McMullan Questions Pay Measure in North Carolina
Attorney General Harry McMullan told the North Carolina legislature the proposed pay raise for lawmakers may be unconstitutional and urged an advisory opinion from the state supreme court. The house debated the plan and deferred a vote, while other bills and a $48 million appropriations plan filled the calendar. The rules committee planned to consider eliminating the two thirds gag rule tomorrow.
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Harry McMullan
North Carolina
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State Supreme Court
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Rep
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Wake
House Appropriations Committee
House
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Medical Care Commission
Atomic Control Treaty Advocated at United Nations
Lake Success New York March United States seeks to begin drafting a treaty on atomic controls at the UN atomic energy commission with officials to open a closed meeting at 3 p.m. EST today The note marks the one year anniversary of UN activities in the United States and follows Britain Albania Iran and Corfu Channel incidents as the Security Council acts to resolve cases. Western powers push safeguards and lessons from failed disarmament while conventional armaments talks continue.
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N. Y
United States
United Nations
Atom Energy Commission
U. S
The
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Security Council
Hunter College
Iran
Great Britain
Albania
Corfu
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Radio Tower Blown Over at WBUY in Lexington
High winds toppled the 250 foot transmitter tower of WBUY in Lexington, taking the station off air. Officials seek FCC authority for a temporary tower while the permanent replacement is built. Program director Robert A. Morrow expects on air again this afternoon with a temporary antenna. No injuries reported as the steel tower fell near the transmitter building.
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WBUY
Federal Communications Commission
Robert A. Morrow
Stee
WBAY
Weather Report From North Carolina Forecast
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Wednesday with fair, cool conditions. Temperatures range from 32 to the east portion to a higher west portion as frost possible, with winds easing. Forecast covers 7 p.m. tonight to 7:10 p.m. Saturday, predicting below normal temperatures and generally fair weather with little or no precipitation.
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North Carolina
Fair
Cole
Carolinas
Hounds Chase Fox Into Well Near Stanley Virginia
Four fox hounds pursued a quick brown fox into a well on Cop Richard's farm in Piney Mountain above Stanley. Hunters Tom and Claude Berry and George Lucas could not save the quarry or three of the hounds. only one hound was rescued as the fox and three hounds drowned.
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Richard
Stanley
Piney Mountain
Tom
Claude Berry
George Lucas
Indian Woman 115 Years Old Dies Near Cherokee Reserve
Rachel Reed aged 115, oldest Cherokee in the reservation, died at her Big Witch cabin. She recalled being carried as a papoose during the 1836 Trail of Tears and said her mother escaped with the tribe to the Oklahoma mountains. She worked at home until shortly before death, despite hearing impairment. physicians attributed death to old age.
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Rachel Reed
Andy Jackson
Oklahoma
Rachel
Waynesville
Here
Cherry Takes Up Execution of Negro Benny Montgomery
Governor Cherry conferred with Paroles Commissioner Hathaway Cross over Friday’s scheduled execution of Benny Montgomery a Union County Negro convict found guilty of premeditated slaying of landlord William Marvin Mangum on June 1. Montgomery robbed the body of 84.77 a knife was used in the killing. The state supreme court found no error in the conviction. Cross said Montgomery contended an argument over pay allegedly owed him. The governor will likely announce if he will intervene.
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Cherry
Hathaway Cross
Benny Montgomery
Union County
Montgomery
William Marvin Mangum
State Supreme Court
Cross
Mount Airy Firm Back In Operation After Wage Settlement
Mount Airy air company resumes normal operations as about 150 workers return after a wage dispute. The unorganized workforce walked off last Thursday seeking a 10 percent raise. J F Yokley, the firm’s president, said the wage question is settled satisfactorily but terms were not released.
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J. F. Yokley
Bullitt Urges Action as House Panel Probes Soviet Threat
Former Ambassador William C. Bullitt tells the House Committee on Un-American Activities that time is running out and Russia intends to assault the United States. Chairman Thomas calls for a show down on US-Soviet relations, while Rep Bonner urges a show of strength and Rankin proposes ample atomic bombs planes and pilots to meet the menace. Bullitt testified yesterday at hearings.
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Mar
William C. Bullitt
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United States
House Committee On UN- American Activities
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R-Nj
Soviet Union
Bonner
D-Nc
America
Rep. Rankin
Dmiss
Bullitt
Gen Marshall Creates Stir in Moscow Street Walks
U S Secretary of State George Marshall stirs Moscow as he walks daily with an accompanying Soviet guard and American followers. A crowd of curious boys trails the procession, drawing attention from residents.
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U. S
Marshall
Arbat
Lilienthal Debate Shelved Amid Refugee Legislation Push
The Senate showing only a partial start on Lilienthal confirmation as Hickenlooper resumes the atomic energy panel. The vote fight intensified with foreign relations chair Vandenberg ordering priority for refugee legislation, delaying Lilienthal's nomination and drawing broad opposition over TVA ties and congressional relations.
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Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
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Murder Case Nears End in Mary Reardon Trial
In St Louis on March 25 the prosecution planned to finish its case in the delinquency by reason of murder trial of 14 year old Mary Catherine Reardon. The defendant is charged in the death of her father J Vincent Reardon a wealthy paint company president shot in the back of the head as he drove them home from a tourist camp. Her schoolmate Michael D Arcy was fatally injured when the car crashed after the shooting.
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Mary Catherine Reardon
J. Vincent Reardon
Michael D'Arcy
D'Arcy
Reardon
Hoey Urges Government Action to Remove Communists
Senator Hoey urged state and local governments to implement President Truman's order to purge communists from federal and local offices. He praised the order as overdue and called for loyalty checks to ensure only loyal citizens serve in government.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Office of Price Administration
Roaring March Wind Brings Spring Brushoff Across Nation
Strong March storms sweep eastern half of the U S with heavy winds and snow. At least three people die as power and communication lines fail and travel disruptions mount across the Midwest and Northeast. Temperatures dip with 50 to 60 mph winds and gusts to 80.
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Democrats Oppose Republican Tax Cut Plan
Nine members of the house ways and means committee condemn the republican backed income tax slash as discriminatory and unsound. They argue the bill would total 3.84 billion in cuts with 30 percent for small taxpayers and 20 percent for most others.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committeeemen
Baptists Plan April Meeting At First Baptist Church
The North Carolina Sunday School Association will gather April 1-4 at First Baptist Church Charlotte with over 1,000 representatives. L. L. Morgan of Raleigh will preside. Session leaders include J. L. Corzine of South Carolina M A Huggins of Raleigh and Miss May Bomar of Spartanburg.
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North Carolina Baptist Sunday School Association
First Baptist Church
L. L. Morgan
Raleigh
J. L. Corzine
South Carolina
M.A. Huggins
Raleigh Baptist Association
May Bomar
Spartanburg
Pound and One-Half Babe Has Chance to Live
Duke hospital doctors in Durham said a 112-pound premature girl named Peewee has a good chance to survive. Born March 10 at a Burlington private hospital, she is fed via stomach tube every three hours and will need special care for two to three months.
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Duke Hospital
Peggy Rimmer
Burlington
Peewee
Duke
Scientist says Soviet atomic bomb close within years
A German scientist who escaped a Moscow lab says the Soviet Union is very near to a bomb, predicting three to five years to a U S parallel. He claims relentless Russian effort and many German scientists aiding Moscow, with more recruits expected.
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Germany
United States
Soviet Ready To Step Out Of Darien
Washington reports Russia agrees to transfer control of Dairen to China under an existing pact. Moscow dated February 27 replies to a U S note and follows American hopes for a near term handover. Dairen has been under Soviet military control since the final days of World War II.
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Russia
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Dairen
State Department
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Nanking
Lincoln White
Manchuria
Japan
Georgia congressman proposes community property tax plan
Rep Lanham of Georgia announces plan to require the IRS to use community property tax formulas in Georgia. He says the change would allow spouses to split income for tax purposes, reducing surtaxes and creating tax fairness. Similar bills have been filed in Florida North Carolina and Kansas.
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Washington
Lanham
D-Ga
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Georgia
Lanham’s
Rogers
Redden
Rees
Plan Put Up By Marshall At Meeting
U S Secretary of State Marshall urged the foreign ministers to include all nations at war with Germany in the final peace settlement and to draft a final treaty with priority given to two thirds of conference recommendations. Russia agreed to use the term nazi in the Austrian treaty draft and Bevin met Stalin as talks on a four power postwar pact continued.
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Ernest Bevin
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James F. Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Ae Eee No. & Man
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Kremlin
Kevin
Bidault
Bevin
Ors
Sugar Rationing Sparks Senate Fight On Extension
Senator McCarthy said he will push to end sugar rationing at once while a GOP group seeks a compromise. The bill before the Senate would extend controls for a year, with authority to drop them next fall. McCarthy urged extending to October 31 only if home canning supplies rise and industrial uses stay steady.
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