New Rains Threaten Flood Area
Flood dangers mount in midwest river regions as gulf air keeps rains steady across the lower Mississippi and Tennessee valleys. Forecasters warn of heavier rains, with Ohio and Wabash rivers swelling and thousands fleeing homes while the army and Red Cross aid rescue and levee work.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ohio
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
A. W. Walstrom
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Army
Red Cross
Wabash
Rossclare
Ill
Cumberland
Green
Smithfield
Eddyville
Truman presses for FEPC to ban job discrimination
President Truman urged Democratic Congress members to back a bill creating a Fair Employment Practices Commission to prevent employment discrimination against African Americans and others. House Rules Chairman Sabath set hearings as the White House pressed for vote regularity and broader Fair Deal goals.
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Washington
Truman
Sabath
D-Nil
House Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Barkley
Democratic National Committee
Rep. Sabath
FEPC
Senate
House
Truculent Disaster Claims Fifty-Two Feared Dead
Nine dead and fifteen rescued as the submarine Truculent sank after a collision with a Swedish tanker off the Thames estuary. Divers report flooded compartments while rescue craft search for remaining crew. total aboard 76 including dockmen.
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Chatham
Eng
G. B. Middleton
Chatham Navy Yard
Thames
Admiralty
Usk
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Barrow Deep
Zest
Liverpool
U. S
New Hampshire
Duke As Customer for Piedmont Rural Gas Says Official
William P. Conyers of Spartanburg South Carolina president of Piedmont Rural Gas Corp told a federal hearing that his company needs Duke Power as a customer for industrial sales. Piedmont seeks a license to build a natural gas pipeline from Mississippi to Virginia to sell gas to the Carolinas and Virginia. He cited negotiations in New York and Charlotte and said Duke is as valuable a customer as 20 others. He noted Piedmont would rely on industrial sales in year one due to storage limits and asked Duke for market assurance and minimum prices over several years.
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Washington
William P. Conyers
Spartanburg
S. C
Piedmont ,Rural Gas Corp
Duke Power Co
Piedmont
Federal Power Commission
Mississippi
Virginia
Carolinas
Conyers
Duke
New York
Charlotte
N. C
Power Commission
Duke Power
Arrow's Failure Has Consequences
Hong Kong January 13. The Flying Arrow failed to run the blockade into Shanghai, leaving Yangtze traffic stalled and shippers with little hope of resuming. The showdown on the Nationalist blockade won by the Chinese Nationalist navy. After naval bombardment the Arrow discharged a $10 million cargo at Tsingtao, which does not imply a blockade breach since Shanghai needed the cargo. Transport to Shanghai would be funded by the Communist government.
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Hong Kong
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
Yangtze
Tsingtao
Air Force Reserve Pilots Die In Crash
In Long Beach California a training plane crashed on a residential street killing Captain M. D. Dennison the pilot and 2nd Lieutenant C. J. Knee the co-pilot. Three other crew members survived with light injuries as the craft toppled onto parked cars and set the vicinity ablaze.
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Long Beach
Calif
Air Force Reserve
M. D. Dennison
C. J. Knee
Los Angeles
Two Parkway Projects May Start Soon
Rep. Redden says two Blue Ridge Parkway projects near Craven's Gap to U S Highway 70 and a Bull's Gap tunnel may begin soon. National Park Service outlines year funding of 2.04 million with 1.66 million for construction and 245 miles already open or under construction. Asheville could see Parkway access expanded if Congress approves the budget.
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Washington
Redden
D-N.c
Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia
North Carolina
Craven's Gap
U. S. Highway 70
Bull's Gap
Park Service
National Park Service
Truman
National Parks and Parkways
Congress
Asheville
Acheson Outlines Three Point Far East Policy
Secretary Acheson disclosed a three part strategy to curb Soviet influence in Asia. He urged bolstering non communist Southeast Asian nations, exploiting China’s nationalist interests versus Russian imperialism in North China, and indefinitely defending the Western Pacific with forces in Japan the Ryukyus and the Philippines. The plan follows China’s Communist victory and stresses ongoing U S involvement.
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Washington
Asia
Acheson
U. S
Far East
Southeast Asia
China
Russia
America
Western Pacific
Formosa
National Press Club
Reds
Moscow
Manchuria
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Philippines
United States
Labor Board clears manager imitating Simon Legree
Walter L. Berry Jr a Charroin Manufacturing manager was allowed to dress as Simon Legree and whip jokes during an election campaign. The NLRB ruled the stunts were harmless humor and did not block a free election, noting six speeches and bus transport to polls accompanied the campaign.
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Washington
Simon Legree
National Labor Relations Board
Villian
CIO
Textile Workers
Walter L. Berry, Jr
NLRB
Charroin Manufacturing Company
A Diego
Calif
Berry
Charrain
US Chamber Reports Coal Shortage in 36 Cities
The U S Chamber of Commerce says 36 cities face a critical coal shortage with less than seven days supply in dealers hands. The report notes mild weather delayed widespread hardship but warns some areas are hours away from crisis as Truman weighs actions under Taft Hartley and mine union pressure. Joseph E Moody leads Southern Coal Producers Association comments follow.
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Washington
Jar
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Today
Truman
Chamber
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chambers of Commerce
Chicago
American Retail Coal Association
Soviet bid to oust Nationalist China from UN unlikely
UN observers say Russia will fail to eject Nationalist China from the United Nations as the Security Council considers the proposal. Delegates Malik and Tsiang clash over the move while Britain backs caution and the United States and France withhold support for the Soviet effort.
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Associated Press
China
United Nations
U. N
Jakob Malik
Security Council
T. F. Tsiang
Council
Britain
Mao Tzetung
United States
France
United
Hair Says He and Cable Quarrel Over Gambling Debt
Raleigh January 13 Raymond D Hair, Wake Forest senior, was arrested in Los Angeles on a murder charge connected to the December death of Roy W Coble. Hair was being brought back to North Carolina for trial as authorities announced one of the state’s most intensive manhunts had ended.
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Hair
Cable
Raleigh
Raymond D. Hair
West Coast
Wake Forest College
Los Angeles
Calif
SBS
Walter Anderson
North Carolina
Anderson
Roy W. Coble
Oakboro
Coble
Wake Forest
O. J. Locklear
H. E. Boswell
Rankin seeks probe of congressional phone tapping
Rep. Rankin demands a House inquiry into reports of unauthorized tapping of congressional lines. He plans to introduce a resolution for the House un American Activities committee to investigate next Monday, noting taps in Capitol Hill offices and suspected home lines. He suspects subversive groups and says the FBI is not involved.
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Washington
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
House un-American Activities Committee
House
Capitol List
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Capitol Hill
Congress
Reynolds Tobacco declares 50 cent quarterly dividend
R J Reynolds Tobacco Co directors set a 50 cent quarterly dividend on common stock and class B common, payable February 15 to record shareholders January 25. The firm also ends the year end cent dividend, with prior quarterly payments totaling 2 dollars annually.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Reynolds
Motorist Killed Near Manteo Bridge
Elizabeth City January 13 Roger Shannonhouse 33 salesman for a candy company was fatally injured when his truck left a bridge near Manteo late Thursday night.
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Elizabeth City
Roger Shannonhouse
iManteo
GI Dividend Checks Exempt From Seizure
The Veterans Administration announced World War II GI dividend checks cannot be seized for debts and are exempt from income tax. The Treasury printed the first large batch and the Post Office will mail about 200,000 daily, targeting 1,000,000 a week. About 16 million policyholders will receive a total of $2.8 billion by June 30. Forgeries urged guards and strict ID advised. checks vary from 90 cents to 528 dollars, average about 125.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Donaldson
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Baughman
Stock Selling Continues At Steady Pace
New York traders faced a continuing slide as the stock market fell again with many issues down more than a dollar. General Motors and U S Steel led declines, while the overall market remained in a pronounced downtrend amid heavy selling and signs of leveling only briefly.
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New York
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
International Harvester
Philco
Cocoa-Cola
Kennecott Copper
du Pont
Sante Fe
General Electric
Baltimore & Ohio
Standard Oil
Johns Manville
Nickel Plate
Douglas Aircraft
Driver Of School Bus Charged With Careless Driving
GOLDSBORO Jan. 13 A school bus driver William Roosevelt Jones 23 Negro of Mount Olive Rt. 1 operator of a bus from Carver high school Mount Olive is charged with careless and reckless driving after a dirt road crash off highway 111. The bus swerved and skidded about 40 yards and the front end landed in a creek beside the road. None of the 55 pupils aboard were injured.
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Goldsboro
Here
L. M. Horton
William Roosevelt Jones
Mount Olive
Rt. 1
Carver High School
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Pacific
Republican Committee
Connally
Dtex
Louis Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
Philip Jessup
Korea
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R. J. Reynolds
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