Sheriffs' Party Destroys Stills In Davidson Afternoon Outing
A Davidson area incident reports sheriff party members wrecking stills during a midday outing. The piece also notes AFL and CIO actions on labor bill provisions including Taft comments and Truman messages to Congress. Minneapolis St Paul face a historic double putout in the United States Hockey League.
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Davidson
Minneapolis and St. Paul
United States Hockey League
Davidson County
Emmons
Thomasville
Melvin Stamey
Air Force Builds New Rockets for Study and Testing
The report describes exploratory American rocket efforts at White Sands New Mexico begun in December 1946 after capturing German V-2 designs. A second craft named the native measures about 13 feet and aims to study air foil design control systems and training.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
White Sands
N. M
Weather rockets reach high altitude tests and supersonic speeds
The Weather rocket teams report an altitude near 10 miles for the native craft while both rockets are said to have been test fired successfully. The Air Force disclosed 26.5 million dollars for missiles and training gear and stated the new rockets have reached supersonic speeds.
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Air Force
Horst S. Vandenberg
Earth
Army Plans to Switch Civilian Military Control Tensions Rise
General Clay presses retirement as civilian control debates revive amid Russian propaganda. The long fight over shifting authority from the military to the State Department stalled by Russia and policy aims, with a 1 July plan once endorsed during Byrnes era, then set to take effect after Marshall era changes.
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Clay
Royall
Germany
Russia
State Department
James F. Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Byrnes
Army
Taft-Hartley Repeal Aims Draw Labor Response
The proposed administration bill would ban jurisdictional strikes and certain boycotts, declare arbitration as U S labor policy, and restore the federal mediation service under its former name. AFL and CIO study the move while labor lawyers weigh reactions.
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U. S
Medithe Oor Elena
Ind
Housewives To Collect Taxes On Wages
The text describes a payroll tax plan where housewives collect six cents by the employer as a tax, with potential increases to 1% on July 1. Workers send stamp books to social security for credit toward old age pensions, and farmers use the same system for hired hands. Non cash wages like meals and lodging count as earnings under government minimum values.
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Truman
Social Security Administration
Chinese Reds Warn of Harsh Terms on Escape
The broadcast cites a Dec 25 list of 43 war criminals and notes a fuller list is under discussion with non government groups in our territory and yours. The original Red list had 45 names, with two unnamed omissions repeatedly referenced.
Exemption of Li and Fu Tso-i Praised in Settlement Talks
The two exemptions were removed and Li and Fu Tso-i, China's north China commander, received praise in the latest Statement for their roles in the Peiping settlement. Nanking will be informed later of preparatory work required by both sides for additional terms.
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Fu Tso-¥i
North China
Peiping
Nanking
Army Now In Blizzard Area
Weather and snow have stranded ranchers and Navajo Indians north of Winslow Arizona. Relief drops are delivering food to reservations while truckers supply Utah livestock. Hundreds of deer have descended from snowbound mountains in Salt Lake City to find food.
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Winslow
Ariz
Utah
Salt Lake City
Dr Graham Receives Sidney Hillman Public Service Award
Dr Frank P Graham president of the University of North Carolina was awarded the first Sidney Hillman prize for meritorious public service in Washington. The $1,000 award honors labor leader Sidney Hillman and the foundation funded by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America will fund scholarships lectures and further awards to promote race relations world understanding and labor education.
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Washington
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Sidney Hillman
Clothing Workers of America
CIO
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National Mediation Service
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Suill
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Holt Hunter
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Bu Lreau
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Atlantic
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Seattle
Knoaville
Terminix
Terminix CO
W. C
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George Elkins
Elkins
Heidt
Aycock Auditorium
Greensboro
Boss
Dr. Graham
Sidney Hillman Award
Oldsmobile
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