Defense Pact With Denmark Is Problem
Washington reports a tough task for Secretary Marshall to negotiate a new defense agreement for Greenland. Officials say the goal includes retaining peacetime American bases, a move previously blocked on Iceland and Azores. Nationalism and communist agitation are cited as main obstacles on the Greenland issue.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Marshall
Greenland
Denmark
United States
Atlantic
Iceland
Azores
North America
Left Winger Ostvanyi Hinted as Hungarian Premier
A Hungarian informant says Imre Ostvanyi a left wing member of Nagy’s party was tentatively chosen to succeed Nagy as premier. Nagy reportedly resigned while abroad and may not return to Hungary. Pro American Hungarians warn the move signals a shift toward a communist police state under Soviet occupation.
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Budapest
Imre Ostvanyi
Ferenc Nagy
Nagy
Oltvanyi
National Bank
Switzerland
Hungary
Russia
Perfect Attendance Record for Pupil
Whiteville High School graduates Walter H. Paramore Jr with a perfect attendance record. He has not been absent or tardy in 12 years, having attended schools in Plymouth Wilson Elizabeth City Raleigh and Whiteville.
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Whiteville
Walter H. Paramore, Jr
Whiteville High School
Plymouth
Wilson
Elizabeth City
Raleigh
Weather Summary for North Carolina May 31 1947
Partly cloudy and cool in the interior with scattered showers and little change in coastal temperatures. Mild, gradually rising daytime temps through the period. Thunder showers expected late Monday or Tuesday with light to moderate precipitation. Sunrise 6 05, sunset 7 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
E'S
Eamler
Carolinas
Explosion Rocks Thames Barge in East London
A barge exploded on the Thames in East London causing shattered windows and smoke. Workmen said five or six men aboard escaped with minor injuries as the drifted craft sank. initial reports varied on whether one or two barges were involved.
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London
Thames
Lea Haulage Company
Lea
Global air disasters claim 120 killed or missing
Reports from around the world describe a United DC-4 crash near LaGuardia with 48 aboard, a Tokyo four engine loss, a B-29 incident in Alaska, and other fatal or missing air incidents. Two trainmen died in Missouri on the Frisco Florida Special derailment. Iceland seeks a missing DC-3 with 25 aboard.
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Frisco
Florida
Missouri
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
New York City
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tilburg
Iceland
Icelandic Airways
Prison Terms To Be Sought For Female Nazi Aides
Bavarian denazification minister Dr. Alfred Loritz said he would seek maximum penalties of ten years for at least six women linked to Hitler’s inner circle. Arrests were ordered for Emil Goering, widow of Hermann, and other widows of Nazi leaders, as well as Baldur von Schirach’s wife and Erich Ludendorff’s widow.
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Munich
Germany
Alfred Loritz
Adolf Hitler
Nuernberg
Loritz
Emmy Goering
Hermann
Fritz Sauckel
Hans Frank
Poland
Wilhelm Frick
Bohemia and
Moravia
Baldur von Schirach
Erich von Ludendorff
Students Meet Directors Today Protest Gilert Resignation
A seven member Asheville-Biltmore College student committee will appear before the college board of directors this afternoon to protest the resignation of President Clarence N. Gilert. About 40 students earlier protested to the city council, and the board hearing was arranged today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Asheville-Biltmore College
College Board of Directors
Clarence N. Gilert
College Board
Government Victory Nears End in Paraguay Civil War
Buenos Aires dispatch reports that after 12 weeks of fighting, government forces under President Higinio Morinigo approach Concepcion, crossing the final water barrier and signaling a likely end to the rebellion. Rebels, about a third of Paraguay's 10,000 troops, remain in swamps near Concepcion.
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Buenos Aires
Concepcion
Higinio Morinigo
Ascuncion
Brazil
Paraguay
British Paper Scores Lynching in American South
The New Statesman and Nation in London calls Greenville South Carolina lynchings the most terrible American evil and says lynching shows a muted judicial conscience. It notes lynching is wrong and that silent public tolerance lets injustice persist.
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London
The
New Statesman and Nation
Greenville
S. C
American South
Senate predicts veto stand on income tax cut
Senator George of Georgia, a leading Democratic tax voice, forecast that if President Truman vetoes the income tax reduction bill the Senate will sustain the veto. He said he would not vote to override, while Congress prepared to ratify the conferees' agreement and the Internal Revenue Bureau rushed printer plans for new withholding tables in case the measure becomes law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-Ga
Truman
Senate
Senate House
White House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mother Truman Rises, Improves at Grandview
Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94, mother of the president, sat up for two hours as she improves. Dr. Joseph W. Greene said she was getting along fine after the grave illness that brought President Truman to her bedside on May 17. The president returned to Washington yesterday.
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Grandview
Hay
Martha E. Truman
Joseph W. Greene
Veto Showdown Looms at UN Atomic Control Fight
The United States and Russia face a looming clash over veto rights in the UN Security Council for atomic control. Russia won a minor win as the UN atomic energy commission adopted a Russian sponsored resolution calling for control to operate within the Security Council framework.
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Lake Success
United States
Russia
United Nations Security Council
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
General Assembly
Security Council
Europeans Honor Dead Americans
In Paris and across Europe eight nations joined the United States in memorializing American soldiers who died in the two world wars. At Hamm Luxembourg Maj Gen Frank Keating spoke to about 4000 troops while Gen George S. Patton Jr. lies among Ardennes veterans. Lucius D. Clay urged parents of the 8411 buried killed to see the hallowed ground shared by those who honor them.
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Paris
United States
Germany
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Italy
Sweden
Switzerland
Frank Keating
U. S
Hamm
Luxcembourg
George S. Patton, Jr
Ardennes Bulge
Lucius D. Clay
Negro Escapes after Lynching Attempt in North Carolina
Godwin Buddy Bush, 22, a Negro lumberman's helper jailed for alleged rape, described his escape from Northampton jail at Clarkson. He recalled masked white men forcing him into a car, firing a shot, and his frantic flight through fences before reaching a Black acquaintance's home. He surrendered to authorities the next day and remains in prison pending trial.
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Raleigh
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Bush
Northampton
Clarkson
Jackson
Rich Square
Buddy
Three People Miss Plane Before United DC-4 Crash
Three passengers at LaGuardia missed their United Airlines DC-4 takeoff after not hearing the field public address call. Benjamin Droz of Cleveland, Ohio an employee of the War Assets Corporation Miss Anne Sullivan of New York and a Miss Lustic were left behind. Miss Sullivan heard the crash while at the passenger desk.
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New York
la Guardia Field
United Airlines
Benjamin Droz
Cleveland
Ohio
War Assets Corporation
Anne Sullivan
Lustic
Sullivan
Local Mill is Scene Of Disorder
Three men are on bond as police stand by at the Highland Cotton Mill after a disorderly strike. Alfred Taylor Nora Collins each bond 50 dollars on affray charges with Collins saying Taylor assaulted him. John Bailey bonded 500 dollars for assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed pistol after a taxi driver said Bailey threatened him near the mill. The strike began Wednesday with 400 workers sidestepping and protesting the management’s refusal to renew the annual contract for benefits.
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Highland
Alfred Taylor
Nora Collins
Collins
Taylor
John Bailey
Bailey
Modified Rent Control Bill Due to Pass
Sponsors predict senate passage of a largely altered rent control extension by early next week. The measure would add eight months of federal controls beyond June 30, with two liberalizing amendments allowing up to a 15 percent rent increase by voluntary agreement and a monthly decontrol of about 30 of the remaining areas still under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Drys Seek Court Action to Block June Election
Anti ABC forces in Franklin County filed to restrain the June 7 local option election. County commissioners were ordered to appear before Judge Leo Carr in Raleigh to justify proceeding. The petition, signed by over 90 residents, contends the 1947 law authorizing the vote is unconstitutional on various grounds. A similar action is anticipated for the Louisburg liquor store election set for July 1.
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Louisburg
Franklin County
Leo Carr
Raleigh
J. Paul Frizzelle
Louisurg
Harvey Spach Dies by Suicide in Winston-Salem
Coroner W. N. Dalton reports Harvey Edmond Spach killed himself yesterday in Winston-Salem by slashing his throat with a butcher knife.
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Winston-Salem
W. N. Dalton
Harvey Edmond Spach
Takeoff In Storm Ends In Tragedy
A United Airlines four engine BC-4 crashed after takeoff from LaGuardia in a thunderstorm killing 39 of 48 aboard. Thirty eight burned at the site. ten hospitalized, one dying en route to Cleveland for his wedding. Witnesses said the plane cleared the runway then plunged into marshy ground beyond Grand Central.
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New York
United Airlines
LaGuardia Field
Cleveland
Grand Cen
Four-engined army plane crashes near Tokyo
A four-engine army plane on a Korea bound flight crashed in the mountains near Tokyo. Observers report all 41 aboard perished as wreckage burned near Tachikawa airfield. Ground searchers located the debris, making it possibly the worst air accident since the occupation.
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Tokyo
Korea
Far East Airforce Headquarters
Tachikawa Airfield
Plane crash survivors recount tragedy at Queens airfield
Captain Benton Bald win told prosecutors he tried to lift off but nothing happened as the downed plane burst into flames on a Park Avenue area runway. Ninety minutes later 39 bodies were loaded for identification at Queens General Hospital amid rain and fire crews. Captain Bald win suffered burns while several victims, including Theodore Alexay died of injuries. the flight carried 60 000 pounds, and initial estimates placed the craft at 2 500 to 3 000 feet before crashing into a ravine.
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Tral Parkway
Benton R
Lucky) Baldwin
Victor Levin
Queens County
Queens General Hospital
Thomas A. Gonzales
Helena Klein
New York City
Levin
Gilot
Theodore Alexay
Yonkers
N. Y
Navy
Eecoe
Cleveland
Ruth Santner
Hatch Predicts Truman Will Veto Labor Bill
Senator Hatch asserts the president will veto the labor bill due next week. Senator Ball says a veto could lead to a congressional override with a two thirds vote in both chambers. The House and Senate differ on union curbs, with the House measure tougher on unions.
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Washington
May
Hatch
D-Nm
Truman
White House
Ball
R-Minn
Congress
House
Senate
Spruill Quits Job as Revenue Department Aide
Frank P. Spruill assistant state attorney general resigns effective June 30 after handling revenue department affairs and will join Burlington Mills. He is a Rocky Mount native and UNC graduate.
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Spruill
Raleigh
Frank P. Spruill
Revenue Department
Burlington Mills
Rocky Mount
University A North Carolina
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