Banner Crop Year Ending Repots Record Farm Output
The Agriculture Department reports 1948 as a banner crop year with total production at 137 percent of the 1932-33 base, led by corn at 3,650,000 bushels and a record per acre of 42.7 bushels. Wheat output reached 1,288,406,000 bushels, with flaxseed soybeans peanuts rice pecans and cranberries also in the near record class. Several crops rose above average while rye buckwheat dry peas sweet potatoes sugar beets and several fruits lagged.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Scott Agrees To Back New Med School
Governor-elect Kerr Scott tentatively backs the medical care commission plan for a covert medical school at Chapel Hill. He told the Good Health Association meeting he will support minority inclusion and appoint Negroes to state boards, while prioritizing rural hospital needs and separating the hospital school project. The association backs the 1949 program and reelects its leaders.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Medical Care Commission
Chapel 1
Scott
Commission
The
Good Health Association
Association
University of North Carolina
I. G. Greer
Chapel Hill
Committee to Question 2 Spy Witnesses Again
Congressional investigators plan to quiz Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley about how spy rings operatd in the United States and how secrets leaked from the state department. Attorney General Clark favors quick changes to espionage laws including wire tapping with safeguards. Mundt vows strong action and calls Clark’s proposals long overdue.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth T. Bentley
The
Crown
State Department
Chambers
Miss Bentley
New York Federal Grand Jury
Paser
Algeriss
House
Clark
Congress
Justice Department
French Are Commended For Blowing Up Radio Towers
U S and British reports describe a border incident settled as six British soldiers were released by the Russians, with Pvt Charles Knill wounded but improving. Gen Lucius Clay praised French action that destroyed Radio Berlin towers near Tegel, removing a danger to airlift pilots. The Soviet denial of advance notice was reported as East West tensions disrupt aid to Germans in the Soviet zone.
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Charles Knill
Duderstadt
Knill
Brian Robertson
Frankfurt
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Radio
Berlin
Tegel Air Field
Clay
Soviet Zone
Germany
Semenikhin
Dutch decree sets interim Indonesia government excluding Republic
In The Hague a royal decree establishes a regime of Indonesia in transition aimed at uniting the Dutch East Indies under a new government without the Indonesian Republic. The United Nations good offices committee reported to the Security Council on exchanges between Merle Cochran and Dutch and Republic representatives.
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Hague
Indonesia
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations Good Offices Committee
Security Council
Paris
U. S
Merle Cochran
Netherlands
Republic
United States
United Nations
Soedjatmoko Mangoendiningrat
Large Motor Freight Line Given Warning
The R. and W. Motor Lines Inc of Charlotte, a major carrier, received a stiff warning from the State Utilities Commission. The order requires prompt refunds on COD money, stricter records, semi monthly tax reports, and filings on COD collections and loss claims.
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Raleigh
R. and W. Motor Lines, Inc
Charlotte
State Utilities Commission
R. and W
Commission
GOP Warns Democrats Against Packing Congressional Committees
House Republicans warn against attempts to pack committees or erase seniority. The dispute follows a Democratic comeback and potential shifts as southerners chair key panels. Rankin and other Dixie leaders could lose veteran chairmanships, sparking a party clash over the Rules Committee and seniority.
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GOP
Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
House Rules Committee
Administration
Rules Committee
John E. Rankin
J. Strom Thurmond
Tobacco markets in NC and VA average $49.13 per cwt
Old Belt flue cured tobacco markets in North Carolina and Virginia sold 255,085,805 pounds at an average of 49.13 per hundredweight. The season’s price was the second highest on record since 1919 and 11.02 higher than last year while volume fell about eight percent. Improved quality boosted prices as only 18.4 percent of sales went to the Stabilization Corporation, down from 32.6 percent.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
Tobacco Stabilization Corporation
Slightly Lower Food Prices Forecast for 1949
Chicago reports a hopeful outlook for 1949 with slightly lower food prices, more abundant supplies, and higher store sales. Officials from agriculture and commerce note stable prices, improved distribution, and a varied diet as retailers and suppliers predict better service in national grocers’ annual review.
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Chicago
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce
Food Industry Review
National Grocers Bulletin
National Association of Retail Grocers
Association
Charles Sawyer
Commerce
the Bulletin
Sawyer
Charles F. Brannan
America
United States
Brannan
Department
Mrs Chambers Charged In Pedestrian Death In Baltimore
Mrs Whittaker Chambers wife of a key witness in spy hearings was freed on $1000 bail after being charged with causing the death of pedestrian Maggie Thomas 70 struck by a car in north Baltimore Mrs Chambers and her husband appeared in magistrate court after his NY testimony and left for a Westminster Md farm once bond was set.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Maggie Thomas
Chambers
New York
Bond
Westminster
Peiping Holds Key to Nationalist China's Fate
The ancient city of Peiping sits at the center of a Chinese crisis as Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek and Communist forces grapple for power. Fu Tsoyi’s retreat or stay signals possible outcomes from prolonged rule to a coalition or surrender, with Peiping’s protection cited as a factor in any decision.
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Peiping
China
Peking
Chiang Kai-shek
Fu Tsoyi
Suiyuan
Chiang
Nanking
Peiking
Brazilian Floods Kill 310 in Rio and Minas Gerias
Army troops sanitation crews and Red Cross workers fought to aid thousands left homeless as floods in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais killed 310 with hundreds missing. The Paraiba River overflowed in northern Rio state and Sao Fidelis streets were ten feet deep. Volta Grande near Padua saw most homes ruined and fears of a typhoid outbreak rose.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Red Cross
Minas Gerias
Paraiba
Sao Fidelis
Pirapetinga
Volta Grande
Padua
Communists Seize Airfield as Peiping Near Siege
Fight to the death pledge for Peiping declared by Gen. Fu Tso Yi as Nationalists and Communists clash within three miles of the city. Reds reportedly hold an airfield seven miles south of Peiping while gunfire echoes near the walls and trenches are dug inside Peiping.
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Nanking
Peiping
China
Hong Kong
Chia Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Fu Tso-Yi
Nankingtony
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Chu Hsi-Chun
Hopeh
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Glider Crew Still Marooned On Ice Cap
United States air force reports nine marooned airmen on Greenland ice cap remain safe and supplied as rescue efforts adjust strategies. Weather delays third attempt. options include dropping skis or removing glider wheels to slide on snow. Crewmates built ice shelter and await aid while parachute drops deliver heaters and equipment.
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Washington
Greenland
Air Force
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Fred M. Vinson
Smithsonian Institution
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Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Indonesian Republic
South Carolina
Air Force Base
Greenville
S. C
Owever
Rankin
Veterans Committee
Mackenize Dewitt
Marco Polo
Yen
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