and union pressure.
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France
Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Accident claims life of 15 year old in Asheboro
Alvin Ragsdale, 15, son of Mr and Mrs J A Ragsdale, died in a local hospital Saturday night from injuries after his bicycle was struck by an automobile on a city street in Asheboro.
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