House Democrats Back Bigger Excise Tax Cuts in House
Democratic lawmakers join Republicans in pushing excise tax cuts totaling up to a billion dollars. They seek to add 325 million or more by cutting taxes on theater tickets local telephone bills cameras and other photographic gear. Several Democrats including Young King and Carroll advocate deeper reductions, opposing the administration’s restraint.
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Washington
House
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Army Chief Collins Warns Postwar Demobilization Damages Force
General J Lawton Collins, U S Army Chief of Staff, told officers in Kyoto that demobilization after World War II weakened the army. He urged keeping forces in fighting trim with training and high standards to stay ready, recalling Guadalcanal and New Georgia campaigns. He praised rebuilding and stressed vigilance against communism. He reviewed the 5th regimental combat team of the 25th division at Otsu.
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Kyoto
Japan
U. S
Navy
Air Force
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Collins
America
Pacific
First Corps
Otsu
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Paroled Convict Admits He Raped and Killed Halifax Girl
In Danville Virginia February 4 a fourteen year old girl Marian Lloyd was found dead on a country road after being shot and raped. George Thomas Hailey a 24 year old farmhand on probation confessed to the killing and rape stating he borrowed shotgun shells from Marian's mother earlier to hunt crows. He described dragging the body into brush after the assault and was held by a farmer until police arrived. He initially claimed accidental shooting then later admitted the rape.
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Danville
Marian Lloyd
Marian
J. A. Tune
Tune
George Thomas Hailey
William A. Lloyd
Hailey
Ellis Creek
Halifax County
William Carr
Philip Willkie to Address Lincoln Dinner Tonight
Philip Willkie son of Wendell L. Willkie will address Fifth district Republicans in Winston Salem tonight introduced by Sim A. DeLapp. Willkie a state senator in Indiana. Other speakers include Clarence J. Brown in Statesville Fred L. Crawford in Spindale and Guy G. Gabrielson in Charlotte with dates noted for February events.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Philip Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Winston-Salem
Sim A. DeLapp
Lexington
Willkie
Indiana
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Statesville
Fred L. Crawford
R Mich
Rutherford County
Spindale
Guy G. Gabrielson
Charlotte
Groves Questioned Over Fuchs Case In Atomic Spy Probe
Senate hearings focus on Klaus Fuchs and alleged transfer of atomic secrets to Russia. Lieut. Gen. Leslie Groves testifies about Fuchs role in Britain’s wartime atomic mission as FBI chief Hoover cites claims of paid spy activity. Senators press for tighter security rules and universal information controls on hydrogen bomb developments.
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Washington
Dem
Russia
Leslie Groves
Atomic Energy Project
Senate House Atomic Committee
Klaus Fuchs
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Fuchs
Moscow
Great Britain
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate House Atomic Group
Senate
House Committee
Groves
Norwalk
Conn
Los
Road Builders Attack Rural Highway Plan
The Carolina Road Builders Association blasts the Highway Commission's rural road bond policy in Raleigh. Warren J. Mann cites doubts a $200 million program will yield more than about $100 million in roads and says rapid spending ignores sound engineering. Commission Chairman Henry Jordan denies the charges.
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Raleigh
Carolina Road Builders Association
Highway Commission
Warren J. Mann
Commission
Henry Jordan
Association
Cedar
Communists Launch Sabotage Attack in Europe Against Atlantic Pact
Paris reports a communist sabotage campaign spreading in western Europe with France as the current focus. Unions and dock workers delay loading arms to Indochina while government officials promise swift action and arrests of agitators involved in the strikes and disruptions.
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Europe
Paris
France
Italy
Indochina
Bao Dai
Southeast Asia
Marsh
L'Humanite
Marseille
Far East
Russians End Berlin Truck Blockade Abruptly
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet frontier guards resumed processing Berlin bound trucks at Helmstedt at a brisk pace after halting traffic for hours. The Soviet zone economic commission earlier promised normal clearance would begin Monday and permit ten trucks per hour, but U S transport officer Dix warned such assurances had lasted only one day.
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Berlin
Helmstedt Frontier Post
Soviet Zone Economic Commission
Co. A. Dix
U. S
Navy Planes Search For Foreign Subs
Navy planes were ordered to sweep waters off northern California for a foreign submarine after a fourth report of a U-boat near Eureka. The Twelfth Naval District confirmed the flights and noted two fishing-boat reports and one from a private pilot. A Eureka witness said he saw a sub about 600 yards from the Humboldt Bay lifeboat station.
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San Francisco
Navy
California
Twelfth Naval District
Eureka
Calif
Ray Mason
Humboldt Bay
Graham predicts Gray will win UNC presidency
Sen Frank P Graham predicts Winston-Salem Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray will be elected unanimously to succeed him as UNC president. Trustees meet in Chapel Hill Monday to consider Gray's nomination after a nominating committee backed him.
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Winston-Salem
Frank P. Graham
Gordon Gray
University of
Physicist Warns Russia May Outstrip US In Atomic Race
University of Illinois physicist Dr. Frederick Seitz warned that Russia could surpass the United States in atomic energy development within a decade. He urged closer government and military funding and collaboration, noting Russia's A-bomb progress is at least five times faster than postwar US advances. He spoke to the American Physical Society, gathering top physicists.
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New York
Russia
U. S
University of Illinois
Frederick Seitz
American Physical Society
General Fund Collections Drop for Third Straight Month
North Carolina general fund tax receipts for January totaled 9,026,463, down 308,508 or 3.3 percent from January 1949. Income and sales taxes fell, with income taxes at 2,223,431 and a roughly 390,000 drop blamed on weaker corporate earnings. Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw noted some schedules run ahead of estimates while others lag, but the year’s overall pace remains above initial projections.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Eugene Shaw
Rence
Shaw
Miner Boss Sends 500-Word Letter To The President
John L. Lewis told President Truman miners reject a three man fact finding board and would not accept outsiders fixing wages and conditions. The letter delivered to the White House marked a cryptic response amid talk of a full scale strike and possible measures to restore normal production.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
White House
Lewis
Illinois
Taft
Air Force C-47 Crashes Off Puerto Rico Coast
A U S air force C-47 transport with two officers and one enlisted man aboard crashed into the sea two miles northeast of Roosevelt Road naval station near San Juan Puerto Rico. Rescue boats seaplanes and a B 17 searched the area as officials said survivors were unlikely and the plane carried 3500 pounds of amphibious maneuver equipment. Identification of the crew was withheld.
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San Jaan
P.R
U. S. Airforce
Army
Navy
Roosevelt Road
U. S. Naval Station
Missing C-54 Search Presses On In Yukon Wastes
In Whitehorse Yukon Territory on February 4 the ninth day of a joint United States and Canadian search for a fully loaded C-54 vanished January 26 over the Yukon wastes. Despite a rumor of locating the plane in a canyon the report was denied by air force officials. The hunt involved 26 aircraft with ten B-29s from Great Falls and crews patrolling the Great Falls to Anchorage route.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
Yukon
Anchorage
Alaska
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Snag
Yukon Territory
U. S S.canada
Great Falls
Mont
Many Trapped By Snow In Northwest
Rescue crews battled heavy snow drifts in Oregon and Montana to reach scores of stranded motorists. More than 50 people were stalled on the Columbia River Highway after a blizzard. About 40 were rescued near Bonneville Dam, with a Union Pacific streamliner ferrying the last travelers to Hood River. Planes surveyed isolated farms and pilots prepared medical and food drops amid shortages in the Blackfeet reservation.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Moretana
Columbia River
Bonneville Dam
Portland
Hood River
Union Pacific
Montana
Blackfeet
Glacier National Park
Successor To Horton to Be Selected Soon
Raleigh reports a successor to Superior Court Judge Wilkins P. Horton will be named next week after Horton died at his Pittsboro home. About ten names were proposed, with five from the west eliminated. the new judge will come from the east to satisfy four eastern and four western appointees. Governor Scott noted informal highway policy talks with the Highway Commission and plans to hold spring meetings across ten divisions. He also commented on world government proposals, saying world power momentum is coming eventually.
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Raleigh
Superior Court
Wilkins P
Horton
Pittsboro
Scott
Highway Commission
Commission
Henry Jordan
Stock Trading At Slow Pace
The New York stock market opened with slight gains but soon faced minor declines as trading slowed after an initial buying surge. Investors responded to John L. Lewis’s ambiguous rejection of the president’s coal industry truce proposal, with several leaders posting fractional losses while others drifted lower in price.
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New York
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Lockheed
Admiral
Emerson Radio
Zenith
Union Carbide
American Tobacco
Chesapeake & Ohio
U. S. Gypsum
General Motors
Goodrich
International Harvester
Radio Corp
American Telephone
Union Pacific
Skelly Oil
Standard Oil
Celo- Lex
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