House Members Go Home For Ten Day Easter Recess
Washington April 15 Most house members headed home for a ten day Easter recess before returning April 25 to tackle labor legislation. The Senate remains on the job to debate a long range housing bill while the House momentum focuses on civil rights Taft Hartley minimum wage taxes and health insurance. Democratic leaders urge voters to see Republicans obstructing the Truman program while the Easter break is used to campaign.
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J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
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Midwest Snow and Wind Strikes Midwest Regions
A storm swept the Midwest with snow rain and strong winds on Easter weekend. Heavy snow blanketed northern Iowa to central Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota with lighter snow as far as St Louis and Chicago forecast, halting traffic and disrupting lines.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Yuma
Heavy Duty Turnpikes Move Forward in North Carolina
Raleigh reports Senate Roads approves a bill to study heavy-duty turnpike and toll road construction to boost commercial through traffic and support military logistics. A substitute machinery act would establish a state or quasi state agency to build toll roads financed by self liquidating bonds.
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Senate Roads
General Assembly
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John Rodman
Soviets Charge Hypocrisy In North Atlantic Pact Debate
In a UN assembly clash the Soviet Union denounced the pact as hypocritical while Warren R. Austin defended its defensive aims. Gromyko dismissed US and British remarks as empty words and urged complaints to be filed if the pact violates the UN charter.
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United Nations Assembly
Warren R. Austin
United States
Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Russia
U. S
Hector McNeill
McNeil
Building Workers Agree Not To Ask For Rate Increase
The AFL district carpenters council representing 7 400 craftsmen in Cleveland agreed to forego 1949 wage increases if other building trade unions follow. The move aims to stimulate construction as wages are deemed already high. Carpenters had proposed raising pay from 2.374 to 2.75 dollars hourly.
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AFL District Carpenters Council
Harry Schwartzer
Tri-County Council
Carpenters
AMA Group Accused of Blocking Health Insurance
A Truman administration health plan report accuses organized medicine of monopoly practices that block comprehensive voluntary health insurance. The Frothingham committee says state and county medical societies thwart plans offering broad coverage and fair payment methods, while lawmakers push bills to fund state health programs.
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Truman
Chaning Frothingham
Massachusetts State Medical Society
Murray
D-Mont
Frothingham Group
American Medical Association
Callig
Frothingham
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
Donnell
R-Mo
Hill
D-Ala
O’conor
Withers
D-Ky
Aiken
Morse
Economy-Minded GOP Spurs Senate Spending Cut Drive
Democratic Senator George of Georgia joined Republicans Wherry and Bridges in pressing Congress to cut domestic and foreign spending to avoid tax increases. George warned reductions must start with foreign aid including the ECA and Atlantic pact before domestic programs. Wherry urged a 10 to 15 percent overall cut while targeting European recovery funds and warned across-the-board cuts could be ill advised.
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Senate to decide VA hospital funds after cutback clash
The fight over 237 million dollars in VA hospital construction authority moves to the Senate after President Truman proposed deleting the funds. The House kept the authority intact in a tied independent offices bill, while veterans groups fear minimum hospital needs will not be met. The outcome hinges on whether the curtailment order can be reversed.
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Veterans Administration
Truman
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Senate Public Welfare Committee
Veterans
Liquor Bills Dominate Capitol Session In Prolonged Debate
At the Capitol the House debates local liquor bills with about a dozen still on Friday’s calendar. The session spends more time on liquor than on schools roads or welfare, with repetitive speeches and new drama as Rowan county municipal bills tilt toward ABC votes in Salisbury Spencer and East Spencer.
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Rowan County
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Spencer
East Spencer
Fighting Breaks Out Again All Over Greece
In a government communique Athens reports widespread clashes across Greece. It says 107 Communist guerrillas were killed and 114 captured, with 18 government casualties and 56 wounded. Fierce battles are noted in Grammos, southeastern Peloponnesus, Thessaly, and eastern Macedonia.
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Bills From Five Towns Voted Down
Raleigh April 15 The House rejected measures for liquor store elections in five towns under a compromise. Amendments shifted votes to county wide measures within 60 days. Several towns had bills amended passed and sent to the Senate while others were postponed or revived for later action. A separate proposal would allow 3.2 beer in counties voting out beer and wine with Forsyth County receiving an ABC store vote.
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ABC
Senate
Lewis W. Outlaw
Duplin
Wallace
Kenansville
Warsaw
Faison
Drys
Outlaw
Trenton
W. Frank Taylor
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Greensboro
Chadbourn
Fair Bluff
Whiteville
Tabor City
Mooresville
Walnut Cove
Dunn
Hertford
Clinton
Rep
Martin
Davidson
County Boards of Elections
County Board of Commissioners
Shelley Caveness
Guilford
Jacksonville
Washington
Spencer
East Spencer
Senate Committee On
Retailers Aim For Record Easter Sales Across Nation
New York April 15 retailers seek the largest Easter season in history with high sales and profits expected despite some shortfalls. Dun and Bradstreet figures show varied regional gains with the nation up about four percent versus last year as markets adjust to postwar buyers.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Northeast
Northwest
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Middlewest
South
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Dowager Queen Mary Holds Fast to Morality Code
AP columnist Dewitt Mackenzie reports on the visit of the Duke of Windsor to his mother Queen Mary in England. The article notes Mary's stern moral code, Windsor's abdication for love, and the public's mixed reaction as the couple stays with the Earl of Duchey near London.
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England
Dewitt MacKenzie
Duke of Windsor
Queen Mary
Counly
Prince Charming
Windsor
Mary
Modera
Church of England
Edward
Earl of Duchey
London
Gas Tax Increase Hinges On Bond Issue In North Carolina
Raleigh April 15 A tight budget clash over Governor Scott’s rural roads program ends with a conference report making a one cent gasoline tax increase contingent on voters approving a $200 million rural road bond issue. The House nearly unanimous vote backs the compromise after a three month fight with the Senate and Governor’s position. The Senate adopted the report and Governor Scott criticizes it as not the best possible plan. A separate biennial appropriations bill faces a contentious Senate debate after House approval.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Scott
Senate Appropriations Committee
Minimum pay for women bill passes Raleigh amid exemptions
The North Carolina House approved a 40 cents per hour minimum for women in industry after multiple exemptions were added. Labor supporters criticized the bill as ineffective while MPs exempted stores, laundries, dry cleaning, tobacco processing, warehouses, and small firms.
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House
Howard E. Parker
Harnett
Capitol Square
Parker
General Assembly
Carrier Launched Bombers Cross U S
Two navy PV2 Neptune bombers flew nonstop from the carrier Midway in the Atlantic to Moffett Field California after ten hours. The aircraft completed a training exercise and set a world long distance non refueling record of about 11 000 miles from Australia to Ghia
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