Seven Cars And Engine Leave Rails In-Camden Accident
Train wreck near Cassett 14 miles north of Camden South Carolina derailed seven cars and a diesel unit after hitting a box car at an open switch. Over a dozen injured were treated on scene and several admitted to Camden Hospital. Fire and rail officials launch a heavy damage inquiry.
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Camden
S. C
Seaboard Airline Railway
Cassett
Here
J. H. Johnson
Raleigh
N .C
Columbia
Columbia Record
C. L .Sherrill
Washington, D. C
C. H. Smith
West Palm Beach
Fla
Rhudehn Spenser
Bethlehem
Mamie Harrison
New York City
Lucille Green
Damascus
Inneara Gardner
Hartford
Conn
Levi Berridge
Clifton Heights
Wallace Underwood
Philadelphia
Seaboard
Blaney
James L. Carter
Seaboard Division
Showdown in Labor Circles Approaching
In Louisville on March 22 the UAW faced a looming split as the international executive board reviewed charges against Irving Richter, UAW lobbyist in Washington. Walter Reuther accused Richter of political tilt, with Vice President Richard T. Leonard promising an inquiry and possible discharge if substantiated.
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Louisville
CLO United Automobile Workers Union
Irving Richter
UAW
Chter
Washington
Walter P. Reuther
Eft
Richter
Richard T. Leonard
Political Action Committee
Legislative Department
Leonard
Reuther
Weather: North Carolina Fair With Little Change Expected
The forecast calls for fair conditions with minimal temperature change today and tonight. Sunday should be fair and warmer with largely cloudy skies.
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North Carolina
Portal Pay Bill Appears Doomed
Washington march 22 the house and senate have passed measures to outlaw portal pay suits and sent them toward a conference to resolve differences with a White House veto possible. the vote tally in the senate was 64 to 24 and in the house 435 to 56 with implications of a two thirds veto override.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
House-Senate
White House
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate House Seek Big Budget and Tax Cuts
Senate and House Republicans reach a reported agreement to cut President Truman's budget by 5.25 billion dollars and reduce the national debt by 2 billion dollars while pursuing a substantial tax reduction. The plan seeks a compromise between earlier vetoed and approved scales as federal spending ceilings loom under reform acts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
House Repecans
French Regime II Victorious in Confidence Vote
The French national assembly approved Premier Paul Ramadier's Indo China policy by 411 to 0 with Communists abstaining. Five Communist cabinet members supported the government in the confidence motion and a 34 billion franc appropriation for Indo China operations, prompting a cabinet meeting to decide the coalition's future.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Paul Ramadier
Indo-China
Ramadier
Communist Party
Money Bills Cleared By Assembly
Raleigh lawmakers cleared two big money bills this week as they work double-time toward a pre Easter adjournment deadline. The session presses ahead with budgeting measures and fiscal policy decisions as lawmakers push to finish before holidays.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly Passes 87 Bills in Routine Session
In Raleigh on Saturday the general assembly approved 87 local bills. The house enacted 20 measures while the senate passed 17. no new bills were introduced.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Senate approves record revenue bill for $311 million
A record-breaking appropriations bill, totaling 311 million dollars, passes the senate without debate after last week's measures. The action aims to fund state programs and services, signaling a swift approval process and strong legislative consensus.
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Senate
FBI Crime Report Shows North Carolina Increases In 1946
The FBI notes a rise in North Carolina crime in 1946 with murders up from 101 to 135 and aggravated assaults from 3,748 to 4,019. Nationally, hourly counts include 40 burglaries and 26 autos stolen, with detailed city figures for Asheville Charlotte and Durham.
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Washington
North Carolina
Linians
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Greeks Launch Spring Offensive Against Guerrillas
Greek army presses a broad drive from Mt Grammos toward Albanian fronts with 15th division and air support. Reports say battles near Hospsi and Konitsa yield heavy guerrilla losses while Xanthe brigade near Thermas claims major enemy casualties. Britain aids in planning and funding as U.S. debate over $400 million aid to Greece and Turkey continues. Spitfire deliveries cited as part of the spring push.
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Athens
Mt. Grammos
Larisa
15Th Division
Grammos
Salonika
Eighth Division
Hospsi
Mt. Tzoumerka
Greek Epirus
Albania
Epirus
Konitsa
Xanthe
Thermas
Bulgaria
London
Britain
United States
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Alexander A. Pallis
Greece Turkey aid plan tied to UN backing
A bipartisan drive proposes a preamble declaring the Greece Turkey aid plan conforms with UN purposes. Senators Vandenberg and Connally seek approval to authorize 400 million dollars in aid, pointing to UN recognition of Greece needs and the desire for international support through the UN and allied nations.
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Washington
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Truman
Congress
UN Council
UN Food and Agriculture Mission
Great Britain
Acheson
Two Men Kill Communist in Stuttgart Area
German police said Rheinnold Hub a Communist denazification board member in Oehringen was killed by two men who entered his apartment with pistols. Slayers fled toward Bretzfeld as a manhunt began. Hub, once a Social Democrat and trade union leader, led Communist activity in the area.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Rheinnold Hub
Denazification Board
Oehringen
Bretzfeld
Hub
United States
Hitler
Social Democrat Party
Aged Woman Flown by Coast Guard To Elizabeth City Hospital
A 70 year old Mrs N J Austin was flown by helicopter from her Outer Banks home to Albemarle hospital in Elizabeth City for recovery from surgery. Doctors report she is in good shape and not in serious condition after the first air journey. The coast guard earlier offered a PBM flying boat but she chose the helicopter flight and found flying easier than expected.
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Elizabeth City
N. J. Austin
Albemarle Hospital
Coast Guard
Heiress And Fiance Held For Deaths
Beulah Louise Overell, 17, and her fiancé George R. Gollum, 21, face murder accusations over the deaths of her parents aboard a Newport harbor yacht. Police plan to arraign them after written charges are filed, with a preliminary hearing set following the arraignment.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Beulah Louise Overell
George R. Gollum
Newport Harbor
R. R. Hodkinson
Newport Beach
Court of Justice of the Peace
Howard C. Cameron
Walter Overell
Hodgkinson
James Musick
Orange County
Overell
Los Angeles
Beulah
Musick
Gollum
Showdown on Tax Cut Slated to Come Next Thursday
Washington reports that Republicans will push a 3.84 billion tax cutting bill before the House next Thursday with a floor vote and no amendments. Speaker Martin forecasts passage as Democrats resist cuts, arguing surpluses should pay national debt. The bill, pending a June 1 rate change and retroactive to January 1, would mainly cut taxes for tens of millions of earners and provide rebates for overpayments.
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Washington
House
Martin
Rmass
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Coal Dispute To Be Aired Next Week
Washington reports officials warn a government move may summon John L. Lewis and mine owners for new contract talks. Two legal steps loom as Lewis seeks purge for contempt of federal court by ending the notice of contract termination. Finances cited include a 10 000 dollar personal fine and a 700 000 dollar union fine alongside a government bond collateral. The Supreme Court upheld a 2 800 000 dollar contempt ruling. additional questions focus on whether Lewis may reopen the contract with 30 days notice before June 30 seizure authority expires.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
District Court
Justice Department
Lewis
Falling Wall Kills 2 Firemen Near Robesonia
Two Robesonia volunteer firefighters were crushed to death and a third injured when a wall collapsed during a $25 000 barn fire on the Paul Wike farm two miles north of Robesonia Reading Pa March 22 The dead are Jacob Sterner and Merlin Miller 21 a recent father Both were members of the Robesonia fire company
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Reading
Paul Wike
Robesonia
Robesonia Volunteer Fire Company
Jacob Sterner
Merlin Miller
Government For Germany Considered By Four-Power Talks
MOSCOW March 22 Four Power foreign ministers held their 12th session with Russian and French plans for Germany on the agenda. Molotov proposed a provisional government with devolution matching pre Hitler era. Bidault favored a loose federation with a unicameral parliament chosen by state legislatures for four year terms. The French plan envisions states holding powers including foreign relations and a bundes president elected from the legislature for a one year term.
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Moscow
Germany
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Hitler
Georges Bidault
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Bidault
Stalin
Bundes
Baltimore Publisher Dies After Plunge From 12th Floor Window
C. Dorsey Warfield publisher of the Baltimore News Post fell to his death from a twelfth floor window at the Warrington apartments on North Charles Street. The body was found by porter Hope and Mrs Warfield was unaware of the death for over an hour. Warfield 49 a Baltimore native educated at City College of Baltimore, served in World War I and held top posts at the Baltimore Sun Washington Times Herald and the News Post.
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Baltimore
C. Dorsey Warfield
Baltimore News-Post
Warrington Apartments
North Charles _ street
Edward Fraser
Warfield
The
Washington Times
Times
News-Post
Sunday American
Eisenhower to Visit Bragg and Jackson on April Inspection
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will visit Fort Bragg North Carolina and Fort Jackson South Carolina early in April on an inspection tour. He plans to leave Washington March 30 and return April 16. The war department announced the trip.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ftrage
N. C
Ft. Jackson
S. C
War Department
Atlanta
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R. FE. Baly
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High Point
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