Byrnes Reports Paris Conference Failure To Agree
Secretary of State Byrnes arrived from Paris and told President Truman the foreign ministers conference failed to agree on European peace terms. He plans a radio address Monday night. The group accompanying Byrnes included Connally and Vandenberg, with discussions seen as limited progress toward June talks.
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Washington
Byrnes
Paris
Truman
Russia
United States
State Department
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Pravda
Moscow
Oest Ymes
Bonnet
Hannegan
Dean Acheson
Don Russell
Bernard M. Baruch
U. S
United Nations Atomic Commission
Crescent Caravan
Draft Boards Call Lists Of Childless Men
Selective service boards begin removing childless men aged 26 to 29 from draft lists to meet manpower needs after a congressional ban on 18 and 19 year olds. Maj. Gen. Hershey orders calls for pre induction exams for late twenty somethings who may qualify under current standards. exemptions apply to discharged or disabled men. President Truman had paused the draft for ages 26 to 29 but reopened eligibility after Congress restricted younger youths. War Department estimates about 15 000 eligible in the 26–29 bracket. Senate military chair Elbert Thomas aims for unanimous consent to extend the draft for a year with 18 and 19 year olds included and pay increases for enlistees plus discharge options for long-serving fathers.
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Washington
Selective Service Boards
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Truman
Congress
War Department
Capitol Hill
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Te Military Committee
Senate
Thomas
House
ODT Appeals for Aid as Railroad Strike Looms
The Office of Defense Transportation requests the army, navy, and nonrail transport to ready to cover freight and passenger needs. Airlines, water carriers, trucks, and buses should prepare to take on shipments if required. A union says the railroad strike is on, dampening hopes for an early rail respite.
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Washington
Office of Defense Sportation
Army
Navy
State Forester J S Holmes Honored by Governor Cherry
Governor Cherry commends J S Holmes state forester on his retirement after 37 years in state service. Ceremony in the governor's office lauded the progress in forestry conservation under his administration with remarks from R Bruce Etheridge and other conservation officials.
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Raleigh
Cherry
J. S. Holmes
Holmes
R. Bruce Etheridge
State Department of Conservation
Forestry Vision
Woman dies from gunshot wounds in Fayetteville
Pauline Cameron aged 27 died at her home in Fayetteville from gunshot wounds deemed personal safety related by Cumberland County Coroner W C Davis. The case was reported May 18.
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Fayetteville
Pauline Cameron
Cumberland County
W. C. Davis
Weather Bureau Daily Temperatures and Rainfall Report
Charlotte and other stations report 24 hour temperatures ending 8:50 a.m. Values include Asheville 83 high, 57 low with trace rainfall. Atlanta 85 high. Chicago 54 48. Richmond 83 80. New Orleans 82 69. Raleigh 83 80. San Francisco 60 53. Rain totals noted for several stations including Little Rock 0.12, Birmingham 0.38, Mobile 0.50.
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Little Rock
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Los Angeles
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Miami
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Iranian Issue Comes Up Again To Worry Council
The Security Council weighs how to handle Iran if Hussein Ala reports Soviet troops remain in Iran or interfere in Azerbaijan. A Tehran dispatch notes a central government mission arrived in Tabriz to probe Soviet withdrawal. Jose Giral of the exiled Spanish republic joins the subcommittee as its first witness, with a May 31 report expected.
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New York
Security Council
Russia
Hussein Ala
Iran
Azerbaijan
Ala
Andrei A. Gromyko
Red Army
Washington
Tehran
Tabriz
Moscow
Gromyko
Spain
Jose Giral
Mexico City
Giral
Power Company Repairs Storm Damage After High Winds
Duke Power Company crews work through today to fix heavy wire damage and service outages from a strong thunder storm that swept the Charlotte area. Winds reached 30 mph, knocking down a giant scoreboard and fencing at Griffith Park. the Charlotte Hornets and Asheville were set to play but the game was cancelled.
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Charlotte
Duke Power Company
U.S. Weather Bureau
Griffith Park
Charlotte Hornets
Asheville
Bowles Seeks Fund To Fight Black Markets
Stabilization Director Chester Bowles urged Congress to provide adequate funds to fight black markets and administer price control laws. He warned that even a strong act cannot prevent inflation without enforcement and called for broad national cooperation from farmers, business leaders, workers, and housewives. He spoke in a radio address for the American Broadcasting System about pricing in coming months.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
American Broadcasting System
Men Only Rule Suspended To Aid Evicted Family In Jamestown
James E. Travers aged 45, his wife and four children found temporary shelter at a rescue mission that normally restricts to men only. Rev. Claude J. Moore said the emergency prompted a brief exception so the family could stay until they locate a new dwelling after eviction. The landlord sought OPA permission to split the five room apartment for veteran families.
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Jamestown
N. Y
James E. Travers
Claude J. Moore
Negro Becomes Governor of Virgin Islands
Virgin Islanders received an assurance of self government from President Truman via a message to Wil Hastie who was sworn in as the first territorial governor yesterday in Charlotte Amalie. The note underscores growing autonomy as residents demonstrate capacity to govern.
Radio Invention Debate Says Popov Developed First Receiver
A Soviet writer in New Times argues Encyclopaedia Britannica should credit Alexander Popov as the inventor of radio, not Marconi, claiming Popov demonstrated the first radio receiver on May 5, 1895 at Kronstadt fortress near St Petersburg and later earned Russian and English patents.
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Moscow
New Times
Encyclopedia
Brittanica
Guglielmo
Popov
Kronstadt Fortress
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Truman to Leave for Missouri Overnight Visit and Honors
President Truman will depart Bolling Field at 1 30 p m EST tomorrow to travel to Missouri for an overnight stay. He had planned to depart today but coal and railroad crises altered plans. He will visit his mother and receive an honorary law degree Monday from William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
Bolling Army Air Field
Missouri
William Jewell College
Liberty
Famine Threat Grows as Reds Reject Truman Plea
Washington reports Stalin rejected President Truman's appeal for Soviet involvement in a coordinated world famine relief effort. An official cited Moscow's stance as too late, while Russia boasted shipments of over 1,100,000 tons of wheat and corn to Finland, France, Poland and Romania since Germany's surrender.
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Washington
Russia
Generalissimo
Stalin
Truman
Moscow
Peter Orlov
Finland
France
Poland
Romania
Germany
Orlov
Youth Injured Riding Bicycle On Bridge Rail
In Danville Illinois on May 18 Ray Dennis 13 attempted to ride atop a creek bridge railing. A Danville physician stopped and took him to a hospital where he was treated for cuts on his head.
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Danville, Ill
Danville
Ray Dennis
Dennis
Million Federal Workers to Get 14 Percent Pay Increase
A congressional bill awaiting President Truman’s signature would raise pay for about one million federal workers by at least 14 percent or $250 annually, whichever is greater, with caps at $10,000 salary and 25 percent in lower brackets. The plan costs the government $321 million yearly, with 75 percent saved by reducing personnel, lowering civil service from 7.5 million to 1.6 million workers. postal workers aren’t covered.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Home
Civil Service
Congress
Coal Situation Sees No Immediate Developments
Washington May 18 Representatives of coal mine owners and United Mine Workers announced no progress in the stalemated contract dispute centered on John L. Lewis. With a week left in the truce that allowed 400,000 miners to return to work, both sides stood firm. Charles O Neill for the operators returned home to New York, while Lewis with AFL Federation backing pressed for a health and welfare levy the operators oppose.
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Washington
Government
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Charles O'Neill
New York
AFL
United Mine Work
Rail Strike Threatens National Shutdown Across Transport
A potential 4 p.m. strike by railroad unions could halt most rail service within a week after a coal strike. Food shortages and perishables disappearing quickly. travelers stranded. limited bus and truck capacity. Troop milk trains exempt. Canadian lines to stay in service. road service workers to quit at strike hour.
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Brotherhood
Carolinas Face Rail Strike Threat On Fresh Produce
Associated Press reports a nationwide rail strike may disrupt Carolina movements of vegetables and fruits. Carolinas engineers and trainmen warned they would strike unless instructed otherwise, with Southern Railway lines based in Charlotte preparing a 42 car vegetable fruit freight special.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
P. m
Southern Railway System
Charlotte
Observers From 40 Countries See Amphibious Maneuvers
More than 70 military observers from 40 countries watched U S marines land in an amphibious drill off Culebra island marking the end of Admiral Mitscher’s four day Eighth Fleet program. The guests, who toured San Juan, observed from destroyers Ozbourn and Corry and will depart for Fort Benning and Roosevelt Roads before sailing to New York.
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Puerto Rico
United States
Culebra Island
Marc Mitscher
Eighth Fleet
Army
Navy
San Juan
Ozbourn
Corry
Fort Benning
Roosevelt Roads
New Yor
Planes Considered to Replace Mail if Rail Strike Paralyzes Traffic
Washington officials of the Office of Defense Transportation studied a proposal to have military planes carry mail and use non rail transport to move freight and passengers if a railroad strike by 250 000 engineers and trainmen shuts down service. Consultations with postal lines and officers from the war and navy departments continued as the 4 p m walkout deadline neared and a quick decision was not reached.
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Brotherhood
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
War and Navy Department
ODT
Army
Navy
Government controls railroads amid looming strike
ODT Director J Monroe Johnson met with nonrail, military groups but gave no clear plans. He urged 18 nonstriking railroad brotherhoods to keep 337 government seized carriers in operation as President Truman extends government control to run the railroads. Authorities warned the strike could paralyze service as 4 p.m. approached.
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J. Monroe Johnson
ODT
Truman
New York
Thomas J. Harkins
Eastern Division
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
White House
Nazi Plan to Seize Singapore Endorsed by Hitler Records
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder testified before the international military tribunal that Germany urged Japan in early 1941 to capture Singapore to deter U.S. entry. He cited a Berlin conference with Yosuke Matsuoka and a Hitler statement promising Japan would act, while noting such a move could provoke missteps like Vladivostok attacks.
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Singapore
United States
Raeder
America
England
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