Congress May Be Asked To Approve Plan
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Congress may be asked this year or next to provide funds to support European currencies in addition to the Marshall plan. He outlined loans from the stabilization fund and noted about 4.8 billion dollars in U.S. assets held by Marshall plan countries, much of which is already pledged or hard to liquidate.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
American Legion
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Western Europe
Russia
United States
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U. S
CIO High Command Sets Meetings On Policy And Wages
The CIO leadership gathered in Washington for a series of policy and wage strategy meetings. President Philip Murray convened nine vice presidents, with a 51 member executive board session planned, followed by an 11 member political action committee board. The aim is to chart a plan to secure wage concessions for about six million members, with details expected to remain confidential.
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Washington
CIO High Command
Philip Murray
Political Action Committee
CIO
Weather Summary North Carolina Cold Cloudy Rain Likely
Official Weather Bureau records note for Charlotte and statewide areas the 24 hour period ending 8 30 a m shows cooler conditions and light rain potential. Clouds linger with temperatures near recent readings while tonight remains partly to mostly cloudy and colder.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
New Cold Wave Heads Eastward
A fresh cold air outbreak moved from the Canadian border into the northern central United States. Temperatures dropped to 5 to 15 below in Minnesota the Dakotas and Wisconsin with subzero readings morning. Snow accumulations of three to eight inches were forecast for New England as a Carolinas centered storm moved northeast.
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Associated Press
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Mississippi
Dakotas
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Carolinas
Chicago
Wisconsin
California
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Miami
Fla
Los Angeles
Radio Station Withdraws $40,000 Slander Suit
Radio Station WSTS of Southern Pines announced it has withdrawn its $40,000 slander suit against a competing station in Southern Pines. The action claimed the rival made false statements to prospective advertisers about WSTS.
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Southern Pines
Wsts of
WSTS
Eleven Hurt In Plane Crash At Logan Airport Boston
Eleven people were injured when an Eastern Airlines Locon constellation crashed into a snowbank at Logan International Airport. The aircraft skidded on a snowfilled runway and burst into flames after the impact. Twenty passengers and five crew members jumped through doors to snowbanks. The most seriously injured suffered leg and rib fractures. Seven received first aid at the airport and relief station. four were taken to City Hospital.
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Boston
Eastern Airlines
Constellation Love
Logan International Airport
East Boston
City Hospital
Arab Fighters Strike Again near Yehiam
Arab saboteurs attacked the Jewish settlement of Yehiam northeast of Acre in a renewed assault. Jewish sources said about 500 Arabs in uniform fired from trenches, following yesterday’s day-long combat that left nine Jews and seven Arabs dead. Military aid had not arrived hours after the attack began.
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Jerusalem
Yehiam
Acre
Hagana
Private Meat Stocks Being Built In U S
Washington reports on Senate comments about meat rationing as Thye accuses private stores of growing in anticipation. The exchange centers on Flanders and Wherry with Thye warning ration talk hurts beef supplies and producers rush cattle to market. Flanders defends his stored steer for his family, calling the claim of hoarding a joke.
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Thye
Flanders
Rep. Javits
RNY
Agriculture Department
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Wherry-Flanders
Nebraska
Republican National Committee
Vermont
Wherry
News New
Minnesota
Senate
Two Problems Put Before Unit of UN
LAKE SUCCESS January 21 The United Nations Palestine Partition commission faces two main questions: requesting an international army to enforce the partition of the Holy Land and opening Tel Aviv to Jewish immigration. A Philippine appeal to the Security Council seeks military action to enforce partition as the commission moves to hear Sir Alexander Cadogan on London’s plan following the assembly’s call to create a safe area for Jewish admission within ten days.
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Security Council
Esgram
Alexander Cadogan
London
General Assembly
County Fire Plan Outlined In Guilford Meeting
Guilford county officials and about 50 residents discussed a plan to combat fire threats between the western city limits and the Davidson county line. They formed a committee to buy a fire truck and consider a voluntary department, with up to 5000 in county aid and future subscriptions to repay the grant.
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Guilford County
Davidson County
Hugh Il Dress
Harry Weatherly
Hilliard Memorial Church
Weatherly
Hugh Childress
Guilford College
Cambridge council battles to elect mayor after long balloting
Cambridge Massachusetts city councilors spent 17 days and 511 ballots without choosing a mayor. Former state auditor Russell A Wood urged Governor Bradford to set a time limit and declare a state of anarchy if no mayor is chosen, warning that the delay paralyzes city operations including the school committee.
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Cambridge
Mass
Russell A. Wood
Robert F. Bradford
Missing Movie Star Is Located In San Francisco
Hollywood star Jacqueline Horner, 14, missing since last week from Los Angeles, was found at a Van Ness avenue hotel in San Francisco. Navy sailor Wallace Wells, 19, assigned to the Cimarron, was booked for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Horner is in a juvenile home. parents divorced in 1942.
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Clara Horner
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Buffalo
N .Y
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Jacqueline Horner
Hollywood
Los Angeles
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Dan Shelley
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van Ness Avenue
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Cimarron
Munters Point
Merrill
Weevil Remains Costly Insect Across Southeast
Atlanta January 21 Robert R Coker of Hartsville S C says new poisons Benzine hexachloride and DDT aid boll weevil control but the pest "is still with us" at a national cotton council meeting. He notes 1946 losses in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama totaled 108 million with Georgia at 30 million due in part to complacency.
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Atlanta
Robert R. Coker
Hartsville
S. C
Coker
National Cotton Council
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Slavs Honor 700 American Fighting Men
Belgrade Yugoslavia January 21 US graves registration unit identified 700 American servicemen missing since two and a half years Their graves were located during wartime duties as Yugoslav fighter planes saluted a funeral dirge and a military band played The coffins will be shipped home from Italy after ceremonies.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.S
Italy
More Rain In Prospect For Carolinas
Rain expected across North and South Carolina with warmer temperatures likely to keep roads from freezing. Snow in western counties had measured over three inches and began to turn to slush as milder air moved in on the sixth day of a cold siege.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
Piedmont
Democrats Hopeful of Unity Amid Southern Breach
Washington dispatch notes Democrats show unity after a southern rift as Mississippi Governor Wright wages a secession threat over anti southern legislation. GOP members end their meeting approving a 4 million dollar budget while sparring over meat rationing standby machinery.
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Senate
Eastland
Dmiss
Justice
National Committee
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Flanders
Rep
Tito alleged Yugoslavia warned with atomic arms in speech
La Voce Libera published a purported Tito speech from Zagreb dated Nov 18 1947 claiming Yugoslavia possessed 159 divisions atomic bombs and jet planes ready to annihilate reaction and defend frontiers. The paper cites Soviet backed rhetoric about bandits and foreign spies threatening Yugoslav proletariat.
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Trieste
Free Territory
la Voce Libera
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Zagreb
Dissidence 40
Italy
Austria
Adriatic
Amazon Case Still Before Judge Hayes
Judge Hayes deliberates on whether to issue an injunction against Amazon Cotton Mill to bar strikes with the Textile Workers Union of America. The judge explains why he dismissed the company's contentions and allows the suit to stay in trial, noting the union's right to representation and bargain.
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Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Amazon Cotton Mill Company
Textile Workers Union of America
Cio Hayes
U. S S
Middle District Court of
North Carolina
Middle District
TWUA
Hayes
Greensboro Fire Fighters Vote to Affiliate with Union
City Manager James R. Townsend said 54 of 71 Greensboro fire department members voted to affiliate with the International Fire Fighters Association AFL. By laws of the union forbid strikes, officials reported.
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James R. Townsend
International Fire Fighters Association
AFL
Townsend
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