Funeral directors board bill gains unanimous Senate approval
In Raleigh on February 5 the North Carolina Senate voted unanimously for a bill to create a five member board of examiners for funeral directors. The board would be appointed by the governor and the NC Funeral Directors and Burial Association to promote competency, sanitation and professional integrity. W D Harden urged support citing 33 states with similar boards.
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Raleigh
Senate Judit One
North Carolina Funeral Directors and Burial Association, Inc
W. D. Harden
Scotland Neck
Claude Abernethy
State Burial Association Commission
Ernest Thompson
Burlington
Funeral Directors Association
John L. Rusher
Salisbury
North Carolina bill targets closed shop in labor law
A bill to outlaw the closed shop was introduced in the North Carolina legislature. It asserts the right to live includes the right to work and that employment should be free from coercion. It preserves union membership rights and bans mandatory payroll dues or employer coerced labor. The measure allows damages for wronged workers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Scott
Beaufort
Martin and Hathaway
Gates
Public Bills Move Through Legislature Amid Hearings
Senator Allsbrook of Halifax introduces a bill requiring affidavits from two licensed funeral directors for licenses. A 2:30 p.m. public hearing by the joint finance committee on tax exemptions for religiously supported colleges will be held in the utilities commission chambers. Penny of Guilford proposes exemptions for non profit colleges, and Muir of Cleveland backs an amendment to the 1947 revenue bill expanding educational exemptions. House measures would let the state treasurer store sinking fund securities in a revenue building vault and allow guardians to file name change petitions for minors.
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Allsbrook
Halifax
Joint Finance Committee
Utilities Commission
Penny
Guilford
Muir
Cleveland
Oneral Assembly
Weather Summary for February 6 1947
The weather page reports continued cold conditions with a fair forecast for the day and night. Thursday is expected to be fair with the calendar noting February 6 1947 and sunset around 5 52.
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North
Ay T
Train Wreck Kills Three Near Fresno in Gasoline Blaze
A Southern Pacific daylight train collided with a tank truck and exploded, killing at least three and injuring about ninety. The San Joaquin daylight from Los Angeles to Oakland erupted in flames in the San Joaquin valley, trapping passengers and leaving 47 hospitalized. Identified dead included Mrs. Sara Badgley and George Schnekckenberger among others.
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Fresno
Calif
Southern Pacific
Kay Hansen
Pasadena
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Dean of America
San Joaquin
Los Angeles
Oakland
Streamliner
San Joaquin Valley
Red Cross
Sara E. Badgley
Dunsmuir
George Schneckenberger
Bakersfield
Ernest M. Comer
Philip
Lee Mayer
Hos
Syracuse Sigma Delta Chi to induct seven exec newspapermen
Syracuse New York February 7 will see seven executive newspapermen become professional members of the Syracuse University Sigma Delta Chi chapter. Among the honorees is Ed M. Anderson publisher of the Translyvania Times Brevard North Carolina and four other North Carolina weekly editors are named among the inductees.
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Syracuse N. Y
Syracuse University
Sigma Delta Chi
Ed M. Anderson
Translyvania Times
Brevard
N. C
North Carolina
Landis Opens Six Weeks of Labor Hearings
Rep Landis of Indiana testifies as the House Labor Committee opens six weeks of hearings. He blames white house advisers for last year’s grave strikes while noting Senate hearings include President C E Wilson of General Motors urging outlawing closed shop contracts and industry wide bargaining.
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Washington
Landis
Ind
House Labor Committee
White House
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
GM Chief Vows Against Closed Shop Pact
Charles F. K. Wilson president of General Motors told the Senate labor committee he will never sign a closed shop contract. He said the company would oppose such an agreement while Senator Morse urged protection of workers to organize for economic benefit.
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Washington
Charles FE. Wilson
General Motors
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
R-Ore
Wilson
Hartley to invite labor and industry leaders for field views
Rep. Hartley of New Jersey, chair of the house committee, plans to invite labor and industry leaders to testify and will dispatch a team into the field to obtain the views of workers. He will seek house authorization to empower his committee to proceed.
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Rep. Hartley
House
Union Chiefs Opposed to Conscription
AFL executive council declared unalterably opposed to any form of military conscription. They will fight congressional proposals for youth military training as a first step toward regimentation. Meany announced 7,505,446 AFL members, rival CIO claims 6,000,000. Green testifies Feb 18. Lewis and Dubinsky to appear later in the month.
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Miami
Fla
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Ball
R-Minn
Ball-Taft-Smith
George Meany
CIO
William Green
Senate Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Lewis
Winter Brings Enforced Idleness To Many Industries
Cold weather grips the nation as sub zero blasts sweep from the Midwest to the East. Temperatures fall to near or below freezing in coastal cities and southern states. Washington and Newark report sharp drops, with readings around eight and 13 degrees respectively after milder days.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ixie-Land
mid-Atlantic
Seaboard
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Meridian
Miss
Mercury
Montgomery
Mobile
Ala
Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
Washington
Newark
Wet or Dry It’s Tough In Capital
The piece reports a Capitol Hill debate over temperance and liquor, noting the political stance shifting with opinions on prohibition. It describes lawmakers and church groups urging abstinence and the idea of not talking about liquor to avoid political hangovers.
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Capital
Washington
Roe
Capitol Hill
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Church
U. S
United Nations
U.N
Beautiful North Carolina Lives In Heart of French Lad
A French schoolboy in Rennes, homesick and inspired by a fallen North Carolina soldier, writes of Raleigh Durham Wilmington Asheville and tobacco. He requests a copy of a state pictorial and promises to contribute to North Carolina knowledge.
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North Carolina
Edtometes
Rennes
France
Nantes
Raleigh
Durham
Wilmington
Asheville
Tobacco
Unofficial UN Meeting Seeks Accord on Arms Reduction
Six Security Council delegates met in an unofficial session to bridge Soviet and American positions on world wide arms reduction. Subcommittee members from Australia Belgium Colombia France United States and Soviet Russia prepared to discuss and advance a plan to motion the arms reduction study. Council chairman Fernand Van Langenhove led the talks as they aimed to reconcile the two powers despite earlier compromises failing to win acceptance.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
United States
United Nations
Australia
Belgium
Columbia
France
Soviet Russia
Fernand van Laove
van Langenhove
Evacuation of British Civilians From Palestine Under Way
More than 150 British civilians evacuated from Palestine aboard Royal Air Force Halifax planes under Operation Polly. Evacuees landed in Cairo and were moved to British homes in suburbs, with at least 500 expected to depart by nightfall.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Agir Airdome
Royal Airforce
Halifax
Egypt
Cairo
Holyland
Sarafand
Haifa
Securite
Algstine
Lilienthal Questioned On Communism By McKellar
Senate atomic energy committee questions David Lilienthal on Communist ties in the Tennessee Valley Authority and his democratic convictions. Lilienthal defends the U S constitutional aim to protect individual integrity and warns against state overreach in government and institutions. He says communist philosophy and government oppose the dignity of the individual.
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Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David FE
Lilienthal
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Hickenlooper
Browa
Atomic Commission
Truman
Commission
MecKellar
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilenthal
McKellar
United States
Farm Bureau backs UNC medical school and farm program
Asheville Feb 5 North Carolina farm bureau federation adopts resolutions favoring continuation of the national farm program and policy, creation of a four year UNC medical school, and a model state fertilizer statute. Delegates endorse quotas on tobacco cotton and wheat prices, soil conservation training through schools and national guard, and tighter highway safety rules.
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Asheville
National Farm Program
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Fed
Ihe
National Guard
Portal Pay Decision Deferred in Mt. Clemens Case
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard postponed for 24 hours a ruling on whether the United States may join the portal to portal suit arising from Mt. Clemens Pottery. Assistant Attorney General John F. Sennett said the government seeks entry with broad approval. Picard indicated he may send the question to the Supreme Court.
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Detroit
Frank A. Picard
Mt. Clemens Pottery Company
United States
John F. Sennett
Sennett
Jard
Mt. Clemens
CIO
Picard
Supreme Court
District Court
Chiang Calls Top Leader From U S
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek recalls Ho Ying-Chin, his top military leader and UN staff member, from the United States as peace talks falter. Ho, tied to the Nanking right wing, may return home this month after a courtesy visit to Secretary Marshall.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Ying-Chin
United States
China
United Nations Staff Committee
Wellington Koo
Nanking
Marshall
Truman Reports Progress and Peril in World Affairs 1946
President Truman told Congress that the United States made heartening progress in international control of atomic energy in 1946, with growing Russian cooperation. He warned that dangers remain and that the work of the military staff committee is slow, but noted early signs the UN agency and security council efforts will accelerate.
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Truman
Senate
House
United States
Security Council
Truman confronts Congress over succession plan changes
President Truman attacked congressional plans to alter presidential succession proposing that Secretary of State George Marshall would move to the White House if a vacancy arose before 1948. He criticized placing the speaker of the house next after the vice president and reiterated a president should not nominate a successor.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Peace Agency Heads Toward Treaty Despite Hard Work Ahead
The article notes a 54 nation group agreeing in principle but warns that enforcement and key principles remain unresolved. It cites ongoing negotiations in the security council and the atomic energy commission with months of hard work ahead.
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Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Simple Rites Held for Al Capone in Chicago
Al Capone, the infamous gangster, was buried in a simple five minute graveside service at Mt Olivet cemetery. An icy wind swept the scene as workers carried the casket and relatives stood nearby with no pallbearers in attendance.
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Chicago
al Capone
Mt Olivet
Sters
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