Governor Kerr Scott Tours High Point Furniture Market
Governor Kerr Scott visited the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point during a market tour. He praised Rochelle as a man of vision and noted improved infrastructure would boost retail business and markets like this one. He joked about milk building the furniture men and spoke on radio about the expo being limited to the trade.
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Kerr Scott
High Point
North Carolina
T. V. Rocheille
Southern Furniture Exposition Building, Inc
State Board of Conservation and Development
Ben Ronet
Charles Parker
John Hemmer
Exposition
Rochelle
Paul Casey
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Scott
National Emergency Near In the Soft Coal Crisis
The Bureau of Mines chief warned the Senate labor committee that without higher coal output the nation’s health and welfare are at risk. The panel обсusses a Taft-Hartley intervention to end the eight month old coal strike. Critics and officials weigh possible action and transport cuts.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Boyd
Taft
Ohio
Donnell
R.-Mo
President Truman
Tobin
Lewis
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Another Man Held In Plot To Wreck Radio Tower
Charlotte police report the arrest of Burris Boyd of Columbia in the attempted dynamiting of WBT tower early Sunday. Police say Boyd is a nephew of Chesley Lovell and is held on an open charge while investigators pursue the dynamiting case. Detectives in Charlotte and Columbia continue reviewing evidence. another arrest of an "important man" was expected.
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Charlotte
WBT
Frank Littlejohn
Burris Boyd
Columbia
S. C
Boyd
Chesley Morgan
Chad) Lovell
Lanes
Heat Wave To Continue In Southeast
A sharp contrast to widespread cold snaps and blizzards as a remarkable heat wave lingers in the Southeast while the northern plains recover from a major blizzard. Record highs stretch from Iowa to the Atlantic coast, with 70s in many cities before a forecasted 40 to 50 degree drop in parts of the Midwest hot belt.
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Plains
North Dakota
Midwest
Northern Plains
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Atlantic Coast
North Central States
Mercury
Dakotas
Oklahoma City
Pittsburg
Kans
Little Rock
Ark
Columbia
S. C
Kansas City
Baltimore
Charlotte
Washington
Indianapolis
Chicago
Ihe
Corporations May Pay Tax Six Months Earlier
Rep. Mills proposes require corporations to pay income taxes in the first six months of the year, speeding receipts to boost the next fiscal year's balance. He estimates an extra 4.8 billion and potential deficit reduction. critics say it harms individuals. Committee Chair Doughton voices cautious interest.
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Washington
Rep
Mills
D-Ark
Tax Drafting House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Tar Heel Man Faces Murder Charge in New Jersey
James McDougal a 61 year old former Newark bricklayer returning from North Carolina was charged with murder in the fatal beating of 46 year old Mrs Anna Cole on Nov 19 1939 in Newark She died three days after from internal hemorrhage Police report McDougal admitted punching and kicking after Cole allegedly attacked him with a knife in a row over money and said he had been drinking He joined a Sanford North Carolina church and this conscience bothered him after the visit to church authorities say he was arrested on a Newark tip
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Newark
N. J
North Carolina
James McDougal
Anna Cole
McDougal
Sanford
N. C
McDougall
Animal trainer battles injuries after Bengal tigress attack
Burbank California January 25 continued improvement was shown today in animal trainer Mabel Stark s right arm severely bitten and scratched by an enraged Bengal tigress. At first doctors feared she might lose her arm but hospital attendants said they are giving up that idea now. The arm suffered deep lacerations and several broken bones.
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Burbank
Calif
Mabel Stark
Miss Stark
Wage Hour Law 1950 Model Largely Echoes Roosevelt Era Rules
Norman Walker reports the 1950 wage hour law mostly preserves the 1938 framework. Key aims remain a wage floor, overtime pay, and a ban on employing under 16, with some exemptions adjusted. The ceiling rises to 75 cents per hour, a $30 weekly cap, and the act covers interstate commerce with broad exemptions for government, agriculture, domestic service, seamen, and fishermen.
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Norman Walker Washington
Congress
Wageneur Administration
Chrysler Plants Shut Down as 89,000 UAW Workers Strike
CIO United Auto Workers ordered 89,000 Chrysler employees to strike after failed pension talks. Assembly lines halted across 25 plants, with impact on 110,000 Chrysler workers and up to 100,000 suppliers and dealers. Reuther cited 10 cents per hour pattern. Chrysler countered with pay as you go pension. Soup kitchens and pickets appeared as news spread.
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Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
UAW
Walter Reuther
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
Britain Promises Tax Relief and Policy Shifts in Election Pledge
Britain’s Conservative opposition pledges to ease taxpayer burden, maintain full employment, and cut government controls if elected February 23. They promise halting nationalization and reversing some Labor measures, noting contrasts with New Zealand and Australia voters. American sources say MacArthur and staff will raise Formosa issues in talks with U.S. joint chiefs next week.
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Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Britain
New Zealand
Australia
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Stock Prices on Downward Trends in New York Market
In a steady session, stock prices declined with losses mostly under a point and broad weakness. Only a few issues rose, as labor news and tax concerns dampened buying interest. Notable declines hit Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, and Standard Oil NJ among others, while a small group such as Douglas Aircraft and Zenith managed slight gains.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
Anaconda Copper
International Paper
N. Y
Hoey Graham Have Praise For Sec Gray
Senator Hoey predicts Gordon Gray will be elected president of the University of North Carolina next month after a nominating committee recommends him to the board of trustees. Governor Kerr Scott said the committee's choice will be ratified. Gray, 41, is secretary of the army and former publisher and radio owner in North Carolina. Senator Graham lauds Gray's scholastic record, integrity, and service, noting his unification efforts in the armed services.
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Washington
Hoey
D.-N.c
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
University
Gray
Graham
D.N.C
Senate
Baltimore
University At
Chapel Hill
N. C
State At
Raleigh
Woman's College At
Greensboro
Methodist Church
Army
Armed Services
Appeal Filed By Former Career Man on Hiss Sentence
Alger Hiss received a five year federal prison term after being convicted on two perjury counts. Judge Henry W. Goddard set bail at 10000 dollars pending appeal and noted possible disqualification by Justices Frankfurter Reed Clark if the case reaches the Supreme Court. The government sought five years per count with no fine.
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New York
P— Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
State Department
Higher Court of Appeal
Goddard
Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley Reed
Tom C. Clark
Clark
U. S
Sing
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Claude B. Cross
Boston
Cross
Mountain Democrats May Break NO Political Calm
In Raleigh on January 25 the state faces potential upheaval as dissatisfaction over census enumerator selections stirs tensions in the mountains where Scott supporters feel ignored. Harris Sample heads the district census under Monroe Redden, fueling opposition among Scott loyalists. Noting growing interest in legislative races, Governor Scott’s appeals to labor and church groups prompt political tremors and questions about future elections.
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Raleigh
Mountain
Scott
Harris Sample
Monroe Redden
Sample
Redden
Durham
Joint Labor
Allied Church League
Senate
Frank Graham
Australia Wool Prices Jump Twenty Five Percent
The Australian wool market surges with prices rising about 25 percent since the auctions began. Boston mills pay 41 cents a pound more for apparel wools than last September, with prices moving from 1.17 to about 1.58 per pound. Dealers call the rise staggering and records are being smashed daily.
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Boston
Australia
America
Sydney
Britain
Russia
Continent
United States
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