Blockade Viewpoints Highlight China Policy Debate
Adm. Forrest Sherman told the Senate a United Nations commercial and naval blockade of Communist China could be effective but a unilateral U S blockade is not advisable due to potential Russian opposition. He noted Allied hesitation to join, and warned a blockade would require wartime belligerent rights and careful force redeployment amid Korea operations. He listed key Chinese export controls at risk including rubber oil and machine tools.
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Russia
United Nations
Sherman
Senate
Thv
Doug Arthur
Far
MacArthur
China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Pontell
Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Korea
Hungnam
Reject Probe Of Newspaper
Florida Senate judiciary committee rejects a request to probe the Pulitzer Prize winning Miami Herald and publisher John S. Knight. Senator Newman Brackin claimed the paper aided a Communist influence while Senator Russell Morrow dismissed the charges as a curtailment of press freedom and noted Brackin offered no evidence.
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Judiciary Committee
Florida Senate
Miami Herald
John S. Knight
Newman Brackin
Herald
Brackn
Russell Morrow
Brackin
Morrow
Knight
Florida
Nator
Kiami
North Carolina studies Negro school facilities in state
NC education officials surveying Negro schooling say facilities here are closer to White schools than in most Dixie states though not equal. They note 300,000 Negro students and limited funds. equal salaries for teachers were phased in 1944, and several suits seek equal access in Durham Perquimans Wilson and New Hanover counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Dixie
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Johnson J. Hayes
Durham
Durham City
Washington
Perquimans
Wilson
New Hanover
Deputies Turn Badges Over To Their Wives
Ten women sheriff's deputies in Maricopa County pinned on their husbands' badges after a state attorney general ruling barred the men from serving as both deputies and constables. The constables said neither job paid a living wage and passed their badges to their wives to keep salaries in the family. Only Deputy Constable Frank Sheets remained a bachelor with status in doubt.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa County
Frank Sheets
Testimony Ends In School Segregation Case In Charleston
A three judge federal panel in Charleston considers whether South Carolina must end public school segregation. Attorneys file briefs as the court weighs testimonies from district opponents and NAACP lawyer Thweete Mershall argues that separate but equal has produced inequality. Defense says ending segregation risks "utter collusion" and harms 25 years of progress in race relations.
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Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Clarendon County
Ocean
U. S. Suority of
Witnes
National Association
Robert McG.rigg, Jr
Pace Warns Against Apathy in Memorial Day Address
Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr declares Americans must avoid hysteria or apathy that could trigger a world war. In Princeton he recalls Washington crossing the Delaware and Trenton victory. He links Korean War sacrifices from Concord to Inchon as proof freedom’s costly price and urges readiness to pay it.
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N. J
Army
Frank Pace Jr
Washington Battle Monument
Pace
George Washington
Washington
Delaware
Trenton
Korea
Concord
Inchan
CIO accuses big business of bribing labor over price controls
CIO officials charged that a deal between the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers would “share the loot” with labor if wage and price controls are scuttled. James B. Carey urged a two year extension of controls and urged strong rent limits while criticizing installment buying rules as unfair to workers.
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CIO
James B. Carey
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
National Association of Manufacturers
Paty Carey
George C. Marshall
Marshall
John L. Lewis
NAM
Chamber of Commerce
Carey
Chamber
The
Federal Reserve Board
Bus Strike Sparks Word Fight Across Duke Power
Duke Power officials charged the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is pressuring discrimination between unions as six Carolina bus drivers strike. The company argues electrical workers receive higher raises and that separate utility operations justify different scales. The union rejected a five cent hourly increase as discriminatory, while workers in Winston-Salem Greensboro Durham Charlotte Greenville Spartanburg also balked at terms.
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Winston
Brotherhood
Railroad Brotherhood
Duke Power Bus
Amalgamated Association
Crackles and Swimsuit Rivalry Echoes in Cartoon Panel
A brief comic caption notes a playful arm wrestling of fashion, contrasting a swimmer’s suit with a land Her appearance generating waves of mock controversy. The jab lands as a lighthearted snapshot of humorous celebrity clash.
Gotham Price War Flare Hits New York Then Spreads Online
A New York department store price war trims thousands of items after the Supreme Court struck down fair trade laws. Macy’s cuts six percent on 5,978 items, Gimbels matches, Abraham & Straus and other shops join, then prices spread to Brooklyn and even Wall Street as merchants pledge to meet or beat rivals. Local executives in Memphis react, weighing future price cutting.
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R. H. Macy & Co
Gimbel Brothers
U. S. Supreme Court
Macy's
Gimbels
Abraham & Straus
Brooklyn
Nelson Miller
Namm’s
Wall Street Financial District
Lower Manhattan
Goldsmith Brothers
J. D. Chambers
Memphis, Tenn
Nathan Shainberg
Memphis
Shainberg
Rain and Mud Slow UN Advance on Korean Front
UN infantry pressed through rain and mud in separated sectors along a 120 mile Korean front, advancing toward the Chorwon Kumhwa area while facing stiff Chinese and North Korean counterattacks. General Ridgway said the Reds suffered a major severe defeat as they rallied from bunkers near the 38th parallel.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
38Th Parallel
U.N
Chorwon-Kumhwa
7Th Division
Inje
Yonchon
Yanggu-Inje
Hwachon
Reds
Ridgway
Bowdoin Campus Murder Homicide Casts Search for Fiend
In Brunswick Maine a Bowdoin College waitress Mrs Shirley Murray Coolen was found strangled near a rose garden behind Emma Senter’s home. Her body bore a three inch bruise and disheveled clothes. Ex husband Guy F Coolen, 31, denies seeing her and offered to return from Boston.
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Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Shirley Murray Coolen
Guy F. Coolen
Boston
Mrs. Chase
Park Row
Memorial Day Observance Across Nations Honors Korea War Dead
United Nations troops and crowds mark Memorial Day with services in cemeteries perched above the sea. Lt Gen James A Van Fleet salutes the fallen as crosses line Korean battle graves. In Tokyo forces hold exercises at the Imperial Palace Plaza while 3 million mourners attend varied events nationwide. Traffic safety officials hope to set a record low death toll this year.
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Korea
An Rhee
South Korea
James A. van Fleet
Tokyo
Imperial Palace Plaza
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Ney
Safet Neil
Ned H. Dearborn
BB Ge
UN Reports Near 10000 Chinese Prisoners In Five Weeks
Tokyo United Nations forces report to Gen Ridgway that about 10 000 Chinese prisoners have been taken since April 22 amid a failed spring offensive. He notes Communist losses are high and desertions rise as food shortages and lack of air support and armor erode morale.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
Sowers
Red Command
Man Faces Stretch After Shoe Theft Confrontation
Morganton police report Robert Corpening attempted to sell back stolen shoes to owner Leslie Farfour and two local stores after stealing them from Farfour's car. Corpening tried refunds on one pair, but the third store alerted police.
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Morganton
Robert Corpening
Corpening
Leslie Farrour
Farfour
Weather Threatenschief Charlotte Notice
Official Weather Bureau records show the tempera ture and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 30 a m.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
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