Divorce and dating in Egypt a young woman's challenge
Cairo May 25 AP. A Cairo column notes divorce is easy for men in Egypt if they call for the wife three times, but women face strict seclusion rules. Courtship is hindered by Moslem family traditions, with girls attending coed classes yet restricted from meeting men outside. Phone courtship and family mediation shape a tangled social life. Elopement is rare and family compromises often guide marriages.
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Cairo
Egypt
Europe
America
Marti
Fatima
Security Council Seeks Iranians Pact Amid Formalities
United Nations leaders limited today's Security Council session to formalities and postponed discussion of the Iranian issue until tomorrow. Byrnes arrived to deliver President Truman's message and to press for Russia and Iran to report their agreement, aiming to register the pact with council backing.
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Security Council
New York
United Nations
Truman
United States
Russia
Iran
Moscow
Hunter College
UNO Council
Yugoslav Hero Mihailovic Arrested as Traitor
BELGRADE March 25 Gen. Draja Mihailovic once hailed as a guerrilla hero in the fight against the nazis was reported under arrest as a traitor and war criminal after his capture by Yugoslav authorities. Interior Minister Alexander Rankovic announced to a cheering parliament that the wartime leader of the Chetniks had been seized, with rumors placing the capture near Vishegrad along the Serbian Bosnian border. A radio broadcast said he was taken in a mountain cave guarded by 11 of his men, a force once estimated to total as many as 200,000.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Alexander Rankovic
Interior
Yupeer
Tito
Rankovic
Mihialovic
Peter
Vishegrad
Negro Thrown On Tracks As Train Passes Over Body
David Coleman, a Negro, was alive early this afternoon after being thrown from a truck under the wheels of a freight train on South Main street. The 1:30 p.m. accident involved a W. A. Davis Milling company truck backed into a spur track, the train hitting the rear end and scattering dairy as the truck was badly damaged. Johnny Hines, driver of the truck, was uninjured. The hospital reported Coleman still alive during surgery.
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David Coleman
South Main Street
W. A. Davis Milling Company
Inrahasoy
Gro
Johnny Hines
East Commerce Street
Colman
Curtailment Of Grain Uses Is Likely
A city inner council on supplies prepared to recommend sharp curtailment of grain use for liquor and animal feed to feed the world’s hungry, arguing grain should be allocated to sustenance rather than production.
UN chief urged to reject Polish demand on UNRRA aid
British Minister of State Philip Noel-Baker in Atlantic City urged the United Nations to repudiate Poland’s demand for denial of UNRRA aid and asylum to political refugees. He denied Jan Stanczyk’s accusation that Polish generals allied with the new government could sway displaced Poles’ political views.
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Atlantic City
Philip Noel-Baker
United Nations Today
UNRRA
Jan Stanczyk
hostYe
UNRRA debates equal break and rationing questions
Delegates consider an equal break for money-poor nations relying on UNRRA relief as talks probe potential worldwide rationing of fats cereals and oils. Key issues include how to allocate food by occupation destruction eating standards and a minimum calorie scale.
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UNRRA
Herbert Lehman
Truman
Spain charges France with belligerency
Madrid reports a Spanish note to the United States and Britain accusing France of military preparations on the Spanish frontier that threaten world peace. The ABC paper claimed French communists mobilized guerrillas against Spain to push a southwest Europe state toward Moscow. The border, closed March 1, was to reopen for three weeks to allow repatriation.
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Madrid
United States
Britain
France
ABC
Spain
Moscow
War not inevitable as Europe ponders future conflicts
Paris dispatch notes that as discussions unfold about Europe’s future, peace seems possible but not guaranteed. Tensions stem from rival power alignments in Europe and Asia, with Russia expanding into gaps left by Germany, Italy, and Japan, while France and Britain struggle to defend.
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Paris
Europe
Asia
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
France
Britain
Padding Of Inventory Admitted In Senate Hearing
Washington March 25 Attorneys testified that two former employees of James K. Vardaman Jr. signed affidavits stating they padded an inventory under Vardaman's command. The witnesses identified Samuel E. Reyburn and Paul de Coster as the signers during the confirmation hearing for Commodore Vardaman's Federal Reserve Board nomination.
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Washington
Frank E. Williams
James K. Vardaman, Jr
Vardaman
Williams
St. Louis
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Commodore Vardaman
Truman
Naval
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Smauel E. Reyburn
Vardaman Company
Paul de Coster
Vardaman Shoe Company
Statesman Opposes Government Plan Cited By Baruch
Washington March 25 Bernard Baruch told a House committee the National Association of Manufacturers does not know what it wants in demanding an end to price controls If OPA is not extended quickly we will fall behind Baruch urged wage controls and other measures to curb inflation projecting strong demand for five to seven years and a revenue surge to begin debt retirement He called for a High Court of Commerce and a year more of price controls with wage restraint emphasizing production as the primary goal He warned that a wage price policy tied to steel boosts will trigger further increases and urged a 14 point plan to stop money growth and ease taxes until balanced
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Bernard Baruch
House
National Association of Manufacturers
OPA
Ruch
Wges
Rep. Monroney
Dokla
NAM
Bernard M. Baruch
High Court of Commercce
House Banking Committee
Baruch
Pioneers Theatres and Fremont Hosiery Mills Chartered in Thomasville
RALEIGH March 25 Charters granted by Secretary of State Thad Eure include Pioneers Theatres Inc of Thomasville to operate theatres with 150000 authorized stock, 300000 subscribed, led by Harry B Finch Susan G Finch and S T Stoker of Thomasville. Fremont Hosiery Mills Inc of Thomasville to operate a general manufacturing business with 1000000 authorized stock, 400 subscribed, led by E F Mendenhall Vivian Mendenhall and Delk F Mendenhall of Thomasville.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Pioneers Theatres, Inc
Thomasville
Harry B. Finch
Susan G. Finch
S. T. Stoker
Fremont Hosiery Mills, Inc
E. F. Mendenhall
Vivian Mendenhall
Delk F. Mendenhall
Six violent North Carolina deaths over weekend reported
An Associated Press tally lists six weekend violent deaths in North Carolina. Sawmill accident victims include Ruth Lyle Swaringen, 11, of Pollocksville and Carl E. Ritchie, 27, of China Grove. Other fatalities involve Ellis A. Boyd, 52, struck by a car in Reidsville, Nancy Louise Reaves, 9, who died in a farmhouse fire, and Tommy Johnson, 26, found beaten near a Rocky Mount railway trestle. An unidentified woman’s body was found near Concord in a death under investigation.
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North Carolina
Pollocksville
New Bern
Ruth Lyle Swaringen
Carl E. Ritchie
China Grove
Ellis A. Boyd
Mobile
Reidsville
Nancy Louise Reaves
Rocky Mount
Thomas
Tommy” Johnson
Concord
CIO Leader Praises UAW Chief at Convention in Atlantic City
CIO President Philip Murray praised incumbent UAW President R J Thomas at the convention while opposing anti labor legislation. He condemned the Ball Burton Hatch bill and accused governors of discriminating against unions amid strikes. Murray said the CIO would expand organizing in the South in 1946 to raise regional standards.
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Atlantic City
N. J
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Philip Murray
CIO
United Auto Workers
R. J. Thomas
Walter Reuther
UAW
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Murray
Thomas
Washington
Congress
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
South
America
North
Iran Russian Withdrawal Seen Near End
Moscow reports mass withdrawal of Red Army troops from Iran and Manchuria, with foreign observers calling it a healthy sign and predicting rapid settlement. Iranian premier Qavam and Tehran dispatches cited as backing a satisfactory solution within weeks if unchanged. British sources welcomed the move if confirmed by action.
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Andrei Gromyko
Devet
Red Army
Iran
Moscow
Mar
Tass
Manchuria
Tehran
Ahmed Qavam
Russia
London
Briain
Moscow Radio
Meshed
Japan Uses Barter System To Restore Foreign Trade
Tokyo reports Japan’s foreign trade rebounding through barter with allies and selected nations. Agreements already run with the United States China Korea and Hong Kong while talks proceed with Russia India and Australia. Raw silk dominates exports with plans to ship 1500 cases 1110 bales of silk and 2600 cases of special silk, while coal and railway supplies move to Korea and salt to China and Hong Kong.
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United States
China
Korea
Hong Kong
Russia
India
Australia
Japan
Richard May
Allied Headquarters
Formosa
Manchuria
Southeast Asia
Warm Weather Across United States With Regional Variations
Weather across the United States showed warm conditions with highs up to 70 degrees in the Rio Grande valley of Southern Texas. New England saw cold readings in the 20s near Caribou, Maine. Light precipitation and mild thunderstorms occurred in Eastern Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania, while light snow appeared in Colorado, Utah, and scattered Rockies areas.
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Associated Press
New England
Caribou
Maine
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Utah
Rocky Mountain
President Truman Urges Unity as Byrnes Warns on Lawlessness
President Truman pledged wholehearted cooperation to the United Nations at the Security Council as Secretary Byrnes warned no nation may seize the law. He urged states to settle disputes through the council, stressing continuous readiness to act. Byrnes likened the new world body to early US history and said the charter obligates all states to avoid force except in defense of the law.
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United States
United Nations
Truman
Quo Tai-Chi
China
Council
Iran
Manhattan
United Natiins
UNO
Economic and Social Council
John G. Winant
Atomic Commission
Security Council
New York
United Nations Security Council
America
Hunter
Bronx
Thoma
Duke medical school professor Dr Hanes dies at 62
Durham bulletin reports Dr Frederic M Hanes of Duke University Medical School died suddenly at his home this afternoon at age 62. Survived by his wife and mother Mrs John W Hanes, two sisters Thurmond Chatham of Winston Salem and Mrs Robert Lassiter of Charlotte, and four brothers James, Robert, Ralph Hanes of Winston Salem, and John Hanes of New York. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Durham
Frederic M. Hanes
Duke University Medical School
John W Hanes
Winston-Salem
Thurmond
Chatham
Robert Lassiter
Charlotte
James
Robert
Ralph Hanes
Winston Salem
John Hanes
New York
Nazi scientists aided Allies on atomic bomb tips
The Library of Congress exhibit recounts German scientists aiding the Allies by publishing German theories and discoveries abroad. They published wartime material for German eyes, but hundreds of important treatises slipped out of Germany and appeared in Allied publications.
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Washington
Library of Congress
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