General Holds Extremists Responsible For China Strife
Gen. George C. Marshall in a personal statement blames extremist elements on both sides for China’s strife and says a democratic leadership change is needed under a new constitution. He notes optimism from the new constitutional framework and urges practical measures over rhetoric.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
China
Marshall
Nanking
Truman
Genéralissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Partition Of Palestine Considered By British Leaders
London reports that Bevin and Creech Jones have decided in principle that partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states is Britain's single feasible solution. Hagana calls for restraint while Britain weighs variations of the partition plan and prepares for UN approval. Large numbers of British troops advance from Egypt as authorities anticipate a major offensive against Jewish underground resistance.
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London
Ernest Bevinant
Jonial
Arthur Creech Jones
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
Egypt
United Nations
President Truman's Military Plan Faces Possible Defeat
Washington reports indicate at least two thirds of the forthcoming military program faces failure in the Republican controlled 80th Congress. Key issues include a likely end to universal training and possible merger of the army and navy while the wartime draft expires March 31 with no renewal.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
United States
Martin
United Nations
Antarctic Search Plane Fails To Locate Fliers
A Martin Mariner from Pine Island scoured 11 100 square miles along Ellsworth coast searching for nine missing navy fliers from a December 30 flight over the Franklin D Roosevelt Sea. The second vain search followed weathered Pine Island attempts. Northwind relayed that operations would continue as conditions permit.
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MT. Olympus
Ellsworth
Etron
Pine Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sea
Northwind
Richard E. Cruzen
Hoey Assigned To Committee On Agriculture
Democratic senators from North and South Carolina received committee assignments in the 80th Congress. Maybank of South Carolina regained seniority on the banking panel and moved to the armed forces committee, citing airfields and navy yards in his state. He was dropped from appropriations as Democrats lost seats. Murray of Montana protested not being named to public lands, causing a temporary hold on the final list.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maybank
D-Sc
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Murray
D-Mont
Barkley
Kentucky
Public Lands Committee
State College Enrollment Tops 4500 Mark
Raleigh January 7 State College enrollment for the winter term is expected to exceed 4500 and may reach 4900 according to Registrar W L Mayer. He notes new admissions match withdrawals and drops for academic reasons, with last term at 4302 and prewar enrollment near 2600.
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State College
Raleigh
N. C. State College
W. L.mayer
Mayer
Peng College
Rocco Falls With Threat On His Lips
Alphone Rocco vowed they would not capture him before he was shot to death in Patchin Hollow near Grand Gorge New York. State police and New York City detectives tracked him through deep snow after he brandished two pistols from a sleeping bag in a Catskills hideout. Trooper James H. Smith fired at close range and, along with Corporal Francis Hilfrank and Detective Henry Strauss, hit him as Rocco refused to surrender near the Lewis residence.
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Ton Adams
Grand Gorge
N. Y
Alphone Rocco
Navy
New York City
Rocco
Patchin Hollow
Catskill Mountain
James H. Smith
Smith
Francis Hilfrank
Henry Strauss
Charles la Forge
Harry L. Lewis
Lewis
Richard
Frank Naish
Broome Center
Naish
Madison Youth Dies From Auto Wounds
Edward Leon Joyce, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Joyce, was fatally injured when struck by an automobile in front of his Madison home while waiting for a bus to take him to school. He died shortly afterward in a hospital of a crushed...
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Madison, Jan
Edward Leon Joyce
Edward F. Joyce
Madison
Nation must share sugar say Anderson
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson urged that the United States continue a program sharing Cuban sugar with other nations. He warned against efforts to lift price and ration controls, saying such moves would invite outbidding by richer states and threaten global sugar supply.
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Chicago
Clinton P. Anderson
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
United States
International Emergency Food Council
Blythe And Pearsall Lead North Carolina Caucus
In Raleigh on January 7 the Democratic majorities in both chambers prepare for a caucus to select a president pro tempore for the Senate and a speaker for the House. Senator Joe Blythe of Charlotte and Rep. Thomas J. Pearsall of Rocky Mount are favored, with Looming surplus impacts and ongoing negotiation over leadership roles.
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Raleigh
Capitol
Senate
House of Representatives
Joe Blythe
Charlotte
House
Thomas J. Pearsall
Rocky Mount
Willie Lee Lumpkin
Franklin
Rivers D. Johnson
Duplin
Lumpkin
General Assembly
Co-Founder of Dime Store Chain Dies in Scranton
Charles Sumner Woolworth founder of the Woolworth five and dime chain died at age 90 in Scranton Pa after years of illness. He opened his first store here sixty five years ago and later formed the F W Woolworth Company with his brother Frank W Woolworth and Fred M Kirby of Wilkes Barre.
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Scranton
Charles Sumner
London Press Scores U S Treatment Of War Brides
London papers highlight Mrs Millie Vincent story of U S divorce by proxy and wartime neglect of British war brides in New York. She says immigration officials branded her divorced and that husbands left them in hotels with $4 daily allowances.
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U.S
London Press
London
New York
U. S
Millie Vincent
U. S&s
Charles Woodrow Vincent
Birmingham
Alabama
British Press Association
CAA Grants To Be Announced Later This Week
The civil aeronautics administration will release a list this week of airport program grants. The first grants under the National Airport Act, authorizing 500 million dollars over seven years, will be listed with a matching funding plan for the current year ending June 30. The act appropriated 45 million dollars for this year with federal and local governments sharing costs.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Congress
Preparedness Costs and Peace Aims in Truman Plan
Dewitt Mackenzie argues President Truman links partial disarmament to a functioning United Nations security system. Baruch urges continued A bomb secrecy until a treaty for control is in place. The U S must remain armed as deterrence and insurance against a return to large scale war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Truman
Congress
United States
United Nations
Bernard Baruch
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Baruch
Sam
England
France
League of Nations
Hitler
Seek Funds For Completion Of Housing Projects
Housing officials said they will seek funds to finish temporary housing projects halted or threatened by lack of money. The agency notes moral and contractual obligations to communities and schools and will issue a status statement on the 445 million dollars Congress allotted to aid municipalities and educational institutions in completing such projects. Originally 200,000 family units were planned, with local sponsors handling utilities sites and management after completion. rising costs have halted some, and remaining funds focus on projects 50 percent or more complete.
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Washington
Congress
Spain to assume administrative assistant post for Hoey
Jack Spain who has served as secretary for U S Senator Clyde R Hoey since Hoey took office January 3 1946 has taken over duties as an administrative assistant to Hoey This newly created post under the reorganization act raises base pay to 8000 annually with allowances boosting gross to about 10000 a year Spain a former Greenville mayor and former secretary to Rep Herbert Bonner plans to serve both as secretary and as administrative assistant Hoey announced.
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Greenville
N. C
Jack Spain
U. S
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Spain
Herbert Bonner
Col Joyner to Quit Election Board May
Col W T Joyner announced he will resign from the state election board effective May 1. In a letter to Governor Cherry he said four years as chairman have run their course and he wished to avoid confusion after the legislative session. The piece notes a broader push toward abolishing absentee ballots with some legislators supporting the governor on that issue.
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Col. Joyner
Election Board
Raleigh
W. T. Joyner
State Board of
Cherry
Joyner
Rep
A. B. Stoney
Burke
Weather update for North Carolina with light rain
Fragmented forecast notes increasing cloudiness and slight warmth with light rain today. Orienting toward warmer conditions Wednesday with further showers and a slow change in temperatures.
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Norte Carolina
Sorina
Temperature rainfall data from multiple cities in brief
Official bureau records summarize temperature and rainfall across several cities including Charleston Denver Detroit Savannah Galveston High Point Los Angeles Memphis Meridian Mobile New Orleans and others for a 24 hour period with scattered readings. The report notes varying highs and lows and overall weather conditions.
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Aceae
Charleston
Cohendra Denver
Detroit
Svanaville
Galveston
High Point
Los Angeles
Memphis
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