Leader Says Truman Cannot Prevent Men From Leaving Trains
A government attorney argued that President Truman can seize strike-threatened railroads. Union leader David B. Robertson countered that seizure would not stop a walkout and might escalate the wage dispute. The National Mediation Board chair returned from Chicago to report peace efforts exhausted.
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Truman
Harold W. Ward
Washington
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
White House
Brotherhood of Firemen and
Presidential Emergency Board
Douglass
Mr. Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Mr.Truman
Carrier
Brotherhood
Mediation Board
Silver
Congress
Robertson
Union
Umstead Sets Forth Labor Views Amid Campaign Clash
In Raleigh on May 5, Senator William B. Umstead defended his support for the Taft Hartley Labor Act on a statewide radio hookup. The article notes a busy primary scene with five candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination including former Gov. J. Melville Broughton and others urging reforms and farm price supports. Rival reports mention labor disputes, potential government seizure authority, and mediation efforts as rail unions threaten strikes with wage demands.
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Umstead
Congress
J. Melville Broughton
Mayne Albright
Local Weather Summary for May Deficit and Rainfall
Yesterday high reached 83. Low last night 70. Noon today 83 degrees. Precipitation: .12 inch. May rainfall to date .15 inches with a 3.57 inch May quota and a deficiency of 3.42 inches.
Draft bill delay spurs grassroots recruiting plan
In Washington on May 5, House Rules Chairman Leo Allen proposed a $1.5 million yearly grassroots recruiting program as a substitute for the universal military training bill. Allen said the plan tests opposition to an outright draft while signaling possible tempo for the Andrews Armed Services bill. He noted the Rules Committee could delay the Andrews measure if the scheme is not well received.
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Washington
Congress
Leo Allen
Allen
Andrews
R-Nyc
Armed Services Committee
Rules Committee
Veterans’ Organizations
Truce Talks In Jerusalem Bring Cautious Quiet
United Nations truce commission met in Jericho with Arab representatives to discuss an Arab Jewish truce for all Jerusalem. Cease fire remained in place with intermittent shooting in outskirts and extensions to Katamon quarter.
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United Nations Truce Commission
Jericho
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Hussein Siraj
Tanquiddin al Solh
Lebnese
Ahmed Hilmi Pasha
Palestine Arab
Palestine
Katamon
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Yehudia
Haganah
Ramat Naftali
Lebanon
Beirut
Judea
Nominees Nine And Ten In Mother Of The Year Voting
Heavy voting continued in the Mother Of The Year contest with Mrs. John F. Puett leading by 61 votes over Mrs. C. P. Robinson of Olney. By 11 a.m. Wednesday Robinson was six votes ahead of Mrs. J. R. Titman of Lowell in third place. Mrs. L. EqWin Mudisili of Cherryville surged to the largest single day total and moved from 12th to fourth. Voting expected to intensify over the remaining days.
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John F. Puett
C. P. Robinson
Olney
Robinson
J. R. Titman
Lowell
Official standings list for regional winners
Official standings show a sequence of names with towns including Mrs. John F Puett of Dallas and Mrs. C P Robinson of Olney Community ranking in order from 1 to 13. Other listed home towns include Gastonia Cherryville Gastonia Bessemer City Mt Holly and Cramer ton Ill with multiple entries from Gastonia and Bessemer City.
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Charles M. Johnson
Piedmont
Gastonia
Bessemer City
Cherryville
Oscar Barker
State Department of Agriculture, Extension Services
John F. Puett
Dallas
C. P. Robinson
Olney
J. R. Titman
Lowell
L. Edwin Rudisill
J. W. Bury
Fred W. Spurrier
George A. Jenkins Sr
O. F. Mason Sr
T. J. Brawley
FE. V. Hudson
Cramerton, Ill
D. E. McConnell
Andy Thornburg
R. H. Stowe
Mt. Holly
Biographical sketches of Thornburg and Titman nominees
Biographical sketches follow on Mrs. Andy Thornburg of Bessemer City and Mrs. James Robert Titman of Lowell, nominees number nine and ten.
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Andy Thornburg
Bessemer City
James Robert Titman
Lowell
Ninth nominee named for Mother of the Year in Gaston county
Mrs. Andy Thornburg, 96, praised for un tiring efforts as a Christian mother and community inspiration for 77 years in the area. She and Caleb A Thornburg celebrated a diamond wedding in 1945 after a 75 year marriage, one of five such couples in the nation. Thornburg, born Eunice Jane Simmons of Cleveland county, married in 1869 and mother of ten children, two died in infancy.
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Bessemer City
Andy Thornburg
Gaston County
Thornburg
Mr. Thornburg
United States
Alabama votes against Truman in party primary
In Birmingham on May 6, Alabama Democrats show strong anti Truman sentiment in a party primary. Electors pledged against Truman lead in returns, citing civil rights policy and potential vote against any Democrat supporting civil rights measures. Bolt and anti bolt factions compete for delegation to Philadelphia.
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Truman
Supreme Court
Alabama
Philadelphia
James E. Folsom
Antibolt
Folsom
U. S
Philip J. Hamm
John J. Sparkman
Typhoid Epidemic Fears Rise in Acre Palestine Area
In Acre on May 5 authorities fear a typhoid outbreak as 82 cases, including 46 British soldiers, are reported. The mayor and health head seek serum from Lebanon for Acre's 15,000 residents while Haifa reports Lebanon sending doctors and nurses. 100 more from the Middlesex Regiment are quarantined near Haifa. civilians tally 36 cases and 50 under observation amid hospital shortages.
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Acre
Palestine
Lebanon
Haifa
Middlesex Regiment
Ahmed Abdu
Taft Narrowly Leads Stassen as Ohio Ballot Count Stalls
With incomplete results from Ohio's primary, Taft holds a 14 to 9 edge in 23 delegate contests, and leads overall with seven of 12 remaining at-large seats. Bricker leads Taft among individual candidates, while Stassen camps in close races.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Taft
Minnesota
Stassen
Ed D. Schorr
Marshall
Bricker
John W. Bricker
Record Marijuana Seizure in New York Raid
Fifty pounds of marijuana the largest single seizure in New York was seized in a police raid on a cook’s apartment. Valued at 20,000 by police, the contraband would be worth 500,000 when processed into cigarette form. The cook, Boyd Terrell age 21, was arrested and said two men who shared the apartment owned the suitcases holding the contraband.
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New York
Cook
Boyd Terrell
Rift In Mt Holly School Thompson Fired and Drummond Quits
Mt Holly school board failed to reelect Athletic Coach Dick Thompson by a 4-1 vote and accepted Supt F C Drummond’s resignation after a feud over the Mt Holly Belmont football site. The board questioned both leaders in a late session aiming to preserve their jobs.
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Mt. Holly
Dick Thompson
F. C. Drummond
Thompson
the Gazette Today
Drummond
Tendent
Ray Stroupe
Taylor arrest irks Wallace in Birmingham
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho was convicted for disorderly conduct after a scuffle over church entry tied to segregation protests. Police Judge Oliver Hall called it a publicity stunt and jailed Taylor but stayed the sentence and placed him on probation, while an appeal was filed from Peoria. Wallace blamed the sentencing for..
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Oliver Hall
Hall
Taylor
Peoria
Wallace
Democratic Party
Glen
United States
W. W. Casey
T. E. Huey
Southern Negro Youth Conference
Geoffrey F Fisher Arch Bishop of Canterbury
Geoffrey F Fisher born May 5 1887 in Nuneaton England served as the 97th archbishop of Canterbury. He began as a schoolmaster and became head of Repton School before being named Bishop of Chester and later archbishop officiating at Princess Elizabeths wedding.
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Geoffrey F. Fisher
Nuneaton
England
Archy
Canterbury
Marlborough
Repton
Chester
Princess Elizabeth
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