Two Liquor Referendums Placed Before General Assembly
Two statewide and county liquor referendum bills were introduced in Raleigh. The measure directs the governor to call an election within six months if the act passes, or defeats pass no repeal of current laws. Mecklenburg seeks a 90 day election. funds allocate library, parks, and city projects. Davidson bans liquor stores near Davidson College with wildlife commission reforms also proposed.
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Raleigh
Mecklenburg County
Senate Committee On Conservation and Development
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
State Department of Conservation
Widlife Resources Commission
Tompkins
Jackson
Mecklenburg
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Davidson
Cornelius
Huntersville
Pineville
Matthews
Charlotte
Davidson College
Wildlife Resources Commission
Bevin Outlines Four Power Pact Talks In Moscow
London February 27 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Britain United States France and the Soviet Union will discuss a four power pact in Moscow to curb Germany and re educate it toward democracy. He urged unity with the United States while noting Britain faces difficulties and warned against any wedge between London and Washington.
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London
Ernest Bevin
U. S
France
Soviet Union
Moscow
House of Commons
Bevin
Germany
Ponty
Britain
Commons
Truman
Palestine Problem Faces New British Ambassador
Washington reports that smoothing Anglo American ties over Palestine tops the agenda as Lewis W. Douglas takes the British embassy post. A White House statement rejects British claims that President Truman acted for partisan politics in urging Jewish admission to the Holy Land in October.
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Washington
Palestine
Lewis W. Douglas
Lonn
White House
Truman
Holy Land
Ceahbeed
New Deal
Bevin
Commons
Charles Ross
America
Attlee
Official Objectors Form House Committee
Washington February 27 The House creates a committee of official objectors to study private and consent calendars. Any member can block their consideration. Republicans Dollivear Smith Potts check private and Cole Kean Cunningham check consent. Democrats Deane Trimble Carroll cover both calendars.
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Washington
House
Dollivear
Smith
Wis
Potts
Weather North Carolina Fair Today and Friday Outlook
North Carolina forecast calls for fair conditions today and tonight with partly cloudy skies on Friday. Temperatures minimal changes expected.
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North Carolina
Weather Readings From Charterton to Charlotte and Gulf Region
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperature and rainfall ending 8 30 a m Charterton 48 Charlotte 44 Chicago 22 18 Columbia 22 16 Denver 9 8 Detroit Evansville 33 18 00 Galveston 4 1 Greensburg 39 Jacksonville 55 38 Little Rock
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Official
Weather Bureau
Charterton
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greens-H.p
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Proposal to Limit President To Nine Years Gets Priority
Senate Republicans push a constitutional amendment to cap presidential tenure at nine years total. The judiciary chair Wiley cites a pre Roosevelt unwritten policy as basis. The plan allows two full four year terms with partial terms limited, ratification by states, and permits current president to finish a term after finalization.
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Washington
Senate
Wiley
R-Wis
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Mittee
House
Delayed Subpoena For Marshall Raises Questions
Washington February 27 Rep Bradley halted the house merchant marine subcommittee subpoena to Secretary of State Marshall to produce records on wartime ship transfers to Russia. Undersecretary Dean Acheson promised accessibility to department cables while Marshall was away, prompting reaction from Weichel and Speaker Martin as the probe draws scrutiny.
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Washington
Rep
Bradley
Mich
Marshall
House Merchant Marine Subcommittee
Weichel
Ohio
United States
Russia
Radley
Dean Acheson
State Department
House Committee
Acheson
Green Protests Release On Labor Committee Publicity
AFL President William Green plans to protest a press handout labeled as highlights of his testimony on labor legislation. Hoffman alleges the House Labor Committee staff released it to drum up publicity. Chairman Hartley denied ownership and ordered withdrawal, inviting oath scrutiny of staff.
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Washington
Hoffman
R-Mich
House Labor Committee
AFL
William Green
Green
Hartley
House Committee
Phil Pearl
Char
Slight Decline In Living Cost Reported By Bureau
Washington reports the cost of living index fell 0.1 percent in mid January for the first time in ten months, before a spike to postwar highs from February 15. The January index remained 18.3 percent above February 1946.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Banker Dies in Charlotte at 61
Duncan Patterson Tillett, 61, president of the Union National Bank, died at his home in Charlotte today from a heart attack. A Mangum native and UNC graduate, he helped organize the Union National in 1908 and remained connected to the bank throughout his life.
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Charlotte
Duncan Patterson Tillett
Union National Bank
Tillett
Mangum
University of North Carolina
Union National
Rumors of Death Rays Shape Early D-Day Prep
Allied commanders scattered Geiger counter specialists in first waves after Col. Kennedy D. Nichols recalled briefings with Eisenhower Hawley and others. He said scientists warned the Germans might use radioactive devices, though Germany had no plutonium or full atomic program.
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Washington
High Command
Kennedy D. Nichols
Manhattan
Nichols
Normandy
Japs Blamed For Hellship In Yokohama Trial
Allied legal officers accuse eight Japanese of responsibility for hellship voyages from Manila to Japan. The Oryoku Maru, Brazil Maru and Enoura Maru carried 1619 prisoners, with over 1300 deaths. Trial set before U S Eighth Army tribunal in Yokohama on March 4.
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Tokyo
Allied
Manila
Japan
Brazil
Yokohama
Arctic Expedition Declared Very Successful by Cruzen
Rear Adm. Richard H. Cruzen reported the Mount Olympus and Burton Island completed the fourth American Antarctic expedition with valuable discoveries and polar training. The task force heads toward New Zealand as Ogden ships endure ice and weather, details noting navigational experience and minor vessel damages.
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Antarctic
Navy
Richard H. Cruzen
Burton Island
New Zealand
Cruzen
Adm
Nimitz
Chief of Naval Operations
Task Force 68
Naval Service
Merrick
Publishers Put On Print Body Seek Newsprint Solutions
Washington February 27 three newspaper publishers are slated for appointment to a new seven member house committee to investigate newsprint and paper supplies. Chairman Clarence J Brown leads the panel with Robert F Sykes Paul Shafer and other representatives from Arizona Texas New Jersey and South Dakota. The group aims to ensure fair distribution of supplies and study broader actions on newsprint and related papers.
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Washington
House Committee
Clarence J. Brown
R-Oh
Robert F. Sykes
Dfla
Paul Shafer
R-Mich
Martin
Brown
Richard Harless
D-Ariz
Lindley Beckworth
D-Tex
Charles A. Wolverton
R-Nj
House
Francis Case
R-Sd
Charles Vursel
R-I1
Lava Flood Rolls Steadily Onward
Mount Etna eruption advances toward Passo Pisciaro in Sicily with lava cutting near the village. Local officials and Archbishop Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini monitor the flow as residents prepare to flee if needed. Passo Pisciaro population around 1,000. Castiglione Di Sicilia about 10,000.
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Palermo
Sicily
Mount Etna
Passo Pisciaro
Catania
Ansa
Bari
Castiglione di Sicilia
Bridges Aims Funding to Wind Up OPA Affairs
Senate appropriations chair Bridges of New Hampshire endorses providing 14.9 million dollars to OPA to carry on sugar and rent controls through June 30. The fund includes 9 million from house action and a 5.9 million supplementary appropriation. OPA would otherwise expire. Congress may extend controls via another agency.
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Washington
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
OPA
Appropriations
House
Congress
Crew Rescued From Tanker After Blaze Off Galera Point
BALBOA C Z Feb 27 A crew of 41 was rescued last night from the American tanker Royal Oak burning in the Pacific off Galera Point Ecuador. Grace Line steamship Lookout took aboard the crew and stood by to salvage. Lookout reported the tanker on fire but afloat after an explosion and three lifeboats seen earlier.
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Balboa
C. Z
Pacific
Galera Point
Pcuador
Grace Line Steamship
Lookout
Royal Oak
Navy
Boyd Brothers
Royal Oek
Expectant Mother Is Acquitted in Murder Case
Mildred Abney 21, an expectant mother, was acquitted by a federal jury after testifying her husband urged her to “get rid of” their unborn child. She admitted shooting Sgt. Jean Richard Abney in Fort Meade, alleging he taunted her about leaving. Spectators applauded the verdict.
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Baltimore
Mildred Margaret Abney
Jean Richard Abney
Junction City
Kas
Fort George G. Meade
Snow Covers Scotland and Northern England
Fresh snows bury Scotland and northern England as tempera tures edge up across the British Isles after weeks of extreme cold. Forecasters expect scattered snow in the northwest and milder daytime temperatures, with London’s night air finally rising above freezing.
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London
Scotland
England
British Isles
Air Ministry
Tank Led Reds Open Drive In China
Nearly 125000 tank led Chinese Communists have opened a fierce Manchuria drive and closed within 15 miles of Nanking. Government reports say Changchun suburbs were abandoned and officials evacuated while unconfirmed cables hint at a major strike. Communists overran Nungan and Kitai, north and northeast of the capital.
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Manchuria
Changchun
Eualel
Cenee
Chana
Nungan
Kiutai
Attorney Parham Dies in Oxford Hospital
Thomasville, Feb 27. Benjamin W. Parham of Oxford, Wake Forest college trustee and former state representative from Davidson and Granville counties, died today in an Oxford hospital after a 10 day pneumonia illness. Survived by sisters-in-law, he was longtime attorney in Thomasville and Oxford and served on multiple boards. Funeral Friday at 3:30 p.m. First Baptist Church Oxford. interment in Oxford cemetery.
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Benjamin W. Parham
Oxford
Wake Forest College
State House of Representatives
Davidson
Granville
At & A.m
Parham
Charles Lambeth
Selective Service District Appeal Board
North Carolina
First Baptist
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