U.S. Formosa Policy Pending Until Joint Chiefs Visit
Tokyo reports say a final U S stance on Formosa will wait for the Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit Japan in February. Military leaders push to emphasize Formosa’s strategic value while Washington hints the island could fall to China and urges spokesmen to downplay its importance.
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Two NC Senate hopefuls emerge as North Carolina weighs races
Washington report notes Senators Hoey and Graham on track for re election. Rumors swell about successors and rivals including Reynolds Umstead and Governor Scott as potential candidates. Other names like Redden Deane Caudle and McLendon surface but many have ruled out runs.
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North Carolina
Congress
Hoey
D.-N.c
Graham
Idaho
Connecticut
Kerr Scott
J. Melville Broughton
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
William B. Umstead
Durham
Umstead
Reynolds
Scott
Rep. Redden
Rep. Deane
D-N.c
Lamar Caudle
Wadesboro
McGrath
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Truman Pushes Moderate Taxes In State of the Union
President Truman outlines a long run economic vision with a goal of growth and a near fourfold rise in national production over 50 years. He calls for some tax changes and continues wartime tax influences while pushing balanced budgets and funding for the European recovery program.
State Dept Defies Senate on Formosa Instruction Access
The State Department refused Senate requests to view secret Formosa policy instructions sent to Far East diplomats last month. Senator Knowland said Undersecretary Webb denied his request and claimed the document is classified. He argues the memo signals a U.S. stance against defending Formosa and shaping public opinion for its inevitable fall.
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Far East
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R.-Calif
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China
Chiang Kai-shek
Herbert Hoovyer
Taft
Ohio
Britain’s Gold Dollar Reserves Rise by $284 Million
Sir Stafford Cripps announced Britain’s gold-dollar reserves rose 284 million dollars in the last quarter of 1949. The total reached 1.688 billion dollars, still below the treasury’s safe minimum of 2.0 billion. Causes include postwar import payments, release of import orders, and improved sterling area balance.
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Stafford Cripps
Britain
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Cripps
House Appropriations Committee Plans Deep Spending Cuts
Chairman Cannon announced the House Appropriations Committee will slash federal spending to balance the next fiscal year, regardless of President Truman’s budget. He warned reductions to the President’s estimates as Congress seeks economy amid tax-cut and revenue-raising debate.
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Washington
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D.-Mo
Truman
Capitol
Congress
Capitol Hill
Job Situation Is Tightening In 1949
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer summarized 1949 as a year with too few jobs for a fast-growing population. The nation averaged 3.4 million unemployed in 1949, with non farm employment up 143,000 but farm work down 1.105 million. Unemployment final month reached 3.489 million while jobless payments hit a record 1.7 billion dollars for 1949 with 7.5 million receivers.
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Robert C. Goodwin
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Bureau of Employment Security
Goodwin
Quit Roasting Your Pastor Says Graham
Evangelist Billy Graham told a revival audience in Boston that people should support their pastors with prayers and praise rather than criticism. He urged telling a good sermon to the preacher and noted some children only get roast pastor for Sunday dinner.
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Bitter Cold Grips Nation Midsection With Snow For Dallas
A winter storm slammed the central United States with snow and frigid air. Blizzards hit the Dakotas and Minnesota while Texas saw subzero readings and travel chaos spread from Minnesota to the Gulf states near Atlanta set new heat records.
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New Word For Dixiecrat Republicans Emerges
Rep. Huber of Ohio coins a label for Republicans seeking alliance with Southern Democrats. He calls them “Nacilbupers,” a Republican spelled backwards, and notes the term as a descriptive, though says how such members should be treated is unclear.
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Huber
Ohio
Hope Is Held For Bludgeoned Girl
Doctors said hope for Virginia Grace Eubanks a 16 year old from Union South Carolina is improving. She was beaten in her home Christmas Eve and remains unconscious but responds when her name is called. In Charlotte she is under a brain specialist care at a hospital. Police accuse her father Charlie Eubanks a textile worker of assault with intent to kill. He admitted striking her with a hammer saying he opposed her planned marriage which would leave him with no one to care for him.
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Coal Burning Passenger Trains Curbed by ICC Order
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general one third cut in coal burning passenger rail service on lines with 25 days or less coal in reserve and lacking a dependable supply. The halt, effective 11 59 p m January 8, targets roads with insufficient fuel and reflects disruptions from the coal dispute involving United Mine Workers and operators.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Democrats Plan Annual Banquet For Jackson-Jefferson Dinner
Jonathan Daniels announces full time Democratic headquarters in Raleigh to promote the annual Jackson-Jefferson dinner planned for early next month. He names Thomas A Banks as finance chairman to raise at least 30000 dollars for the 1950 campaign and beyond. The state Democratic executive committee remains based at the St Walter Hotel under chairman Everett Jordan.
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Jonathan Daniels
Jackson-Jefferson
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Truman eyes higher corporation taxes to curb deficits
President Truman signaled a new White House push for higher corporation taxes to raise revenue, possibly lifting the base rate on corporate earnings from 38 to 40 percent while offsetting losses with selective tax changes. He urged continued rent control and tougher antitrust laws, and projected long term growth including a tripling of the average American family income by 2000 and a trillion dollar output, contingent on fair prosperity distribution.
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State of the Union
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Reformist Wafdists Dominate Egypt Election Victory
The mildly reformist Wafd party won a sweeping victory over conservatives in yesterday’s Egyptian elections. Vote reports showed up to ten to one in favor of the Wafdists, signaling rebuke to the Saadists and to King Farouk, who had opposed them. Four people were killed in election day disorders amid a government-quieting censorship.
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Farouk
Egypt
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Reactions Split on Truman State of the Union Message
Washington dispatch notes mixed praise and criticism from leaders across parties. Democrats praise the President’s stance on anti Communist policy and family life while Republicans demand reduced spending and tax relief. Civil rights and foreign policy drew bipartisan comment.
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Mass
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Priest
Tenn
Colmer
D-Miss
Soviets Admit Many Still Believe In God
The Soviet Journal of Science and Life reports many in the U S S R continue to believe in God and urges education of the masses in militant atheism. It says the struggle against religious prejudices is part of the broader fight for communism.
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Soviet Journal of Science and Life
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All Union Society For
Vandenberg And Taft Forge Quiet GOP Accord On Policy
Senators Vandenberg of Michigan and Taft of Ohio have reached a discreet agreement to avoid a split over foreign policy. Taft said he wrote a statement on Republican aims and found it acceptable to Vandenberg. he would not reveal its content. The pair agree Republicans should cooperate with Democrats on major foreign policy decisions with prior consultation.
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Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Taft
Ohio
Michigan
Guy G. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
National Committee
House
Millikin
R.-Cole
Stock Traders Inactive Today as Market Pauses for State of the Union
New York traders kept to a wait and see stance awaiting President Truman’s state of the union message. Only small price moves occurred with most stocks holding Tuesday closes. Notable gains showed in U S Rubber Montgomery Ward United Aircraft Phelps Dodge and Johns Manville while losses appeared in General Motors Chrysler Sears Roebuck Dow Chemical General Electric and others.
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