Secretary Marshall Sees World Remaining At Peace
AP analyst notes optimistic views on global peace from Secretary of State Marshall and UN leader Trygve Lie. Both caution against complacency as they discuss lingering dangers, notably military sentiment in Europe, and the need to curb militarism to sustain peace.
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Secretary Marshall
DE Witt MacKenzie
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Trygve Lie
United Nations
General Marshall
Lie
Minneapolis
Round Table
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Weather Outlook for Carolina on February 20, 1947
Increasing cloudiness and colder conditions expected today in the Carolina region. Outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies and continued cold on Thursday with some light rain or snow in western portions. Sun calendar notes sunrise and sunset times for February 20, 1947.
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Oath Carolina
New Orleans Marks Ash Wednesday After Mardi Gras
New Orleans ends Carnival season and returns to work as Ash Wednesday begins Lent. Priests apply ashes on foreheads with the reminder man thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return. Churches observe Lent with services while workers remove parade decorations and start clearing the floats for next year.
Byrnes Honored In Ceremony In South Carolina
U S District Judge C C Wyche praised James Francis Byrnes as a great American and one of South Carolina’s finest statesmen during ceremonies in Columbia marking the unveiling of Byrnes portrait in the state senate chamber. State Senator Edgar A Brown presented the gift on behalf of the people.
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Columbia
James Francis Byrnes
U. S
C. C. Wyche
Spartanburg
John Rutledge
John C. Calhoun
Benjamin R. Billman
South Carolina
Wyche
Byrnes
Senate
Edgar A. Brown
Barnwell
Helicopter Shipped To Wreck Scene In Labrador Rescue
In Elizabeth City on February 18, nine North Carolina Coast Guard pilots and technicians boarded a C-54 at 7 28 AM to fly a dismantled Bikorski helicopter to Goose Bay Labrador for a duplicate rescue mission following a Royal Air Force transport crash. The C 54 departed Westover Field Massachusetts en route here after midnight to load the craft and crew. The helicopter had been dismantled and prepared for loading when the transport arrived at 4 40 AM.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
New Foundland
Republicans Agree Upon Budget Cut
Senate Republicans endorsed a reduced four and a half billion dollar cut to President Truman's budget, abandoning the six billion proposal. The vote 22 to 19 was at a closed conference, with likely party backing and a House vote expected to support the larger cut.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
GOP
Senate-House
House
No Requested Extension for Draft Law Moves Ahead
Members of the House Armed Services Committee indicated no request to extend the draft beyond March 31. They expect an all out drive on universal military training and say Truman may keep selective service machinery ready, with no inductions since last October.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Capitol Hill
Truman
Uest
Congress
Vote 35 To 9 For Division Of Authority In North Carolina
Raleigh Feb 19 The house committee on conservation and development voted 35 to 9 to separate the division of game and inland fisheries from the department. The bill would create a nine member wildlife resources commission with a director and district representation while leaving salaries to the governor and council of state. Several members favored Findlay remaining in some capacity and urged careful votes on the proposal. The senate committee met but did not schedule an immediate vote.
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Raleigh
House Committee On Conservation and Development
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department of Conservation and Development
Council of State
Wildlife Resources Commission
Eee
John Dindlay
Game and Inland Fisheries
Findlay
R. Bruce Etheridge
Umstead
Orange
Rvalace
Lenoir
Uzzelloin
Stoney
Burke
Senate Conservation and Development Committee
House
House Atcion
R. M. Kerman
New Hanover
Edwards
Greene
Vehicles Set State Record
North Carolina saw an all time high in motor vehicle registrations and title applications according to motor vehicles commissioner T Boddie Ward. Through February 15 registrations reached 694643 versus 582674 a year earlier and January title applications totaled 56233 up from 36016 in 1946.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
T. Boddie Ward
Barber Board Head Accused in $500 Payoff Charge
Raleigh report details Charlotte barber board head J. M. Cheek accused by Woods Morgan Sr of accepting 500 in an alleged favors payoff to keep his barber shop license. Morgan says he paid half of a 1,000 pledge but did not finish. Cheek denies the charge amid claims of forged certificates.
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Raleigh
Woods Morgan
Charlotte
House Judiciary Committee
J. M. Cheek
Barber Examiners Board
Morgan
Cheek
Rane
State Bureau of Investigation
Truman Pleads End to Wartime Emergency Powers
President Truman asked Congress to end wartime state of emergency, repeal 24 laws, let 36 more lapse after the emergency ends, and wind down many defense appropriations. He urged permanent extension for 12 of 100 plus emergency acts, with 10 others to stay in force six months after termination. Advisors say termination could come by July.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
White House
States Weed Pays Off In 1946 Tobacco Taxes
Internal Revenue records show tobacco taxes reached a record high in 1946 with total receipts of 1 217 812 000 from tobacco products. Cigarette taxes supplied over 1 125 182 000, while cigars added 47 488 000 and chewing and smoking tobacco plus snuff fell by more than 11 000 000. Top state totals include North Carolina and Virginia for cigarettes, Pennsylvania and New Jersey for cigars, and North Carolina for chewing and smoking tobacco.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Toacco
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
New Jersey
California
Pennsylvania
Florida
New York
Ohio
Indiana
South Carolina
Missouri
Con
Tinea
Reds Out To Kill American Plan
Soviet proposals before the UN Security Council threaten to remove the core of the American plan for international control of atomic energy. Andrei Gromyko submitted 13 measures aimed at establishing a separate world convention to ban atomic weapons and permit veto punishment of violators. The debate followed British charges over the Corfu Channel incident and the loss of British sailors.
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Lake Successs
N. Y
Russia
UN Security Council
Albania
Corfu
Atomic Energy Commission
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Economic Life Voted Part Of Church
About 350 Protestant church members at the national conference on the church and economic life debated profits monopolies and the closed shop. Leaders aimed to boil down discussions into a practical program acceptable to a majority by final sessions.
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Pittsburgh
Corgee
America
Attlee Seeks Midlands Restart Amid Fuel Shortage
Prime Minister Attlee said factory production in the Midlands likely could resume Monday after a two week coal shortage shutdown. He noted island wide electricity restrictions for domestic use would continue for an undetermined period with five hour daily power cuts under wartime rules.
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London
Attlee
Midlands
England
Uranium Mining Hurt as Lilienthal Nomination Stalls Senate
Western mine owners say the Lilienthal nomination to head the atomic energy commission delays uranium output, the prime source of all man made nuclear energy. Colorado and Utah producers report 300 mines affected as hearings continue.
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Washington
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Colorado
Utah
Oil Workers Strike Off After Short Postponement
A U S conciliation service commissioner announced a strike of about 20 000 CIO oil workers across five western states, postponed 24 hours after a telephonic conference with CIO Oil Workers International Union president A Knight. The wage dispute, seeking 25 cents more per hour over a base 1 40, prompted the walkout.
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San Francisco
U.S
Calif Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
CIO Leader Warns Punitive Laws Spur Low Mood in Nation
CIO President Philip Murray told the Senate labor committee that punitive anti union laws will fuel business mone lies and raise fears among Americans. He urged cooperation and warned Congress not to hinder efforts to reach peace time economic stability through existing wartime machinery. He cited the war mobilization board and urged using it to avert postwar industrial strife.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Stafa
Era Labor
A and
Eee
Senate Committee
Murray
White House
Leben
Office of War Mobilization
Labor
Sienna Afl
William Connan
T. C. Cashen
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Maven
Ay Og Murray
Indica
British Plan Announcement on India Elevates Independence Talk
London reports say Lord Wavell to return as Viceroy of India and Prime Minister Attlee will address the Commons with a plan for Indian freedom. Speculation grows Britain may withdraw and grant complete independence within a year amid constitutional crisis.
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London
Lord Wavell
India
Atlee
House of Commons
Wavel
Wam
Renee Es Pama
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Wreck Scene
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Superintendent of Weights and Measures
Barber Board
Charlotte Man
Alice Faye Glenn
Detroit
John M. Glenn
Franklin, Tenn
Joseph Cattaneo
Cattaneos
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