Even Colder Air Coming Tonight
Charlotte reports extreme cold with a string of subzero readings across the Carolinas and neighboring states. From Mt. Mitchell to Spartanburg and Columbia, temperatures plunge well below zero while the Weather Bureau forecasts further drops and widespread frost and ice. The South endures floods, power outages, and closed schools as citrus crops suffer losses in Florida and Texas.
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Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Mt. Mitchell
Spartanburg
Greenville
S. C
Greensboro
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Raleigh
Columbia
Weat Bureau
North Carolain
Florida
San Antonio
Tex
Tennessee
Kentucky
Cumberland
National Guard
Pineville
South
Middle Atlantic
Southland
Texas
Cold spell grips wide regions as relief hoped
A severe winter storm brings ice snow and sleet across much of the country with southern states isolated by icy blasts. Projections hint the worst may be ending as midwest cold persists and temperatures dip to 35 below zero in Lone Rock Wisconsin and 14 in Fayetteville Arkansas.
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Iter
Midwest
Lone Rock
Wis
Fayetteville
Ark
Nash
Stock Market Rises on Gains Across Major Shares
Stocks advanced today lifting prices to new 20 year highs. Several key names posted gains including Goodrich American Smelting U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Sharon Steel Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Delaware Lackawanna Texas Company Pan American World Airways Johns Manville American Woolen Textron Dow Chemical American Cyanamid International Nickel Studebaker International Harvest er and Union Carbide.
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New York
Goodrich
American Smelting
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Sharon Steel
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
Delaware & Lackawanna, Texas Co
Pan American World Airways
Johns Manville
American Wool
Pauley Says Russian Oil Reserves Short
Long Beach California February 2 Edwin Pauley an experienced oilman and former U S representative official says Russia's oil resources are highly overrated He notes that except for the Caspian sea area Russia has fewer sources than the City of Beach The lack of oil and industrial base is Russia s problem Pauley a President Truman s reductions officer visited Russia several years ago.
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Long Beach
Calif
Edwin Pauley
U. S
Russia
Caspian Sea
Cian Renee
Ac Club
Beach
Auley
Truman
Pauley
Highway accidents report for 24 hours ends at 10 a.m.
The Motor Vehicle Department reports 1 killed and 21 injured in the last 24 hours. The year 1950 totals show 73 killed and 950 injured to date.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicle Department
Spanking Debate Divides Opinions Among Parents
The discussion contrasts viewpoints on corporal punishment with some advocating it as acceptable while others, as parents themselves, reject it as harmful.
Truman seeks 10 billion tax hike with second installment planned
President Truman asked Congress for a quick ten billion dollar tax increase and signaled a second installment later. The plan amounts to four billion from individuals, three billion from corporations, and three billion from excise taxes, totaling about sixty four billion. He urged expedited passage with hearings starting Monday and kept the six hundred dollar exemption, signaling a later sixty five hundred million second phase.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Con
House
Ways and Means
Snyder
Harrison
D-Va
po _ means
Dent
Vehicle inspection bills buried by North Carolina House Roads
Raleigh Feb 2 The House Roads committee formally buried compulsory motor vehicle inspection legislation, voting down two revival bills 29 to 0 and 38 to 2. A five member subcommittee was approved to study highway safety as lawmakers consider inspections not a complete solution.
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Raleigh
House Roads Committee
George Long
Alamance
Scotts
Lem
Exiled King Proposes Troop Division for U.S. Legion
Exiled King Peter of Yugoslavia offers to supply at least one division for a U S foreign legion in Europe. Senator Edwin C Johnson proposes recruiting 1 000 000 foreign anti Communist troops for the North Atlantic defense force. Johnson made the letter public today.
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Washington
Peter
Yugoslavia
United States “Foreign Legion
Europe
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Colo
U. S. Army
North Atlantic
Johnson
United States
Connally
Russell
Wherry Connally
Wherry
Nebraska
Russia
Senate
Government Moves to End Rail Strike
A three day switchmen strike crippled rail transport nationwide and prompted a Chicago court hearing on contempt of court charges against the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. President Truman and lawmakers urged intervention as labor actions spread, with a mail embargo affecting ten major cities and widespread train cancellations.
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Chicago
Truman
Korea
Brotherhood of Railroad
Washington
Cleveland
Post Office Department
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St. Louis
Atlanta
Trenton
N. J
Jacksonville
Fla
New Atom Blast Is Biggest Yet Felt In Las Vegas
A new atomic test near Las Vegas Nevada produced the strongest quake like blast this week. Residents described swinging windows and caves in the desert area as the event shook the region.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Four Martinsville Negroes die in rape case execution
In Richmond Virginia on February 2 four Martinsville African Americans were executed by electric chair for the rape of a white woman in a shanty town district. The sentences followed an unsuccessful bid for a last minute stay.
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Richmond
Martinsville
United States
Old State
Ruby Stroud Floyd
Joe Henry Hampton
Howard Lee Hairston
Booker T. Millner
Frank Hairston, Jr
Georf Hailey
Halifax County
Congress Split Over Ike Troop Ceiling Debate
Eisenhower oppose a fixed troop cap for Europe splits lawmakers. Senator Taft demands a numeric limit while Senator Douglas considers a ratio to European forces. Ike to explain on radio at 10 45 p.m. His talks suggest 40 division force by end of year with 1 600 000 total, but no exact U S figures released.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Western
Douglas
D.tu
Eisenhower
Pentagon
U. S
Bution
Eisees
North Atlantic
Two Armies Clash Near Han In Korean War Action
Allied forces pressed 40 miles from the 38th parallel in a ninth day limited offensive near Han Seoul, with heavy fighting 12 miles north of Yoju. Reports say roughly 6,000 enemy troops engaged in a brutal clash as air power and reinforcements aided U N troops.
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Tokyo
U. N
Seoul
38Th Parallel
Munist 39Th
Haomteen
Yoju
A. P
Don Huth
Chipyong
Jim Becker
UN May Halt At Parallel in Korea Reach for Settlement
United Nations officials indicated a decision to halt forces short of the 38th parallel if feasible to northwardly extend a path to a diplomatic settlement. The plan aims to create a basis for talks with the Communists and preserve political lines marked by the parallel, though military victory is not seen as decisive.
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Washington
United Nations
38Th Parallel
U. N
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Coily Coe
Groundhog Day Chaos Hits Vancouver Zoo
Zoo keepers report a hungry fisher, a weasel family member, ruined the Vancouver zoo including last week eating the owl groundhog, just as Groundhog Day approaches.
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Vancouver
B. C
Wease
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Ike
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