United States Protests Romanian Arrests and Austria Relief Pact
The United States protested Romania over arrests of hundreds of opposition members, condemning arbitrary detentions. In Vienna Washington agreed that U S relief funds amounting to 350 million dollars will aid China and several European nations with strict conditions on aid provenance and publicity.
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Washington
United States
Sv Ged
Austria
China
Vienna
US notes Romania on arrests in communist regime
The United States delivered a formal note through Roy M. Melbourne to the Romanian foreign minister. It objected to arrests violating basic liberties and the peace treaty terms, calling for humane treatment of detainees held in prisons and camps, while the Romanian interior minister said the arrests were needed for internal order.
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State Department
Roy M. Melbourne
United States
Bucharest
Provisional President Enrico de Nicola resigns in Rome
In Rome on June 25 Provisional President Enrico de Nicola submitted his resignation to the constituent assembly citing ill health as the reason. The move follows a nationwide half hour strike by the communist dominated general confederation of labor protesting attacks on Sicilian communist headquarters.
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Rome
Enrico de Nicola
Constituent Assembly
General Confederation of Labor
de Nicola
Ummeee Tere
Confederation
Weather Summary North Carolina and Nearby Cities June 25 1947
Official records show highs around 80s and 90s with light rain possible today Mostly cloudy conditions expected tonight and Thursday with slight warming expected Wilmington Charleston Columbia Charlotte Spartanburg and other sites report temperatures in the 60s to 90s and rainfall amounts vary from trace to over one inch across the region Light rain possible in the period and a warm trend for Thursday continuing across North Carolina and the Southeast.
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North Carolina
Weathy
Boston
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Hvansville
Galveston
iYreenae
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Minn
St. FP
Molile
Orleans
New York
Raleiah
Amtonio
Max Minor
Francisco
Spartanburg
Pampe Oy
Washidsion
Wilmington
Fall From Hotel Window Fatal to Man in Charlotte
William Turner Anderson, 52, president of Anderson Electric and Supply, died after a fall from his fifth floor Sheraton hotel room. Guilford County Coroner ruled accidental death with no homicide evidence. Georgia Wilson, hotel resident, questioned. she claimed they drank beer and whisky earlier. Police found a whisky bottle. Coroner Dr. Harvey suggested illness led to accidental fall.
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William Turner Anderson
Anderson Electric and Supply Company
Charlotte
Sheraton
Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
W. C. Johnson
Georgia E. Wilson
Anderson
Johnson
Miss Wilson
Asheville
Raleigh
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
State Agency
Main Street
Louis J. Fisher
Dr. Harvey
UN Planning Anniversary Celebration
Two years after the United Nations charter signing in San Francisco, UN officials in Lake Success prepare charter day observances. At noon tomorrow 2,600 secretariat staff will assemble for a solemn ceremony with brief remarks by Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Assistant Secretary-General Byron Price.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Byron .Price
College Post For Eisenhower
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is slated to become president of Columbia University after relief as army chief of staff, likely early next year. He joins the university as a trustee while poised to serve for life as a five star general with substantial pay. Omar N. Bradley is viewed as a likely successor in the army top job.
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Washington
Dune
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Africa
Europe
Columbia University
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Fisenhower
Columbia
Daniels In Address At Warm Springs Shrine Dedication
At Warm Springs Georgia a crowd gathers for dedication of the late president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s white frame bungalow as a national shrine. Former Navy Secretary Joseph Daniels reads a tribute urging re dedication amid world tension and calls Warm Springs a beacon of courage and faith. Roosevelt served with Daniels in World War I.
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Warm Springs
Georgia
White House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Eer
Joseph Daniels
Roosevelt
Daniels
Navy
Soviet Paper Criticizes Marshall Plan in Pravda
Pravda questions European acceptance of the Marshall plan saying no self respecting nation would accept U S interference in internal affairs. Molotov to Paris for three power talks while U S officials hold meetings with Attlee Bevin and Cripps. Britain may delay deciding on cutting US buying as full scope of plan unfolds.
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London
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Paris
United States
America
U. S
William L. Clayton
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Stafford Crip
George Backs Plan to Bring Up Tax Bill
Senator George of Georgia backs a Republican attempt to re-pass a vetoed tax cut bill now revised to take effect next year. House Ways and Means Chair Knutson reintroduced it with Speaker Martin saying it will be taken up at the first favorable moment.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Senate
Rayburn
Tex
Iowa And Nebraska Face New Floods
Residents of Iowa and Nebraska prepared for new floods as more rain fell before previous flood waters could clear the region. The heaviest rainfall hit northeast Nebraska with about four inches near Neligh, while other areas saw lighter totals. Cleanup and reconstruction efforts faced renewed difficulties in flood stricken towns.
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Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Neligh
Two-State
Miners Walkouts Trigger Justice Dept Probe
Washington reports half of John L. Lewis soft coal miners idle in protest against the Taft Hartley act as government eyes an injunction path and possible private ownership return. Operators meet to avert a industry wide stoppage with no immediate talks between Lewis and mine owners.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Justice Department
North
West
Lewis
Labor
Schwellenbach
Coal Department
Congress
Truman
Supreme Court
Union
12 Witnesses Are Heard At Negro's Trial
The state examined nearly a dozen witnesses as it pursued a circumstantial case against Will Cherry a 24 year old Black man charged with raping Mrs J G Tarrant at her Rich Square home on April 25 Cherry testified denying criminal assault claiming heavy drinking and aid in entering the house from James Boone 21 who prosecutors may indict as an accessory.
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Jackson
Will Cherry
J. G. Tarrant
Rich Square
Police Chief Testifies in Northampton Rape Case
Police Chief Frank Outland testified before a Northampton superior court jury that $15.11 found in Cherry's pants pocket on April 26 smelled of perfume. Mrs. J. G. Tarrant testified that a Negro rapist had stolen the money. Outland identified a coat missing two buttons found in Cherry's room and two buttons on the Tarrant kitchen floor.
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Frank Outland
Northampton
Braden Considers Fulton County Manager Post
Georgia official Roy S. Braden weighs leaving Raleigh to accept an $18,000 Fulton County manager job. Raleigh officials still seek Braden as their first city manager with a $13,500 salary, planning July 15 start. Braden would remain to finish Raleigh budget before departure.
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Roy S. Braden
Fulton County
Georgia
Atlanta
Raleigh
P. D. Snipes
Braden
Snipes
Fulton County Board of County Commissioners
Army bans shipment of U S cigarettes to troops abroad
FRANKFURT Germany June 25 The U S army banned the shipment of American cigarettes to military personnel in Austria and France effective July 1 Mailing of tobacco goods to Germany was prohibited March 26 The army said the order would cut black market trading in cigarettes tobacco and cigars
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Austria
France
Hoey pushes for restoration of agriculture aid in budget
Sen Hoey of North Carolina declares the senate will restore much of the house cuts to the agriculture appropriations bill for the coming year. He cites proposed restorations including section 32 duties funds and rural electrification, with emphasis on soil conservation and farm home administration funds.
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Washington
Hoey
Senate
House
Agriculture Appropriations
North Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Appropriations Group
Truman
Lieve
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Hivey
Hugh P. Bennett
Rural Electrification Administration
Agriculture State
Farmers Home Administration
Jews Thwarted In Kidnap Try
In Jerusalem three men attempted to kidnap a member of the Palestine government secretariat on liaison duties for a UN Palestine committee. Allen Major was beaten as he entered his apartment on King George Avenue. his wife cried for help and police arrived as the attackers fled in a car. Major sustained head wounds. Earlier, three Jews tried to kidnap a police assistant superintendent in a downtown bookshop.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Government
United Nations Special Committee On Palestine
Secretariat
Allen Major
King George Avenue
Major
Dews
GOP Pushing 50 Percent Minimum Wage Boost Bill
Republican leaders press for quick enactment of a 50 percent rise from 40 cents an hour. Hearings on Friday by a House labor subcommittee set stage for a potential 60 cent minimum. Landis notes a 50 percent increase, targeting about 1.5 million low earners.
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Washington
House Labor
House
Halleck
Indiana
Wisconsin
Rep. Landis
R-Ind
Labor Committee
Landis
Organized Labor
Truman
First Woman Juror In Columbus Superior Court
Mrs. Louise Anderson of Tabor City becomes the first woman juror in Columbus Superior court annals. She answered roll call as juror while Judge Q. K. Nimocks of Fayetteville presides, with clerk of court Lee Grier calling roll.
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Whiteville
Louise Anderson
Tabor City
Columbus
Half of 400000 Miners Idle Amid Taft-Hartley Fallout
Within a day of the Taft-Hartley act, about half of the nation’s 400000 soft coal miners walked out in 10 states. The National Coal Association warned of a nationwide strike, while steel, shipyard, and packinghouse workers faced mounting stoppages. Carnegie-Illinois and U S Steel reported mine and furnace curtailments, with about 70,000 tons of coal daily lost and 44 blast furnaces idled in Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Monogahela County
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Utah
Afl—-Umw
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Bessemer Department
Youngstown
U. S. Steel Corp
CSO Bethlehem Steel
East Coast
Charles Leone
CLO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Reuther Calls Union Meeting Over Ford Foremen Strike
Detroit June 25 Walter P. Reuther president of the CIO United Auto Workers called a policy committee emergency session to consider aid for 3 800 striking Ford Motor Co foremen. The Foremen’s Association of America asked the union to respect FAA picket lines at Ford Rouge Lincoln Highland Park Gar Wood Industries and Middle Steel Products Cleveland.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Foresman's Association of America
Detroit Area
Ford
Reuther
FAA
Robert H. Keys
Auto Union
Rouge
Lincoln
Highland Park
Gar Wood Industries, Inc
Middle Steel Products Co
Cleveland
Eisenhower Warns on War Threats and Hemisphere Defense
General Eisenhower told Congress that a future war would target industrial centers near the Great Lakes and urged full allied cooperation with Canada. He called for immediate Western Hemisphere defense planning. A separate report from Santa Ana notes a woman juror in the Overell yacht deaths case was attacked at her home by an unidentified intruder who warned of more retribution if the verdict went against the gin guilta.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Dune
Congress
United States
Great Lakes
Army
Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
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Ala
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GOP
Carnegie-Illinois
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