Truman Delays Coal Conference Strike Policy Committee Action
President Truman and labor advisers moved to canvass the full strike situation as John L. Lewis defers a 250-man UMWA committee meeting pending further clarification of miners status under the Smith Connally act. Government efforts to avert a coal and rail shutdown unfold with talks at the White House and in hotel negotiations, while Congress considers added labor dispute powers.
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Charles O'Neill
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Harry Moses
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Strike Scraps Railway Act Strike Scraps Railway Act
Washington report critiques the railway labor act as weak and ineffective after a long period of relative peace. It notes unions and railroads must cooperate for the act to work and describes the mediation and arbitration process that lacks binding power. The piece cites Truman and Roosevelt as examples of attempts to extend similar patterns to other industries.
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Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Railway
Weather forecast for North Carolina shows warmth and showers
The North Carolina forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures today and tonight with showers possible Saturday. The extended outlook shows continued warmth into the weekend with a slight cooling Sunday and overall temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal.
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North Carolina
Wyers West
Carolinas
Mullet Line Train Leaves On Schedule
Goldsboro May 24 The Atlantic and Carolina Mullet Line passenger train departed Goldsboro on time for Morehead City. Workers say unions have not been represented in wage talks, so the service is not affected by the strike. The train was nearly empty as express shipments on ACL and Southern lines were halted when trains stopped.
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Morehead City
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Southern
World Strike Reshapes Global Prospects As Tension Grows
The long railroad strike risks undermining American prestige and spreading abroad with potential starvation, unrest, and Russia propaganda. Diplomats warn a protracted stoppage could trigger wide political and economic disruption worldwide.
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Washington
Russia
Hirohito Urges Citizens to Help Each Other in Food Crisis
Emperor Hirohito asked Japan's 73 million people to unite and act quickly to ease the food shortage. Premier Yoshida backed a self help policy and announced Hiro Wada as agriculture minister to present a detailed plan to the cabinet. Wada urged greater public control over rationing, aiming to improve the system.
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Hirohito
Shigeru Oshida
Yoshida
Japan
Hiro Wada
Wada
Winston Youth Eliminated In National Spelling Bee
In Washington on May 24, 13-year-old Marcia Anne Loomis from Birmingham Maryland misspelled across with two c s and was the first to be eliminated among 29 contestants in the national spelling bee. Lewis Croft 14 from Winston Salem North Carolina also failed on access as the competition neared two hundred words.
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Marcia Anne Loomis
Birmingham
Mac
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Detroit News
Lewis Croft
Winston- Salem
N. C
Postoffice Declares Mail Embargo Limiting Long-Distance Service
The Postoffice Department announces an embargo that halts most non-local mail and restricts local service. One-ounce weights drop to 16 ounces for letters and air mail. interurban and non-railcar mail are halted, with daily non-local mail totals reduced. The action follows defense directives and aims to conserve mail flow during the period.
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Taday Point
of of Defense
Meanest Thief Steals Girl Eye Money in Chicago
At Margie Hatton's 14th birthday party a church fund was given for new plastic eyes. Her mother, a widow with seven children, kept $85 in her eye fund purse but left it in her apartment. The purse was stolen while she went to check mail, leaving the girl without funds for the crucial replacement eyes.
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Chicago
Margie Hatton
Buena Memorial Church
Margie
Janie Centers
South Carolina Men Eye Landing Tank Craft Service
Rail strike accelerates talks to run an LCT from Charleston to Cheraw by Georgetown. R F E Hanna of Cheraw and H C Carrison Jr of Camden named chairs in their towns to rush service plans.
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Charleston
Georgetown
R. F E. Hanna
H. C. Carrison, Jr
Camden
Russia ends evacuation from Iran stated May 9
New York May 24 Russia announced Soviet troops completed their Iran evacuation on May 9. The move sparks no clear signal on possible effects at the United Nations Security Council and global responses remain uncertain.
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New York
Russia
Iran
United Nations
Negro Woman And Quadruplets Are Doing Nicely
In Reidsville on May 25 a Negro woman and the quadruplets born yesterday within 13 minutes are reported doing well at a local hospital. The four infants all girls weighed about three and a half pounds each. Mother is Annie Mae Fultz, 35, deaf mute. Father is James Fultz, 54, farmer. They already have six other children, four boys and two girls.
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Annie Mae Fultz
Theather
James Fultz
Truman May Take Walkout To Congress
Senator Byrd said President Truman may appeal to a joint session of Congress for extra authority to curb nationwide strikes. He urged action if the railroad strike remains unsettled, noting the country backs such a move. The Senate moved to bar employer contributions to union welfare funds as part of expansive labor legislation aimed at John L. Lewis and the strike.
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D-Va
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Truman
Congress
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Senate
John L. Lewis
Ball
R-Minn
Federal Mediation Board
Truman Signs Bill Increasing Employes Pay
President Truman signed legislation increasing federal pay by 14 percent or 250 dollars a year for about 1,000,000 employees. The measure forecasts a 3/4 offset by staffing cuts to shrink federal banks from 2,400,000 to 1,600, and sets a 10,000 dollar annual ceiling for top salaries. Lower brackets face a maximum 25 percent increase with an average of 14 percent.
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Washington
Truman
Runoff Likely in North Carolina Democratic Primaries
Voters prepare for off year Democratic primary with eight congressional districts on the ballot and hundreds of local nominations. Analysts expect runoff in the fifth and sixth districts amid tight contests among Folger, Chatham, Harris, Durham, Rives, and Scarborough, while other districts feature two man races.
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Mt. Airy
Thurmond Chatham
Joe Harris
Winston-Salem
Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
E. Earle Rives
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Greensboro
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Folger
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Durham
Rives
Scarborough
Herbert ©. Bonner
Washington
Robert Lee Hunter
Greenville
John H., Kerr
Warrenton
Archie Gay
Jackson
Britt
Lumberton
J. Bayard Clark
Fayetteville
W. E. Horner
Sanford
Wayne County Negro Dies In Gas Chamber
Gur ney Herring a 26 year old man from Wayne county was executed in the gas chamber at Central Prison Raleigh at 10 a m after eight and a half minutes of lethal exposure He proclaimed his innocence and his governor had refused to intervene He had been convicted last November 30 of raping Clar inette Brock a former Negro school teacher of Mount Olive at her home before the crime was carried out
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Gurney Herring
Wayne County
Central Prison
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Cherry
Clarinette Brock
Mount Olive
Hugh Wilson
Fourteen Medals Are Presented Fighting Marine
Henderson May 24 A total of fourteen medals were presented here yesterday to John T Church 28 formerly a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Major H B Anderson presented the awards representing Maj Gen John Marston commandant of Camp Lejeune Church received the distinguished flying cross with two gold stars and the air medal with two silver stars The gold stars each represent one additional medal and the silver stars represent ten additional medals
Rail Strike Of 1922 Still On Leaders State
Washington reports there are two railroad strikes in 1922. On July 1, 1922, 400000 railroad shopmen quit their jobs and later drifted back, but the Association of American Railroads says the strike was never officially called off and remains on.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Peace talks in Manchuria rise after Changchun capture
A Kuomintang official said the Changchun seizure opens peace talks with the communists. A Nanking communist leader, Tung Pi-Wu, said Mao accepted the minority democratic league's three point truce in principle, but stressed the final decision rests with Kai-Shek. Chiang Kai-shek flew to Mukden amid hopeful, tense diplomacy as fan of the truce plan spread in Nanking and Shanghai.
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Chou
Chi Yien-Mine
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Democratic League
League and Youth Party
Guards Acquitted In Gridley Shooting Trial
Four Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad guards were acquitted by a circuit court jury of manslaughter charges stemming from a Feb 6 shooting at Gridley that killed two union men.
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Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Gridley
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