AFL Chief Opposes Labor Bills As Causes Industrial Confusion
AFL President William Green told Senate labor committee that current restrictive labor bills would create great industrial confusion that could undermine the United States. He urged study of basic forces shaping labor relations and cooperated with lawmakers on a needed examination.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Congress
United States
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Com
Truman
Green
Organized Labor
Senate
House Labor
Ball-Smith- Taft
Federal Mediation Board
Senator Ball
Rminn
Elizabeth City Fire Destroys Willis Wright Garage
A major blaze gutted the Willis Wright Motor Company garage in Elizabeth City, destroying three cars, seven trucks, and four new motor scooters. The fire, seen at 4 45 a m, caused about 100000 in damage and drew help from coast guard Weeksville naval air facility and South Mills fire departments.
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Elizabeth City
Willis Wright Motor Company
Coast Guard
Weeksville Naval Air Facility
South Mills
North Carolina Weather Forecast Overview
Partly cloudy conditions with mild highs, cooler nights, and a warmer trend by midweek. Light possible precipitation late Wednesday into early Thursday. Temperatures trend below normal midweek, then rise approaching normal by Friday. Observations reference February 19, 1947 and sunrise data.
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North Carolina
Temperature Rainfall Est February 18
Official weather bureau records show temperatures and rainfall for 34 hours ending Feb 18. Readings include Charleston 58, Charlotte 62, Denver 35, Detroit 83, Galveston 66, Green Bay 58, Memphis 4, Meridian 37, Mobile 45, New York 87 with trace to 0.08 inches in various locations.
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Weath Bureau
Charleston
Charlotte
Denver
Detroit
Bramsville
Galveston
H.P
Memphis
New York
Foreigners May Work In Mines In Britain
Prime Minister Attlee announced that displaced persons in Germany and Austria will be classified for possible employment in Britain's coal mines and other industries. The plan aims to ease manpower shortages as coal rations threaten households and a new coal cabinet prepares to meet.
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London
Attlee
Germany
Austria
Britain
House of Commons
UNRRA
Duchy of Lancaster
Lobby Put On By Orchestra
Raleigh reports Twent yfive musicians lobbied with music for greater appropriations to the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. An informal concert for the governor and legislature followed in the house. Conductor Benjamin Swalin praised state support and noted the orchestra gave 50 free concerts for students last year with more planned.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Berning Mead
Benjamin Swalin
Replacement Ruling By Board Spurs Labor Debate
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that workers who strike over wages or conditions can be replaced under the Wagner Act, a decision affecting two St. Petersburg newspapers and the AFL Typographical Union. The board overturned a trial examiner and warned unions not to bargain in bad faith.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
St. Petersburg
Fla
Nlrb Oc
NLRB
Thomas S. Wilson
UMW
John L. Lewis
Times Publishing Company
Evening Independent, Inc
News Printing, Inc
AFL International Typographical Union
Nelson Pynter
St. Petersburg Times
Virginia Enforces Gallon Law Against Interstate Liquor
Richmond Virginia enforcement chief Clyde W Saunders said southern state liquor patrols are alerted against North Carolinians crossing the line with illegal liquor quantities after rationing ended. He stressed there is no special drive but patrols remain active to curb one gallon transport limits. Danville and nearby towns report cross border purchases from Virginia ABC stores.
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Richmond
Clyde W. Saunders
State Liquor Control Board
Virginia
North Carolina
Tarheelia
Saunders
Danville
ABC
Hart Denies Writing Letter On TVA Communist Activity
Henry C. Hart Jr., former TVA employee, testifies before the Senate atomic energy committee that he did not write or know about a letter alleging communist activity in TVA. He disclosed joining the Communist Party 1937 18 months, but says he followed only some party views and was not an atheist. The inquiry focuses on Lilienthal nominees and related claims, with Senator Pepper arguing the political confrontation continues.
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Washington
Henry C. Hart, Jr
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hart
Communist Party
TVA
Knoxville, Tenn
University of Wisconsin
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Ted Wellman
Chatta‘nooga
Tennessee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Pepper
D-Fla
Blaze Destroys Stretman Novelty Furniture Plant in Lexington
A February 18 fire gutted the frame building of the Stretman Novelty furniture company in Lexington. Machinery and stock used for making novelty tables were destroyed, but office records were saved. Fire Chief T Norman Owen assessed the damage.
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Lexington
Stretman Novelty Furniture Company
T. Norman Owen
Fireworks ban clears Senate action in North Carolina
The North Carolina Senate approved the Weathers bill to outlaw manufacture sale and transport of fireworks. The measure heads to the house and opponents failed to delay final action. Farmers protested a separate income and franchise tax on farm cooperatives as merchants backed the levy with telegrams and letters.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina
House
Penny
Guilford
Joint Finance Committee
Thirteen Men Die In Wreck At Andry Road Crossing
Thirteen railroad section workers were killed and 16 injured when a bus carrying them was hit by an electric train near Andry Road crossing five miles east of Michigan City Indiana. The motorman was hurt and several seriously. Five victims were Negroes living in Gary Chicago or here.
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Michigan City
Ind
Chicago
South Shore
South Bend
Andry Road
Here
Gary
Boston selects counsel for treason case
Three times Robert H. Best of Sumter South Carolina, accused of broadcasting Nazi propaganda to U S forces during the war, is represented by attorney Robert W. Meserve of Boston after Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford ordered Meserve to defend him. Best is jailed in Cambridge with co defendant Douglas Chandler awaiting trial date. court may allow trial without counsel if Best refuses representation.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Sumter
8. C
Robert W. Meserve
Francis J. W. Ford
Berlin
Meserve
U.S
Ford
Best
East Cambridge
Douglas Chandler
Yank Vessel Loads Despite Dutch Edict
The U S liberty ship S S Martin Behrman loaded a multi million dollar cargo off Cheribon Java as a Dutch destroyer blocked its path and three armed sailors patrolled the deck. Dutch warnings threaten seizure if the vessel leaves territorial waters, while SE Asia shipping circles watch the test case on direct trade with the unrecognized Indonesian republic amid a Dutch blockade of Java.
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Java
Netherlands
1947 Seen as pivotal year for world affairs
Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues 1947 will decide mankind's fortunes and urges America to chart its course with awareness of foreign crises. He cites atomic energy talks, Britain's economic strain, India's emancipation, China's civil strife, and U.S.-Soviet tensions as interconnected dangers demanding study and understanding.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Uncle Sam
India
Ee Burma
Britain
China
Japan
Senseo
Chiang Kai
Confederate is 106 Today
John Alden Howell, a Confederate captain under Gen Stonewall Jackson, celebrated his 106th birthday in Los Angeles with a small family visit. He was reportedly the last known commissioned Confederate officer alive, amid roughly 110 surviving Confederate veterans. Howell, born in Waynesville North Carolina, had been a lawyer, banker and soldier.
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Los Angeles
John Alden Howell
J. R. Johnston
Stonewall Jackson
Johnston
Richmond
A. Andleigh
N. C
Hts
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
North Carolina
Howell
Waynesville
Tax Cut Bill Not Amended As House Rules Ban Changes
Washington Feb 18 the house rules committee voted to ban amendments to a $6 billion tax cut and to a portion of President Truman's $37.5 billion budget. Republicans backed the move as Democrats cried foul, while a possible motion to send the bill back to revise figures was offered by Rep Bridges and opposed by others.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Truman
House
Rep. Cannon
Dmo
Sabath
Illinois
Cox
Georgia
Senate
Sen
Bridges
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Medical Care Program Gains Full Approval in North Carolina
The state hospital board of control approved the medical care program in full. It supports dedicating space in hospitals for mental patients and arranging to convert Camp Butner in Durham into a 100 bed psychiatric facility.
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Raleigh
State Hospital Board of Control
Medical Care Commission
University of North Carolina
Hospital Control Board
Camp Butner Durham
Red Arrow Wreck Near Altoona Kills and Injures Dozens
Coroner reports 17 bodies recovered from the Red Arrow derailment ten miles west of Altoona Pennsylvania. The Detroit to New York sleeper train jumped the track at 3:25 am EST injuring around 85 people as crews worked to pull survivors from overturned cars near Horseshoe Curve.
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Altoona
Danielle
St 20
Pennsylvania Railroad
Detroit
New York
Here
M. FE. McArdle
Scottdale
R. H. Henry
Derry
J. Meee Seema
Morgue
Selecta Hamlik
Fling
Mich
George H. Stacy
Ft. Dix
N. J
Sadie
New Castle
Del
John Drumm
Dubois
Pennsylvania
Pitals
Mercy
Red Arrow
Tom Lynam
Tactics Used By Film Folks Are Scored
Los Angeles case over actress Laraine Day divorce presided by Judge George A. Dock, with Judge Edward T. Bishop to rule on possible prejudice. Lawyers argued lengthy about Hollywood and Day’s studio amid delay tactics and reactions from local legal figures.
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Los Angeles
Laraine Day
Hollywood
George A. Dockweer
Miss Day
J. Ray Hendricks
Texas
Leo
Lippy) Durocher
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Mexico
Edward T. Bishop
Ond
Isaac Pacht
Joseph Scott
Court
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