Senate Lilienthal hearing tests new control plan
Chosen to testify, Dean Acheson faces Senate Atomic Committee as controversy over Lilienthal’s confirmation grows. House moves to broaden committee powers while studying suspensions at Philadelphia Record and Camden Post and Courier. Republicans seek pace on budget cuts pending Ike’s input. universal training proposal seen as hard but not dead.
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Control Commission
Bridges
Lilienthal
Russia
McKellar
D Tenn
TVA
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Maritime Commission
Expenditures
House Labor Committee
Philadelphia Theas Cha
David E. Lilien
Record
Camden
Post and Courier
Sam B. Eubanks
American Newspaper Guild
J. David Stern
Stern
CIO Union
Andrews
House Armed Services Committee
Senate-House
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Capitol Hill
Italy Loses Colonies and Territorial Claims in Peace Terms
The text outlines postwar territorial shifts with Yugoslavia favored in a proposed treaty, listing the Canale river valley, Gorizia region, Venetian Slovenia, Monfalcone, Trieste, and parts of Istria. It notes Italy relinquished Eritrea, Somaliland, Libya, and had to recognize Ethiopia and Albania, while the Dodecanese went to Greece and minor western frontier areas to France.
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Canale River
Gorizia
Venetian Slovenia
Monfalcone
Trieste
Istria
Yugoslavia
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
Libya
Ethiopia
Albania
Mussolini
Dodecanese
Greece
France
Three Days Cough Signal and Creomulsion Claim
An ad warns a three day cough signals danger and risks chronic bronchitis if untreated. It touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy that reaches the trouble, loosens phlegm, soothes inflamed bronchial mucosa, and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to help with rest and sleep.
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Beechwood Ruggist
UN Commission's bid to halt Greek executions sparks dispute
In Athens last week the Balkan commission pressed for a delay in executions of charged guerrillas while the Greek government rejected interference as a breach of internal sovereignty. Secretary-General Lie asked postponement until the Security Council acts on the commission's appeal for guidance.
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Commission
Athens
Greece
Trygve Lie
Security Council
Balkan Commission
Vassili Dendramis
Dendramis
UN Commission
Balkan
Stern Press Strike Ends as Papers Sold to Bulletin
Sterneen press was shut and all three newspapers sold to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The deal included the WCAU radio station.Executives mainly staffed remaining operation as the strike was denied by guildsmen.
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Sterneen Stern
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
WCAU
Bulletin
Convicts Escape From Olmesburg Prison in Early Morning Break
Three convicts briefly escaped from Olmesburg state prison near Philadelphia after overpowering a guard and climbing a 20 foot wall with a stolen ladder. Police recaptured Aikin Kleindert and Waldren, while Sutton and Tenuto remained at large. The escape marked a second mass attempt by the same men in under two years.
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Philadelphia
Olmesburg State Prison
Eastern State Penitentiary
William Skelton
Robert J. Beveridge
Skelton
Beveridge
David Aikin
Clarence Kleindert
Spencer Waldren
Aikin
Klindert
Second
Norris
Waldren
Willie Sutton
Frederick Tenuto
Britain faces coal crisis amid widespread power shutoffs
Millions face shortages as power cuts threaten homes and industry across Birmingham and other cities. Thousands register for the dole under a 34 hour work week while secure payments are denied if shutdowns persist. Officials warn the crisis may last days to a week as Attlee and Churchill clash over responses.
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Birmingham
Imperial Chemical Industries
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Emanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Sir Ben Smith
London
Shinwell
Ritchie 33 Dies En Route To Hospital
Thomasville, Feb 10 Clif ford Ritchie 33 died of a heart attack while en route to a hospital about noon yesterday from his High Point home Funeral services will be held at Reid Street Baptist church in Thomasville Tuesday at 3 PM with Rev R L Kizer and Elder W W Willard officiating Burial will be in Floral Garden Cemetery High Point He was a native of Rowan County son of Maggie Shipman Ritchie and the late Kirby Ritchie He worked at the Thomasville Chair Company and was a member of Grace Lutheran Church Surviving are his wife former Louise Napier a son Robert Ray a daughter Linda Gayle his mother three sisters Lena Turner Phyllis Ritchie Newport News Va Mae Barringer Rockwell two brothers Eugene and Bill Ritchie Thomasville The body has been taken to his sister Mrs Turner’s home at 404 Reid Street
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Thomasville
Clifford R
Skeeter) Ritchie
Yesterdy
High Point
Reid Street Baptist Church
R. L. Kizer
W. W. Willard
Floral Garden
Rowan County
Ritchie
Maggie Shipman Ritchie
Kirby Ritchie
Grace Lutheran Church
Louise Napier
Robert Ray
Linda Gayle
Lena Turner
Phyllis Ritchie
Newport News
Mae Barringer
Rockwell
Eugene
Bill Ritchie
Mrs. Turner
Reid Street
Sheriff Creach Hurt In Auto Accident Near Pollocksville
Jones County Sheriff John Creach was seriously injured in a automobile wreck near Pollocksville Saturday night. He was brought to Duke Hospital in Durham and is reported in critical condition with a broken back and other injuries.
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Durham
John Creach
Jones County
Pollocksville
Duke Hospital
Creach
George Pou Dies of Heart Attack Former North Carolina Auditor
George Pou died of a heart attack and will be buried at Smithfield Episcopal Church. A native of Smithfield, he served as state auditor since 1936 and held state office since 1921 with a two year gap. He was son of the late Rep. Edward W. Pou and Caroline Shrie Pou and studied at UNC Chapel Hill Wake Forest and Georgetown.
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Episcopal Church
Smithfield
Pou
Church of the Good Shepherd
Raleigh
Edward W. Pou
Caroline Shrie Pou
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Wake Forest College
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Governor Cherry to name auditor successor after Pou’s death
Governor Cherry announced swift action after State Auditor George Ross Pou died unexpectedly in Rock Hill. Pou’s death marks the seventh in-office council of state death in modern times. state offices will close tomorrow afternoon and hearings are postponed. A Tuesday night reception at the executive mansion for the general assembly members was rescheduled.
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Raleigh
Cherry
George Ross Pou
Rock Hill
C. Pou
Council of State
A. T. Allen
Executive Mansion
General Assembly
Pou
Bangs
Pou longtime North Carolina official dies at 56
Pou served as prison superintendent 1921 25 29 state highway and public works executive director 1933 ran for state auditor 1936 elected and held the post since Navy World War I Involved in the American Legion sheriff’s association highway officials group Survived by wife Lillian Long Sanders and three children Governor Cherry praised him cancelar state reception for assembly in his honor and pledged to consider a successor distant from the council of state
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Cameron Morrison
Pou
State
McLean
Gardner
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Ehringhaus
Order of the American Legion
State Sheriff's Association
National Association of Highway Officials
Lillian Long Sanders
Bryan Carr
Wilson
Edwin Smith Poll
Raleigh
George Watts Carr, Jr
Durham
Cherry
North Carolina
Judge calls for jail for nosy interferers in divorces
Up Circuit Judge Robert J. Dunne says he would like to bring nosy interferers and meddling in-laws into his court along with the principals in divorce cases. If jurisdiction could be found over these interferers they would be sent to the county jail.
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Chicago
Robert J. Dunne
Lost watch found in snow by Philadelphia man
Henry misplaced a $50 timepiece last June 16 in Philadelphia. While trudging through five inches of snow, he kicked an object and picked up his lost watch, confirming the recovery of the timepiece.
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Philadelphia
Henry
Markets See Mixed Moves as Profit Taking Hits Leaders
New York stock trading showed uneven progress with some favorites advancing while many leaders retreated on profit taking. Decliners included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Western Union Electric Power & Light Southern Railway Northern Pacific and Westinghouse. Cotton futures opened higher with March May and July prices quoted and nearby gains noted.
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New York
American Woolen
du Pont
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Texas Co
American Smelting
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Western Union “A
Electric Power & Light
Southern Railway
Northern Pacific
Westiirhouse
Beaver Skins Once Legal Currency in Eastern Canada
A historical note explains that beaver skins served as currency in eastern Canada about two centuries ago. A single good pelt could buy two gallons of rum or 24 gallons of molasses, or 14 pounds of pork, or 30 pounds of flour.
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Canada
Domestic Doe Rabbit Can Yield Fifty Pounds Annually
A domestic doe rabbit may supply about 50 pounds of dressed rabbit meat in a year.
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