Re-election Bid From Oldest Member Doughton
Representative Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina announces his bid for re election as the oldest member of Congress. After 38 years of service he says he will shift to private life on his North Carolina farm but agrees to run again at the urging of constituents and party colleagues. He has chaired and serves on the Ways and Means Committee and has never lost an election.
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House
Ways and Means
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Ninth Congressional District
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Robert L. Doughton
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Klan Parade Put Off By Weather In Anderson
Foggy weather and not city council opposition led to postponement of a Ku Klux Klan parade in Anderson South Carolina last night the Cyclops of the Anderson Klavern told the Anderson Independent. He claimed 501 members with 400 more seeking membership amid conflicting statements from Grand Dragon Nathaniel Greene of Atlanta.
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Anderson
S. C
Cyclops
Anderson Klavern
Anderson Independent
Klavern
Nathaniel Greene
Atlanta
Grand Dragon
Georgia
Weather report for North Carolina February 14 1948
Cloudy with showers along the coast and central regions and light snow in the mountains before clearing this afternoon. Colder day with lows 25 to 30 in the west and 30 to 35 in the east. Sunday remains fair and cold. Official 24 hour weather readings show a high near 71 and a low around 8.
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North Carolina
Bight
Food price drops ripple through markets across cities
New York on Friday saw commodity markets wobble as grains and cotton slid while stocks rose in New York London Singapore and Tokyo. Butter declined up to 12 cents a pound wholesale, with chains charging 85 to 87 cents daily. Meat prices also eased with broilers hogs and sirloin steak down a few cents per pound.
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New York
London
Singapore
Tokyo
Chicago
Eugene Schultz
Third Avenue
Germans to press for more say in occupied zones
In Frankfurt today United States General Lucius D. Clay and British Lieutenant General Sir Brian Robertson meet with German leaders to discuss a note demanding greater German economic control. The new two zone administration includes a prime minister style chairman, a two house legislature, and a high court. Marshal Sokolovsky orders an economic commission for the eastern zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Erich Koehler
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Gov Cherry Denies Plan to Crack Down on Supporters
Raleigh Feb 14 Governor Cherry flatly denied reports he would crack down on appointive state officials who back former Governor Broughton in the U S Senate race. He said he backs Senator Umstead in the Democratic primary and called the rumors pure fiction with no foundation in fact. Umstead had managed Cherry's gubernatorial campaign and was appointed to the Senate after Bailey's death.
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Cherry
Broughton
U. S. Senate
W. B. Umstead
Umstead
Senate
Josiah W. Bailey
Truman Signs Vets Benefit Legislation
President Truman signed legislation increasing GI Bill benefits for about 2 million veterans in school. Monthly subsistence rises from 65 to 75 dollars for those without dependents, from 90 to 105 with one dependent, and from 90 to 120 with two or more dependents, effective April 1, at an annual government cost around 217 million dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans Administration
Senate panel inched toward Marshall Plan start
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposed a $5.3 billion Marshall plan for European recovery in the first year, less than Truman's $6.8 billion request for 15 months. Critics, led by Senator Wherry, say the cut delays big aid and masks the total cost, while Chairman Vandenberg calls it a real improvement and an earlier chance for a realistic review.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Bult Vandenberg
State Department
Enterprise Man Leader Of Meeting
Advertising executives from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee meet in Anderson with Chamber of Commerce leader Z. W. Meeks hosting. Roy Phillips reviews association activities. Elwood Horne discusses postponing retail advertising. James R. Young to speak. banquet and new officers to be elected.
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Anderson
S. C
Carolinas
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
Z. W. Meeks
Carolinas Advertising Executives Association
Roy Phillips
Asheville
N. C
Citizen-Times
Elwood Horne
Durham
Herald-Sun
James R. Young
C. W. Patterson, Jr
High Point
N.C
Enterprise
Highway Crash Claims Second Victim In Wake Forest
Milton G. Journigan aged 23 died in a Raleigh hospital raising the death toll to two from a auto truck collision in Wake Forest yesterday. Genie M. Journigan 38 Milton's uncle was killed instantly. two brothers were hurt including Horace Journigan 20 with a broken leg and pelvis injury and Clyde L. Journigan 18 with minor injuries.
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Milton G. Journigan
Raleigh
Genie M. Journigan
Milton
Horace Journigan
Clyde L. Journigan
GOP Leaders Warn Rent Controls May Endanger Homes
Senate Republicans forewarn rents could double if housing controls end, urge extension in the public interest. Morse cites a closed session forecast and a telegram from James Rodman of Eugene urging keeping homes under control to avoid discouraging rental construction. Keenan arrives in San Francisco from Tokyo for wartime crimes trial coverage.
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Senate Gop
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committees
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Group
James A. Rodman
Eugene
Ore
Rodman
Oregon State Republican Committee
Fire Extinguisher Demonstration Extinguishes Station Blaze
John Mackey a St Louis fire extinguisher salesman gave a demonstration at a filling station south of Pana when a car driven by Charles Schmitz skidded on ice and struck a gas pump. The pump overturned burst into flames Mackey used a sample extinguisher to put out the fire before the Pana fire department arrived. Reiss the station operator declined to buy an extinguisher saying the fire is out.
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Pana
John Mackey
St. Louis
Mackey
Tony Reiss
Charles Schmitz
Oconee
Reiss
Amazon Mill Loses In Court Battle
GREENSBORO Feb 14 A U S District Court judge refused to stay an order requiring Amazon Cotton Mill Co Thomasville to recognize the Textile Workers Union of America as bargaining agent for mill employees Company attorneys said they would appeal the denial before the Fourth U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Charlotte Amazon workers have been on strike since March 3 1947 after failing to reach a contract agreement with the company Last Feb 5 Judge Johnson J Hayes ordered the company to negotiate with the union.
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U. S. District Court
Amazon Cotton Mill Co
Thomasville
Textile Workers Union of America
Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
Amazon
Johnson J. Hayes
Rockefeller Heir wed Barbara Sears in Palm Beach
Pi Winthrop Rockefeller, 35, married Barbara Sears, 31, daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, in the first minutes of St. Valentine’s Day at 12 14 EST. The ceremony joined a Rockefeller heir to a vast fortune and his bride while honeymooning in Palm Beach Florida.
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Pi Winthrop
Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
John D. Rockefeller
Rising Rivers Worry Eastern North Carolina Residents
Eastern North Carolinians monitor rising rivers amid rain forecasts that could lift levels further in the coming days. The Neuse river is forecast to reach 19 feet at Kinston with a 20 foot crest at Goldsboro, prompting relocation plans for residents in Hoppersville. The Cape Fear also rises as damaging floods loom if heavy rains continue.
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Raleigh Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Neuse
North Carolina
Kinston
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Hoppersville
Goldsboro
Cape Fear
Valentine roses spark romance in Wilbur Peeble breakfast
Wilbur Peeble finds a dozen red roses and a Valentine card at breakfast from his wife Trellis Mae, rekindling a spark after ten years of marriage. She plans theater tickets, a night out, and dancing, while friends joke about the upcoming flower bill and his restrained reaction.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Wilbur Peeble
Trellis Mae
Wilbur
Valentine
Peoria
Old Bear
Fred
Hortense
Rainbow Parlor Club
Twisters Strike Mississippi Towns in Dixie Storm
Five people died and 23 were injured as tornadoes swept Newton and near Monticello Mississippi. Homes and an airport hangar were destroyed, while rivers flooded toward the sea. A cold front tempered the danger in the aftermath.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Newton
Miss
Monticello
Mississippi Tornadoes Kill Ten In Seven States
Two Mississippi tornadoes plus floods in seven states killed ten people and left 42 hospitalized as frigid weather persisted. In Mississippi Newton and Monticello sustained heavy damage with 52 homes flattened and 95 buildings damaged. An 11 year old boy drowned in Indiana flood waters.
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Newton
Monticello
Miss
Indiana
Floods Crest Across Tennessee Region Strain Cities
The floodwaters rose across Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi and West Virginia as rivers crest and snowmelt fed rising floods. Shelbyville and Columbia endured major hits with hundreds evacuated and towns split by high water. Trains were delayed by flood waters and residents in Murfreesboro Fayetteville Lancaster Carthage and Lebanon fled rising waters.
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Tennessee River
Gag Charge Draws Fire From Three Senators
Three senators accused Secretary Forrestal of trying to gag the armed forces. He ordered all service members to give his office a first look at future statements on controversial topics, including testimony to Congress. Senator Johnson criticized an iron curtain while Senator Gurney urged committee discussion and defended public access to informed military voices. Senator Morse backed the call for information without censorship or fear.
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Secretary of Defense
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Air Force
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D-Cole
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Morse
R-Ore
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