North Carolina bill seeks 40 cent minimum wage and 40 hour week
A Raleigh sponsored measure by Senator Allsbrook and others would standardize intrastate pay and hours at 40 cents per hour and a 40 hour workweek within six days. Overtime is 1.5x, with limits on women’s daily and weekly hours. hearings would publish in statewide papers and an advisory board would be appointed.
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Raleigh
State Labor Department
Allsbrook
Halifax
Commissioner of Labor
Iice
Coalition Junked By Rival Britons
London officials reported a deepening crisis as coal shortages led to factory shutdowns and mass unemployment with over 4 million Britons out of work for a second day. Prime Minister Attlee and Opposition Leader Churchill rejected any coalition while urging public power conservation and national resolve.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Hugh Dalton
Attlee
Churchill
Igch
England
Weather North Carolina Fair Warmer With Showers
North and South Carolina forecast for Wednesday shows fair to warmer conditions with cloudy intervals and scattered showers. Temps near to slightly above, with light to moderate precipitation around one-fourth to one-half inch in the north and one-fourth inch or less in the south. Sunrise 7 11, sunset 5 58.
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North Carolina
South
North
Eisler Detained in U S Until Case Is Resolved
Attorney General Tom Clark told the House committee that communist Gerhard Eisler will remain in the United States while the Justice Department reviews a list of accusations. He faced potential charges including perjury conspiracy to overthrow the government tax evasion and passport falsification. Clark said the department will not permit Eisler to depart until the matter is concluded.
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Washington
Tom Clark
House Committee On unAmerican
Gerhard Eisler
Justice Department
P. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Clark
Eisler
Department of Justice
United States
Greensboro Airport to Be Improved
The Civil Aeronautics Administration lists North Carolina airports under its air safety program. Greensboro will receive localizers glide paths markers compass locators and approach lights with ground control approaches not planned. completion aimed for February 15, 1948. Charlotte and Winston Salem have similar upgrades with set completion dates. Raleigh will install localizers glide paths markers and lights by November 1947 and complete approaches thereafter.
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Washington
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Administration
T. P. Wright
Congress
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Extension of Old Age Plan Recommended
The social security board urged Congress to raise federal old age payments and extend benefits to 23 million uncovered workers. It backs a federally aided health and disability system and federal-state help for all needy people, regardless of residence or reason for need. The report carries White House blessing and notes prompt action, citing prudent preparation for future adversity. It is the board's eleventh and final annual report led by Arthur J. Altmeyer amid the 1946 reorganization act.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Watson B. Miller
White House
Truman
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
Federal Security Administration
Miss Harriet Elliott Remains Seriously Ill in Winston-Salem
Attendants at Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem report Miss Harriet W. Elliott, 62, dean of the women’s college at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, had a fairly calm night but remains in serious condition after admitted with a brain hemorrhage. The former head of the OPA consumer division and a TU US delegate to a London UN conference, she has a long record in public service and academia.
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Winston-Salem
Baptist Hospital
Harriet W. Elliott
Woman's College
University of North Carolina At
Greensboro
Miss Elliott
OPA
Washington
London
Treaties Due In Two Weeks
Washington officials estimate the senate will receive the Four German satellites peace treaties in about two weeks after they were signed in Paris yesterday. President Truman and Secretary Marshall favor prompt delivery for ratification while a detailed diplomatic formula is resolved. Senator Vandenberg says Byrnes and Marshall should testify at hearings, and expects hearings to be brief.
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Washington
State Department
Senate
Germany
Paris
Truman
State Marshall
Vandenberg (Rmich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James F. Byrnes
Marshall
Deadlock on UN arms program looms as talks resume
Lake Success Marches toward a cooling off period as the United States and Soviet Union struggle over the scope of a proposed arms reduction commission. Washington insists the panel limit itself to conventional weapons, excluding atomic energy, while Moscow resists such constraints.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Security Council
U. S
Lnation Arms Reduction Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Commission
Council
Russia
Arms Commission
Los Angeles Police Probe Second Brutal Death Linked to Black Dahlia Case
Police arrest Frank French, 47, on suspicion of murder after his estranged wife Jeanne Ford Thomas was found bludgeoned on a West Los Angeles hillside. Investigators note possible link to a lipstick message signed B D, but doubt a single killer handles both grisly cases.
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Los Angeles
Frank French
Marine Corps
Gene Bechtel
Conservation Bill Sparks Senate House Clash in Raleigh
A joint meeting of conservation and development committees erupted into a clash over a bill to split game and inland affairs from the Department of Conservation and Development. The senate group met in the house chamber after the hearing room overflowed, while opponents argue the measure should not proceed without house action.
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Raleigh
Committees On Conservation and Development
Senate
House
of Game and Inland
Department of Conservation and Development
Utilities Commission
Smith of
Stanly
Case Committee
McLaughlin
Iredell
Smith
House Committee
GOP Sponsors Health Plan Aimed at Free Medical Services
Senator Taft and three Republicans propose a 200 million dollar annual public health program to deliver free medical care to the needy and promote voluntary health insurance. The plan would allocate funds to states by population with matching requirements to extend coverage for lower income groups.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Smith
Donnell
Ohioan
Edison Stamp Ready Today
One hundred years ago in Milan a boy born Thomas A Edison grew to become Americas greatest inventive genius. The first issue of Thomas A Edison memorial stamps was prepared for presentation today to Edison's daughter Mrs John S Sloane marking the centenary of his invention of the electric lamp and lighting millions.
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Milan
Ohio
America
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
John S. Sloane
Barber Bill by Moseley Opposed in Raleigh Hearing
A House committee heard opposition to Rep. Moseley of Guilford proposing a legislative probe of the state barbers examiners board. Final hearing was postponed to Thursday for Moseley to file written material. Opponents included former Governor J. M. Broughton and Rep. R. L. Harris, along with barbers association leaders and school operators.
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Raleigh
Asa Group
House Salary Today
Moseley
Guilford
Board of Examiners
State Barbers Association
J. M. Broughton
Rep
R. L. Harris
Person
M. E. Meadows
Asheville
Association of Master Barbers of
North Carolina
J. Marvin Cheek
High Point
A. C. Artis
Durham
F. L. Gobble
Winston-Salem
Plan Inquest Into Deaths
In Norfolk on February 11 an inquest will be held next Tuesday into the asphyxiation deaths of Frank and Mary Martini. The couple was found dead in a rear bedroom of their spaghetti restaurant on West Sewells Point Road after noon. Funeral arrangements remain incomplete as police await word from relatives. Mrs Martini, 25, has a brother Tom Phillips in Roanoke Rapids NC. husband 40, has a brother John Martini in Philadelphia.
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Norfolk
Frank
Mary Martini
C. D. J. Macdonald
West Sewells Point Road
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
John Martini
Philadelphia
Dixie’s Crops Threatened By Weather
Winter still lingers in parts of the sunny south threatening fruit and vegetable crops while the Midwest and eastern states ease from severe frosts. Florida reports freezes with Jacksonville dropping to 25 and Tampa noting frost, as home schools close for heating concerns and residents conserve gas.
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Midwest
Florida
Chicago
Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami
St. Petersburg
Northerners Buy Into Dixie Textile Firms in 1946 Shift
The Charlotte News reports that about 41.4 percent of Carolina cotton spindles were under northern control in 1946. New York Philadelphia and Boston financiers expanded influence via mill and stock acquisitions. At $60 per spindle, roughly 1 735 306 spindles worth 14 million dollars shifted ownership.
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Charlotte
North
South Carolina
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Carolinas
North Carolina
Two
State moves to tighten fertilizer grades in North Carolina
North Carolina plans a model fertilizer bill to reduce permissible grades from about 100 to under 20 and set a minimum of 20 plant food units. The change aims to eliminate inert filler, lowering cost per unit of available plant food for farmers despite higher per ton prices. D. S. Coltrane notes current 3-8-5 products contain costly filler and advocates reform to save freight and handling costs per ton.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Tar Heel
National Commission of Agronomists
State Farm Bureau
General Assembly
D. S. Coltrane
Commissioner of Agriculture
Coltrane
Explosion in Haifa Port Area Sparks Evacuations
In Haifa port area an explosion prompted evacuation of residents and workers after warnings of placed bombs. Military and government sources offered conflicting details about the blast and possible troop involvement, while Jerusalem cited no verified information. tensions rose as British authorities prepared for anticipated reprisals and Palestine Jewry rejected a British request amid ongoing detentions and refugee movements.
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Jerusalem
Hiafat
Haifa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Michael Fell
E. W. Stubbs
T Cutor
Irgun
Dov Bela Gruner
Gruner
Elieser Zionanes
Dov Ben
Cyprus
Holy Land
Official
Palestine Jewry
Publisher Rates Guild Cancerous Growth Threatens Press
J David Stern said he sold his three newspapers at heavy personal loss to warn the nation about the American Newspaper Guild, calling it a cancerous growth that jeopardizes a free press. He suspended the Philadelphia Record and Camden Courier and Post after a three month guild strike and accused the guild of deliberately striking to destroy his papers.
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Washington
J. David Stern
American Newspaper Guild
Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden
N. J
Bullentin Courier and Post
House Labor Committee
Sam B. Eubanks
CIO Union
Stern Oer
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Weathreau
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Narlotte
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Denver
Galveston
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Albeville
Avante
Agusta
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Frank T. Ward, Jr
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Harold S. Miller
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Health Plan
Dixie
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