Truman to rule on Greece Monday after talks with leaders
President Truman expected to announce plans on Greece after conferring with congressional leaders. White House and State Department discussed Greek problems as Britain urged Congress to authorize more aid and Britain withdraws financial support. The meeting aims to address eastern Mediterranean issues including Turkey and the broader anti communist effort.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Roy
Acheson
State Department
Lord Inverchapel
Oie
Greece
Inverchapel
Charles Ross
Ross
Caribbean
Mediterranean
Turkey
Great Britain
United States
Congress
Britain
Europe
House
Senate
Poly
Eee
Quick Ruling Sought In Lewis Case
The government plans to ask the Supreme Court to issue its mandate against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers immediately to prevent a soft coal stoppage by March 31. Interior Secretary Krug said negotiations will not resume until Lewis complies, with Taft predicting a new coal strike around July 1 when government operation of mines ends.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Attoree Clark
Justice Department
Krug
Lewis
High Court
UMW
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Taft (Rohio
Marshall Seeks Four Power Pact as Berlin German Issue Focus
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States backs a four power pact as an interim solution to the German problem while a full peace treaty is written. He spoke on the eve of the Moscow foreign ministers conference about Austria and the German situation and indicated the pact could ease obstacles to Allied peace settlements. Marshall noted France might welcome the pact and recalled discussions with President Auriol and Prime Minister Ramadier.
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Berlin
Marshall
United States
Foreign Ministers
Moscow
U. S
Germany
Austria
James F. Byrnes
Sedome
France
Auriol
Ramadier
Europe
Police Chief Nominee Shot In North Carolina
Wilmington, March 8. Sgt. T. J. Parish, 40, nominee for police chief, was found shot to death in his parked car near Greenfield Lake. Coroner says death by own action. Parish had served ten years on the force and was to succeed ill health retiree C. H. Casteen. Acting Chief O. V. Thompson plans to retire due to disability. council must nominate a new chief.
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Wilmington
T. J. Parish
Greenfield Lake
W. Gordon Doran
Parish
C. H. Casteen
O. V. Thompson
North Carolina Weather: Cloudy Rain Likely Tonight
Cloudy conditions with rain likely over the northeast portion tonight. Cooler temperatures ahead with a colder weekend as Sunday March 8, 1947 approaches. sunrise at 6:49 and sunset at 4:22.
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North Carolina
Snow Covers North Carolina With Widespread Flakes
Snow fell across most of the state except the coast as a low pressure system moved northeast from Georgia. Raleigh saw sleet and snow, coastal rain, and cities like Asheville Charlotte Winston-Salem Greensboro and Raleigh reported varying amounts. Night temperatures were forecast in the low thirties with colder conditions and continued mixed precipitation.
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North Carolina
Georgia
Asheville
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
West Jefferson
Boone
Resources Are Abused Say Farmers In Meeting
Winston-Salem March 8 The Friends of the Land soil conservation group held its semi annual directors meeting with Louis Bromfield urging farmers to become husbands of the soil. He warned Americans abuse resources faster than any civilization and said soil conservation will save the nation from a fate like Africa’s ruined cities. Speakers included President Chester A Davis of the St Louis Federal Reserve Bank soil official E B Garrett and Dr Hugh H Benett chief of the U S soil conservation service.
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Winston-Salem
Friends of the Land
Naterial Soil Conservation Group
Louis Bromfield
Bromfield
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Otday
Chester A. Davis
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
AAA and
Commodity Credit Corporation
E. B. Garrett
Hugh H. Benett
U. S.soil Conservation Service
Cherryville Girl Selected for World Youth Conference Oslo
Salisbury March 8 Miss Nell Webb of Cherryville has been chosen as one of 15 young church members to attend the second World Youth conference in Oslo Norway July to August 9. Webb directs youth work in western North Carolina for the Methodist conference board education with headquarters here.
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Salisbury
Nell Webb
Cherryville
Methodist Church
Oslo
Norway
Miss Webb
North Carolina
Methodist Conference Board Education
Battle to locate Hitler book in postwar Germany
In Barlin on March 8, John Bradley Rhind of the American military government said the Library of Congress cannot locate 150 copies of Mein Kampf in the U.S. occupation zone. He noted reports of copies in the black market selling for about 7,000 marks.
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Hitler
Mein Kampf
Rhind
Allied Control Authority
Daughter of President To Go On Air
Margaret Truman plans a Detroit Symphony debut with conductor Karl Krueger backing. The 23 year old coloratura soprano will sing three to four pieces including Italian melodies and Bach-Dounod Ave Maria. She has secluded practice days in a Detroit hotel suite ahead of the broadcast and festival night.
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Margaret Truman
Detroit
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
ABC System
Margaret Armstrong Strickler
Karl Krueger
Detroit Symphony
Miss Truman
Dbute
Tosti
Fernandez
Fielito Lindo
Sadero
Falanana Bambin
Bach-Dounod
American Broadcasting Company
Ninth Auto Death Toll Reaches Nine in South Carolina
Spartanburg March 8 the county auto death toll rose to nine after the death yesterday of Mrs William Alexander Taylor 49 who was injured Thursday when her car collided with a Southern Railway freight train.
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Spartanburg
S. C
William Alexander Taylor
Taylor
Southern Railway
Rent Control Session Set For Today
Taft heads the senate Republican policy committee to study the rent control extension amid a wide difference of opinion. A Monday night conference with 51 GOP senators is planned as freshmen press for greater input in policy shaping. Discussions will cover labor disputes legislation and reciprocal trade agreements.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Banking Committee
Buck
Riots in Punjab India Leave 192 Dead and 580 Injured
Official reports from New Delhi list casualties across cities including Lahore 35 dead 160 wounded Amritsar 27 dead 100 wounded Jullundur 13 dead 30 wounded Multan 90 dead 115 wounded Rawalpindi 27 dead 175 wounded. British Indian brigades restored order in Amritsar as violence surged after a coalition cabinet resigned amid sectarian strife in the struggle toward independence.
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New Delhi
Punjab
India
Lahore
Amritsar
Jullundur
Multan
Rawalpindi
League
Sir Evan Jenkins
Sun Spot Disrupts Radio Communications Worldwide
Solar activity disrupted radio contacts over a large area of the globe. Press Wireless reports erratic conditions and AP Radio circuits to London were briefly stymied. A sun spot measuring 75 000 to 80 000 miles long was observed yesterday by Roy K Marshall of the Franklin Institute Planetarium in Philadelphia.
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Press Wireless, Inc
New York
Associated Press
London
Roy K. Marshall
Planetarium
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Greek Anti Leader Reported Killed Amid Greek Guerrilla War
Unconfirmed dispatch claims the guerrilla movement leader known as Captain Markos may be dead as UN Balkan commission expands field visits in northern Greece. Reports also say 52 guerrillas killed or captured after attacks on bands near Mount Kissavos and Mount Vermion. arrests and curfews reported in Volos and Larisa.
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Athens
Greece
Markos
United Nations Balkan Investigating Commission
Salonika
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Pericles Eliades
Demetrios Maximos
Volos
Larisa
LaGuardia Proposes National American Congress of Labor
Fiorello H. LaGuardia urged creation of a national congress of labor to unify all unions. He proposed a four‑department structure and a study panel to report by October, urging careful action on labor bills amid Senate hearings and possible forthcoming soft coal dispute.
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LaGuardia
American Congress of Labor
Washington
March
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Congress of Labor
LaGuardie
New York
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Norris
Judy Group
House Committee
Two Die in Burlington Area Plane Crash
A small plane crash about 10 miles north of Burlington in Altamahaw left two dead, Frank Shreiner of Greensboro and Margaret Jo Brock Farmington. Leslie Ward of Greensboro High Point area survived with non life threatening injuries. the crash was reported by LeRoy Cole who alerted neighbors.
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Burlington
March
Altamahan
Frank Shreiner
Greensboro
Margaret Jo Brock
Ward
Greensboro High Point
New York
Dutch Begin Unloading U.S. Vessels
Dutch workmen unload the confiscated cargo from the U S Liberty ship Martin Behrman under armed guard. The American crew refuses to operate cranes as rubber and quinine bark are removed, while shore cranes are used.Claims of ownership involve Isbrandtsen Lines, Indonesian authorities, and various foreign claimants including British plantations and a Chinese merchant.
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Tandjongpriok
Java
Mar
U. S
Martin Behrman
Netherlands East Indies Administration
Cheribou
James W. Ryan
Isbrandtsen Lines
Indonesian Import - Export Corp
Batavia
Gray and Chaffin Reach Accord After Senate Row
In Raleigh on March 8 Senators Gordon Gray and L H Chaffin briefly clashed over Chaffin’s liquor prohibition referendum bill before Gray’s finance committee. Chaffin returned to Raleigh to find the bill unresolved and Gray delaying action. Penny’s prohibition plan also faced an unfavorably reported measure with potential maneuvers to place it on the floor if minority support emerges.
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Raleigh
Gordon Gray
Forsyth
L. H. Chaffin
Harnett
Senate
Chaffin
Gray
George Penny
Penny
Finance Committee
House
ABC
Hickory
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
House Finance Committee
General
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