Plane crash kills settlers. nuns feared among dead
A Spencer Airways DC-3 crashed on takeoff from Croydon in light snow, killing at least 12 of 23 aboard and injuring seven passengers and four crew. Pilot Capt. Ted Spencer. some victims rushed to South Africa to start new lives. three nuns believed among the dead. A survivor recounted a nun pushing him to safety as flames engulfed the wreck.
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London
Spencer Airways
South America
Croydon
Czech Airlines
Vernon Brown
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ted Spencer
Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Spencer Airlines
Victoria Falls
Nyasaland
South Africa
F. E. Hampson
Johannesburg
George Wright
Weather sketch shows cloudiness, light rain inland
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness and mild temperatures with occasional light rain mainly west today Sunday partly sunny in the east with light showers. Sun enters on January 26 with sunrise at 9 26 and sunset at 5 59.
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Carolina
Rent controls stay, no flat nationwide increase
Washington officials ruled out a uniform across the board rent rise under OPA revisions. They expect small property owners to gain most from loosened hardship provisions and said broader extensions beyond June 30 may be considered with strong justification.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
John R. Steelman
Philip B. Fleming
Rodgers family sets three multiples record in Eldorado
In Eldorado Illinois Mrs James Rodgers a 33 year old mother gave birth to triplets at Eldorado hospital joining two sets of twins previously born to the family in three years Rodgeres already have five other children. Rodgers works at a Harrisburg Illinois dairy.
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Ldorado
Ill
Eldorado Hospital
James Rodgers
Appeal Made In Behalf of 43 Germans
Lt Col Willis M Everett Jr travels to Washington to seek Supreme Court review for 43 SS troopers condemned to hang for the Malmedy massacre of 750 American soldiers. His defense team accuses US interrogators of torture and fake trials, urging a review by the army judge advocate general and potential presidential action.
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Dachau
Germany
U. S. Army
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Willis M. Everett, Jr
Atlanta
Malmedy
War Crimes Trial
Everett
Army
Supreme Court
U. S. Interroiors
Europe
Pacific
Ile
War Department
Truman
Orgaltar
Al Capone Is Barely Alive in Miami Beach
In Miami Beach Florida January 25 Scarface Al Capone remained on oxygen and under expert care as doctors described his condition as very critical A bedside bulletin at 930 am said Capone was not better and would not predict his death Capone had earlier rallied briefly and oxygen tanks were delivered to his Palm Island villa 25 room estate
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Miami Beach
Fra
Scarface al Capone
Capone
Palm Island
Senator George Calls for Budget Cut Below 35 Billion
Washington Jan 25 Senator George Democrat Georgia former finance chair joined Republicans in demanding a smaller Truman budget of 35 billion dollars or less for the 1948 fiscal year He urged delaying tax cuts until revenue shrinks plus maintaining 1 billion for debt service and another 1 billion breathing room for revenue changes He argued a lower outlay would curb spending and leave room for future tax policy adjustments.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Truman
Weed Prices In Advances on Tobacco Belts
Advances from 50 cents to 3 dollars above Thursday's figures were shown for better grades on the middle belt flue cured markets Raleigh reports. Old belt prices declined with lugs down to 2 to 3.50 and nondescripts off 75 cents to 1.25. Thursday sales totaled 390,340 pounds at 33.75 and 2,063,144 pounds at 32.68 for the season's new lows.
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Raleigh
Federal
State Marketing Service
Wednesay
Durham
Talmadge Backer Urges Probe Into Bribe Charges
Speaker Fred Hand of the Georgia House said he would seek a joint House Senate committee to thoroughly investigate bribe charges connected to Herman Talmadge's gubernatorial race. He cited press reports including references to a "little black bag" and a $3,000 check, plus Rep Jack Flynt's claim of an offer of $100,000 not to vote for Talmadge.
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Atlanta
Fred Hand
Georgia House
Hand
House
Senate
Ellis Arnall
Jack Flynt
Spalding County
Herman Talmadge
Flynt
Bath Robbery Nets $50 000
A Turkish bath house in Coney Island was raided by seven bandits at 4 a.m. They looted 150 steel deposit boxes, taking an estimated $25,000 to $50,000 in cash and valuables while 200 guests slept on the upper floors. The manager Bernie Hellman was tied up as two cars awaited the loot.
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New York
Coney Island
Silver
Bath
Bernie Hellman
Nine Year Old Seeks Nevada Divorce From Parents
Nine year old Melvin Roger Lew Jr details his plan to divorce his parents in Nevada and travel to Chicago to live with his aunt. He has made 15 unauthorized trips in two years, with previous stops in Los Angeles and Portland before returning to Oakland.
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Reno
Nev
Melvin Roger Lewis, Jr
Oakland
Calif
Nevada
Melvin
Chicago
San Jose
California
Melvin R. Lewis
Los Angeles
Portland
Deputies Postpone London Meeting Over German Peace Talks
Four power foreign ministers' deputies in London delay hearings on Canada’s views of the German peace treaty after Ottawa says it will not join discussions without guarantees to participate in later deliberations. US sources note Canada favors a stronger voice and may boycott today’s talks.
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London
Canada
United States
Solons Delay Final Action On Pay Plan
Raleigh January 25 The General Assembly delayed final action on an emergency pay bonus for teachers and state employees by adopting a conference committee compromise. The week featured 79 bills and a two week stalemate sparked by Governor Cherry’s 20 percent pay increase proposal. House leader Rep Oscar Barker pressed for higher raises as final passage was postponed.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Cherry
Oscar Barker
Durham
Russian to Be Taught Britons
London January 25 British chief of staff Fred Montgomery said all officer students at Sandhurst would be taught Russian. He told cadets language barriers hinder understanding with Russia and that more generals should learn Russian.
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London
Fred Marshal Lord Montgomery
Royal Military Academy
Sandhurt
Britain
West Point
Montgomery
Sandhurst
Russia
British Fail To See Point Of Stalin
London reports Britain's Foreign Office declined to endorse Stalin's view that a UK Russia officer exchange could signal war. Montgomery proposal remains unconfirmed while Stalin notes US Britain aviation exchanges drew denouncement. Bevin-Stalin notes cited as clarifying, with treaty extension reservations undetermined.
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Stalin
London
Foreign Office
Britsh
Moscow Radio
Lord Montgomery
Moscow
Montgomery
Tass
Stalip
Britain
United States
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
City Gasless As Pipe Blows In Montgomery
Montgomery suffers gas outage after a main pipeline ruptured in suburban Chisholm. About 12 000 to 14 000 Alabama Gas Company customers lose gas for cooking as crews rush from Auburn Opelika Tuskegee Selma and Wetumpka with a Birmingham line crew en route.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chisholm
Gordon Persons
Alabama Public Service
Alabama Gas Company
Stanley Slater
Auburn
Opelika
Tuskegee
Selma
Wetumpka
Birmingham
Four NC journalists win Tad awards at Duke 1946
Four North Carolina newspaper men received $100 cash awards for best writing and photography at the Tad North Carolina Press Institute closing sessions at Duke University. Sidney Alderman defended the Nuernberg trials crediting Justice Jackson and International Tribunal findings.
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Durham
Dan
North Carolina
Tad North Carolina Press Institute
Duke University
R. Gregg Cherry
States Press Association
Hal Tribble
Charlotte Observer
Terry Taylor
Harry 8. Ashmore
The
Charlotte News
Mr. Jones
Washington
Frank Jones
Winston-Salem Journal
CO Tobacco
Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
Spencer Murphy
Salisbury
Alderman
Iistory
International Tribunal
Nuernberg
Robert Jackson
Jackson
Sidney Kaplan
International
Steelworkers and US Steel extend contracts to talks in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on January 25, the United Steelworkers and U. S. Steel agreed to extend current contracts through negotiations as they discuss a 1947 pact. Philip Murray said other companies under contract may follow. The extension aims to keep production uninterrupted and avoid layoffs while bargaining on future terms.
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Pittsburgh
Sarena A Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
CSO
Philip Murray
CIO
Steelworkers
Murray
John R. Steelman
White House
Edgar K. Warren
LU. S. Labor Department
Conciliation Service
United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel Corporation
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Dangerous to Be a Baby In This Country
Catherine E. F. Lenroot, chief of the labor department children’s bureau, warned that it is more dangerous to be a baby in America than in World War II combat. She cited 430000 infant deaths due to poor medical care between Pearl Harbor and V-J day, and noted declines in infant mortality but projected ongoing risks from childhood diseases and mental health. Frieda S. Miller of the Women’s Bureau discussed peacetime economic needs and a labor force with millions of women, reporting nearly nine million women in full time work in mid 1944, close to the previous year’s level.
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Washington
Catherine E. F. Lenroot
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
America
Pearl Harbor
Miss Lenroot
Lenroot
Frieda S. Miller
Women’s Bureau
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Union of South Africa
Vanguard
May
Garssons
Andrew J. May
Prestonsburg
House Military Affairs Committee
Daniel J. Andersen
U. S. District Court
Murray W. Garsson
Allen Krouse
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Henry Garsson
Joseph Freeman
Garsson Brothers
Freeman
Weath
al Capone
Talmadge Backer
Solons
Bath Robbery
Ning Post
News of
Orange County
Transylvania Times
Smithfield Herald
Pilot
Southern Pines
Sidney
Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
International Military Tribunal
Justice Jackson
England
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