Pepper Says Southern Loyalty To Truman Likely Remains
Senator Pepper argues the solid south may be fragmenting but doubts any GOP aid will arrive in 1948. He predicts Truman carries every southern state again, while protests over civil rights could erode future southern support. Mississippi Governor Wright vows to keep protests alive and punish anti southern backers.
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Truman
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Lincoln
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Corn Belt
Bloomington
Republican Congress
Johnson City
Tenn
Carroll Reece
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Weather update from North Carolina forecasts sleet and rain mix
The bulletin notes cloudy skies with warmer temperatures across North Carolina today tonight and Thursday. Light sleet or snow is expected Thursday then changing to rain or sleet in the afternoon with wintry mix continuing tonight. Sunrise 7 21 sunset 5 58. Observation includes statewide temperature and rainfall readings with multiple city figures.
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Tenants Who Signed Leases Hear Encouraging News
Senator McCarthy says federal rent controls likely to be extended. About 1.6 million tenants who signed 15 percent rent boosts last year could receive continued protections. The Senate banking committee will meet next Monday to draft a bill before month end expiration.
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Washington
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate Banking Committee
European City To Be Site Of UN Gathering
The United Nations plans to choose a European city for the 1948 general assembly, with Paris Brussels Geneva or The Hague as likely sites. A nine nation committee will meet to decide where the assembly will be held, amid debate on cost and facilities. Also under discussion is India's request to withdraw temporarily from Kashmir talks as New Delhi consults its delegation.
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Hague
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Lie
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Kashmir
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N. Gopalaswami Ayyanger
New Delhi
Philadelphia Transit Workers Postpone Strike For Five Days
Philadelphia 11,000 transit workers delay their planned strike for five days. Union leaders say the company is moving toward meeting demands and warn they will quit at midnight if terms are not met, risking a major disruption to subway, trolley, bus and elevated service.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Quaker City
Transport Workers
Presbyterians Establish 180 New Churches
At the Southern Presbyterian assembly in Atlanta Rev. G. A. Nickles reports 180 new churches built in five years across 16 southern states. Charter membership is 8,565 with total 14,783 by Jan 1. The commission also notes 385 Sunday schools formed and 565 new buildings needed to meet growth.
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Presbyterian Church In
United States
G. A. Nickles
Charleston
S. C
Assembly
Home Mission Council
Southern Presbyterian Church
Fuel Oil Floods Basement In West Philadelphia Building
Tenants reported fumes and firefighters found 200 gallons of hard to-get fuel oil flooding the basement. A newly installed oil tank had not yet been connected to the intake pipe, causing the spill and prompting firefighting response.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Housewife Grocery Discounts Signal Early Price Break
An Associated Press survey in 25 cities shows consumers paying less for meats flour butter and sugar a week after the first decisive price drop. Bacon flour meat butter lard and shortening are lower while analysts debate if cuts will last and retailers foresee possible further reductions.
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Associated Press
New York
American Woolen Company
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Governors Plan To Hold Session In Washington
North Carolina Governor Cherry says a committee of southern governors will meet in Washington late this month to protest President Truman's civil rights program. The group was named at Wakulla Springs Florida, with Cherry indicating he may attend and expecting to meet with Senator Howard McGrath.
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Cherry
Washington
Truman
Wakulla Springs
Fla
Howard McGrath
National Democratic Executive Committee
Throng pays Tribute To Gandhi at Delhi funeral train
A funeral train bearing Mahatma Gandhi ashes departed New Delhi for Allahabad to immerse the ashes at the confluence of the Jumna Ganges and Saraswati rivers. Prime Minister Nehru and Gandhi’s son Ramdas led mourners as bystanders pressed for a last view.
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Nehru
Devadas
Taft-Hartley Law Driving Reds Out
Senator Taft in Gary declares the Taft Hartley act is driving communists from U S unions into Canadian ones. He warns national unions may face millions in penalties and calls for repeal while testing Indiana sentiment and planning further stops.
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Ind
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Ohio
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Illinois
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Washington
United States
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Hammond
Chicago
ITU Lawyers Win Temporary Hold on Taft Hartley Injunction
In Indianapolis on February 11 lawyers for the International Typographical Union blocked a Taft Hartley injunction sought against the union and its officers. Judge Luther M Swygert will rule after considering arguments that the NLRB violated Taft Hartley and the act itself.
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International Typographical Union
National Labor Relations Board
U. S
Luther M. Swygert
Robert N. Denham
ITU
Denham
NLRB
State highway bids set for February 24 opening
Bids on 12 highway projects estimated at more than $2 million will be opened by the state highway commission on February 24. The plans, published yesterday, cover 65.1 miles of road in 11 counties.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Fresh Cold Wave Sweeps Across U S Plains and Rockies
A new cold wave grips central and southern plains and the Rocky mountain region with subzero readings in eastern Colorado and Kansas, snow and drifting across many areas, while warmth persists in southern Florida and western regions see rising temperatures. Weather forecasts predict continued cold and more snow in the Midwest tonight and tomorrow.
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Miami
Fla
Yuma
Ariz
European Recovery Boss Likely Defies State Dept Control
The Senate Foreign Relations committee backed a $20,000 a year independent Marshall Plan administrator who would report to a congressional watchdog panel and be advised by a private 12 member board. A roving ambassador would monitor Europe’s use of aid while disputes are settled by the president. Critics warn powers are undefined and seek centralized control under a single administrator.
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State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Congressional
Europe
Vandenberg
Wherry
Senate
House
Capitol
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
House Committee On Foreign Aid
One Veteran Out Of Every 22 Gets Check
One veteran out of every 22 has drawn his full 1040 of unemployment checks under the GI. Reporting this today, the Veterans Administration said more than 8,200,000 veterans, or about 55 percent of the World War II total, have collected at least one check. About 8 percent of these, or 876,000, have used up all they can.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Indictment charges CIO president Murray with Taft Hartley violation
A federal grand jury charged the CIO and its president Philip Murray with violating the Taft Hartley act by unauthorised political expenditures. Murray published an endorsement for a Maryland candidate in the CIO News. The case goes to U S District Judge Richmond B Keech with a hearing date to be set. Murray, a longtime labor leader, was traveling between Cleveland and Pittsburgh when reached for comment CIO officials planned no statement until contact is made.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Maryland
Congress
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Pittsburgh
Statewide road conditions labeled critical in freezing drizzle
A light drizzle and freezing temps left roads slick across the two states. North Carolina patrol chief H J Thatcher called conditions critical and urged minimal travel except for emergencies as forecasts predict light sleet or snow then moderate rain. Bus service recovers from severe disruption as ice-coated surfaces persist.
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H. J. Thatcher
Virginia
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