Senate debates housing bill with public housing push
Senate prepares to vote on amendments to a housing bill authorizing up to 810000 public housing units in six years. The measure would finance via up to 308 million annually for up to 40 years with local authorities managing projects and potential referendums to approve plans. A five year slum clearance program could receive up to 500 million in grants and 1 billion in loans.
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Senate
Cain
Myers
D.-Pa
Donora Smog Tests Run As Illness Spreads
In Donora Pennsylvania on April 20 government tests continued to study a smog event linked to 22 deaths last autumn. Over 90 residents fell ill and many left town while zinc plant fumes affected Webster across the river. The Webster Society urged school absences and advised monitoring by officials.
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Donora
Public Health Service
American Steel and Wire Co
William Rongaus
Webster
Monongahela River
Webster Society For Better Living
Allen Kline
Kline
Youth Confesses Killing Mother Over Car Keys
In Farnhamville Iowa 17 year old Dale Post confessed to killing his mother Mrs Ervin Post 48 during a quarrel about access to his car. He said he intended to kill her because she refused to lend the keys so he could visit Norma Seymour a 17 year old waitress. He retrieved a shotgun and shot her when she returned home.
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Rockwell City
Lewis Hendricks
Dale Junior Post
Hendricks
Ervin Post
Farnhamville
Fort Dodge
Norma Jeanne Seymour
Vice Admiral Kirk Appointed Ambassador to Moscow
Washington April 20. Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk was named ambassador to Moscow. He moves from Belgium and Luxembourg posts to replace Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, who leaves Moscow for a command in New York. The White House announced the choice.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Walter Bedell Smith
First Army
New York
White House
Truman
Dreaded Civil War Explodes Across Yangtze Front
Reports from Nanking describe widespread Communist attacks along the Yangtze river with artillery audible in the capital and several towns including Kiangpu and Wuhu coming under fire. Nationalist officials fear a potential red landing as Ho Ying-Chin rejects Red peace terms in parliament.
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Seymour Topping
Nanking
Yangtze River
Pukow
Kiangpu
Wuhu
Here
Ssiaokan
Hankow
Red 43Rd Army
Ministry of National Defense
Ho Ying-Chin
Farm Land Prices Decline After War Boom
Washington April 20 The government reports a war inspired boom in farm land values has peaked with the first decline since 1939 The March 1 land value index stood 1 below November 1 and 3 above March 1 1948 A 15 drop in farm product prices from the postwar peak is a major cause and demand for farms has slowed with far fewer sales last year than in 1946 or the year before
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bailey Wins With Ease In High Point Mayoral Race
W F Bailey swept opponent Er nest Welch ten votes to one to secure the High Point mayoral nomination with no Republican challenger in May 3 election. Bailey led all 15 precincts and totaled 3,236 votes to Welch 342, out of about 4,000 total city votes. Precincts reported quickly, with Precinct ten first to finish, aided by voting machines.
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W. F. Bailey
Ernest Welch
Bailey
High Point
Antag
Amn
Welch
D. D. Arden
Explosion at Landis school building kills two workers
Two Negro workmen were killed and another injured when a boiler explosion collapsed a 22 room two story brick school site in Landis. A 50 foot crater opened as a roof section and rear wall collapsed trapping victims under debris as the building neared completion. Superintendent Frank Bostian described the scene and the blast damage near the yard witnesses.
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Landis
Frank Bostian
Bostain
EF. Y. Carlyle
Slum Tour By Senators Highlights Washington Poverty
In Washington, a mixed group led by Senator Paul Douglas tours the Capitol slums near the Senate office building. They witness crowded, deteriorating conditions with no running water, shared toilets, and families living in dire poverty while discussing a bill to fund urban housing and eradicate slums.
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Paul Douglas
Ilinois Pemoera
Green
Rhode Island
Morse
Oregon
Ferguson
Michigan
Baldwin
Connecticut
America
Ildren
Greensboro Liquor Store Bill Hearing Deferred and Votes Reported
In Raleigh on April 20 the House passed measures authorizing liquor store elections in seven towns Salisbury East Spencer Spencer Faisoh Warsaw Wallace and Kenansville under a compromise delaying elections if countywide votes occur within 60 days. The Senate approved eight town measures Walnut Cove Mooresville Hertford Whiteville Tabor City Fair Bluff Chadbourn Dunn with the same compromise. A Greensboro hearing failed due to a quorum deficit while Rep Shelly Braveness urged approval and Sen George Penny opposed it. Ben Cone urged a referendum and Rev Paul Townsend voiced opposition to liquor stores in Greensboro. The committee then gave an unfavorable report on Pinehurst and Southern Pines voting, and postponed a measure granting the General Assembly power to fill Senate vacancies during sessions. Herford ABC bill added a 50 50 profit split between the town and Perquimans County.
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ABC
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East Spencer Faisoh
Warsaw
Wallace
Kenansville
Senate Committee On
Walnut Cove
Mooresville
Hertford
Whiteville
Tabor City
Fair Bluff
Chadbourn
Dunn
Greensboro
Shelly Braveness
George Penny
Guilford
Ben Cone
Dan River Reduces Dress Goods Prices Across Range
Dan River mills cut prices on cotton dress goods to stabilize textile prices and spur buying. The drops reach up to 12 cents a yard, with new ranges from 38% to 62½ cents, affecting over 100 styles including ginghams and chambrays.
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New York
Dan River Mills
W. J. Fullerton
Dana River
Dan River
Governor Reaffirms Teacher Salary Scale Position
Raleigh April 20 Governor Scott defended a $2,200 to $3,100 salary scale for A certificate teachers as a minimum. He said he did not agree to a Senate amendment tying the scale to sufficient revenues and urged funding via a bond issue or tax realignment rather than deficit spending. He noted possible use of a $30 million reserve and suggested higher booze taxes to fund state needs.
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Raleigh
Scott
Senate
Edwin Pate
Scotland
Tax Research Department
Camp Butner
N.& W. Seeks to Cut Two Passenger Trains in State
The Norfolk and Western railroad asks the North Carolina Utilities Commission for permission to drop two of its four passenger trains in North Carolina. The No 33-34 Winston-Salem to Roanoke run and No 37-38 Parham to Lynchburg run would be discontinued. Similar Virginia cases are pending. The NC commission will set hearings next month.
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Raleigh
Norfolk and Western Railroad
State Utilities Commission
Winston-Salem
Roanoke
Parham
Lynchburg
Virginia Corporation Commission
North Carolina Commission
Railroads in North Carolina Tangle With State Ownership And Leases
The Norfolk Southern, Atlantic and North Carolina, and Atlantic and Eastern Carolina railroads in North Carolina are linked by state ownership and long history. The A N C line from Goldsboro through Kinston and New Bern to Morehead City, once the Mullet Line, has shifted between state, private, and leased operation. Since 1939 the operators have paid the state, with equity questions and navy loans shaping a cross state line renewal amid military facilities and Camp LeJeune demand.
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Norfolk Southern Railroad
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Atlantic & Eastern Carolina Railroad
Goldsboro
Kinston
New Bern
Morehead City
AL & N
Norfolk South
Cherry Point
Camp LeJeune
North Carolina
Navy Department
Destroyer In 50 Mile River Fight
In the Yangtze a British sloop Amethyst was grounded on Rose Island with about 20 casualties. The destroyer Consort, under heavy shore batteries, fought 50 miles from Nanking. the frigate Black Swan aided with doctors as London and other ships headed to assist. Smoke rose from communist positions as air observers noted no shots from Amethyst.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Rose Island
Nanking
Kiangyin
London
Black Swan
Death of Rabbi Stephen Wise Sparks World Grief
The body of Dr. Stephen S. Wise lay in state at the free synagogue he founded as mourners gathered in New York. The 75 year old liberal leader and president of the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress died after a malignant stomach ailment and will be honored at services in Carnegie Hall. Wise, a pioneer of civil rights and Zionist activism, influenced peace efforts and warned against war amid international tensions. He was born in Budapest and raised in New York City, with a storied career across legal, political, and religious spheres.
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Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Lenox Hospital
Carnegie Hall
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Wise
Palestine
World Unit
Zionist Organization of America
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