Marshall pushes universal military training to fight Soviet propaganda
Secretary of State George Marshall vows strong military power and universal training to counter Soviet propaganda and ensure security before disarmament. He backs truthful U S messaging abroad and plans a February 17 broadcast to Russia while outlining key U N and Pacific trusteeship plans. He cites Argentina Nazi influence and Palestine talks as other policy items.
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Britain
Australia
United Nations
Pacific Islands
London
Palestine
Lane
Warsaw
Arthur Bliss Lane
Amer
Tobacco Men To Get Steel
Sen. William B. Umstead says the civilian production administration has informed him steel mills will supply 5,000 tons of steel for tobacco flues. The amount equals about 80 percent of last year's flue production, addressing Eastern North Carolina farmers' demand channeled through Washington legislators.
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William B. Umstead
D-Nc
Civilian Production Administration
North Carolina
Am Stead
CPA
Weather forecast for North Carolina fair and colder
North Carolina will be fair and colder today with low temperatures ranging from 10 to 14 degrees in the western region, 14 to 18 in the central portion, and 20 to 24 along the coast. Sunday is expected fair with continued cool conditions.
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North Carolina
All Sections Hit By King Winter
Winter swept across the nation with a lingering cold wave. Snow fell along the eastern seaboard while temperatures dropped below zero in North Dakota and Ohio and near zero in Kentucky. New York City experienced lightning and snow as the chill spread south to the gulf coast and upper Rio Grande. Florida escaped the earlier freezes.
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Eetern Seaboard
Mercury
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Ohio
Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Florida
First Labor Legislation Hits Assembly In North Carolina
North Carolina's house faces a bill to outlaw the closed shop proposed by three World War II veterans. It would bar contracts requiring union membership as a condition of employment. Other action covers teacher sick leave, a fireworks ban, and a six dollar daily subsistence plus travel pay for legislators.
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Krug Approves Money Needed for Smoky Mountains Plan
Western North Carolina leaders met with Interior Secretary Krug seeking urgent funding to develop Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway. A Senate House committee plan proposes cutting 5.5 billion from Truman budget, threatening funding. Rep Monore Redden said strong progress was made toward approval. Francis J Heazel of Asheville will assist Interior officials in securing funds.
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Truman
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Redden
Francis J. Heazel
Asheville
Interior Department
Noble Prince Philip von Hesse Dines In Camp Despair
In Darmstadt Germany on February 8 Prince Philip von Hesse described his survival of long imprisonment under Hitler and 21 months under the Americans. He ate watery soup from a tin pail among 11 240 hungry former Nazis in Camp Despair.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Queen Victoria
Hitler
Prince Philip von Hesse
House Labor Committee Seeks Fund for Broad Hearings
The House Labor Committee, aiming to write a new labor law, seeks funds to expand hearings into all complaints of union racketeering. Chairman Hartley said subcommittees could inspect the field and gather rank and file views as part of the inquiry. Witnesses from Philadelphia fruit and vegetable dealers testified that officials of AFL Teamsters Local 929 coerced and intimidated them, nearly shutting down the wholesale market. Hartley also sent a telegram to the FBI and city safety chief requesting protection for witnesses who fear violence.
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Washington
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R-Nj
House
Pla Hartley
Philadelphia
AFL Teamsters Union
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FBI
Philadelphia Director of Public Safety
Page &Rx
Coal Crisis Sparks UK Government Criticism and Shutdown Fears
London observers attack Full Minister Emanuel Shinwell as Attlee's Labour government faces a coal shortage that threatens a major industry shutdown Monday. Across Europe the coal crisis causes factory slowdowns in Wuerttemberg Baden and a 10 day U S zone halt. Rumors swirl whether Churchill will act Monday as industrial areas brace for impact.
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Attlee
England
Shinwell
London Daily Herald
Europe
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Wuerttemberg-Baden
U. S
Bavaria
Hesse
Ministry of Economics
Winston Churchill
Manchester
Birmingham
German industrialists charged with war crimes in US indictment
Five German industrialists linked to the Nazi regime face war crime charges in a U S indictment. Friedrich Flick, 63, and four associates in a vast iron and steel network are named by Brig Gen Telford Taylor as the targets of the proceeding.
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Third Reich
Telford Taylor
Friedrich Flick
Flick
Farflung Iron and Steel
Otto Steinbrinck
Konrad Kaletsch
Thompson Wins Over Talmadge Declares Acting Governor Status
Georgia Lt. Gov M E Thompson won a ruling in Rome circuit court that he became acting governor when Ellis Arnall relinquished the post on Jan 18. Judge Claude H Porter held the legislature had no authority to elect Herman Talmadge governor and that Thompson’s suit against Talmadge should proceed.
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M. E. Thompson
Georgia Superior Court
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Claude H. Porter
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Ision
Henry County Superior Court
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Walt Hendrix
Ompson Lea
Talmadre
Hendrix
Porter
Stolen Ring Returned To North Carolina Official
Raleigh February 8. Er nest C McCracken director of the North Carolina employment service at Raleigh lost a school ring in 1935. A Miami detective said he found a ring bearing ECM initials and returned it after checking school records to the official.
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Raleigh
Ernest C. McCracken
North Carolina Employment Service
RE. BE. Edwards
Miami, Fla
Edwards
Western Carolina Teachers College
ECM
McCracken
Reduction of Arms Tossed Back to UN
The arms reduction dispute returns to the United Nations Security Council as a six nation committee fails to reconcile American Soviet differences. Two separate resolutions were drafted representing US and Soviet positions. Both powers insist on atomic control as essential to any disarmament plan, signaling a possible veto if the matter remains substantive.
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United Nations Security Council
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Six Nation
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Shelby Pays Final Tribute to O. Max Gardner
Shelby honors O. Max Gardner former North Carolina governor and diplomat died in New York. His funeral at First Baptist church featured state and national officials including lawmakers and treasury officials, with Gardner’s family present. Gardner was 64 and to be appointed ambassador to Britain.
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Kings Mountain Baptist Association
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John H. Graham
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Coca-Cola Company
Thomas A. Morgan
Sperry Corporation
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Kings Mountain
Ralph and
Max, Sr
N. C. Burgess
Short Hills
Clyde BR. Hoey
Stanley Woodward
Bunn School Reopens After Walkout Incident
Bunn consolidated school reopened after a January 29 teacher walkout. The delay at 8:45 a.m. involved Principal C G Thompson asking Raleigh News and Observer staff James Whitfield and R W Stephens to leave the campus, prompting sheriff and state patrol involvement before classes could resume.
Plan to admit 100000 Jews sparks Arab threat in Palestine
London report says British cabinet plan for Palestine seeks rapid Jewish immigration, prompting Arab leaders led by Jamal Husseini to warn that any further Jewish entry could mean war. The plan, a Creech Jones Bevin compromise, envisages 100000 displaced European Jews entering Palestine immediately, upsetting Arab concerns over a 600000 Jewish minority amid 1,000,000 Arabs in the territory.
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Holy Land
Jamal Husseini
Ernest Bevin
Arthur Creech Jones
Emile Ghouri
Palestine
Nageb
Handicapped Bride to Wed in Roseburg Oregon
Clover Kerr a 29 year old Los Angeles woman who lost both legs and an arm in a 1937 traffic accident will wed Clark Robert Taylor of Roseburg Oregon at the First Presbyterian Church in Roseburg next Friday. She walked with artificial legs learned to write with her left hand and composed piano works, remaining cheerful and self supporting through a difficult decade.
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Los Angeles
Clover Kerr
Miss Kerr
Clark Robert Taylor
Roseburg
Ore
First Presbyterian Church
Judge Picard May Announce Ruling Today
Detroit February report on the portal to portal pay dispute involving Mt. Clemens pottery workers and Judge Frank A. Picard. The massive claim nearing five billion dollars centers on overtime compensation for travel time. The case, with multiple courts and the Supreme Court involvement, could yield a ruling within hours.
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Mt. Clemenstery Co. Portal
Picard
U. S
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North Carolina hotel fire safety bill discussed in Raleigh
High Point fire officials join hotel and firefighting groups in Raleigh to draft a bill making negligent hotel fires a misdemeanor. The plan requires automatic sprinklers warman service fire alarm systems fire walls and safety condemnations for unsafe hotels and schools. Representatives E C Jr Durham J C Dee Laughon Gastonia attend from the hotelmen and fire marshal groups.
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General Assembly
North Olina
E. C. Jr
Durham
J. C. Dee Ae Laughon
Gastonia
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