Miners Head To Abide By Court Order
John L. Lewis bowed to a supreme court mandate and told 400000 soft coal miners their contract with the government will continue after March 31. He withdrew the November 18 notice ending the government contract, averting a nationwide bituminous mine shutdown and confirming compliance with court orders.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Lewis
Secretary of Interior
J. A. Krug
United Mine Workers
Krug
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Collisson
K. C. Adams
United Mine Workers Journal
UMW
Mind Workers
District Court of the United States
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Truman
Relief Fund Authorized for Europe and China
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a policy bill to expend 350 million dollars for relief in five European nations and China. Former President Hoover and Secretary of War Patterson discussed the relief needs as the Appropriations subcommittee debated the process.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
House Appropriations
Herbert Hoover
Patterson
Appropriations Committee
Foreign Affairs Group
Weather summary from North Carolina and national temps
Increasing cloudiness with little temperature change in North Carolina. Rain expected from the northest to southeast by noon, spreading south and east this afternoon. Warmer tonight with cloudy cool conditions and occasional rain. Regional readings show varied highs and lows across major cities, including Charleston 44, Charlotte 46, New York 37, Dallas 64, and Los Angeles 62 as part of the national weather data.
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Rives
Charlotte
Mar
Official
Weather Bureau
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Chariotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Petrol ST
Viansville
Galveston
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Anosiee
Mer
Georgia Supreme Court Names Thompson Governor in 5-2 Ruling
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that M. E. Thompson is the lawful governor, with Herman Talmadge to vacate office. Talmadge pledged to move out soon as records are packed, and Thompson will serve until January 1949. The decision, written by Justice Henry Duckworth, notes the legislature must declare the election despite the death of Talmadge’s father Eugene before returns were published.
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Atlanta
State Supreme Court
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
National Guard
Thompson
Belgium Forms New Socialist Catholic Cabinet
Belgium formed a new cabinet led by Paul Henri Spaak composed entirely of socialists and Catholic party members after liberals and communists refused participation. The prior left wing coalition under Camille Huysmans resigned over coal price policy. Huysmans’ lineup included six socialists, six liberals, four communists and three independents.
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Brussels
Paul-Henri Spaak
Camille Amans
Huysmans
Senators Introduce Labor Courts Measure in Senate
Senators Ferguson and Smith propose a bill to create 11 federal labor relations courts with three members each. The courts would issue injunctions in labor disputes and interpret collective bargaining contracts, reviewing actions of the National Labor Relations Board and related acts. The plan aims to settle labor management disputes on what is right and just.
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Washington
Ferguson
Mich
Smith
Smith-Ferguson
Senate
Rep
Landis
Rind
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Ferguson-Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Courts
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Light Snow in Two Carolinas
The weather service reported light snow across western North Carolina and parts of northwestern South Carolina with temperatures above freezing. Mixed precipitation and light rain are forecast for the western half of North Carolina this afternoon and tonight, with temperatures not dipping below freezing.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tragic murder suicide in Kannapolis shocks town
In Kannapolis, 27 year old Wilburn Bonds killed his wife Rebecca Allman with an eight inch knife then stepped in front of a Northbound Southern train. He died beneath the wheels at 9 15 AM as train crews described. The couple had separated recently but were together at the mother's home earlier in the evening. The engineer blew the locomotive horn and applied brakes but the man stood his ground until death.
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Kannapolis
Wilburn Bonds
Ira T. Chapman
Bonds
Ed Bonds
Swannee Theatre
St. Mary
Rebecca Allman
Chapman
Truman seeks one more year extension of export controls
President Truman asked Congress to extend export controls for a year beyond June 30. He warned that unrestricted food outflow would worsen domestic shortages and living costs. He noted about 500 items remain under control, down from wartime peaks, as he urged continued regulation to manage world scarcities.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Capitol Bill
White House
Florida
Atom Control Still Before UN Council
Delegates to the United Nations atomic energy commission meet at UN headquarters in Lake Success to press for peaceful uses of atomic energy. The United States seeks an international development authority with full powers and no veto on punishments of criminals, while Soviet Russia pushes for a ban on weapons and new control organs while retaining a security council veto. The panel plans to refer the issue to its working committee and begin closed sessions to bridge differences.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
United States
Soviet
Commission
UN Security Council
Security Council
Brain operation approved to reform inmate Wright
In Pittsburgh on March 19 a common pleas judge approved surgery to separate the front lobe of 38 year old Millard Wright in hopes of curing criminal tendencies. Judge A Marshall Thompson authorized the operation after Wright pleaded it would help him go straight.
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Pittsburgh, Mar
Millard Wright
Wright
Reds Reject Protests Of America
Budapest reports the Soviet command rejected U S protests against Russian interference in Hungarian politics and refused a three power investigation. Lt Gen Sviridov said he would not change his stance while noting Bela Kovacs admitted guilt in crimes against the Soviet army and a plot against the republic.
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Budapest
Mar
U. S
George H. Weems
V. P. ‘Sviridov
Hungary
Hungary.” Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
United States
Hunan
Bela Kovacs
Kovacs
Sviridov
Library Plans Are Considered for North Carolina Colleges
Librarians and architecture from several universities gathered at Duke for a two day session to review plans for enlarging the University of North Carolina and Women’s College Greensboro libraries. The meeting followed an invitation from Duke and Carolina to discuss early construction or major expansions of the libraries.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Woman’s College
Greensboro
Duke University
Duke
Carolina
Legislature Receives Two Crop Bills in Raleigh
In Raleigh on March 19 two identical bills were introduced to empower farmers to hold referendums on assessments for crop promotion. They cover peanuts potatoes fruits berries vegetables and other crops with a promotion tax not exceeding one half of one percent of the crop valuation. Tobacco promotion would fall under Tobacco Associates Inc with a 10 cent tax.
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Raleigh
State Board of Agriculture
Watkins
Granville
Rep
Whitfield
Pender
Tobacco Associates, Inc
Government Army Takes Red Capital Yenan
Chinese nationalist forces swept into Yenan, the communist capital, after a 200 mile march from Lian. The city was largely evacuated with minimal resistance as Mao Tse Tung and other leaders reportedly fled. Peng Hsueh Pei said the fall shifts the civil war’s balance and could alter communist policy.
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Nanking
Yenan
Lian
Red Capital
Ho Lung
Shensi
Mao Tse-Tung
Information
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Peng
Hu Chungnan
China
Potsdam Pact Supersedes Yalta in Germany Reparations
British foreign office said Britain and the United States share the view that the Potsdam agreement supersedes the Yalta plan for German reparations. The statement follows Molotov’s claim of a secret Yalta deal for 10 billion dollars and US Britain opposition to heavy postwar charges on current production.
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Britain
U. S.S
V. M. Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
Yalta
Tass
Molotov
Germany
United States
Moscow
U. S
Marshall
Russia
France
Molotov Sees Possible Agreement On German Economic Plan
MOSCOW reports Molotov told the council of foreign ministers that after hearing U S Britain and France he believed agreement remains possible on Germany's economic program. He cited levels of industry balanced trade and freedom of movement as key issues. In Washington Republicans pressed for broad accountability before approving aid to Greece and Turkey as the House Foreign Affairs Committee scheduled hearings on the $400 million measure.
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Mar
V. M. Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
Germany
Washington
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Mediterranean
Russia
Dardanelles
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Committee Approves Governors Bill and Tax Reforms
NALEIGH March 19 A judiciary two subcommittee adopted a report urging drastic revisions to the 1929 barber examiners law. A separate bill seeks a special commission to study all 21 state boards. House acts to let voters decide on lieutenant governor succession and debt limits while approving seed standard bills.
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State Board of Barc Ber
Judiciary Two
Rep. Moseley
Guilford
House Committee On
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
State Board of Agriculture
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