Swift Packing Plant Strikers Clash With Guards at South St. Paul
A 600 man National Guard detachment cleared about 500 demonstrators outside the Swift & Co packing plant in South St. Paul after a proclamation banned large assemblies. Workers entered the plant amid jeers and Nazi salutes as guards escorted caravans of vehicles and half tracks.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
National
Swift & Co
Lester Hancock
Hancock
Grand Avenue
Swift Plant
National Guard
Swift
Dakota County District Court
Cudahy
Newport
Mississippi River
Swift and
Armour
Temperature and rainfall figures from local weather desk
Local readings show yesterday's high and last night's low with noon values today. May rainfall totals reach 5.31 inches against a 3.57 inch quota, resulting in an excess of 1.74 inches.
Truman Opens 1948 Campaign With Confidence
President Truman told a Young Democrats of America banquet at the Mayflower Hotel that a Democrat will hold the White House for four more years. He cautioned against dragging foreign policy into the campaign and promised free nations will remain free, mocking calamity talk from Republicans.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Young Democrats of America
Mayflower Hotel
United States
Truman Recognizes Israel and Weighs Arms Embargo
The report notes President Truman quickly recognizes the provisional Jewish state of Israel and weighs lifting the arms embargo to Palestine. It discusses possible motives including deterring Arab invasion and timing before the Soviet Union, with bipartisan support and calls for a UN-led truce. Msgr. Flanagan, famed for Boys Town, dies in Berlin after a heart attack.
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Washington
Truman
Israel
Palestine
United States
Holy Land
White House
United Nations
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Death of Msgr. Edward Flanagan at Boys Town
Boys Town Neb May 15 The city mourns the founder Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan who died of a heart attack in Berlin. Boys Town residents gathered in the chapel to pray, their daily routine disrupted by the loss of the world famous benefactor of homeless boys.
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Berlin
Edward J. Flanagan
Boys Town
Army Hospital
Germany
Nebraska
Harnack House
Emmitt S. Walsh
Father Walsh
Father Flanagan
Vienna
U. S. Army
Japan
Nebr
Gastonia Chorus Tonight at Rex Auditorium
Activity calendar lists Gastonia Male Chorus performing at Rex Auditorium tonight at 7 30 p m. On Sunday from 1 30 to 6 p m the Jaycees host a paper drive in Gastonia with collection details implied.
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Gastonia
Rex Auditorium
Jaycees
Bulls In Control as Stock Market Roars Higher
A flood of buy orders fuels a strong market surge in New York trading. Flash prices from the trading floor show prices nudging higher as huge blocks move, with investors pouring in from across the country and Packard Motor Co. and International Harvester among notable trades.
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New York
Exchange
Financial District
Packard Motor Co
International Harvester
Coast Guard races to rescue after mine hits ship near California
Three Coast Guard cutters a flying boat and two B 17s chased a sinking vessel off the northern California coast after an early morning SOS. The call letters matched the William E Channing but the ship was reportedly in reserve at Astoria.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
California
William E. Channing
Channing
Maritime Commission
Astoria
Ore
E. E. Thorne
Navy
Federal Communications Commission
Klamath
Fire Damages Fletcher Car In West Main Blaze
Firemen report an auto owned by J E Fletcher was damaged slightly Friday afternoon at 1 15 o clock on West Main avenue when the 1937 Plymouth ignited from a wiring short.
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J. E. Fletcher
West Main Avenue
Governor Cherry Frees Arthur Moody Paroled for 1946 Crime
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry granted parole to Arthur Moody who had been sentenced in Gaston county in March 1946 to three years for storebreaking and larceny. Moody’s release reflects updated parole action under the state program.
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R. Gregg Cherry
Arthur Moody
Gaston County
Warren Service Sunday at 3 30 P M
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m for Miss Lottie Warren Gastonia businesswoman who died Friday afternoon after an eight day illness. Carothers Funeral Home handles arrangements at the Warren home 319 South York Street officiating minister Rev I M Ellis burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Miss Warren 44 daughter of the late Robert Clark Warren and Nellie Hoey Warren sister of City Attorney Ernest Warren member of Gaston County’s prominent family.
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Lottie Warren
Gastonia
Miss Warren
EB. R. Warren
South York Street
I. M. Ellis
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
John Parks
Jack Alexander
J. R. Beam
Howard Kendrick
W. E. Newton
P. G. Hill
Turner Williams
Bob Gordon
Carothers Funeral Home
Gaston County
Robert Clark
Nellie Hoey Warren
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Ernest Warren
Phone Workers' Strike Report Sent to President Truman
A mediation service report on stalled negotiations for 25 000 long distance operators in 42 states and D C goes to President Truman. Union seeks 30 cent hourly raise 35 hour week and higher pensions with talks blocked by AT T. Threat of nationwide walkout looms within days.
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Tru
Long Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A.T
Cleo
Truman
Mediation Service
Henry Mayer
A.T. and T
George S. Dring
AT and
States
District of Columbia
Vermont
New Hampshire
Delaware
Oregon
Montana
Washington
Cattle Fed Grapefruit Diet Fails With Wild Temperament
Dr. W. G. Kirk of Florida's cattle experiment station told Lake Alfred cattlemen that a grapefruit diet can fatten cattle only if the animals are not overly wild. He warned that excessive excitement disturbs the wild ones and prevents weight gain.
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Lake Alfred
Fla
W. G. Kirk
Florida
Democrats Set No Convention In Raleigh
North Carolina Democrats held county conventions with observers watching for civil rights debate at the state gathering in Raleigh next Thursday. Major L. P. McLendon of Greensboro named probable permanent chairman. gubernatorial hopefuls and Senator Umstead along with J. Melville Broughton campaigned across the eastern part of the state. Mayne Albright urged reform and recorded votes. Charles M. Johnson warned against prejudice and warned on finances. Oscar Barker urged veterans bonuses. Kerr Scott criticized public employee pay and efficiency.
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Carolina
McLendon
William B. Umstead
J. Melville Broughton
Mayne Albright
Roanoke Rapids
General Assembly
Charles M. Johnson
Wilson
Johnson
Oscar Barker
Wadesboro
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Raleigh
Haganah Reports Invasion Threats After Tel Aviv Attacks
The Jewish army or Haganah states invasion troops penetrated Israel after air incidents in Tel Aviv and a Negev settlement. Egyptian planes hit Tel Aviv’s military airport, destroying a hangar and a DC-3. Haganah claims occupation of Kfar Etzion and Bethlehem areas and evacuations near Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Haganah
United States
Negev
Palestine
al Dangor
Gaza
Kfar Etzion
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
U.N
Holy City
Attarat
Kalandia
Murray predicts steel strike threat this year
CIO President Philip Murray told the United Steelworkers convention in Boston that more than 50 000 steelworkers may strike before year end as 107 000 contracts expire between now and December. He warned idleness could follow and urged higher dues to fund the union through the crucial period while delegates amended the constitution to bar Communists and other subversive supporters from office.
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Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
United Steelworkers
Birthday Swim Tragedy Near New Bern Claims Young Life
Seven year old Chester Van Williams Jr. drowned during a birthday swim in Lawson Creek near New Bern yesterday. The incident occurred as part of a birthday celebration with family at the water.
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New Bern
Chester van Williams Jr
Lawson Creek
James Mason Brightens British Film Legacy
James Mason born May 15, 1909 in Huddersfield Yorkshire emerges as a leading English actor. He won the Silver Star in 1946 for British Pictures and made his Broadway debut in Bathsheba in 1947. Son of a wool merchant and educated as an architect.
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James Mason
Huddersfield
Yorkshire
England
British Pictures
Bathsheba
Mason
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