Districts Reduced In Two Senate Bills In North Carolina
In Raleigh on February 4 a special commission's report backs reducing solicitorial districts from 21 to 19 and barring solicitors from practicing law on the side. Two bills were sent to the committee on courts and judicial districts with raises in pay and expenses for solicitors. Districts listed include District nine Caswell Person Alamance Orange Durham and District ten Adolph Stanly Montgomery Moore Anson Richmond Scotland. Separately a Senate education panel delayed action on grants for county school buildings amid fears of state overreach. A subcommittee was named to study the bill as the House measures advance through committees. House leaders move to press the Senate bill to unlock House actions on appropriations. Also proposed is a 12 day paid sick leave for public school teachers and principals, with full pay during illness. the present plan requires a $5 daily substitute fee.
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Raleigh
Richardson
Union
Committee On
Caswell
Person
Alamance
Orange
Durham
Adolph
Stanly
Montgomery
Moore
Anson
Richmond
Scotland
Senate
Senate Education Committee
Sen
Ward
Craven
House
Gunn
Edwards
Greene
Tompkins
Jackson
Appropriations Committee
North Carolina
N. F. Ransdell
Wake County
General Assembly
State Board of Education
British plan to partition Palestine imposed by government
London reports say the British cabinet decided to impose a partition federalization plan for Palestine, likely to be presented to Arab and Jewish representatives. The plan would split the territory with Britain retaining temporary overall control, as Arabs and Jews had previously rejected partition.
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London
Palestine
Attlee
Downing St
Great Britain
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Britain
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Arthur Creech Jones
Gardner Heads to Great Britain As New Ambassador
O Max Gardner of Shelby North Carolina sails for London from New York to assume his post as ambassador to Great Britain. He travels with Mrs Gardner and their son Ralph plus secretary Mae Alexander who has served Harriet Elliott of Greensboro. Gardner met with the President yesterday and used the limousine of his successor A Lee M Wiggins to reach the White House.
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Washington
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
N. C
Great Britain
New York
London
A. Lee M. Wiggins
Hartsville, S. C
Weather summary for Carolinas with cold wave expected
The report foresees light showers giving way to wind and colder conditions, clearing later with a blast of cold air tonight. Overnight lows range 12 to 16 in the far west, 16 to 22 centrally, and 22 to 26 along the coast. A dry, cold pattern continues into midweek with possible light showers Friday night and minimal precipitation overall.
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Norte Carolina
Carolinas
Two Term Limit Amendment Advances Toward House Floor
The House Judiciary Committee approved a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to two terms. Six Democrats dissented alongside fifteen Republicans and five Democrats backing the measure. The plan seeks a two thirds vote in both chambers and ratification by 36 states.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
House
Truman
Judiciary
Rules Committee
Senate
Jewish leaders appeal over martial law in Holy Land
In Jerusalem on February 4, Jewish leaders urged Britain to reconsider martial law in Palestine as tensions rise. A convicted underground member, 33-year-old Dov Gruner, awaited execution with delays and evacuees, including 1,621 women and children and 87 men, moving to safety as authorities planned a strike.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Dov Bela Gruner
Palestine
Gruner
Fire kills 136 on river steamer Saigon in Hong Kong
A blaze at the Saigon wharf in Hong Kong killed 136 of 470 passengers and crew as many more were missing. The 1,700 ton vessel, carrying cotton and paper cargo, burned rapidly with steerage passengers trapped below. Scores leaped overboard in escape efforts.
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Hong Kong
Saigon
Canton
Industrialist Criticizes Labor Monopolistic Control
B. E. Hutchinson of Chrysler testified before the Senate labor committee criticizing labor unions for monopoly power under the Wagner act. He urged breaking up industry-wide bargaining outlawing the closed shop and transferring health and welfare fund administration from both unions and employers.
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Washington
B. E. Hutchinson
Chrysler Corporation
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Hutchinson
Dinky Strike Paralyzes Aliquippa Mills and Talks
A five day walkout by 18 dinky railroad workers at Jones Laughlin Steel Aliquippa plant halted wage and hour talks with CIO United Steelworkers. The stoppage idled 3 500 workers across J L plants and caused red mill and 10 inch mill shutdowns leaving 1 000 more idle.
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Pittsburgh
Jones Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa, Pa
Cio-United Steelworkers
State Education Leaders take up Bunn School impasse
Franklin county board of education transfers the Bunn high school shutdown to the state board of education for review at a Raleigh hearing. Principal C. G. Thompson and Miss Lucy Wiggs are tied to the closure amid a student strike and teacher walkout over alleged threats of violence.
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Louisburg
Franklin County Board of Education
Bunn High School
State Board of Education
Raleigh
C. G. Thompson
Lucy Wiggs
Oliver
Wiggs
Franklin Board of Education
Wiley Mitchell
Arms Reduction Plan Sparks Soviet United Nations clash
The Soviet Union challenged the U S stance that world wide arms reduction must await airtight safeguards. Andrei Gromyko urged disarmament first as part of broader world security while opposing the American resolution as unnecessary. The council also awaited Albanian envoy Hysni Kap amid British charges over the Corfu Channel incident.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Warren Austin
U. S
Gromyko
Austin
Council
Rance
Colombia
Australia
R . Fiatalan
General Assembly
State Department
White House
Hysni Kap
Paris
Albania
Corfu
100000 Die In Accidents During Year
Chicago report from the Neganens Safety Council states that 1946 saw 100000 deaths from accidents in the United States, with 33500 from motor crashes and 34544 from home or work incidents. The year also recorded millions in injuries and a $5.6 billion economic loss.
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Chicago
United States
Neganens Safety Council
Plan Funeral of Mitscher
Norfolk reports the body of Admiral Marc A. Mitscher will be sent to Fortuee Virginia for final rites in the chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Lt. Comdr. W. D. Pherca will escort the envoy to Washington and then Fort Myer. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Norfolk
Marc A. Mitscher
Fortuee Va
W. D. Pherca
Efforts to Halt Atomic Leaks Measured by Senators
Washington February 4. Sen Hickenlooper announced a closed Senate Atomic Committee meeting to review security lapses after reports of Russian probing into atomic bomb secrets. The committee named Fred B. Rhodes as executive director and Lilienthal as nominee for the atomic control commission.
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Baruch
ARMY
Bernard Baruch
United Nations Atomic Commission
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Washington
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
California
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Russia
Hickenlooper
Riowa
David E. Lilienthal
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Lilienthal
Atomic Control Commission
Joint Committee
Fred B. Rhodes
Manhattan
Iowa
Bernard M. Baruch
Bitter Cold Winds Sweep Plains to Panhandle
Bitter cold spread across the nation with winds over the Rockies and Texas Panhandle. Temperatures fell below zero in eastern Wyoming and Montana to northern Illinois as a new cold wave moved toward the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. Readings stayed sub freezing in the southwest with chill expected to ease yet push toward the Atlantic seaboard.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Wyoming
Montana
Illinois
Plains States
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Senators Seek Quick End to War Powers
Washington reports from February describe President Truman urging the extension of only three of the remaining war powers acts beyond March 31 while senators from both parties push to end all powers. Support centers on sugar controls with Taft and Russell signaling possible limited continuation to prevent new disruptions if a miner strike occurs in April.
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Washington
Truman
Russell
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Truman meets Polish envoy as free elections pledge recalled
President Truman receives Jozef Winiewicz at the White House in the first ambassadorial call since he presented credentials. He cites U S British and Soviet Yalta Potsdam decisions on free elections and notes the Polish government has not fulfilled its vow, urging continued American support and cooperation.
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Washington
Jozef Winiewicz
Republic of Poland
United States
White House
Pentan
Eta
State Department
Winiewicza
Truman
Yalta
Potsdam
Attorney Critic of Congress Amid Pottery Case Probe
In Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. under review for nearly 5 billion in portal-to-portal suits, Edward Lamb alleges congressional influence attempts. Judge Picard presses for limited rebuttal witnesses as testimony covers walking time from clock to benches and potential impediments faced by workers.
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Congress
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Edward Lamb
Eepayes
Frank A. Picard
Picard
United States Supreme Court
High Court
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