GOP Elects Leader Today
The Republican national committee meets to choose a successor to Hugh D. Scott Jr. amid deep dissension Guy George Gabrielson is viewed as the leading candidate for the chairmanship with support counted among the committee members.
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Washington
Guy George Gabrielson
GOP National Committee
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Scott
Republican Party
Truman
Harry
National Committee
Omaha
Gabrielson
F. Peavy Heffelfinger
Minnesota
Methodists Plan Lake Junaluska Grounds Development
A program to further develop the Methodist church assembly grounds at Lake Junaluska North Carolina was launched with bishops from nine southern states. Sponsored by the Southeastern College of Bishops and Lake Junaluska trustees, speakers include Bishop Paul B. Kern Edwin L Jones Bishop Clare Purcell and Bishop Marvin A Franklin. The college of bishops will meet in Asheville to set dates for annual conference meetings.
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Lake Junaluska
N. C
Methodist Church Assembly
Southeastern College of Bishops and Trustees
Paul B. Kern
Nashville
Asheville
Child Run Over by Car Dies After Near Kure Beach
Three year old Thomas Steve Howard of Kannapolis was struck by a car while crossing a street near Kure Beach yesterday morning. He died in a Wilmington hospital last night.
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Kure Beach
Thomas Steve Howard
Kannapolis
Wilmington
Allies discuss Atlantic pact setup and aid needs in Europe
American military chiefs Omar Bradley Louis Denfeld and Hoyt Vandenberg continued talks with Norwegian Danish and British leaders in London on expanding the Atlantic pact cooperation. They met King George VI at Buckingham Palace and eyed forming a unified force structure by year’s end with U S arms aid likely essential.
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London
America
Paris
Europe
U. S. Navy
U. S
Army
Omar Bradley
Navy
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Denfeld
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Ole Berg
Northolt
Britain
United States
Atlantic Pact
Cedar Plant Foreman Dies In Accident
Greensboro report says William Stevenson forty six, foreman at George C Brown and Company cedar oil plant, was buried by a pile of steaming sawdust after a door failed. He died at Wesley Long hospital, officials cite inhalation of live steam as the cause. Two co workers survived.
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Greensboro
William Stevenson
George C. Brown and Company
Stevenson
Wesley Long Hospital
Anti-Union Ruling In Tennessee Mine Dispute
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the United Mine Workers to pay 500 dollars each to Robert H. McEvoy and Lewis T. Madron, miners fired Aug 17 1948 from Valley Creek Tennessee mine. The UMW was also barred from causing discrimination or coercion against workers in violation of the Taft Hartley act.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tennessee
National Labor Relations Board
Robert H. McEvoy
Lewis T. Madron
Valley Creek, Tenn
H. E. Folk Mining Co
NLRB
UMW
Mine Union Local
McEvoy
Madron
Folk Mining Co
Stock Market Quiet as Prices Move in Narrow Range
The New York market showed a quiet session with fractional moves. Higher prices were paid for Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Deere National Distillers R K O American Telephone Ohio Edison and other names while declines were seen in Youngstown Sheet General Motors Goodrich Oliver Douglas Schenley Southern California Edison Westinghouse Electric Du Pont Philip Morris Santa Fe Chesapeake Ohio and Central R R of New Jersey.
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New York
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Deere
National Distillers
R-K-O
American Telephone
Ohio Edison
Consolidated Edison
Cerro de Pasco
Eastman Kodak
Radio IP N. Y. Central
Eastern Air Lines
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Goodrich
Oliver Corp
Douglas Aircraft
Schenley
Southern California Edison
Minimum Wage Bill Entangled With School Aid Fight
In Washington the administration's wage hour compromise clashes with four breaking House Democrats who demand a school aid hearing. Rep. Steed and colleagues insist on education aid talks before supporting the bill. Leaders indicate no floor debate on school help this year.
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Washington
House
Rep
Steed
D-Okla
Sims
South Carolina
Jacobs
Indiana
Perkins
Kentucky
Lesinski
D-Mich
Jone House
Blank Check For Truman Is Opposed
Washington commentary reviews opposition to President Truman's arms plan under the Atlantic Pact. Critics warn section three gives the president a blank check, risking unchecked military commitments, while debates over cost and duration shape the proposal.
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Truman
James Marlow
Washington
Senate
Europe
U. S
Congress
Western Europe
United States
Truman says he does not know James V. Hunt
President Truman stated he is not acquainted with James V. Hunt, linked to a Senate inquiry into five percenters. Hunt reportedly bought 2,500 pocket match folders inscribed swiped from Truman, a claim Hunt’s attorney denied, while investigators plan to start hearings on Army purchases.
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Washington
Truman
James V. Hunt
Senate
Harry S. Truman
Hunt
Universal Match Company
St. Louis
White House
Roger White
Harry H. Vaughan
Butter Reserves Seen Sufficient to Shield Prices
Reserves of butter now appear ample to protect consumers against a sharp price advance next fall and winter. The assessment signals steady supply as market conditions unfold for upcoming seasons.
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Washington
Mrs FDR To Stay In UN Post
President Truman rejected an offer by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt to resign from her United Nations post. He said she will return to the next general assembly as a delegate and noted the letter contained no reference to her dispute with Cardinal Spellman over federal aid to religious schools.
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Washington
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
General Assembly
Roosevelt
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Human Rights Commission
Three-Way Crash Kills Couple on Route 1 Near Laurel
A bus, trailer truck, and car collision on rain slick Route 1 left Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Quenzer of Towson dead and 20 hurt. The trailer jackknifed after braking, the bus struck the trailer, and the trailer then hit the automobile. Army Capt. W H Devine from Ft. Bragg witnessed the crash as traffic halted for hours.
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Laurel
Noble Collison
Harold M. Quenzer
Towson
Baltimore
Army
W. H. Devine
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Border Tobacco Prices Improve on Carolina Auction Belt
Slight gains marked opening carolinas border belt sales as growers welcomed a higher price trend. Kingstree reported 279,548 pounds at 52.12 cents per pound with better grades 15 to 19 cents above government support. Fayetteville had about 300,000 pounds for sale as prices rose. Yesterday sales totalled 280,240 pounds for an official average of 49.38 cents.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Border Belt
Kingstree
S. C
Fayetteville
N. G
Truman resists arms aid compromise while open to authority limits
President Truman said he will not compromise on the 1.45 billion dollars for arms aid to friendly nations but would back congressional curbs on his authority to allocate funds and select recipients. House committees debate trimming the program, with plans to vote mid month and potentially shorten the aid period to next March.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U S to Issue White Paper on China Soon
President Truman announced that a White Paper on U S relations with China will be published to correct misrepresentations and misunderstandings. He defended the strong friendship between the American and Chinese peoples and said the State Department volume will address criticisms of slow aid and alleged communist influence.
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Washington
Truman
United States
China
State Department
Catawba Votes In ABC Liquor Sales
Catawba county joined Row an today in the wet column with a 1 610 majority for ABC stores in two precincts. Hickory led the county with 2 518 for ABC and 835 against, Newton 2 079 to 1 081, Maiden 1 040 to 145, while Iredell and other counties moved to keep or test dry status.
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Hickory
Catawba County
Rowan
ABC Liquor
Catawba
ABC Control Ir
Amnteané
Rowan County
Iredell
Perquimans
Columbus
General Assembly
ABC
Newton
Maiden
ABC Stores
Oye
St . Duplin
Stokes
Forsyth
Harnett
Barkley Rules Out Loan to Franco Spain
Vice President Barkley rejected a proposed $50 million loan to Spain from an European recovery fund. He said the McCarran amendment violates Senate rules against adding new legislation to an appropriation bill. Senator Lucas of Illinois challenged the amendment, and McCarran appealed the ruling.
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Washington
Barkley
Spain
McCarran
D-New
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Surplus pears and apples to be distributed to state institutions
North Carolina will soon distribute twenty one car loads of pears and seven cars of apples from the federal surplus program to orphanages hospitals and school lunchrooms. Distribution targets canning suitable points with facilities. freight is paid, institutions cover local transport and processing, the state bears admin costs. Also six or seven carloads of honey are assigned with one car stored at Camp Butner.
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North Carolina
California
Markets Division
State Department of Agriculture
Waynesville
New Bern
Camp Butner
Opposition to Clark narrows as senators study nomination
Senator Taft said some Republicans may oppose Attorney General Tom Clark's Supreme Court nomination. Ferguson and Kem raised the issue at a closed GOP committee session. The nominations of Clark and McGrath are before the Senate Judiciary Committee with a public hearing next Tuesday.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Ferguson
R-Mich
Kem
R-Mo
Senate
GOP
Truman
Clark
Frank Murphy
J. Howard McGrath
D-Ri
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kansas City
McCarran
New
Judiciary Committee
Iton
Early Repeal Of Excise Tax Not Likely
President Truman said repeal of any excise taxes before the next Congress is impossible and would require extensive study by Senate and House tax committees and the treasury. He noted the next session before action. House Leader McCormack warned revenue losses are uncertain if excise taxes are changed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Congressional
House Democratic
Me. Cormack
Man Falls From Golden Gate Bridge in Suspected Suicide
A man about 45 leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge last night as a highway patrolman pursued him. It marked the bridge’s 116th known self inflicted death. The man wore a bracelet bearing the name Glenn R. Burbank.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Glenn R. Burbank
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