Sugar Rationing Plan Faces Senate Vote Extension
The Senate banking committee voted 10 to 3 to extend wartime sugar controls to March 31, 1948 and hand oversight to the Agriculture Department. The plan would keep price ceilings, with supplies expected to meet demand for 35 pounds per person this year, while warning of possible retail price spikes if controls end.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Department of Agriculture
OPA
Flanders
Avi
Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Bricker
Ohio
Buck
Delaware
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Tobey
Capehart
Ministers To Start Moscow Meet Monday
Soviet optimism grows as ministers prepare for the Moscow conference with a plan for Germany seen as a possible breakthrough. Russian sources note demobilization moves at the United Nations and acknowledge Russia’s current agricultural and industrial challenges shaping the talks. The foreign ministers hall gleams in Moscow while industry showcases new Soviet cars for delegations.
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Soviet Union
Germany
United Nations
New York
Russia
Leningrad
Sovie
Rev
European Crews Would Man Idle Liberty Ships
Senate Judiciary Chair Wiley urged action on letting European crews man idle Liberty ships to transport food. He cited ship shortages and noted Hoover's proposal for 75 ships crewed by Germans to ship food to Germany, with Italy potentially benefiting from transferring ships to Italian crews to cut transportation costs.
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Washington
Ator Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wiley
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Germany
Italy
Tyler Wood
Wood
Weather summary for March 8 in principal cotton areas
The report lists rainfall totals and temperatures across multiple cotton regions including Los Angeles Memphis Miami Norfolk Phoenix Portland Raleigh and Washington with values such as 64 4 87 42 323 178 37 69 46 38 and 37 while noting end of day hours and conditions in AP style.
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ES Backes
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
New
Norfolk
Mt Phoenix
Portland Me
Raleigh
M Francisco
Heavy Work Still Faces Legislature
The North Carolina General Assembly enters its 10th week of deliberations with major issues unresolved. Topics include medical care and UNC medical school, teachers’ salaries, liquor legislation, highway safety and auto rules, and labor measures from closed shop opposition to a 40 hour work week proposal. The appropriation panel added 6.155 million to raise teacher pay funds to 102.418 million for the next biennium, but some lawmakers doubt this reaches a 30 percent pay boost unless experience-based increments are included.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
General Assembly
University of North Carolina Medical School
Lator
House
Senate
Joint Appropriations Committee
N. C. Education Association
Douglas Sworn In As Ambassador To Great Britain
Lewis W. Douglas was sworn in as the United States ambassador to the court of St James at the State Department. He stressed Britain's world position during Britain’s economic crisis and abroad tensions in Greece and Palestine, and pledged to meet responsibilities with credit to the United States.
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Washington
Lewis W. Douglas
Court of St. James
State Department
Great Britain
Greece
Palestine
Britain
United States
Margaret Truman Postpones Radio Debut Due to Cold
Detroit report says Margaret Truman cannot debut as a professional coloratura soprano on Sunday Evening Hour because of a severe cold. White House doctor orders delay for one week and rescheduling is planned with Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham noting the singer’s first formal appearance remains postponed.
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Detroit
Margaret Truman
White House
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Brig
Ren. Wallace H. Graham
M. D
Ship Safety Is Waived For Another Year
The House Merchant Marine committee approved waiving safety requirements for another year citing luck that no disaster has occurred. The report notes reluctance to extend the coast guard authority for passenger ships to ply seas under wartime rules during peacetime transition. President Truman requested the measure as U S ships shift from wartime to peacetime competition. The bill advances to the House next week.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Coast Guard
House
Truman
Vandenberg And Taft Seek Reconciliation In Senate
Senators Vandenberg of Michigan and Taft of Ohio move to offset impressions of a split in Republican leadership. They coordinate on foreign and domestic policy while preparing for Monday’s atomic energy commission nominations vote. Taft invited Vandenberg to participate in committee discussions and the pair seek bipartisan cooperation amid looming committee action.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Vandenbe
Truman
Senate Atomic Committee
David FE. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Labor Committee Ends Hearings
The Senate labor committee wrapped up six weeks of public hearings on labor measures with Fiorello H. LaGuardia urging renewal of federal power to seize struck plants. A bill draft will be prepared for floor debate over the next two to three weeks. Oscar Schatte urged House action on a two year old Hollywood studio jurisdictional strike.
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Washington
March
Senate Labor Committee
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Senate Committee
House Labor Committee
House
Hollywood Movie Studios
Oscar Schatte
Auto Workers Propose 40 Hour Week and Wage Hike
The CIO United Auto Workers announced plans to seek a guaranteed 40 hour week and a 23 cent hourly wage increase for about 225,000 General Motors employees. The union says weekly pay should cover 40 hours when workers are called in, with wage talks set to begin after March 19.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cio
Fires Rage in Tel Aviv in Outbreak of Extremist Violence
In Tel Aviv a British soldier and four Jewish extremists were fatally hurt with about 20 others injured as militants attacked Citrus House, the Sarona camp, and Jaffa police headquarters. The assault triggered power outages and fires as clashes with British guardsmen raged for over an hour.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Citrus House
Sarona
Jaffa
North Carolina grads leave state for work
Felix A. Grisette, director of the state planning board, released a survey showing about two thirds of technically trained graduates from UNC Chapel Hill, N.C. State College and Duke University leave the state after graduation to seek careers elsewhere. The study links local supply of technical personnel to business and industry demand in North Carolina.
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Felix A. Grisette
State Planning Board
North Carolina
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
N. C. State College
Duke University
Durham
Four Priests Excommunicated Over Venezuelan Apostolic Church
In Caracas Archbishop Lucas Guillermo Castillo announced excommunication of Luis Fernando Castillo Mendes and three other priests who founded a Venezuelan Apostolic church. The interior minister ordered police to stop Castillo Mendes from wearing bishop vestments. Castillo Mendes, 14, said he was elected Caracas bishop by 750 priests, and would lead a church independent of Rome with a Spanish liturgy and married priests.
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Venzuela
Lucas Guillermo Castillo
Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez
Venezuelan Apostolic Church
Mario Vargas
Castillo Mendes
Interior Ministry
Vatican
U S Role In Greece Still Problematical
The article outlines a looming U S debate over Greece as President Truman plans a Monday move after consulting congressional leaders. Senate Republicans will hear a briefing from Senator Vandenberg on international developments ahead of the White House meeting.
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Europe
Britain
White House
Truman
Congress
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Time and Geography Dealing Soviet a Strong Hand
James D. White analyzes how the Moscow conference underscores Soviet strength in Eurasia. He notes Marshall’s caution on postwar Austria and Germany, Soviet confidence, and the likely need for others to concede as Truman weighs action. Greece is cited as a potential early test of shift in power.
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Moscow
George C. Marshall
Paris
France
James D. White
Russia
Washington
Europe
Marshall
Austria
Congress
Truman
Greece
UN to Take Up Palestine Controversy
The Palestine issue moves to the United Nations as Britain plans to file a formal démarche prompted by an American request for clarification. London awaits instructions on timing and wording, with transmission delays and weekend breaks delaying official U.N. action for several days. The American delegation pressed Britain to present the case before Washington can participate in U.N. procedures.
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Palestine
United Nations
Great Britain
London
Ernest Bevin Ince
Holy Land
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Washington
Assembly
All
Hutson Offered Head Post By Tobacco Leaders
Tobacco Associates Inc announced the initiative to keep world markets open to American leaf by offering J. B. Hutson the agency presidency. Hutson, a former UN assistant secretary, waived acceptance pending earlier commitments and said he would answer within the month. The meeting also elected J. M. Broughton as counsel, E. Y. Floyd as executive secretary, and Mrs. Irby Walker as treasurer, with other officers named.
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United As Tobacco Associates, Inc
J. B. Hutson
Washington, D. C
United Nations
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hutson
J. M. Broughton Offperal
E. Y. Floyd Ofleigh
North Carolina- Virginia Plant Food Institute
Irby Walker
Greensboro
N. Re. Farm Bureau Federation
International Harvester Plans Broad Price Cuts
International Harvester announces broad potential reductions across about half its lineup of tractors farm tools trucks and industrial equipment aiming to save customers about 20 million dollars annually. Chairman Fowler McCormick stresses social responsibility and cites Ford’s price cuts as inspiration. President John L. McCaffrey notes improved business outlook enabling the move.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Fowler McCormick
McCormick
Ford Motor Company
John L. McCaffrey
Harvester
Louisburg College President Walter Patten Dies
Dr. Walter Patten, president of Louisburg College, died suddenly of a heart attack this afternoon. He was a noted figure in North Carolina religious circles and is survived by his widow, six children, two brothers, and two sisters across several states.
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Walter Patten
Louisburg College
Patten
North Carolina
Paul R. Patten
Mount Olive
Lawrence Patten
San Antonio
Texas
Brooks Patten
Stedman
William C. Scott
Bristol
Tenn
J. Kempton Jones
Rochester
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