European Aid Bill Passes in 33 Day Session
Congress approved a 522 million dollar European relief fund for France Austria and Italy plus 18 million for China and 340 million for occupation costs in Germany Japan and Korea. A measure also set wheat reserves and posed a dispute between chambers over winter stockpiles.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
France
Austria
Italy
China
Senate
Chiang Kai Shek
Germany
Japan
Korea
House
United States
Old Belt Tobacco Markets Extend Christmas Holiday
Raleigh reports Old Belt tobacco markets will close for an extended Christmas holiday with only nine reopening in January. The gales season ended yesterday for the middle flued belt, and through Thursday the belt sold 174,865,412 pounds at an average of 42.24 dollars per hundred. Only three markets operated yesterday.
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Raleigh
Old Belt Tobacco Markets
Weather roundup and temperatures across cities
Partial clouds and cooler conditions noted in North Carolina with a warmer spell expected Sunday. The calendar for Sunday December 21, 1947 shows sunrise at 1 27 and sunset at 5 09. Official records list daily highs and lows for multiple cities including Charlotte 61 32, Greensboro 80 25, Raleigh 60 27, Wilmington 37.00, and others with rainfall amounts shown as 00 or small values.
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North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
St. Paa
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Labor to Fight Court Decision in North Carolina
Spencer North Carolina reports AF of L president C A Fink says the federation will appeal to the U S Supreme Court after the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the anti closed shop law. George Pennell of Asheville and Herbert H Thatcher of Washington argued the case before the state court. The high court unanimously affirmed convictions of two Buncombe county defendants in a test case brought by AF of L unions.
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Buncombe County
Asheville
AF of L Unions
Anti-Inflation Bill Seen Being Signed By Truman
Intimates say President Truman will sign the Republican voluntary anti inflation bill, driven by export controls safeguards and wartime powers. He will push for wage price controls and rationing authority and reject compulsory allocation of scarce commodities. Republicans urge immediate industry agreements in meat steel and oil sectors.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Senate
House
1948 Chinese policy tightens banking and loans
The government in Nanking on December 20 announced a 1948 plan to tighten private bank controls, continue suspending loans to non productive enterprises, and wage a relentless war on money black markets.
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Nanking
Meyers faces January trial date for perjury charges
Government sets January 7 as tentative date for Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers and Bleriot H. Lamarre to face indictments charging perjury. The cases stem from false Senate War Investigating Committee testimony about Meyers while deputy wartime purchasing chief for the air forces. The grand jury charged Meyers with denying financial interests in a Dayton firm a Cadillac gift and a $10 000 redecorating payment and charged Lamarre with inducing false testimony.
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Rt A
Bennett E. Meyers
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Air Forces
Senate
Dayton, O
Cadillac
Washington
Lamarre
Larmarre
Expect Verdict Today In Case of Ex-Winston Man
A Jackson circuit court jury was to issue a verdict today in the case of David E. Edman a 41 year old former Winston Salem war contractor charged with first degree murder in his ex wife’s February 12 shooting The judge outlined possible verdicts including acquittal life imprisonment first degree murder with death penalty second degree murder and manslaughter The state requested the death penalty while the defense urged acquittal
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Brownstown
Ind
Jackson
David E. Edman
Winston-Salem
N. C
George H. Gossman
John M. Lewis
Jackson County
William H., Dobbins
Columbus
T. H. Branaman
Edman
Amazon Mill Decision Delayed
Judge Johnson J. Hayes heard arguments on dismissal of Textile Workers Union of America CIO suit seeking an injunction to force Amazon Cotton Mills of Thomasville to bargain. He said he would decide the dismissal question in several days after two hours of argument. The union seeks transfer of a mass picketing restraining order from state to federal court, with potential damages claimed at 500000.
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Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
United States District Court
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Amazon Cotton Mills
Thomasville
Hayes
H. Hoyle Sink
Wilson Warlick
Guilford Superior Court
District Court
Two Convicts Freed By Governor Cherry In Clemency Move
Governor Gregg Cherry commuted the sentences of two North Carolina fugitives William Philpot and Virgil Shipes, who had escaped prison years earlier and built reputations as local businessmen. Philpot, 34, married, mine foreman in Gilbert West Virginia, had 13 years on the run. Shipes, who escaped three years ago, became treasurer and general manager of a cemetery in Fairfax, Virginia. Both were returned to prison briefly after the escapes but were freed through clemency due to rehabilitation and lack of need for supervision.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Gregg Cherry
William Philpot
Gilbert
W. Va
Virgil Shipes
Fairfax
Fritz Case Verdict Slated To Come Before Nightfall
An all male jury will decide if R. L. Fritz Jr, president of the North Carolina Education Association, is guilty of obtaining public funds under false pretense. The trial concluded after sundown with the defense hinting at a non suit motion and Judge Gwyn earlier denying it.
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R. L. Fritz, Jr
North Carolina Education Association
Allen Gwyn
Lencir
Allen H. Gwyn
Reidsville
Hudson
Galdy .i. County Superior Court
Fritz
Food Workers Of Italy Strike Shakes Nation
A nationwide strike in the Italian food industry began this morning affecting about 300,000 workers across factories stores and shops. Bakers milk distributors and ice plants were exempted while talks in Rome aimed to reach progress during the night with Labor Minister Amintore Fanfani. The strike follows five weeks of leftist social unrest and comes as Premier Alcide de Gasperi reshuffles his cabinet amid political pressure.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Amintore Fanfari
Constituent Assembly
Pope Denounces Class Hatred as Threat to Nations
In a Christmas encyclical titled Optatissima Pax Pope Pius XII laments social class hatred as a menace to national foundations. He urges prayers for peace and calls on leaders to prioritize the common good over private gain amid postwar social crises.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Repatriation Doubled to Nine Thousand weekly
Soviet authorities announced that German prisoners of war repatriated from the Soviet Union had nearly doubled since summer and now averaged about 9,000 per week.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Twenty Pin Ball Machines Involved In Court Order
Charlotte police face a show cause order in Mecklenburg Superior Court over 20 pin ball machines. Operator J. F. Davis argues electrically started machines exist elsewhere, while coin-operated games remain illegal in North Carolina. Hearing set for Dec 29 or later designated by Judge W. H. Rabbitt.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg
W. H. Rabbitt
Mecklenburg Superior Court
J. F. Davis
North Carolina
Thief to Spend Xmas In Jail
Hood, who told two robbery victims he was sorry but needed money for Christmas, was sentenced by Judge Joseph Sherbow to 30 years on six burglary and larceny counts. Police said he netted $2,300 from victims Mr. and Mrs. David Bornstein and others, while prosecutors noted his use of loot for a pricey 1946 car amid family hardship.
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Fritz
Hudson
Caldwell County
State Board of Education
South Piedmont
NCEA
Luther B. Robinson
Baltimore
Desse
Hood
Joseph Sherbow
David Bornstein
Judy Sherboy Wea
Anderson to publicize list of 14000 commodity speculators
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson prepared to release a list of about 14 000 speculators in wheat corn and butter under a Truman signed congressional resolution. The list may include congressmen and government officials who profited from large scale gambling as cost of living rose. Anderson had hinted in October that he could name public figures.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Truman
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Five Wounded in Naples Riot Over Christmas Unemployment Dole
Five persons were wounded in Naples during a riot sparked by a workers argument over whether to accept a Christmas unemployment dole. Two demonstrators and three policemen were injured as gunfire sounded during the clash.
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Naples
Italy
Marshall Labels Soviet as Hostile in Europe Recovery Plan
Secretary of State Marshall urged U.S. help for western Europe to reach economic recovery, tying Soviet obstruction to the $17 billion European aid plan named for him. He said a strong Marshall Plan is needed to create political unity and protect freedom against tyranny.
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Marshall
America
Western Europe
Russia
London
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Congress
Molotov
Britain
France
Uni
United Stat
Runaway Car Crashes into Diana Shop
A car, believed to have faulty brakes, sped down South Main Street this morning and crashed into the front of a shop at the corner of Main and Commerce streets. No injuries reported. storefront damage minor.
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South Main Street
Low Main
Com
Erce
Doris Duke Plans to Retain American Citizenship
New York December 20 Doris Duke Rubirosa said she will keep her American citizenship as she left by plane for Buenos Aires to join her husband Porfirio Rubirosa newly appointed Dominican Republic ambassador to Argentina. She did not know how long she would be absent from the count.
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Doris Duke Rubirosa
America
Buenos Aires
Tobace Millions
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