Winter storm sweeps the Midwest and Northeast
A major winter storm disrupts power and telephone service in hundreds of Midwest communities. Ice and snow cause travel hazards, with sub zero readings in North Dakota and Minnesota. At least 47 people died across four states as tornado-like weather damaged towns from Texas to Tennessee. Northeastern Indiana and Chicago report heavy ice damage and wide power outages while snow blankets Iowa Wisconsin Michigan and New York.
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Midwest
New Rk
Pennsylvania
Rts
North Dakota
Exas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Indiana
Wabash
Peru
Chicago
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
New England
Weather bureau issues small craft warnings offshore
The Weather Bureau ordered small craft warnings at 9 a.m. today from south of Hatteras to Jacksonville for 25 to 35 mph southerly winds. A cold front approaching from the west was expected to shift winds to westerly tonight.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Hatteras, N. C
Jacksonville
Beltsville Beauty Phiox Garden Perennial Released
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the release of Beltsville Beauty phiox, a hardy garden perennial that can be grown from seed.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Railroad Engineer And Mongrel Dog Save Boy's Life
In Willimantic Connecticut a two year old boy wandered onto railroad tracks as a dog pulled at his clothing to shield him. Conductor S A Whyenott stopped the Boston Hartford passenger train within 25 feet. Whyenott then carried the boy and the dog to Willimantic station for delivery to his mother Mrs Marshall Green. The boy enjoyed the ride despite the danger and was returned home safe.
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Willimantic
Con
Jackie Green
S. A. Whyenott
Whyenott
Jackie
Willimantic Station
Marshall Green
Legal liquor sales in state drop record 14.1 percent
North Carolina 1949 ABC board reports January liquor sales fell 14.1 percent to 3.44 million dollars, the largest drop on record. The decline excludes Rowan and Catawba counties where legal sales were not in effect a year earlier.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
ABC Board
ABC
Robert Winston
Rowan
Catawba
Woman Killed Walking On Highway 158 In Currituck County
Raleigh dispatch reports Mertyce Browning Rosson aged 68 of Lovington Virginia died after being struck on US 158 in Currituck County while walking along the road. The highway patrol identified the victim.
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Raleigh
N. C
Highway Patrol
Mertyce Browning Rosson
Lovington
Currituck County
Coal strike talks resume as Lewis seeks new wage terms
Federal officials wait as court ordered talks restart in Washington with Lewis signaling possible new wage and royalty demands. About 40,000 UMW miners under contract with a subset of producers await negotiations at the Statler Hotel with operators ready to meet to resolve disputes.
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Fnion
National Labor Relations Board
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Southern Coal Producers Association
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Southern
George H. Love
National
Statler
Washington, D. C
GI Training Overhaul Faces House Action
The Taft bill would bar VA from denying study at approved institutions and has clearance for House consideration after tweaks by the veterans committee. President Truman released a budget director and VA chief report detailing GI bill abuses by trade schools, noting costs rose from 1.993 to 2.754 billion dollars and that most private schools were established after GI approval. The National Federation of Private School Associations urges a full congressional probe, accusing VA of financial strangulation and nerve warfare against private schools.
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House Veterans Committee
Rules Committee
House
Truman
Congress
Frank Pace
Carl Gray
National Federation of Private School Associations
Man Gets Money For Suit Sold By Government
Reading England reports the British treasury refunded £13 15s to G Talfourd Cook secretary of the Reading Chamber of Commerce after a lien on his suit over unpaid income tax. The government apologized but said it bore no legal liability.
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England
British Treasury
G. Talfourd Cook
Cook
Reading Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Treasury
Plan Seeks Fair Return for Farmers Across Parity
Brannan argued for a 75 percent parity support, recalling 1930s prices at 69 percent of parity and mass land loss. He warned farm families formed about one fifth of the population yet received only about seven to ten percent of national income in recent years, with farm income dipping toward 7 percent in 1949.
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Brannan
Gambill Trial Date Set for February 27 in Surry
John Worth Gambill an 18 year old former soldier from Winston-Salem faces murder charges for the December 9 1949 slaying of bakery clerk Claire L Brown near Elkin. A special 10 member Surry county venue has been drawn for the trial focusing on the defense possibly hinging on insanity.
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Dobson
John Worth Gambill
Surry Superior Court
Gambill
Winston-Salem
Claire L. Brown
Elkin
Surry County
CIO Proposes Tax Share Aims and Repeal of 1948 Provision
The CIO argues a tax share should not cut net revenue and must balance the budget without harming welfare programs. It also calls repeal of the 1948 separate filing provision for married couples and urges lighter excise taxes favoring the “little man” such as eliminating the 40 cent movie tax before nightclub taxes and reducing a $5 handbag tax before a $100 luxury suitcase tax.
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CIO
The
CID
Conservation Board to Meet on Shrimp Rules in Wilmington
The State Board of Conservation and Development will convene in Wilmington on Friday to draft shrimping regulations and consider hiring a publicity man for the department. A committee hearing on shrimp rules was held in Morehead City last Friday.
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Raleigh
State Board of Conservation and Development
Wilmington
C&d Department
Morehead City
Atomic control urged in British election campaign
In Britain the Labour and Conservative camps urge new efforts at international control of atomic weapons. Anthony Eden warns against a weapons race and calls for a global agreement, while Sir Hartley Shawcross emphasizes seeking Russia agreement amid Bevin’s illness. In Bonn, authorities say a plot to murder President Theodor Heuss was foiled. one man arrested, no political motive found.
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Labor
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Britain
Hartley Shawcross
Russia
Shawcross
Ernest Bevin
Bonn
Theodor Heuss
Hannover
Interior Ministry
Bond Election in Union County Sets Hospital and High School Plan
A $1.8 million bond election was held in Union County to consolidate high schools and construct a new 100 bed hospital. Voters approved the measure, enabling the consolidation and hospital project.
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Monroe
Union County
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