Furniture Market Buzz as Buyers Increase Purchases
At the Southern Furniture Market buyers outnumber expectations and purchase per capita rises. About 1,232 registered buyers, with 800 more by noon, signal broad retailer participation and steady prices amid healthy, widespread demand. The Army Quartermaster Corps will visit to study prices and suppliers, aided by attention from Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray.
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Bretheren
Army Quartermaster Corps
Army
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
Bevin Declines Palestine Question Talk in Parliament
London January 18 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin refused to discuss the Palestine issue in Parliament to avoid jeopardizing Jewish Egyptian Rhodes peace talks. Critics urged a full statement on Britain’s Middle East role as Winston Churchill prepares a possible challenge. Bevin has a ready statement and faces labor party pressure.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Palestine
Rhodes
Winston Churchill
Britain
The
Holy Land
Bevin
Labor Party
Middle East
North Carolina Float for Inaugural Parade Nears Fully Funded
The North Carolina float for the inaugural parade is nearly paid for with about $1,500 raised by John A. Lang and the North Carolina Democratic Club of Washington. Lang says $50 more will complete the funding before Thursday. The float features agriculture and industry with portraits of Governor Kerr Scott and a large Uncle Sam figure, and five Carolina girls are touted as among the prettiest in the parade. Governor Scott is scheduled to ride ahead of the float, with Tar Heels gathering in Washington for events including a reception and ball.
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Washington
North Carolina
John A. Lang
Carthage
North Carolina Democratic Club of
Lang
Carolina
Miriam Tate Scott
Edenton
Kerr Scott
Jane Blythe
Charlotte
Democratic National Committee
Joe Blythe
Marion Frink
Southport
Alice Clark
Belmont
Carolyn Bason
Yanceyville
Uncle Sam
Capitol
North Carolina Society
Scott
Scotts
President Truman
Truman-Barkley Club
Capus Waynick
Waynick
J. van B. Metts
Charles Parker
Parker
B. Everett Jordan
Saxapahan
John Foreman
North Carolina Boy Among 20 Aboard Lost Bomber in Scotland
Loch Goilhead search efforts began at dawn as crews seek bodies of 20 airmen after a B 29 Superfortress crash in Scottish mountains. Officials at Smoky Hill base name the crew from Scampton England bound home to Salina Kansas, with no confirmed fatalities.
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Loch Goilhead
Scotland
U. S
Third Air Division
London
Salina
Kas
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Lochgoilhead
Scampton Field
Lincolnshire
England
Joe Kelly
Smoky Hill
Kelly
Scampton
C. Craigmyle
Thomas Rd
Phoenix
Ariz
M. P. Barry
New Haven
Conn
Richard D. Klindenberg
Columbia St
San Diego
Calif
Amvets Leader Opposes World War II Bonus Drive
James H. Pou Bailey state commander of Amvets Raleigh declares firm opposition to a federal or state bonus for World War II veterans. He notes only three of 26 NC posts responded to a poll, with two for and one against, and vows to resign if a bonus is pursued.
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Raleigh
Amvets
James H. Pou Bailey
Bailey
C. S
Josias W. Bailey
National Amvets
North Carolina
Amyet
Opposition From Agencies To Truman Reorganization Plan
Washington January 18 conservatives in Congress voiced skepticism as President Truman asked for authority to reorganize government bureaus including the Interstate Commerce Commission. Taft and Lodge warned against eroding Congress power while Barkley and Rayburn foresaw eventual approval.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Commercce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Executive Branch
Hoover
White House
Taft
Ohio
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Lodge
R-Mass
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Rayburn
Texas
Nationalist North China collapses as Red surge advances
Nanking reports state that Nationalist North China is dissolving while foreign diplomats are briefed that the government there is being dispersed for safety. Nanking remains the capital if Chiang Kai shek stays, with embassies likely to remain. Peiping sits under Red forces as defense preparations persist amid property seizures and diplomatic protests.
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Nanking
China
Foreign Office
Chiang Kaishek
Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
Yangtze
Dental School Measure Offered By Jones Currie
A bill was introduced in the North Carolina senate to authorize the creation of a UNC Dental School linked to the medical school at Chapel Hill. Senators Paul F. Jones and Claude Currie introduced the measure, with a proposed $1,000,000 construction appropriation in the recent permanent improvements bill and a self supporting model favored by the advisory budget commission.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina Dental School
University Board of Trustees
Chapel Hil
Paul Fe, Jones
Pitt
Claude Currie
Durham
Ponzi Dies in Hospital Ward at Rio De Janeiro
Charles Ponzi died Saturday in a hospital charity ward in Rio de Janeiro. His body lay unclaimed today in a public morgue, ending a career of infamous financial swindles that shocked Americans a generation ago.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Charles Ponzi
Crissman to Attend Truman Inauguration
Raleigh report lists five North Carolina representatives chosen to attend President Truman's inauguration on Thursday. Walter Crissman of Guilford Harvey Morris of Mecklenburg H Clifton Blue of Moore William T Hatch of Wake and Robert W Dalrymple of Lee will represent the House.
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Raleigh
Kerr Craige Ramsay
House
Truman
Walter FE. Crissman
Guilford
Harvey Morris
Mecklenburg
H. Clifton Blue
Moore
William T. Hatch
Wake
Robert W. Dalrymple
Lee
Stock Market Opens With Modest Gains on Busy Day
New York January 18 The stock market opened with a brisk advance that soon cooled yet kept gains of fractions to about a point. Commonwealth and Southern rose modestly with 30,000 shares transferring. American Telephone posted a small net gain the first since anti monopoly suit news last Friday. Major risers included U S Steel General Motors Chrysler U S Rubber Woolworth Consolidated Edison Commonwealth Edison Anaconda Copper Dow Chemical Du Pont International Paper Southern Railway Nickel Plate Standard Oil New Jersey while Goodyear Boeing Union Carbide and Philip Morris shed some points.
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New York
Commonwealth and Southern
Rose Point
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Woolworth
Consolidated Edison
Commonwealth Edison
Anaconda Copper
Dow Chemical
du Pont
International Paper
Southern Railway
Nickel Plate
Standard Oi
Goodyear
Boeing
Union Carbide
Philip Morris
Governor Scott proposes $200 million rural road bond plan
Raleigh January 18. Governor Scott urged a $200,000,000 rural road program and a one cent gasoline tax hike to finance it. He called for a voter approval in a special election to fund paving 12,000 miles of rural roads and preserving bus service and farm transport, with lawmakers split on the plan.
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Raleigh
Scott
General Assembly
North Carolina
Rex Gass
Forsyth
F. D. Long
Gass
Long
House
Highway Bond Issue Would Break Record
Raleigh NC January 18 A proposed 200 million dollar highway bond would outsize all prior bonds by nearly double. Previous issues totaled 85 million through 1921 to 1927 with added 1.25 million Cape Fear Bridge and 600 thousand Chowan River Bridge bonds. Remaining debt stood at 33.281 million after a 1947 payment, with 4.975 million principal and 1.8039 million interest paid in 1947 48 and 17 million in sinking funds.
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Raleigh
N. C
Scott
Ehringhaus
State Highway Commission
Cape Fear
Chowan River
Legislature explores memorial for Josephus Daniels
In Raleigh the General Assembly begins a study into erecting a memorial in honor of the late Josephus Daniels. The move seeks to honor the former editor and public figure with a lasting tribute in the capital.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Red Peace Overtures Deemed Wooden Horse by Mackenzie
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt Mackenzie notes from Moscow and Rome that recent communist calls for peaceful coexistence appear as a strategic ploy to weaken Western unity. He cites Palmiro Togliatti and Marcel Cachin, warns Moscow may seek concessions or a pretext for a new coup, and urges Western powers to bolster collective security while defending home fronts amid Czechoslovakia’s Soviet pressure.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Palmiro Togliatti
Bologna
Marcel Cachin
Humanite
Milan
Italy
Moscow
Europe
Washington
North Atlantic Alliance
Cer
Czechoslovakia
United States
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Communist Party
Henry Winston
National Board of Communists
Boy
Robert A. Fritsche
Bombardier
McDade
Tex. Tech
Delbert FE. Cole
Albion
Nebr
Wayne W. Baker
Liberty St
Franklin
John B. la Picca
St. Marks Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Baton Rouge
Henry P. Prestosh
Gouldsboro
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Nationalist
North China
Standard Oil Company
Pukow
Foreign Ministry
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Ponzi
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Kirkman
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Heidrich
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