Discharged Warden Indicted for Embezzling Fees
Surry County grand jury indicted William A. White a discharged game warden on embezzlement of more than 65000 in hunting and fishing license fees. Superior Court Judge Dan K. Moore signed an arrest warrant. The true bill alleges he failed to turn over five years of revenue to the State Wildlife Commission after his discharge December 7.
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Moves to Trim Workweek Tension in Coal Dispute
The union led by Lewis moves toward a three day week, with a no work day in some mines amid a 43,000 miner strike across seven states. President Truman maintains no coal emergency justifying Taft-Hartley injunctions. Denham weighs unfair labor practices, while Robertson pushes an anti trust outline in the Senate Banking panel.
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Britons to Go To Polls Soon
Attlee will announce election plans tomorrow and dissolve parliament on Friday February 3 with voting twenty days later. Morrison will run the party campaign as lobby officials briefed British press experts. Snap election at an earlier date appears virtually ruled out.
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Attlee
Morrison
British Press
British Press Association
Labor reform proposals move toward Senate action
A committee plans to send Robertson’s proposal to the judiciary committee with a recommendation for hearings and a Senate vote. Robertson seeks to place labor unions on a par with corporations in restraint of trade cases. Ferguson intends to introduce a resolution urging quick White House action on the coal shortage, though both moves face delays and may be ignored by the President.
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Senate
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Ferguson
Truman
Umstead withdraws from Senate race amid health doubts
The article chronicles William B. Umstead’s withdrawal from the North Carolina Senate race after a throat surgery left him unable to speak above a whisper since mid December. It notes the timing, political reactions, proxy-speech proposals, and parallels to past campaigns as North Carolina plans votes and contemplates debt-financed roads and ports projects.
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Umstead
North Carolina
Durham
Barkley
Senate
Graham
Bill Umstead
Allen Maxwell
Maxwell
Clamor Grows In Congress over Next Year Budget
The budget shows a deficit of 5.534 billion dollars for the current year ending June 30. Defense and international affairs total about 18 billion with defense at 13.5 billion. Home programs include help for the elderly unemployed farm price supports housing and the fair deal. Some lawmakers oppose new health insurance and favor trimming via single appropriation bills to curb log rolling. Senate and House panels discuss a one bill approach with Chairman Connor open to the plan.
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Russia
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
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House Committee
One Held In Massacre Front Steps Shooting Identified
Deputy Bailey says Harris's wife fled in night clothes with a weeks old infant after Turner shot her arm and right breast on the front steps. He attributes the killings to mistaken vengeance by white men who believed Harris aided police last December.
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Rodgers
Everette Bailey
Harris
Bailey
Communism Yet on Trial in Moscow and Formosa Fears
Reported near agreement between Mao and the Kremlin on China Russia relations hints at close economic and political ties. Manchuria remains a flashpoint with Russia showing no signs of loosening control. Tibet Formosa and Hainan are cited as targets for communism as Madame Chiang vows renewed resistance from Formosa.
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Mosen
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Izvestia
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Chiang
Santorini Erupts as Smoke Clouds Rise Over Aegean Island
The volcanic Santorini in the Aegean Sea began erupting today sending sulphurous clouds high into the sky. The Cyclades island population is about 15 000.
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Santorini
Aegean Sea
Cyclades
Grecian
Freighter Battered as US Warns on Shanghai Blockade
The Flying Arrow and Brooklyn Heights faced a prohibited Shanghai water area as the Isbrandtsen Line sought clarity from American officials. Vice Admiral Berkey pledged protection on open seas while the State Department warned ships to avoid Shanghai waters and crews to sign off in Hong Kong if needed. Rep. Vourys urged light on why Isbrandtsen ships push the Nationalist blockade.
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U.S
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Ohio
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State Department
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Ireland Sees Record Low Potato Acreage in 1949
The 1949 potato acreage in Ireland dropped to the smallest level in over seven decades, signaling a significant decline in staple crop output and reflecting postwar agri-food pressures.
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