Senate Debates Marshall Plan Aid Procedure and Costs
Senate hearings on the Marshall plan totaling 6.8 billion dollars for 15 months drew sharp criticism from Senator Vandenberg who urged a more businesslike operation under the state department and from Senator George who warned against an all or nothing approach. Douglas defended the proposal while noting the draft was a work sheet and not final.
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State Department
Senate
Vandenberg
Congress
Lewis W. Douglas
England
Douglas
Gvith
Commerce Harriman
George
Marshall
State Deent
Agricultural Head Will Not Run Again
North Carolina commissioner of agriculture W Kerr Scott announced he will not seek reelection and will retire to his Alamance county farm after 11 years in office. He spoke at a Raleigh dinner reviewing agricultural progress since January 1937.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
Alamance County
Record holder Wess M. White dies at 64
Wess M. White, age 64, designer of the Triplex that set a 207.55 mph world speed record at Daytona Beach on April 22, 1928, died yesterday at his Merion suburb home.
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Philadelphia
Wess M. White
Daytona Beach
Merion
Weather Summary North Carolina January 11 1948
Weather report notes fair windy and cold today with changing conditions expected. Official records show the 24 hour temperature and rainfall ending at 8 30 a m with sun rise at 7 31 and sunset at 5 25, detailing forecasts and conditions.
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North Carolina
Nate
Dan
Official Weather Bureau
Sales Volume Increase Seen For Market
Chicago reports the mid winter international home furnishings market shows higher expected sales for the two week period ending January 17. In the first week buyers of about 30,000 discounted products eyed price and quality, with orders modest. Floor coverings lamps and dining sets sold well while fabrics and lamps attracted large orders due to new colors and lower price points. Prices run about 10 percent higher in many lines and buyers hesitate due to high store inventories and fewer new designs.
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Chicago
Sale of Surplus Army Explosives Frozen
New Jersey police and New York authorities froze a wartime explosives sale after confiscating about 126 to 135 tons believed gathered by Zionists for illegal shipment to Palestine. A 199 ton consignment is reported missing while the remainder is held by authorities.
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N. J
New York
War Assets Administration
New Jersey
Palestine
Speculation Probe Looks Into Pauley Talks With Cabinet Aides
Senate committee led by Ferguson plans to question Secretary of Agriculture Anderson and Robert Hannegan about Edwin Pauley discussions at his Coconut Island estate during a profitable wheat deal last August. Stassen cites insiders profiting about 4 million dollars since the war and urges a ban on government insiders in markets. Pauley testified in December he had no inside info and clarified a disputed telephone remark involving Anderson.
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Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Anderson
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
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Administration
Stassen
Congress
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Army Department
Hannegan
Hawaiian
Coconut Island
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Hawaii
Five bank robbers in New Orleans haul led to partial recovery
Police capture three members of the bank robbery gang in New Orleans as $65,000 of $114,000 loot is recovered. The missing duo described as the brains remain at large, face a citywide search across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The bandits were identified as George W. Ricketts, Tommie Ricketts, and John Hassenback, with the two others still at large. A passerby informant helped speed the arrests after overhearing the men discussing the job.
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A. A. Watters
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Hibernia National Bank
George
Pony Ricketts and
Hassenack
New Hampshireites Back Eisenhower in Key Primary Push
New Hampshire politicians and voters focus on March 9 as eight of the first 17 delegate filings lean Eisenhower. Tobey predicts no obstacle to Eisenhower's NH wins, with Dewey and Stassen rivals.
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Washington
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New Hampshire
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Dewey
Stassen
Charles Tobey
Draft Eisenhower League
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Daniels Family Holds Little Hope For Publisher
In Raleigh on January 10 85 year old Jo eor Daniels publisher of the News and Observer and former secretary of the navy is gravely ill at home with a severe bronchitis attack and oxygen treatment. His four sons Josephus Jr Jonathan Frank and Dr Worth Daniels are at his bedside. Daniels was the last surviving member of President Wilsons war cabinet and served as ambassador to Mexico from 1933 to 1941.
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Joeor Daniels
News and Observer
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Josephus, Jr
Jonathan
Frank Daniels
Worth Daniels
Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Combat Vet Released After Doctor's Report
A court psychiatrist testified that a 32 year old South Pacific veteran suffered anxiety hysteria under hypnosis and truth serum while stealing a radio. The judge dismissed the charge and ordered treatment at a veterans facility.
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Jacob N. Conn
Wilma Shattuck
Shattuck
Conn
Joseph Sherbow
William J. O'Donnell
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Senators Protest Sale of Japanese Textiles
Senators from South Carolina and North Carolina protest the sale of Japanese textiles as a threat to U S cotton and domestic textile industry. The protest gained backing from Hoey in a speech to the upper house.
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South Carolina
Huey
North Carolina
United States
Ton
Hoey
Statesville Grocer Regains 3250 Burned as Trash
Statesville North Carolina January 10. Proprietors of a local grocery store recovered $3,250 after cash burned in a waste basket with trash. Wade A. Drum, partner, said a U.S. Treasury check for the amount covered the burned currency, replaced by the currency redemption division.
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N. C
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Treasury
Tenement Fire in New Jersey Takes 3 Lives
A fatal double blaze among itinerant oyster workers near Millville New Jersey killed James Harris Sr 40 and his three year old daughter Josephine and critically burned two more children and five others including Idella Beckett George Williams and Leonard Williams. The fires started as kerosene fumes ignited from a coal fire and a later explosion of a kerosene can.
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N. J
South Jersey
Port Morris
James Harris
Harris
Josephine
Geneva
Hosal
Juanita
James Harris, Jr
Idella Beckett
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Leonard Williams
Farmer Robbed By Woman and Two Men Near Grimesland
Roy Stokes said a woman flagged him for car trouble on the Washington highway east of Grimesland last night. Two men then emerged with pistols, stole $21, and forced him to drive away. Stokes was unhurt as a search for the trio began.
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N. C
John Laws
State Highway Patrol
Roy Stokes
Grimesland
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Stokes
Eight Injured as Train Accident Hits Back Bay
At least eight people were hospitalized after a Providence to Boston train locomotive overturned at Back Bay station. Early reports claimed 63 hospitalized but city records show eight taken to hospital. railroad spokesman later said remaining passengers were not seriously injured.
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Back Bay
New Haven
City Hospital
Palestine partition commission weighs entry timing
The five nation UNSCOP faces when to enter the Holy Land and how to enforce its partition plan. Arabs boycott the panel while Britain and Jewish Agency prepare to consult. Entry likely between February and mid March with London talks to shape dates and staff to accompany the mission.
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General Assembly
Palestine
U. N
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Trygve Lie
Arkady Sobolev
Russia
Lie
Jewish Agency
Arab Higher Committee
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United Nations Special Commission On Palestine
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Holy Land
Ki Cmege
Irving Berlin Receives French Cross Of Knighthood
Hollywood report states Irving Berlin wore the cross of knighthood of the French order of honor. The decoration was presented by French Consul Alexandre de Manziarly who praised Berlin for his music achievements. Berlin is a member of the French authors composers and publishers association.
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Irving Berlin
Alexandre de Manziarly
Berlin
French Authors, Composers and Publishers Association
The Coming Russian Terror Installment 7
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk recalls wartime pressures from Britain and Washington as Stalin defies the Atlantic Charter. He notes Polish officers vanished, doctors and scientists used for forced labor, and the Polish Government-in-Exile pushing for a harder stance while labor camps and amnesty outcomes spark renewed resistance.
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Stalin
Russia
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