Popular Gastonia star Bill Uren suffers critical head injuries
Bill Uren Jr. 19, Gastonia High School pitcher and star athlete, remains unconscious in James Walker Memorial Hospital Wilmington after a Sunday morning fall from a second story balcony. Doctors warned prognosis grim and conditions could worsen within hours. His father and Russ Bergman were with him during evaluation.
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Bill Uren Jr
Gastonia
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Price Leeper
the Gazette
Bill Uren
Uren
Russ Bergman
Gastonia High School
Carolina Beach
Gastonia residents urge more recreation and diversified industry
Five residents voiced concerns about Gastonia inquiring reporter questions. They urged improved parks and playgrounds for children, a public gymnasium, more recreational facilities year round, and greater diversification of industry beyond textiles to protect the town from downturns.
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W. B. Black
Lower
Dallas Road
East Gastonia
Fied
Child Strangles To Death In Pen
Fourteen month old Judith McGill died in a West Los Angeles play pen after apparently stepping on a bottom crossbar and dangling by her throat from an upper crossbar. Her twin sister played nearby as detectives investigated the accidental death of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. McGill.
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West Los Angeles
Judith McGill
Jack Fergis
Edward L. McGill
Striking Telephoners Threaten Nationwide Service Halt
The 30,000 A C E W workers face a possible walkout after Western Electric rejected wage demands of 31 cents an hour. Dan V. Harris says negotiations broke off last Friday after two weeks of talks. WE officials express willingness to continue negotiating as talks reopen. Mrs. James L. Wingate of Gastonia won last week’s Thrift Tour contest with a 25 word answer. Tomorrow begins the eighth Thrift Tour as 22 Gastonia stores participate.
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New York
United States
Dan V. Harris
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
CIO
Western Electric Company
Harris
W-E
James L. Wingate
South
Columbia Street
Gastonia
Dozier Patriarch John Henry Dozier Dies at 94
John Henry Dozier aged 94 died at York County Hospital after years of illness. He was the father of South Carolina Adjutant General James C. Dozier and a resident of Rock Hill, South Carolina. His death was reported this morning.
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Rock Hill
S. C
John Henry Dozier
South Carolina
James C. Dozier
York County Hospital
North Idaho Flood Shelters Dozens of Homeless Families
Dozens of rivers overflowed their banks in the Pacific Northwest with a major flood hitting North Central Idaho. In Bonners Ferry a 31 foot dike collapsed as emergency crews and Fort Lewis engineers battled Kootenai river flooding. At Grand Forks North Dakota floodwaters rose eight feet, while Kooskia and Stites Idaho suffered evacuations and loss of communications. Local families sought shelter in churches as homes were destroyed and telephones failed.
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Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Weather Bureau
Spokane
Wash
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Grand Forks
B. C
Kooskia
Stites
Montana
General Motors Offers Pay Hike
Detroit May 24 Reliable sources report General Motors Corp offers the CIO United Auto Workers a wage increase in excess of six cents an hour.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Local Clubs and Council Meeting Schedule
Activity calendar lists Kiwanis at Armington Hotel Tuesday 12:30 p.m. Lions Club Armington 7 p.m. John W. Thomas Boy Scout award at Firestone Clubhouse 7 p.m. City council at City Hall 7:30 p.m.
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Kiwanis Club
Armington Hotel
Lions Club
John W. Thomas
Firestone
City Hall
Russia Declares End to East West Peace Efforts
Washington reports American diplomats conclude the phony peace era is over as Moscow via Tass blasts U S policy. Russia accuses the United States of hindering progress and withdraws the Moscow olive branch, detailing charges from Greece to Korea and Potsdam to today.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
United States
Tass
U. S
Russia
Marshall
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Greece
Korea
Potsdam
Nation's labor laws face three week congressional review
The Taft Hartley act watchdog committee opens public hearings led by Senator Ball to consider changes to labor management relations. President Truman plans five major speeches in June on a cross country train trip with stops in Chicago Omaha Seattle Berkeley and Los Angeles.
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Senate House
Ball
R-Minn
White House
Truman
Chi
Cago
Omaha
Seattle
Berkeley
Caif
Los Angeles
Chicago Stadium
Ives
R-Ny
Rep Landis
R-Ind
Paul M. Herzog
Robert N. Denham
LABOR
Brannan Named Secretary of Agriculture in Cabinet Move
Charles Franklin Brannan was nominated to be secretary of agriculture, succeeding Clinton P. Anderson who resigned May 10. Brannan is currently assistant secretary and a Colorado native. The President also nominated Freida B. Hennock of New York City to join the Federal Communications Commission, to replace Clifford J. Durr who declined a new term.
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Charles Franklin Brannan
Brannan
Senate
Colorado
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Freida B. Hennock
New York City
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Hennock
Clifford J. Durr
Local Temperature Highlights and Rainfall Figures
Yesterday's high and last night's low reached 66 and 66 degrees respectively. Noon today marks 79 degrees with the May rainfall totaling 5.34 inches, exceeding the quota of 3.57 inches by 1.77 inches.
Government Blamed for Cotton Decline At NY Exchange
A sharp opening on the New York Cotton Exchange pushed cotton down over 5 a bale as US government delay in financing foreign purchases spurred sales. Washington asked foreign nations to halt buying until financing details are resolved, fueling volatile trading and a steep drop in nearby old crop futures. New Orleans futures also fell amid broad liquidation before modest recovery.
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United States
Economic Cooperation Administration
Washington
New Orleans
Leaders refuse unconditional pause in Palestine war
Arab representative Paris El Khoury of Syria said Arab nations would not accept an unconditional cease fire in Palestine. He said Arabs would halt fighting only if Israel’s provisional government ceases to function, effectively blocking a truce as a Security Council deadline loomed.
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Paris
el Khoury
Syria
United Nations Security Council
Israel
Holy Land
Security Council
Arab League rejects UN cease fire demand in Palestine
Cairo reports an Arab League official says Arab governments will urge the Security Council to accept a cease fire only if the Jewish army is disbanded and the partition plan shelved. A temporary pause may occur as Arab delegates present their case. Israel says it would stop fighting if the Arabs do as well.
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United Nations
Arab League
Security Council
Palestine
Council
Israel
UNC Student Charged In Stamp Collection Theft
CHAPEL HILL May 4 Police await return of a UNC student charged with stealing a $2000 stamp collection. The student spent the weekend out of town and the items were taken from Robert Rossfield a Montclair New Jersey graduate student.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Bill Blake
Robert Rossfield
Montclair
N. J
Greenville Theatre Gutted by Fire
Fire gutted the Bijou Greenville's oldest theater before dawn. Adjacent buildings in the 100 block of North Main Street suffered smoke and water damage. The blaze was discovered about 4:30 a.m.
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Greenville
8. C
Bijou
North Main Street
Liberal War Leader Fosdick Born May 24 1878
Harry Emerson Fosdick born May 24 1878 emerges as a liberal religious leader amid wartime tensions. The article outlines his stance in the ongoing religious debate and his influence within liberal circles during the conflict era.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
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