China Receives U S Support Amid Manchuria Tensions
In Chungking on February 16, amid rising Manchurian turmoil, China asked for more Chinese armies in Manchuria with U S backing. Lt Gen Wedemeyer cited General Marshall's approval as Chinese troops prepare to move in. A Chinese Communist spokesman reported clashes near Yingkow as the government faced nine demands from the Manchurian guild for withdrawal of Soviet troops and other terms.
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Chungking
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Aress
Generalarshall
Manchuria
P Ring
Yingkow
Panshan
Taian
Yalta
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Holland Recovery Seen After Harsh Blow from War
DeWitt Mackenzie reports from Amsterdam that despite heavy war damage Holland is regaining footing toward recovery. Morale is high as tulip time nears and growers work hard, indicating better times ahead though food remains scarce and rationing tight. The writer notes reduced hunger but ongoing illness and death from disease. Continued on Page Eight.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Amsterdam
Holland
Jack
South Carolinian Calls for Change in Lumber Rules
Rep. Richards of South Carolina urges immediate Civilian Production Administration action to fix inequities between domestic ceiling prices and foreign export prices for lumber. He faults export title allocations by the LPA and export licenses by the State Department, warns reconversion could stall if home markets lose to abroad prices, and suggests denying export licenses or subsidizing home markets to cover the difference.
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Washington
Rep. Richards
D-Sc
South Carolinian
Civilian Production Administration
Chester Bowles
OPA
Lian Production Administration
State Department
Richards
Pauley Case May Result In Senate Battle
President Truman’s firm stand for Edwin W. Pauley as undersecretary of navy sparks a likely hard fought Senate confirmation. Democrats anticipate a protracted fight, while Truman signals confidence Pauley will be confirmed and notes Navy secretary Forrestal supported the appointment. Roosevelt term references color the backdrop of expectations.
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Pauley
Senate
Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Edwin W. Pauley
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Ees
Joseph C. Mahoney
D-Wye
Ickes
California
Navy
Forrestal
Truman Resting As Byrnes Socializes In Miami
President Truman did not appear at his office and planned a brief rest with aides tight lipped. White House staff avoided announcing plans as the steel settlement news eased tensions. Secretary of State Byrnes left for Miami for a weekend, to socialize with Winston Churchill and to pick up Bernard Baruch at Georgetown.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Byrnes
Miami
Winston Churchill
Britain
Bernard Baruch
Georgetown
S. C
Local Electrician Injured After Ladder Fall on South Hamilton
James Chambers, a Duke Power Company electrician, was injured this afternoon after a fall from a tall ladder while working on a power line on South Hamilton Street. He remained in hospital with undetermined injuries as the paper went to press.
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James Chambers
Duke Power Company Electrician
Hamilton Street
Selectees In 2 Years To Get Out This June
Wilson Feb 16 Brig Gen Kenneth C Royall told a chamber of commerce that every selectee with more than two years in the U S army will be out of uniform by June 30 The undersecretary said veterans deserve public confidence and can help build a stronger America Royall estimated 15 5 million served in all armed forces 10 6 million in the army and 7 3 million overseas with 7 5 million discharged by June 30 leaving about 500 000 still serving on V E day.
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America
Royall
Peck Of Money Used To Pay Fines In Lottery Case
Winston Salem clerks deposited about a peck of money in a Winston Salem bank to pay a $5,000 fine for a man and his wife convicted of operating a numbers racket. Deputy Clerk J M Rierson noted several piles of $20 bills and described the amount as “about a peck.”
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Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
J. M. Rierson
Poles Rated A Menace By Russia
In a UN memorandum Soviet Russia said 120,000 Polish troops under British command in Italy posed a possible threat to peace on the Yugoslav-Italian frontier. Britain and Poland disputed the troop fate while the US urged a prompt Levant settlement and troop withdrawals.
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London
Russia
United Nations
Italy
Security Council
Britain
Poland
United States
Council
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
France
Andrei Vishinsky
Trygve
Yugoslavia
Vishinsky
Ales Bebler
Yester
Mindszenty Barred From Leaving Hungary for Rome
Soviet authorities deny Cardinal-designate Josef Mindszenty, Archbishop of Strigonia and primate of Hungary, permission to depart Hungary for Rome's papal consistories. Of 32 designated cardinals, all but three have arrived in Rome. others like Saliege of Toulouse and de Jong of Utrecht miss the ceremonies due to illness. Some reports say Mindszenty signaled intent to attend despite the ban.
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London
Reuters
Vatican
Josef Mindszentry
Strigonia
Hungary
Rome
Mindszenty
Jules Saliege
Toulouse
France
Johannes de Jong
Utrecht
Netherlands
Sub Zero Cold Sweeps Eastern States
Sub zero temperatures spread across the mid Atlantic and New England with readings as low as eight below in Canton New York and Greenville Maine Burlington Vermont reported four below. Forecasters predicted a warm up Sunday as winds and lingering chill grip the region.
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Associated Press
Middle Atlantic
New England
Canton
N. Y
Greenville
Burlington
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Maine
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Davidson College Grants Spring Holiday for Students
Davidson announces spring holidays after a student body petition. Dean C. K. Brown said the break runs from March 28 to April 2, adjusting the war time schedule and shifting commencement from May 25 to May 28.
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Davidson
Davidson College
C. K. Brown
Four 1764 Tombstones Found During Hospital Site Work
Workmen digging for a hospital building addition in Charlotte unearthed four tomb stones dating to 1764. The rudely carved stones, now legible, were found about two miles from the city center, shedding light on early local burials.
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Charlotte
Army Giving Certificates To Officers
The army releases thousands of officers from active service weekly but does not issue formal discharges. Instead each receives a certificate of service, equivalent to an enlisted discharge, detailing length and place of service and honors. Officers are commissioned for the war emergency plus six months and may be recalled. War Department form 53-98 is issued at terminal leave expiration.
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Washington
Army
Army of the United
Ates
War Department
Returning Veterans Replacing Women In Jobs
North Carolina survey of 515 leading firms shows 227 139 workers with 43.5 percent women. Two months earlier 226 108 workers with 44.9 percent women. Textile and apparel firms employ 113 559 with 49 percent women. Cotton textile 67 803 workers 45 percent women. knitting mills 17 447 workers 65 percent women. rayon and silk 13 860 workers 42 percent women. apparel firms 4 675 workers 86 percent women. Tobacco firms employ 18 442 workers 45.8 percent women. Furniture and lumber plants 14 158 workers 17.5 percent women.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ernest ©. McCracken
U. S. Employment Service
Ers
McCracken
Booze Rationing Depends on Demand in North Carolina
RALEIGH February 16 The state ABC board chairman Carl Williamson said whisky rationing in North Carolina 25 wet counties will depend on public demand. He noted grain shortages may limit aged whiskies until July 1 while cheap whiskies stocks could fall short. rationing ended last December.
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Raleigh
ABC
North Carolina
Carl Williamson
ABC Board
Williamson
CIO And GM Leaders In Conference
Detroit Feb 16 Negotiations between General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers continued with no public comment after a two hour meeting led by GM President C E Wilson and UAW President R J Thomas Special mediator James F Dewey remained in Detroit planning extended sessions if needed UAW-CIO considered strike action at Bendix Aviation due to collapsed talks while Ford awaited a possible early contract signing after a recent 18 cent raise for its unioned workers
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Detroit
General Octors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
James F. Dewey
C. E. Wilson
R. J. Thomas
Dewey
U. S. Steel Corp
Star
Thomas
UAW
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Bradley Refuses Invitation To Address Legion
Gen. Omar Bradley said he rejected invitations to address the American Legion executive committee, stating he should not be put on trial by any one group. He spoke at a news conference on the VA hospital building program, described as the most gigantic in history, as the Legion prepares to meet to study calls for a congressional investigation of a “tragic breakdown” in the VA.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
American Legion
Legion Committee
Indianapolis
John Stelle
Steel wage settlement moves drive to quick end
Washington reports a CIO U S steel accord may lead to quick signings by Bethlehem and other little steel firms. Talks continue with Republic Inland and Youngstown Sheet, plus Alum. of America. Union plans a wage meeting in Pittsburgh to ratify the deals while many workers could return by mid next week.
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Washington
CIO
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Company
Little Steel
Republic, Inland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Aluminum Corporation of America
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
U. S
Truman
John W. Snyder
Phillip Murray
Michigan Man Would Recheck Testimony
Washington February 16 Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged congressional investigators to recheck Admiral Harold R Stark on whether President Roosevelt warned him the night before Pearl Harbor that Japan would strike. Cmdr Lester Schulz testified Roosevelt read freshly intercepted messages and said this means war. Hopkins was present as the intercepts were reviewed.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congressional
Harold R. Stark
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Cmdr
Lester R. Schulz
White House
Stark
Schulz
National Theater
Naval Operations
Navy Department
Hopkins
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Kerstin Wijkmark
New York
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