Rail Strike May Be Halted Settlement Desired By Both Sides
Chicago May 1. Federal mediator Douglass says a railroad strike due May 11 might be averted as the National Mediation Board seeks settlements between carriers and three operating unions. Negotiators focus on wage demands and working rules amid a 190000 member workforce seeking up to 30 percent increases with a minimum 20 day.
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National (Railway) Mediation Board
Frank P. Douglass
Emergency ‘Board
Douglass
Emergency Board
Railroa
Brotherhoods
Tax Slash Becomes Cash Reality For Many Today
Washington reports the $4.8 billion annual tax cut becomes actual take home pay today for more than 50 million taxpayers. Retroactive to the start of the year, refunds will await 1948 return filings in 1949 while 7.4 million people are fully tax free. Lower withholdings range from 12 percent on small taxes to five percent on large taxes, costing the treasury about $600 million in May and June.
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Congress
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Compensation Asked By British Offeds
Britain has filed a compensation claim with Moscow for the lives of 11 people killed in a collision between a British transport and a Soviet fighter over Berlin on April 5. The Foreign Office said the claim covers the transport its baggage and other losses. A British investigation blamed the Soviet pilot. a Russian inquiry blamed the British plane.
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Britain
Moscow
Berlin
Foreign Office
Tony
Fair and Warmer Foretold for Carolinas
The Associated Press reports a mild to warm spell for the Carolinas with today and tomorrow fair and mostly clear after a cloudy start. A cool spell cooled yesterday. temperatures rose several degrees with readings ranging from the high forties to mid eighties at Mt. Mitchell.
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Charlotte
Spartanburg
Charleston
Columbia
Anderson
Greenville
Mt. Mitchell
Winston-Salem
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Wilmington
Florence
Registration Opens as Voters Start Registration
Registrars opened registration books at about 1 950 polling places across Raleigh at 9 a m. to accept potential voters for the primaries. Registration will run until sundown for the next two Saturdays while candidates rest.
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Raleigh
Labor bloc picks five for state offices in NC primary
Raleigh dispatch reports the United Labor Political Action Committee of North Carolina has named five candidates to back in the May 29 primary. The AFL CIO and independent unions backing Mayne Albright for governor Dan Tompkins for lieutenant governor Thad Eure for secretary of state James P B Vogler for state treasurer and Forrest Shuford for commissioner of labor. Eure and Shuford are incumbents.
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Raleigh
United Labor Political Action Committee of
North Carolina
AFL
CLO
Mayne Albright
Dan Tompkins
Thad Eure
James PB. Vogler
Forrest Shuford
Eure
Shuford
Senators Campaign Tour Amid Primary Activity in North Carolina
Senator William B. Umstead asserting flue-cured tobacco will aid European recovery spoke at a joint Red Springs Rotary and Lions meeting. Former Governor J. Melville Broughton warned that only higher production will curb rising living costs at a Salisbury dinner. Kerr Scott continued a western three day gubernatorial tour with no formal speeches yesterday. Charles M. Johnson from Raleigh endorsed greater financial aid for the aged and for dependent children.
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William B. Umstead
Red Springs
Kerr Scott
Charles M. Johnson
Raleigh
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Five Story Fall Ends Mother's Life in Charleston Hotel
Deputy Coroner Brandes ruled death a self inflicted fall from a hotel room window in Charleston. The deceased Mrs. S Airey, 35, of Washington, was identified as the victim.
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George A. ‘Brandes
S. Airey
Washington
Elks Lodge in Charlotte Destroyed by Fire
A three-story red brick Elks building at South Tryon and Stonewall streets in Charlotte burned in a rapid $200,000 blaze last night. Exalted ruler James B. Rowe met officers to discuss rebuilding after most occupants escaped unharmed.
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Hendrix Palmer
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Stonewall Streets
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American Plan For Palestine Opposed By Jewish Agency
Aubrey Eban, representing the Jewish agency, told the UN assembly's 58 member political committee that the American trusteeship plan for Palestine would worsen Jewish Arab fighting. He condemned moving ahead as Holy Land is partitioned by force and said neither side would accept delays to independence.
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Palestine
Eban
Republicans Plan to Block Early Stassen Nomination
Reported strategy aims to keep seven key states' 300 votes behind favorite sons to stall an early Stassen surge at the Philadelphia convention. Targeted states include Pennsylvania 75, Illinois 56, with others in line to test strength against Dewey Taft Vandenberg and Warren. Stassen backers doubt Connecticut and California join the tactic.
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Harold E. Stassen
Wendell Willkie
Stassen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Pennsylvania
Illinois
Edward Martin
Dwight Green
Pan American Conference Ends In Bogota Pact Accord
In Bogota a ninth Pan American conference closed after delegates from 21 nations signed pacts. Armored cars surrounded the villa as tension from the April uprising lingered and President Ospina Perez was absent.
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Colombia
Simon Bolivar
South America
Mariano Ospina Perez
Lewis Faces Two Fronts in Coal Contract Talks
John L. Lewis moved to start talks with soft coal operators on May 18 while Southern Coal Producers Association seeks a new pact to replace the June 30 expiration. Moody of Dixie disputes Pension Fund bargaining and may escalate to NLRB action. The row traces to an April 3 court order.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
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Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Dixie Organization
Moody
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Lewis-Moody
May Day Observed Worldwide Amid Intense Worker Tensions
May Day celebrations across the globe split along lines of communism and Western powers. In Berlin rival crowds clashed in sentiment as Soviet and anti communist demonstrations drew tens of thousands, while Moscow showcased a large civilian oriented parade led by Stalin.
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Trieste
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Henry Rutz
American Federation of Labor
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Red Square
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U. S
Walber B. Smith
Russia
Kentucky Derby Bet Motive Leads to Wallet Theft
Adele Lucy Robertson, 20, from Louisville, was held on $1,000 bail after allegedly stealing a man's wallet in a Grand Central station waiting room to place a Derby bet. Police said the Kentucky bred woman admitted needing to bet on the Derby and cited Kentucky blood as a motive.
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Adele Lucy Robertson
Louisville
Grand Central Station
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Udge
Attlee Attacks Soviet Russia In May Day Address
Prime Minister Attlee denounced Russia as backward and reactionary and described communism as a Nazi pattern aimed at destroying democracy. He criticized eastern European dictatorships, police state repression, and urged cooperation with the United States and other nations if the right to choose an independent path is respected.
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Attlee
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Indians Attack Americans In South America
Guayaquil Ecuador May 1 UP government troops move toward the town of Chunchi where the Jones Construction Company of Charlotte North Carolina reports it is under attack by hundreds of Indians. A worker is said killed and several Americans and family members are in the camp. The government mobilizes and sends the civil guard commander to Chunchi on the Guayaquil Quito line. Workers seek indemnity for layoffs under the labor code.
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Quito
Jones Construction Company
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Jones Company
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