Soviets Form Economic Mutual Aid Council to Counter Marshall Plan
Moscow reports six eastern European nations led by the Soviet Union have created a council of economic mutual assistance to coordinate trade and technical aid countering the Marshall plan. Finland and others may join if they renounce Marshall aid. Yugoslavia and Albania are not listed among founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Council
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Aass
London
Council of Economic Mutual Assistance
Europe
Finland
Yugoslavia
Albania
Kremlin
Hay Lift Answers Nevada Livestock Crisis
In Ely Nevada January 25 the US air force boosted a hay lift to feed 180000 snow stranded livestock across a 200 mile radius. Seventeen McChord Field planes dropped alfalfa to 10000 sheep on three ranches, with cattle and sheep losses expected without rapid feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Nev
U. S. Air Force
Nevada
McChord Field
Seattle
Fallon
Tri-County
George Swallow
United Stockmen's Association
Albert Fallon
Loyd Sorensen
Swallow
37 Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges
Washington North Carolina January 25 37 of 55 defendants in an alleged 100000 theft from a wholesale grocery company plead guilty to conspiracy. The state planned to present evidence against about a dozen others. The group includes 16 shipping clerks and truck drivers and 39 eastern North Carolina merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. C
Thomas and Howard Company
North Carolina
Selling Pressure Increases Today On Stock Market
New York report shows selling pressure rising with an early irregular trend giving way to a downward drift. Fractional changes favored decliners as U S Steel fluctuated, and high priced Superior Oil fell, while Bethlehem Steel Commonwealth Edison Allied Chemical J C Penney Studebaker moved counter to the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Superior
California
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Oliver Corp
American Telephone
Anaconda Cooper
du Pont
Philip Morris
Radio Corp
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Gulf Oil and Standard Oil
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth Edison
Allied Chemical
J. C. Penney and Studebaker
State and National Leaders Attend Blythe Funeral
High national and state officials gathered in Charlotte and Raleigh for the funeral of Senator Joe L. Blythe 58 a Charlotte businessman and Democratic treasurer He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Washington Blythe was honored as a legislative leader with sessions suspended in Raleigh and both houses adjourning in his memory U S Senator J Howard McGrath represented the President at services and Governor W Kerr Scott led Raleigh delegates to the rites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Patterson
New York
Carnegie Hall
Anne Waring Warren
J. Waites Waring
Charleston
S. C
Alphi Chi Sigma
National Chemistry Fraternity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charlotte
Joe L. Blythe
Blythe
National Democratic Committee
Washington
First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
W. M. Boyce
W. W. Boyce
Erskine College
U. S
J. Howard MceGrath
Rhode Island
Truman
W. Kerr Scott
Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
House
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Scott
National Democratic Party
J. C. Pittman
Lee
Joe Ervin
Jonathan Daniels Named National Committeeman for NC
Jonathan Daniels will be the new national committeeman from North Carolina after endorsements from Governor Kerr Scott Senator J M Broughton former Senator Umstead state chairman Capus Waynick and other party leaders. Daniels stands well with President Truman and appears assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Nisbet
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Daniels
Kerr Scott
Broughton
Umstead
Capus Waynick
Truman
National Committee
Reds Seek Easement Through Peace Offensive Says Mackenzie
Mackenzie argues Moscow’s peace offensive is a Trojan horse aimed at easing pressure on communism. He cites Bolshevik calls for peace and declares U S responses, including Truman and Acheson statements, show Washington seeks to counter subversion. He notes trials of U S communists and Seattle university actions as signs of growing concern for civil liberties. More on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Palmiro Togliatti
Marcel Cachin
P. N. Pospelov
Pravda
Russia
Soviet Union
America
United States
Truman
Dean Acheson
The
New York
Seattle
University of Washington Board of Regents
Communist Party
Owever
Washington
Young More
Democrats Move Fast to Repeal Taft-Hartley Act
Democratic leaders move to repeal the Taft Hartley Act with an aim to replace it by an expanded Wagner Act. Eight Democrats on the Senate labor committee push a February 10 deadline for hearings, while Republicans vow broader changes on the floor. Senator Pepper says the measure keeps faith with campaign promises. Chairman Thomas notes hearings may focus on Wagner Act amendments rather than Taft Hartley repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
Oregon
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Pepper
D-Fla
Ohioan
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Elbert Thomas
Dutah
Mild Weather Stays Warm in Carolinas With Northern Lights
The Carolinas see a warm day with partly cloudy skies and highs in the low 70s while a muggy night drops to the 50s. Auroras illuminate skies beyond the region with northern lights reported from numerous locations including Raleigh Elizabeth City Wilmington and Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinas
North
South Carolina
Asheville
North Carolina
Raleigh
Elizabeth City
Wilmington
Greensboro
Rocky Mount
Charlotte
Lumberton
Winston- Salem
Ca Hatteras
Cherry Point
New Bern
Hickory
Spartanburg
Greenville
Charleston
Florence
Anderson
Myrtle Beach
Columbia
Warlick Nomination Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
The nomination of Wilson Warlick of Newton North Carolina to be federal judge for the western district was reviewed by a Senate judiciary subcommittee. North Carolina leaders including Senators Hoey and Broughton spoke for his confirmation amid past Republican protests. Also discussed were proposed pay raises for federal district judges, facing uncertain support in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Superior Court
Wilson Warlick
Newton
N. C
Senate Judiciary
Warlick
E. Yates Webb
Shelby
D. E. Henderson
U. S
Webb
Broughton
D-Nc
Judiciary Committee
Senate
North Carolina
Truman
Hoey
McCarran
D-Nev
Rep. Celler
Dnev
House
Congress
American Bar Association
Princess Confined With Measles At Sandringham
Princess Elizabeth heiress to the British throne is ill with measles at Sandringham Norfolk. She stays in her room with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh and infant Prince Charles while Princess Margaret joins King George and Queen Mary on the estate. The royal illness is described as ordinary in course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth
Sandringham
Norfolk
Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Edinburgh
Margaret
George
Queen Mary
Proposed Rent Control Bill Has Sharp Teeth
Washington January 25. An ABC on the highlights of a bill to extend rent controls to March 31 1951. It tightens penalties adding criminal charges for willful violators and allows triple damages for tenants against landlords. It retracts certain exemptions and requires expeditor permission to evict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
ABC
Truman
Congress
Government Flees South In Confusion
The Chinese government moves southward after a Communist radio offer to meet peace envoys in Peiping. Officials say the seat transfer to Canton should finish by mid next month while Red patrols reach the Yangtze north of Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. White
Nanking
Peiping
Foreign Office
Canton
Yangtze River
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Red Radio
North China
Li Tsung-Jen
Peng Shou-Hsien
Peng
Red
Koomintang (Government
Shao Li-Tze
Chang Chih- Chung
Huang Shao-Hsiung
Chung Tien-Sin
Three Drown As Car Dives Into Stream Bluffton Tragedy Near Buckingham Dock
In Bluffton South Carolina a car veered off Buckingham Dock into a sunken creek. Driver Billy Lee Smith 21 of Ridgeland and Gene Taylor of Ridgeland plus Jeanette Davis 15 of Pritchardsville died. Passengers De Vant Malphus 18 and Ellen Crosby escaped through a window. Coroner Roger Pinckney reported the five had earlier visited the dock and tried to free the trapped occupants as mud hindered efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
S. C
Buckingham Dock
Sunn
Roger Pinckney
Gene Taylor
Ridgeland
Billy Lee Smith
Jeanette Davis
Pritchardsville
DeVant Malphus
Ellen Crosby
Malphus
Mulphys
John Murphy
Florence teacher missing as river search continues
A veteran Florence school teacher Mrs Theo Miles Friar disappeared after driving a fellow teacher to school. Her car was found on a river bridge between Florence and Marion with coat or pocketbook inside. Officers found prints on the bridge railing but no foul play evidence. Florence and Marion county officers searched the Pee Dee river for her body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
S. C
Pee Dee
Theo Miles Friar
Hecar
Here
Marion
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Ean
Constantino Kotteakos
Constantino Stamoulis
Battery
Eleftherios Lambros
Kotteakos
Lambros
Eqnator
Charette
Mackenzie Says
By Witt MacKenzie
Aeign
Yangtse River
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