Demos Predict Win In Rights Dispute
Democratic leaders predict political advantage from a civil rights showdown in the upcoming congressional session starting January 3. The Senate will consider a permanent FEPC bill to enforce anti discrimination in jobs, while Taft proposes a voluntary federal FEPC. The issue deepens party splits and draws NAACP involvement.
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Washington
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sunshine Club funds aid for Charley Willis party
In Philadelphia a Christmas fund started by Inquirer library workers gave Charley Willis 160 to cover medical bills after his three year old daughter was burned. The Sunshine Club's planned restaurant party was canceled but restaurateur Frank Palumbo will host Charley and friends, with Palumbo paying.
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Philadelphia
Charley Willis
Charley
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunshine Club
Frank Palumbo
Palumbo
REA Lets Huge Loans Form Federated Power Co-ops
The Rural Electrification Administration authorized nearly 55 million dollars in loans to 10 borrowers in 90 days to form federated power cooperatives. Federations now hold over half of REA loans this year, expanding from prewar shares. States with federated systems include South Carolina Virginia Kentucky Missouri Utah Michigan North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Oklahoma Texas Alabama.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Clyde Ellis
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Ellis
South Caroline
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Utah
Michigan
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Alabama
Municipal Officials Seek Natural Gas Service To Charlotte
Washington report shows Piedmont Natural Gas Corp seeks authority to pipe natural gas to Charlotte and nearby communities in the Carolinas and Virginia. Witness Elmer E. Rouzer says Charlotte would see a 300 percent gas sales increase if service expands beyond the current 103 miles of mains. Supporters include Charlotte officials and Greensboro and High Point chamber leaders. Commonwealth Natural Gas opposes, aiming to serve seven Virginia cities.
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Washington
Charlotte
The
Power Commission
Piedmont Natural Gas Corp
Carolinas
Virginia
Elmer E. Rouzer
B. Irvin Boyle
Piedmont
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp
Commonwealth
Rouzer
Duke Power Co
C. A. Peeler
Salisbury
N. C
Russia Builds Big Navy to Rival West, Jane's Reports
Jane's Fighting Ships 1949 50 edition says the Soviet Union plans three 35 000 ton battleships with radio controlled torpedoes and rockets and aims to field 750 1 000 long range submarines by 1951. It notes Germany type subs and a large US Army Navy presence and cites varying reports on the Sovietski Soyuz.
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London
Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Jane's Fighting Ships
Russia
Soviet Union
Jane's
Germany
Jones
Moscow
Jane
Reds
Baltic
Far East
Black
White Seas
Sovietski Soyuz
Treti International
Sovietskaia Belorussia
Strana Sovietkov
Stalinskaya Konstitutzia
Ame
Nikolaiev
Leningrad
Sweden
U. S. Navy
Missouri
Atlantic
Pacific
Weekend Violence Claims Fifteen Lives Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports at least 15 people died from violent incidents across North Carolina over the weekend. Among the victims are 13 year old Charlie Strickland who hanged himself at a Cumberland County welfare supported school site, E. C. Blankenship killed in a tractor accident near Burnsville, Thad Tallent in a Morganton road crash, Luther Lemons in a Rockingham car crash, Paul Hemric shot near Traphill North Wilkesboro, and several other fatal vehicle collisions in Madison Gastonia Windsor and Kings Mountain areas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Charlie F. Strickland
Lakedale
Fayetteville
Cumberland County Welfare Department
E. C
Zeke) Blankenship
Burnsville
Thad A. Tallent
Morganton
Traphill
North Wilkesboro
Grant
Skinny) Holbrook
Grady Moore
James Hall
Ronda
David Falls
Charlotte
Youth Missing in Elk Camp Search Under Frigid Mountains
In Walla Walla Washington an 18 year old youth vanished during an elk hunting trip in the Blue mountains. Searchers on skis and snowshoes combed the Black Snake Ridge area with temperatures below zero. Companion Jack Farquharson returned frostbitten and exhausted after two days seeking volunteers.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Blue Mountains
Donald McDonald
Jack Farquharson
Sheriff's Office
Farquharson
Black Snake Ridge
Here
Matchbook Key Clue in Greensboro Robbery Pair Held
A match book found in ex convict Gould's pocket linked police to a trio that robbed a Greensboro department store, stealing 10 000 dollars. Gould Radazzo and another suspected man are in custody after an officer chased them to a service station near the city. The third suspect remains at large with most of the loot.
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Greensboro
Kansas City
J. J. Hill
John Murray Gould
Locust Street
John Radazzo
Fifth Street
Frank B. Collins
Gould
William E. Garrett
Garretts
Collins
Sterling Long
Radazzo
Cotton Belt Protests May Widen Farm Fight
Washington action over cotton farming policies splits Democratic leaders as Brannan and Anderson clash over reductions in plantings and incomes. Sparksman calls for flexible allotments while 21 million acres are set for next year down from 27 million the prior year. The mix promises political headaches ahead of the 1948 campaign.
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Washington
Cotton Belt
Agriculture
Brannan
Anderson
Truman
Sparkman
D-Ala
Anderson-Brannan
Paralysis Foundation In Bad Shape
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis faces its worst finances as Basil O’Connor warns the March of Dimes campaign will exceed 50 million dollars in January to meet emergencies. He cites 41,461 cases this year and only 1.7 million on hand for six months, with the 1950 drive starting January 16.
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New York
National Foundation For
Connor
Foundation
Dee. 1
Plan Aimed At Quick Integration Across Anglophone Powers
London reports a plan by Britain the United States and Canada to standardize arms and training to allow swift integration of personnel and equipment in a future conflict. Working since 1947 the effort aims at common designs and eliminating technical differences while avoiding treaties or obligations.
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London
Britain
United States
Canada
British Ministry of Defense and Technical
Russia
Ministry of Defense
Defense Ministry
Truman May Face Coal Decision In January
PIPSBURGH December 19 President Truman and Congress may face a coal decision in January to restore the United Mine Workers to a five day work week. Pressure mounts to invoke the Taft Hartley act as John L Lewis’s union has called four full scale walkouts and a three day week for about 480,000 miners. Steel and retailers fear shrinking stockpiles while iron and steel mills try to recover from a 42 day CIO strike. Lewis remains silent while aides seek contracts with independent soft coal operators to fracture the union front.
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Pipsburgh
Truman
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ipresident
Lewis
United Mine
Ree Cent
CIO United Steelworkers
Solid Front
Wake Forest Senior Hunter Fails to Emerge as Murder Suspect
Wake Forest police admitted no clue on the whereabouts of 23 year old Raymond Hair after a murder charge tied to the slaying of Roy W. Coble of Oakboro. Hair fled as a gunshot victim was found in his car and funds were traced to him.
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Wake Forest
Raymond Hair
Wake Forest College
Hair
Roy W. Cobl
Oakboro
Raleigh
Fayetteville
L. F. Worrell
Pears
Cable
Coble
Durham
C. R. Howard
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By Jack Bell
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Dorothy Grover
Camden
N. J
Patty
Matchbook
Clue
Santa
Des
Helen Celenza
Santa Claus
Helen
Deriment
Ann Celenza
Brooklyn
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Paralysis Foundation
Wake Forest Senior
Dr. L. G. Hair
J. Wilbur Bunn
Bunn
Dr. Hair
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