Shanghai Isolation Deepens as Red Lines Close In
Shanghai lay cut from inland China as Communist forces seized Hangchow and controlled all land routes. The fall traps Nationalist troops in the Shanghai Hangchow Nanking triangle while sea lanes remain open for evacuations. Chiang Kai-shek reportedly remained in Shanghai amid ongoing war updates.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtze
Hankow
Hangchow
Canton
Asia
Red
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Farmers Quit Milk Business Prompting Federation Meeting
Greensbor o May 4 Directors of the North Carolina Milk Producers Federation will meet to address a market crisis driving farmers from grade A milk. Prices have fallen about a dollar per hundred pounds in 30 days with costs to produce at 5.50 to 8.0 and dairy bids around 5.10 to 5.45. Federation manager R G Lytle says producers lack influence over prices and many dairymen sell cattle due to market instability. J J Milton Mangum of Raleigh, federation president, will preside at the session.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Milk Producers Federation
R. G. Lytle
Lytle
Federation
United States Department of Agriculture
Waynick Named Ambassador to Nicaragua by President Truman
President Truman nominates Capus M. Waynick of North Carolina as ambassador to Nicaragua. Waynick, former editor of the High Point Enterprise and state Democratic chairman, helped lead W. Kerr Scott’s led campaign and has held roles in the Highway and Public Works Commission and the Smith Reynolds venereal disease research division.
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Washington
Truman
Capus M. Waynick
North Carolina
Nicaragua
Waynick
High Point Enterprise
Chile
South America
Panama Canal
Harry Truman
Capus Waynick
Missouri
United States Senate
Raleigh
Democratic Committee
Final Plans for Citys New Hospital Approved
The High Point Memorial Hospital board approved final plans and specs for a new 100 bed facility. Plans align with the Medical Care Commission standards and the Hospital Construction Act. Estimated total cost ranges 1 000 000 to 1 200 000 dollars with 431 3 cost share by the commission. Bid timing and opening slated for mid June. Three April cash gifts totaling 2 550 dollars boost building fund.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
R. T. Amos
Amos
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
Medical Care Commission
J. E. Millis
Water learns and remembers says Tulane psychologist
In New Orleans on May 4 Dr H M Johnson of Tulane University described water’s behavior as learning and remembering. He cited N B S scientist N F E Dorsey who froze and thawed water in glass tubes for 20 years noting persistent freezing preferences and long memory beyond months.
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New Orleans
H. M. Johnson
Tulane University
N. FE. Dorsey
National Bureau of Standards
Dorsey
Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology
Federal Aid To Schools Nears Test
The Senate moved toward final passage of a 300 million dollar education bill as a proposals to strip funds from nearly half the states were debated. Senator Tydings argued aid should target states with lower per pupil expenditures, while opponents warned the move could derail the bill. A civil rights amendment to deny aid to segregated states failed 65 to 16.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
D.-Md
Wherry
Nebraska
Myers
Pennsylvania
Lodge
R.-Mass
McCloy Considered for German Zone Chief Post
President Truman urges John J. McCloy to succeed Gen. Lucius D. Clay as military governor turned civilian high commissioner in Germany. Clay's retirement takes effect May 15, as the Allied plan to merge occupation zones advances toward a federal German republic.
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Washington
Truman
John J. McCloy
The
World Bank
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
McCloy
United States
Britain
France
Allied High Commission
Jelf
Truman Promises Look Sad as Labor and Civil Rights Debate Goes On
Washington May 4 The Truman Democrats face stiff opposition from Republicans and southern Democrats over major goals civil rights and a new labor bill. House action on a Wood bill preserves much of the 1947 Wagner act while plans for a broader reform stall. Final Senate approval remains uncertain as parties bargain and timing shifts.
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James Marlow Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Labor
P-H
Rep. Wood
Georgia
House
Senate
Deboe
Truman Democrats Win Fight to Send Wood Labor Bill Back to Committee
The House narrowly voted 212 to 209 to recommit the Wood labor bill, leaving no labor measure before the chamber and stalling Taft Hartley repeal. Administrations aims to repeal Taft Hartley without full passage remain thwarted while Senate prospects loom.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Globemaster Completes Record Atlantic Flight
The U S Air Force Globemaster C 74 carried 85 passengers on a 4 480 mile Atlantic flight from Mobile Alabama to Marham England with stops at Bermuda and the Azores. Pilot Lt Walter Wall said the flight was routine and the passengers bored with the trip. The plane can carry 125 troops or 30 000 to 50 000 pounds of cargo. The flight supports overseas personnel transport for the Berlin airlift era.
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Marham
Airbase
Norfolk
England
Atlantic
Brookley Field
Mobile
Ala
Bermuda
Azores
Walter Wall
Columbia
Wall
U. S
Germany
Berlin
United States
Frazier Leads Parade In Greensboro City Election
North Carolinians voted in dozens of municipal races with World War II veterans winning many seats. Greensboro elected its first woman to the council and Republican Robert Frazier led the Greensboro slate amid broad turnout.
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Greensboro
Raleigh
Fred Wheeler
P. D. Snipes
John F. Danielson
Ruth C. Wilson
Jobson I. Gattis
Joe S. Correll
James Briggs
C. W. Dwiggins
Robert Frazier
W. F. Bailey
High Point
Fred A. Kestler
Concord
Robert A. Collier
Statesville
Southern Pines
C. N. Page
Warrenton
Frank B. Barnett
Negotiators Seek to Avert Ford Rouge Strike
Negotiators raced to avert a walkout by 60 000 Ford workers at the River Rouge plant amid a speed up dispute. Ford and UAW CIO leaders planned renewed talks as the strike deadline stretched to tomorrow and UAW International approved a strike authorization.
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Ford
Fords
River Rouge
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cioeaders
UAW International
Ford Rouge
Ford Local 600
International Union
UAW
International
Walter Reuther
John S. Bugas
Bugas
Rouge
Vaughn Cannon Fined and Sentenced in Ashe Ville Gambling Case
Vaughn J. Cannon known as the kingbee of gambling was convicted in police court of conspiracy to violate state gambling laws and gambling violations. Judge Reed Kitchin sentenced him to three and a half years on the roads and a $5,000 fine with an appeal bond set at $10,000 amid a nine month crackdown on alleged illegal activities in the mountain tourist region.
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Asheville
Vaughn J. Cannon
Kingbee
Reed Kitchin
Cannon
Kitchin
Stock Market Levels Off After Upsurge
New York May 4 stocks opened with a sharp rise then leveled as gains of fractions to about a point spread through the session. Demand carried over from late yesterday as buying interest expanded after prices trended higher most of the day. Warner Bros and Richfield Oil reached new 1949 highs along with U S Steel General Motors Chrysler United Aircraft Caterpillar Western Union Electric Power and Light Dome Mines Phelps Dodge American Can Dow Chemical Allied Chemical Philip Morris Santa Fe Southern Pacific Nickel Plate Standard Oil NJ and American Airlines.
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New York
Warner’ Bros
Richfield Oil
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
United Aircraft
Caterpillar Tractor
Western Union
Electric Power & Light
Dome Mines
Phelps Dodge
American Can
Dow Chemical
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Nickel Plate
Standard Oil
American Airlines
Paris Meet Aims to Lift Berlin Blockade May 23
Four powers agreed to lift the Berlin blockade and mutual restrictions in Germany. United States Philip C. Jessup and Sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain join Jakob Malik and Jean Chauvel for talks to work out details and hold a four power meeting of foreign ministers.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Germany
New York
Russia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
United States
Philip C. Jessup
Soviet Union
Jakob A. Malik
Great Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
France
Jean Chauvel
Revenue receipts rise but spendings outpace gains at Capitol
State General fund receipts for April totaled 9,094,223 dollars, up 114,949 from April 1947, while salaries boosted expenditures by about 1.25 million. Over ten months, general fund receipts rose 10,314,174 versus 1948, but income and sales tax gains slowed as income, sales and beverage taxes dipped for the month.
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Hendersonville
A. V. Edwards
Carthage
A. L. Barnes
Madison
T. A. Marshburn
Mocksville
John E. Durham
Lincolnton
L. David Warlick
Wilson
Littlejohn Faulkner
Chapel Hill
Edwin S. Lanier
Franklinton
Frank W. Carter, Jr
Henderson
Henry O. Powell
Hillsboro
Ben Johnson
Louisburg
William C. Webb
Pittsboro
J. A. Farrell, Sr
Sanford
Warren R. Williams
Siler City
C. C. Brewer
Wake Forest
W. L. Royall
Burlington
Fayetteville
Vaughn Cannon
Paris
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