Southern Presbyterian General Assembly Opens in North Carolina
The Southern Presbyterian Church United States assembly opened with pledges of cooperation with northern churches and visions of reunion. Details from 1848 show debates on cooperation and future avenues, amid historical tensions and recent apologies over past internal disputes.
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Filreal
N.C
General Assembly
United States
Northern
Assembly
Emmbly
Dunbar H, Ogde
Newen
Newen As Chairman of the Assemb 2
Ac Assembly
Anyerson
Aney
Old Richardson
Greens
T Hes
Church
Lunsichardson, Jr
Smith Dso
Futures market opens to hedge rice trading bold step
Stock market notes that financial institutions will fund inventories hedged against risk. The futures market offers a new service in the free enterprise era, providing immediate price discovery and a risk reduction tool for the rice business. Trading opened after over two years of planning.
U S aims outside treaty to return Eisler from Prague
Clark announced continued hope of bringing Gerhart Eisler to the United States after Eisler flew from England to Prague. He said talks with the State Department were underway about measures outside the extradition treaty to secure Eisler's return.
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U.S
Clark
Hisler
Eisler
England
Prague
Russia
State Department
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Bomb explodes during Franco visit in Spanish capital
A small bomb exploded today in the cellar of traffic police headquarters during Generalissimo Francisco Franco's visit to Haredona Catalonian capital. No one was injured. The blast knocked out part of the cellar wall as police surrounded the district and searched for those responsible.
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Haredona
Spain
Francisco Franco
Convict Laborers to Start Work on Highway
Arkansas Highway Director J C Baker announced convict labor will be used to build a road between England and Highway 79 on Highway 15. The program aims to save about 100 dollars per day, with prisoners from Tucker prison farm to be screened and supervised, starting on an experimental basis.
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Little Rock
Big Four Ministers Seek Economic Unity in Berlin Split
AP analyst notes Paris talks stall on political unity between East and West Germany. Vishinsky’s push for a German People's congress is rejected as unrepresentative, while Western powers push for limited economic unity amid Moscow’s push for a communist German bloc.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
Russia
Germany
Vishinsky
America
Britain
France
Foreign Ministers' Council
German People’s Congress
Republc
German Democratic Republic
Moscow
Uncle Sam
Gerhart Eisler
German People's Congress
U.S
Congressionl
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
State Cotton and Crop Conditions Update
Statewide cotton progress appears steady with favorable conditions for good stands. Early corn grows fast with strong prospects. some fields laid by in the southern half. Harvest of fall sown crops begins. yields reported poor in most counties. Early soybeans thrive while recent plantings lag in germination. Sorghums planted, Irish potatoes hurt by May dryness. Prospects for peaches and apples remain favorable as snap beans and cucumbers near harvest in west central and southern counties.
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Westcentral
Rejoins Army After Marital Mixup in New York
Anthony Martino, believed dead since 1944 in France, announces return to the Army after informing authorities he is alive. He has been living incognito, will undergo physical and psychiatric exams, and may remain at Governors Island or return home. His wife in Waterbury seeks legal separation as he reopens ties with another family on Staten Island.
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New York
Anthony Martina
Army
Martino
France
Mary Marfing
Waterbury Conn
Waterbury
Staten Island
John
Raoosma
First Army
Marino
Housman
Governors Island
St. Louis
Europe
Dorothy Anna Martino
Richard
Eeward
Lorraine
Martina
Western Eastern trade pact eyed amid cold war claims
The article notes a proposed agreement to reopen trade between Eastern and Western Europe, pressed against a backdrop of economic strain in Eastern Europe and Marshall Plan aided Western Europe. It frames renewed relations as the likely path, while acknowledging the continuing cold war.
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Europe
Western Europe
Poore Dies by Own Action in Mississippi Prison
J W Poore, condemned to die in the electric chair for the Laguna Beach geologist murder, was found bleeding to death in his Jackson cell at 7 15 am with an open Bible nearby. He had slashed wrists and arms in a prior failed attempt. The coroner ruled death by his own act amid ongoing appeals and stay petitions before the U S Supreme Court.
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Jackson
Miss
J. W. Paore
L. H
Poore
A. H. Haver
Laguna Beach Calif
Alabamian
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Call Pledges Cooperation With All Labor Office
Little Rock June 1 UP K Call of Little Rock became labor commissioner of Arkansas with a pledge to enforce all labor laws and foster closer cooperation between employers and employees. He said increased 1949 labor department funding will improve enforcement and safety laws for workers statewide.
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Little Rock
K. Call
Arkansas
Labor Department
Call
City Receives State Surplus Aid Totals 3.2 Million
Arkansas cities and counties shared 3.2 million dollars from the general surplus fund. Hope received 20,143 dollars and Hempstead totaled 24,141.31 dollars.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Hope
Hempstead
Highway Vehicles to Be Marked for First Time
Arkansas highway department marks its motor vehicles with a state map and A H D initials for department personnel. State Highway Director J C Baker says the emblem will curb surplus drinking and identify official vehicles.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
J. C. Baker
Baker
Oklahoma Firm Wins Bid for Vet Admin Quarters
Patti-MacDonald-Manhatten of Muskogee Oklahoma awarded five attendants quarters buildings at the Little Rock Veterans Administration building. Col Thomas A Lane Little Rock district engineer notes the low bid of 308230 dollars. Construction of the project proceeds with the Oklahoma firm handling the work.
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Litle Rock
Patti-MacDonald-Manhatten
Muskogee
Okla
Litthke Rock Veterans Administration Building
Thomas A. Lane
Little Rock
Oklahoma
Vet Pension Bill Passes House After Unemployability Clause
The House sent to the Senate a World War I and II veterans pension bill after striking the unable to work provision. The clause’s defeat, by 172 to 5, ends a heated fight. the bill, estimated to cost $85000,000 extra, would become permanent law governing pensions under VA rules. Rankin opposed the clause as unfair.
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Washington
House
Veterans’ Committee
Rankin
Veterans Committee
Major hospital building nearing 80 percent completion
Two more contracts were announced: North East Main Iron Works in Portland, Maine awarded 172909 dollars to finish operating machinery for fainter gates on Bull Shoals dam, and North East Boiler and Welding Ltd. in Green Bay, Wisconsin awarded 79301 dollars to supply 17 tainter gates.
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Wer
North East Main Iron Works
Portland
Maine
Bull Shoals Dam
North East Boiler and Weldings Ltd
Green Bay
Wis
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