Death Penalty Not Asked in Lynching Trial
Greenville South Carolina May 20 State prosecutors asked conviction but no death penalty for 28 white men charged in a lynching conspiracy against a South Carolina Negro. Defense demanded acquittal citing Northern interference as newspapers and radio critics inflamed Southern tensions. Jury charging expected to begin Wednesday after eight days of trial.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
Greenville County
J. Robert Martin
South
Thomas Wofford
Robert Ashmore
Samuel Watt
Bill Would End Sugar Rationing
In Washington on May 20 a bill to end sugar rationing before the October 31 deadline was introduced in the Senate by Senators McCarthy and Bricker. The measure would halt rationing on enactment while allowing continued inventory controls. McCarthy expects quick passage, noting a sugar surplus and 300,000 tons of Cuban sugar seeking buyers.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Secretary of Agriculture
McCarthy
Senate Banking Committee
President Truman's ill mother stages rally in Missouri
Grandview reports Mrs Martha F Truman, 94, again rallied despite grave condition. Brig Gen Wallace H Graham said she felt better than in days. President Truman plans to stay in Missouri to handle affairs and may sign the Greek Turkish aid measure in Kansas City hotel Thursday morning.
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Grandview
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Martha F. Truman
Charles G. Ross
Graham
Billings Bicyclist Fatally Injured
A Billings bicyclist, Donald Thomas, 10, was killed in a bicycle automobile collision near Billings. He rode from a driveway into the path of a car driven by Franklin S. Longan. The death, ruled a brain concussion, occurred Monday night.
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Billings
Here
Donald Thomas
William Madlena
Thomas
Franklin S. Longan
Settle Last Bio Phone Dispute Ends Cross Country Strike
The last major telephone industry dispute was settled on May 20, ending the cross country strike by 20,000 Western Electric and allied workers. The deal yields an 11 1/2 cent average hourly rise, about 4.60 a week, with regional variations and fringe pay. Union leaders say work will resume soon, though picket lines linger for other locals.
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Washington
Association of Communication Workers
Western Electric Company
Labor Department
South
South Atlantic
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John Murray
United States Labor Disputes Conciliator
Western Electric
P. Schwartz
W. D. Barry
New York
Woman Physician Found Dead in Manhattan Penthouse
New York police probed the death of 53 year old Dr Gertrude Behrens a German born gynecologist found in the bathtub of her Manhattan penthouse. An autopsy cited asphyxia by submersion with circumstances undetermined as investigators pursued leads from a New Jersey manufacturer.
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New York
Manhattan
New Jersey
Gertrude Behrens
House votes to reduce Navy budget amid cuts and protests
The House approved a $3,469,761,000 Navy appropriation for the year starting July 1, despite Democratic protests that an 11 percent cut would trim Navy and Marine Corps strength by 82,000. Amendments to restore funds failed as debates focused on national security and personnel numbers.
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Washington
House
Truman
Navy
Marine Corps
Budget Bureau
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Albert Thomas
Texas
Representative van Zandt
R-Pa
Office of Naval Records and Library
Thomas
Plumley
Further Aid Programs Not Decided
Secretary of State Marshall said the administration has postponed decisions on more foreign aid programs, including the 400 million Greek Turkish measure, until a global postwar needs survey is completed. He indicated no new aid beyond about 78 million for Korea and discussed Italy relief and possible China assistance.
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Washington
Marshall
George F. Kennan
London
Mediterranean
Britain
United States
Italy
Korea
State Department
China
Congress
Wallace Appeals for One World
Henry A. Wallace urged that both the United States and the Soviet bloc have sabotaged Roosevelt’s dream of a united world. Speaking at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco he blamed Russia Yugoslavia and allied nations for UN weakness and urged a return to the one world ideal.
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San Francisco
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
America
Russia
Roosevelt
Wallace
Truman
War Memorial Opera House
United Nations
Yugoslavia
26 More Indicted in Election Case
Kansas City May 20. The Jackson county grand jury indicted 26 more persons, bringing the total to 65, on charges tied to vote fraud in last August's primary. Senator Kem charged Attorney General Tom Clark with derelict duty in failing to prosecute the guilty. He cited a Feb 10 letter from Clark saying FBI review found no federal violation.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Kem
Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Missouri
Enos Axtell
Truman
Pendergast Organization
Five Die in Fire and Explosion at Joplin Suburban Home
Five persons died from burns and two others were severely burned in a fire and explosion that destroyed the five room home of Mrs. Stella Casteel in a Joplin suburb. Victims include Velma Williams and her three children Jerry Dean Judy and Billy and Madena Casteel. Eugene Williams and Mary Lou Williams survived with burns. The Williams family had visited in nearby town before the incident. Cause of the explosion was not determined.
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Joplin
Stella Casteel
Velma Williams
Phoenix
Ariz
Jerry Dean
Judy
Billy
Madena Casteel
St. John Hospital
Eugene Williams
Williams
Mary Lou
Casteel
Hockerville
Oklo
Senate considers 4 billion tax cut as House plan moves
The Senate opened debate on a bill to cut individual income taxes by four billion dollars annually with July 1 implementation, while the House-backed plan would date cuts to January 1. Knutson proposed a two year freeze of the Social Security tax at 1 percent, aiming to save over two billion annually and extend coverage to self employed workers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Millikin
Finance Committee
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Knutson
Germans Ordered to Get to Work
In Berlin on Tuesday night the American and British commanders in chief urged Germans to stop grumbling and work to improve their food and economy. They scolded officials blaming the Allies as childish and warned that demonstrations by industrial workers and duty evasions hinder food solutions. Sumner Sewall warned that U.S. may halt food shipments unless the black market ends and food demonstrations stop. A British spokesman noted that flying squadrons of American and British agricultural experts are involved.
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Berlin
Sumner Sewall
Wuerttemberg- Baden
Maine
United States
Germany
Man Escapes Death in Electric Chair
Julius Dolly Weisberg fifty of Chicago escaped death in the electric chair after suffering a heart attack and dying before the scheduled Friday execution for the 1945 murder of Evanston auto salesman Joseph McKnight in a Chicago barroom.
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Chicago
Julius
Dolly) Weisberg
Joseph McKnight
Evanston
Ill
Butte Fair With Clouding Expected Wednesday
Butte forecasts a fair start with increasing clouds by Wednesday afternoon and warmer conditions. In the next 24 hours the high near 70, with readings from the School of Mines at 65/34 and the airport at 67/30. Montana shows mostly cloudy weather with scattered showers in the north and west, cooler in the north west, highs 55-65 north and 65-75 south.
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School of Mines
World conference on freedom of information set for 1948
UN sub commission on freedom of information and the press votes 6 to 2 to hold the world conference in Europe in March or April 1948. Final venue to be decided by the Economic and Social Council. Spain is excluded by UN Assembly ban.
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United Nations
Sub-Commission On Freedom of Information
Europe
United Nations Economic and Social Comcil
New York
Spain
Chiang Asks Reds to End Struggle
Chiang Kai-shek urged the Communists to end China’s civil war by deeds such as halting armed action and honoring nationwide communications. Outside the conference hall 6,000 students clashed with police using fire hoses and stones, injuring about 60 officers and demonstrators. an AP correspondent was beaten.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Associated Press
Chiang
People's Political Council
Andrew May Claims He Impersonated Lumber Firm Owner
Andrew J. May a former congressman testified in a federal court trial that he posed as owner of a Kentucky lumber firm to attract workers during wartime shortages. He denies profiting from the Cum berland Lumber company linked to arms magnates Henry and Murray Garsson and says he acted only as an agent for the firm.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Cumperland Lumber Company
Henry
Murray Garsson
May
Prestonsburg
Army Flyers Jump From Burning B 29 in Texas Crash
Twenty Army aviators parachuted from a burning B 29 near Merkel Texas after bailing from the craft 16 miles west of Abilene. Thirteen were injured and one man Don Filis suffered a broken arm in a tree. The crash occurred near Merkel after the crew reported an engine fire as flames engulfed the plane.
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Abilene
Texas
Merkel
Here
Don Filis
Paris
Sweetwater
Army Air Base
Roswell
N. M
Civil Aeronautic Administration
Ellis
Trent
Col. W. H Blanchard
Senate Conferees Clash Over House Labor Bill Provisions
Senate conferees opposed key House provisions banning feather bedding sympathy strikes and monopolistic walkouts. Taft led talks to craft a version the Senate could pass over Truman’s veto. Conferees also agreed on a seven member national labor relations board, a point still to be finalized.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
House
Hartley
R-N. J
House Labor Committee
Landis
R-Ind
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Labor-Management Relations Board
Subcommittee Approves Bill to Legalize Foreign Information Program
Washington May 20 A House foreign affairs subcommittee unanimously approved a bill granting legal status to the State department’s foreign information program and urged the secretary to use private agencies where practical for its execution.
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Washington
U.P
House
State Department
Secretary of State
Johnson Attacks Soviet Move Over Balkans Subcommission
U S diplomat Herschel Johnson urged the UN Security Council to veto a Soviet backed plan that would limit the Balkan subcommission. He criticized Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania for defying UN police efforts and noted Moscow aims to paralyze the subcommission by delaying action until cases arise. The Soviet proposal seeks to confine the subcommission to instructions from the full panel and relocate its HQ from Salonika to Athens.
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Herschel Johnson
United Nations Security Council
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations
Security Council
United Nations Balkan Commission
Andrei Gromyko
Saelonika
Athens
Johnson
Marshall Opposes Curtailing Press Coverage at Big Four Talks
Secretary of State George C. Marshall sharply opposed Bevin's proposal to gate the press at Big Four foreign ministers conferences. He defended full press coverage as essential, noting past Moscow secret meetings were unproductive and urging ministers to pursue progress at the peace tables with reason over passion.
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Washington
George C. Mareshall
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Bevin
House of Comemons
United States
Big Four
Moscow
Paris
Former Butte Man Drowned in River
In Hamilton Montana on May 20 the sheriff reported 72 year old Frank G. Meinhart a retired sign painter fell from a footbridge in Hamilton City park and drowned in the Bitter Root river backwash. Mrs Meinhart and neighbor H C Packer led by the dog found the body after an all day search aided by an airplane. Meinhart had lived in Montana twenty years having come from Butte.
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Hamilton
Ravalli County
FP. O. Burrell
Frank G. Meinhart
Meinhart
Montana
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N. Y
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India
David Ben-Gurion
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Ali
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