Truman calls for arbitration in coal talks
President Truman announced he asked John L. Lewis and coal operators to submit their deadlocked contracts to arbitration. Lewis and Charles O Neill, key figures in the dispute, will brief Truman on a 5 30 p m EST decision after overnight talks that failed to salvage negotiations.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Kiesman
Rators
O'Neil
O'Neill
Soviet Delegate Returns To Session Of United Nations Security Council
Andrei A Gromyko, returning to the United Nations Security Council, attends as it begins consideration of 34 new procedural rules. The session notes substitutions for several delegations and sidesteps the veto issue for later determination while focusing on secrecy rules and possible US admission delays for new members.
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United Nations Security Council
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Council
Hasluck
Council Agenda For Today
United States
al- One
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Civilian Production Chief Demands Six Month Strike Ban
John D. Small, head of the C P A, accuses John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of plunging industry into chaos and calls for legislation to outlaw strikes for at least six months. He warns voluntary labor peace seems unlikely and arbitration won t occur without action.
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Washington
John D. Small
John L. Lewis
Small
Lewis
United Mine Wesbeve
Truman urges arbitration to end coal mine shutdown
President Truman proposes submitting the coal dispute to arbitration as the country endures a 42 day mine shutdown and a looming crisis. He notes the need to get coal produced and warns that suffering will rise without a settlement. Leaders Lewis and ONeill discuss the talks, while a two point plan is outlined awaiting committee reports.
Weather: North Carolina Cloudy With Scattered Showers
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms. No major temperature change through today and tonight.
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North Carolina
Commons Announces India Plan for Federal Union
Prime Minister Attlee unveiled a six point plan in the house of commons published as a government white paper. It calls for a federal union of India covering British India and 600 princely states with a central government for foreign affairs defense and communications and an all India legislature. Regional governments would handle local subjects while princely states retain non ceded powers.
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London
Union of India
House of Commons
Attlee
India
Union of
Rail Owners Reject Wage Proposal
Washington reports union leaders say railroad operators rejected a modified wage increase proposal. Both sides will report to President Truman. engineers and trainmen warned of a nationwide rail strike set for 4 p.m. EST Saturday, as A F of Rail Trainmen notes.
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Truman
A. F. Ree
Brotherhood Road
Rail unions threaten nationwide strike as talks collapse
Union representatives told President Truman negotiations to prevent a national rail strike set for Saturday had broken down. They said at 2 p.m. EST the White House had not replied, though aides expected a statement at a 4 p.m. news conference. The engineers union proposed a 18 percent raise or 1.44 dollars a day versus a 1.28 dollar offer from the rail operators per a presidential fact finding board. Possible federal seizure of railroads loomed as a remaining option.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers Brotherhood
Onhitney
T Truman
Truman Asked To Direct Draft Of Men 25 To 29
Washington May 16 The army asks President Truman to direct the drafting of men aged 25 to 29 due to a shrinking pool estimated at about 15 000. The move aims to replace losses from the stop gap revision as the demobilization program continues and Congress weighs further action. The president may act today on lifting the ban after Japan's surrender halted drafts above 25.
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Army
Truman
War Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Japan
White House
Army of 4 500 000 Seen If War Emergency Occurs
Under Secretary of War Royall said the army would mobilize 4 500 000 in a year if a future war emergency arises. He cited 1 8 million from expanded peacetime reserves and 767 000 from the National Guard. The rest would come from the regular army and a future draft.
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Columbia
Royall
National Guard
Regular
Reserve Officers Convention
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Army
War Department
Four Power Talks Stall Over German Peace Plan
Foreign ministers from the four powers met in Paris for three hours of fruitless discussion on Germany. Molotov backed a four power commission to study disarmament, but Byrnes rejected it in favor of a mutual assistance pact. Bevin endorsed the commission, France accepted, and Molotov kept a cool stance urging no hurry on any pact before Soviet troops leave Germany.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
V. M. Molotov
U. S of
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Molotov
Ernest Bevin
London
France
Russia
Ruhr
Cotton Meeting Nears End in Pinehurst Convention
The annual American Cotton Manufacturers association meeting in Pinehurst North Carolina slated to close today after Dr Claudius T Murchison addressed the gathering Industry leaders G Ellsworth Huggins and Luther H Hodges were named to head a public relations committee to correct misconceptions about the industry Pendleton Dudley of New York released a survey showing 49 percent fear mills pay below standard and 40 percent view mills as unhealthy workplaces, with a belief mills drive high clothing costs.
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N. C
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Claudius T. Murchison
Cotton Textile Institute
G. Ellsworth Huggins
Luther H. Hodges
Pendleton Dudley
New York
Dudley
Lone Selectee Hurried Through Gigantic Center
Philadelphia May 16 Edward Francis Mooney 21 year old Philadelphian was the only man drafted yesterday from 16 eastern counties covering over 3000. He received special attention from the center’s staff and said he felt lonely but would find company at camp.
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Philadelphia
Edward Francis Mooney
Army
Pennsylvania
Mooney
Guilford Sets Pace in Weed Production
Tobacco production in the four counties of the Sixth district rose 15 percent from 1944 to 1945, with Alamance Durham and Guilford counties showing large gains. Alamance produced 7,246,500 pounds on 6,910 acres in 1945, Durham 4,096,200 pounds on 4,820 acres, and Guilford led with about 14,000,000 pounds on 13,000 acres. Cash values for 1945 were not fully tabulated at report time.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Carl T. Durham
Alamance County
Durham County
Guilford County
Durham County Holds To Lead In Booze Buying
Durham led North Carolina wet counties in April 1945 liquor sales with 357445.80 dollars, followed by Wake 296070.55 dollars and New Hanover 257970.50 dollars. The state board reported totals for all counties including Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Halifax, Lenoir, Martin, Moore, Nash, Onslow, Pasquotank, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, and Wilson with varying sums.
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Greene
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Wilson
Charter Airliner Crashes Near Richmond Killing Twenty-Six
A southbound chartered Viking air liner crashed in pine woods near Byrd airport Richmond killing 26 people including 20 men three women and three children. The craft had taken off from Richmond after a Newark to Atlanta run in heavy weather with zero to 200 foot ceilings and one mile visibility.
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Byrd Airport
Newark
N. J
Atlanta
Two Die In West Coast Aircraft Crash
Fairfax California May 16 Two men were killed and six injured critically when a four engine Army bomber ran out of fuel and crashed near here early today. Three of the injured were so badly hurt they could not be moved from the scene.
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Fairfax
Calif
Here
Yoshida Becomes Japan Premier in War-Weary Cabinet
In Tokyo on May 16 Shigeru Yoshida, once jailed by militarists, wins a premier’s role as he leads a tense session of the House of Representatives. Liberal and progressive factions back Takekichi Miki for speaker and Kenzaemon Kimura for vice speaker after a dramatic 45 minute plea by Yukio Ozaki for nonpartisan leadership. The party-line vote splits 228 to 217 amid calls for high character in government.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
House of Representatives
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Progressives
Takekichi Miki
Kenzaemon Kimura
Miki
Kimura
Yukio Ozaki
Army Officer Seeks Carville Leprosy Hospital For Wife
Maj. Hans Hornbostel, 65, an Army engineer and two war veteran, seeks to spend his remaining years with his wife at the Carville leprosarium in Louisiana. Doctors believe her illness stems from a Polynesian exposure and officials may deny the request. he remains resolved to join her, stating he would be unhappy without her.
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San Francisco
Carville
Hans Hornbostel
Washington
Thomas Parran
Hornbostel
Santo Tomas
Manila
San Francisco Hospital
Major Hornbostel
Hans
Effort to Save Willie Francis as Electric Chair Fails Again
New Orleans May 16 an attorney explored options to save 18 year old Willie Francis who survived the chair on May 3 and faces another execution in Iberia Parish jail. Bertrand De Blanc asks a pardon session and has filed for life imprisonment while Francis clings to faith and says he would accept life rather than death.
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Iberia Parish
Willie Francis
Bertrand de Blanc
Francis
State Supreme Court
Emile Verret
de Blanc
High Court
Dallas Texas
St. Martinville
Verret
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