Iran Says Azerbaijan Province Unclear Over Troop Withdrawal
Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala informed the United Nations Security Council that Iran cannot verify Soviet troop withdrawal from Azerbaijan province due to lack of effective authority there since November 7, 1945. He noted Red Army left four northern provinces as scheduled but Azerbaijan remains unresolved amid ongoing Tehran negotiations with Azerbaijan autonomous representatives.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Hussein Ala
Azerbaijan
Iran
Trygva Lie
Ala
Red Army
Khorassan
Gorgan
Omyo
Gilan
Nota
Security Council
Washington
Council
Russia
Tehran
Azerbaijan Autonomous
French referendum defeats leftist constitutional draft
The French referendum rejects the leftist draft of the new constitution as conservatives gain ground in a struggle between communists and right wing elements. The article notes France as a key European power and hints at another major political contest ahead with a constituent assembly vote due June 2.
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Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
England
Reed
Airline pilots threaten first major strike over pay
About 1,000 pilots, seeking up to 2750 dollars per year in raises, threaten a nationwide stoppage. The strike would mark the country's first major airline labor action, as talks with carriers falter and union leaders mobilize for potential work stoppage.
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Associated Press
Truman creates emergency board to avert airline pilot strike
President Truman intervened to avert a scheduled midnight strike by 1,000 airline pilots from Transcontinental and Western Air Inc. He formed an emergency board under the railway labor act to investigate a dispute involving TWA and twelve other airlines plus the Airline Pilots Association.
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Washington
Truman
Transcontinental and
Western Airl Inc
TWA
Airline Pilots Association
Coal miners, pilots strike as transit talks fail
About 000 soft coal miners remain the nation s top labor dispute. The 1 000 AFL airline pilots planned a 11 50 a m EST strike today against Trans World and Western Air. Washington showed no sign of Truman intervention under railway labor terms as the walkout continued.
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AFL
Airline Pilots Association
Transatinental and Western Air Inc
Trans World Airline
Washington
Truman
V E Day To Be Observed Tomorrow
Washington reports that tomorrow marks V E Day with formal surrender announced a year ago by President Truman. Armed forces and the nation observe May 8 as Victory in Europe Day despite events noting surrender papers dated earlier.
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Washington
Truman
Germany
Europe
Interior budget slashed by nearly half by House committee
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a 50 percent cut to the Interior Department for the next fiscal year, citing inefficiency and extravagance. It sent a $174,652,579 bill to the floor, asking new Secretary J. A. Krug to restore economy and efficiency. The reduction tops existing and current year funding by large margins.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Harold L. Ickes
House
J. A. Krug
Department
Et Bureau
Farmers Protest Coal Strike In North Carolina Letter
Greens boro May 7 A protest letter from R Flake Shaw executive secretary of the North Carolina farms bureau laments the administration and Congress for failing to end the coal strike. He warns farmers are alarmed as the strike threatens the American economy.
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Greensboro
Congress
R. Flake Shaw
North Carolina Farms Bureau
North Carolina
Shaw
Potato Crop To Be Bumper One This Season
Washington May 7. Market specialists say Irish potatoes totaling 65 000 000 will be harvested this season with 20 000 extra acres under cultivation. Early taters arriving in markets come from Florida Texas California Louisiana and Alabama. By month end potatoes from Carolinas Tennessee Georgia and Mississippi will also reach markets.
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Washington
Florida
Texas
California
Louisiana
Alabama
Carolinas
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
Britain May Pull Forces From Egypt
The British embassy announces a plan to withdraw all military naval and air forces from Egypt and entrust defense of a strategic lifeline area to King Farouk's armies. The move is described as preliminary to broader changes in imperial defense.
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Selene
Farouk
Egypt
Britain to withdraw armed forces from Egypt sparks Commons clash
In London on May 1 Prime Minister Attlee announced Britain would withdraw its armed forces from Egypt. Churchill demanded immediate debate and challenged the decision as momentous. Attlee said negotiations for treaty revision would continue between two equal nations and that the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan remains unaffected.
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London
Great Britain
Egypt
Commons
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Churchill
Philip Piratin
Sudan
Negotiations on Revision of Anglo Egyptian Treaty of Alliance
The announcement with Egyptian premier Ismail Sidky Pasha states that Egypt will arrange to provide mutual military assistance in time of war per the treaty. Withdrawal from Egypt would remove British forces near the Suez Canal, a vital link to India and the Pacific, while other British forces remain in Palestine Transjordan and Iraq.
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Ismail Sidky Pasha
Egypt
Suez Canal
India
Australia
Malaya
New Zealand
Palestine
Transjordan
Iraq
Governor Cherry Sees State's Produce Air-Expressed Nationwide
Governor Cherry praised North Carolina agriculture during a strawberry festival in Wallace on May 7. He noted fruit and vegetable shipments planned by air to markets across the nation and crowned Miss Charlotte Huss of Wilmington as festival queen amid parades and dignitaries.
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Cherry
Wallace
North Colina
Air Express
Charlotte Huss
Wilmington High School
North Carolina
Coastal Plains
Huss
Turday
Hollywood
Kay Kaiser
Tar Hee
Eisenhower to Fly to Nanking to See Marshall
General Eisenhower plans a Thursday flight to Nanking to confer with General Marshall the U.S. envoy to China. Marshall conducts talks with Chinese government and communist leaders to end civil strife in Manchuria.
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Manila
Eisenhower
Nanking
General Marshall
Truman
China
U. S
Marshall
Manchuria
First Anniversary of Germanys Surrender Observed Quietly
In Reims on May 7 the first anniversary of Germanys surrender was observed with a quiet ceremony. Few soldiers toured the surrender room at the little red schoolhouse, now a French shrine, where the capitulation document was signed. The room remains preserved as it was at that moment.
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Germany
Reims
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expedition
Walkie-Talkie Radios Behind a Wave of Burglaries
Four youths used walkie talkie radios for protection in more than 75 burglaries and 42 safe robberies since Christmas. Allan Coulter, 20, a former navy radio technician, led the group and improved the devices. Police say they netted over $10,000 and planned infrared signals to avoid detection.
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New York
Thomas Hannigan
Hannigan
Allan Coulter
Navy
U.S.S. Lexington
Coulter
Coulteralos
End Of OPA To Mean Disaster Says Vinson
Secretary of the Treasury Vinson warned before the senate banking committee that ending price controls too soon would wipe out the public savings and trigger an inflationary surge. He urged a one year extension of OPA beyond June 30 to prevent a disastrous depression and protect savings as demand for homes, cars and appliances grows.
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Washington
Treasury
Vinson
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
CIOPAC Battles In Four-State Primaries For Congressional Seats
Primary day across four states tests CIO PAC influence. In Ohio and Alabama races center on Senate and five district seat competition, while Indiana and Florida vote for numerous House seats plus gubernatorial bids. Voter interest appears light in most states though Alabama faces wartime veteran registration.
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Associated Press
CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Alabama
PAC
Indiana
Florida
Senate
House
Congress
Lex Green
Polly Rose Balfe
National
Henry M. Burch
Orlando
U. S. House
Navy Releases 156 Million Pounds Of Surplus Food
The navy announced 156 million pounds of surplus food released since last November valued at 25 million dollars. Of the total 44 million pounds were sent to agriculture for civilian use and 74 million pounds sold to foreign governments. An additional 38 million pounds went to the army for civilian relief in Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Navy
Agriculture Department
Army
Germany
Japan
Boundaries of Romania Settled by Foreign Ministers
The council awarded Romania the 1938 boundaries with Hungary and Bulgaria restoring Transylvania and Dobrudja to Romania. It did not resolve the status of Bessarabia and adjourned on Danube navigation and Black Sea access amid bitter exchanges over freedom of navigation and trade. A later meeting was planned to discuss the Bulgarian treaty and Thrace access.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Black Seat
Decion
Transylvania
Vienna
Dobrudja
Bessarabia
Russia
Thrace
Greece
Aegean Sea
Ernest Bevin
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Molotov
Britain
America
Danube
Europe
Bevin
United States
Another Man Is Found Mutilated In Texarkana
The mutilated body of Earl Cliff McSpadden was found on the Kansas City Southern tracks near Texarkana Arkansas about 6 a.m. It was identified by a social security card issued in Kansas and a registration card from Shreveport Louisiana dated May 6. Coroner Dr Frank G Engler said death was by unknown hands and lethal before disposal on the tracks, marking the area’s sixth slaying in six weeks.
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Texarkana
Ark
Frank G. Engler
Little River County
Earl Cliff McSpadden
Kansas
Shreveport
Engler
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Fight manager dies in New York at 70
James J. Johnson, famed boxing manager, died suddenly at his home in New York from a heart attack. He was 70 years old.
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New York
James J. Johnson
Government proposes settlement terms to Lewis in coal strike
The government submitted a settlement proposal to John L. Lewis and soft coal operators aiming to end the 37 day strike. McGrady urged a quick settlement as talks continued with the miners and producers. New restrictions on soft coal deliveries were announced as the crisis worsened.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Paul W.ler
McGrady
New York
Edward F. McGrady
Esegy
Fuller
White House
Truman
Schwellenbach
Snyder
John R. Steelman
Charles O'Neill
Northern Appalachian Producers Group
Solid Fuels Administration
A Wallace
Detroit
Geene
Metana
CIO Official Calls South Drive a Crusade for Democracy
Atlantic City May 7 An official of the CIO Amalga mated Clothing Workers described the coming southern organizing drive as a crusade to lift living standards and establish industrial and political democracy. Jacob S. Potofsky urged 1,250 delegates to back a resolution approving a $200,000 contribution to the drive as part of a $1,000,000 campaign. He noted opposition from bourbon and poll tax factions and referenced the union’s assets of $5,336,783 as of January 1.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
South
Jacob S. Potofsky
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Potofsky
Clothing Workers
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