Railroads Resume Hauling Coal to Eager Markets
Pittsburgh report notes coal railroads quickly reactivated after John L. Lewis ordered a two week mine shutdown. About 463,000 United Mine Workers had obeyed the call, with 70,000 railroad workers idled during the stoppage. Railroads expect full crew returns by next week as mines resume output.
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Pittsburgh
Mar
John L. Lewis
Green
United Mine Workers
Mississippi River
Lewis
Chesapeake and Ohio
Raiilroads
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Virginian Railway
UMW
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Senate
Boyd
Graham to Seek Senate Remainder Term Next Year
Dr. Frank P. Graham became a United States senator from North Carolina after being sworn in to fill the late J. Melville Broughton’s seat. He announced plans to run for the remainder of the term ending January 1955, as Governor Kerr Scott’s appointee serves until the 1950 general election.
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Washington
Frank P. Graham
United States
North Carolina
Graham
J. Melville Broughton
Kerr Scott
Broughton
Senate
University of North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Democratic
Sena
Navy awards big bids for cotton drawers and socks
Navy purchasing office awards include 3.9 million cotton drawers and 3.5 million black cotton socks to mills in Alabama North Carolina Pennsylvania and New York. Riverside Shirt and Underwear Co. leads with 1.8 million drawers and 1,112,000 socks to Chester H. Roth Co. Ragan Knitting Co. secures 939,200 black cotton socks.
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New York
Navy Purchasing Office
Alabama
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Riverside Shirt and Underwear Corp
Chester H. Roth Co
Textron, Inc
Ragan Knitting Co
Thomasville
N.C
Whisnant Hosiery Mills Inc
Hickory
N. C
Eisenhower Begins Rest Period at Key West
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at Boca Chica naval air station aboard the Independence and begins a full day of rest in Key West Florida to recover from a stomach inflammation. He is accompanied by his doctor Major General Howard Snyder and appears pale as reporters observe the cautious movements and his trademark grin.
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Key West
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Howard Snyder
Europe
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Truman
General Snyder
Eisenhower
Connally Confident ERP Bill Will Remain Intact
Washington report says Senator Connally claims the 5.58 billion European Recovery Bill will stay in its present form despite GOP efforts to cut its size. Republicans press to trim foreign aid while House debates a separate 5.38 billion bill and Kenn proposes barring U S. funds to firms abroad in basic industries.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Britain
Economic Cooperation Administration
Great Britain
Kenn
R-Mo
U. S
Kem
Kaiser-Frazer Slashes Prices and Elevates Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corp cuts prices on all models by 198 to 333 dollars signaling a broader mass market push. Edgar F Kaiser is named president succeeding Joseph Frazer who becomes vice chairman as the firm reshapes leadership amid postwar auto price cuts by GM.
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Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Kaiser - Frazer
K-F
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
Joseph V. Frazer
Frazer
Auto Company
General Motors
Black And Fales Appeal To North Carolina Supreme Court
Earl Black and Charles Fales of Wilmington seek Supreme Court review of their 10 to 15 year sentences in Guilford County on charges of armed robbery breaking and entering larceny and receiving. G F Waddell testified they tortured him about an hour to force the safe combination, twisting toes with pliers and burning feet with hot implements.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Wilmington
Guilford
Earl Black
Charles Fales
Guilford Superior Court
G. F. Waddell
Vinson Calls for Higher Defense Budget Push
Rep. Vinson urged Congress to add 1.5996 billion to Truman’s military budget for the year starting July 1. He argued the armed services need more funds than proposed and warned current peacetime force levels are insufficient. He cited the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendation of 17.439 billion as minimum.
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Washington
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
Truman
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Navy
Georgia
Death Toll on N C Highways Rises
Raleigh reports February 1949 highway fatalities rose to 67 with 62 fatal crashes, totaling 122 deaths for two months, up 23 percent from 1948. Pedestrian deaths climbed 63 percent as motorists urged to exercise greater caution.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Department
Doctors in DP refugee camps face denial by host nations
In European refugee camps nearly 8,000 displaced physicians and surgeons, many former Nazis victims, await new homes. The IRO reports countries bar them due to medical association fears of competition and lower standards, though global need for skilled doctors is vast and training barriers persist.
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Geneva
International Refugee Organization
Europe
TRO
IRO
Ite
Bricker Delays Action on Rent Control Extension Bill
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will not sign residential rent decontrol without clear proof controls are unnecessary. The revised bill extends federal rent law to June 30, 1950 with a strong home rule provision allowing states and municipalities to end controls with gubernatorial approval.
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Bricker
Senate
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bricker Pushes Rejection Of Rent Control Compromise Bill
Senator Bricker urges rejection of the compromise rent control bill and sends it back for a newwriting by a joint House Senate committee. He attacked the expediter rent level provision claiming it fails to provide landlords relief beyond current law. Democratic leaders expect President Truman to sign the extension once approved by both chambers.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
House
Congress
Senate-House
Mr. Truman
White House
Presbyterian Junior College Student Killed in Hamlet Crash
Ray West Owens 21, a Presbyterian Junior College student at Maxton, died in a dawn crash when a 1949 Oldsmobile failed to negotiate a curve at routes 74 and 38. Passenger Thomas L Mullens Jr. 21 of Huntersville was injured. Drivers Joe Kincaid 23 and Otto Wilson 20, both of Maxton, survived. Owens was the son of Mr and Mrs B H Owens of Fountain.
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Hamlet
Ray West Owens
Presbyterian Junior College
Maxton
Thomas L. Mullens, Jr
Huntersville
Joe Kincaid
Otto Wilson
Kincaid
Owens
Taft Sees Prices Tapering Off To Avert Crash
Senator Taft stated a gradual decline in prices may continue, arguing it could spare the country a future economic crash. He critiques Truman standby controls and government plant authority, while noting recent price drops and wage trends. O Mahoney says farmers bear much of the reduction burden.
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Washington
Taft
R-O
Senate-House Economic Committee
Truman
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Ohioan
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wintry Weather Blankets Rockies to Nebraska
Wintry weather returned to the western states with light snow across central Rockies, western Nebraska, and northwestern Kansas. Cheyenne Wyoming saw over two inches, Denver more than an inch, and Butte Montana dropped to six above zero. Mild conditions continued from the southern plains to the Gulf states with highs near 92 at Presidio Texas and 87 at Jacksonville Florida.
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Chicago
Rockies
Nebraska
Kansas
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Butte
Mont
Pacific Northwest
Plains
Seaboard
Gulf States
Presidio
Tex
Jacksonville
Fla
Burmese Riot Forces Suspension of Anti Communist Film
In Rangoon a crowd rioted before a city cinema and forced suspension of the anti communist American film The Iron Curtain. The government says communists control Mandalay, Burma's second largest city, after it fell to revolting Karen tribesmen earlier this month.
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Rangoon
Burma
Mandalay
Trustees move to keep Graham as a university figure
The executive committee of the board terminated Frank Graham's president role at the Greater University after his resignation but a powerful assembly faction aims to elect him as a 25th full term trustee this year. Charles Ross closes his Rural Highway Research Project office after codifying official data on rural road mileage and funding.
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Board of Trustees
Frank Graham
The
Greater University
General Assembly
Dr. Graham
Graatt
Finis
Charles Ross
Sir Walter Hotel
Ross
Gas Tax Contingent on Bond Vote in Rural Roads Plan
The North Carolina Senate approved Governor Scott's rural roads program 43 to 2 on third reading, proposing a 200 million bond issue to fund rural roads and tying a one cent gas tax hike to voter approval of the bonds. The measure moves to the House which favors a separate plan that would raise the gas tax regardless of the bond outcome.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Scott
State Board of Agriculture
George K. Snow
Surry
J. Frank Huskins
Yancey
Julian R. Alisbrook
Wildlife Resources Commission
Wall Street Flooded With New Buying Orders
New York reports a surge in buying orders after the federal reserve board eased cash requirements for securities trading. Stocks rose a few cents to about $2 a share as the tape lagged behind actual trades by minutes. Major issues led gains while brokers called the move largely psychological with no fundamental market change.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Montgomery Ward
Loew
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Glenn Martin
American Telephone
Phelps Dodge
General Electric
Allied Chemical
International Paper
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Illinois Central
Standard Oil
Plymouth Oil
United Air Lines
Twentieth Century
Fox
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Wheeling
W. Va
James E. Boyd
Bureau of Mines
NEA Telephoto
Tor
Hoey
Institute For Nuclear Studies
Ragan Knitting Mill
Navy Socks
Connally
Black
Fales
Supreme Court
Louis Johnson
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Fred M. Vinson
Pentagon
James V. Forrestal
House Appropriations Committee
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
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