North Carolina Budget Fight Ends With Pay Hikes
North Carolina lawmakers voted to raise salaries for teachers and state workers by about 10.5 million dollars annually after a bitter battle. The House backed increases from 25 to 30 percent, while the administration sought 20 percent. Governor Cherry pressed for swift action to meet January payrolls.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
R. Gregg Cherry
Brandon Hodges
Buncombe
Rep
Barker
Durham
Senate
Cherry
Arch T. Allen
Wake
Wade Barber
Pittsboro
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chairmanships Well Balanced In Legislature
Maintaining a sectional and economic balance in major committee chairmanships both finance chairmen come from the western part of the state while both appropriations chairmen are from the east This is seen as better distribution than last session when senate money chairmen were westerners and house chairmen were from the east Next in importance to money committees is noted in Capitol Square with continued coverage on page two.
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Raleigh
Appropriations
Senate
House
Capitol Square
Umstead in Durham Hospital for Routine Checkup
Sen W B Umstead a Durham resident and successor to the late Josiah Bailey was a patient in a Durham hospital today for a routine physical checkup. The statement notes his ongoing health management after recent political succession.
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Umstead Durham
W. B. Umstead
Durham
Josiah Bailey
High Point Enterprise Announces Newsprint Rationing Rules
The High Point Enterprise details a wartime paper shortage plan. Circulation is frozen except for new residents, ads may be limited, and overall expansion paused. More paper expected later. rules will be lifted when supply returns.
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High Point
Australia Stands Alone On Trieste Vote At UN Session
Australia remains the sole holdout as big powers press the United Nations Security Council to accept responsibility for Trieste as a peacekeeping project. The council planned to meet to approve governance for the Adriatic port after the Italian peace treaty, amid debate over Council powers and Australia’s abstention possibility.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Australia
Trieste
United Nations Security Council
E.S.T
Adriatic
Council
Belgium
Colombia
Syria
Norman J. O. Meakin
Ll National Council
Britain
United States
Russia
France
China
Makin
General Assembly
Sleen Walker Death In Window Fall
In Winston-Salem on January 10 a man walking in his sleep fell from a fourth-floor window. Police cited his nude state and repeated sleepwalking as the likely cause of his death. Authorities theorized he wandered from the window while asleep.
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Sleen Walker
Winston-Salem
Bynum Tudor
Cie
Tudor
Martin Named Chairman of National Airport Sale Panel
Dexter C. Martin, director of the South Carolina aeronautics commission, is appointed chairman of the surplus airport disposal committee of the National Association of State Aviation Officials, the commission said today.
Bridges blasts budget message in sharp Senate battle
Republicans attack President Truman's 37.5 billion outlay as excessive while tax cut plans split the GOP. Democrats back most spending but clash over tax relief. leaders urge limited government and debt reduction before any tax cuts.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
New Hampshire
Capehart
R-Ind
Congress
Taber
Rny
House Appropriations Committee
Jap Gangster Reborn As Mock Funeral For Tokyo Boss
In Tokyo mourners attended a mock funeral for Jo Shiba 68 a feared underworld ruler. Priests chanted over a coffin then Jo sprang up declaring rebirth and ordered a feast with sake. The ceremony near Mito 60 miles north of Tokyo drew gifts totaling 1 600 000 yen to the pretend bereaved.
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Tokyo
Jo Shiba
Mito
Fire Destroys Union Station In Charleston
A noon blaze destroyed Charleston Union Station, a 1907 brick structure costing 250000 dollars and serving Atlantic Coast Line and Southern railways. No injuries reported as firemen battled wind and collapsing walls. the station area was evacuated and nearby American Tobacco Company buildings protected.
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Union Station
Charleston
S. C
Union Terminal
Charleston Post
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Railways
North Charleston
Columbus
Bay Streets
Cooper River
Cooper River Bridge
American Tobacco Company
Labor Forces To Fight for Closed Shop
Labor leaders attack a proposed ban on the closed shop and criticize Senator Ball for aiming to outlaw union membership as a condition of employment. The AFL CIO and allied unions warn the move would worsen labor relations and promote industrial strife as congressional labor bills flood in. Ball defends the measure as ending compulsory unionism and preserving individual choice.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Ball
Rminn
William Green
Independent Railroad Union
Senator Ball
AFT
Congress
Passage of minimum wage hike appears likely in session
President Truman backs raising the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents per hour. House Labor Chair Hartley says he favors higher pay as congress considers a new standard. Senator Pepper had pushed a 65 cent bill, with progress stalled in the House last year.
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Truman
Capehart
Taft
Ohio
White House
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Vermont
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Washington
House Labor Committee
Hartley
RNJ
Pepper
Senate
Florida
Death by own action of D E Phillips at home
D E Phillips 51, owner of a North Wrenn candy wholesale, was found dead by his wife today at their 1029 Montlieu avenue home. Police report he slashed both wrists with a razor, a bottle of disinfectant nearby, and say he had not been normal lately.
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DE Phillips
Montlieu Avenue
Phillips
Nts
North Wrenn Street
British Ambassador in Warsaw Named in Treason Trial
In Warsaw a military tribunal indicted Sir Victor Cavendish Bentinck the British ambassador for allegedly receiving state and military secrets from the underground WIN organization as part of a plot to overthrow the Polish government. Co-defendant Count Grocholski testified a former Polish foreign ministry employee aided the scheme.
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Warsaw
Poland
WIN Organization
Count Grocholski
Acs
Foreign Ministry
Grocholski
Waldmir Baczak
Senate Debates Bills to Ban Fireworks Nationwide
In Raleigh three senate bills seek a statewide prohibition on fireworks. Senators Roper Penny and Weathers propose bans on manufacture sale or use with a third bill allowing supervised public displays and limited interstate manufacture. Proponents cite fatal accidents and wartime veterans trauma while noting current regulation rests with individual municipalities.
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Raleigh
State Senate
General Assembly
Sheldon M. Roper
Lincoln County
George T. Penny
Guilford County
Lee B. Weathers
Cleveland County
Indio
House May Take Lead In Labor Control Legislation
The Republican led House moves to write a comprehensive strike‑control bill ahead of the Senate. Hartley heads the labor panel as Case’s broader measure is used as a basis. Republicans seek quick action before March 1 and target political advantage for Taft’s anticipated nomination. The budget message from President Truman and tax cut plans loom as competing priorities rise.
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House
Truman
Messige
Taft
Ohio
Senate
New House Labor Committee
Rep
Hartley
Francis Case
Senate Republicans
Court Asked To Reject Old Portal Claims
The National Association of Manufacturers urged rejecting back pay claims before June 10, 1946 in Mt. Clemens Pottery case. AM filed brief as friend of the court arguing retroactive payment is unlikely. Other suits seek billions for walking time and preliminary activities under the wage hour act.
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Detroit
National Association of Manufacturers Today
Supreme Court
Suat and Sad
Mt. Clemens Pottery Company
Frank A. Picard
Senator Penny Appointed to 15 Committees in North Carolina
Lieutenant Governor Ballentine names Senator George T. Penny of Guilford County as chairman of the senate committees on corporations and railroads and assigns him to appropriations conservation and development counties cities and towns distribution of governors message internal improvements journal justices of the peace for the deaf and other duties reflecting a broad legislative role.
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Raleigh
George T. Penny
Guilford County
Ballentine
Senate
Communications commission grants new power facility permit
The Communications Commission announced authorization for News and Observer to add a new facility and supply 850 kilowatts of power with unlimited hours, marking a notable expansion for the station in Washington.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
News and Observer Fee Company
Truman Proposes Budget Pushing Defense Near One Third
President Truman asks Congress for a $37.58 billion budget for the coming year, with defense near a third of outlays, despite GOP calls to cut taxes and debt. He warns of a 1947 deficit and urges tax and rate changes to balance finances, including excise and postal reforms.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Truman
Republican Congress
Treasury
Congress
Ers
Hannegan
Senator Ball Announces Daily Bargaining Bill Plan
Senator Ball of Minnesota says he will introduce a new bargaining bill each day to change pattern of activity and curb on site bargaining. He argues the measure would reverse recent trends of power concentrated in national and international unions.
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Washington
Bail
R-Minn
Indus
Weather report for Watt Point Jacksonville Lite Rock area
The fragmentary text notes a weather update for Watt Point, Jacksonville, and Lite Rock with reference to hours ending at a specific time. Details on conditions or precise temperatures are unreadable in the source.
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Louisville
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Navy Antarctic Expedition
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Rose Shelf
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Sen. Pepper
D. E. Phillips
Sir Victor Cavendish-Bentinck
William F. Arbogast
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