Train Wreck Kills Pullman Porter on Sunshine Special
In Gallitzin Pennsylvania a sleeper car detached from the New York to Texas Sunshine Special roared backward three and a half miles and overturned at a dirt embankment. One pullman porter identified as L Keys was killed and 11 passengers injured. Investigators will probe automatic air brakes and the uncoupling at the summit. The Jeffersonian and Mercy Altoona hospitals treated the injured.
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Gallitzin
Pennsylania Railroad
Bennington Curve
PRR
L Keys
Houston
Tex
Pittsburgh
Bennington
Here
Altoona
New York
Mercy Hospital
Altoona Hospital
Betty Jo Lands in New York After Transcontinental Flight
Betty Jo, a P-82 fighter piloted by Lt. Col. Robert Thacker and Lt. John Ard, completed a 4.978 mile non stop flight from Honolulu to New York in about 14 hours 31 minutes crossing San Georgia field and making an emergency style landing. The crew faced 65 mile headwinds and fuel concerns as they flew over Ohio and Pennsylvania reaching New York at 11:08 a.m. EST. Thacker embraced his wife upon arrival in a dramatic finish.
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New York
Betty Jo
Honolulu
San Guorgia Field
Hickam Field
Robert Thacker
Fl Centro
Calif
John M. Ard Ofwood
Pennsylvania
Army
Chicago
Ohio
Col. Thacker
Oahu
Thacker
John M. Ard
Engay Calif
Senate rejects Clapp nomination as TVA director
The senate public works committee rejected Gordon Clapp for a TVA directorship by a 7 to 5 vote. Revercomb abstained from naming votes but supported confirmation in general. Clapp, then TVA general manager, was to succeed Lilienthal who was nominated for AEC chair. Senate opposition cited alleged communist activity among TVA employees.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Gordon Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Reverbomb
R-W Va
Revercomb
Clapp
Authority
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
TVA
Weather Forecast for North Carolina and South Carolina
Increasing cloudiness with snow or sleet southwest spreading east by night. Snow or sleet tonight changing to rain in places as temperatures rise. Extended forecast through Friday and weekend shows rising temperatures with colder Sunday and possible precipitation Friday night into Saturday northward.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Reiner
Weather Bureau Records for Charlotte Temperature and Rainfall
Official weather bureau records report the 24 hours ending at 8 30 p m with temperature and rainfall measurements for Charlotte. The brief item notes daily statistics and regional climate data.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Train Wheels Flattened After Collision Near Wake Forest
The Seaboard Air Line northbound Silver Meteor struck a truck between Wake Forest and Youngsville, flattening wheels on several cars. Truck driver George Taborn, 56, was injured and hospitalized in Henderson. The train was delayed for hours as flat wheel cars were replaced and speeds reduced to Richmond.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
North Carolina
George Taborn
Wake Forest
Youngville
Jubilee Hospital
Henderson
New York
Richmond
Independent Union Chief Urges Strict Labor Rules
Walter W. Cenerazzo of Wal tham Mass head of the unaffiliated American Watch Workers union urged Congress to curb industry wide bargaining ban jurisdictional strikes require 30 day cooling off and outlaw communists from unions while Edward A O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation backed strong labor legislation to protect public rights and end one sided laws amid opposition from AFL CIO and other leaders.
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Washington
Congress
Walter W. Cenerazzo
Waltham
Mass
American Watch Workers Union
Senate Labor Committee
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Cenerazzo
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Labor Committee
Peone
O'Neal
William Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Hutcheson
Murray
Wildlife Commission Bill Heads Senate Calendar Monday
Raleigh February 28 The bill to set up an independent wildlife resources commission appears on the senate calendar for Monday night. Passed by the senate committee it preserves separation of game and inland fish control from the department of conservation and should win senate approval with house concurrence likely.
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Raleigh
Wildlife Resources Commission
Senate
Department of Conservation
House
Flood Plan Divides NC Lawmakers on Roanoke River Project
Raleigh Feb 28 legislative committees split over a resolution pledging North Carolina’s cooperation in the Roanoke river Buggs Island flood control and power project. The house deferred action to next Wednesday while the senate killed a motion to report without prejudice on a technicality. Judge W H S Burgwyn, chairman, cites the project is already under way and notes the measure aims to create recreational facilities.
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Raleigh
Roanoke River
Buggs Island
House
Senate
Ward
Craven
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Roanoke River Flood Control Committee
W. L. Long
Warrenton
Jane Pratt Recuperating in Raleigh After Congress
North Carolina's first and only congresswoman Miss Jane Pratt, who retired in January, spent days in Raleigh under medical care then recuperated at her Raeford home. She avoided questions about a 8th district candidacy, saying she needs rest after more than 20 years in public life.
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Raleigh
Jane Pratt
North Carolina
Congress
Washington
Southern Pines
Raeford
Pratt
C. B. Deane
Miss Pratt
Hammer, Lambeth
Burgin
Britain Would Give Up Greek Commitments
Washington reports indicate Britain proposed the United States assume large Greek commitments to bolster the Greek government as Britain nears economic breaking point. Presidents and advisers discussed relief costs and budget implications while Hoover reported on feeding occupied Germany to Truman officials.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Greece
White House
Truman
Marshall
Lord Inverchapel
Europe
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate approves OPA funding to sustain rent sugar rice controls
The Senate appropriations committee voted 8 to 5 to allow the Office of Price Administration 17.99 million dollars to continue rent, sugar and rice controls until June 3, with a plan to end all price controls by June 30. Bridges said the panel effectively funds OPA about 5 million for four months and warns drastic personnel cuts may follow.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Office of Price Administration
Bridges
R-Nh
OPA
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Reds Believed To Have Top Airborne Army Of World
Washington reports indicate Russia may possess an airborne force far larger than any other nation. Some estimates place 100,000 trained for lightning air assault, surpassing the US single airborne division. Transport capacity and postwar operability of these units remain uncertain.
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Reds
Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Germany
Teachers Hear Backers of South Piedmont Pay Plan
About 259 teachers from Wayne and neighboring counties heard R. L. Fritz Jr. and Judge Sam Ervin explain the renewed push for increased teachers pay. The meeting in Goldsboro, sponsored by the Rosewood unit of the NCEA, urged a unified front to legislators in Raleigh for plan adoption.
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Goldsboro
Wayne
R. L. Fritz, Jr
Hudson
Sam Ervin
Morganton
Rosewood
NCEA
North Carolina General Assembly
Snow and Sleet Storm Heading for North Carolina
A winter storm moving from the south and west was forecast to reach North Carolina today. The weather bureau predicted changing to rain tomorrow as warmer air arrives. Readings ranged from 6 degrees at Mt. Mitchell to 81 in Wilmington with several cities in the 70s and 80s.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Nashville
Knoxville
Asheville
Wilmington
Mt. Michell
Raleigh
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Snow Blankets Southeast as Warm Rain Follows
Snow covered much of the southeast including Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia and parts of South Carolina with traces expected to melt by nightfall as warm rain moves east from Texas. Snow moved northeast while rain fell south of the storm and temperatures hovered near freezing.
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Associated Press
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Bevin Announces British French Treaty Alliance
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that Britain and France reached a treaty of alliance and would sign next Tuesday at Dunkerque. He called the accord a sign of enduring friendship between the two nations. Dunkerque carries memories of wartime co operation that failed to halt the Germans.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Dunkerque
Millions of School Lunch Funds Run Out This Year
Washington reports that several million children may lose hot lunches or pay higher prices as a $75 million federal school lunch appropriation nears depletion. Thirteen states face fund shortages before year end, with tighter access unless Congress approves more money.
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Washington
Arizona
California
Ilineis
Georgia
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Ers
Truman
Congress
Simeon quits high school athletic jobs
Simeon Tony Simeon resigns as director of athletics and football and basketball coach at High Point high school. Superintendent Charles F. Carroll says the resignation letter arrived by mid day mail and notes it as a surprise with no stated reasons.
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Tony Simeon
High Point High School
Charles F. Carroll
Caroll
Aid Urgently Sought for Flood Ravaged Trinidad Bolivia
Bolivian diplomats urged urgent international aid after floods threatening Trinidad in Beni department. Officials warned 1,200 children could drown if evacuation fails, as US airlift delivered life rafts and vests to La Paz for drop zones. Local authorities described the town as vanishing under rising waters.
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Ln Paz
Bolivia
Trinidad
Foreign Ministry
Beni Department
Heraclio Meigrar
iUnited States Army
Panama
la Paz
St Sol
Explosion Hits Haifa Bank as Refugee Ship Off Haifa Is Intercepted
Seven injured in a blast on the second floor of Barclay's Bank in Haifa amid reports the explosion occurred days after an intercepted refugee ship was escorted into Palestine waters off Haifa. An American consular officer investigated claims the ship carried an American captain and crew.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Abea
Palestine
Barclay's ‘Bank
Haifa Co. Company
Barclay
Shipping Company
Sasi
Enemae
Haim Aresoroff
Cape
Gat Raman
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Reject Clapp As Director
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Hedy
Adelphi Theater
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