Gunfight at Municipal Court Leaves Three Dead in DC
A disgruntled bar applicant opened fire at the District of Columbia Municipal Courthouse. Patrolman Hubert Estes and clerk Devendorf were killed along with three others wounded. The suspect, an unidentified Negro, fled after shots echoed through the building near the capitol.
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Washington
Law Association
Municipal Court House
Pons
Hubert Estes
Devendorf
District of Columbia Bar Association
George W. Dalzell
Chevy Chase
Cecil Craig
Parce
Evendorf
Alell
George Clemons
Alzell
Dalzell
Walter Bramhall
Bramhall
Estes
Craig
Radio Beams Benefit Eastern North Carolina Cities
Eastern North Carolina cities gain radio air beams for coastal navigation after the Navy eased its earlier restriction. L. R. Wright of the Civil Aeronautics Administration outlined two new beam routes from Norfolk to Elizabeth City and Harolds ville, crossing a gunnery area in Albemarle Sound.
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Washington
North Carolina
Navy
Albemarle Sound
L. R. Wright
Civil Areonautics Administration
Norfolk
Charleston
Graham A. Barden
New Bern
J. Bayard Clark
Wilmington
Lee C. Bonner
Weather report for Carolina and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a chance of thunder showers this afternoon and tonight. Saturday may bring more showers. overall rainfall totals range from a quarter to three quarters of an inch. The May 16 1947 report lists temperatures and rainfall for multiple cities including Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh, Jacksonville, New Orleans, and Washington with scattered precipitation and high and low temperatures.
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Carolina
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Kravchenko Subpoenaed as Hollywood Un-American Probe Grows
Viktor A. Kravchenko former Soviet official who renounced Communism in 1944 testified to a house subcommittee on un American activities in Hollywood and faces a June 26 appearance in Washington under 24 hour federal protection. Lee R Brooks reported a threat on Kravchenko's life at Beverly Hills while Adolphe Menjou Rupert Hughes and Jack Warner linked films and groups to communism in the inquiry.
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Los Angeles
House
Subcommittee
Hollywood
Adolphe Menjou
Rupert Hughes
Jack Warner
Viktor A. Kravchenko
Washington
Thomas
U.S
Kravchenko
Menjou
America
Balkans Next UN Problem
The United Nations shifts focus from Palestine to the Balkans as the 11 nation security council reconvenes in Lake Success to resume talks on the Greek case. A Russian resolution seeks tighter powers for an interim Balkan investigating group.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Palestine
Balkans
Security Council
General Assembly
Holy Land
Free Woman Miller Hired Man to Kill Husband
May 16 report from Lumberton states Mrs. Mary Ellencurrin Miller, 24, farm wife, was released on $15 000 bond after officers said she hired Fred Wiggins, 24, a yard man, to shoot her husband and stage it as suicide. Husband in hospital. Wiggins jailed for failure to post bond.
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Rowland
Mary Ellencurrin Miller
Lumberton
Willis Britt
120 Planes In Maneuvers Over East
New York observers report a 120 plane armada formed by B 29s moving from multiple US bases to rendezvous over Cape May New Jersey. The mock strike over Manhattan is planned for 11 30 a m with stops over Brewster and Newburgh then Trenton Philadelphia and Baltimore before returning to base.
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New York
Rs Freep
New York City
la Guardia Field
Tucson
Ariz
Roswell
N. M
Salina
Kas
Fort Worth
Texas
MacDill Field
Fla
Selfridge Field
Mich
George C. Kenney
Strategic Air Command
Cape May
N. J
Rehearing Sought in Airway Case by South East Airlines
President William Teague of South East Airlines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board for rehearing of the southeastern states case. The CAB denied permission to operate a North Carolina route and four interstate routes. Routes include Rockingham Hamlet to Hickory and other cities, with possible extensions to Myrtle Beach and Charleston. Additional interstate paths connect Charlotte to Knoxville Nashville and beyond.
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Charlotte
William Teague
South East Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southeastern States
CAB
North Carolina
Rockingham-Hamlet
Lumberton
Gastonia
Elizabeth City
Wilson
Greenville
Washington
Hickory
South East Airlnes
Asheville
Raleigh
Norfolk
Lamberton
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Charleston
Charlote
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Springfield
Ill
Kansas City
Columbia
Tri-Cities
Tenn
Kingsport
Bristol
Johnson City
Lexington, Ky
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
LaFayette
Ind
Chicago
Italy Calls on Pre-Fascist Premier Nitti to Form Cabinet
President Enrico De Nicola asked Francesco Saverio Nitti a 79-year-old pre-Fascist premier and financial expert to form a new Italian cabinet. Nitti said the President invited him to form a government and would decide after checking if he could assemble a national unity cabinet to replace the three-party coalition led by Alcide De Gasperi who resigned.
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Rome
Enrico de Nicola
Francesco Saverio Nitti
de Nicola
Nitti
National Unity
Alcide de Gasperi
Forty Seven Diplomas Awarded in Greensboro
May 16 1935 47 graduates from the one year commercial class at Woman's College received diplomas in Greensboro. The commencement address was delivered by Chancellor W C Jackson.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
W. C. Jackson
Pickets Withdrawn by ACEW Workers Across Several States
Striking Western Electric installation workers ended picketing in many areas following ACEW President Ernest Weaver’s recommendation. Some regions retained lines as talks continue, while Pacific Telephone repair crews in multiple states sign back to work.
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Washington
Western Electric Company
Ernest Weaver
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
ACEW
Bell Telephone System
Weaver
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Ilinois
New Jersey
Western
el Paso
Tex
San Francisco
CIO
Long Lines
Pacific Telephone Company
California
Nevada
Idaho
Coal Contract Talks Opened Today Amid Strike Threat
John L. Lewis and a large portion of the soft coal industry begin contract talks in Washington. The session may decide on a nationwide summer mine strike. Lewis drops demand for industry wide bargaining and will negotiate with producers of about three quarters of coal output through the United Mine Workers. Talks likely brief with a later meeting set with the UMW policy committee Monday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Truman Considers Allen for Foreign Relief Post
President Truman weighs Richard F Allen a Red Cross vice chairman for directing a five nation and China relief program. Allen, from Craig Missouri, heads Red Cross foreign operations since 1942 and is respected on the Foreign Relations Committee. A parallel push targets top directors for a 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid program awaiting White House action. Senator Barkley warns further billions may be needed to stop communism if key nations falter and Greece falls.
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Iwashington
Truman
Richard Fen
Red Cross
China
Craig
Allen
Ate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
White House
Barkley
The
Society For the Advancement of Management
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Great Britain
Greece
Turkey
Reds Present Puzzler for United Nations
New York May 16 Soviet Russia offered a puzzling proposal at the United Nations on the Palestine question. The plan suggested a dual democratic Arab Jewish state but left how it would operate unclear. If Jew Arab tensions prevented a single state Russia proposed considering dividing Palestine into two states.
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New York
Russia
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Andrei A. Gromyko
Plane Crash in Georgia Scrambles Freighter Eggs
A C-47 cargo plane overshot the runway at Gainesville Georgia. It carried 70 crates of eggs and 2000 chickens. The crew escaped injury while the interior was turned into an omelet. The plane was wrecked.
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Gainsville
Racketeers Cripple German Food Supply Amid War Strains
AP analysis notes German farmers diverting up to a fifth of food to black markets in the U S zone. F Taylor Ostrander cites 450000 hogs vanished in three months ending March. He reports barter for farm assets replacing cash payments and condemns profiteering as harming civilians.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Reich
Berlin
F. Taylor Ostrander
U. S
Ing
Ostrander
United States
Europe
Asia
Republicans Clash With Truman Over Economic Cooperation
In Washington on May 16 Republicans accuse President Truman of lacking a clear congressional blueprint to curb inflation while Democrats counter that GOP moves to abolish OPA and cut prices fuel inflation. House Ways and Means Chair Knutson and Banking Chair Wolcott defend congressional action. Democratic Whip McCormack cites broken promises from manufacturers and Republicans about a quick market fix.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
OPA
Knutson (Minn
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Wolcott
Mich
House Banking Committee
Rep. McCormack
Mass
National Association of Manufacturers and Republicans
Iredell Citizen Shot to Death
In Statesville on May 16 Sheriff W D Morrison said Robert L Harris 50 shotgunned neighbor James Carroll Ervin 45 to death after Ervin wounded Harris with a pistol at the Harris home. Neighbors heard the argument prior to the shootings. Harris was hospitalized with a hip wound. Coroner N D Tomlin scheduled an inquest today.
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Statesville
W. D. Morrison
Iredell County
Robert L. Harris
James Carroll Ervin
Ervin
Harris
Davis Hospital
N. D. Tomlin
Senate blocks plan to divide federal funds for science foundation
The senate rejected a proposal to allot 25 percent of federal funds to a proposed National Science Foundation. Senator Kilgore and three others sponsored the amendment to fund the foundation, but the motion failed 49 to 30.
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Washington
Senate
National Science Foundation
Kilgore
D-W Va
Nimrods Flock To Smokies Marks Opening Of Trout Season
Fishermen descended on Great Smoky Mountains National Park to chase rainbow brook and smallmouth bass as season opened. Park rangers estimated about a thousand anglers crowded the Smokies in the May turnout.
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Smokemont
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Approval of Labor Bill Forecast Sparks Senate Debate
Republican Senators Taft of Ohio and Ives of New York said Truman's labor stance leaves room for a Senate bill. Truman maintains support for four points from his state of the union. Taft notes the Senate bill advances in the same direction as the president’s recommendations. A labor committee member cautions against reading a veto into the president’s remarks.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ives
Truman
White House
Senate
Congress
GOP
Police and Labor Committees
Labor Committee
GOP Leaders Fear Revolt Over Tax Cut
Senate Republicans counted noses to decide if they can block a Democratic push to delay action on a $4 billion tax cut until July 1. GOP leaders planned to bring up the tax reduction bill next week with some party support amid a broader delay fight.
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GOP
Washington
Senate
G.O.P
Senators Balk at Quick Action on Tax-Cut Bill
Republican leaders faced a revolt risk as they convened all GOP senators to measure opposition. Senators Aiken of VI and Morse of Ore announced their opposition to immediate action on the tax-cutting measure.
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Ious
White House
Aiken
Morse
Atlanta Police Seek Clues In Woman Murder
Atlanta police studied lab findings seeking clues in the murder of Mrs. Paul Refoule a society matron raped and strangled at her home. Dr Herman Jones of the Fulton county crime lab confirmed a sex motive while her bruised body was found near Peachtree Creek.
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Paul R. Refoule
Atlanta, Ga
Peachtree Creek
Atlanta
Paul Refoule
Herman Jones
Fulton (Atlanta
Prices Rise in Southeastern Cities, Dept of Commerce Reports
Prices in large southern cities have climbed more over five years than in other metro areas. Marion A. Leonard, in charge of North Carolina activities, said the first quarter of this year shows the highest retail price levels ever recorded, based on a Commerce Department quarterly report.
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Charlotte
U.S. Department of Commerce
Marion A. Leonard
North Carolina
Leonard
Department of Commerce
Navy Budget Cut Prompts 40 000 Reduction Plan
The House Appropriations Committee proposed an 11 percent cut in the 1948 navy budget, aiming to reduce active personnel by about 40,000 officers and enlisted, plus civilian staff and shore establishments. It endorsed most equipment funding but urged streamlined staffing and a sharp civilian pay-roll reduction.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
House Appropriations Committee
Finaanee
House
Marine Orre
Taber
Marshall Urges Spreading Truth About U S Aims
Secretary of State Marshall told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that American aims are misrepresented abroad and the U S must spread the truth. He urged Congress to approve funding for state department foreign language broadcasts and printed information abroad.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
State Department
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Three Negroes Burn to Death in Greenville Fire
A Negro woman and her two small children died in a dwelling fire in Greenville last night. Preliminary findings point to defective wiring. a coroner's inquest will probe further tomorrow. The victims are Mrs. Willie Belle Cratch 27, Ruddy Gene 7, and Jessie Juanita 1. Two other women suffered serious burns while trying to rescue them.
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Greenville
Willie Belle Cratch
Ruddy Gene
Jessie Juanita
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