Truman hints at mild labor law tweaks Congress may act
President Truman on Capitol Hill signaled openness to limited changes in labor dispute laws but warned against measures that would force a veto. aides note he maintains a friendly stance toward organized labor though cautious about heavy-handed restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Truman
Capital Hill
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
Schwellenbach
Atlantic City
CIO
Barkley
Widespread Confusion In Major Rail Centers
Widespread disruption spread through major rail hubs as a 250,000 railroad workers strike began around 4 p.m. Eastern time, with notices delayed and service halted in New York, Boston, Omaha, and other cities. Some areas saw little interruption while officials later halted the walkout and ordered workers back.
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Associated Press
Truman
Brotherhood
Cleveland
New York Central
New York
Grand Central Station
Boston
Houston
Tex
Louisville
Omaha
Office of Defense Transportation
Cincinnati
J. A. Zanger
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Rail Strike Postponement Shapes Coal Decision Ahead
North Carolina rail service largely resumes after a five day postponement of a nationwide strike. Seaboard and Southern Railway crews return or stay at work as unions issue instructions. In Washington, John L. Lewis faces a key choice on resuming or extending the coal mine strike amid broader labor policy pressures.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Seaboard Airline
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Pomona
Knoxville
Tennessee
Southern
Salisbury
Asheville
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Congress
Nator Connally
D-Tex
Paris
Miss MacWatters Debuts in Grand Opera Night
Virginia Macwatters, a musical comedy singer, made an unscheduled debut in Verdi’s Rigoletta after Rose Marie Branccato-Gilda fell ill. She replaced the role at the New York City Center with Laszlo Halasz guiding the company. Critics praised her performance with strong applause.
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New York
Virginia Macwatters
New York City Center
Rose Marie Brancato
Gilda
Weather Summary from Washington May 18
Weather reports show. partly cloudy in Carolina Sunday becoming mostly cloudy Monday with land showers in central portions and some clearing Sunday night. Temperature little changed. warmer Sunday night and Monday. Regional cotton belt readings include Los Angeles Louisville New Orleans New York Norfolk Philadelphia Portland Richmond San Francisco Seattle and Washington observations with highs in the 40s to 80s and varied rainfall.
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Carolina
Wasrington
Los Angeles
Louisville
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Portland, M
Richmond
San Fran
Seattle
Washington
Walmington
B 24 Bombs Ice Jam to Save Mc Grath Alaska
An army B 24 dropped four five pound bombs on an ice jam in the Juskokwin river last night and saved the town of Mc Grath and nearby airport installations from flooding. The jam had pushed river water halfway up a 3 000 foot east west runway at the airport before the bombing freed the river. Many families who had moved out of town returned after the action.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Juskokwin
McGrath
Record-setting off year primary anticipated in North Carolina
Raleigh May 18 Hundreds of candidates pressed toward nomination day with signals of one of the biggest off year votes. Absentee armed forces votes expected light. Voters may approach near 1944 presidential turnout of about 800000 as races heat up from Fifth District battles to contests in Sixth and Eighth. Potential runoffs loom in several districts.
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Raleigh
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
John Folger
C. B. Deane
State Senate
John H. Kerr
Rep
Folger
Thurmond Chatham
Winston-Salem
Joe J. Harris
Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
E. Earle Rives
Scarborough
Greensboro
Stoker Named Police Chief in High Point
Stoker, long time detective captain and assistant chief, will succeed John Lowdermilk as High Point police chief effective June 1. Announcement by Safety Director Eli Ingram follows civil service selection of Stoker, J R Teague, and W C Johnson. Stoker 49, Davidson county native, Mexican border service veteran, courtly family man with two sons.
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Co. C. Stoker
John A. Lowilk
High Pointment
Stoker
Lowdermilk
Ilk
Davidson County
Baptist Church
High Point
Sixth Infantry
France
Chemical Warfare Service
U. S. Navy
Rrector Ingram
Rsage de
Ingram
Stokeer
U S Submits Report On Spain To UN
The United States delivered a 62 page general document with 15 attachments to the United Nations for the Franco Spain subcommittee. It covers German assets and presence in Spain, Spanish war potential, Franco Spain’s US outreach, and the regime’s relations with the United States. The subcommittee aims to conclude its Poland linked inquiry by May 31 with additional documents expected.
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New York
United States Today
United Nations
Security Council
U. S
Spain
United States
State Department
Poland
Russia
Great Britain
Brazil
Belgium
SS Men Ordered To Show No Mercy
In Dachau on May 18 four German SS men testified their young commander ordered no prisoners and no quarter during the Ardennes counteroffensive just before Christmas 1944. Prosecutors say the order led to over 500 American soldiers killed, 90 Belgian civilians murdered, and other atrocities.
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Dachau
Germany
Ardennes
Americans Criticized Over Food Aid Debate
Editorials and front page features mocked American abundance as Britain pledged 200000 tons of food for famine areas. Cartoons questioned liberty and flag symbolism while a New York housewife voiced guilt over British belt tightening. A British grain sacrifice was described as a second blow to Britain.
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Great Britain
Sunday Dispatch
Dispatch
Daily Mirror
Europe
Mrog Sunday Chronicle
Transatlantic Telephone
Elizabeth MacDonald
Forest Hills
N. Y
The
Evening News
Bruce Woodcock
Tami Mauriello
New York
Herbert S. Morrison
Britain
Doughty WAC Wins Battle For Apartment
Miami Beach May 18 Cpl Esther Levy wins unconditional surrender and the keys to the Citadel after a 24 hour siege of apartment 16. Opponent Anthony Marasco, who spent 19 months in New Guinea, moves out at 4 pm. Levy began her one woman occupation on furlough and refused to give up.
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Miami, Beach
Fla
Esther Levy
Anthony Marasco
New Guinea
Cpl. Levy
Greensboro
N. C
Marasco
Doughty
Wac
Mageens
Cosmic Ray Study Planned On B-29 Flight
A national effort by the National Geographic Society Army Air Forces and Franklin Institute to test cosmic rays on four B-29 flights. The mission begins Tuesday from Dayton Ohio with a round trip to the Canadian border then to Elgin field Florida and onward to the Canal Zone for fuel and maneuvers along the South American west coast.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Army Air Forces
Barto! Research Foundation
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Elgin
Field
Fla
Canal Zone
South America
AFL Urges Firm Stance Toward Russia to Avert War
The AFL executive council said it views the looming threat of another world war with grave concern and calls for a clear r with Russia. It accuses Soviet methods of aggression, warns that delay and appeasement won’t work, and urges the United States to press Russia to honor wartime commitments under the Atlantic Charter.
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Washington
Executive Council
The
AFL
Russia
Soviet Union
American Federation of Labor
United States
Hedy Lamarr Recovers Coat And Jewelry
Los Angeles police announce the recovery of a $5,000 chinchilla coat and a $12,000 diamond ring stolen from Hedy Lamarr. Det. Capt. William Baird said William Walden and Milton Stephany signed confessions and were booked on burglary suspicion.
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Los Angeles
Hedy Lamarr
William Bairdird
William Walden
Milton Stephany
Dairy group seeks end to milk price controls in North Carolina
The North Carolina state grange dairy committee in Greensboro urged Congress to remove milk and dairy products from OPA price control. Telegrams to the Tar Heel delegation claim 1946 milk production will dip from 1945 highs due to fewer cows, with January 1, 1946 cow numbers three percent below 1945.
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Greensboro
Dairy Committee
North Carolina State Grange
OPA
Tar Heel
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Ucts
North Carolina
Army Offers Active Duty To Guard And Reserve Officers
The army offered active military duty to 6,400 national guard and reserve officers who volunteer to serve at home or abroad at least until mid-1943. The quotas include 4,400 air forces and service force officers plus 2,000 for ground forces. The air force quota includes 150 non-pilot technical specialists. The War Department said accepted officers replace those eligible for separation and the program would continue toward a permanent postwar status.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Air Force
War Department
Birds Bees Dynamite Bulldozers Bring Startling Results
A collage of Carolina curiosities records odd campaigns and incidents from May across North and South Carolina. Included are a candidate expensing headache medicine, a coroner and undertaker’s wife asking questions, post offices closing, a veteran filing forms in Japanese, women saving trees, a dog patrolling a field, campers awaiting new cars, a jail arrest for a driver, a jail break attempt thwarted by a dog, pigeon control schemes, same named officers at Camp Lejeune, voting rights rumors, grave flowers stolen, Shriners sleeping in a Wake jail, a widow suing over eviction, a bee swarm on a Greensboro lawn, a dog show request for dogs flown from Paris, and a couple jailed on forged warrants.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Burke County
N. C
Charleston
S. C
Separation Center Pole
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Cleveland County
Wake County
Weldon
Greensboro
Garden City
N. Y
Byrnes
Paris
United States
Madison
Spartanburg
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Robert M. Shea
R. R. Union
Alvaney Johnston
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
White House
Charles H. Buford
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
International Soundphotos
Harold W. Ward
Miss MacWatters
Doughty Wac
Henderson
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte City
Wayne County
Camp Lejeune
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