Cairo outbreak as students clash with police over treaty Revision
In Cairo, about 3,000 students protested Britain's stance on the 1936 British Egyptian treaty. Police used force. at least 50 students and 30 police were injured, some 150 students arrested before order was restored. Demonstrators denounced imperialism and demanded removal of foreign troops.
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Great Britain
Sudan
Nile Bridge
Giza
Luxembourg Utopia of Brotherhood Shines in Wartime Europe
In Luxembourg City, Prime Minister Dupong notes Luxembourgers feel linked by blood as the 300000 residents share religious freedom and mutual aid. The Ardennes principality boasts no unemployment, wages about 30 percent higher than Belgium, and a calm, democratic society with a long fence-free history since 1847.
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Grand Duchy
Brotherhood of Man
Dupong
Duchy
Portic
Ardennes Highland
Alzette
Belgium
Mrs. Doughton Funeral Rites Set in Sparta
Funeral services for Mrs. R. L. Doughton will be held Sunday morning in Sparta with burial at Laurel Springs cemetery. She died yesterday in a Washington hospital after a heart attack Thursday. Representative Folger and Representative Durhim will represent the North Carolina congressional delegation at the rites.
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N. C
R. L. Doughton
Laurel Springs
Death of John J. Gregg ruled suicide in Kinston
John J. Gregg age 48 died from a pistol wound at friends’ home in Kinston. Coroner F A Garner ruled the death a self inflicted act. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Garner.
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General Homma Faces Fate Monday in War Crimes Trial
The Manila war crimes trial of Lt. Gen Masa Haru Homma concludes its fifth week. Prosecutors seek the death penalty matching Lt. Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita for ordering the Bataan death march. A decision by the U S military commission is expected Monday at 3 p m local time.
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Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Corregidor
Tomoyuki Yamashita
U. S
Jonathan Wainwright
Maj
John Skeen
Baltimore
Probers Consider Night Sessions For Pearl Harbor Probe
The Pearl Harbor investigation team weighs night hearings to finish by the February 15 deadline. Vice Chairman Cooper says a May 1944 memorandum and Kramer’s Japanese translation are key points. Keefe plans further questioning as security limits release.
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Pearl Harbor
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Hawaii
Cooper
Dtenn
Navy
A. D. Kramer
U. S
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Kramer
Thomasville’s Black Commando Taken In Arizona in 1946
Thomasville police arrest Tommie Chester Davis alias Howard Bailey in Kingston Arizona. Davis, a High Point native, is wanted on breaking and entering larceny receiving forgery and a federal count for mailing a threatening communication. He burglarized the Coca Cola bottling plant in Thomasville on January 14 1946 stealing 1000 blank checks and a check writer. He left a knight drawing captioned The Black Commando and later passed aged checks. FBI involvement followed after a threat signed The Black Commando. Davis will be returned to North Carolina.
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E. R. Richardson
Tommie Chester Davis
High Point
Kingston
Arizona
Davis
Howard Bailey
The
United States
North Carolina
Richardson
FBI National Academy
Back-To-Work Terms Accepted By Chileans
Chilean labor ministry says Mapoglio and Humberstone nitrate unions accepted back-to-work terms to end a four day general strike that halted much of the country’s heavy industry. Workers in northern nitrate fields prepare to resume duties as the Confederation of Labor reports government concessions on key demands.
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High Point Considered for Presbyterian Home for the Aged
Rev. H R MacFayden of Pinetops leads a NC Presbyterian committee touring the state to pick a site for a Presbyterian home for the aged. GreensboroHigh PointRaleighCharlotte are among candidates. Plan calls for a $200000 fireproof initial building with future expansion as funds allow. Committee to present recommendation at fall synod meeting in Charlotte.
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Greensboro
H. R. MacFayden
Pinetops
Presbyterian Synod of
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Charlotte
MacFayden
Charotte
Employment Bill Is Sent To Truman
Congress sent to the White House a draft version of the so called full employment bill. The Senate accepted a conference draft to reconcile Senate and House versions. President Truman had urged the stronger Senate bill but the measure was altered, omitting the phrase full employment. Senate Leader Barkley said the aim was to remove an implied government guarantee of action.
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Congress
White House
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Senate
House
Barkley
Testament Translation Revised Standard Version Published
A new translation of the New Testament by biblical scholars, differing in form and content from the King James version, will be published Monday. The committee, named by the International Council of Religious Education, includes boards from 40 major Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada. A later Old Testament translation is planned within four years.
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New York
International Council of Religious Education
United States
Canada
UN Delegates Split Over Temporary HQ After Prolonged Deadlock
Leaders aimed to finish four weeks of talks today but half the issues remain. UNO officials face pressure from U S Delegation Chief to move quickly as debates over the headquarters site intensify. Some delegates privately discuss delaying an American base in favor of London, with others pushing for New York or San Francisco as temporary HQ. The security council has already acted on several items.
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U. S
R. “Ge Dr
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London
Assembly
New York
San Francisco
Security Council
War Department Opposes Separate Air Force Creation
War Department urged Congress to reject bills creating an independent air arm. Acting Secretary Royall said the plan won’t work and notes shared by General Eisenhower and General Arnold. He argues air power must have parity with land and sea power in peace and war.
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War Department
Congress
Manasco
Dala
House Expenditures Committee
Kenneth C. Royall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
National Defense
Army
Navy
Royall
Dastardly Hitler Plan Exposed by Wartime Notes
Excerpts from Martin Bormann notes reveal Adolf Hitler's 1940 plans to exterminate Poles and enslave the population, with warnings on priest cooperation andracial hierarchy. The document, submitted by Soviet prosecutors to the wartime tribunal, also alleges plans to colonize the Czech-Moravian basin with Germans and report Czechs to Russia.
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Czechoslovakia
Czecho-Moravian
Russia
Wildcat Choked To Death By Farmer
Harmon Herring, a farmer near Sellers in Marion County South Carolina, strangled a mad wildcat to death with his hands after being attacked in his tobacco barn. He sustained severe claw lacerations and was placed on anti rabies treatment after tests confirmed the animal carried the disease.
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S. C
Harmon Herring
Sellers
Pauley Nomination Faces Unfavorable Naval Committee Vote
Chances for Edwin W. Pauley approval dim as naval committee split 9 to 9 on his undersecretary of the navy nomination. Reports say two Democrats would join Republicans to send the tie to the Senate floor, while Ickes testimony raised questions about Pauley’s conduct and campaign funds. The administration hopes for Pauley confirmation despite dissent.
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Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Senate
Naval Committee
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation Board
Truman
Senate Naval Committee
Mr. Truman
Magnuson
Ickes
Oil Company
Progress Report From The White House On Steel Strikes
White House spokesman Charles Ross said progress is being made toward settling the steel strike affecting 750,000 workers. He denied any changes in reconversion leadership and dismissed rumors of Bowles replacing Snyder. Bowles’ wage-price testimony was postponed again, and Detroit reports note GM officials have been summoned by authorities.
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White Roe
Charles Ross
Truman
Ross
John W. Snyder
Chester Bowles
Office of War Mobilization
Chicago Sun
Snyder
Bowls
Paul Porter
Federal Communications Commission
Bowles
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Bright Nova Reported in Corona Borealis by British Observatory
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich reported a bright nova in the Corona Borealis constellation, likely the second flare up of star T seen in 1866. The star, magnitude 3.4, may represent a repeated flare with yet unconfirmed confirmation from the British Astronomical Association.
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London
Brietain
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Corona Borealis
N.F.H. Knight
British Astronomical Association
Stalin Says War Could Be Avoided by Fair Trade
Stalin told Moscow constituents that wars arise from unequal capitalist development and crises in which nations seek power through arms. He urged peaceful redistribution of markets and raw materials, noting a world split into hostile camps and predicting war if current conditions persist.
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Supreme Soviet
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