Authority To Slash Tariffs To Be Revised
The senate Republican policy committee voted to extend the special war investigation committee through 1947 and recreate the small business committee for eight months. Chairman Taft said the move aims to close ranks before a major legislative clash anticipated this session. Brewster said the war contracts inquiry would proceed. opposition argues war work should stay with the armed services committee.
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Jan
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Ohio
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Rme
Special War Committee
Brewster
Armed Services Committee
AFL Launches Drive to Organize 3 Million Farm Workers
The AFL opened a campaign to unite 3,000,000 farm workers under the National Farm Labor Union. Delegates, many Black, gathered as AFL officials urged a convention to organize field workers nationwide. Pledges of AFL financial support and aims to include farm workers in pensions and labor protections were outlined.
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United States
Southern Tenant Farmers
P. Fenton
Fenton
Congress
H. L. Mitchell
Five Violent Deaths In N C Over Week End
Over the weekend at least four North Carolinians died violently. Reports include William R. Hinson killed in a motorcycle accident near Cabarrus county hospital. Lee Goodman injured in a hospital crash. B A Turner shot to death in Harmony with suspects in Iredell county jail. Charles William McFalls found dead with a shotgun blast in Dunn. Paul James Tilson crushed when a trailer truck struck his pickup between Black Mountain and Ridgecrest. Additional deaths involve milk truck crash near Winston-Salem and a trainee driver injured on a route with minor injuries to Lawrence A Tuttle.
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Associated Press
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West Concord
Cabarrus County
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Art
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Conard
Goodman
B. A. Turner
Harmony
Iredell County
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Bertha Mason
Dunn
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Asheville
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Winston-Salem
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Haifa Port Hit by Violent Blast Sparks Curfew
A major blast at Haifa police headquarters killed four policemen and injured more than 142. The attack disrupted the harbor area, damaged surrounding buildings, and led British authorities to impose a curfew on Haifa's 95,000 residents. Debris blocked streets as guards and roadblocks were established and emergency measures taken.
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B-17 Drone On Pilotless Flight To Washington
An army B- seventeen drone plane accompanied by a mother ship was set to take off from Eglin Field Florida for a nonstop 1850 mile round trip to Washington DC without any pilot in control. The drone will drop a dummy bomb off Richmond Virginia to prove pilotless bombing feasibility. Newsmen and radio correspondents will ride aboard and broadcasts were planned as the craft circled the capital around 1 PM EST. Favorable weather was forecast for the flight which should last about eleven hours barring tailwinds.
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Washington, D. C
Richmond
United States
Washington
Mother Resting Well After Quadruplet Birth
Three baby girls survived a quadruplet birth in a Suck Creek mountain cabin as the mother rested comfortably in a clinic. One infant was stillborn. Jessica weighed six pounds two ounces, while Gaby and Dilly weighed about four ounces each.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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Davegone
Jess Moore
Jessica
Gaby
Dilly
GOP Split Over Extending Special Committees
Senate Republicans show their first open split as Tobey of New Hampshire and Aiken of Vermont say they will oppose leadership plans to renew the special war investigating panel and create a new small business committee. Aiken argues the move violates the 1946 Congressional Reorganization Act.
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Washington
Senate
Tobey
Aiken
Wolcott Seeks Amendments to Rent Control
Wolcott chairman of the house banking committee says rent controls likely to remain after July 1 with revisions to ease inequities. He cites housing shortages and cautions against a broad 15 percent rise while favoring a formula balancing fair profits for landlords after higher maintenance costs. A thorough study will guide action.
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Washington
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
Senate
Barker Salary Amendment Triggers Legislative Debate
In Raleigh on January 13 the Cherry administration backed a 30 percent pay raise plan for teachers and state workers. Governor Cherry and supporters push the measure as part of a large budget package while opponents seek a 20 percent compromise. The General Assembly enters its second week awaiting the budget message and accompanying revenue and appropriation bills.
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Cherry
Brandon Hodges
Asheville
Hodges
General Assembly
Advisory Budget Commission
Mother and Daughter Held in Murder Probe at Lynn
Sheriff Hines said Mrs Rosa Galloway Mc Falls and her daughter Mrs Bertha Mason are held without bond in Polk county jail as investigators probe the shotgun death of Charles William McFalls 67. He was found dead at Mrs Mason’s Lynn home. A coroner's jury heard a nearby resident testify he arrived after a shotgun blast and saw Mrs McFalls near the body.
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N. C
Walter D. Hines
Rosa Galloway McFalls
Bertha Mason
Polk County
Charles William McFalls
McFalls
Mason
Lynn
William C. Dedman
CIO Makes Formal Entry In Coal Case
The CIO moved to make a formal entry in the John L. Lewis coal strike contempt case as the Supreme Court scheduled final arguments tomorrow. CIO attorneys planned to file a brief with the high court challenging the federal court restraining order aimed at ending the coal strike.
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Marshall to take oath as secretary of state amid bipartisan backer
Gen George C. Marshall prepares to become secretary of state with Republican support for key diplomacy. Senator Vandenberg urged Congress to fund relief, loans, and trade. he called for a Rio de Janeiro pan American conference and a shift to backing China’s non communist coalition. Byrnes stressed a firm, just peace and strong military forces, while both Byrnes and Vandenberg pushed bipartisan foreign policy with room for debate.
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Court Upholds Conviction of Boston Mayor
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of James M Curley 72 year old Boston mayor and former congressman on mail fraud charges The ruling upholds sentences of 18 months in jail and a $1000 fine for Curley and related penalties for Donald Wakefield Smith and James G Fuller The decision follows a lengthy winter trial and notes the defendants were free on bail pending appeal
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U. S. Court of Appeals
James M. Curley
Boston
Congress
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Engineers Group, Inc
Smith
Massachusetts
William S. Leahy
Leahy
Engineers Group
Mayon Volcano Erupts With Mighty Shower
Mayon volcano in Southern Luzon erupts after five days of simmering. Navy weather officer Lt. Robert Case reports lava streams rising 8 000 to 10 000 feet above the peak as Capt. Robert Harris pilots an army plane. Evacuations ordered as lava spills down eastern and southern slopes and smoke rises three miles into the sky.
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Luzon
Robert Case
Nevada
Ohio
Navy
Robert A. Harris
Dayton
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Radio Beacon Failure To Be Investigated
Airplane crashes across the United States killed 27 people yesterday with 2 survivors in five disasters. An Eastern Airlines Detroit to Miami flight crashed in rain near Galax Virginia killing 18, survivor William Ellis Keyes dragged from wreckage by locals.
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Associated Press
United States
Eastern Airliner Crash Near Galax Kills 18
An Eastern Airlines DC plane from Detroit to Miami crashes west of Galax Virginia in heavy rain. Eighteen people die. 19 aboard and one survivor, William Keyes Jr. of Boynton Beach Florida, is rescued after rescuers pull him from the wreckage. CAB and company investigators launch inquiries and promise public hearings. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker is noted as company head.
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William Ellis Keyes, Jr
Boynton
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Galax
Waddell Hospital
Ds Largerson
Hazel White
Keyes
Here
CAB
Washington
William Keyes, Jr
Eddie Rickenbacker
Contractor Ils Sought In Trailer Death
Portsmouth Va January 13 55 year old contractor Richard Terry surrendered to police after a nationwide search for the shooting death of Margaret Elizabeth Garris Cole 31 a waitress in a trailer at Alexanders Corner. He will be arraigned in Norfolk county trial justice court Friday morning. The victim died at Kings Daughters hospital. Sister Doris Garris Mercer and B F Galloway were named material witnesses. Cole was buried in Rocky Mount North Carolina.
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Portsmouth
Romless Richard Terry
Norfolk County
Weather Station Readings For Asheville Atlanta Augusta
Readings from The Weather Station list high temperatures in Asheville and Atlanta with a lower tie to Augusta. Data show Boston max 63 and 51 in the 79 degree range with a minimum 46.00 likely indicating rainfall or precipitation measure.
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