Nation Faces Economy Hit From Wave of Strikes
The article reports widespread strikes hitting steel oil and transportation sectors, with 860000 workers idle nationwide, fuel shortages disrupting Chicago flights, and government actions to seize mills or regulate oil deliveries. It notes wage talks, court actions, and ongoing labor tensions as President Truman seeks settlement.
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Truman
Ess Steel L
Mr Cio
Ilip Murray
Kingswork
Standard Oil of Indiana
Sugar Creek
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Murray
Department
Supreme Court
Wasp Pilot Faced Collision With Hobson in Naval Tragedy
Washington reports detail a collision between the aircraft carrier Wasp and destroyer-minesweeper Hobson. Capt B C McCaffree ordered full power to stop but the Wasp struck Hobson. Hobson sank in four minutes at more than 15 000 feet of water with 61 survivors out of 236. A court of inquiry will assess blame after the Wasp arrives in New York.
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Washington
B. C. McCaffre
Wasp
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
McCaffree
Hobson
He Jung
New York
Asp
Arriva
Catholics Meet Durham in First North Carolina Congress
More than 1,000 Catholics from Maryland to Florida gathered in Durham for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and the North Carolina Catholic Laymen's Association joint congress. The theme That the World May Believe that Thou Hast Sent Me opened with a low mass and featured hierarchy clergy and laity in attendance.
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Durham
Maryland
Florida
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
North
Rolina
Communists allegedly submit counter proposal in Korean truce talks
At Panmunjom Korea negotiators reportedly rejected a U N overall settlement yet a Communist counter proposal is believed to have been submitted. The United Nations offered to return three of five prisoners while granting Reds airfield access and a neutral truces inspector.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Gea
Nam Tl
William P. Nuckols
U.N
Bede
Ao Tha ‘Nusela
Stocks Ease After Rally
New York stocks slipped from their early rally as prices eased after a vigorous advance. The Dow rose over 3 points at its peak, with rails and oils leading gains and Chrysler posting strong first quarter earnings. Volume at noon about 660000 shares.
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NEW York
Motors
Chrysler
Nean Pacific
Union Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Ae & Rio Grande Western
Santa Fe
Amerada
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Greensboro Mayor Clude Kiser Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Greensboro former mayor Clude Kiser, age 71, who served 1921 to 1925, died in a hospital here yesterday from injuries after an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held Saturday.
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Greensboro
Clude Kiser
Marines Survive Atomic Test At Desert Rock Training
More than 2,000 Marines endured the roughest buffeting from an atomic blast at Yucca Flat as two combat battalions moved from foxholes to test readiness. Ground zero exposure decimated nearby equipment while dummies farther back survived, showing what a real field assault might entail. General Burger noted limited ground radiation blocked movement but praised the training value and reported some guns remained usable up to 200 yards from the detonation. Sgt. Edward L. Speck of New Jersey described stand up dummies blown 150 yards, burned near a half mile.
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Camp Desert Rock
Nev
Yucca Flat
Ground Zero
S 1
Rey
Joseph C. Burger
Pendleton
Calif
Burger
Edward L. Speck
Tuckerton
N. J
K. 4 Korea
Camp Lejeune
N. C
North Carolina towns must apply for Powell Bill funds
The State Highway Commission will award four to five million dollars to eligible cities and towns from July 1 to July 21. Highway Commission Chair Henry Jordan reminded municipalities of the deadline in Raleigh. Nutty Puppies, a Gatesville product, debuted before the State Board of Agriculture to promote healthier hush puppies made with ground peanuts in corn meal.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Powell Bill Street
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Henry Jordan
State Board of Agriculture
Ethel Parker
Gatesville
Hillcrest Mills Plant Stoppage Due to Hosiery Market Slump
In Durham the Hillcrest Mills hosiery plant began halting operations as market conditions worsen. Officials said the plant will be closed for quite a while amid a slow hosiery market and business downturn.
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Durham
Hillcrest Mills
North Carolina Music Clubs Elect Officers At Wilmington
The North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs ended its two day convention in Wilmington. Mrs Laure Howell Norden was elected president. Newly elected officers include Mrs Arch Baylor third vice president Mrs Ronnie Williamson Chaplain and Mrs Ruth I Boyer corresponding secretary.
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Wilmington
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
Laure Howell Norden
Arch Baylor
Biltmore
Ronnie Williamson
Manteo
Ruth I. Boyer
Duke hosts meeting on school admin cooperation
Durham experts at Duke University chaired by the State Advisory Committee on Educational Administration urged closer cooperation between educational institutions and school administrators. The discussion focused on North Carolina's role in Kellogg Foundation education administration studies funded grant projects.
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Durham
North Carolina
Duke University
Duke
Kellogg Foundation
State Highway Commission approves bids for 293 miles
Raleigh notes the Highway Commission aged low bids totaling 3,842,670.36 for 293 miles of road work at its meeting yesterday. The session began the fourth and final year of the commission appointed by Gov. Scott, and a resolution of thanks to highway workers and engineers was adopted to mark the date.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Scott
Broadcasters Meet Raleigh BMI Clinic Opens
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters opened its second annual BMI program clinic in Raleigh. Speakers included Finley MacDonald of CJCH Halifax Ken Tredwell of WBT WBTV Charlotte Micah R Hanna WHCU Ithaca NY and William Page of Kinston.
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Broadcasters
Raleigh
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
Finley MacDonald
CJCH
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Ken Tredwell
WBT
WBTV
Charlotte
Micah R. Hanna
WHCU
Ithaca
New York
William §. Page
Kinston
Prominent Wilmington Citizens Named for Klansman Trial Jury
A panel of 60 prospective jurors for the trial of 11 former Ku Klux Klansmen on federal kidnapping charges was summoned in Wilmington. Names drawn from a 3,000-name district list include Warren W. Bell former Tide Water Power Co. president now with Carolina Power and Light Co. C. O. Allsbrook Wilmington Chamber of Commerce president. J. E. L. Wade city councilmen. Kenneth Sprunt plantation owner. plus other business and civic leaders.
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Wilmington
Southeastern North Carolina
Tral
Oil Strike Warns of Gasoline Shortage for Korea
Striking oil workers threaten to halt flows to Korea as California pickets and other disruptions surge. Officials warn rationing may begin soon at Sinclair stations and across 17 Eastern states. Authorities probe bridge stoppage delaying 65 000 barrels of gasoline.
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Wallny Poche
District of Columbia
Chicago
FBI
Lake Mi
Selig
Standard Oil 14
Hammond
Ind
Eoall-Industry Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
Pine
Mil Hat
Guanalabo
Milwaukee Seay
Pacific Northwest
Aerotearaapers
Denver
Colo
California
Een Bee Dos & Aoe
Charles Armin
CIO ‘Oil Workers Union
J. Robinson
Allied Once
Tyler Tex
Marvin M. McCarrell
Sinclair Refining Co
Texas
Sinclair
F. G. Felice
U. S. Attorney's Office
East Chicago
Indiana
M]waukee
Houston Gulf
Washington
Ote
R L Greenlee Dies at 88 in Marion North Carolina
Robert Lee Greenlee age 88 a retired civil engineer and 1887 UNC graduate died after a brief illness in Marion He was widely known in western North Carolina as Uncle K a longtime railroad and waterworks project engineer who retired years ago from municipal work.
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R. L. Greenlee
Marion
N. C
Robert Lee Greenlee
University of North Carolina
Greenlee
Picket Lines Retreat as Murray Orders Steel Return to Work
President Truman mediates a steel strike, ordering 650000 workers to resume work for the government. Pickets disperse at once while unions await Murray's next talks with the White House Big Six as courts weigh presidential seizure authority.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Pine
Lorals
Republic Steel
Louis Pierre
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
Pittsburgh
Murray
David A. Pine
Truman
U. S. Court of Appeals
High Court
York Free Under Parole After Lottery Case Conviction
Shug York, key witness in the Guilford lottery trials, has been released on parole after his four year sentence was reduced to two years. Parole was approved by Gov. Scott on the recommendation of state parole officials and law enforcement.
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Raleigh
York
Francis Duva
Orip
Greensboro
Sohnson
Highest Military Honor Confers on N C Soldier Crump
North Carolina soldier Corporal Jerry K. Crump of the Third Division receives the Medal of Honor for saving comrades in Korea by throwing himself on a grenade during a fierce assault. Crump, 19, was wounded but survived and is stationed at Camp Rucker Alabama. his parents Harvey and Lillian Crump of Forrest City NC will attend when the medal date is announced.
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Washington
North Carolina
Cpl
Jerry K. Crump
Korea
Har
Vey Ll. Crump
Forrest B i N. C
Crump
Camp Rucker
Ala
Din
Ar Jame
Rieve Sweeps United Textile Workers Election in Cleveland
President Emil Rieve and 25 candidates won on the secret ballot in the CIO union election. Belden was seconds with 1 223 to 720, Baldanzi撤 declared non join. Pollock beat Conn for secretary treasurer. Nord re elected trustee with Cochran and Boyles also winning.
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Cleveland, O
United Textile Workers’ Union
CIO
Emil Rieve
Rieve
Union
Oer Non
Iis
Belden
Baldanzi
William Pollock
New York
Lewis M. Conn
Greensboro N.C
Elizabeth Nord
Providence
R.J
Newcomers Cochran
Cordova, Ala
A.C. Boyles l
Parkersburg
W. Va
Plane Crash Tragedy In Brazilian Jungle Claims All Aboard
A Pan American World Airways Clipper Good Hope crashed in dense Brazilian jungle after reporting trouble near Barreiras. An American crew of nine and 41 passengers were aboard with rescue attempts hindered by terrain. U S Air Force and Brazilian forces coordinated search and medical救 efforts.
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Belem
Brazil
Richard Olney
U. S. Air Force
Puerto Rico
Pan- American World Airways
el Presidente
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Port of Spain
Trinidad
New York
Barreiras
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Mami Ton
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Estesse
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Max Min Baill
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