May Day Festivities and Royal Pageantry at Whitne y's Class Event
Washington reports Whitney vows to spend $47 million to defeat Truman and all pro‑shacking Congress members in 1948. He, with Alvanley Johnston, plans to press the labor line from Cleveland after a canceled flight. Cashen and Green offer guarded or no comment on Truman's railroad policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. F. Whitney
Trainmen’s Brotherhood
Treasury
Truman
Whitney
Congress
Mr. Truman
Cashen
Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Nazis Describe GIs Massacre at La Gleize Trial
Two SS defendants at a U S military court testified about a three day terror in Le Gleize Belgium where 80 to 100 American soldiers were killed. They said the order was no prisoners and described killings in a school yard sheds and near cemetery walls.
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Dachau
Germany
la Gleize
Belgium
Malmedy
United States
le Gleize
Gustave Sprenger
Joachim Hofman
Hofman
Sprenger
le Glei
Wilmington's Oldest Twins Lose Lifelong Companion
Miss Mary Ann Taylor aged 86 died at her Wilmington home after a life spent sharing days with her twin sister Eva Bush Taylor. Mary Ann and Eva had lived together for 22 years in the same house, their lifelong association ending with Mary Ann's death on Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Mary Ann Taylor
Eva
Bush Taylor
Health officer Ellenwood named for Catawba Lincolnton district
Dr E H Ellenwood of Raleigh will become health officer for the Catawba Lincolnton health district. He will start July 1 in Newton and may move there if housing is available. A former physician, he holds a master’s in public health and has worked on tuberculosis and general disease control. He has VD experience in Craven Lenoir and Wayne and once led Greene county health services. He was elected by the district health board led by R K Bolick of Conover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Ellenwood
Raleigh
State Department of Public Instruction
State Board For Health
Catawba-Lincolnton
Newton
Craven
Lenoir
Wayne
Greene County
Ellenwood
District Health Board
R. K. Bolick
Conover
North Carolina Junior Baseball League to open June 10
More than 60 teams from the state join the American Legion Junior Baseball season set to begin around June 10. Shelby’s Cleveland County club is favored with seven returning players from the 1945 national champions, as districts plan schedules and an Aug. 10 state title date is targeted. An All-Star contest between North and South Carolina is slated for Charlotte on July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
American Legion
Willis McMurray
Shelby
Lincolnton
Kannapolis
Laurinburg
McMurray
Shelby Cottonbroker
Brown Wilson
Gastonia
W. T. Shaver
Albemarle
R. H. Llewellyn
Cleveland County
North
South Carolina
Charlotte
Widow Sues Over Fatal Truck Collision for 75000
Mrs. Ben Navey of Shelby files in Cleveland County Superior Court a 75000 suit against Terminal City Oil Co. over a Laurinburg North Carolina crash April 19 that killed her husband who drove a Royster Oil Co. truck. She alleges driver negligence and recklessness led to fiery death.
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Shelby
Ben E. Navey
Cleveland County
Wilmington Oil Company
Laurinburg
Navey
Terminal City Oil Company
Royster Oil Company
Navy reveals dense sea layer beneath surface in Pacific
Navy scientists report a hidden oceanic layer 800 miles wide and 1000 to 1500 feet below the Pacific surface off California. The layer contains suspended material making it denser than water above and below, detected while testing sonar equipment during wartime. Further studies will assess any military implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
Navy
California
Electronics Laboratory
University of California
Division of War Research
San Diego
Poppy Day Sale Sets Record for Legion Auxiliaries
On Saturday May 25 the American Legion Auxiliary and the Junior Auxiliary reported their best Poppy Day collection, raising 336.49 from 2000 poppies. Led by Mrs. S H Steelman and Mrs. Hal Hoyle Jr, the juniors credited with over half the total and listed many volunteers including Ibbie Abernethy Pat Ann Auton Missy Auton and Marjorie Brown among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Bynum
Reader
Faye Canipe
Thelma Beal
Bobby Jean Lockman
Betty Sue Beal
Thelma Causey
Dorothy Whitesides
Frances Angle
Dot Goodson
Betty Jean Ellis
Dorothy’ Schrum
Betty Dellinger
Bobby Clanton
Betty Rhyne
Gloria Harkey
Dean Hollifield
Betty Sue Bumgarner
Juanita Thornburg
Rachel Coffey
Ramona Heavner
Sybil Lineberger
Mary Lou Ramseur
Margaret Cline
Doris Ann Lineberger
Nancy Burgin
Jo Ann Shidal
Patsy Mauney
Elizabeth Love
Mary Hoffman
Louise Warlick
Barbara Love
Elizabeth Ann Huggins
Nancy Heavner
Laura McLean
Becky Ramsaur
Marjorie Brown
Jane Davis
Barbara Kiger
Pat Owen
Gloria Hallman
Dorothy Dellinger
Sue Rhodes
Peggy Sue Moss
Mildred Brooks
Ann Hearner
Betty Burgin
Anne Miller
Joan McCutch
Eon
Jane Lynch
Sue Ann Long
Beth, Cornwell
Jack Dellinger
National Honor Society
Elizabeth Beam
Polly Plank
Phyllis Robinson
Vivian Hicks
American Legion Auxiliary
Junior Auxiliary
S. H. Steelman
The
Legion Auxiliary
Hal Hoyle
Ibbie Abernethy
Pat Ann Auton
Missy Auton
Beth Cornwell
Phyllis Costner
Nancy Claytor
Polly Dellinger
Sue
Death toll of babies now six on Brideship voyage
New York reports six infant deaths linked to mysterious illness aboard the S. S. Zebulon Vance and S. S. Brazil after a 13 day Atlantic crossing. Died include a five month old Vivian Smith in Pittsburgh and nine week old Robert Ball in Paris, Ill. Federal probe opened over overcrowding and sanitary concerns aboard the ships.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Vivian Smith
Howard Smith
Burbank
Calif
S. S. Brazil
Brazil
Zebulon Vance
Atlantic
le Havre
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Paris
Army Hospital
Robert Ball
G. I
John Aliberti
Keerbergen
Belgium
Vance
Anthony
Dachau
Aliberti
Red Cross Meeting Discusses Constitutional Amendments
Women at a Red Cross gathering talked mainly about the latest amendments to their constitutions, as observed in today’s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Legion and Auxiliary Launch $50,000 Fight Against Child Rheumatic Disease
The American Legion and Auxiliary announce a national health program targeting rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. A $50,000 gift to the American Heart Association funds case finding, prevention, and youth health guidance, plus research on bacteria and disease incidence. A traveling physician secretary will coordinate efforts and a Legion Auxiliary Fellowship will support medical research. Mrs. Craven appeals to Americans to protect youth health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
John Stelle
Walter G. Craven
American Legion Medical Advisory Board
Washington
D. C
Leonard G. Rowntree
The
American Legion
Mayo Clinic
American Heart Association
Legion
American Legion-Auxiliary
Craven
United States
Veterans Return To Farms Sets New FSA Loan Record
Philadelphia May 27 Veterans returning to farms have sent to an all time high the amount of money loaned by the Farm Security Administration J H Wood FSA Regional Director opened a conference of state directors from Maine New Hampshire New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware and Maryland In the 11 Northeastern States we are doing a land office business Loans for the current fiscal year amount to more than 10 000 000 Loans for the last fiscal year totalled 6 123 000 Wood said nationally more than 25 000 veterans had applied to FSA for operating and farm ownership loans and more than 10 000 already had been approved by FSA county committees
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Philadelphia
Farm Security Administration
J. H. Wood
FSA
Maine
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Wood
House to Honor Late Joe Ervin
Washington May 27 Congress will honor two former North Carolina members the late Representatives Joseph W Ervin of the Tenth district and William O Burgin of the Eighth district at special memorial services in the House chamber tomorrow morning Rep Ervin died December 25 1945 and Rep Burgin April 11
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Washington
Congress
North Carolina
Joseph W. Ervin
Tenth
William O. Burgin
Eighth
House
Rep. Ervin
Rep
Burgin
Second Primary Decides Solicitor Race in 16th District
The article notes a second primary likely to determine the solicitor for the 16th judicial district with James C. Farthing leading Lincolnton hopeful M. T. Leatherman and Horace Kennedy, while James C. Farthing appears set to secure the nomination if Leatherman withdraws. It also covers veterans housing concerns raised by James W. Rouse and local election results in Lincoln County including Hamilton C. Jones for Congress and S. M. Roper for State Senate.
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16Th Judicial District
Siy
James C. Farthing
Lenoir
Lincolnton
M. T. Leatherman
Horace Kennedy
Shelby
Leatherman
Farthing
Hamilton C. Jones
Manly C. Donway
Congress
S. M. Roper
W. E. Garrison
W. H. Boring
Viola Johnson
Register of Deeds
Lincoln County
Manly C. Dunaway
Marvin T. Leatherman
Jas. C. Farthing
State Senate
North Brook Township
Sam P. Wehunt
O. H. Venters
Ironton Township
John M. Ritchie
Craig W. Devine
Catawba Springs
Blair Wilkinson
Don Cherry
Constable Lincolnton Township
O. C. Bost
Woodrow Road
Walter Morrow to Speak at North Carolina Merchants Meet
Walter Morrow president of the American Retail Federation will be a principal speaker at the forty fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Merchants Association set for Wrightsville Beach June 10 11 executive secretary W L Dowell announced Morrow will speak on Whats Ahead for Retailers during a symposium on Merchants Problems with state merchants contributing to postwar discussions Dowell noted the federation is the world's largest retailers group with over 500000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Morrow
American Retail Federation
Washington, D. C
North Carolina Merchants Association
Wrightsville Beach
W. L. Dowell
Morrow
Dowell
United Europe Seen as Churchill's Goal in Address
The May 27 radio address to the Dutch government by Winston Churchill urged creating a United States of Europe under a world organization. He spoke from Hilversum via Netherlands radio, envisioning east and west unification bringing prosperity justice and peace to the continent.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Netherlands
Hilversum
Graves of Overseas Dead to be Decorated on Memorial Day
The American Legion announces Memorial Day observances for overseas graves with decoration of each site. Athens Post No 1 reports plans including a cemetery ceremony, wreaths, and flowers, plus photographing graves to mail to families if addresses are obtained through the American Embassy.
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American Legion
Legion
American Overseas Memorial Day Association
Veterans’ Organizations
Anthony Blase
Athens Post No. 1
Athens
Greece
Truman Signs Veterans Housing Plan Into Law
President Truman enacted a sweeping housing bill to accelerate private construction of 2.7 million homes in two years. The measure expands government mortgage insurance authority by 1 billion dollars, extends material pri orities through 1947, gives veterans housing preference, imposes ceilings on new houses, and empowers the housing expeditor to direct prices and curb lumber exports amid shortages. Congress rejected ceilings on existing dwellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Congress
House
Jane House
OPA
Cotton Mill Strike Continues at Maiden May 27
The Maiden cotton mill strike continues with 180 workers on strike. Negotiations are under way in Mt. Holly at the American Yarn and Processing Company to settle the dispute that began May 7 as a workers committee and management seek an end to the stoppage.
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Maiden
Mt. Holly
American Yarn and Processing Company
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Joyce Sigman
Helen Knuckles
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Janice McLean
Vickie Lee Rudisill
Jonell Goodson
Johnnie Schrum
Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
Allen J. Ellender
Dem
Scott W. Lucas
Ill
William F. Knowland
James O. Eastland
Miss
America
Costner
Yale
James D. Costner
U. S. Army
Z. A. Costner
Pfe. Costner
T. C. Harbor Craft Co
APO
Care
New Orleans
American Legion and Auxiliary Finance
Joe Ervin
Chicago
James W. Rouse
Baltimore
Rouse
Merchants’ Meeting
U. S. of Europe
Churchill
Veterans’ Housing Plan
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