Race riot at Army post ends with inmate surrender
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas reports a race riot with one prisoner killed and multiple guards and prisoners injured. White prisoners capitulated after a surrender ultimatum. 213 Black inmates in another block surrendered earlier. Tear gas used, cell blocks damaged, and full work resumption expected by Monday. Major Triesler said segregation plans and court martial would follow investigation.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Kansas City
Henry C. Triesler
Triesler
Graeme Parks
Fifth Army
Chicago
Graeme
Cotton Men Warn Against Hasty Price Reductions
Augusta GA May 3 Dr Claudius T Murchison president of the Cotton textile institute warned against price reductions based on the belief prices are too high He urged letting economics govern adjustments and warned of potential harm to the nation He also announced leadership changes at the American cotton manufacturers association naming Fuller FE Callaway as chairman and Harvey W Moore and Ellison S McKissick as vice presidents.
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Augusta
Claudius T. Murchison
Cotton ‘Textile Instiute
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Murchison
Fuller FE
Callaway
LaGrange Ga
The
Association Today
Walter S. Montgomery
Spartanburg
S. C
Harvey W. Moore
Charlotte
Ellison S. McKissick
East
Elliott W. Springs
Lancaster
H. K. Hallett
Pew Creek
N. C
Hearne Swing
Kannapolis
Charles L.bacon
Joe L. West Point
Robert H. Chapman
UN &. B. Nichol
Anderson
Washington
National Association of Wholesalers
White House
Truman
Joseph Kolodny
Ma Kdodny
Association
Mrr
Weather summary for major cities across the United States
The report lists daily temperatures and rainfall in multiple cities including Los Angeles Miami New Orleans New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Raleigh Richmond Saint Louis Seattle Tampa and others. Values show highs and lows with rainfall amounts noted for many locations.
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APM
Fei Rtomina
Areny Anil Einer
Jon H
Pittshurah
Portland M
AD. Raleigh Ag AG MR
Richmond
Louis Ih
Fe! Hille
Franciser
Nes
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Tampa
New Times accuses U S press of organized slander on Russia
Moscow May 3 New Times the Soviet magazine on international affairs said some in the United States spread organized slander about the country through hirelings in editorial offices. It cites Stalin and Stassen interviews and accuses foreign press of sensationalist fabrications about censorship and the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
New Times
United States
Stalin
Harold FE. Stassen
Minnesota
Russia
Marshal Timoshenko
Tehran
V. M. Molotov
NAW Plan To Hold Prices Endorsed By President
President Truman endorses a National Association of Wholesalers plan to curb prices. Joseph Kolodny, NAW president, urges retailers and manufacturers to cut costs, reexamine price schedules, and maintain production to protect consumers. The White House reception calls for unified action across distribution and selling costs.
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NAW
Greek Relief issue Set For Senate Action
Senate Republicans move foreign relief and tax cuts to top of agenda. Taft Rohick and peers approved 17 major measures in a closed session, prioritizing labor reform and a $350 million relief bill, with spending kept near $200 million unless extended. UNRRA has ended operations.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Taft Rohick
House
Taft
UNRRA
Veterans in Communist May Day parade investigated
Rep. J Parnell Thomas charged officers and men wore uniforms at a New York Communist May Day parade. Army officials said Hodges is investigating and no active-duty personnel appear to be marching. Patterson asked for further identification data and stated the inquiry continues.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
RNJ
New York
House Committee On
Patterson
Communist Party
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Army
Thomas
Hodges
Ted States
Polar Cap
Alaska
Jacob Lew Devers
Navy
Congress
Jefferson Day speeches hail Truman as great leader
Democratic speakers at Jefferson Day events in Detroit Omaha and Boston praised President Truman as a great president and accused Republicans of bungling and broken promises. They urged continued support to push toward world peace, criticizing GOP laissez faire policies of Hoover Coolidge and Harding.
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Myers
D-Pa
Detroit
Kilgore
Thomas Jefferson
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Harry S. Truman
Sullivan
Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
CIO Leader Attacks Congress Labor Bill in Boston Speech
Emil Rieve general president of the CIO Textile Workers union said Congress aims to destroy organized labor and warned that if it succeeds labor will push for government ownership of American industry. He argued free enterprise could work with reasonable controls.
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Boston
Emil Rieve
CIO Textile Workers Union
Congress
Rieve
Ilub
Veto Looms Over Labor Bill As Senate Weighs Moderates
The White House signals a veto to the House labor bill while Senate moderates pursue a milder version. President Truman May veto House bill but could support a toned down measure after House-Senate compromise talks. Senate debates coercion amendments amid party split as Taft and Byrd push tougher provisions.
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Washington
Prest Truman
House
Senate
Truman
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
D-La
Byrd
D-Va
Youth Shot In Entrance Of Princess Cafe
Byron Walters, 19, of 812 South Hamilton street, was shot in the vestibule of the Princess cafe on North Main street at 10 15 last night. He was taken to Memorial hospital with a serious abdomen wound, and police questioned two companions while pursuing a suspect described by cafe cashier Polly Lassiter.
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Hamilton Street
Princess Cafe
North Main Street
Memorial Hospital
Walters
Polly Lassiter
Alters
Robert Tate
King Street
Otis Crofts
Emory Street
Miss Lassiter
17 Killed In Costa Rican Plane Crash Near Nicoya
A TACA Lockheed passenger plane caught fire after takeoff from Nicoya and crashed three miles from the airport. Eleven persons died on impact and in the flames, with nine passengers unnamed and the crew identified as Pilot March and Co-Pilot Ued.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
TACA
Nicoya
March
Ued
National Textile Seminar Returns To Pocono Mountains
More than 200 textile executives from major centers are invited to the second annual National Textile seminar to be held the week of May 12 at Shawnee on Delaware near Stroudsburg in the Eastern Pennsylvania Pocono mountains.
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Philadelphia
Shawnee-on-Delaware
Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains
I G Farben Members Indicted For War Crimes
A 24 member indictment filed by the American military tribunal accuses I G Farben leaders of aiding Hitler, using slave labor, mass murder, and looting to further war aims. Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor called the case central to wartime crimes and warned of future global threats. Trial slated for next month. Farben once ran hundreds of firms worldwide and used cartels for propaganda and espionage.
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Mernberg
Germany
I. G. Farben
United States
American Military Tribunal
Telford Taylor
Hitler
Carl Krauch
Farben Supervisory
Hermann Schmitz
Georg von Schnitzler
Third Reich
Gen. Taylor
Farben Combine
Farben
Southern Bell offers wage rise to striking workers
The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company announced on May 3 4 that it offered wage increases from $1 to $4 weekly. The Southern Federation of Telephone workers rejected the proposal and the company said the union countered with an average increase of about $11 per week in basic wages.
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Dring
Conciliation Service
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell Telephone Strike Ends With Tentative Agreement
In Asheville North Carolina workers returning after four weeks on strike reach a tentative agreement with Bell Telephone and Telegraph. The deal includes a permanent contract to be negotiated further.
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Asheville
N.C
Bell Telephone and Telegraphy
Italy Strikes Hit Major Industry Amid May Day Clashes
In Rome and across Italy leftist union confederations halted much of commerce and industry with protests over the Sicilian farmers massacre. Strikes ranged from a half hour to a full day while essential services briefly suffered. A 10,000 to 15,000 crowd gathered at Rome's ancient Mamertine Basilica, demanding an end to bloodshed and bearing banners calling for accountability.
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Rome
General Confederation of Labor
Mamen«tiuse
Tom Cen
Soret Assembly Seseton
Party Band Attacks Bolivian Arsenal
An armed band of civilians attacked an army arsenal in LA PAZ Bolivia. The assault was repelled and two attackers were wounded. Nine assailants were arrested. Police described the group as drunken improvisers chanting slogans backing nationalist revolutionary government.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Comnunenlegae
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