Libyan Question Shapes Paris Talks As Med Life-Line Hinges
Article analyzes Libya's strategic value in the Palestine and Arabian states debate, noting Tobruk harbor and Crete island as key naval routes to Suez. It describes Libya as a prize in the Anglo American trusteeship discussion and recalls Mussolini's colonial vision and forced relocations.
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Italy
Libya
Paris
Palestine
Anglo-American Committee
Britain
Mediterranean
Egypt
England
Russia
Sam
Solomon
United Nations
New York State
Tobruk
Crete
Suez Canal
Garden of
Eden
Senoussi
Rts
CIO Leaders Seek Southern Labor Drive Headquarters
About 100 Southern CIO leaders gathered in Atlanta to meet Van Bittner who will establish the CIO southern organizing HQ in the city. George Googe of the AFL returned to plan a Southern drive with a major meeting in Asheville, N C next week.
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Atlanta
South
CIO
van Bittner
Southern
Bittner
George Googe
AFL
Washington
Asheville
N. C
Googe
Clo P
Birmingham
New Doctors To Be Announced This Sunday
Pinehurst May 3. An announcement will be made Sunday naming physicians licensed to practice in North Carolina who passed state board examinations in March. The board will also release the names of doctors who passed the examinations for the first two years work.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina
State Board of Medical Examiners
Ivan M. Procter
Raleigh
Procter
Riots Blood Alcatraz As Guards Battle Convicts
At Alcatraz federal prison a riot erupts as convicts seize the arsenal and marines reinforce the island. Guard William A. Miller dies and guard Harold P. Stites is killed while authorities pursue six ringleaders amid gunfire and smoke.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Federal Prison
J. A. Johnston
Marine Corps
Alcatraz
William A. Miller
Harold P. Stites
Associated Press
Prison Hostage Crisis Ends With Hostage Rescue
Convicts seized arms and held prisoners for over seven hours in a San Francisco Bay island prison. Ten hostages freed, 14 injured, three critically. guard Harold P. Stiles killed by machine gun fire. Federal authorities reported all hostages rescued and the siege continuing under precarious conditions on the second day.
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Harold P. Stiles
Rugged Island
San Francisco Bay
Truman Appeals to Public to Fight Food Shortages
President Truman urges American self denial and generosity to avert famine abroad and warns he may impose rationing if summer crops fail. House naval committee chair Vinson names a subcommittee to probe alleged dumping of canned food at Astoria Oregon and Charleston South Carolina naval stations. A navy spokesman says officials are examining the reports and that initial findings indicate some food dumped at Astoria was not edible.
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Washington
Truman
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Reps
Rivers
D-Sc
Hess
Ohio
Drys Lose Plank at Raleigh Democrats Convention
In Raleigh on May 3 delegates of the North Carolina Democratic party approved balanced budgets and higher pay for state employees and teachers, while rural roads funding gained backing. An effort by dry forces to insert a statewide prohibition plank into the 1946 platform failed amid a harmonized meeting.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Robert L. Doughton
Francis Clarkson
Charlotte
Davidson Receives REA Loan for $323000 Power Line
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan of $323,000 to the Davidson Electric Membership Corporation of Lexington to build 222 miles of power line, extending electricity to rural homes and establishments.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Davidson Electric Membership Corporation of
Lexington
Arab Arabes Hold At Bay By British Forces In Jerusalem Riot
A 3600 strong Arab crowd demonstrated before the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. British troops with tommy guns and armored cars held the throng back behind a barbed wire barricade amid heavy rain. Jamal Effendi Husseini spoke against the inquiry committee’s plan to admit 100 000 Jewish immigrants to Palestine, triggering a general Arab strike.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Elaosa
Damascus
Old City
Jamal Effendi Husseini
Arab Higher Committee
London
Holy Land
The
Arab League
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha
Cairo
Inquiry
League
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Transjordan
Yemen
Azzem Pasha
Three Railroad Unions Press New Wage Demands
Three railroad operating unions notified management of demands for a further 1.20 dollar daily wage increase beyond the 1.28 dollar boost ordered by a board last month. If no settlement is reached, union leaders said a strike vote will be held and a strike may occur. The announcement came from Carl J. Cleveland Harry W. Fraser and Thomas C. Cashen. The move follows a 24 hour walkout by two other major brotherhoods after talks with carriers aimed to avert a May 18 trainmen and engineers strike.
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Chicago
Carl J.f. Cleveland
Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen
Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
N. Y
Aien
North America
Alcatraz riot eyewitness reports guards vs inmates
An eye witness aboard a boat off Alcatraz describes May 2 clashes as guards on the main block trade rifle fire with convicts using tommy guns. He notes inmates hurling tear bombs back and guards taking cover while shells fly and ammunition streams continue.
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Alcatraz
Penitentiary Island
San Francisco Bay
Associated Press
Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
Dramatic Scene Actor Dies in Stage Death
In Los Angeles a drama workshop scene ended in tragedy as 24 year old actor John Didanoff died during a dying soldier role. He reportedly swallowed a harmless pill given by Lois Conlin, collapsed, and died of a heart attack according to physicians.
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Los Angeles
Theatre Workshop
John Didanoff
Didanoff
Lois Conin
Olice
Minor Injuries After Car Hit By Train In Pomona
In Pomona California on May 3 Mrs Fern Gonzales 25 escaped with minor injuries after a car she rode in was struck by a train and twenty railway cars passed over her She lay on the tracks until the train cleared Jesus R Gonzales 57 her father in law was seriously injured Police said she told trainmen to call her family in Ontario and that she left the gas stove burning
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Pomona
Calif
Fern Gonzales
Jesus R. Gonzales
Tojo Slapped By Co-defendant In Trial Session
In Tokyo the courtroom scene disrupted as Shumei Okawa, a defendant and former South Manchuria railway official, slapped Hideki Tojo on the head during the first session of the nine nation tribunal. Okawa shouted incoherently before being restrained by American military police as indictments were read in English and Japanese.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Angino Soma
Shumei Okawa
Asia
Okawa
Nine Justice International Tribunal
Tojo
Little Chance Of Treaties At Meeting
High ranking delegates from the United States Britain Russia and France met with Yugoslav officials to discuss frontier revisions and peace treaties. Alcide De Gasperi Italian prime minister expected to appear later. The conference aims to revise the Italian Yugoslav frontier amid early cautious predictions.
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Paris
Four
Foreign Ministers
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Luxembourg Palace
Edward Kardelj
Stnoje Simic
Alcide de Eager
Coal Strike Hits Railroads Utilities and Steel Hard
The 38 day coal strike cripples coal dependent lines with a 25 percent passenger cut and freight embargo starting May 10. Utilities fear brownouts in New York Chicago and Detroit with Chicago declaring a state of emergency. Steel throttles output and idles workers at Bethlehem Steel and Carnegie Illinois.
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Associated Press
Office of Defense Transportation
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Bethlehem Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Cor
Rail and coal strike curbs force cuts in service
Washington May 3 The defense office ordered a 50 mg coal supplies cut and from May 10 to May 15 passenger service on coal railroads reduced 25 percent from April 1 mileage. Railroads were told to cancel reservations and take necessary action to carry out the order. The administration warned the strike threatens industrial output as President Truman voiced alarm at the prolonged coal shutdown.
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Washington
Office of Defense
ODT
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Truman
Charles O'Neill
Jamestown Furniture Market Opens With Record Buyers
Jamestown New York hosts a large opening for its first furniture market since 1944 drawing buyers from across the United States Canada and Mexico. Market president Paul E. Denney cites 2500 advance reservations surpassing the previous 1500 record. Swanson notes styles and quantity are limited since the war and a San Eugene Akron Ohio firm unveils aluminum based living room sets with foam rubber upholstery.
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Jamestown
United States
Canada
Mexico
Paul E. Denney
Richard L. Swanson
Jamestown Area
Mrs Poston Seeks Return to England Amid Homesickness
Bliss New York May 3 Mrs Evelyn Caroline Poston a 16 year old war bride who disliked her Salisbury North Carolina farm wants to go home to England She spent 30 hours in Salisbury last week visiting her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Francis Shisler and hopes to arrange transport home soon She has not heard from her Salisbury ex soldier husband whom she married in England six months ago.
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Bliss
N. Y
Evelyn Caroline Poston
Salisbury
N. C
England
Poston
Francis Shisler
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R. P. Reid
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George Draper
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Arch B. Taylor
Winston‘Salem
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