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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1950
Page
1
In Berlin a large May Day crowd gathered near the East West border as rival demonstrations ran. Police described the actions as calm on both sides and prevented any major clashes or incidents.
Amid a shattered Berlin, massive May Day crowds clash with police on both sides of the Wall as Eastern and Western demonstrators rally, while labor talks resume in the United States. CIO Communications Workers of America division 6 ends a six hour strike just before picket lines form at telephone exchanges. Across the nation, teletype operators strike against United Press Associations as Chrysler negotiations near a pattern settlement. Elevator service and other amenities are disrupted in numerous housing blocks during the walkouts.
Considerable cloudiness and warm conditions continue through Tuesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the north portion this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with additional thundershowers south this afternoon and again tonight. Extreme Northwest Florida and partly cloudy periods elsewhere with a few showers in the east. Temperatures remain steady with gentle to moderate southerly winds.
Georgia State Fire Commissioner Zach Cravey accused Macon city officials of neglecting the new fire safety law's local enforcement. He called Savannah and Macon the only major cities failing to implement inspections and regulations, urging state and local authorities to collaborate.
Former Gov. M. E. Thompson launched a campaign sweep through South Georgia with a speech in Tifton proposing a sales tax and denouncing the Talmadge administration. He plans stops in Homerville Willacoochee Pearson Waycross and speaks in Waycross tonight with more stops listed for the week.
Mosinee Wisconsin May Day mock insurrection staged at sunrise as pajama clad mayor Ralph Kronenweier and police chief Caryl Gewiss were dramatized as enemies of the people. Local mill hands and residents formed a 65 strong commando to seize city hall, post road blocks, and publish a Soviet style proclamation in The Mosinee Weekly Times.
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in Georgia's 1949 preregistration statute requiring potential voters to show literacy by reading sections of state and U S constitutions and answering ten of twenty government questions. The measure aimed to curb what supporters called bloc voting by Negroes.
Gov. Herman Talmadge appoints Atlanta attorney B D Murphy as his new chief of staff replacing Alexee who resigned to run against U S Gen George. Murphy has long served as Talmadge’s legal adviser and defended Georgia's county unit system in court.
Across divided Berlin May Day demonstrations drew hundreds of thousands. Western police and Allied troops maintained calm after anti Communist protests near Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gate while East Berliners marched with images of Stalin. In Washington Senate Republicans debated ending the McCarthy inquiry as testimony continued on Soviet espionage claims and Latimer’s alleged ties.
Florida voters face a high stakes Democratic primary to decide whether Claude Pepper or George Smathers will advance to the U S Senate contest amid national attention on civil rights and party purity. Alabama and Ohio races mirror the national split over Truman program ties and states rights battles. In Florida the outcome could shape November opposition as Smathers challenges Pepper with accusations of pro Communist leaning amid national probes.
The CIO Textile Workers Union opens a week long convention in Boston with 2 000 delegates amid a rift between top officers over leadership and recognition claims. The split follows statements by President Exhillieve and support promised by other national leaders as factions form and the party lines sharpen.
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