Pauley Fails In Request To Question H. E. Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley sought to confront Harold E. Stassen under oath before a senate subcommittee probing commodity insiders profits. Stassen denied full disclosure of Pauley’s earnings and said Pauley may have earned about 1,000,000 in the food market while serving as ambassador and Democratic official. Ferguson scheduled a written-question session for Jan. 23 as Stassen to testify again.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Pauley
Stassen
Reete
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Democratic National Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
St. Louis
Demotic National Committee
Senator Bridges Urges Change In Truman Budget System
Senate appropriations chair Bridges says the budget system causes confusion by grouping income and outgo into broad programs rather than by department. He released a letter exchange with President Truman who declined to switch to departmental emphasis. A budget seminar was held for reporters with Snyder Webb and Jones present as the plan is to release the budget after noon Monday.
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Washington
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Congress
H E
Divorce Spat Tragedy In Memphis Ends Two Young Lives
In Memphis, a jealously charged father killed his infant son with an electric iron and wounded another son after being rebuffed on remarriage. Michael Orlando 97 was charged with murder and bound over to the grand jury. A neighbor found him over the children as he claimed I loved them dearly.
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Memphis
Tenn
Peteribenga
Weibenga
Michael Orlando
Orlando
Flossie Lewter
Gaz
William Paul Orlando
Ron
Michael
Publisher Josephus Daniels’ Condition Worsens in Raleigh
The News and Observer publisher Josephus Daniels aged 85 in Raleigh is gravely ill with bronchitis and complications. His four sons remain at his side as stimulants and an oxygen tent are used. he has been deteriorating since Tuesday.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
The
News and Observer
Man Barking At Dog House Draws Police Notice
In New Orleans police traced a call about a man barking at the Dog House in the French Quarter. The man, hired to bark to attract patrons, stood on the sidewalk outside the club and made loud canine noises.
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New Orleans
Nightelu
Dog House
Mine Disaster in Metz Coal Mine After Explosions
Two fire damp explosions at the Guillermin coal mine in Metz France trapped sixty men at the 1 800 foot level. Rescue teams pulled forty five injured workers to safety and reported many in critical condition with several dead.
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Metz
France
Guillermin
Ballentine Enters NC Agriculture Commissioner Race
Raleigh Jan 10 Lieutenant Governor L Y Ballentine announces candidacy for agriculture commissioner in the Democratic primary. He cites farming and business experience and goodwill toward a program of progress for North Carolina. Coltrane plans a Monday statement on seeking the post. Kerr Scott declines renomination. Ballentine has long been a gubernatorial hopeful with a history in Wake County politics and state leadership roles.
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Raleigh
L. Y. Ballentine
Ballentine
Commonwealth
Kerr Scott
Agriculture Department
North Carolina
D. S. Coltrane
Coltrane
Randolph County
Wake County Board of Commissioners
Wake
Charles M. Johnson
R. Mayne Albright
Oscar Barker
Durham
Olla Ray Boyd
Pinetown
Hodges Seeks Democratic Nomination For State Treasurer
Asheville attorney Brandon P. Hodges announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina state treasurer. A former two term state senator and longtime county attorney, Hodges chaired the appropriations committee and budget advisory commission, citing fiscal expertise and deep understanding of state institutions.
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Asheville
Brandon P. Hodges
Hodges
State Senate
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Budget Advisory Commission
North Carolina
Liberty Man 75 Fatally Burned in Heater Accident
A 75 year old man William H. Isley of route 3 Liberty was burned to death when his clothing caught fire from a tin heater. Alamance Sheriff C H Mooresand provided the report.
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Liberty
William H. Isley
Route 3
Alamance
C. H
Record High Prices Persist Across Markets In 1947 Start
The first full week of the year shows ongoing high prices at major markets. Cattle set Chicago records with prime steers at 41.25 per hundred pounds while Sioux City reached 41.65, soybeans rise to all time highs in Illinois towns, and butter falls sharply in wholesale trade.
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Chicago
Sioux City
New York
Illinois
Manila
Philippines
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Oregon
Mid-West
Pacific Coast
Group Seeks Tax Cuts in Federal Excise Duties
An association of state governments urged Congress to cut federal excise taxes including those on local telephone calls, intrastate energy, gasoline, and admissions. They also pressed for shifts of unemployment program funding to states, extended tax advantages for non community property states, and fairer estate tax division.
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Washington
Congress
Horace Hildreth
Maine
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Peron Receives Spanish Wine and Franco Gift
President Peron received 1400 bottias of fine Spanish wine and liquor as a New Year gift from Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Some cognac reportedly exceeds a century in age. In return Peron sent five valuable horses and three purebred cattle to Franco.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franca
Congress urged to act on oil shortage crisis
Washington reports mounting winter fuel oil shortages prompt calls for Congress to allocate supplies and swift remedial legislation. A 22 state meeting is planned to find relief while New England faces freezing temps and dwindling reserves. Senator Tobey notes ongoing Senate Commerce subcommittee scrutiny and a pending Pan American dispute settlement.
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Washington
Congress
New England
Board of Managers of the
Council of State Governments
Tobey
Max W. Ball
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO
Pan American Refinery and Pipeline Company
Texas City
Tex
New York Harbor
William O'Dwyer
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Council of State Governments Board
Senate Commerce
District of Columbia
Delaware
Vermont
Indiana
Minnesota
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New York
Rhode Island
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Geora
North
South Carolina
Sylvania
Michigan
China Not Worthy Of Aid Says Lattimore At Meeting
Owen Lattimore told the Foreign Policy Association in Philadelphia that the Chinese central government cannot be trusted to bring order out of chaos and is too autocratic. He said arms and funds have gone to private banks or to the opposition, urging a more moderate, state-rights compromise government. Dr Paul Linebarger argued American aid to Chiang Kai-shek could do tremendous good per dollar.
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Philadelphia
Owen Lattimore
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lattimore
Walter Hines Page
Sifk
Paul Linebarger
School of Advanced International Studies
Washington
Two Men Charged in Fake Will Plot for Spinster
New York officials charged two men with forging a will to steal the $300000 estate of elderly recluse Miss Mathilde Milsberger. A lethal barbiturate was found in her exhumed body as police probed her death. Fred Diesel and Fred Lasch are held on first degree forgery charges and face hearings January 16.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Mathilde Milsberger
Germany
Fred Diesel
Miss Milsberger
Fred Lasch
Hogan
Dresel
Lasch
Miss. Mossberger
Lexington Avenue
UN Palestine commission to begin talks with Britain
The United Nations Palestine commission prepared to meet Britain's representatives next week over partition procedures for Palestine as London rejects UN US joint control. Arabs threaten boycott. Moshe Shertak to represent Jewish agency. five-nation panel includes Czechoslovakia Philippines Bolivia Panama and Denmark.
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Holy Land
London
Palestine
Arab Higher Committee
Alexander Cadogan
British UN
Commission
Czechoslovakia
Philippines
Bolivia
Panama
Denmark
Moshe Shertak
United States
Britis George Barnes
Arkhay Sobolev
Russia
Record Population Gain in State Expected in 1947
North Carolina's population is projected to rise in 1947 from births offset by deaths and accidents. The state board of health reports 94,786 live births in the first ten months, with 25,114 deaths from disease and 1,899 from accidents, marking record birth totals and higher death figures than 1946.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
North Carolina
The Coming Russian Terror Part Eight
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk portrays Stalin’s grip on Poland and the Polish government in exile. The piece outlines Sikorski’s December 1941 Moscow visit to address Polish labor camps and stalled aid for Polish troops in Russia, amid mass deportations and hunger.
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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Stanislaw Mikolajeczyk
Stalin
Russia
U. S
Poland
Sikorski
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