Truman seeks broader Social Security coverage and higher benefits
President Truman urged expansion of Social Security to include about 20 million more people and raise average benefits by around 80 percent. He backed raising the payroll tax on earnings to fund the expansion and anticipated Senate approval aligned with House plans.
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House
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Senate
State of the Union
Truman
Ford Motor Company
Legislative activity shifts across southern states this week
Capitol Square by Lynn Nisbet notes North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and others in session. Governors Battle Browning Thurmond may miss Raleigh meeting. South Carolina eyes agency consolidation and sales tax debate. Byrnes and Johnston announce runs. elections set for governor senator and many local posts.
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North Carolina
Virginia
General Assembly
John Battle
William Tuck
Battle
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Tennessee
Browning
Raleigh
Thurmond
Board of Control
Southolina
Congress
United States
Insurance
James F. Byrnes
Spartanburg
Olin D. Johnston
Senate
Palmetto
Byrnes
Frank Graham
Scott
J. M. Broughton
Waldo Cheek
William P. Hodges
Sees Kremlin Behind Policy From China After Peiping Incident
Republican critics condemned U S foreign policy after the Peiping developments. A senator suggested Secretary Acheson was not fully disclosed to the foreign relations committee about China’s January 7 message to requisition the consulate. The state department allegedly knew the situation more than a week earlier.
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China
Peiping
United States
Acheson
State Department
Development Of Bomb Cited in Times Report
The Times notes officials split on the hydrogen bomb project with some opposing moral grounds and others urging speed against Russia. The prevailing trend favors one more attempt to negotiate a settlement before proceeding with production.
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The
Times
Weather and flood relief efforts spread across multiple states
Thousands urged to evacuate as sandbagging continues and hundreds homeless in Illinois Indiana and Arkansas. Snowbound northern Michigan residents trek through 28 inches of snow while Texas endures dense fog drizzle and chilly upper forties.
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Illinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Wabash
Little Wabash
Michigan
Texas
Newlywed Harrisons Honeymoon in Lenoir County Home
William Harrison age 84 and Hulda Sanderson Harrison age 84 were wed over the weekend by magistrate W J Thomas. It is Harrisons third marriage and they are spending their honeymoon at the couple’s Lenoir County home.
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Exinston
Harrisons
Lenoir County
William Harrison
Hulda Sanderson Harrison
W. J. Thomas
Harrison
Merchants Seek $200000 Endowed Chair at UNC
The North Carolina Merchants Association launched a drive for two hundred thousand dollars to endow a chair of retailing at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The campaign aims to conclude by May 1, with no hard deadline set.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Merchants Association
University of North Carolina
Miners Strikes Spread as Picket Lines Grow Nationwide
West Virginia and Pennsylvania coal districts see motorized pickets and 74000 idle miners amid a nationwide strike for a new UMW contract. Cecil Urbanik calls a Monongah meeting to urge members back to work while Pittsburgh area miners rally in Brownsville.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Cecil J. Urbanik
Monongah
W. Va
Urbanik
Brownsville
Althone Brown
Maxwell Local
Union
Irene
Union Supply Company
United States Steeltion
Brown
John Ozanich
Robena
Greene County
Ozanish
Ozanich
H. C. Frick Coal Company
U. S. Steel
Illinois
How a Co op would buy NMCHC stock and transition to private hands
A proposal explains a 125 person co op paying 200 dollars each as a down payment to buy NMCHC stock with 2 percent yearly over 20 years. The plan envisions NMCHC start as a government entity with about 100 million dollars, then shift to co op ownership as stock is sold and bonds backed by government guarantees fund additional loans up to two billion dollars.
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Co-Op
NMCHC
Senate
Stock Market On Even Keel Today
Buying interest in automobile stocks helped keep today's market on an even keel. Railroad issues showed limited progress and mixed results. General Motors and Chrysler rose about half a point while Studebaker lagged. Nickel Plate led the rail group, up over a point at one peak. Other advances included N Y Central Southern Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Southern Pacific Republic Steel Goodyear Woolworth J I Case Schenley Motorola Admiral American Telephone American Cyanamid Du Pont Eastman Kodak American Tobacco Standard Oil East and Eastern Air Lines.
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General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
N. Y. Central
Southern Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Republic Steel
Goodyear
Woolworth
J. I. Case
Schenley
Motorola
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
American Cyanamid
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
American Tobacco
Standard Oil
Eastern Air Lines
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