North Carolina House to push adjournment amid many bills
Raleigh officials said the legislature aims for final adjournment by Saturday despite 444 active bills. Speaker Pearsall warned about 100 bills daily, while Ballentine projected lengthy sessions. A Senate “love feast” was moved to Friday night as Democratic clashes surfaced over a bill on extending policy authority near Old Fort and Marion. The House sent a wine and beer local option bill to the Senate for third reading with statewide local elections possible on petition.
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House
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Buncombe
Old Fort
Marion
McDowell Democratic Executive Committee
State Department of Conservation and Development
Government Bolsters Its Mine Service Amid Shutdown Threats
Washington April 2 The government moved to bolster coal mine services as miners in two Midwest districts threaten to shut pits next week over safety concerns. Some 500 employees of the Solid Fuels Administration were placed on standby as the agency winds down its functions. President Truman kept Dr. R. R. Sayers as head of the Bureau of Mines after Krug requested his stay, while nominating Dr. James Boyd faced criticism from John L. Lewis over coal experience.
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John L. Lewis
Centralia
Midwest
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Interior
CFA
Congress
Sayers
Truman
Krug
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
Public Health Service
James Boyd
Senate Public Lands Committee
Boyd
White House
UMW
Mines Bureau
Power blocs feared by Georgian and Byrd warn UN risks
Washington dispatch reports Senator George of Georgia warns that excluding Russia from UN reform would create power blocs and weaken the body. Senator Byrd of Virginia urges immediate UN action on Greece and Turkey with limited military and financial aid, even if Russia vetoes. He argues stronger UN measures could pressure Moscow toward cooperation.
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George
D-Ga
United Nations
Russia
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Free Peoples
United States
Imnes
Great Britain
China
France
United Nations Organization
Palestine turmoil map highlights refugee crisis and sabotage
The map marks three key events in Palestine: the immigrant ship Moledeth signaling distress about 30 miles offshore. a British destroyer rescuing 1,600 illegal refugees to Haifa. dockside fighting injuring troops and evacuees during transfers to deportation ships as Jewish underground forces sabotage oil pipelines and Haifa storage facilities.
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Palestine
Haifa
Chinese Plan Outlined To Molotov
MOSCOW April 2. Marshall told Molotov that after U S withdrawals from China only 6180 military and naval personnel remain in China at the request of the Chinese government. He noted 3,000,000 Japanese were repatriated from China and offered no information on 700,000 Japanese in Manchuria. He sent a formal letter to Molotov and attached presidential statements for clarity.
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V. M. Molotov
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Foreign Ministers Council
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Foreign Ministers Conference
Big Four
Stalin
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Meels
Germany
Order to Close Mine Ignored
Centralia, Ill. April 24. An Illinois state mine inspector urged closing the Centralia coal mine where 111 miners died on March 25, but his plea was rejected by Robert M. Medill who resigned yesterday as state director of mines and minerals. Investigators planned to resume testimony and heard that management said sprinklers were not economical. A mine manager testified the blast may have been caused by ignition from miners open flame lamps in use despite federal ban.
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Illinois
Robert M. Medill
Mines and Minerals
Weather Forecast for Carolina in April 1948
The readable portion notes mostly cloudy conditions across Carolina with coastal areas tonight and a shift to partly cloudy skies Thursday. It lists temperatures and times in Raleigh and other cities, mentioning rainfall and wind notes across multiple locations.
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Carolina
Greece forms coalition cabinet after king's oath
King Paul leads Premier Demetrios Maximos and a mixed party cabinet to govern as King George II dies at 56. Maximos, 74, stays on after his resignation was rejected. Funeral plans set for Sunday with burial at Tatoi tomb. George to lie in state at Athens Cathedral.
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Greece
Demetrios Maximos
Maximos
George
Ofice
Social Democrat
National Liberal
Tatoi
Dekeleia
Jamestown Incorporates as Municipality in North Carolina
Jamestown becomes an incorporated municipality after legislative approval in Raleigh. T. C. Ragsdale is designated mayor with councilors H. N. Willard Robbins Tilden R. E. Bundy and W. C. Campbell. Officials to be sworn in at a Jamestown school celebration next month.
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Jamestown
Raleigh
T. C. Ragsdale
H. N. Williard
Robbins Tilden
R. E. Bundy
W. C. Campbell
Jamestown School
UN to hold special session on Palestine case
The United Nations announced Russia France and China agreed to a special General Assembly session on the Palestine case clearing Britain's path to filing. The United States approved earlier. Victor Hoo said the official notification would be sent to the UN, with British delegation sources indicating document handover before night.
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N. Y
United Nations
Russia
France
China
General Assembly
Palestine
Britain
United States
Fish
Victor Hoo
Appetites Support High Farm Prices Amid Strong Demand
The agriculture department reports keen American appetites for food keep farm prices high assisted by expectations of larger exports and speculative grain buying. Per capita consumption remains above pre war levels while total income payments rise to peacetime highs. Forecast notes prices may stay high this year but decline in the second half, potentially 20 percent, if a mild industrial recession occurs. Agricultural income for January–April is expected at 7.7 billion dollars, up 26 percent from 6.1 billion a year ago.
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Agriculture Department
Charleston Youth Killed By Explosion
Charleston D C April 2 George Nungerer Jr died of wounds from a 10 inch civil war shell explosion found by him and William Beasley on James Island near Fort Johnson. The two boys took the shell to a tool house to remove powder when it exploded. Beasley 10 was badly burned and shocked.
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D. C
George Nungerer, Jr
James Island
Here
William Beasley
Nungerer
Beasley
Fort Johnson
Fort Sumter
Meat Prices To Stay High Through Spring And Summer
The Agriculture Department forecasts sustained high meat prices through spring and early summer with modest declines in lamb and higher quality beef. Dairy products to fall through June. Poultry and eggs to rise slightly then ease, eggs remaining near current levels. Fats and oils to fall from today’s highs by late summer. Fresh vegetables to decline as season progresses. Fruits to edge up in April and May with strawberries expected to drop versus last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Two Die In Oklahoma Train Wreck Involving Katy Line
ARMSTRONG Okla April 2 The Katy Texas special passenger train collided with a freight engine at a siding, killing the passenger train engineer and fireman and injuring several aboard the Texas special. At Durant hospital reported victims still arriving and being treated.
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Okla
Katy
Texas
Durant
Clerks Meet in Durham Convention Set for Raleigh
The North Carolina Federation of Post Office clerks will hold its annual convention in Raleigh June 6 and 7 with speakers including Senator William B. Umstead and Governor R Gregg Cherry.
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North Carolina Federation of Post Office Clerks
Raleigh
William B. Umstead
R. Gregg Cherry
Youth Takes His Own Life
Gerald Coe a nine year old from Wolverine Lake near Pontiac is buried beside his parents who died a week apart. Deputy Coroner Haddock reports the boy wrapped a towel around his face and fastened it to bathroom fixtures indicating suicide. His father died March 24 of a heart attack and his mother died three days later. The family includes three other sons.
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Mich
Gerald Coe
Douglas A. Haddock
Wolverine Lake
Telephone Workers Call for National Probe into Bell Monopolies
The National Federation of Telephone Workers threatens a nationwide strike and urges Congress to investigate the Bell System. NFTW President J A Beirne sent letters to House Republican Leader Halleck and Senate GOP Leader White requesting the inquiry.
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National Federation of Telephone Workers
Congress
Bell System
J. A. Beirne
NFTW
House
Halleck
Ind
Senate
GOP
White
Labor Bill Aims to Halt Telegraph Strike Next Week
The house labor committee approved 16 to 3 a bill giving the government power to head off or stop a telephone strike set for next Monday. Chairman Hartley said he would seek clearance to move the bill to the house floor, though enactment before the strike deadline is not expected.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Hartley
R-Nd
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Republicans Move to Fast Track Labor Bill in House
Capitol Hill reports say Republicans on the house labor committee expect quick approval of a bill aimed at delaying a strike. Committee members indicate a partial concession to Democratic objections while Beirne cites a Bell Telephone pattern in union negotiations and claims the industry pushes a hard line.
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Capitol Mill
House Labor Committee
Beirne
Halleck
White
Bell Telephone
One Day Strike Hits Ruhr Coal Mines
In Essen on April 2 a one day strike began in about 171 Ruhr coal mines, ordered by union leaders to protest food shortages. About 300000 miners participated, risking 238000 tons of coal loss after a Bochum meeting.
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Essen
Germany
Ruhr
Bochum
Republican fiscal leaders rally after first major deficit vote
House Republicans pressed an economy push after a $356,027,488 addition to a deficiency appropriation bill marked the party’s first budget move in the 80th Congress. Rep. Taber of New York criticized two Democratic amendments while Cannon of Missouri hailed the party’s gains, as veteran benefits and court back pay battled with cuts to veterans services and labor board funding. The bill advances to the Senate.
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Congress
Rep. Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Taber
House
Fund For Veterans
G. Ft
Veterans Administration
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Easter forecast promises fair weather nationwide
The weather bureau chief Dr. Ivan Tannehill said Easter Sunday should see more areas of no rain than rain across the United States. He advised checking local forecasts Friday or Saturday for specifics and noted overall chances of fair weather are better than rainy ones.
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Washington
United State
Weather Bureau
Ivan Tannehill
Tannehill
Assembly Quits Annapolis After Fiscal Victory
Maryland General Assembly ends its session in Annapolis after securing victory on the fiscal program including a two per cent retail tax.
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Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
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