Mine Boss Fight Seen Losing As Mine Shutdown Spreads
Washington report shows John L. Lewis pressuring to block James Boyd from the Federal Bureau of Mines amid a Senate panel vote. A 400000 worker walkout east of the Mississippi idled pits, signaling broader coal and rail impact as hearings on mine safety proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan L. Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Federal Bureau of Mines
Senate Interior Committee
Boyd
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Mississippi River
Truman
Congress
Mines Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
J. A Krug
Interior Committee
O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Non-Operating Rail Workers Reach 40 Hour Week Pact
CHICAGO March 15. UP Railroad and union reps plan today’s meeting to finalize a 40 hour work week contract for about 1,000,000 non-operating rail workers. An $0.64 billion annual cost is projected for the wage hike and shortened week. The deal covers clerks shopmen maintenance workers and other non operating members with Sundays or Saturdays off for many, and two consecutive days off for most, starting September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UP Railroad
Ase
New Water Tank Crashes in Fairmont
Fairmont reports its new 93 foot water tank collapsed during the weekend spilling its 100000 gallon capacity. Installed last Wednesday at a cost of $16000 the tank was to last 75 years and left the town without water or lights briefly until the other tank supplied the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Textile Insurance Co of High Point Given License
Raleigh March 15 The North Carolina State Insurance Commission granted a license to the Textile Insurance Co of High Point President T A Wilson said directors will choose a home office site within a week and the company may open by April 1 The firm with more than 500 000 capital stock paid in will stress workers compensation business Suits are pending against several subscribers who did not pay for stock
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Raleigh
North Carolina State Insurance Commission
Textile Insurance Co
High Point
T. A. Wilson
Wilson
Insurance Commission
Workman's Compensation
Education Committee Reports On Minimum Foundation Plan
Governor Scott released a list of 48 endorsees for U S senator as he weighs the vacancy caused by J Melville Broughton's death. He noted additional names, while stressing the final appointee need not be on the list and confirming a flood of endorsements and messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Melville Broughton
Charles Parker
Scott
Beft
Hanes Offered ECA Post in Belgium
Robert M. Hanes president of Wachovia Bank is reportedly named chief of missions to Belgium for the Economic Cooperation Administration. He plans a 10 day trip to Belgium from New York and a one year tour beginning May 1, replacing James G. Blaine who has led the Belgium recovery program. Hanes would join roving ambassador Averill Harriman in Paris for a inspection of ECA operations before proceeding to Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Luxembourg
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Hanes
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Washington
Twin City
Belgium
Averill Harriman
Paris
Harriman
James G
Governor Declines to Intervene in Garner Case
Governor Scott said he will not intervene in the Emmett Garner case in Harnett County. Garner, convicted of first degree murder for the July 1947 death of his wife Dessie Garner, faces execution after the state Supreme Court upheld the verdict on March 2. This marks his second capital case ruling considered by the governor, with a prior no intervention in James Creech’s death sentence.
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Raleigh
Scott
Emmett Garner
A. Harnett County
Garner
Harnett Superior Court
Dessie Garner
Harnett County
State Supreme Court
James Creech
Smithfield
Western European Union Nears Framework for Council of Europe
London March 15 The five nation Brussels alliance moves toward a draft constitution for a Council of Europe as foreign ministers from Britain France Belgium Holland and Luxembourg discuss dates for a founding conference and North Atlantic pact signing while inviting Norway Sweden Denmark Eire and Italy to London March 28. The union aims to be defensive social and cultural with a ministerial cabinet and advisory parliament-like body. A communique will close the secrecy tonight. The pact terms will be published Friday.
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London
European Union
Western European Union
Council of Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Brussels Alliance
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Eire
Italy
Brussels
Washington
Fire Devastates Army Dock on West Coast
A million dollar fire destroyed the army’s largest west coast dock and warehouse in Oakland California. Flames rose 700 feet as a 2000 foot pier burned with two ships damaged and nearby homes evacuated. Fires burned out by 4 a.m. with two soldiers slightly hurt and an investigation into possible sabotage announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
George Brown
Young America
George ©. Keathley
Mackenzie Bets China's Fate on Gen Ho's Sagacity
The piece argues General Ho Ying-Chin, chosen by acting President Li Tsung-Jen to negotiate with Communists, could shape China's future. Ho, a former defense minister and ally of Chiang Kai-Shek, faces war crime lists and a tough task seeking unconditional surrender concessions amid a northern Yangtse push and a split military command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKenzie
China
Gen
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ho Ying-Chin
Li Tsung-Jen
Staf
United Nations
Lake Success
Ho Long
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtse
Red Command
Raleigh House OKs Rural Road Bills and Bond Measures
In Raleigh the House passed Governor Scotts rural road bills and sent two measures to the Senate. One calls for a statewide $200 million bond election and another would raise the gasoline tax by one cent pending voter approval. The Senate backed a $50 million bond measure on its first floor test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Scott
House
Senate
Sam Worthington
Pitt
Dan K. Edwards
Durham
F. L. Bobble
Forsyth
Long Illness Is Fatal To S H Tomlinson
S Halstead Tomlinson Sr 72 founder and president of Tomlin son of High Point died at High Point Memorial hospital from a stroke suffered in June 194. He had been ill for some time and returned from Florida recently by air ambulance after a heart attack. Survived by widow Ethel Mae Difee three children two sons Sidney Halstead Tomlinson and William Allen and a daughter Mrs Robert Martin, two sisters and four grandchildren. Born May 4 1876 at Bush Hill.
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S. Halstead Tomlinson, Sr
Tomlinson
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Florida
Mr. Tomlinson
Ethel Mae Difee
Randolph County
Alfred M
Louie (Johnson) Difee
William Allen
Sidney Halstead, Jr
Robert Martin
Houston
Texas
A. S. Parker
C. M. Hauser
Sidney Halstead Tomlinson
Allen J. and
Anna Fawcett Tomlinson
Bush Hill
Market Dips Thins Activity As Stocks Edge Lower
In a quiet session on March 15 New York stocks traded irregularly with little selling pressure and no strong buying urge. Fractionally lower were Republic Steel Bethlehem General Motors American Can Phelps Dodge International Nickel Montgomery Ward Dow Chemical General Electric Santa Fe Southern Pacific. slight gains showed for Philip Morris Owens-Illinois Texas Co Union Carbide Westinghouse Electric.
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New York
Republic Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
American Can
Phelps Dodge
International Nickel
Montgomery Ward
Dow Chemical
General Electric
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Philip Morris
Owens-Illinois
Texas Co
Union Carbide
Westinghouse Electric
Work Clothes Prices Scheduled For Drop
Greensboro officials announce a 10 percent cut in denims from Cone Mills as OPA ceilings are lifted. The move aims to stabilize the denim and work clothing markets with expected price drops on overalls dungarees and other denim products.
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Greensboro
Cone Export and Commission Company
Cone Mills
OPA
Wallgren Nomination Rejected by Senate Committee
The senate armed services committee rejected President Truman's nomination of Mon C. Wallgren for chairman of the national security resources board on a 7-6 vote. The action effectively buries the nomination unless the full senate acts, with Byrd and six Republicans opposing and most Democrats supporting the motion to table.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Wallgren
Tydings
D-Md
Cain
Tokyo Moscow radio telegraph circuit suspended
The Tokyo to Moscow radio telegraph link was ordered shut one minute after midnight by Gen Douglas MacArthur. In operation since the 1930s with a brief 1945 interruption, the circuit was run by government agencies. The only remaining direct Russia Japan link is the restored great northern cable between Western Japan and Vladivostok.
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Tokyo
Tokyo-Moscow
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
Japan
Vladivostok
Inconsistency in House Votes On Road Bonds And Liquor Referendum
In Capitol Square notes, lawmakers fault inconstancy over requiring a popular vote for road bonds while liquor legalization remains optional by statute. The debate centers on whether the unit for voting should be the state, nationwide, or local jurisdiction, with votes showing tension between different statewide measures.
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House of Representatives
ABC
Senate Education Committee Rejects Minimum Foundation Plan
Raleigh March 15 The senate education committee gave an unfavorable report to a bill creating a minimum foundation plan for public schools. The plan would have the state pay 85 percent of costs with counties covering 15 percent. Governor Scott favored it until a better proposal appeared. Three supporters filed a minority report to push a floor vote. The senate will discuss the minority report tomorrow and the measure on school bonds moved to the house for consideration.
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Raleigh
Senate Education Committee
Senate
House
State Education Commission
Scott
O. L. Richardson
Union
Richardson
Education
North Carolina
R. Grady Rankin
Gaston
Education Commission
C. H. Dearman
Iredell
Wade H. Phillips
Davidson
Harding Talton
Wayne
House Health Committee
Truman hosts Marshall and Vinson for Key West lunch
President Truman invites Gen. George C. Marshall for a Key West luncheon with Chief Justice Vinson. Marshall arrives after a Miami flight with William D. Pawley while discussions reference a White House ban on air photographs of the President and the beach scene.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
George C. Marshall
Independence
Miami
New West
William D. Pawley
Brazil
Marshall
Charles G. Ross
Vinson
Ross
Ann
Dr Edens Takes Over As Duke President
Duke University announces Hollis Edens 47 begins duties as president in Durham. He comes from New York after leaving the Rockefeller Foundation where he was associate director of the general education board and previously held posts at Emory University and the University of Georgia.
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Durham
Duke University
Hollis Edens
Edens
Emory University
University of Georgia
New York
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
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