Storm Troop Officers Are Captured
Berlin reports indicate American and British forces arrested hundreds of Germans in raids across occupation zones to crush a Nazi plot to restore German armed strength. Captives included SS and SA leaders with alleged secret weapons. investigations target undisclosed plots and biographical links between zones.
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Berlin
Europe
Russia
Germany
U. S
United States
Hitler Youth
Herford
Colans Einsmann
Bacteriological Warfare Division
Lucius D. Clay
Piet. A von
Hitlerian SS
Fuehrer
Senate committee approves portal pay claims ban 9 to 3 vote
Senate judiciary committee approves a bill to bar most portal paying claims with a two year statute of limitations. The measure allows suits by individuals or groups of former employees but not by unions. Passed 9 to 3 with Republicans Wiley Sonni Revercomb Donnell Cooper McCarran Kal Fulbright and McGrath voting yes and Langer voting no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Wiley, F .Son
Mich
Revercomb
W.va
Oo Donnell
Seator McCarran
Nev
Kal
Miss
Fulbright
Ark
D-W
Senator Ferguson Pushes Government Cuts in Budget Debate
Washington February 24 Senator Ferguson Michigan declared that unless Congress acts to curb duplication and waste the nation will be taxed more to govern. He backs the House promised economy while opposing a Milk plan. Senate schedule may delay final vote until Wednesday with Barkley Hatch and Langer among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress
Senate
Truman
Michigan
Milkin
Barkley
Kentucky
Hatch
North Carolina Weather Report February 25 1947
Fair today and tonight with colder air moving in along the coast. Tonight's low expected at 12 to 18 degrees. Sunrise at 6 56 and sunset at 6 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Hodge Signals Possible Russian Training of Korean Forces
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge disclosed after a White House meeting with President Truman that there are indications Russians may be organizing and training Korean troops. He stated efforts to lift the Russian iron curtain in Korea have failed and that no favorable change has occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Hodge
Korea
White House
Truman
Robert P. Patterson
Hodge
War and
State Department
Gye
Luciano to be Returned to Italy
Havana report that Alfredo Pequeno said Charles Luciano would be sent back to Italy after detention at Tiscornia immigration station since arrest Saturday. Luciano, once a New Yorker involved in race track operations, is held incommunicado ahead of a possible departure or extended detention until April 29.
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RNED
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
New York
Havana
Italy
Benito Herrera
Secret Police
Luciano
Naples
United States
Cuba
Intereit
Alfredo Equeno
Tiscornia
Tiscornia Station
Ellis Island
Havana Bay
Pequeno
Mill Workers Back On Job After Union Vote Effort
In Rockingham on February 24 workers returned to the Safie Cotton Mill as negotiations continue between management and the Textile Workers Union of America CIO for an NLRB certification. CIO director William Smith of Charlotte reported 837 of 1,050 employees signed with the union. Fred Beck, NLRB conciliator, will meet with both sides. workers had left their machines last Wednesday.
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Rockingham
Safie
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
NLRB
William Smith
Charlotte
North Carolina
Fred Beck
Smith
Education In Need Of More Resources
A group of 10 educators assigned by the American Association of School Administrators urged doubling teachers and tripling funding to prepare public schools for the atomic age. They call for revamping school activities to produce citizens who view atomic power as a boon. If adopted, NEA estimates 1.7 to 1.8 million teachers and about $8 billion in funds would be needed, up from 860,000 teachers and roughly $2.5 billion spent in 1944.
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Washington
American Association of School Administrators
Association
Atlantic City
N. J
National Education Association
NEA
Red Party Leader Faces Un American Activities Probe
Winston Salem February reports that Sam Hall chairman of the Carolina district of the Communist Party may be subpoenaed by NC Representative Monroe Redden. Redden seeks action after an advertisement Hall signed urging fight against anti labor bills. Hall urged Redden to oppose anti labor witch hunts.
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Winston-Salem
Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Sam Hall
Carolina
Communist Party
Monroe Redden
North Carolina
Raleigh
Hall
Redden
Committee On UN- American Activities
Herbert C. Bonner
Congressional
House
AFL
CIO
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
Elks’ Association
Polish Delegate Proposes Hague Court Referral on Albania Case
Polish delegate urged the United Nations Security Council to refer Britain’s mine laying charges against Albania to the International Court of Justice. The move, expected to be debated as the council resumes, drew contrast with Soviet and American positions while Britain signaled support for council action.
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Lake Success
N. Y
PIA
United Nations Security, Council
Great Britain
Albania
International Court of Justice
Poland
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Julius Katz-Suchy
Hague Court
United States
Australia
Grace Moore Burial Held in Tennessee
Soprano Grace Moore, praised for bringing joyous music to kings and cottages, was laid to rest in Tennessee beside her late father Col. Richard L. Moore Sr. after dying in a January plane crash in Copenhagen. Dr. John A. Huff delivered the funeral sermon at First Baptist Church.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace Moore
Tennessee
Copenhagen
Denmark
Col
Richard L. Moore
Miss Moore
Palace of Kings
John A. Huff
First Baptist Church
Woman tries parachute test in Denver flight
Lavada Ann Sneed a 42 year old war veteran and parachute specialist rode to 4000 feet before leaping from a plane and landing safely. She rented two parachutes and hired pilot Clyde Mackinder to take her up on Saturday. Sneed who aided in packing thousands of parachutes during the war said she wanted to see if they really work and she expressed delight after the jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mrea
Lavada Ann Sneed
Clyde Mackin
Mackinder
Army Fliers Are Hunted By 2 Parties
Eleven Army Air Force fliers from the Kee Bird crash huddle on the Greenland ice cap as rescue missions from two world regions converge. Air Transport Command units from Ladd Field push to Thule Greenland while New York headquarters mobilizes helicopter and dog-team options and standby ATC aircraft across Newfoundland Labrador and Greenland.
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Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Alaska
Army Air Force
Greenland Ice-Cap
Kee Bird
Arctic
Canada
Thule
Greenland
New York
William H. Turner
Atlantic
Air Transport Command
ATC
Newfoundland
Labrador
Donald A. Shaw
Germans Still Capable of War Says Postwar Column
A postwar column argues that despite physical defeat some Germans remain mentally inclined to fight. It cites Allied arrests of hundreds of plotters in the Nazi underground, notes risks of renewed militarism, and warns continued Allied military presence is essential for reform and safety.
10 Day Mediation Plan Proposed for Industrial Peace
Washington report: The committee for economic development calls for a compulsory ten day mediation period before any strike or vote. It urges a strengthened federal mediation service and secret ballot strike approval by majority union members. The group also backs jurisdictional strikes limits and equal rights for management and unions under the Wagner act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Congress
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Eric Johnston
Motion Pictures Association of America
Hoffman
CED
Johnston
New Buildings Start at North Carolina State College
Construction begins on four new classroom blocks at North Carolina State College in Raleigh. Chancellor J W Harrelson says the buildings will ease space shortages caused by a record enrollment of 4900 students and are slated for use at the start of the fall term in September.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. W. Harrelson
Harrelson
Weather Near Normal After Three Day Snow Storm
A three day snow storm moving northeast toward Maine left at least 33 deaths as it battered areas from Maryland to Maine. Road crews cleared drifts of up to 12 feet on secondary routes while LaGuardia resumed flights after 748 cancellations.
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New York
Maine
Maryla
Cockeygville
Yester
la Guardia Field
Virginia
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Three Tar Heels Die Violently in Week
AP reports three North Carolina deaths by accident and violence. James Frank Neal, 2, of Statesville, died in a Charlotte crash after his car collided with a truck. James Lindsay Smart, 20, of Crover, was electrocuted in Charlotte while working for Southern Bell. C A Vaughn, overseer at Union Mills, died from a gunshot wound after an accidental discharge at a tourist court. coroner Dr P R Terry noted witnesses.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
James Frank Neil
Statesville
Charlotte
James Lindsay Smart
Crover
Southern Bell Telephone Company
C. A. Vaughn
Union
Union Mills
Innesville
P. R. Terry
Buncome County
Vaughn
Von Papen Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
Franz von Papen, longtime ally of Hitler, was found a major offender by a German de nazification court and sentenced to eight years at hard labor. The seven man court concluded his actions aided Hitler’s rise to power.
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Los Angeles
Elmer D. Doyle
R. H. Bearen
Greenville
S. C
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Bates Aiken
Bearden
G. R. Ne
Frank Reid
Robert T. Ashmore
Dewitt MacKenzie
Reich
U. S. Au
Hitler
N. C. State
von Papen
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