Memorial Day Traffic Deaths Seen At 329
The National Safety Council predicts 329 traffic fatalities over the extended Memorial Day weekend, about 10 percent above a typical May weekend. Early reports show several violent deaths from traffic accidents, with Ohio noting multiple incidents. Accidental deaths last Memorial Day totaled 74, including 28 traffic deaths.
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World Today turns on Byrnes and Molotov clash over UN and arms
Secretary of State Byrnes rejected Molotovs charge of an Anglo American bloc against the Soviet Union after the Paris foreign ministers conference. Andrei Gromyko warned in New York of a dominant bloc within the United Nations. The piece notes recent back and forth, calls for limited armaments, and recalls historical disarmament debates led by Maxim Litvinoff.
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Weather Summary for North Carolina
Partly cloudy today with a slight rise in temperature. Tonight remains partly cloudy. Friday also partly cloudy with a net rise in temperatures. The forecast notes minor changes in temperature across the period.
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Government Moves to End Walkouts In Finance and Farming
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged quick settlement of maritime and farm equipment labor disputes. He warned a potential merchant marine strike could hamper international trade and famine relief. He plans constant sessions to avert the June 15 CIO walkout and may seek seizure of J J Case and Allis Chalmers plants if no deal by week’s end.
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Double Cross Charged By A F Whitney at CIO Rally
A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen told a CIO rally in New York that Truman gave the union the run around and double cross in the recent rail strike. He said a five day truce pledged concessions but no conference with operators occurred before or during the strike and no new agreements followed. Whitney also attacked the rail labor act as GOP Wall Street favored and slowing grievance handling.
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Idle workers drop as strikes threaten new action
The soft coal settlement lowers idle workers but new strikes loom. About 500 Hudson and Manhattan trainmen and engineers began a walkout in New York and northern New Jersey after Truman's fact finding order. The H and M line opposed settlement provisions, saying it was not part of the general rail strike. Labor officials also push talks to avert a June 15 sea worker strike affecting shipping coast to coast.
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Three American Soldiers Face Execution in Bavarian Court
In Heidelberg on May 30, the U S third army announced three soldiers sentenced to be hanged by a general court martial for killing an American and wounding three others in a Bavarian village on February 15. Two more received life terms and four were acquitted.
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Rives Calls For Second Primary In 5th District
Greensboro candidate E Earle Rives declares for a second primary in North Carolina's sixth district citing majority support for change. He plans a run off on June 22 after trailing D E Scarborough in the May 25 vote.
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Maiden Cotton Mill to Open June 4 After Strike
Maiden union mill in Maiden will reopen on June 4 exactly one month after workers struck protesting the continued employment of superintendent Fred J. Sumner and general overseer Russell Rogers. R S Dickson, president of American Yarn and Processing, said the mill, a Mt Holly subsidiary, employs 188 people and that strikers had not indicated when they would return.
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Flowers and Taps Honor War Dead at Arlington
President Truman placed a wreath of white roses on the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony was brief and solemn with no crowd, a naval aide presence, and a single bugle call of taps.
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Bricker criticizes Truman on labor draft proposal at Gettysburg
John W. Bricker, 1944 Republican vice presidential nominee and Senate candidate, condemned President Truman's plan to draft strikers. Speaking at Gettysburg National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Bricker urged administrative enforcement over military action and warned against labor unions restraining trade.
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Claudius Last Meal Rumor Linked to Amanita Caesarea
The ancient Rome tale claims Emperor Claudius died after his favorite mushroom dish Amanita Caesarea was served with mineral poisons. Agrippina is said to have prepared it.
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Arab States Warn United States and Britain Over Jewish Immigration
Seven Arab leaders meeting in Cairo under King Farouk issued a joint pledge to support the United Nations and warned that additional Jewish immigration to Palestine could threaten world peace. The communique did not specify actions if Britain and the United States proceed with admitting 100,000 Jews this year. The Arab League statement stressed cooperation with the UN as the key step to world peace.
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Liberty Yanks LaGuardia From Radio Program
Liberty Magazine withdraws sponsorship of F H LaGuardia's Sunday radio show effective next week. Publisher Paul Hunter cites policy conflicts and waning public interest. LaGuardia, UN relief chief, signed a year with ABC last December for over $100,000.
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Government hikes dairy prices as subsidies face cuts
Washington reports a $250 million yearly boost for dairy items with milk up two cents a quart, butter about 11 cents a pound, and cheddar cheese six cents a pound. Bowles says subsidies must stay to maintain milk production, while new controls on butterfat and cream prices aim to boost output.
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Miners End Strike as John L. Lewis Wins Wage Rise
Washington May 30 The coal strike ends with John L. Lewis securing 1.83 cents an hour raise plus a $25 million a year welfare fund funded by a coal tonnage levy and a postwar benefits plan. The pact covers bituminous and anthracite operations under government control, with operators to sign for mines to reopen.
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Woman Slain and Gas Fatalities in Norfolk
In Norfolk on May 30 Mrs. Carmen Belote Schneer 35 was beaten to death in her Graydon Avenue apartment and Ernest Albaster Doster 36 died from gas fumes from open range jets in the same room. Detective Leon Nowitzky labeled both deaths murder and self-inflicted death. The bodies were found by Schneer's son Charles at 8 a.m. and the couple had reportedly been companions for about a year. Bloodstains marked multiple rooms. a kitchen knife lay on the living room floor. Doster had a long arrest record across several Southern and Southern-adjacent cities.
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