Swift Passage Also Veto Certain For Tax Measure
The House moves toward swift passage of a 5 million tax slashing bill despite expected presidential veto. GOP leaders refuse concessions to win Democratic support while Truman's cost of living alternative faces opposition. Speaker Martin schedules a vote next week as Knutson defends the measure against Rayburn's objections.
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Washington
House Tencen
House
Senate
Martin
R-Mass
Emittee
Rayburn
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Truman
Slash
Canadian Leader King Says He Will Retire As Party Head
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King said he is willing to retire as Liberal party leader and prime minister once a successor is chosen. He urged a Liberal convention be held next summer to select his successor, signaling possibility of stepping down this year if needed. Louis St Laurent is seen as likely chosen to lead the party and hold the premiership.
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Ottawa
William Lyon MacKenzie King
Canada
National Liberal Federation
King
Robert Walpole
Britain
Louis St. Laurent
Budget talk on tax cut and EBT payments discussed
Budget negotiators debate trimming the budget to fund a tax cut and ensure at least 2 billion dollars for an EBT payment. Chairman Taber says further budget reductions will occur and with the president’s budget there will be money for a 5.6 billion dollar tax cut and the EBT payment.
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Martin
Taber
Rny
House Appropriations Committee
Pay No Issue In Case Of Gen Kuter
President Truman said pay did not enter the question as he urged congress to let Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter chair the Civil Aeronautics Board while keeping his military pay rank. House and Senate armed services leaders rejected the plan after talks at the White House. The CAB chair earns 10000 dollars annually. Kuter would retain general pay.
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Truman
Congress
Laurence S. Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services
White House
Committee xxx
CAB
Air Force
Kuter
Tville Youth Found Guilty Of Reckless Driving
Alvin R. Myers age 18 of Thomasville was found guilty of reckless driving in municipal court. He received four months on the county roads with a 12 month vehicle ban and a $50 fine plus court costs. Carl Steele pleaded guilty to prohibition violations and Casey Jones to fornication and adultery, each sentenced to 12 months on the county roads.
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Alvin R. Myers
Thomasville
Carl Steele
Casey Jones
Hindu Held After Bomb Blast Near Gandhi Meeting
A 21 year old Hindu activist named Madan Jal was arrested in New Delhi after allegedly exploding a homemade bomb near Mohandas K. Gandhi's prayer meeting. He was remanded without bail on arms and explosives charges and faces life imprisonment. Police seek whether a sinister plot motivated the act. Jal claims refugee status from Pakistan and says relatives were killed in Muslim riots. Striped fish news from Belhaven follows in the final item.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Madan Jal
Pakistan
Radio Program Network Schedules Note Time Zones
Eastern standard times apply with adjustments for central mountain zones and local relay hour changes. Last minute program changes cannot be included, as stations vary in scheduling.
Daily radio schedule with ABC CBS and MBS network listings
A detailed hour by hour radio and television lineup across networks ABC CBS MBS and others showing programs from 6:00 to 12:00 with news sports comedy drama variety and dance segments and recurring repeats and time shifts across East West and Mile branches.
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Cbs Network
Abc-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Musie
Abbe
Chicago Orchestra
Cbs-East Lum & Abner
Cbs- West
Abe Sowell Thomas
Cbs Ifa Power Club
Abe Basic
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Cbs News
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Abe Jack Smith
Cbe
Abe
Mbs
Abe Rob Crosby
Cebs
Abe News
Kaltenborn
Abe Ed Murrow
Cla
Dennis Day
Cbs
Abe the Scarlet Queen
Gldersleeve
Vox
Billy Rose
Duffy Tavern
Abe Mark Warnew
Abbott & Costello
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Abe Sweeney
March
Groucho Marx
Bing Crosby
Jimmy Durante
Abe Jony Martin
Textile Wage Scale Shows Increase in North Carolina
Raleigh January 21 The bureau of labor statistics reports textile workers wages rose 129 percent from September 1939 to September 1947 while the cost of living climbed 62.8 percent. Some sectors exceed 150 percent, with payrolls and living costs backing the gains. however, averages mask population concentration and banking disparities.
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Raleigh
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
County Fire Plan Draws Local Support Near Guilford
A meeting presided by attorney A J Myatt at the Bales Hosiery mill discussed county fire protection for Guilford college area. Residents pledged donations to fund protection and planned incorporation filings with the secretary of state.
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Guilford College
Myatt
A. J. Myatt
Bales
Childeess Holdings
Seven Killed and 30 Hurt in Plane Crash
A transport plane carrying 54 Chinese civilians including many children evacuated from Mukden crashed near Shanghat during a snowstorm. The C-46 suffered engine trouble on takeoff and crashed during an attempted landing, killing seven and injuring 30.
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Shanghat
Mukden
Chinese National Aviation Corp
WHPE Radio Schedule Highlights Various Programs
A daytime lineup lists WHPE broadcasts from 7:30 to 5:30 with News Morning Devotional music features and themed shows. Notable entries include George Barnes Octet Freddy Martin Orchestra Rainbow Rendezvous Chapel In The Sky and Red Ryder among several news bulletins and parades.
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WHPE
WHPRE
George Barnes
Freddy Martin
Blue Ridge Buddies
Bing Crosby
Arch Rivalry Shakes Louisiana Gubernatorial Race
In New Orleans on January 21, two longtime arch rivals Earl Long and Sam Jones led the Democratic gubernatorial primary as results trickled in. Four candidates remain, with a runoff likely on February 24 to determine the nominee considered the provincial election winner. Jones previously led a ballot box revolt against Huey Long’s machine, and both men again head opposing factions this year.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl Q. Long
Sam H. Jones
Long
Jones
Huey P. Long
Earl Long
Huey
Jimmie H. Davis
Bodies of 80 Are Believed Drowned After Steamer Capsize
Workmen searched the hull of the steamer Cautin in the Imperial River for about 80 missing after the 84 ton paddlewheel steamer capsized Monday night with an estimated 150 lives lost. Most aboard were women and children en route to a religious shrine. Seventy bodies had been recovered. strong wind later hindered the search.
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Santiago
Chile
Imperial River
Summerfield Man Killed In Road Accident
Greensboro dispatch reports Troy W. Winfree, 55, of Summerfield route 1, a steelworker, was killed at 6 30 am when his pickup skidded on an icy road on Jesse Wharton School road and crashed into an embankment. An overturned truck pinned him. His two passengers, described as Negro, escaped with injuries.
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Troy W. Winfree
Route 1
Summerfield
Jesse Wharton School Road
Here
Winfree
Acros
Ten Thousand Pairs of Pants Up for Sale by WAA
In Los Angeles on January 21 the War Assets Administration announced the sale of 10 000 pairs of Uncle Sam’s pants made from cotton and wool. Each pair bears a PW mark for prisoner of war and uses a permanent dye. The pants, deemed suitable for wiping rags, will be sold January 29.
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Uncle Sam
War Assets Administration
WAA
Divorce Filings Seek Separation in Municipal Court
Two divorce actions filed this morning in the municipal court clerk’s office name Dorothy Witcher seeking separation from Alvin Witcher and Evelyn Mary Vasko seeking divorce from Joseph Louis Vasko.
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Dorothy Witcher
Alvin Witcher
Evelyn Mary Vasko
Joseph Louis Vasko
President Named at N C College by Trustees
The North Carolina college board of trustees at Durham named Dr Alphonso Elder as president to succeed the late Dr James E Shepard. Elder has previously taught mathematics at the North Carolina College and served as dean at Atlanta University before returning to Durham as head of the graduate school of education. He succeeds Shepard effective immediately in the historic college.
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North Carolina College Board of Trustees
Durham
Alphonso Elder
James E. Shepard
Elder
North Carolina College
Atlanta University
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Shepard
Tluey
North Carolina
United Order of Tents
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Lula McCurry Divorce Notice in High Point
The defendant Lula McCurry must answer the complaint in a High Point Municipal Court action for absolute divorce after at least two years of separation. He must appear at the County Building clerk’s office within 20 days after January 15, 1948, and respond or the plaintiff’s relief will be granted. Filed December 18, 1947 by Clerk M. W. Nash and Attorney J. W. Clontz.
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Lula G. Gentry
Tate
High Point
North Carolina
Mary Gentry Walker
Pairfield Avenue
New Castile
Pennsylvania
D. P. Whitley, Jr
Guilford County
Lula McCurry
Municipal Court of
M. W. Nash
City of
J. W. Clontsz
Veterans Given Cab Licenses In Thomasville
The Thomasville city council approved taxi permits for two World War II veterans, C. W. Atwood and J. A. McCaskill, to operate a five cab fleet as Veterans Cab. Cabs must be inspected monthly by police under the new rules.
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C. W. Atwood
J. A. McCaskill
Veterans Cab Company
N. C. English
Paul M Shore
R. M. Cooksey
Cooksey
D. W. Winkleman Company
Greensboro
Thompson-Arthur Company
Setzer Company
Hickory
William F. Bowe Company
Augusta
Lions Club
Famous Lay Evangelist Here Sunday
R G Le Tourneau, once deep in debt, rose to become a top heavy machinery maker and renowned lay evangelist. He and his party will visit High Point for a city-wide meeting at 3 PM in the Senior High school auditorium and a morning sermon at West End Baptist Church, traveling by private planes.
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R. G. le Tourneau
le Tourneau
Albert Hall
London
Charles Spurgeon
England
Christian Gospel Enterprises
High Point
West End Baptist Church
Tax deadline looming warns High Point residents
Herbert A. Wood county tax supervisor warns nine days remain before the January 31 tax-listing deadline. He notes more than 7,000 people have not listed and urges prompt filing to avoid a last-minute rush.
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Herbert A. Wood
High Point
Wood
Constipation means real relief from headaches and indigestion
The text argues that headaches and stomach upset stem from constipation in the intestinal tract. It promotes Carters Inblock Pills as a mild, effective product to unblock the intestinal tract and provide relief, urging readers to buy at the rugstore today.
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Carters
Rugstore
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