Truman vows wage rise as oil strike throttles U S flying
The 90,000 oil workers strike cripples military and civilian air operations, halting training at 40 Air Force installations and reducing B 36 bomber flight readiness. California firms accused of shipping aviation gasoline east and to Korea complicate supplies. Gasoline price wars erupt in Denver as CTA warns service cuts in Chicago looming.
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Colo
AFL, Cio
California
Wika
Mialeeee Weanell
Korea
Knight
Oetre Training Command
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Air Force
Russell Tarvin
Carswell Air Force Base
Tex
Tarvin
Bruce Brown
Petroleum Administration
Decy
Washington
Steel Mills Readied For Work After Walkout Ends
Pittsburgh reports show 650000 CIO United Steelworkers prepared to return to work after President’s request ending the strike. U S Steel, Great Lakes Steel and Bethlehem Steel plan rapid restart while unions demand assurance of uninterrupted production and maintenance crews resume next days. Virginia Kincaid says members will report to plants. mass meetings possible if lockout extends.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United
Great Lakes Steel
Detroit
Washington
Mr. N
Philip Murray
Clifford F. Hood
U. S. Steel
Ival Kincaid
Cio-Usw
Gary
Ind
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Murra
Sheffield Steel Corp
Houston
Allied Industries
Coast Guard Tow Possible For Crippled Ciandi
Coast Guard vessels reached the fishing boat Ciandi off Charleston and believed they could tow it to port. The 45 foot Ciandi, en route from West Palm Beach to New Jersey with two men, rammed a sand bar near Cape Romine and began taking on water. Sportcaster took Ciandi in tow as a Coast Guard picket tried to meet them amid ground swells and poor visibility. The Ciandi crew reported continuing flooding but the cutter Travis and a picket boat arrived early today, and a tow appears feasible.
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Charleston
S. C
Coast Guard
Travis
New Jersey
West Palm Beach
Cape Romine
Ciandi
Plane crash expedition organized in Belem Brazil
Pan American Airways plans an expedition through dense jungle to reach the hillside wreckage of an American Stratocruiser. Five passengers and crew died, all nine crew members and 16 of the Americans aboard perished. A government estimate says it will take days to reach the 35 mile distant Santa Marta village for rescue.
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Panican Airways
Ake
Arene
Sata Marta
Santa Marta
National Indian Agency
Caiiapo
Gyme
Methodists Meet Over Federation at 1952 General Conference
San Francisco US delegates prepared for heated debate on the Methodist Federation for Social Action as calls arose to drop Methodist from its title and leave the Methodist Building New York. The conference created two commissions to streamline boards and approved a 9660 annual four year budget for world service financing, up nearly 1.5 million dollars from prior funds.
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San Francisco
Methodist Federation For Social Action
Methodist
New York
Board of Education
World Service Organization
Allied Sabre Jets Down Four Red MiGs in Two Duels Near Yellow Sea
Allied Sabre jets destroyed four MiG-15s in two sundown duels near the Yellow Sea, damaging a fifth. Capt. Robert T. Lathlaw earned his fifth MIG, and Capt. Robert J. Love raised his score to seven. North of Yonchon and near Pyongyang, UN patrols reported light enemy losses and targeted air activity continued despite cloudy conditions.
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Seoul
Korea
Yellow Sea
America
Robert T. Lawshaw
Amarillo
Tex
Lathlaw
Robert J. Love
Bernardino
Calif
United Na
Tions
5Th Air Force
United Nations
Yonchon
Pyongyang
Strange backroom moves in North Carolina race
Raleigh reports show Hubert E Olive naming Woodrow Teague as campaign manager in Wake County while Gov J Melville Broughton and senator candidate Umstead battle for the 1948 U S Senate race. Broughton’s son, J Melville Broughton Jr., works in Umstead's campaign staff.
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Raleigh
Hubert E. Olive
Wake County
Woodrow Teague
Teague
Inc
J. Melviton
Broughton
William B. Umstead
Olive
U. S. Senate
J. Melville Broughton, Jr
The
Law Partnership
Umstead
North Carolina cities issue permits valued at $13.23 million in March
The state Labor Department reports 76 NC cities and towns granted building permits totaling 13,230,699 in March, up from February. New housing authorized reached 7,294,003 while non residential and other work added 4,461,037. alterations and repairs formed part of the total.
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Raleigh
State Labor Department
North Carolina
Broadcasters Program Draws National Leaders
Speakers at a program sponsored by K. Music, Inc. and the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters include E Finla Donald of Station Halifax in Halifax Nova Scotia, Michael R Hanna of WHCU Ithaca N Y, Gordon Capps of KFRV Ontario Ore, and Jack Knabb of Rochester N Y Advertising Agency.
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Cal
K. Music, Inc
North Carolina Association of ‘Broadcasters
E. Finla Donald
Halifax
N. 8
Michael R. Hanna
WHCU
Ithaca
N. Y
National Association of Broadcasters
Gordon Capps
KFRV
Ontario
Ore
Jack Knabb
Rochester
Bedell vows fighting write-in campaign if filing void
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Republicans heard Bedell of Reidsville announce a fighting write-in campaign should his filing be voided by the state board of elections. It surfaced that Bedell is registered as a Democrat in Rockingham County, raising questions about party-consistent registration under state law.
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Winston-Salem
W. Forest Bedell
Reidsville
Congress
Forsyth County
State Board of Elections
Bedell
Rockingham County
Roxboro Debaters Clinch State Title at UNC
Hunter Till man and Jimmy Warren of Roxboro High School won the state finals at the University of North Carolina, coached by Mrs. A F Nichols, defeating a team from Ashe High School in Winston-Salem for a second straight Roxboro victory. Joseph M Stancil of Durham named field publicity director for Herbert F Seawell Jr.. Seawell plans to appoint a state campaign manager with district assistants. Winston-Salem hosted the 12th Journal and Sentinel WSJS Spelling Bee. The winner earns a free week in Washington May 19-24 to compete in the 25th National Spelling Bee May 22.
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Chapel Hill
Roxboro
Hunter Tillman
Jimmy Warren
University of North Carolina Yestern
A. F. Nichols
Ae High School
Winston-Saem
Greensboro
Joseph M. Stancil
Durham
Herbert F. Seawell Jr
Carthage
Seawell
Stancil
Winston-Salem
Journal and Sentinel
Greensboro education group to hold May meeting in Chapel Hill
The Greensboro North Carolina Association of Childhood Education announces its annual meeting on May 19 in Chapel Hill. More than 400 attendees from grammar grade education across the state are expected to attend the one day event.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Association of Childhood Education
Chapel Hill
Carrie Phillips
North Carolina
Senators Pressure Brannan as Cotton Deal Scandal Unfolds
Senate investigators urge suspension or firing of an Agriculture Department official accused of sharing confidential U S cotton bid information with an Egyptian broker. Witnesses allege Walker disclosed data to Mansour and others, while officials debate proper bidding practices and potential Justice Department review.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
U. S
Allen J. Eliender
DLA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Charles F. Brannan
Yae
Geissler
Walker
Weer
Bey Press
Justice Department
Harold Mesibov
Florida Presidential Hopefuls Race South Ahead of Florida Primary
Sensei Kefauver and Richard Russell sped to Florida for last minute campaigning in cities along the East Coast. The rivals met in a cigar factory where Kefauver benefited from a half dollar contribution, while Russell denied any pledge to back Warren or join a third party. Kefauver accused Russell of backing a trade focused coalition and highlighted Russell’s steady Democratic loyalties.
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Kefauver
Russell
Georgia
Fuller Warren
Florida
Torney General
Democratic Party
Stock Prices Edge Upward Amid Quiet Trade
New York reports show stock prices edging higher in a two hour session with many issues unchanged or absent from tape. Oil shares led gains with Amerada Petroleum rising over four points while steel and automotives were subdued. Bond prices on the big board rose early as market activity remained restrained awaiting White House talks between steel and labor.
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New York
Stock Exchange
White House
Amerada Petroleum
White House Seeks Quick Steel Wage Settlement If Talks Fail
President Truman urges union and management to reach a new wage contract for the government operated steel industry or face possible government action. Officials discuss a proposed 17 1/2 cent an hour increase and fringe benefits while the Supreme Court considers the seizure ruling and a possible wage freeze.
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Mahmeg Og
Yene
Steel Union
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
Ne‘ber
Justice Depathe
Union
High Court
David A. Pine
Ae Po Sawyer
Truce Talks Stall as Debates Drag on at Panmunjom
In Panmunjom Korea the Allied and Communist truce delegates exchanged formal statements in a 24 minute session and bargaining over an overall peace plan stalled on prisoner exchange airfield construction and a Russian peace inspector. Observers noted a coolly impersonal atmosphere as talks paused for a recess amid stubborn deadlocks.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. N
Russia
Nam Il
Red
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Nam
William C. Nuckols
Truman to star in live White House TV tour today
President Truman will guide a 4 to 5 pm EDT one hour live television tour of the renovated White House interior. NBC CBS and ABC will cover with more than seven cameras and a studio crew, aiming to reach about 30 million viewers.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Washington
Truman
Executive Mansion
Man
NBC
CBS
ABC
An Tv
Eee
Itv
Ocp
New House
Raleigh college reunion ends with Alumni luncheon
North State College wrapped its annual class reunions and meetings in Raleigh. The final day featured the Alumni Association luncheon with Dr. Davis A. Lockmiller of the University of Chattanooga presiding as guest and leader.
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Raleigh
North State College
College Alumni Association
Davis A. Lockmiller
University of Chattanooga
Weather highs and lows for today and tomorrow
The forecast shows a high of 82 today with a low of 50 last night. Tonight’s low drops to 50 and tomorrow’s high reaches 82, continuing warm conditions.
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