Coldest January Since 1940 Hits North Carolina
A brutal January cold wave grips North Carolina with freezing rain and ice coating roads. Fuel oil supplies become critical in Durham and Greensboro as heating needs surge. coal shortages rise. Several statewide meetings are canceled and college basketball games postponed due to dangerous highways and slick conditions.
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Military Oil Supplies Are Critically Low Warned by House Panel
Rep. Dewey Short said U S military oil stocks are insufficient for more than two weeks in a major war. Other subcommittee members called the situation dangerous and warned jet and bomber operations could be halted without quick relief. Hearings with Army Navy and Defense officials continue next month.
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Soviet Finance Chief Proposes Largest 1948 Budget
Moscow reports Finance Minister A G Zverev asked a joint Soviet session to approve a 1948 budget of 387.9 billion rubles expenditures with 428.0 billion ruble revenue. Stalin, Molotov present as Russia plans 66 billion rubles for military needs, about 17 percent of total outlay.
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Shortage Of Food Triggers Unrest In Germany And AFL Appeal
The AFL appeals to Congress for raises for letter carriers and federal workers facing fixed salaries amid soaring living costs. In Germany, nearly 3,000,000 workers in the western zones plan 24 hour strikes next week over food shortages, with widespread walkouts across the British and American zones and heavy involvement of railroads, offices, and industrial plants.
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Packers Rally Against Meat Rationing Controls
Washington reports that meat packers and distributors oppose a return to rationing, warning of black markets and higher prices. Senator Wherry says administration confusion could worsen shortages, while Hormel and Egert cite signs of potential black market activity and plant buybacks. Secretary Anderson predicts a spring meat shortage despite industry assurances.
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Gas Shortage Hits Area In Michigan
A major gas shortage costs about 30 000 dollars weekly in lost wages and tense action in Detroit as Michigan gas supplies face disruption from an ice block 40 feet underground near Notre Dame. About 30 000 residents in the Niles Buchanan Dowagiac area lack heat cooking and water heating facilities while state police guard the line. Ford Motor Co arranged 15 000 000 cubic feet into Detroit mains to assist during the weekend plant shutdown.
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Unclear Weather Summary From Historic Report
The report notes cloudy cold conditions with sleet or snow Sunday morning and continued cold with snow and sleet later. It mentions light to moderate snow mixed with sleet in the southern portion and widespread cold by afternoon.
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City Extension Of High Point Prompts Local Growth Questions
Enterprise asks what extending city limits means for the Greater High Point area. The piece by Ed Kemp explains affected communities inside and outside current bounds, key issues, and implications, with detailed maps on page 10 section A.
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Truman Pleads to Limit Grain Use by Whiskey Makers
President Truman urged voluntary limits on grain use by whiskey producers to 2.5 million bushels monthly, as allocation powers expire. He called Congress to act on a nine month extension, warning that grain shortages threaten national security. He urged distillers to follow the January quota and avoid rushing to buy cereals.
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Georgia Tech student Richard Atchley reported found in San Diego
Mrs. Eugene Atchley said her son Richard G. Atchley 24 an honor student at Georgia Tech disappeared Sunday and was located in San Diego Cal. She learned this from someone at the school by telephone and did not know where he was staying or how he got there
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Planes Continue Search For Star Tiger Missing Craft
In Bermuda the search for the Star Tiger intensified with 30 planes scouring thousands of square miles of Atlantic water. 29 aboard include Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham. Warnings described 40 foot seas and possible oil slicks as crews from Kindley field pressed the hunt with hope fading for survivors.
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Tax Exemption Proposals Split Democrats and Republicans
House Democrats push a new personal exemption and dependent credit amid a $6.5 billion Republican tax cut plan. Senate prospects hinge on key defections as McClellan and Byrd require assurances on revenue loss and budget cuts before backing a veto override. Senate support may hinge on the income split for married couples and a hoped revenue balance.
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Money in Circulation Drops Sharply Amid Higher Living Costs
Washington officials report the public money supply fell by over a billion dollars since Christmas the largest drop for the period. Economists say households withdrew cash from hiding places to cover higher living costs while seasonal repayments to banks may also explain part of the decline leaving $28.086 billion in public hands, down $179 million from a year earlier.
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Bus Jumps Highway Near Louisburg
A Carolina Trailways bus from Richmond to Raleigh skidded on an icy road near Louisburg and left the highway. The vehicle landed upright after jumping a ditch and breaking a pole. Of 24 passengers, all but two escaped serious injury. Pfc. William Callahan suffered a pelvis fracture and Ralph Nichols a rib fracture. Driver Theodore Roberts received facial cuts.
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Teachers Aim for Special Session Over Salary Issue
North Carolina teachers association leaders in Raleigh urged Governor Cherry to call a special session of the General Assembly to address the teacher salary issue.
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Barbara Hutton Undergoes Second Abdominal Operation
In Bern Switzerland on January 31 Princess Igor Troubetskoy formerly Barbara Hutton faced a critical condition. She had a second abdominal operation and afterward her doctors reported some improvement.
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Partition Commission May Enter Palestine In March
The United Nations partition commission plans to enter Palestine in March or April depending on negotiations with Britain and Security Council debate on international military force. The five nation body resists a British deadline and may delay until council action, aiming to work on site with armed support if needed.
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