Mexico President Addresses U N Assembly at Flushing
President Miguel Aleman of Mexico addressed the United Nations General Assembly in session at Flushing Meadows New York. Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Assembly chairman Oswaldo Aranha welcomed the visitor as hundreds of delegates applauded. The ceremony opened with a formal Rostrum address and continued with general homage to the visiting head of state.
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Flushing Meadows
N. Y
INS
United Nations General Assembly
Palestine
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Trygve Lie
Special Assembly
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Aran
Signs Of Settlement In Phone Strikes Reported
Negotiations resumed as telephone workers near end of a four week strike with talk of a general $4 weekly wage rise. Three Illinois NFTW affiliates and Illinois Bell agreed to $4 in a one year contract, while NFTW leaders urged rejection as inadequate. AT&T offered $2 to $4 weekly to long distance workers, rejected by the union, with federal conciliators noting substantial progress in talks.
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Chicago
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
NFTW
Illinois
Washington
At&t Longlines
At&t
Swain Moves To Halt Terrorists
Madrid reports the Spanish government issued a decree establishing the death penalty for acts of violence sabotage and kidnapping causing fatalities and long prison terms for nonfatal versions. The law places crimes under military jurisdiction with possible extenuating circumstances and targets guerrilla and militant opposition.
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Madrid
INS
Intoday
Mothers Day Observance Notes Bus Stop Sign Upgrades
Pa Newe urges national Mothers Day observance on May 11. He also calls for clearer bus stop signs to assist the aged with dimmed eyesight, noting many signs are obliterated or missing at corners, causing riders to miss their stops.
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United States
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report Summary for U S
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 a m show a max of 64 and a min of 40 with .13 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 7.4 feet. Year ago the date recorded a high of 77 and a low of 35 with no precipitation.
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United States
Martial Law Declared in Hangchow After Riots
Martial law was proclaimed in Hangchow Chekiang province after hungry mobs rioted wrecking over 300 rice shops. Reports say crowds looted 2000 bags of rice and vandalized police station windows as merchants in Shanghai shielded rice shops and prices spiked amid black market fears.
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Hangchow
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
Shangai
United States
Austrians Cheer Gen. Mark Clark in Vienna
Five thousand Austrians cheered General Mark W. Clark during his final review of American troops in Austria. At a news conference he urged Austrians to unite for freedom and sovereignty before his departure the next day. He will travel to Italy to discuss monuments and sail from Cherbourg on May 17.
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Vienna
INS
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Clark
Austria
Italy
Cherbourg
France
House predicts passage of Greco Turkish aid bill next week
Speaker Martin predicted the House will pass the 400 million dollar Greco Turkish aid bill by a substantial majority next week. He argued the rules committee vote on Truman’s stop communism program did not reflect House sentiment and did not expect three to one Senate support.
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Washington
INS
Martin
Mass
House
GOP
Rules
Truman
Senate
Derby Day Weather Improves At Churchill Downs
Clear and warmer weather was forecast for the Kentucky Derby as Churchill Downs dried after days of rain.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Lawrence County Receives 21 854 From Motor Fund Allocation
Harrisburg May 3 Municipal subdivisions in Lawrence county will get 21 854.57 as their June 1 Motor fund allocation. Requisitions for the second quarterly payment of 1947 are prepared by the Department of Highways. Money comes from the tax on motor vehicle gasoline and funds street bridge and road maintenance. Allocations by the department list cities, boroughs and townships with amounts for each class.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence County
Department of Highways
Illinois Telephone Unions Vote on New Contract
Three Illinois telephone unions vote on ratifying a one year contract that ends a 26 day strike against Illinois Bell Telephone. The deal, signed after the 106th negotiation, provides a four dollar weekly raise and requires return to work at 6 am Monday if approved.
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Chicago
INS
Illinois
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
U. S. Conciliation Office
Illinois Telephone Traffic Union
The
Federation of Telephone Clerks
Commercial Telephone Workers Union
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New England Phone Workers Vote On Wage Offer
New England telephone workers unions vote on a wage increase offer from the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. The proposal would cost about seven million dollars annually and affect 28 000 workers. Boston locals rejected it as inadequate and inconsistent with the cost of living, signaling likely split positions within the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers.
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Boston
INS
New England
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Local No. 2
IBTW
Senate vote tests labor bill as veto override risk looms
Senate action yields a 60 to 28 win on the first amendment test of the labor bill. Wherry says an outside chance exists to override President Truman's veto if enough Democrats defect. Taft signals dropping most of the fourth amendment while leaving one civil-suit provision. The GOP also pushes to send the bill to conference next week amid opposition from Lodge over industry wide bargaining limits.
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Senate
Washington
Wherry
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
GOP
National Labor Relations Board
Sen. Lodge
Three Women Executed for Ravensbrueck Crimes
Hamelin notes three German women Dorothea Binz 26 Elizabeth Marshcall 60 and Reta Boesel 25 were hanged for leading Ravensbrueck camp killings. Prison staff members and other Germans faced death sentences for war crimes as reports from Frankfurt and Hamelin indicate subsequent executions and tribunals.
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Hamelin
INS
Ravensbrueck “Heil
Dorothea Binz
Elizabeth Marshcall
Reta Boesel
Ravensbrueck Camp
Soviet Professor Attacks Truman Greece Turkey Aid Policy
In Moscow on May 3, Professor Korovin of the Soviet Academy of Social Sciences condemned President Truman's Greece and Turkey aid requests as aimed at U.S. military and political dominance. He warned the Western leaders' sovereignty was being violated by Baruch, Hoover, Dulles, and Churchill plans for economic control, German revival, and a Western European federation.
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Moscow
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Truman
Greece
Turkey
Korovin
Soviet Academy of Social Sciences
Winston Churchill
Bernard M. Baruch
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Hoover
Baruch
Hoover
Germany
Dulles
Churchill
Plane Ground Loop Crashes at Logan Airport
A four motor Constellation from Europe ground looped on landing at Logan International. Thirty nine aboard escaped with minor injuries. pilot treated for a hand cut after the emergency stop near Governor's Island. Fire crews responded though no fire occurred. Flight came from Shannon via Gander and touched down at about 180 miles per hour.
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Boston
INS
Europe
Logan International Airport
Shannon
Eire
Gander
Newfoundland
Governor's Island
Charleroi Woman Reaches 103 Today
Charleroi Pennsylvania May 3 Mrs Hannah E Carson observed her 103rd birthday in Charleroi with family and old friends. Known as Aunt Hannah she has lived in the Charleroi area most of her life aside from eight years elsewhere and spent the day at the home of her 71 year old son.
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Charleroi, Pa
Hannah E. Carson
Hannah
Charleroi
French Premier Ramadier Seeks Confidence Vote Amid Crisis
Premier Paul Ramadier asked the National Assembly for a confidence vote as his Socialist party weighs backing amid a rift with the Communist party over the stabilization program. If the Communists quit, Ramadier may need Socialists to retain a majority, while labor leaders resist conceding to Communist influence.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Ramadier
National Assembly
Labor
Socialist Council
Com
Hunt Attacker Search Expands for Two Officers’ Gunmen
State police and Clark county investigators pressed a man hunt for the two gunmen who wounded Jeffersonville officers Capt. Emerson Payne and Patrolman Paul Coleman near Mitchell. Authorities tie the suspects to a Marysville bank holdup and track a late model car with Kentucky plates seen refueling. The vehicle reportedly carried two shotguns and a submachine gun in the rear.
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Mitchell
Ind
Clark County
Jeffersonville
Emerson Payne
Paul Coleman
Marysville
Kentucky
State Scholarship Examinations Held in Lawrence County
Thirty three seniors from various Lawrence county schools sat the annual state scholarship exam at George Washington junior high school under County Superintendent John C. Syling. Thirty six were eligible, three certified to test did not appear. Results will be tabulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the winner announced in about a month.
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Thiry
Lawrence County
George Washington Junior High School
John C. Syling
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Two Hurt When Bus Overturns Near Sybene Ohio
Two Atlantic Greyhound passengers were hospitalized and 16 others shaken when a Greyhound bus skidded and crashed into a utility pole near Sybene Ohio. The vehicle then overturned and passengers crawled through the windshield after it was kicked out by witnesses.
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Huntington
W. Va
INS
Atlantic Greyhound
Sybene
Bids Opened for Atlantic Avenue Widening Project
State Highway Department reports Kelly and Meyer company of Youngstown unofficial low bidders at 92 701 dollars for 2 97 miles of road work in Lawrence county. Project widens Atlantic avenue by four feet and resurfaces it from West Washington street to Mahoning avenue plus a small section near Wampum. Work covers New Castle Taylor Union and Wayne townships and includes Section of legislative route 77 from Wampum to Ellwood City.
Hijackers Seize Loaded Trucks From New York Garage
Five armed men hijacked three or four loaded trucks from the P. and W. Service Corp. garage in Manhattan early today. Two employees were bound and forced to relocate vehicles while the bandits spent about two hours casing the site before abandoning at least one truck loaded with overseas bound dry goods.
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New York
INS
John Watson
P. & W. Service Corp
Bowery
Watson
Escape from Fairview State Hospital by Markowski
Stanley Markowski, 36, formerly of Nescopeck, escaped today from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Fairview. He was committed December 24 1940 after burglary conviction and insanity adjudication. Police say he is not considered dangerous.
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Scranton
INS
Stanley Markowski
Nescopeck
State Hospital
Fairview
Markowski
Ate
Rioting Prisoners Seize Ft Leavenworth Barracks
Riotous inmates at Fort Leavenworth surrender as MPs take control of two six tier blocks. One prisoner soldier dies and six are injured in the ongoing disturbance spanning 48 hours with guards hurt. Col E D Post notes many inmates wield improvised weapons while protests stem from racial segregation in meals.
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FT. Leavenworth, Kans
INS
Ft. Leavenworth Army Disciplinary Barracks
E. D. Post
Leonard T. Gerow
Gerow
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas City
Post
Col Post
Col. Post
Alcatraz
Senate panel mulls delaying Italian Balkan peace treaties action
Republicans and Democrats on the Senate foreign relations committee report growing sentiment to delay ratification of the Italian Balkan satellite peace treaties. Sen Connally says a delay is possible as Byrnes and Marshall prepare rebuttal testimony against the Italian treaty. The treaties cover Italy Bulgaria Hungary and Romania and face opposition from several Republicans.
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Washington
INS
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Tex
Byrnes
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Rookie hurler shines as regulars lag at warm Florida beach
The fragment recalls Arthur Memeter noting a rookie pitcher impressing in sun with early tosses while regulars struggle to start workouts. The scene contrasts a warming beach scene with a veteran crew awaiting Nature to finish shaping them.
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