Britain to take neutral stand in Palestine inquiry
Britain will stay completely neutral in the United Nations Palestine investigation and will not suggest any course of action to the 11 member inquiry commission. Arab delegates debated boycotting the panel as the May 26 meeting approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Palestine
Lake Success
N. Y
Great Britain
United Nations
Arab Executive Committee
Cairo
Emil Ghoury
Special Assembly
Mufti
Jerusalem
The
Arab League
J. N. Martin
Colonial Office
Commission
United States
State rests case against 31 in Lynching trial
In Greenville South Carolina Judge J Robert Martin Jr weighs directed verdicts for ten defendants as the state rests its case against 31 white men charged with murder and conspiracy in the brutal lynching of Willie Earle. Defense challenges include self incriminating statements and link to the crime. The judge will rule Monday on admissibility and acquittal motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
J. Robert Tin, Jr
Udge Martin
Greenville County
Criminal Court
Woodrow Wilson Clardy
Nero Willie Earle
Ernest Stakes
Sam D. Stewart
Vardy McBee Norris
Earl Martin
John B. Marchant
James Arthur Fowler
Willie Eugene Bishop
Howard Thompson
W. D. Oakley
Martin
Marchant
Oakley
Earle
Pickens County
Weather Summary for Cotton Regions Ends March 17
Weather Bureau reports temperatures and rainfall through the seven o clock p m in cotton regions and other areas. Readings cover principal growing districts and surrounding zones, with notes on deviations and conditions affecting crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weatherburn
Man at Montana Insane Hospital Sets Off Dynamite
Emmett J. Dwyer a 36 year old hospital worker at the Montana hospital for the insane in Alarm Springs hurled dynamite caps at the homes of Dr Gladys V Holmes and Dr B Pampel then killed himself by igniting a fuse tied to his body. The Holmes residence was undamaged and Pampel's porch was damaged. both officials were away and no others were injured.
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Alarm Springs
Mont
Montana
Leo Scalise
Scalis
Emmett J. Dwyer
Butte
Dwyer
Gladys V. Holmes
B. Pampel
Holmes
Food Prices Fall While Other Costs Rise
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports retail food prices fell 0.8 percent between mid March and April 15 offsetting increases in other living costs. Dairy and meat prices led the decline, with rises seen in fresh fruits and vegetables fats oils cereal and bakery goods. Families' food bills were 32.7 percent higher than a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Second Attack Case Baffles Atlanta Police
In northwest Atlanta a second attack on matron Peggy Refoule's social circle prompts police inquiry. Mrs. Quisenberry reported a tall young Black assailant knocked her down in the driveway. the attacker fled. Authorities say no link yet to the Refoul murder. previous suspects released after ruled unconnected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fashionable
Peggy Refoule
Dan Quisénberry
L. R. Walker
Quisenberry
Refoule
Ellis
Thermometer Soars In High Point Area
A light rain offered relief from heat but did little to ease the drought. At the U S Weather Bureau station in High Point the temperature reached 92 degrees. Other readings included Charlotte 93, Salisbury 96, Raleigh 94 with 64 as the nightly low.
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Asher
Little Rock
Los Angeles
City
Laureville
Charlotte
New Orleans
New York
Philadelp
Rt't
Point
Richmond
Raleigh
Ms Francisco
West
Seattle
Tampa
High Point
U. S. Weather Bureau
Salisbury
Leaders Warn Senate US aviation industry is bleeding
Industry representatives told the Senate Commerce subcommittee that the United States faces a financial crisis from sharply contracted production. They urged a five year national air policy with a defense procurement law aligned to modern planes and missiles and called for healthy commercial aviation to sustain the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
Russia
United States
Senate Commerce
Brewster
R-Me
National Air Policy Board
Secretaries of State, War, Navy and Commerce
Armed Services
Predicts New Labor Act To Be Approved
Senator Ellender says the labor disputes legislation sent to President Truman will resemble the senate bill when signed. CIO leaders urge a veto, calling the measures vicious and warning of economic crisis. Conferees plan to drop two major union curbs to secure passage, with talks resuming Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ellender
D-La
Truman
Senate
Conference
House
CIO
America
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Congress
Ebiender
Bill to Let Vets Cash Military Bonds Now
Rep Dwight L Rogers proposed a bill to make terminal leave pay bonds negotiable so veterans can sell them as investments. The plan allows immediate cash value by transferring bonds, with purchasers paying face value plus accrued interest, contrasting prior bills to cash bonds at discharge.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
D-Fia
Rogers
Armed Services Committee
Budget Bureau
Rodgers
Gen Mark Clark Named Commander of Sixth Army
Gen Mark W. Clark former U S occupation forces in Austria and war time commander of the Fifth Army left Cherbourg for New York aboard the liner America to assume command of the Sixth Army based at the Presidio San Francisco Calif Accompanied by his wife and daughter the general left Europe for new duties in the United States
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Paris
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
U. S
Fifth Army
Cherbourg
New York
America
Clark
Europe
Sixth Army
Lee
Presidio
San Francisco
Calif
GOP Leader Charges Truman Keeps Prices High
Carroll Reece Republican national chairman accuses the Truman administration of aiming to keep prices high for political gain. He cites veto threats on tax cuts and labor bills and argues a capable production push would lower prices, while Democrats seek to blame Congress for inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carroll Reece
Congress
Eoint
Reece
Republican Congress
Truman
Majority Of Strikers Go Back To Work
The nationwide telephone strike shows progress as most strikers return to work. About 77,000 remain unsettled including 55,000 Western Electric employees, with 90,000 already settled but sidetracked by picket lines. Southwestern Bell reached a 42 weekly pay raise for 42,000 workers across five states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Electric
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Southwestern
Sanford Pilot Dies After Golf Course Plane Crash
Sanford man Percy Makepeace Jr., 36, was killed when his small single engine plane crashed on the No. 1 fairway at Sanford Country Club around 1:15 p m. He was alone. friends rushed to help and took him to Lee County Hospital where he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Oscar Percy Makepeace, Jr
Sanford Country Club
Makepeace
Edward Griffing
Charles Rogers
Joe Taylor
Earl Stewart
Glenn Price
Howard Hough
Jim Bridges
Taylor
Bridges
Lee County Hospital
O. P. Makepeace
Zelma Austin Makepeace
Oak Ridge Military Institute
EAL Plane Sets Flight Record
A Constellation airliner landed at La Guardia at 4 37 01 p m EST to establish a Miami to New York commercial record of 3 29 45 and set a second record for the Burbank to Miami transcontinental flight in 6 54 57 with Eddie Rickenbacker and H T Merrill at the controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Constellation
la Guardia Field
Miami
Eastern Airlines
Eddie Rickenbacker
EAS
H. T
Dick) Merrill
Florida City
Negro Shot by Two Police in Cafe Affray
Eugene Holt, a Black man in his thirties, was shot twice in the cafe conflict at 620 East Washington Street by Patrolmen O. H. Leake and B. A. Steele after Holt allegedly threatened them with a knife. Holt underwent major abdominal surgery at High Point Memorial Hospital. officers say Holt advanced with the knife after warning to stop, justifying the shooting as self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Holt
O. H. Leake
B. A. Steele
Lanee Cafe
East
Washington Street
Holt
High Point Memorial Hospital
Sechrest
Leake
Steele
Paul Goss
C. C. Stoker
Truman's Mother Improves After Relapse at Bedside
Mrs. Martha Ellen Truman, 94, improved after a relapse early today in Grandview Missouri. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham said she is stronger and talking more as she battles a setback from a fractured right hip suffered in February. President Truman visited her bedside during the evening update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Martha FE. Truman
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Charles G. Ross
Byrnes Says War Not Favored by Russia or U S
Former secretary of state James F Byrnes argues neither Russia nor the United States wants war and blames blundering leadership for conflicts. He urges equality in peace talks, warns against take it or leave it attitudes, and calls for wiser decisions on principles and policy. He spoke at a Variety Clubs International gathering in Washington and the remarks were filmed for a Holly event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Russia
United States
Byrnes
Variety Clubs International
Entertainment World
George C Marshall
Eam
Train Service To Murphy Is Threatened
Notices posted in railroad stations warn Western North Carolina that passenger service between Asheville and Murphy may be suspended. Southern Railway plans to file with the state utilities commission to retire the two daily trains Nos 17 and 18 due to inadequate revenue. Communities along the route protest with letters telegraphs and calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Southern
Asheville
Southern Railway
State Utilities Commission
Murphy
Utilities Commission
Asheville-Murphy Tracks
Nazis Planned Secret Armistice With Russia
The Nazis sought a 1943 armistice with the Soviet Union while Moscow would still receive lend lease from the United States. Captured German naval records detail the plan and other notes, including Doenitz’s proposal to deploy air force weapons against Allied shipping from Marseilles, vetoed by Hitler.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Hitler
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Navy
Gibraltar
Marseilles
France
London
Navy Department
British Admiralty
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Fadhil Jamali
Iraq
Atlanta Police
Oliver P. Echols
Aircraft Industries Association
Air Forces
Air Coordinating Committee
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Bill
Gen
Mark Clark
GOP
EAL
Hollywood
RED
Adolphe Menjou
Viktor A. Kravcchenko
Japan
Kwantung Army
Siberia
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