Red Question Must Improve Says Leader
A leading Democrat suggested a late year special congressional session on foreign policy if major Russia Western power differences remain unresolved. Factors include slim odds for big new diplomacy funds, continued year end spending, Europe’s return to normalcy projections, possible requests for aid to curb communism, and Britain's impact on the postwar Europe funding mix.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Meral Assembly
London Council of Foreign Ministers
Truman
Europe
United States
Britain
Germany
No General Rent Boost Predicted
Senator Buck predicts Senate approval of legislation to extend rent controls without a general increase. He notes no broad effort for an across the board hike, while Senator Hawkes backs a 15 percent rise for leases through 1948 with tenant landlord agreement. The Senate bill preserves the housing office that administers rent controls, unlike the House version that would abolish it.
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Washington
Buck
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Senate
Hawkes
House
Office of
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Weather Outlook for Carolina May 30 1947
Considerable cloudiness with afternoon thunder showers today followed by showers and thunderstorms tonight. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions, especially inland, with the coast remaining warm. Coastal regions may see continued thundershowers as the northwest cools.
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Oath Carolina
Temperature and Rainfall Records Reported Nationwide
Official weather summary lists 24 hour readings to 8:30 a m with highs and lows across cities. Notable figures include Charleston 87 75, Detroit 47 43, Denver 48 93, New York 78 62, Raleigh 68 00, New Orleans 86 7 08, Boston 9 66.
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Weath
Boston
Charleston
Charlotte
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Columbia
Denver
Detroit
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Galveston
Greens-H
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Megaphis
OM Meridian
Mit Miami Sg
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Rtanbure
Hass
State Officers Continue Inquiry Into Mob Case
In North Carolina, state officers pressed their inquiry into the seizure of a young black prisoner from Northampton county jail. Seven Rich Square men were released on bond as officials prepare to present charges to the county grand jury. Tensions linger in Rich Square amid rumors and police warnings.
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Northampton County
Godwin Bush
Raleigh
Rich Square
Superior Court
Robert Vann
Russell Bryant
Lynwood Bryant
Gilbert Bryant
Brothers
Carpenters
Glenn Collier
Joe Cummingham
W. C. Cooper
Charles E. Myers
Frank Outland
Myor
Myers
Fayetteville Men Arrested in Station Robbery North of Lumberton
Sheriff Willis C. Britt reports two Fayetteville men were arrested for the armed robbery Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stanliff at their station four miles north of Lumberton.
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Lumberton
Willis C. Britt
Fayetteville
Carl Stanliff
Ere
Old Age Plan Blocking Pact at Ford Settlement Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers demand for an old-age retirement program blocks settlement between Ford Motor Co and the union. UAW rejected Ford's wage offer of 11 cents hourly raise and six paid holidays, a pattern already accepted by GM and Chrysler workers.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Four Victims To Be Buried In One Grave
In Lapeer Michigan Oliver Terpening Jr 16 waited in jail for his next court appearance in the flower patch murder of four playmates. In Imlay City the family of 67 year old farmer William Smith prepared for the burial of Barbara 16 Stanley 14 Gladys 12 and Janet 2. The four white coffins were to be placed in one large grave at the Imlay City cemetery after funeral services for Stanley and his three sisters.
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Lapeer
Mich
Oliver Terpening, Jr
Lapeer County
Little Imlay City
William Smith
Barbara
Stanley
Gladys
Janet
Terpening
Imlay City
Seaway Endorsement Cited by Royall Senate Hearing
Undersecretary Kenneth F. Royall told a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that a proposed St. Lawrence seaway would provide easy access to bases in Newfoundland and Greenland and lessen submarine hazards in war. He said the army views the project as helpful but not vital to national defense.
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Washington
Kenneth F. Royall
St. Lawrence Seaway
Newfoundland
Greenland
Army
Senate Foreign Relations
Labor bill near completion after conferees settle most issues
Congressional negotiators moved toward final agreement on a labor bill aimed at curbing unions and strikes. Senator Taft said only one point remained, whether to exclude food processors from the Wagner act, with the House favoring exclusion and the Senate opposing. He noted settlement on all other differences and possible minor changes.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
Final accord reached on labor bill to curb strikes
Congressional conferees agreed on a compromise to curb strikes and labor activity. The draft drops a near blanket ban on industry wide bargaining and blocks on food processors from collective bargaining rights, with final action sent to the House and Senate before White House approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Nation to Honor Heroes of All Wars in Memorial Day Observance
Associated Press reports a nationwide Memorial Day tribute with taps at cemeteries and public services. Millions will begin a three day holiday as rail, bus, and air travel surge and police brace for heavy traffic around major events including New York City parade and Arlington ceremonies broadcast on NBC.
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Associated Press
New York City
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Potomac
Washington
NBC
Ee Army of the Republic
West Pointers to Visit Pope Field for Air Corps Indoctrination
The U S Military Academy second class will visit Pope Field Ft Bragg in two groups during June and July for air corps indoctrination. A 300 cadets group arrives June 23 and another 300 on July 5. The program by the 316th Troop Carrier Group and the 82nd Airborne Division aims to show cadets headed for non air force branches a view of military aviation.
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Fayetteville
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Pope Field
Ft. Bragg
Air Corps
316Th
82Nd Airborne Division
Bevin Wins Broad Backing at Labour Conference
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin won an almost unanimous vote of confidence from about 1,200 Labour delegates in Margate. The small number of dissenters opposed Bevin's foreign policy, following his 90 minute speech accusing left wing MPs of betrayal during talks with the United States government.
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Margate
Eng
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Bevin
Labor
United States
Republican Economy Drive Gains Narrow Margin
The Republican congressional effort to cut $6 billion from the president's 1948 budget advances with a $847.6 million agriculture bill and a $40 million promise, passing the House by six votes and moving to the Senate as five more 1948 supply bills remain. The drive targets parts of the $37.5 billion spending plan, including rivers and harbors, veterans affairs, and war department programs.
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Washington
GOP
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
War Department
Eisenhower Called as Witness in May-Garsson Trial
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower testified as a witness in the May-Garsson war fraud case after a delay for attorney interviews. He answered a subpoena from Andrew J. May's lawyers and related letters from 1945 asking for review of Captain Joseph Garsson's court martial to see justice done.
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Washington
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Murray Garsson
Joseph Garsson
May
Eisenhower
Garsson
War crimes figure dies in prison leap
Gen Franz Boehme, indicted for crimes during the German occupation of Yugoslavia, died in Nuernberg prison from a skull fracture after a self inflicted leap.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Franz Boehme
Yugoslavia
Truman Leaves Missouri After Visit to His Mother
President Truman left Missouri for Washington after a 12 day vigil at his ailing mother Mrs Martha E Truman in Grandview. He reported she had a good night and was still on the mend. He will return to Missouri June 6 for the 35th division reunion in Kansas City and address its session the following night.
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Washington
President Truman
Capital
Martha Truman
Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Ess
Charles G. Ross
Matthew J. Connally
Truman
Missouri
Kansas City
Czechs Seek Second $20 Million Cotton Credit
The Czechoslovakian government has applied to the export import bank for a second $20 million loan to finance U S raw cotton purchases. This marks the first U S financial aid request since September when Czech negotiations for up to $100 million ended. The new credit aims to sustain Czech textile cotton intake, with the prior $20 million loan nearly exhausted.
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Washington
Export-Import Bank
United States
State Department
Disposition of Italy's Colonies Sparks International Clash
The Big Four plan a London meeting to address Italy’s North African colonies. Russia recalls its ambassador as diplomacy heats over a UN trusteeship for Libya, mandates for parts of the region, and competing bids by Egypt Britain Ethiopia and Libyan Senussi for Tobruk and nearby areas.
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Benito Mussolini
Britain
Russia
France
London
Moscow
United Nations
Tobruk
Crete
Haille Selassie
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Cirenaica
Egypt
Mrs Goering Arrested for Nazi Party Ties in Germany
Dr Alfred Loritz Bavarian denazification minister announced the arrest of Mrs Hermann Goering to face trial as a Nazi party member. He said a ten year jail term would be sought for the former actress.
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Munich
Germany
Alfred Loritz
Hermann Goering
CIO Tobacco Workers In Challenge
The United Tobacco Workers CIO challenge the House Un American Activities Committee to prove workers in the South need a 15 cent wage rise and a union contract. The 30 member strike policy committee released a letter to Rep Herbert Bonner NC seeking investigation into communist domination claims while CFL Reynolds Tobacco Co strike continues. Local 22 co chair demanded full retraction of May 19 Journal and Sentinel articles naming union leaders.
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United Tobacco Workers, Cio
House Committee On
South
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Herbert Bonner
D-Nc
House Committee
W. Clark Sheppard
Journal and Sentinel
Soviets Charge Hungarians With Complicity
In Budapest a high Hungarian source says Moscow’s note accuses Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy and two officials of complicity in a plot to overthrow Hungary’s democracy. The others named are Foreign Minister Janos Gyongyosi and Bela Varga, speaker of the house, all three from the anti communist Smallholders party.
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Hungary
Ferenc Nagy
Janos Gyongyosi Bela Varga
Smallholders Party
Nagy
Switzerland
Matyas Pakosi
Paris
Crissis
Final Terms Urge $4 Billion Annual Income Tax Cut
Senate and house conferees agreed on final terms of a $4,000,000,000 annual income tax cut to take effect July 1. The plan slashes rates 10.5 to 30 percent with brackets set from $0 to over $302,400. Senator Millikin led the talks and said final action would come soon, while President Truman’s veto risk remained.
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Washington
Senate
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Truman
Barkley
White House
United States and Britain Oppose Soviet Atom Control Plan
At Lake Success May 29 the United States and Britain backed by Canada rejected a Soviet proposal to place atomic energy controls under the security council veto. The closed UN atomic energy commission meeting anticipated further debate on 12 Gromyko amendments to the commission report.
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United States
Bristain
United Nations
Security Council
Canada
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Russia
Andrei A. Gromkyo
Gromyko
Woman Drowns After Saving Her Nephew
Fayetteville reports Ruth Tyndall Coleman 19 of Wilmington drowned in the South River after aiding her nephew who struggled in deep water. She pushed him toward shore where bystanders brought him to safety but she could not be revived despite artificial respiration in the river and hospital.
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Ruth Tyndall Coleman
Wilmington
South River
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