Tempers Rise as Jobs Fell and Prices Dropped in Hearings
Washington report notes 2,000,000 more unemployed in January and a total of 2,650,000 seeking work, with 2,500 laid off at Pennsylvania Railroad. Officials say the unemployment rise is not alarming though months are decisive, and spring may boost demand for workers as construction and farming seasonally pick up.
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America
New York
Chicago
Associated Press
Chicago Board of Trade
Pennsylvania Railroad
Census Bureau
Tobin
Edwin G. Nourse
Blockade Tightens as Berlin Reports Economic Strain
Berlin reports a sharper blockade impact on the Soviet occupation zone with Ditches dug to block routes and rail traffic already halted. A Danish trade pact worth 16 million kroner prompts sea shipments to Baltic ports while Sweden and Norway maintain Baltic trade links.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Berlin
Germany
Stalin
Berliner Zeitung
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Wiesbaden
Viet Zone
Denmark
Baltic
Sweden
Norway
North Carolina Reports 2272 Polio Treatments in 11 Months
The North Carolina Hospital Association announced that 21 hospitals treated 2,272 polio patients over 106,075 patient days during the past year. The 1944 outbreak saw 878 cases, with Hickory Emergency Hospital bearing most of the load. Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital and Wesley Long Hospital treated 455 patients, the largest total in the state.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Hospital Association
E. T. McKeithan
Moore County Hospital
Pinehurst
North Carolina
Hickory
George Laycock
Asheboro
Association
Public Education Council
McKeithan
March of Dimes
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Wesley Long Hospital
Unofficial Peace Missions Head Toward Peiping
Two unofficial peace missions move toward Peiping to seek direct talks with Chinese communists ending the civil war. Shanghai elder group led by W. W. Yen, 73, and eight Nanking professors await permission to land at Peiping. Neither unit can negotiate for the Nationalist government but hopes to test willingness for talks. The Communists may be softening demands including detention of Chiang Kai-shek and other leaders.
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Peiping
W. W. Yen
Nanking
Tsingtao
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Red
Chiang Kai-shek
Shah Wounded As Iran Declares Martial Law
Tehran reports martial law after an assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Five shots fired as he attended an anniversary event. two hit him, one grazing his cheek and lip, another through his side, while three bullets hit his hat. The shooter Fakhr Raiee, a newspaper reporter, was captured and beaten by bystanders. The Shah, 29, is in excellent condition per official communique.
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Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Fakhr Raiee
Raiee
Shah
Rafee
Persia
Fawzia
Egypt
Farouk
Farda
Investigation into Judge Burney Conduct
Governor Scott ordered a probe into reports that Judge John J. Burney of Wilmington appeared intoxicated at a Cumberland County term. Former Lieutenant Governor J Elmer Long was asked to report findings by February 14. The governor cautioned the office cannot discipline judges and said the matter would go to the General Assembly.
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Raleigh
Scott
John J. Burney
Wilmington
J. Elmer Long
Long
Burney
Cumberland Superior Court
Lumberton
General Assembly
Police arrest many former Home Army members in Polish purge
Warsaw police say several scores of ex Home Army members were arrested for plotting terror against government leaders. A time bomb near a government building was reported by unconfirmed sources. Ringleaders numbered by police as unspecified, with foreign dollars aiding the group.
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Warsaw
Poland
Home Army
Council of Ministers
Ministry of Public Security
City Managers Open Meeting At Pinehurst
North Carolina City Managers converge in Pinehurst for a two day conference with about 80 delegates. State Treasurer Brandon P Hodges delivered the keynote at a noon luncheon. Panels and quizzes feature experts from Chicago to Virginia as Asheboro leads the NC group.
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North Carolina City Managers’ Association
Brandon P. Hodges
Colon F. Churchill
Roxboro
Clarence E. Ridley
Chicago
International City Managers’ Association
James Fesler
University of North Carolina
Weldon Cooper
University of Virginia Bureau of Public Administration
C. E. Perkins
Winston-Salem
H. A. Yancey
Charlotte
R. W. Flack
Durham
C. A. Harrell
Norfolk, Va
T. Edward Temple
Spartanburg
S. C
Marvin Sykes
Greensboro Record
Utilities Commission Granted Power To Extend Service
Raleigh February measures include a bill to authorize the utilities commission to order public utilities to extend service. Other proposals include scholarships for would be teachers, changes to the Greater University board, and a Rockingham salary audit for local courts. A state hospitals board sale of surplus at Camp Butner is approved. A statewide liquor referendum was introduced. The package advances in the legislature.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
House
Senate
Winfield Blackwell
Forsyth
C. S. Bunn
Nash
Henry A. McKinnon
Robeson
John B. Regan
Greater University Board of Trustees
General Assembly
J. Hampton Price
Rockingham
Board of Commissioners
Leaksville Township
State Hospitals Board of Control
Camp Butner
Major Shakeup of Greek Communist Guerilla Leadership
An underground radio report from Athens says Markos Vafiadis has been relieved of political leadership and possibly removed as commander of the rebel forces amid a Greek civil war. Greek officials describe a leadership purge with five new politburo members and four reserve members named.
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Markos Vafiades
Greek Army
Free Greece
Markos
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Greek Armed Forces
Greek Communist Party
Mount Grammos
Communist Party
Poland
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Prices Clipped Again on Stock Market Decline
New York trading opened with further losses as prices edged down fractions to about a point. Railway and oil stocks fell to fresh 1948 49 lows with notable drops in Santa Fe Union Pacific Texas Co and U S Steel among others.
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New York
the Stock Exchange
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N. Y. Central
Northern Pacific
Illinois Central, Texas Co
Master REA Program Unites 50 North Carolina Counties
Rural electric cooperatives across 50 eastern North Carolina counties formed a master REA cooperative with 17 members. Tarboro will house its headquarters. The administration estimates eventual costs between 10 million and 20 million dollars. Governor Scott calls the move a keystone for industry roads and port development in the east.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tarboro
Scott
Mindszenty Seen Facing Death Sentencing Demand
Prosecutor Gyula Elapi demanded the death penalty by hanging for Cardinal Mindszenty and six co-defendants in a treason trial in Budapest. The court announced a verdict possible around Monday as Mindszenty’s defense argued for leniency and emphasized regret for past actions.
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Selden Chapin
U. S
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Chapin
Ednre Marton
Vilmos Olthys
Gyula Elapi
Cardinal Mindszenty
Olthys
Mindszenty
Kalman Kicko
Europe
Kicko
Elapi
People’s Court
Jessup Remains Critical After Hearse Fight
Arnold Jessup a 32 year old undertaker remained in critical condition with bullet wounds in Tab or City as Ralph Inman 35 was held without charge. Police say Inman fired after Jessup struck him with a blackjack in a moving hearse during a funeral run and again along the road after the vehicle left a ditch.
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Tabor City
Arnold Jessup
Ralph Inman
L. R. Watson
Inman
Jessup
Shepherd Resigns as Duke Law Dean
Durham February 5. Dr Harold Shepherd has resigned as dean of Duke University Law School effective at end of the current academic year. Dr Paul K Gross university vice president and dean of the graduate school announced the resignation and said no successor has been named.
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Durham
Harold Shepherd
Duke University Law School
Paul K. Gross
University Graduate School
Shepherd
New highway mail route to start from Greensboro
Inaugural run scheduled today on highway 30 between Greensboro and Warsaw. The highway mail coach between Greensboro and Boone was inaugurated yesterday.
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Greensboro
Warsaw
Boone
Taft-Hartley debate widens as Thomas assails two thirds claim
Senator Elbert Thomas leads Senate labor committee hearings on repealing Taft-Hartley and restoring Wagner act provisions. He argues only a small portion will remain, with remaining parts reworked. Taft defends his two-thirds prediction amid clashes over labor publications and union influence.
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Max Hall
Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Taft
Ohio
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Truman
Opposition To Salary Boosts Develops In Congress
Washington lawmakers showed signs of balking at administration plans to raise top government salaries. The house civil service committee studied a bill that would boost 223 executives and 13,000 lower employees, costing about 1.6 million dollars. Cabinet chiefs could reach 25 000, with other top officials rising to 22 500. Budget Director Frank Page and Comptroller Lindsay Warren argued the raises would still leave salaries pitifully inadequate.
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Washington
Murray
D.-Tenn
House Civil Service Committee
Truman
Frank Page
Lindsay Warren
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