08 May 1948
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1948
Page
1
Jerusalem marked the first day of a cease fire agreed by Arabs and Jews to permit negotiations for a permanent truce. In the initial hour no shooting was reported as both sides halted firing and a Jewish agency spokesman said they would stop once shooting ends.
A House Armed Services Committee warned the Soviet Union may be ready for a showdown with the United States. It urged strengthening ground and sea forces by a manpower draft and said a 70 group air force cannot replace selective service.
Berlin reports say the Soviet delegation will skip the May 15 session due to Maj. Gen. Kotikov illness. British officials note deputies usually attend when a commander is unavailable as Western allies fear creeping paralysis of the four power governing body in Germany.
Railroad operator representatives and union leaders were summoned to the White House for afternoon talks in a bid to avert the railroad strike set for Tuesday. John R. Steelman met with four carrier spokesmen and planned separate 15 minute sessions with union leaders and operators to begin the day.
The Navy announces it will assign one officer and eleven men to set up communication facilities at the U S consulate in Jerusalem. They will join the consular staff under the United States general who heads the UN backed truce commission.
British statement notes Arab league leaders agreed to a three hour Jericho meeting with General Cunningham. A UN truce commission of US France Belgium attended. Disputes focus on the Jerusalem Tel Aviv road as mandate ends next Friday. Arabs seek road closure while Jews demand it stay open for aid to Jerusalem’s 100,000 residents.
In Charleston South Carolina a seaman is charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of Wallace for president club head at the National Maritime Union headquarters. Robert Newport NMU agent died after a fight at the union building. Rudolph Sirro 49 was treated for arm cuts and charged with murder.
Official weather records show temperatures ranging from 34 to 82 degrees across major cities. North Carolina areas report a cool start with a warmer Sunday and potential thundershowers in the afternoon.
President Truman marked his 64th birthday as rail strike concerns loom over his cross country tour. His plan relies on a special presidential train for the trip, but a walkout could force changes, possibly shifting him to air travel and altering West Coast appearances. A staff arranged birthday party was planned for today.
Bernard M. Baruch praised the Congress of Europe as vital for civilization’s survival and urged unity among 22 nations. Former French premier Paul Reynaud proposed universal suffrage elections to a European assembly representing populations from Marshall Plan nations.
At United Nations headquarters pessimism grew over the Palestine crisis as delegates faced a looming deadline with no solution in sight. Britain may relinquish its mandate by midnight next Friday, risking a government vacuum in the Holy Land. a 12-nation working group held sessions and emergency meetings were planned through the week end.
Three years after the European phase of World War II ended observers note few public celebrations in the United States. In Germany and Austria mayors urged a peace building effort urging Germans to aid persecuted groups and welcome refugees to halt revenge.
Major General Korotkov orders immediate withdrawal plans for American troops from Korea in a letter to Kim Doo Bong. He claims a synchronized US exit and links it to rising Communist terror in Seoul and Cheju Island as South Korea gears up for Monday elections.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey said if elected president he would appoint a secretary of state able to say no to Joseph Stalin. He named two possible choices John Foster Dulles his foreign affairs advisor and Senator Vandenberg of Michigan a key bipartisan foreign policy figure and potential compromise GOP candidate.
At Camp Campbell Kentucky the base endures a tactical crisis as air reinforcements are sought from Washington. The Exercise Assembly drills involve about 50000 troops from the Third Army and Ninth Air Force on the Kentucky Tennessee border, with the inland base at risk of fall within hours without aid.
The Hummingbird streamliner and the Miami Arrow collided in fog twenty miles north of Montgomery Alabama early today. Several injured, three hospitalised, others treated on scene. Wrecked engines and cars derailed but traffic remained moving with trains bypassing the site. Mrs. Joe Dowd of Miami and Mrs S W Vaughan of Birmingham among the injured.
Washington May 8 A Senate clash over the atomic energy commission grows with Senator McMahon charging political motives behind a move to shorten terms to 23 months while President Truman seeks renewed five year appointments. Taft earlier voiced opposition to full terms, suggesting a future president might pick the commissioners.
Allen Howard Godbey 84 professor emeritus of the Old Testament at Duke University Durham N C died at City hospital from injuries after being struck by a truck He was a delegate to the Methodist general conference and had pastored in St Louis He previously led Morrisville College Missouri and was noted for archaeology and writings on early cultures in Africa and the Middle East.
U Saw once Burma’s premier and five aides were executed at dawn for the July machinegun murders of seven cabinet ministers led by U Aung San. U Saw walked to the gallows, prayed, and died without a struggle as officials and cameras watched.
Mississippi Governor Fielding L Wright said the states rights movement will stage militant action at the states rights convention opening in Jackson. About 1 200 delegates from 12 southern states and Indiana Illinois and Missouri attend though none has official state party status. The meeting is described as a delegates meeting with no officially announced action. The second item notes Chicago eyeing a railroad strike set for Tuesday with 190 000 engineers firemen and switchmen threatening to walk out causing widespread disruption across transport and industry.
The Methodist General Conference urged nearly 10 million members to work for peace and an understanding with Russia. It called halting the arms race while recognizing national defense and supported a World government for permanent peace. A vote on an official church organization for social action was postponed for two years.
Leaders of the engineers firemen and enginemen and switchmen are summoned for afternoon talks with management after morning discussions. A Tuesday morning strike threatens to halt national rail service if no settlement is reached, with White House and President Truman hopeful for a settlement.
The weatherman predicts fair and cool conditions today and tonight in the Carolinas, with thundershowers likely tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures run about ten degrees below normal with many readings in the 40s and 50s across Raleigh Columbia Hickory Charlotte Greensboro Wilmington Winston-Salem and New Bern.
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