Lawmakers Complete Record Budget
North Carolina lawmakers enacted a 502 million two year budget with 48 to 0 senate passage. The bill adds 42 million over Advisory Budget Commission recommendations, funds general state operations highway and agriculture, and projects a 15 million year end surplus. A separate measure would create weighing stations financed from highway funds and an increased fire insurance tax faced constitutional challenges.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
Advisory Budget Commission
General Sarta
House
W. Frank Taylor
Taylor
Sam C. Worthington
Pitt
House Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Textile strike widens as unions push wage claim
In Greensboro on April 6 organized labor seeks a 1.5 cent raise to 1.14% per hour as 40,000 textile workers enter day six of the stoppage. Union president Emil Retve attends a Washington meeting where leaders join Truman mobilization board calls, while Cone Mills chief Herman Cone warns of price and demand uncertainties.
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Greensboro
Emil Retve
Textile Workers Union of America
Washington
Truman
Reive
Wage Stabilization Board
Cone
Herman Cone
Cone Mills
Collazo Sentenced To Die In Chair For Killing Guard
Oscar Collazo, 37, was sentenced to die in the chair for the assassination and killing of a presidential guard at Blair House. He proclaimed the act for a just cause and Puerto Rico’s liberty, while his companion Griselio Torresola was killed in the gun battle.
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Collazo
Washington
Oscar Collazo
Puerto Rico
T. Alan Goldspre Olined
Ata
An Gukenenn
Griselio Torresola
Leslie Coffelt
Fontes
Wal
Torresola
Mr. Truman
Blair House
Labor Chiefs Rejoin Mobilization Advisory Board
Labor leaders agreed to join the defense mobilization advisory board after a White House conference with President Truman. The board will help shape manpower policy and wage controls as labor representatives prepare to attend its first meeting Monday. Green said Truman will meet the board monthly, though wage and voice issues remain unresolved.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Mr. Truman
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
United Labor Policy
Caeadion
John L. Lewis
Labor
United Mine Workers
Wilson
General Electric Com
Green
Russians Claim Better Drug Than Penicillin
The Moscow radio reported a new antibiotic named Albanitsin superior to penicillin. Described as a white or light yellow powder that dissolves in water, it is said to suppress disease-causing microbes and provide a longer, stronger effect for better treatment results.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Stock Market Inches Higher Amid Mixed Rail Data
The New York market edged up overall on April 6–7 as railroad stocks struggled to gain ground while other leaders posted small gains or slight losses. notable movers included New York Central Southern Pacific Sinclair Oil United Aircraft du Pont Westinghouse Bethlehem Steel Studebaker Montgomery Ward Zenith Radio and International Paper with Sinclair announcing a Texas well.
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New York
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Sinclair Oil
Washington County
Texas
United Air — Eastern Cal
du Pont
Westinghouse Electric
International Paper
Bethlehem Steel
Studebaker
Montgomery Ward
United Aircraft
Zenith Radio
Army Buys Meat From Communist Nations
The American army in Germany has bought beef from behind the Iron Curtain. A shipment of 30,000 pounds of Hungarian beef entered Germany for U S occupation personnel, with cattle locally sourced and inspected by army veterinarians. The State Department notes attempts to limit dollar flows to Iron Curtain countries. The Army quartermaster in Heidelberg seeks European meat suppliers based on quality and delivery, amid a West German embargo to conserve exchange and stabilize the economy.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Oiis
Hungary
U. S
Sang
Poland
U. S. Army
State Department
Iron Curtain
Lit
Europe
Farmy Quartermaster
Heidelberg
West Germany
School Board At War Over Discipline
Verona Mississippi April 6 The war over discipline at Verona High School escalates as Superintendent C Bobo is accused of failing to maintain order. After he whipped 23 students who disobeyed orders not to picket trustees, the five member board split with two chairs walking out and a new chairman elected. The board voted 3 2 against renewing Bobo s contract while patrons and students press for reconsideration.
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Verona
Miss
C. Bobo
Aaenals
George Sample
Frank Estes
Ete
Sam Patterson
Bobo
Archie Weatherford
Lee County
Senate Blocks Truman RFC Restructuring Plan
The Senate expenditures committee voted 7 to 6 to approve a resolution by Senator Capehart to block President Truman’s plan to abolish the five member RFC board and place the agency under a one man administrator. The vote split along party lines with one Democrat Senator Robertson of Virginia joining the opposition.
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Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Truman
Robertson
Virginia
Capehart
Senate
RFC
Congress
Seeborthen
McCarthy
Hh Mundt
R-S.d
Smith
R-Me
Schoeppel
R-Kans
Dworshak
Ridaho
Nixon
R-Calif
Nators Hoey
D-N.c
O'Connor
Rampheny
D-Minn
Monroney
D-Oklas
Eine
Democrats
Republica
White House
Two Year Old Dies After Swallowing Poison
Joy Owenby, age two, died at Van Ley Clinic after ingesting rat poison found in an open kitchen cupboard at her Fairview home. Authorities say the poison was left in an unsecured container and the child, playing nearby, swallowed it before her mother intervened.
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Bat Cave
Apr
Joy Owenby
Vanley Clinic
Bond
Link
McKinley Owenby
Fairview
Chinese Pull Sudden Retreat on Korean Central Battle Line
North of the 38th Parallel Chinese forces suddenly broke contact and withdrew after stubborn fighting. UN units pressed forward with gains along a 40 mile front while Allied columns advanced, and U S tanks repelled a Red counter-attack. Air operations reported limited bombing and vehicle damages amid heavy clouds and continued aerial activity.
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Korean
Amin
United Nations
John Randolph
U. N
Ong Fom
Kore Dees Tienes Hea
South Korea
Imjin
Japan Sea
North Korea
U. N. Ore
British and U S split over war aims and peace hopes
Washington reports Britain and the United States sharply divided over war aims and peace hopes in Korea. A Truman statement was abandoned, with Acheson likely to speak on the Korean conflict. The rift centers on Chinese participation and MacArthur’s conduct, influencing Far Eastern policy and UN aims.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Truman
Sige Acheson
London
U. S
Wington
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Emergency Fund Cuts Reach Deep by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee slashed the emergency fund for the current fiscal year from 97.5 million to about 9.5 million for overseas broadcasting and defense related agencies. It urged transfers from other agencies to cover defense needs while warning of growing borrowing limits.
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Washington
House
Voice of
Aren Ca
Ace
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Russia
MacArthur Letter Sparks Turmoil Over Use of Formosa Troops
General Douglas MacArthur renews calls to employ Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese Nationalist troops on Formosa against Communists in China and Korea drawing White House State Department and Pentagon scrutiny. The dispute centers on strategic risk and U S policy amid rising tensions in the Far East and United Nations aims.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
White House
State Department
Pentagon
MacArthur
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Martin
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations
Far East
Congress
House
North Korea
Europe
Asia
Chiang
Russia
Japan
China
Lawmakers Blooming From Fruit Juice Diet
Rep. Sikes said he has observed a sudden bloom of youth among house members. He credited orange juice distributed free in house cloakrooms by Florida. Since Tuesday, cloakroom attendants report the dispensers, and lawmakers have been drinking about 30 gallons daily.
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Washington
Sikes
D.-Fla
Florida
Crackles Potatoes Make a Swell Diet
A brief note extols potatoes as a sound diet choice with crackling appeal. It highlights their value for health and daily meals, presenting them as economical and versatile for families.
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Eric Johnston
Office of Price Stabilization
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
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OPS
Guri Lie
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Trygve Lie
Winchester
Black Road
Kinerase
Ian
Anak
Eighth Army
Ing
14 Nation Council
United Nations Coalition
FBI
Civil Defense Administration
Eee
Tokyo
Russell Brines
Charlotte
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