Attacks in Palestine Signal British Countermeasures
Widespread Jewish underground attacks in Jerusalem Tel Aviv Tiberias Hedera and Kiryat Haim killed at least one British officer wounded over 120 assaults. Observers expect British curfews comb-outs martial law as elections and talks in London loom. Irgun Zvai Leumi and stern gang likely coordinated the operations, signaling renewed conflict in Palestine.
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Holy Land
Underground
Tel Aviv
Tiberias
Hedera
Kiryat Haim
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stern Gang
North Carolina teachers weigh cost of living add on
Raleigh January session of the North Carolina Education Association committee nears a request for a cost of living supplement to the 20 percent salary hike. A released report notes 642 faculty changes and 1,375 fill ins since fall term started, amid concerns of teacher shortages and rising prices since October 1.
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Raleigh
The
North Carolina Education Association
General Assembly
Association
North Carolina
W. Amos Abrams
State Budget Commission
State Board of Education
NCEA
Battle Over Bilbo Dominates First Congress Session
The 85th Congress opened with a uproar over seating Senator Bilbo as Democrats rallied to block him. The White House signaled Truman may address a state of the union in a joint session. The tax bill proposes a 20 percent rate on the first 300000 of income and a 10 percent cut elsewhere. Capitol crowds gathered hours before the session.
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Washington
Soth
Senate
Bilbo
Chamber
White House
Truman
State of the Union
House
Capitol
Navy Seaplane Overdue On Antarctic Flight
A PBM mariner seaplane carrying eight aboard from the navy Antarctic expedition is overdue after taking off from the U S S Pine at 5 45 am EST with a 3 45 pm return due. The last radio at 7 25 am EST Dec 30 placed it 250 miles south of Pine Island as bad weather hampered search efforts. Among the crew is Capt Henry Howard Caldwell whose wife Dorothea Glendora Caldwell lives in Norfolk Virginia.
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Washington
PBM Mariner
Navy
U. S. S. Pine
Pine Island
Henry Howard Caldwell
Dorothea Glendora Caldwell
Bolling Avenue
Norfolk, Va
North Carolina Weather Outlook Cold Weekend Snow Likely
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain across North Carolina. Mountain areas may see light snow tonight. Central and western regions will be colder with subfreezing lows. Saturday clears but remains cold, with gradual warming to midweek. Rain returns Tuesday and Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Suncalendar
Carolinas
Nine Felons Escape From Brooklyn Jail In Daylight
Police, totaling 17 000, readied to shoot to kill as9 inmates head from Raymond Street jail after a daylight escape. Warden McDonnell cited aging facilities and guards as factors. the men escaped via window and wall to Fort Greene Park.
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New York
Alcatraz
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Prices Break On Weed Mart Prices Break On Weed Mart
Prices dropped sharply on fine cured tobacco as markets resumed after a 35 day holiday. Drops ranged from 1 to 4 per hundredweight with leaf and cutters largely lower while some logs showed small gains. Large volumes of lower grade tobacco were handed to the stabilization corporation amid reports of mixed changes across regions.
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Raleigh
Old Belt
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Stabilization Corporation
Middle Belt
North Carolina
Three NC congressmen settle in Washington for opening session
North Carolina's three new lawmakers began the 80th Congress by securing living quarters and full staffs in Washington. Jones of Charlotte, Deane of Rockingham and Redden of the 12th district outlined staff picks including Slear, Lang Jr., Webb, and Brown, while family members joined Monroe Redden for the opening.
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Washington
North Carolina
Capitol Hill
Hamilton C., Jones
Charlotte
Tenth
John K. Slear
Slear
Cameron Morrison
Jones
May Davidson
Mecklenbur County
Madeline Pitts
Virginia Webb
Rockingham
Onroe Redden
Clifford Brown
County
Vera Orr
Hendersonville
William Styles
Asheville
Styles
Redden
Congress
J. L. Redden
Monroe, Jr
Robert M. Redden
Fresh Snow Strands Travel Nationwide Across U S
Air travel curtailed as snow rain sleet and fog bog down transport nationwide. Bitter cold grips Dakotas Minnesota and parts of the Northwest while temperatures plunge near zero in several spots. Forecasters warn of a northeastward cold wave and further disruption ahead. Plane flights grounded at LaGuardia and other cities.
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Associated Press
Newland
Slaukene
Tex ‘Pan
Lahoma
Texas Panhandle
Texas
California
Spokane
Wash
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mercury
Bemidji
Minn
Pembina
N. D
South Dakota
Atlantic Coast
North Central
la Guardia Field
French Leader Is Fired Upon In Hanoi Ambush
French Colonial Minister Marius Moutet was fired on by snipers in Hanoi as he and his party arrived to inspect conditions. The minister and entourage were at a hospital when shots came from a nearby Annamite house. no one was hit. The Namdinh garrison repulsed Viet Namese attacks while patrols operated elsewhere in northern Indo China.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Marius Moutet
Moutet
Tonkin
Saigon
Namdinh
Republicans Open Drive to Cut Taxes in New Congress
Rep Knutson of Minnesota completed a revised income tax bill aimed at reducing taxes, with larger cuts for lower income brackets. The measure, prepared as House Bill No 1, signals the first major legislative battle of the new Congress as Democrats mobilize against the plan.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Rep
Ways and Means Committee
Conscience Money Repaid After $40 Theft Confession
In Clarksburg West Virginia a returned soldier admitted stealing $40 from a restaurant last September. He sent $100 in conscience money to the manager, cashier, and car owner including $20 to the editor to repay borrowing the car. He spoke of restlessness and bullets and shells and asked charges be dropped. The man said it was his only robbery.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Robert F. Hickman
Eisenhower Says Name in Politics Not in Nation’s Interest
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff, urged that his name as a presidential candidate would harm the army’s nonpartisan, national character. He spoke during an inspection visit at the Army General Hospital in Coral Gables, warning against politicizing the armed forces.
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Miami
Fra
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Army
United States
General Hospital
Coral Babies
State Revenue Collections Up
North Carolina’s revenue department reported total receipts of 13,813,842 in December, up from 12,119,940 a year earlier. For the six months ending December 31, collections reached 62,565,084 versus 49,945,630 in 1945, with general fund at 7,105,198 and highway fund at 6,708,644. Sales tax totaled 3,140,271 for December, and 17,328,691 for six months. The tobacco division posted 2,904,046 in December.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Revenue Department
Highway Fund
Oeconaee Division
Wth
Umstead Sworn In As U S Senator From North Carolina
Four year old Merle Bradley Umstead watches as William Bradley Umstead is sworn in to the U S Senate to fill the late senator’s term. Umstead plans to live in a hotel in Washington while keeping his Durham home, with family and former colleagues in attendance.
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Washington
Merle Bradley Umstead
Merle
William Bradley Umstead
Durham
United States
North Carolina
Senator Leg
Bailey
Raleigh
Truman Plans State of the Union Address in Person
President Truman prepared to deliver the state of the union to Congress in person on Monday at 1 p.m. EST. Charlies G. Ross said the address would take about 50 minutes before a joint session in the House. If the Senate blocks seating of Senator Bilbo the speech may be postponed to a later time.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Charlies G. Ross
House of Representatives
Senate
Bilbo
Ross
Economic Advisory Council
Jane Pratt May Run for House
North Carolina’s first congresswoman Jane Pratt is ill at home and unable to greet her successor C. BR. Deane on his first day in Congress. She has declined to reveal plans but reports say she may take a government position outside Congress and run for the eight district in 1948. Pratt filled the unexpired term of the late Rep. William C Burgin after serving as his secretary and did not run in the November elections.
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Washington
North Carolina
Jane Pratt
C. BR. Deane
Rockingham
Congress
William C. Burgin
Bilbo Denied Oath in Senate Standoff
In Washington on January 3 Senator Theodore Bilbo faced a blocked oath for a third term as Senator Taylor of Idaho and allied Republicans attempted to bar him. The move aimed to suspend his swearing in amid Senate War Investigating Committee findings and pending actions on his seat.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Dmiss
Senate
Taylor
Idaho
Bilbo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Leslie L. Biffle
Oateen
Ferguson
Hodges Named Cherry's Aide
Raleigh dispatch reports Brandon Hodges Asheville attorney and senate appropriations chair for 1945 will serve as Cherry's assistant for the upcoming session. He will receive the same pay as a superior court judge for the period he serves. The appointment is described as timely given his budget knowledge.
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Raleigh
Jan
Brandon Hodges
Asheville
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ney Cherry
Noudar
Legstat
Martin elected House speaker as Republicans take gavel
Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts was elected speaker of the new House by a 744 to 182 vote. The GOP takes the gavel for the first time in years while the Senate stalled in debate. In his keynote, Martin urged Democrats to cooperate on postwar issues including labor laws taxation and government economy.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
New House
Senate
Martin
Senate Parliament Opens Amid Bitter Party Tactics
The session opened with a prayer by Chaplain Brown Harris and remarks by Senator McClellan about debate. Southern Democrats vow resistance as Republicans push cloture to prevent delaying the president’s annual message while the Bilbo issue looms.
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McClellan
D-Ark
Taft
R-Obie
Republican Steering Committee
House
Senate
Chamber
Bilbo
Powerful Negro Nears Escape From Death Chair
Cleve Covington a 195 pound six foot two inmate battered a one inch prison bar and inner door in a lethal cell escape bid. Guards recaptured him after he smashed through to the outer death chamber door while a barred animal moved outside. Covington, convicted of murdering Watt Martin, a Winston-Baleup tobacconist, in 1945, faced execution with calm faith as he faced the electric chair.
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S&s. C
Dan
Cleve Covington
Covington
Winston-Baleun
Watt Martin
At & Mullins Tobacco Warehouse
Martin
Chenegre
God
Jesus
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