Another Good Year Forecast For 1949
New York reports that 1949 is expected to be another good year for consumers with easier budgets and higher incomes as prices dip. The boom of 1948 levels off but remains high while shortages ease and auto and housing access improve. Business will face more effort to attract shoppers and the economy may move toward a slower but still prosperous pace in 1949.
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New York
Reich
Belgium
France
Western Germany
Spy Hunters Leave Broad Hint as They Fold Tents
The House Un American Activities Committee ends the 80th Congress with a hint that a Soviet espionage ring may still operate in the United States. The final report highlights Whittaker Chambers as star witness and details a 1930s to 1945 spy network, money, and documents moved to Moscow via a transmission belt.
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Washington
House
Congress
House of Representatives
Un-American Activities Committee
United States
Seceedee Maréinal Eahanece
State Department
Moscow
Eastern Southern Roads to Boost Rates Six Per Cent
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted temporary freight rate increases averaging about five percent for railroads, with Eastern and Southern territories seeing the highest rise at six percent. Zone 1 Western trunk lines received five percent, others four percent, and caps tied to per ton prices. The move is to cover costs while hearings for permanent boosts proceed, with coastwise and inland waterways allowed to raise rates similarly. The Railway Express Agency may raise nationwide rates to align with Western territory increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
ICC
Railway Express Agency
Hathaway Cross Quits Paroles Commission Post
Raleigh December 31 Hathaway Cross bows out from the Paroles Commission after a 12 year state service. He will leave his fourth floor Justice Building office to open a Leigh law practice with plans to hang out his shingle in early January. Cross backed Charles M Johnson in the gubernatorial race against Kerr Scott.
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Raleigh
Hathaway Cross
Arewell
Justice
Kerr Scott
Cross
Charles M. Johnson
Scott
Cherry
Leigh
de R. Hoey
Robbins Named Editor of North Carolina Christian Advocate
The Rev. Cecil W. Robbins of Warrenton will become editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate starting February 1, succeeding Dr. Henry C. Sprinkle Jr. who resigns to join World Outlook in New York City, announced by the Methodist Board of Publications Inc.
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Greensboro
Cecil W. Robbins
Warrenton
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Robbins
Henry C. Sprinkle
Methodist Board of Publications, Inc
Sprinkle
World Outlook
New York City
Truman Confers With Top Party Leaders On New Deal Strategy
President Truman meets with Vice President elect Barkley Speaker Rayburn Senate leader Lucas and McCormack to map the New Deal agenda ahead of the State of the Union. Talks cover foreign policy domestic matters and possible changes in Soviet relations influence. Barkley’s Europe trip and Smith’s Moscow role loom in discussions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Barkley
Senate
Rep
Rayburn
Tex
House
Lucas
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Europe
National Airport
Air Force
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
Novair W. Stuart Symington
Smith
Russia
Deadline Today for Auto Inspection and License Rule
Raleigh date line notes the final day for North Carolina cars to display a valid mechanical inspection sticker and for drivers with last names E F G to operate under their old licenses. Motor Vehicles Commissioner Rosser warns highway patrol will arrest anyone driving tomorrow without a sticker.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Landon C. Rosser
Highway Patrol
Fair and Cold For Advent Of New Year
The weather forecast predicts fair and cold conditions across most of the nation to start the new year. A northeastward moving storm will bring snow flurries to the northern Appalachians and New England, with milder temps in the Carolinas, Florida, and areas west to Arizona. Colder air follows from Canada into the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana, bringing much colder temperatures.
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Weather Bureau
New England
Appalachians
Carolinas
Florida
Arizona
Mississippi and
Ohio
Missouri Valley
Great Lakes
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Mostor Colorado
Soviet Union to Cut Yugoslavia Trade Next Year
Moscow reports a new trade pact sets Soviet Yugoslav trade at one eighth of 1948 levels due to Yugoslav unfriendly policy. Yugoslav delegation led by Milentije Popovic signed the agreement with Russia’s foreign trade ministry in Moscow.
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Moscow
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Tanislavia
Tocal
Tass
Tito
Britain
Italy
Switzerland
Sweden
U. S. State Department
Milentije Popovic
I. F. Semichastnov
Four former governors serve in Senate from Carolinas
The Carolinas will have four former governors in the Senate as J Melville Broughton takes the oath joining Clyde Hoey Burnet Maybank and Olin D Johnston. Broughton succeeds Umstead after defeating him in the North Carolina primary and takes office early for seniority. Umstead returns to law practice in Durham. John D McConnell of Southern Pines leads Broughton staff as administrative assistant.
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Washington
Carolinas
Senate
Congress
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Clyde Hoey
Burnet Maybank
Olin D. Johnston
Broughton
Umstead
John Wilkinson
Durham
N. C
Rae Cherry
Josiah W. Bailey
Hoey
John D. McConnell
Southern Pines
United States
Middle District
Railroad Stocks Lead Market's Advance Today
New York December 31 railroad stocks led a narrowly irregular market with gains for carriers after the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized temporary freight rate increases averaging about 5 percent. Several railroads advanced while steel, auto, and utility issues trimmed gains.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard Air Lines
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
N. Y. Central
Illinois Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Pid
Pennsylvania R.R
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Consolidated Edison
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn Martin
American Broadcasting
American Tobacco
Aulander Bank Robbers Still At Large
FBI and state and local officers continued the search for $35,500 stolen from the Aulander bank. The looted safe and the stolen wrecker used to remove it were found in the woods near Winton, about 15 miles northeast of Aulander.
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FBI
State Highway Patrol
Aulander Bank
Winton
Here
Ruhr fear and guardrails on German reintegration
The piece argues against a rapid German revival of power, urging Western Allied supervision of the Ruhr under an international authority. It warns Moscow and Berlin of limits on military capacity while promoting European recovery, democracy, and nonaggression through steady, monitored rehabilitation.
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Ruhr
Russia
Germany
America
Britain
France
Europe
United States
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Moscow
Washington
Storm Warnings From Block Island To Cape Hatteras
A storm off the middle Atlantic coast brings strong northwest winds and light snow in Pennsylvania and New York with snow flurries in western Maryland and Virginia. Rain in eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and eastern New York will end this morning, followed by snow flurries and temperatures in the 20s. Storm warnings cover inland waters from Block Island to Cape Hatteras.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Block Island
Cape Hatteras
End of Conflict Sought by Chiang Kai-shek New Year Message
Chiang Kai-shek signaled a possible path to peace in a New Year statement on the 38th anniversary of the Republic. He warned the fate of the nation hinges on freedom versus slavery and urged patriotic citizens to oppose Communist methods while accepting continued wartime burdens and seeking constitutional and territorial integrity.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Sun Yat Sen
Israelis Admit Crossing Into Arab Sector in Negev
Israeli military spokesman disclosed that the Jewish army’s second Negev offensive crossed partition lines into Arab parts of Palestine. He named Bier Asluj near Auja on the Egyptian frontier as seized, describing advances southwest of Beersheba and southeast of Rafa. King Abdullah reportedly signaled readiness to talk peace.
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Palestine
United Nations
Negev
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Paris
Beersheba
Rafa
Abdullah
trans-Jordan
U.N
Gaza
Bier Asluj
Auja
Rafa Auja
Egypt
Justice In Bed At Hammond Ahead Of Sugar Bowl
Tailback Charlie Justice of North Carolina was reported confined to a bed in Hammond Louisiana with an unidentified ailment on the eve of the Sugar Bowl game against Oklahoma. The NC squad prepared on schedule as roster details remained fluid.
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Charlotte
Charlie Justice
North Carolina
Hammond
Oklahoma
Sug
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