Telephone strike talks seek renewed wage compromise
Government conciliators, union leaders, and AT&T long lines officials met in Washington to pursue a compromise wage formula ending the 26 day telephone strike. A proposed plan reportedly includes a smaller immediate raise and an arbitration board to settle further raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Long Lines
American Union of Telephone Workers
John W. Gibson
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Eee
Manno
Willie J
Idlia i
American Telegraph & Telephone Co
Union Coercion Ban Shift in Labor Bill Amendment
Senator Taft abandoned a push to allow private employers to seek injunctions against jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts. The plan to add a coercion ban on unions in selecting bargaining representatives was expected to pass. Taft may press for damages rights while others oppose ideas seen as destroying Norris-La Guardia protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Senate
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Norris-La Guardia
U. S
National Labor Relations Board
Ohioan
London Dock Strike Ends After Four Days
London's four day dock strike ended with thousands returning to work to unload ships. Strike leaders said a few hundred remained out defying pleas from government and union. The walkout began in sympathy with 3800 Glasgow dock workers driven out six weeks earlier after 500 were declared redundant.
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London
Glasgow
Weather forecast for the Carolinas May 3 1947
Partly cloudy and cooler today then fair and mild tonight and Saturday. Mild temperatures expected today with warmer conditions by Sunday and little change after. Rain chances increase early next week. Rises not clearly stated. Bets not clearly stated.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
No Chickens for Merchant in Airplane Plea
Kings Mountain merchant and Cleveland County commissioner A. Bridges dropped a tiny parachute from his backyard airplane over R. G. Turner’s farm to reach Earl North Carolina supplier during a telephone strike. County Auditor C. G. Dilling conveyed the reply in hours: no chickens available.
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Shelby
Ilee A. Bridges
Kings Mountain
Cleveland County
Earl, N. C
R. G. Turner
C. G. Dilling
Dilling
Wholesale Prices Show Decline Across Nonagricultural Goods
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.3 percent drop in wholesale market prices for the week ended last Saturday, with declines across all non agricultural commodity groups except house furnishings. Cotton print cloth and sheeting led drops of up to 13 percent, while the figures accompany political calls to pressure basic manufacturers to lower prices.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gael ‘Ilivan
Ratio National Committee
Truman
Sullivan
Truck Driver Ramsey Held Over 20000 Pounds Sugar
A Detroit truck driver Kelmer John Ramsey, 36, was jailed in Winston Salem after state patrol found 20 000 pounds of sugar in his trailer without a bill of lading. He claimed the sugar was for delivery in Charlotte and was en route to Atlanta, refusing to reveal the shipment origin.
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Winston-Salem
Detroit
S. H. Mitchell
Kelmer John Ramsey
E. L. Smith
Indiana
Mitchell
Charlotte
Ramsey
Atlanta
Fines Imposed on Halifax Poker Participants
In Roanoke Rapids Halifax county officials and seven others paid fines totaling 1850 in Superior Court before Judge Henry L. Stevens for taking part in a pre Christmas poker game at Enfield. County Commissioner John Davis and six others each fined 250 while Illie Herbert received 100. other $250 earners included Tom Ellen Jack White Frank Newsome Owen Bellamy a Barnhill and Waverly e. The case arose from a dispute over a $500 pot and the judge noted the participants appeared good men but the stakes were excessive.
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Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Superior Court
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
Enfield
John Davis
Illie Herbert
Davis
Tom Ellen
Jack White
Frank Newsome
Owen Bellamy
Barnhill
Waverlye
Mac Joneson
Stevens
Chatham Man Succeeds Ward as NC Motor Vehicles Commissioner
Governor Cherry announced Col. Landon C. Rosser of Chatham County will succeed T. Boddie Ward as North Carolina motor vehicles commissioner. Rosser, a former state representative and World War veteran, reports May 15 and will replace Ward when his resignation takes effect June 1. He previously served as Lee County sheriff from 1920 to 1926.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Landon C. Rosser
Chatham County
T. Boddie Ward
North Carolina
Col. Rosser
Ward
Lee County
Carolinians At Harbor Meet See State Projects Plan
Two Carolinians joined the 37th National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington as South Carolina Governor J. Strom Thurmond prepared the main address. R. B. Page of North Carolina ports authority and Wilmington publisher led a projects committee aiming to draft a state plan for convention endorsement and a new bid for North Carolina shipyards at Wilmington. John W. Farrell of the North Carolina Industrial Commission also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
R. B. Page
North Carolina Ports Authority
Wilmington
Page
Ports Authority
Maritime Commission
North Carolina
Commission
John W. Farrell
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Seven Killed In Disturbances Near May Day March
In Rome on May Day a machinegun ambush near Palermo yesterday raised the toll to seven dead. Police arrested 64 suspects as a nationwide manhunt for the attackers continued. The Interior Minister reported 33 wounded, including a woman and a child.
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Rome
Palermo
Mario Scelbal
Local Option Rent Bill Moves To Senate
The House passed a rent control bill with a local options feature allowing each city or county to decide its stance. The measure, approved 204 to 182, extends controls June 30 to December 31 with potential presidential extension to 1948, includes a 15 percent rent rise for two-year leases, and exempts new houses and vacant rentals from ceilings. It also rolls back some government material controls and keeps veterans housing provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tru Fman
Truman
Fon
Rep. Redden
D-Nc
White House Debates Portal Pay Measure Across Congress
A bill to curtail pending portal pay claims worth 5 to 6 billion dollars moves toward the White House. Republicans warn a veto could undermine the president and the low price drive. Administration allies urge blackballing the measure to avoid weakening the wage hour act. Senate and House judiciary chairmen Wiley and Michener say a veto would unsettle business.
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Washington
White House
Administration
Truman
Senate
House
Wiley
Wis
Michener
Judiciary
Chinese Reds Close On Taiyuan Amid Siege of Shensi
Chinese communists reportedly infil trate to within 20 miles of Taiyuan smashing communications and attacking posts near Shansi province capital. The Nationalist news agency said capture of Suzhou? last Red stronghold in northern Shensi was imminent as 100000 residents faced a siege.
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Nanking
Taiyuan
Shansi
Yei Hsishan
Suiteh
Shensi
North Carolina reports 28 percent revenue gain in 10 months
Revenue from all sources for the 10 months ended April 30 totaled 153,722,376 dollars, up 33,715,113 or 28.09 percent from the prior year. April receipts reached 13,708,929 dollars, up 784,684 or 6.07 percent, with general fund income rising to 107,206,584 for the period and 10,110,434 for April. Major gains come from income and sales taxes. gas and oil inspection fees totaled 1,816,070.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin Gill
General Fund
Highway and Agriculture Departments
Gill
Mecklenburg Man Heads TB Body in NC Tuberculosis Association
Dr. Hillis L. Seay, superintendent of Mecklenburg county sanatorium, was re-elected president of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association at the board meeting in Goldsboro last night. Other officers include Dr. M. D. Bonner of Jamestown as vice president, Miss Elizabeth Smith of Goldsboro as secretary, and T. W. Steed of Raleigh as treasurer. Frank W. Webster of Raleigh was chosen executive secretary.
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Goldsboro
Hillis.l. Seay
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
M. D. Bonner
Jamestown
Guilford County
Elizabeth Smith
T. W. Steed
Raleigh
Frank W. Webster
No Small Bills For Chinese Union Leaders
Shanghai officials announced a currency reform withdrawing $100 notes after issuing $10 000 notes. The move leaves $500 bills as the smallest circulating denomination and at the official rate each $500 bill equals about four U S cents.
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Shanghai
May
U.S
Student Leaps Church Rail To Jibe Priest
A 26 year old university student Henry Berfield of Puyallup Washington leaped the altar rail in a New York church during services and taunted a priest. He said he studies law and government at Columbia University and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in night court with bail set at 500 dollars pending sentence Thursday.
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New York
Henry Berfield
Puyallup, Wash
Columbia University
Berfield
Maybank criticizes U S foreign loans harming South Carolina textile workers
Senator Maybank of South Carolina told the American Cotton Manufacturers association in Augusta that U S funding to develop foreign industry risks depriving American textile workers of jobs. He warned that loans and grants could aid foreign competition, urging safeguards or subsidies to protect domestic workers and insisting rehabilitation help come from the affected nations themselves.
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Augusta
Maybank
D-Sc
United States
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
America
Bualneas
Britain Pushes Jewish Voice in UN Palestine Debate
New York May 2 Britain said Jews should receive a hearing in the United Nations debate on Palestine if feasible. Sir Alexander Cadogan announced Britain’s view as the 14 nation steering committee opened talks. US officials hinted at some form of representation while Russia and Poland urged broader participation. Arabs favored the plan if their higher committee could also appear.
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New York
Britain
United Nations
Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
General Assembly
Cadogan
United States
Warren Austin
Austin
Poland
Andrei A. Gromyko
Union Leaders Meet on Merger Talks and Unity
AFL and CIO chiefs Green and Murray met for five hours to discuss unity and cooperation amid pending labor curb legislation. A unified front against new laws is uncertain as the CIO demands legislative unity first, while the AFL urges immediate organic consolidation talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
United Front
William Green
Philip Murray
Green
Murray
February Births Show Increase in North Carolina
The State Board of Health reports 9,480 live births in February in North Carolina, with 2,546 deaths. January and February combined show 19,460 births versus 13,385 a year ago, and 4,996 deaths this year compared with 5,175 last year. Heart disease caused 603 deaths in February amid other major causes.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
North Carolina
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American Federation of Labor
Daniel Tobin
AFL Teamsters’ Union
John L. Lewis
Oo United Mine Workers
Chatham Man
Texas
Rockwall
Tex
Maxine Buhler
Rowlett
Mecklenburg
International Trade Organization
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