House Appropriations Committee Approves Multiagency Budget
A $7.58 billion multiagency bill cuts veterans affairs funding and reduces the presidential budget request by $134.68 million. The VA receives the deepest slash with major cuts in administrative expenses pensions and readjustment benefits though overall VA funding remains higher than this year. The committee also rejects canceling $237 million in hospital construction and notes the VA will have about $800 million less to spend next year due to ongoing allocations.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans
Congress
Snarls Over Major Legislation Ahead of North Carolina General Assembly
Raleigh April 11 Surges of opposition confront Tar Heel lawmakers as the 15th week of the 1949 session begins. A $417 million biennial spending bill looms, while a rural roads row pits a one cent gas tax against a $200 million bond issue. Conference committees and possible delays cloud when action may occur.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edwin Pate
Scotland
Senate Appropriations Cochairman
Scott
Congress
Washington
ABC
Greensboro
Cloudy Mild Weather Forecast in Carolinas
The Associated Press reports cloudy mild weather for the Carolinas with scattered showers through tonight and possible thunder in lower South Carolina. Morning low temperatures ranged from 38 at Mount Mitchell to the mid-fifties in various North and South Carolina cities.
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Carolina
Mount Mitchell
North Carolina
German Press Attacks New Occupation Treaty
Western Allies present Germany with a treaty granting limited self-government through an occupation statute. German leaders led by Dr. Konrad Adenauer say the measure does not grant full freedom to govern. The statute takes effect once the new German republic is formed in the western zones, possibly by July 1.
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Germany
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
German Parliamentary Council
United States
Great Britain
France
Adenauer
Forrestal In Satisfactory Condition At Bethesda
Former Defense Secretary James Forrestal, 57, is in satisfactory condition at Naval Medical Center in Bethesda after a week as a patient. Officials say he rests comfortably during a routine check up, amid reports of nervous exhaustion following his retirement on March 28 with Louis Johnson succeeding him.
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Washington
James Forresta
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Forrestal
Defense
Louis Johnson
Mass Rites Planned For Church Explosion Victims
In Marion South Dakota a mass funeral for six Holy Week worshippers killed when St Marys Catholic Church exploded was planned with Bishop William Brady tentatively set for Wednesday. Forty seven others were injured as bricks and timbers fell during Palm Sunday mass preparations.
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St. Mary's Catholic
Marion
South Dakota
S. D
St. Mary's Catholic Church
William ©. Brady
Sioux Falls
Phil Wachendorf
Reds Delay Response on Peace Proposals Near Nanking
Semi official reports say the Communist side postponed until Friday the government reply to peace proposals. Reds threaten to cross the Yangtze within days while artillery roars near Nanking and the capital's residents flee.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Yangtze
South
China
Stock Prices Steady in Dull Pre-Holiday Trade
New York trading on April 11 showed steady stock prices with extremely dull activity as investors prepared for Good Friday. Leaders on the gain side included Northern Pacific Great Northern preferred International Harvester Caterpillar Air Reduction and Pan American Airways. laggards encompassed Southern Railway Standard Oil NJ United Airlines International Paper Alaska Juneau Eastman Kodak DuPont General Electric American Kennecott Chrysler Republic Steel and U S Gypsum.
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Northern Pacific
Great Northern Preferred
International Harvester
Caterpillar Tractor
J. C. Penney
Air Reduction
Pan American Airways
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
United Air Lines
International Paper
Alaska-Juneau
Eastman Kodak du Pont
General Electric
Ameri Can
Kennecott
Chrysler
Republic Steel
U. S. Gypsum
New York Banker Weds Baroness in London
Paul Felix Warburg, a New York banker and assistant to U S Ambassador Lewis Douglas, married Baroness D Almeida in London. Warburg, 44, widower Barbara Tapper previously married a Portuguese nobleman, and this is his third marriage.
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Paul Felix Warburg
New York
Chicago
D’almeida
Warburg
U. S
Lewis Douglas
D'Almeida
Barbara Tapper
Mrs Hap Perry Dies At Home In Chapel Hill
Mrs Mary Ellen Kornegy Perry 46 died suddenly of a heart attack at her Chapel Hill home. She was wife of L J Hap Perry executive secretary of the N C High School Athletic Association and former director of athletics and head football coach at Elon College. Native of Mt Olive she is survived by two sons L J Perry Jr and William and her husband. Funeral plans not set.
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Mary Ellen Kornegy Perry
L. J
Hap) Perry
N. C. High School Athletic Association
Perry
Elon College
Reidsville
Mt. Olive
L. J. Perry
L. J. Perry, Jr
William Perry
Democrat Sponsorship Pushes 10 Percent Cut in European Aid
In Washington on April 11, a Democrat sponsor backed a ten percent reduction in the Marshall Plan funding as Congress moves toward a showdown over Europe recovery aid. Representative Preston of Georgia aims for roughly $5 hundred million in cuts, with Republican colleagues Lawrence H. Smith of Wisconsin and Taber of New York proposing similar or larger trims. Senate efforts to cut the $5.58 billion authorization also surfaced but failed, while some members seek continued aid to Western Europe for a further 15 months.
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House
Preston
D-Ga
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
Taber
R-Ny
Senate
Europe
Students Picket Campus. 25 Arrested in NY Demonstration
About 200 New York City College of the City of New York students protested for suspending two faculty members accused of anti Semitism. Twenty five demonstrators were charged with disorderly conduct after refusing to move near the main entrance as police called for reinforcements.
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New York
College of the City of
William E. Knickerbocker
William C. Davis
Five Hitler Aides Convicted by U S War Crimes Court
Nuernberg April 11 five top Hitler officials were convicted by an American war crimes court of helping plan aggressive war. Convicts include Baron Ernst Von Weisseacker diplomat and Vatican envoy and Wilhelm Kepplar economic adviser. Sentences await Thursday finalizing the court's 33 page finding.
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Germany
Hitler
U. S
International Military Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Baron Ernst von Weisseacker
Foreign Office
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Wilhelm Kepplar
Elon Students Vote to Abolish College Government
Elon College students vote to abolish their student government with 250 to 218 in favor among about 800 enrolled. Daily Times-News reporter Al Godwin cites the result and notes Dean D. J. Bowden took direction of activities after the vote.
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Burlington
Elon College
Daily Times-News
al Godwin
Maroon and Gold
Godwin
Christian Institution
D. J. Bowden
Remore
Lost Well blamed for Kathy Fiscus trap
In San Marino California a veteran water engineer said the well that swallowed two year old Kathy Fiscus has been "lost" for 80 years. He explained drills once used crude charts listing locations as a distance from a tree and that he searched for the well in 1919 but the site had been plowed and the cap could have been broken by farmers.
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San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Child Dies After 52 Hours in Abandoned Well
Kathy F age three died after a 52 hour rescue effort from an abandoned 14 inch well. Volunteers dug through dirt and rock to reach the child wedged 100 feet down in a shaft as a crowd of neighbors witnessed the grim search.
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Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Calif
David Fiscus
Kathy F
David
Alice Fise
Sunny
Abon
Robert McCulloch
O. A Kelly
Montana Man Confesses To Safe Cracking
James B. Wilson of Glen Dive Montana confessed to cracking a safe at the H mont drug store in Fayetteville. He admitted taking 320 dollars, though 1 026 dollars were reported missing. Wilson was arrested in Raleigh after his car was found with cracking tools and dice, a hat linking him to the crime. Carlton Daniels of Fayetteville is being held as a material witness.
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James B. Wilson
Glendive
Mont
H. Mont
Worrell
Wilson
Raleigh
Carlton Daniels
Fayettesville
Governor Scott Praises Legislature Yet Widens Public Rift
In private remarks Governor Scott commended the 1949 general assembly for progress on road and school legislation while voicing disappointment over finance committee actions. He noted expected reductions in appropriation figures and said public health and welfare efforts were acknowledged but not fully satisfied.
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General Assembly
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