Truman unveils housing plan shifting to private initiative
The White House outlined a new housing program to boost non-residential construction by up to forty percent, impose a floor space cap on new homes, and reduce federal controls. Veterans gain a general home-building right, while permits replace price ceilings and inspections, with emphasis on rental housing and private enterprise.
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Muchigger
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Norton Long
Mr. Truman
New House
White House
Frank W. Cortright
National Association of Home Builders
Government sells red tape at 28 cents a roll
The War Assets Administration published surplus items for sale in Memphis on December 16. It offered 76 rolls of red cellulose tape, unused, at 28 cents per roll.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fae
War Assets Administration
UN Assembly Transfers Armament Reduction Task to Security Council
The United Nations general assembly, in a historic eight weeks in New York, hands the Security Council the plan to curb world armaments and ban atomic weapons. Delegates praise near unanimous accord and note Moscow’s softened stance and open cooperation with the United States, with hopes for a peaceful, postwar order.
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Security Council
Funeral Service For Bailey Today
North Carolinians mourn Senator Josiah William Bailey who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73. Funeral services at Raleigh First Baptist Church to be led by Dr. Broadus E. Jones. Interment in Bailey family plot at Oakwood. no pallbearers. Governor Cherry to name Bailey’s successor this week with Wilkins P. Horton seen as likely choice.
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Bailey
Senate
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Gun battle erupts as two officers shot in Murfreesboro
A midday street gun battle in Murfreesboro Tennessee followed the shooting of two policemen by a man described as a Negro. A rally grew to riot proportions with 150 to 200 white bystanders gathering as two more people were wounded. The officers were shot while questioning the suspect at the police station. Murfreesboro lies 31 miles south of Nashville.
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Tehran
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Azerbaijan
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Tabriz
Iran
Ahmed Quavam
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Weather Summary North Carolina December 16 1946
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today and tonight. Warmer tonight and Tuesday. Charlotte weather report notes official Bureau readings through 8:30 a m with temperature and rainfall figures. December 16 1946 calendar times rise 7:25 set 5:07.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Royal Romance Rumors Spark Quiet Approval Talk
London sources say Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street show pleased off the record interest in a potential marriage between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. Rumors of an engagement remain unconfirmed amid political debate, with calls to keep politics out of the match.
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Prince Philip
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Denmark
Senator Josiah Bailey Dies in Raleigh
Raleigh reports the death of U. S. Senator Josiah William Bailey from a cerebral hemorrhage. tributes pour in from Gov. Cherry and former Gov. Broughton praising his public career as a scholar, writer, and financier expert. Senator Hoey expresses shock at the loss of his lifelong friend and colleague.
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Josiah W. Bailey
J. Melville Broughton
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Explosion rocks cafe in Minneapolis loop district
An explosion in the loop district of Minneapolis damaged a newly opened cafe and shattered hundreds of office windows. Inspector Eugene Bernath attributed the blast to dynamite and said no one was injured. He suspected multiple sticks were planted in the cafe doorway though the motive remains unclear.
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Eugene Bernath
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Beheading attempt described in wartime Tokyo trial testimony
Sydney man Colin Fleming Brien testified at the war crimes tribunal that Japanese soldiers botched his execution in a jungle grave near Singapore in 1942. He recounted being forced to sit at the grave, blindfolded and bound, then struck with a sword before regaining consciousness in the grave.
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Tokyo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Colin Fleming Brien
Sydney
Brien
Singapore
Labor Plan Too Late
A bipartisan industry labor proposal urging reforms and voluntary mediation faced GOP criticism as too late. Rep Clarence Brown argued recurring strikes require new law, while the AFL CIO manufacturers and Chamber backed voluntary measures and no new government super machinery. The Labor Department endorsed the committee report, and the CIO shocked by implied arbitration push.
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Philip Murray
Sudden Mercury Drop Shocks Northern Plains Weather
A cold air push brings light snow and near zero temperatures to northern plains. Below zero readings spread south and east toward the upper Mississippi valley and lower lakes region with Chicago expected around 20 degrees. Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota issue cold wave warnings as temps may dip to 10 to 15 below in northern Minnesota.
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Iowa
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Mississippi Contribution Failed To Find Right Men
B L Knost of Meridian testified before the Bilbo investigateing committee that a 3750 dollar contribution to a 1941 Mississippi campaign fund was not delivered to the Doxey campaign operatives. He said funds were turned over to Edward P Terry for use in Doxeys bid for the senate but others claimed they did not receive the money.
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B. L. Knost
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Miss
Robert Gandy
Forest Jackson
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Doxey
Terry
Knost
Mike Mogrissey
Brothers Die in Home Fire in Uniondale New York
In Uniondale New York two brothers George Jr age 12 and Robert age 2 perished when their frame house burned late last night while parents served at a Long Island yacht club. Firemen said the older boy collapsed in the living room while carrying his younger brother and a stove explosion may have started the fire. Neighbors noted the father George Resnick a steamfitter had taken a temporary job for extra Christmas earnings.
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N. Y
Long Island
George Resnick
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Robert
Resnick
Truman s news conference to reveal first econ advisers report
President Truman will hold a news conference at 4 p m Wednesday to publish the first report of the council of economic advisers. The council examines ways to provide maximum employment and will present a follow up report to base new Congress recommendations on employment and economic matters.
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Washington
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Atomic Body Considers Another Draft
The United Nations atomic energy commission met in closed session to study a report due December 31 to the U N Security Council. The draft lacks a concrete control plan, focusing on inspectors and general features rather than detailed steps. The United States urged unanimous support for Baruch's control plan while the assembly pushes toward arms limitation and a free hand for the commission to proceed without interference.
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U. N
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Austin
Associated Press
Trygve Lie
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Belgium
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Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lake Success
N. Y
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Commission
United Nations Security Council
Bernard M. Baruch
General Assembly
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Commissin
CIO Leaders In Session This Week
CIO officials gathered in Pittsburgh to begin a week of conferences to shape next year's contract demands for steel, auto, and electrical workers. About 2,350,000 members of United Steel Workers United Auto Workers and United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers are represented by their chiefs Phil Murray and others.
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Hy Cio
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Philp Murray
Europe Braces as Cold Snap Hits Western Europe
Winter storms sweep from the British Isles to Italy with Rit ter winds and heavy snow. Germany faces fuel shortages in bombed Frankfurt as temperatures plunge. Moscow reports the world cold pole in Siberia. Holland fears disrupted inland transport. Paris and Milan see snow flurries.
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Paris
Funeral services for John Arthur Narrow
Funeral services were held in Smithfield for John Arthur Narrow 48 president of the Johnston County Bar Association who died Saturday of a heart attack.
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John Arthur Narrow
Johnston County Bar Association
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