Rent control extension debated in Senate Banking Committee
Maybank predicts quick Senate approval of a 15 month rent control extension with rents rising up to 15 percent from 1947 levels in some cases. A housing expediter official said about half of tenant dwellings would see a 5 percent hike Oct 1 with later increases for others. The measure links state control transfer to local laws and aims to guarantee landlords a fair return, while concerns about constitutionality and practicality remain. The article notes Truman sought a two year extension and describes related political timing.
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Washington
Mar
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Senate
Truman
Subcommittee
House
Little Fellow Hardest Hit By Coal Strike With Easter Looms
Pittsburgh report shows the four day coal strike harms households and small dealers as stockpiles favor big users. Government tallies 70 million tons in reserve, but distribution is uneven and 45 to 50 days supply. Families of 67,000 railroad workers face layoffs and wage losses.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
National Coal Association Bulletin
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Ralph Taggart
Anthracite Operations Association
Wilkes-Barre
Taggart
Hardened Police Amaze At Streeton’s Stoicism
Veterans police, reporters, and curious mourn as they recall the discovery of Carl Davis’s body under a campus bridge at High Point College. Streeton, a convicted murderer, provided only the refrain I don’t know as officers pressed for the body’s location.
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Carl Davis
High Point College
Davis
J. W. Kivett
Charles G. Streeton
C. C. Stoker
Fruit Growers Reassured as Near Normal Temperatures Predominate
The Carolinas saw near normal lows after a second night of sub freezing feared did not arrive. Mount Mitchell at 20 degrees and Asheville at 29 led below freezing readings, while cities like Greensboro 34 Winston-Salem 34 New Bern 34 Raleigh 35 Hickory 36 Elizabeth City 36 Charlotte 37 and ports 38. Partly cloudy with possible late showers and a colder spell expected by week’s end.
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Carolinas
Mount Mitchell
Asheville
North Carolina
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
New Bern
Raleigh
Hickory
Elizabeth City
Charlotte
Wilmington
Rocky Mount
South Carolina
Anderson
Florence
Myrtle Beach
Greenville
Spartanburg
Columbia
Amendments Struggle as Raleigh General Assembly Delays
In Raleigh on March 17 the 1949 General Assembly stalls about twelve proposed constitutional amendments. No measure has passed both houses yet, including attempts to shift gubernatorial appointing power to the Chief Justice and to allow extra sessions by a majority vote. The Senate tabled the extra session proposal and debates over two thirds support linger.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Simms
Truman Vows Battle With Revolting Congress
President Truman signaled readiness to strike back at what he called a revolting Congress. He scheduled a news conference for tomorrow at the winter White House on a naval submarine base after returning from a fishing trip that yielded a large tuna or grouper.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
White House
Aoerracuda
Murder of Carl Davis Shocks High Point Area
Streeton confesses to killing Carl Davis and hiding the body under a small bridge near High Point College. He and Davis drank at Five Points cafe before driving to the college area, and Streeton later demanded a $5,000 ransom from Davis’s parents. The body was found in a shallow muddy stream near a wooden bridge after police tracked the ransom calls and car movements. Davis, 28, was assistant manager of the High Point Ice and Coal company. services for him set for Friday.
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Carl Davis
McKinley Davis
Montheu Avenue
Davis
Bridge
High Point College
Ray Nance
W. G. Friddle
C. F. Wolfe
Charles Streeton
Enterprise
Roy Walls
Streeton
Greensboro
Kivett
Mo Ing
High Point Ice and Coal Company
Charles G. Streeton
City Jail
Five Points
West College Drive
Montleu
Lexington Aventure
North Main Street
Leonard
Maryfield Convalescent
Montheu
Lexington Avenues
Ice Company
Etrance
Maryfield
Guilford County
Mai
City Lake Bridg
Headquarte
Street
Polt
Melton
Portee
Negro
Taylor Street
W. W. Harvey
Harvey
Kenneth Goodson
First Methodist Church
C. L. Ruth
Ramseur
McKinley
Nettie Nichols Davis
Hazel Day Davis
Wayne McKinley Davis
J.C. Murphy
Wilburn Alexander
Oakwood Cemetery
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