Food crisis grips Germany as aid meets delays
German food experts in Frankfurt convened an emergency conference to map coping plans for a critical shortage with workers claiming less than half of their 1,350 daily calories. General Clay warned unrest includes potential political agitation while Patterson in Washington promised large future shipments to Germany.
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Germany
United States
Lucius D. Clay
Washington
Robert Patterson
Fiee
Patterson
Herbert Hoover
Stuttgart
Clay
U. S
Hesse
Truman Plan To Hike Pay Gains Broad Backing
President Truman’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to 65 cents an hour drew support from both parties in the Senate but action this year remains unlikely. The debate centers on whether the wage floor should be 65 cents or another figure, with current pay at 40 cents. The plan accompanies the wage hour act amendment sent to Congress, echoing Truman’s claim that 40 cents is far from adequate. The Senate approved 65 cents last year, but the bill stalled in the House.
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Truman
Senate
Congress
House
Final Approval Of Relief Plan Being Sought
Congressional leaders push for final approval of President Truman's Greece Turkey and foreign relief programs. They face a split over a 100 million dollar relief outlay and schedule House action on a committee version and Senate House talks on aid for six countries. The Senate approved 79 to 4 a general relief bill for Austria Greece Hungary Italy Poland Trieste and China, though not naming countries in the version.
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Truman
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House
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Asia
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Free City of
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China
North Carolina Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings
Partly cloudy conditions continue in North Carolina with a warmer trend and scattered thunder showers forecast for today and Friday. The AP weather table shows nightly minimums and daily highs across cities including Charleston 37, Charlotte 62, Chicago 45, Houston 85, Wilmington 85, and many others with rainfall totals listed beside each city.
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North Carolina
Sen Fae
Ay i. Lies
Weath Bureau
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Admits Hurling Acid In Face Of His Wife
Newark detectives say Harold Knowles 30 admitted throwing acid at his wife to blind her so she would not see another man. He reportedly arrived after an AWOL period from Lyons VA hospital and planned to use chloroform and acid on himself. His wife reportedly taunted him with laughter, prompting the attack.
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Newark
N. J
George Eschenfelder
George Daly
Harold Knowles
Knowles
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lyons
Minor Changes In Aid Measure
The house approved minor changes in the administration’s 400 million Greek Turkish aid bill and sent it to the senate for final approval. It acted without debate on a record vote, accepting a conference committee report that bridged differences to provide economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congressional Conference
Internal Revenue Commissioner Quits in Washington
Joseph D. Nunan Jr resigns as commissioner of internal revenue effective June 30. President Truman names George J. Schoeneman to succeed him, with Schoeneman serving as special executive assistant to the president. Nomination to Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Internal Revenue
Presient Truman
George J. Schoeneman
Schoeneman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Newport
R. L
Senate
Lewis Agrees To Try For Contract In Coal Talks
President John L. Lewis agreed to negotiate a wage contract with operators representing about 75 percent of US soft coal production. The Southern Coal Producers Association demanded separate negotiations. Lewis said he would consult his policy committee before replying. The move marks a shift from his push for industry wide bargaining.
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Washington
John L
Lewis
UMW
Collisson
Southern
Son
Eye Transplant Moves From Child to Woman in California
In Los Angeles on May 15 a cornea from a child who died in San Francisco was transplanted into a 28 year old woman. Dr. George P. Landegger reported she is "doing well" but two or more weeks are needed to assess potential recovery of vision.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
George P. Landegger
Burlington Mills Reports Earnings Rise for Six Months
Burlington Mills Corp. posts six months ended March 29 net profit of 12.6 million dollars or 3.50 per share, up from 5.05 million dollars or 1.36 per share a year earlier.
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New York
Burlington Mills Corp
Marshall Man Buried Alive
James W. Davis a 24 year old Marshall truck driver died when an embankment at a road construction project near Asheville collapsed burying him under roughly 1000 yards of earth and stone He was waiting near his truck for a power crane when the slide occurred rescuers could not reach him in time.
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Asheville
James W. Davis
Asheville Contracting Co
Davis
Bill to Help Schools May Be Killed
Washington May 15 The House Republican leadership reportedly ordered the labor committee to kill a bill providing states 300 million dollars a year in federal school aid. A high ranking GOP member, unnamed, cited pledges to curb spending as the reason. Majority Leader Halleck said no determination exists, while noting hearings continue. Rep. McCowen, Ohio, heads the subcommittee.
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Washington
House
Republican
Labor Committee
States
Reporterse
Halleck
Indiana
Rep. McCowen
Ohio
Milk Strike Indicts 61 Officials and Workers
Sixty one men including AFL union officials were indicted by the federal grand jury in New Orleans on charges of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce during the Louisiana milk strike.
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New Orleans
AFL
Louisiana
British Troops To Take Hand In Germany
Government sources say British occupation forces in Germany will launch a zonal crackdown to crush the black market delaying food aid. Foreign Secretary Bevin has prepared an emergency plan to seize hidden food stocks and curb diversion to the black market in the British zone.
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Germany
London
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
House of Commons
Taylor Claims Forcing Into Picture Sparks Probe
Los Angeles May 15 Robert Taylor testified before a house committee that a government representative compelled him to appear in a film he called Russian propaganda. Rep J Parnell Thomas said the testimony shows government figures aiding communism, naming Lowell Mellett as the official involved.
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Los Angeles
Robert Taylor
House
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Taylor
Committee On
unAmerican
Lowell Mellett
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Thomas
Air Corps
Russia
Court Orders Arguments In Shortage Trial
A federal judge set final arguments in the Kenneth Romney shortage case. Judge Alexander Holtzoff overruled a directed acquittal motion as prosecutors allege Romney concealed a 143,863 in his accounts during his tenure as house sergeant at arms. The government says the shortages spanned over 20 years and involved John H. Smithwick in failed real estate bets. The defense presented no witnesses.
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Washington
Kenneth Romney
House
Alexander Holtzoff
Romney
John H. Smithwick
Florida
Bowles Proposes Wage Boosts and Price Rollback Plan
Washington report says Chester Bowles urged a 10 percent price rollback and 16 cent an hour wage boosts to avert a looming business collapse. The plan, drafted with two former OPA chiefs and backed by Americans for Democratic Action, also calls for tax cut changes, higher personal exemptions, lower home costs, extended rent control, and expanded unemployment and housing aid.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Americans For Democratic Action
Wilson Wyatt
Fishing Season Opens Tomorrow in Smoky Mountains Park
The interior department announced that the fishing season in Great Smoky Mountains National Park opens tomorrow and runs through August 31. The season is extended by a month for rock bass and smallmouth bass from last year which started in mid June.
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Washington
Interior Department
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Germany Faces Food Shortage Seen as Major Danger
AP analysis notes Germany’s severe food shortage endangers postwar Europe as U.S. aid pours in. General Clay warns against communist agitators in the U.S. zone while Hoover cites German failure to harvest expected indigenous food.
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Germany
Woman Found Dead in Peachtree Creek in Atlanta
The body of 81 year old Atlanta society beauty and wife of French artist Paul R Refoule was found face up in Peachtree Creek. Police say she was strangled with a rope though none was at the scene and her feet were bound with shoe laces. The creek near Howell Mill Road lies in Atlanta's fashionable northwest.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Creek
Paul R. Refoule
Howell Mill Road
Freeman To Testify In May Garsson Bribery Trial
Freeman Joseph F. Freeman a munitions agent acquitted at the May Garsson bribery trial will testify for the remaining defendants. Justice Schweinhaut postponed the trial and recessed it until tomorrow as May the 72 year old former Kentucky congressman and wartime committee chair prepares to take the stand.
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Washington
Joseph F. Freeman
May
House Military Committee
Garsson Munitions
Charles J. Margiotti
Garsson
Phone Strike In Carolinas Terminated
CHARLOTTE May 15 The telephone strike is over in North and South Carolina. E J Wasson manager for Southern Bell said all 4700 workers in North Carolina and 2700 in South Carolina were back on the job. He said the Association of Communication Equipment Workers who work for Western Electric Bell's Manufacturing Subsidiary had not settled their strike and were not picketing today in either state.
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Charlotte
North
South Carolina
E.J. Wasson
Southern Bell
North Carolina
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Western Electric
Bell
UN Assembly Ends Palestine Session After Soviet Draft Falls
New York May 15 The United Nations assembly sped toward conclusion of the Palestine special session after voting down a Soviet-Slav attempt to add the five major powers to the 11 nation Palestine inquiry commission.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Palestine Inquiry Commission
United Nations Sets Up Neutral Palestine Inquiry Commission
The United Nations assembly formed a neutral Palestine inquiry commission during the closing of an 18 day extraordinary session in New York on May 15. The move marks a formal completion of the assembly’s task.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Arab States Condemn Resolution Over Palestine Independence
Egypt along with Lebanon Syria and Iraq denounced the resolution as silent on Palestinian independence and focused only on the question of Palestine. They warned they would oppose it and hinted at non cooperation in the investigation while awaiting Arab higher committee and Arab League meetings.
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Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Palestine
Holy Land
Arab Higher Committee of Palestine
Arab League
Phone Strike Progress Amid Settlements and Talks
Washington May 15. Settlements narrow the Western Electric Bell system strike as conferences resume. Labor official John Murray hopes wage concessions from Western Electric and the Communications Workers. 20 000 workers involved. Separate talks in New York and St Louis continue as fringe issues and arbitration are discussed.
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Washington
Western Electric
Tioup
John Murray
Labor Department
Thhe
Bellelephone System
Association of Communications Euipment Workers
New York
Western Electric Employer Association
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
West Virginian Acquits Mailman in Wife's Death Case
KEYSER W Va May 15 Mailman Oscar Cosner 36 was acquitted of murder in the death of his wife Hazel 31 by a Mineral County circuit court jury which ruled him innocent by reason of temporary insanity The state sought the death penalty claiming he beat his wife brains out with a baseball bat on September 3 Judge Ernest A psa ordered immediate release Cosner three sons are mentioned as his dependents.
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Keyser
W. Va
Oscar Cosner
Hazel
Cosner
Mineral County
Ernest Apsa
Company Blamed For Mine Blast in Centralia Disaster
The Centralia coal company was indicted by a Washington county grand jury for wilful neglect over the Centralia mine explosion that killed 111 miners on March 25. Charges include failure to provide adequate air supply and insufficient rock dusting to curb dust explosion risks.
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Centralia
Washington County
Centralia Coal Company
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