Emergency Funds Voted to Ease Federal Shortfalls
Washington action clears a stopgap emergency for about 40 agencies to meet payrolls and expenses while $30 billion in operating funds remains stalled. Sept 15 set as new deadline as Cannon and McKellar push bills through Congress and to the White House for Truman’s signature.
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Capitol
Congress
Cannons
D-Mo
McKellar
D-Tenn
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Cannon
Interior Department
Armed Services
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Uglas
D-Ill
Senate
Knights To Fight Barden Aid Bill At Convention
Knights of Columbus in Portland plan a firm push for federal aid to parochial pupils if public aid exists. Supreme Knight John E. Swift outlines the stance and a resolution condemning the Barden bill. Archbishop McIntyre denounces the separation of church and state slogan as a misleading motive.
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Portland
Ore
Knights of Columbus
John E. Swift
Boston
J. Francis A. McIntyre
Los Angeles
Lonely Hearts Murder Verdict Sentences Duo to Death
Plump Martha Beck and her lover Raymond Fernandez were found guilty of first degree murder in the lonely hearts case. The jury, after long deliberations, sentenced them to death. sentencing set for Monday.
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New York
Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez
Fernandez
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Beck
Fay
Albany
N. Y
Valley Stream
Edward Robinson, Jr
Nassau County
Tito Wins U S Backing To Buy American Mill
Premier Tito of Yugoslavia secured U S approval to purchase an American steel mill, and a World Bank loan may follow. The moves would bolster Tito against Moscow led Cominform pressures amid 14 months of dispute. Czechoslovak Communists press Tito’s downfall while Yugoslav émigré groups promote anti Tito campaigns in Czechoslovakia.
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Associated Press
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
World Bank
Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Europe
Moscow
Coco the Clown, Barnum and Bailey Star, Dies at 77
George Hubert Herbert, known as Coco, the famed Barnum and Bailey clown who performed for royalty and in over 40 countries, died at age 77 in Jacksonville Florida. The Calcutta native joined circus life at age three and came to Florida 27 years ago to serve as the health and education clown for state schools.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Coco
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Kings and Queens
George Hubert Herbert
Calcutta
India
Circus Life
Herbert
Florida
Six Women Die in Crash Near Hopkinsville
At Hopkinsville Kentucky a collision between an automobile carrying six women and a soldier’s car and a transport truck near Camp Campbell left six women dead. The dead include Mrs Lucy Roper hospital superintendent and Miss Betsy Cason 18 hospital secretary. The crash and ensuing fire trapped victims for over an hour as fire crews fought the blaze. Two soldiers were injured.
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Hopkinsville
Here
Camp Campbell
George Womble
Kentucky State Police
Lucy Roper
Jennie Stuart Memorial Hospital
Maude Oatts
Ann Roper
Wallace Murder Case Nears Close
In Charlotte the trial of Mrs. Mildred Ross Wallace for murdering her husband Marvin Frank Wallace with a .22 rifle last July 10 nears its end as defense rests. A psychiatrist testified she is mentally unbalanced with persecution beliefs and hallucinations.
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Charlotte
Mildred Ross Wallace
Marvin Frank Wallace
Administration Presses For Unrestricted Arms Program
Housing authorities move to lift rent controls from about one third of areas still under them. Federal Housing Expediter Tighe Woods convened top officials to plan border line regions where rental housing exists or will soon be available. A country wide lift is planned under the current rent act which expires next July.
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Nashington
Tighe E. Woods
Keyserling
Truman Hints At Dropping FSA Transfer Plan
President Truman withheld decision on reviving the plan to transfer Federal Security Agency functions to a new Public Welfare department. A Republican and southern Democratic coalition blocked that phase in a Senate vote this week. Six of seven initial reorganization plans were set to take effect at midnight with little session action expected. Senate approved plans two and seven, moving the Employment and Insurance Services to Labor and the Public Roads Administration to Commerce.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Security Agency
Department of Public Wefare
Senate
Congress
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Public Roads Administration
General Services Administration
Commerce Department
Durham Leads State In New Construction
Durham led North Carolina cities in building permit valuations for July, with a total of 1,293,590 dollars. Charlotte ranked second after leading the state last July, while nine cities combined reported 4,754,128 dollars in July compared with 6,046,244 dollars a year earlier.
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Charlotte
N. C
Durham
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank
Business Loans Rise as Inventories Expand Ahead of Holidays
Washington reports a broad upturn in business loans and inventories signaling stock buildup for fall and Christmas sales. The Federal Reserve noted an $80 million weekly rise, led by $38 million in New York and $20 million in Kansas City, with gains in real estate loans also reaching a new high of $4.161 billion.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Truman Defends Vaughan as Senate Inquiry Proceeds
President Truman urged the nation to suspend judgment on Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan until after his army aide testifies to the five percenters inquiry. He criticized leaks and refused to answer questions about the hearings, while Senator McCarthy urged Vaughan be ousted from veterans affairs and questioned his other duties.
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Washington
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Vaughan
T.man
Veterans Affairs
McCarthy
R-Wis
Veterans Affairs Post
Hoey
British Claim Dollar Crisis Is World Wide
A British committee has drafted a four part plan on the world dollar crisis to be presented to the cabinet. If approved it will guide policy at the Washington conference with Sir Stafford Cripps and Ernest Bevin meeting U S Treasury John W Snyder and Canadian officials. The document seeks a global currency pattern to enable free flow between dollar and non dollar systems.
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London
Washington
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
U. S. Treasury
John W. Snyder
U. S
Britain
Eastern North Carolina Bright Leaf Belt Opens Friday
The Eastern North Carolina belt, the world’s largest cigarette tobacco area, is set to begin sales with 16 markets including Ahoskie Clinton Dunn Farmville Goldsboro Greenville Kinston Robersonville Rocky Mount Smithfield Tarboro Wallace Washington Wendell Williamston and Wilson. State specialist W P Hedrick cautioned growers not to sort or grade too early because hot muggy weather can create high order quality and warned that delays may cause short-term sales gaps. The 1949 eastern belt crop is projected at about 399.9 million pounds, up from 372.41 million in 1948, with expected revenue near 177 million dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Stabilization Corporation
Hedrick
Windsor
Ahoskie
Clinton
Dunn
Farmville
Goldsboro
Greenville
Kinston
Robersonville
Rocky Mount
Smithfield
Tarboro
Wallace
Washington
Wendell
Williamston
Wilson
Cumberland Farmer Is Held for Murder
Fayetteville August 18 John D Mintz a 58 year old farmer was held without bond on a murder charge for the shooting death of his brother in law Harold E Moore 30 with a shotgun on August 10 Magistrate George Neaman ordered Mintz held after a hearing Mintz pleaded innocent Moore was shot twice in the neck following an argument at a tobacco barn Mintz surrendered at the sheriff s office afterward
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Fayetteville
John D. Mintz
Harold FE. Moore
George Neaman
Mintz
Moore
Stocks Up But Pace Is Slower
A generally higher stock market moved today but at a slower pace than yesterday as prices rose fractions to about a point. Leading gainers included U S Steel Republic Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodyear J I Case Caterpillar Douglas Admiral Radio Kennecott Dow Chemical Du Pont Union Carbide American Can American Woolen Southern Railway Southern Pacific Standard Oil NJ Barnsdall Oil United Air Lines.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyear
J. I. Case
Caterpillar Tractor
Douglas Aircraft
Admiral Corp
Radio Corp
Kennecott
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Union Carbide
American Can
American Woolen
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil
Barnsdall Oil
United Air Lines
Highway plans loom large in national and state systems
Around Capitol Square reports on North Carolina's 200 million bond program for rural roads and wider revenue for general road needs. The piece contrasts local road concerns with Congress debate on an 11.25 billion interstate highway system, outlined by Charles M Upham, highlighting a 40,000 mile network and annual funding estimates.
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Hriegeways
United States
North Carolina
Congress
Charles M. Upham
Scott
National Highway Users Conference
Aid to China Considered Ill Advised in Arms Plan Debate
Secretary of State Acheson urged Congress not to attach strings to Western Europe weapons aid or include funds for noncommunist China. He said further aid to the Chinese National government would be impractical and unlikely to work, while European commitments under the North Atlantic treaty provide strongest defense assurances.
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Washington
Western
Europe
China
Acheson
Rep
Lodge
R-Conn
House
Machines Are Salvation Of Cotton Farmer
The third annual beltwide cotton mechanization conference in Bennettsville S C heard delegates say modern machinery boosts cotton yields. A Nueces County agent cited an 18 percent gain per acre over the last decade in Texas coastal bend. California grower W B Camp predicted continued farm consolidation and westward cotton expansion as science makes cotton cheap to grow, easing southern labor strains.
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S. C
Texas
Coastal Bend
Henry L. Alsmeyer
Alsmeyer
Nueces County
California
W. B. Camp
Bakersfield
Camp
South Carolina
West
South
Momtevallo
Ala
Alabama
Lton
Thornton
McMullan Plans Resignation for Private Practice
Raleigh August 18 Attorney General Harry McMullan intends to resign to enter private law practice WRAL said today citing reliable sources.
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McMullan
Raleigh
Harry McMullan
WRAL
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