Truman Seeks Halt to Rising Prices and Inflation Risk
President Truman voiced concern over rising prices at his 100th news conference, urging industry cooperation after some firms cut costs. He warned that ongoing price increases could spark an inflation spiral and noted a full survey by his economic advisory council while avoiding pledges on portal-to-portal pay legislation.
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Washington
Truman
International Harvester Company
Ford
Economic Advisory Council
Communist Secretary Dismissed Before House Panel
Eugene Dennis, secretary of the Communist Party, was dismissed as a witness before the House Committee on American Activities after refusing to reveal his real name. Subpoenaed to return April 9, Dennis challenged the committee authority and said he would testify only on bills to outlaw the party.
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Washington
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
House
American Activities Committee
Robert E. Stripling
Dennis
Stripling
High Point City Board Endorses Civil Service Plan
Mayor Fort N Phillips and members of the city council with Representative Walter Crissman signed an agreement preserving the current civil service system for salaried workers while hourly employees are exempt. The probation period for new hires grows to 18 months and the secretary’s salary awaits council approval. Crissman’s bill earlier sought to remove all but police and fire from civil service and to abolish the commission.
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Fort N. Phillips
Walter Crissman
High Point
Civil Service Commission
Crissman
Weather and Temperature Outlook for North Carolina
Partly cloudy windy and cooler in the east with a chance of light snow flurries in the north and west. Frost tonight, diminishing winds, and continued cold. Thursday expected to be fair with a slight warming sun. Sunrise at 6 14, sunset at 6 38.
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North Carolina
Solons Aim for Adjournment by End of Next Week
Raleigh March 26 Speaker Pearsall said a determined effort will push to adjourn the session by week's end. He outlined a full Saturday and Monday schedule plus two daily sessions, urging members to push remaining bills. A calendar committee will be appointed to handle new measures as 310 items await action.
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Raleigh
Pearsall
House
Senate
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Speaker Wins In Bill Passing Rules Committee
The Senate rules committee approved a Wherry bill 6 to 5 to place House Speaker Joseph Martin first in line for the presidency after the vice president. With Truman’s vacancy, Martin would be first, followed by Senate presiding officer Vandenberg and Secretary of State Marshall. The bill mirrors Truman’s preferred succession without a special election.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
House
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Truman
George C. Marshall
Brooks
R-Mich
Marshall
Lethal Fumes Battle Crews in Illinois Mine Disaster
In Centralia Illinois rescue teams fought deadly fumes after a mine explosion trapped 131 miners. Nine were saved, fourteen confirmed dead, 107 unaccounted as teams pressed deeper with gas masks and sealing work to ventilate and search passages about a mile and a half from the shaft.
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Centralia
Ill
Southern Illinois
Fred Hellmeyer
Hellmeyer
Elmer N. Baird
Walter J. Johnson
Centralia Coal Company
Johnson
Call Scanlan
Doomed Jew Loses Plea For Life
The Privy Council dismissed a petition by Dov Bela Gruner seeking leave to appeal his death sentence for anti British violence in Palestine. Gruner, a 33 year old Hungarian Jewish veteran of the British army, was convicted by a British military court on January 1 for an attack on the Amat Gan police station in 1946. The Palestine Supreme Court had previously rejected a bid to stop the execution.
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London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Britain
Dov Bela Gruner
Palestine
Gruner
Amat Gan
Supreme Court of Palestine
Trgun Zvai Leumi
Truman Hopes Greek Turkish Plan Wins Approval Before March 31
President Truman said he expects to approve the $400 million Greek Turkish aid program before the March deadline. He avoided pledging a stop gap loan and favored awaiting events as discussions continued in Washington. Senator Brewster urged tying aid to commercial air rights for American airlines.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Greece
Rei Austin
United Nations
UN Council
PS Geo
Austin
Sroudier
Congress
Brewster
R-Me
United States
Turkey
American Airlines
Maine
Deadlock in Telephone Controversy Narrows Strike Window
The Bell system and a federation of 39 unions remain deadlocked over industry wide bargaining as government conciliators watch an April 7 deadline for a possible cross country strike. NFTW says it will push strike plans while seeking system wide bargaining and a $12 weekly wage increase.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John W. Gibson
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
NFTW
Bell Telepee
Ohio
Newark
Michigan
Illinois
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Soviet Russia Absent From Trusteeship Conference Opening
The United Nations trusteeship council opened its session without the Soviet delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Secretary General Trygve Lie urged UN members to seek world peace cooperation despite delays and concerns over bypassing the organization on key issues.
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CCESS
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Andrei Me Gromyko
Trygve Lie
Tax Measure Clears First Test in House Vote
The Republican backed 3.84 billion tax cut bill won initial approval as the House voted to consider it on a take it or leave it basis. President Truman signaled opposition while Treasury Secretary Snyder warned that deficit financing could fuel inflation and raise prices.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Treasury
Snyder
Forsyth Rep Gass to Testify on Gag Rule in Senate
Forsyth representative Gass said he will testify before the senate finance committee on the two thirds gag rule. He insisted the hearing be public and that he may ask questions about his bill to dry up Bethania township in Forsyth county. He warned he would reveal the rule history if the bill failed.
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Raleigh
Rep
Gass
Forsyth
Gray
Senate Finance Committee
House
Bethania
Forsyth County
Senate Finance
Milk Measure Meets Death In Committee
In Raleigh on March 26 a public health committee killed a bill granting the state board of health broad authority over milk processing distribution and sale. The measure would have shifted duties from the agriculture board and allowed inspectors full access to handling facilities. The panel also rejected a proposal to close privies in large schools and ensure sewage disposal, while approving Hill Burton related machinery for medical care participation and escheat of unclaimed stocks after six months.
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State Board of Health
State Public Health Committee
Board of Health
State Board of Agriculture
Joint Public Health Committee
Medical Care Commission
Congress
Senate
Judiciary One
Clayton Outlines Economic Factors Behind Greece Turkey Plight
Undersecretary William Clayton told the House Ways and Means Committee that instability from poverty in Greece and Turkey threatens peace. He linked U S aid and healthy economic conditions to reducing political problems and described Geneva talks on a world trade organization charter and tariff reductions. He stressed the goal is to guide trade by economic rather than political aims.
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Washington
William Clayton
Turkey
Greece
United States
Clayton
House
Ways and Means
Conference On Trade and
Geneva
Truman
Eco
International Trade Organization
Frost Tonight Shrivels North Carolina Amid Storms
A North Carolina storm system brought gusts up to 65 miles per hour, toppling a radio tower near Lexington and killing Sam Hall, 56, near Guilford College. WBUY’s 250 foot tower fell, Asheville saw 3 inches of snow, Mt. Mitchell logged 8 inches, and northern areas faced light flurries with frigid temps across the state.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
Lexington
Sam Hall
Guilford College
WBUY
Cape Hatteras
Savannah
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
Raleigh Police Hunt Shotgun Bandit
Raleigh police searched for an unidentified shotgun bandit after a robbery in Pullen Park. Victims were David Gene Honeycutt 22 and Helen Cross 19 who were robbed of two watches $10 and struck with a shotgun butt. Both were hospitalized with non serious injuries. Rape was not attempted.
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Raleigh
Pullen Park
R. E. Goodwin
David Gene Honeycutt
Helen Cross
Cary
Goodwin
Molotov Accepts Written Exchange on China Plan
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov agrees to Marshal’s proposal for a written information exchange on China under the 1945 Moscow conference protocol. He still favors informal discussions by the big three as a preferred method and conveyed his views in a letter to Marshall.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
China
Marshal
Molotov
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Rey
Russian Declines Role for Chbina at German Peace Conference
Moscow dispatch says formal Russian objections arise as the council of foreign ministers deputies releases a report on German peace treaty procedures. Disagreements among the big four become official as the invitation list for the conference is debated among the American British and French powers.
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Moscow
Chbina
Council of Foreign Ministers
Big Four Council
Talks on China and Germany in Moscow aid
The talks in Moscow center on China and Germany as the foreign ministers discuss representing China, possible written exchanges by April 1, and reparations linked to German production. Officials doubt major agreements will emerge, while the British show cautious optimism after Bevin’s briefing with Stalin.
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Marshall
China
Molotov
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
Council
Ernest Bevin
Stalin
Milk Seizure Strikes New Orleans Milk Supply
Milk supply for New Orleans dwindled as strike supporters seized rail milk flows near Amite and along routes to the city. Armed men halted cars and dumped milk into ditches, aiming to force an AFL farmers price concession. A worker was injured during a tank car sidetrack incident.
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Amiest
Amite
AFL
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