Lewis and Mine Owners Poised to Resume Talks Next Week
Washington nov 24 IUP John L Lewis may meet with the United Mine Workers policy committee Monday fueling speculation that coal peace talks with mine operators could reopen next week. A 200 man policy group meeting was reportedly set in New York.
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IUP
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Lewis
New York
Chilea
UMW
Truman
United Mine Workers
Amtorg Cleared by Court After Foreign Agent Charges
Amtorg a Soviet trading agency and six Russian officials were charged with failing to register as foreign agents. A $10,000 suspended fine was imposed on Amtorg after the U S attorney requested dismissal of charges against the individuals. The state department backed the plea, saying it serves U S foreign interests.
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Amtorg
United States
Justice Department
U. S
George Morris Fay
State Department
Fay
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
Congress
Martin Popper
New York
Congress Expected to Vote Down Extension of Draft
Congress leaders expect a failure to extend the 1948 draft law beyond June 24 1950. They notified President Truman and Defense Secretary Johnson that an extension is unlikely to be approved. They argue the draft aided manpower and voluntary enlistments and should stay on the statute books only for emergencies.
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Congress
Truman
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Vinson
House Armed Service Committee
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Free Turkey Dinners For Illinois Students
University of Illinois students away from home for Thanksgiving received 400 free turkey dinners from a campus restaurant. Paul Brown, who runs the eatery, offered the meals to help ease homesickness as students began their holiday break after noon classes.
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Ill
University of Illinois
Paul Brown
Derailment Blocks Coast Line Tracks
A freight derailment near Pembroke last night damaged 200 feet of tracks on both lines of the Atlantic Coast Line. Five gondola cars carrying stone overturned on the northbound track. rails were thrown 30 to 40 feet. No injuries. Six passenger trains rerouted via Wilmington, with replacement service as crews repaired the line.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Florence
Wilmington
Fraud Convictions Reported For Unemployment Benefit Fraud
The North Carolina Employment Security Commission reported that forty seven people were convicted in October of obtaining unemployment benefits through fraud. Several received jail terms while others were fined and ordered to repay the benefits.
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Raleigh
Employment Security Commission
State and Local Bond Approvals Reach Over One Billion
A nationwide vote approved at least 1.3 billion dollars in bonds for state and local governments this month, with totals nearing two billion as general elections on the first Monday in November yielded high approval rates. School improvements led, followed by hospitals and roads, with about 80 percent of bond proposals passing.
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Municipal Finance Officers Association
President Gives No Indication As To Lilienthal's Successor
Thanksgiving Day observed across the United States with President Truman and family at Blair House. Federal cafeterias in Washington served low cost turkey meals as thousands of workers gathered for the holiday. Secretary Sawyer praised the economy while noting the nation’s continuing self-reliance and confidence as key to well being.
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James Madison
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associated Press
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Sawyer
Former Teller Arrested For Embezzlement
FBI announces a Wachovia Bank teller Mary Elizabeth Russell 29 of Albemarle charged with embezzling 13456.84 and making false entries. Warrant likely served in Albemarle. Russell suspended Oct 20 after bank audit. Bond requested at 15000 by Frances Fairley U S district attorney.
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FBI
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Charles W. Brown
Mary Elizabeth Russell
Albemarle
Brown
Russell
Frances Fairley
U. S
Chicago Lawyer Floberg Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President Truman appointed John F. Floberg a Chicago lawyer and former Navy combat officer as assistant secretary of the navy for air. The 34 year old fills the vacancy from Dan A. Kimball’s promotion to undersecretary. Floberg’s recess appointment awaits Senate confirmation. He joined the Navy before Pearl Harbor and served in North Africa Sicily and Salerno campaigns and later in the Pacific, leaving active duty June 11 1946 as lieutenant commander.
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Truman
John F. Floberg
Chicago
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Dan A. Kimball
Senate
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Salerno
Philadelphia Negro dies in Fayetteville car crash fire
LeRoy Holmes died when his car left the road near Fayetteville and burned. His brother Phillips Holmes was pulled from the wreck and treated for a fractured thigh at a local hospital.
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Fayetteville
N. C
LeRoy Holmes
Philadelphia
Phillips Holmes
U. S. Awaits Full Story Of Ward Arrest
State Department officials hope Consul General Angus Ward will soon depart Mukden China after a Communist court ordered deportation for Ward and four staffers. Ward and two Americans and two Europeans faced charges over an alleged beating of a Chinese employee with sentences three to six months, all commuted to deportation.
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State Department
Ameri
Angus War
Minist
Mukden
China
Ward
Department
O. Edmund Clubb
Peig
Triple Execution Set For Dec 9 in State Supreme Actions
The North Carolina State Supreme Court set a December 9 execution date for three Black defendants after denying Monroe Medlin's appeal while affirming Audie Lee Brown and Alen T. Reid. Medlin murdered Mrs. E O Anderson Sr in Charlotte. Brown robbed and killed Melvin Cain in Randolph County on New Year's Day. Reid burglarized a Wilson schoolteacher's home on September 1, 1948.
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State Supreme Court
Monroe Medlin
Audie Lee Brown
Alen T. Reid
Medlin
E. O. Anderson
Charlotte
Brown
Randolph County
Melvin Cain
Reid
Wilson
Druggist Feldman Freed After Third Murder Trial
Benjamin Feldman 41, Brooklyn druggist, freed by an all male Kings County jury after a third trial found him innocent of strychnine poisoning of his wife. He had been convicted twice before and sentenced to the electric chair, but reversals in the state court of appeals led to this acquittal after nearly 20 hours of deliberation.
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Benjamin Feldman
Feldman
State Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Hyman Marshay
Harriet
Beatrice Hoffberg
Court Upholds Rump Tobacco Sales Challenge
North Carolina Supreme Court ruled the Bright Belt warehouse association lacked authority to ban rump tobacco sales. The decision overturned a Frizzelle order that had barred Rocky Mount auction sales for the 1949 season without an adequate buyer set. The ruling fuels debate on federal regulation and tobacco pricing amid meetings planned by farm leaders.
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Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Board of Governors
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High Court
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J. Paul Frizzelle
Rocky Mount
State Farm Bureau
Supreme Court
Alonzo C. Edwards
Hookerton
Washington
Farm Bureau
Edwards
Fred S. Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Association
Association
Harry S Caldwell
Greensboro
Rock Mount Tobacco Market
Judge Carpenter Wins New Round
Civil Court Judge Robert Carpenter wins another legal victory as a superior court jury dissolves his marriage on his terms. The judge was acquitted of attempting to murder attorney John Lockwood, and the divorce grants Mrs. Carpenter only 20 percent of his downtown hotel property, with $200 monthly alimony canceled.
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Robert Carpenter
John Lockwood
Lockwood
AEC Chief Lilienthal Resigns From Atomic Post
David Lilienthal quits as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission effective December 31 amid questions over successor and amid ongoing debate over his management. President Truman expressed reluctance and regret at the resignation, announced after years directing the program since 1946.
Southwest enjoys mild post Thanksgiving weather
Aipeaked winter weather pattern left the South with generally fair and moderating conditions while many Midwest areas endured a white Thanksgiving. North and South Carolina saw subfreezing lows, with winds and snow reports in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. California remained mild and Los Angeles reached 85.
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Lilienthal Leaves AEC Chairmanship for Private Life
James Marlow reports that David E. Lilienthal may resign as Atomic Energy Commission chairman to seek greater freedom to speak and possibly enter private business. In his letter to President Truman he cites rewarding public service but notes financial limits and aims to discuss atomic issues more openly as a private citizen. He warns of secrecy limits and hints at broader discussion of social and commercial aspects of atomic energy.
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David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
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Congress
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