Laws, taxes and liquor loom over Tar Heels legislators
Tar Heel legislators return for the ninth week of the 1949 session facing a backlog on schools taxes and liquor. Both houses meet tonight at 8. Committee work on taxes and the liquor question is expected to move forward soon with votes on a statewide whiskey referendum and county option sales proposals. Finance subcommittees report on possible tax proposals tomorrow.
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Raleigh
House
Joint Finance Committee
Contract for Odd Fellows Plant Delayed
GOLDSBORO February 28. Contracts for the Odd Fellows Home plant project were deferred as bids exceeded the $100000 budget by about $10000. J P Shrago of Goldsboro said the building committee will report to Grand Lodge Master Charles H Warren in Raleigh and seek a statewide call for the additional funds to cover the shortfall.
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Goldsboro
Odd Fellows Home
J. P. Shrago
Shrago
N. C. Grand Lodge
Charles H. Warren
Raleigh
Contra T
Corn Contest Chiefs Chosen in North Carolina
Governor Scott named 27 leaders from agriculture business press and radio to steer North Carolina’s corn contest with Virginia. R. Flake Shaw of Greensboro will chair the steering committee with Harry B. Caldwell of Greens boro leading the action committee and Frank Daniels of Raleigh chairing publicity. The contest follows Virginia's proposal to use yield improvements since 1937 46-46 versus 1949 averages.
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Raleigh
Scott
North Carolina
Virginia
R. Flake Shaw
Greensboro
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Harry B. Caldwell
State Grange
Frank Daniels
Baby Girl Dies After Accidental Shot Incident
In Danville Virginia a 20 month old girl Nancy Ann Briggs died in hospital after being accidentally shot by an older brother with a .22 caliber rifle during play. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Dallas Briggs of Caswell County North Carolina.
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Danville
Nancy Ann Briggs
Robert Dallas Briggs
Caswell County
North Carolina
Governor and assembly relations improve in period
Relations between the governor and the general assembly have sharpened in the past week as legislators adopt a workmanlike stance. Governor Scott’s special liquor message and quip about an 80th congress sparked pushback. Uncertainty rose over the utilities commission reappointment.
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Truman
Congress
Scott
General Assembly
States Plan To Bar Reds From Office
Thirteen states consider measures to bar Communists from public jobs and require loyalty oaths for teachers professors and other public workers. The Maryland bill would outlaw subversive organizations with penalties up to 20 years and fines up to 20 thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
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Illinois
Communist Party
U. S
Oklahoma
Nebraska
New Hampshire
California
Texas
Arkansas
New York
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Massachusetts
Oregon
West Virginia
New Mexico
Senate
Kenyon College Fire Claims Two Lives in Sandstone Building
Six students reported missing after a Kenyon College blaze were not in class, raising fear they are among the dead or injured. Officials said the 122 year old Old Kenyon building was too hot to search as flames killed Edward Brout and left 26 injured. Names of missing students include Ernest Ahwajee Albert J Lewis George Pincus Stephen Shepard Colin Woodworth and Martin E Mangle.
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Gambier, CO
Kenyon College
Kenyon
School For
Ernest Ahwajee
Akron
Ohio
Akron West High School
Albert J. Lewis
Hazelton
George Pincus
Brooklyn
N.Y
Stephen Shepard
New York
Colin Woodworth
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Martin E. Mangle
Edward Brout
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Duke Power Reports Higher 1948 Net Income
Duke Power Company of Charlotte, North Carolina, reports net income of 8,198,811 dollars for the year ending December 31, 1948, equal to 6.48 dollars per share. For 1947 the net income was 7,956,324 dollars or 6.29 dollars per share.
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New York
Duke Power Company
Charlotte
N. C
End February with icy winds and cold North and South Carolina
The Associated Press reports February ends with icy breezes across the Carolinas. Sub freezing temperatures are forecast, interior NC 22 to 28 and coast 28 to 35 degrees. SC ranges from 26 to 42 degrees by area. Skies clear, cooler tomorrow after weekend rain. Mt. Mitchell hits 17 degrees.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mt. Mitchell
Joint Group To Consider Truman Plan
A preliminary congressional report backing President Truman's plan for a sound economy and inflation warnings is before the Senate House Economic Committee. The draft urges standby authority to reimpose price and wage controls on a selective basis and supports extension and tightening of the program.
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Washington
Truman
Senate-House Economic Committee
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
South Thrives On Anti-Union Sentiment in Dixie
Woonsocket Call reports anti-union sentiment in the south is drawing Northern textile firms southward. The series asks if New England’s woolen industry is dying as Woonsocket struggles with rising unemployment and mill curtailments amid a regional slump.
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Woonsocket
R. L
Woonsocket Call
South
Dixie
New England
French Communist Major Confesses to Turning Documents
Paris reports a communist army major confessed to handing over defense documents to a foreign attache. The interior ministry identified him as Major Teulery with Captain Azema, an airborne troops instructor, tied to the case and to the weekly France D Aboard. The matter links to arrest of Robert Penillant and follows purges of communists amid immunity debates in the national assembly.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Teulery
Azema
Ministry of Munitions and National Defense
Robert Penillant
France D' Aboard
France First
Commun
Major stock group show advances on steady rails and steel demand
New York February 28 moderate demand for rails and steels lifted the stock market by fractions. Most major groups rose with steels led by U S Steel and rails less strong. Strong gains for Paramount Pictures and a list of movers including Santa Fe Nickel Plate Illinois Central Great Northern Union Pacific Bethlehem Steel Chrysler and several others.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Paramount Pictures
Santa Fe
Nickel Plate
Illinois Central
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consolidated Edison
Vicious Killer Gilberts Boasts Meet Violent End
Phoenix police killed Bill Ray Gilbert after a gun battle as he refused capture following a spree that included kidnapping and killings near Needles California. His accomplice George Schmid was arrested at a Phoenix tourist court cabin after a hail of gunfire wounded Detective Ed Langevin.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Bill Ray Gilbert
Arizona
Needles
Calif
Gilbert
George Adolph Schmid
Schmid
C. A. Jensen
Ed Langevin
Employment Declines In North Carolina
North Carolina’s manufacturing sector saw January job losses with a 1.9 percent drop from December and a 2.9 percent fall in hours worked. Compared to January 1948, nondurable industries fell 5.1 percent and durable goods by 8.5 percent, while retail and nonmanufacturing sectors showed gains.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
C. H. Pritchard
Labor Department
Pritchard
Prominent Minister Marshall L Mott Dies in Hospital
The Rev. Marshall L Mott of Winston-Salem former attorney and Baptist minister died at Oteen veterans hospital after long illness. Funeral set for 11 a m tomorrow at First Baptist Black Mountain with another service in Statesville at 4 p m Burial in Oakwood Statesville Mott native of Statesville former lawyer in Winston-Salem evangelist and pastor of Spartanburg First Baptist Church South Carolina.
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Asheville
Marshall L. Mott
Winston-Salem
Oteen Veterans Hospital
First Baptist Church
Black Mountain
Statesville
Oakwood Cemetery
Mott
First Baptist Church of
Spartanburg, S. C
Hoover commission flags weakness in unified defense setup
The Hoover commission criticized the unified national military establishment for lacking civilian control by the President and defense secretary. It cited persistent discord and poor planning, warning of waste and economic harm, and urged six congressional reforms under the current unification law.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
Bipartisan
Commission On
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Strike Averted For New York Electric Gas Workers
A threatened walkout by 28 000 electric and gas workers was averted after a four hour bargaining session. The CIO Utility Workers union canceled a strike against the Consolidated Edison system serving New York City and suburban Westchester County.
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New York
Consolidated Edison System
New York City
Westhester County
CIO Utility Workers Union
Ohioan Opposes Arms Plan Acknowledges NATO Link
Senator Taft of Ohio opposes arming Western Europe warning it could invite a Russian attack while supporting the defensive North Atlantic security treaty. Senator Pepper of Florida backs the security pact and arming Western Europe as a step toward an international police force. The week outlines ongoing treaty drafting sessions with Acheson and allied ministers aiming to finalize the draft by week’s end.
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Washington
U. S
Taft
R.-Ohio
Russi
Ohian
Europe
Pepper
D.-Fla
Senate Relations Committee
Russia
Acheson
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
British Aid Rated As A Tight Fit For Britain Recovery
Washington February 28 The administration told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the proposed 940 million dollars in new aid to Britain is a tight fit the minimum needed Adverse effects would follow any reduction Hoffman head of the economic cooperation administration said a group of advisers from several government branches appeared to justify Britain s share of the 5580 million European recovery program Until Great Britain earns dollars from exports and services to the United States and hard currency areas she must rely on imports essential to her recovery Supports the continued postwar recovery in both the United States and Western Europe.
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Washington
Congress
Britain
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
United States
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoffman
Great Britain
Administration seeks large expansion of relief program
The administration asked Congress for an expansion of the social relief program from 1 billion to as much as 1.25 billion annually to cover home relief and medical care for all ne edy people. Social Security Commissioner Arthur Altmeyer testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Truman’s plan to extend federal aid beyond the aged, blind, and dependent children to all needy families.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Altmeyer
Mr. Truman
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