Government System Attacked Impossible To Determine Profit Loss
A former GAO official told a House subcommittee that the government’s books are so deficient no one can confirm if there was a surplus or deficit for the last year. He cited a Treasury announced 1947 surplus of 757 million as only a cash balance and noted unrecorded disbursements and unpaid vouchers across federal departments. He warned RFC expenditures without proper appropriations via agency authority and Treasury borrowing.
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Coleman Andrews
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Navy
Uptil Seyure
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RFC
Presidents Relief Measure Faces Rocky Going in House
The $597 million stop gap European aid bill cleared the Senate 83 to 6 but faces strong House demands to trim about $67 million. The House adds 60 million for China not in the Senate version, provoking GOP friction over foreign aid and a push to reduce long term European recovery costs.
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Senate
House
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Italy
France
Austria
GOP
Martin
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Torday
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Weather forecast for the Carolinas and national readings
North Carolina to see fair warmer today with increasing clouds. by Wednesday, rain chances rise west of the state with cooler periods later in the week. Temperatures near normal. rainfall amounts expected moderate to locally heavy. National readings list city highs and readings, including Wilmington 46 and Charleston 49.
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Milth Carolina
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Tail End of Cold Wave Lingers in South Atlantic States
The tail end of the Midwest cold wave settles over the south Atlantic states with above freezing readings in the north central region. Gordonsville Virginia records 14 degrees, Pulaski Virginia 19, Columbia South Carolina 21, Greensboro North Carolina 22, Norfolk Virginia 24, and Richmond Virginia 25 as temperatures rise 10 to 20 degrees from yesterday. Snow hits North Dakota and northern Rockies while rain moves through the southern Rockies.
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North Central
Gordonsville
Westfield
Mass
Pulaski
Coumbia
S. C
Greensboro
Rain Expected Across Carolinas Late Week
A warm air mass from the west moderates freezing readings in the Carolinas and rain is forecast from Thursday through Saturday. Rain starts in western areas Wednesday night or Thursday and spreads to the rest of the two states by Thursday afternoon or evening, with locally heavy rainfall possible. Temperatures rise toward normal for the rest of the week, with non freezing highs and warmer conditions continuing tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
Greensboro
Columbia
Raleigh
Mount Mitchell
Blue Ridge Mountain
Asheville
Charleston
Charlotte
Spartanburg
Wilmington
Ill-Fated Orloff Diamond Heiress Leaps to Death
Nadia Vyegin-Orloff, a Russian princess and former owner of the Orloff black diamond, died by suicide in Rome. The 195 carat gem, stolen from an Indian shrine near Pondichery in the last century, was famed for supposed curses on owners. The stone was later cut into smaller pieces by an Austrian jeweler.
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Nadia Vyegin - Orloff
Orloff
Pondichery
Nadia Vyegin-Orloff
Galitzine Baria-Tinsky
Bradley to visit Bragg for informal Fort Bragg visit
General Omar Bradley will arrive at Fort Bragg tonight for an informal visit of several days the public relations office announced.
Report of crashed C 47 transport near Bitche France
U S air force officials reported an unconfirmed sighting of a crashed aircraft near Bitche France linked to a missing C 47 Dakota from Pisa to Frankfurt with 20 aboard. French sources claimed an American transport crashed near Bitche, while radio signals suggested a downed ship near Kaiserslautern.
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Germany
U. S. Air Force
Bitche
France
Pisa
Italy
Strasbourg
Kaiserslautern
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Materials For Building May Be Rationed
Charlotte, Dec 2. Government may resume rationing of building materials. Carl Lipp, director of the National Association of Master Plumbers, warned that supply is not meeting demand for essential construction. Mid winter meeting of the North Carolina Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors opened with talks and a banquet planned for later today.
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North Carolina Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors
Carl Lipp
Washington
National Association of Master Plumbers
Lipp
Association
George Weant, Jr
Salisbury
R. M. Kerman
Wilmington
Charles, Ferguson
Newport News
Marshall and Molotov Set Friday Lunch Conference
Secretary of State Marshall agreed to a Friday luncheon with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for direct talks on U S and Russian issues since Moscow. Diplomats warned of no clear aim and noted Austria German assets dispute as a key sticking point ahead of a potential Austrian treaty.
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V.M. Molotov
Molotov
U.S
Moscow
Stalin
U. S
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Georges Bidault
Paris
Russia
Austria
Freedom Train Tour Hits Carolinas With Historic Exhibits
The Freedom Train laden with 180 documents and flags begins eight stops in the Carolinas and South Carolina. It opens in Winston-Salem then visits Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh Wilmington Columbia Spartanburg Charleston and ends December 16.
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Kings Mountain
Mecklenburg
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Guilford
Raleigh
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Albemarle
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Columbia
Pee Dee
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Battle of Cowpens
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Charleston
Assembly Of France Back Into Session
Paris reports the national assembly reconvened at 9 a m to push a stringent anti strike law demanded by Premier Robert Schuman. Police cleared sit down strikers at six Paris area power plants as more than two million workers remained idle across major industries. Communist Deputy Roaul Calas was ejected from the chamber ending the silent filibuster.
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Paris
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Roaul Calas
Curtain of Secrecy Hides Projected Atomic Tests
Atomic energy commission reveals the Pacific atoll Enjwetok will host new tests under full security restrictions. The site will be a closed proving ground for research on new data with potential peaceful and military applications. Native inhabitants will relocate, and installations from World War II will be updated for the study.
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Dec
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Atoll
Bikini Atoll
Security Council of the
United Nations
Aomon
Bujiri
Bikini
Arabs to Be Given Plenty Of public safety items
Thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo against Palestine partition and were promised an abundance of arms by Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League. The crowd clashed with shops and clubs as police secured the area. Azzam urged calm and organized resistance, warning of a long struggle.
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Cairo
Palestine
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Azzam
Hitler
Beaverbrook predicts Churchill victory in 1950 elections
Lord Beaverbrook says Winston Churchill will be voted into power in 1950 and that conditions will improve. Beaverbrook, en route from Canada to Jamaica, adds Churchill's health is never better according to a Miami Herald reporter.
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Fifa
Lord Beaverbrook
England
Winston Churchill
Beaverbrook
Canada
Jamaica
Miami Herald
Churchill
Decision On Partition Sparks Jerusalem Mob Violence
Arab and Jewish mobs roamed Jerusalem's streets in attack and counterattack today. Shops were wrecked windows smashed and stones thrown in violence triggered by the Palestine partition decision. Thousands of Arabs demonstrated while Jews, in trucks and on foot, joined in the unrest.
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Palesstine
United Nations
Palestine unrest keeps UN eye on security council
United Nations officials monitored Palestine developments with no sign of action planned. Informants expect the security council, likely to meet Thursday, to note the General Assembly's request to act if peace is threatened, unless disturbances escalate significantly.
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United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Security Council
General Assembly
British police curb Arab riot in Jerusalem amid Jewish defense aid
During a two hour clash in Jerusalem police and troops restored order as 3 Jews died and 22 Jews and 6 Arabs were injured. A curfew was imposed on Arab quarters and armored cars joined gun carriers to disperse rioters. Ha ganah volunteers aided traffic control while mobs torched shops and cars near the King David hotel.
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Jerusalem
Hagana
Jewish Defense Army
Midtown Zion Square
Old City of Jerusalem
Princess Mary's Way
St. Julian's Way
King David Hotel
U.S
Mamillah Road
St. Julian’s Way
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