U.S. Proposes Trial Four-Power Parley on Germany
The United States urged France and Britain to back a four power trial meeting to decide if free elections can be held in Germany. High commissioners would examine the election possibility, with Russia informed of the plan. France and Britain showed hesitation amid Bonn and Paris negotiations.
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England
Germany
Britain
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Bonn
Western Union Ends Mediation Talks in Telegraphers Strike
Western Union withdraws from a Washington mediation meeting aimed at ending the month-long telegraphers strike. The firm accuses two Dallas locals of misrepresenting the meeting, while the Federal Conciliation Service urges reconsideration. Union leader W L Allen says miscommunication and intimidation were alleged by both sides. The dispute centers on adherence to a three-man conciliation panel's findings.
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Western Union
Washington
Federal Conciliation Service
Clyde Mills
Union
W. L. Allen
Dallas
Texas
Allen
Mills
APL Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Tibetans Battle Reds In Lhasa Amid Casualties Reported
In Lhasa police and Tibetan fighters clashed with Chinese troops causing casualties, as a British railway executive and his family sought refuge in La Paz Bolivia after threats. Reports cite labor unrest linked to Juan Lechin allies and a chaotic city scene with stonings.
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Bertram Rahy
Lhasa
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Juan Lechin
Sawang
Mines
Red China
Methodists Refuse to Ban Smoking by Unordained Ministers
SAN FRANCISCO May 3 Delegates at the Methodist General Conference declined to strike a report allowing smoking by unordained ministers. Chester A. Smith of Peekskill NY heated debate by urging publication of the commission report in the Christian Daily Advocate while opposing any smoking by clergy. The session also weighed whether unordained ministers should administer communion, with majority allowing it and minority requiring full ordination. Earlier actions granted Negro churches access to white jurisdictions if all parties agreed.
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Methodist General Conference
Chester A. Smith
Peekskill
Christian Daily Advocate
Smith
Ers
Cover-Up Cast in Cotton Buying Scandal and Pappy Noel Award
U S Senator Aiken accuses Agriculture Department officials of a cover-up in cotton buying and awaits Brannan testimony amid leaks linking Egyptian dealer Mansour to stockpile plans. In Galveston, AP photographer Frank Noel receives NPPA honor for photographing captured U N soldiers as a POW under censorship.
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Walker
Mansour
Galveston
Texas
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Ropher
Korea
National Press Association
Frank
Pappy) Noel
America
Ken McLaughlin
NPPA
San Francisco Chronicle
Joseph A.sprague
Noel
Munsan
Noellala
North Korea
Bob Schutz
Robert Tuckman
Pappy
United Nations
Frank Noel
Munhall Cartoonist for AP Dies at 64
Horace Munhall, longtime Associated Press news features cartoonist, died after a yearlong illness at age 64. Known by colleagues as "Mun," he signed his drawings widely. The AP veteran's passing marks the end of a broad career across the cartooning field.
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Horace ¢. Munhaill
Associated Press News
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ITU to Mark 100th Birthday in Cincinnati Tomorrow
The International Typographical Union will celebrate its centennial in Cincinnati with readers from across the country attending. Delegates from 14 cities formed the union on May 5, 1852, and it has grown to about 80,000 members.
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United States
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Solons to Call McGranery for Attorney General Hearing
The Senate judiciary committee will take up President Truman's nomination of Federal Judge James P. McGranery as attorney general after a month delay. Senator Ferguson and Senator Watkins push to compel McGranery to testify about his role in the Amerasia case while McGranery says he will attend and testify.
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James P. McGranery
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Sen
Watkins
Utah
Philadelphia
Ferguson
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State Department
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Hie
Congress
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
McKinney backs Truman biennial convention plan
Democratic National Chairman Frank E. McKinney supports President Truman’s idea of holding national party conventions every two years. He notes administrative and cost challenges but says biennial conventions could keep the party platform current and sharpen focus on midterm issues. The April 24 letter was made public by Sen. Humphrey.
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