Bill to Cut Government Press Agents in House Bill to Curb Press Agents Faces Senate Debate
The $2.47 billion appropriation bill ships through the House with a major plank to shrink federal press agents from 281 to 100 at the Veterans Administration. It also cuts VA pension funds and GI benefits, with no extra money for the labor board and a rejection of salary claims for three former federal workers. The Senate debates Lilienthal and Greek Turkish aid as Easter recess looms.
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House
Congress
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Veterans Administration
Taber
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Washington
Pension Fund
National Labor Relations Board
Appropriations Committee of Art Bureau
Goodwin B. Watson
Robert Morss Lovett
William E. Dodd, Jr
Supreme Court
Syntha Soap Powder Promises Easy Kitchen Cleaning
Effie M. Cox praises Syntha Soap Powder for reducing kitchen chores. She notes it is gentle on hands unlike other powders and claims it cleans effectively, wishing to share it with friends.
Inner Aid Clears Digestive Ailments for Local Woman
A local woman reports dramatic relief after taking INNER AID, ending hours of spitting up acid liquid and stomach discomfort. She says meals now digest smoothly, headaches and bowel irregularity resolved. The 12 herb formula is sold by all drug stores and advertised as cleansing bowels and aiding stomach and kidneys.
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Inneraid
Officers Review National Guard Battery A 504th
A team from the office of the state adjutant general arrived to inspect Battery A, 504th field artillery battalion, High Point, for federal recognition. Colonel W. I. Fitts and Lt. Col. Foreman lead the reviews of records at 3:00 and a personnel inspection at the armory at 7:30 tonight as the unit moves toward rolls into the national guard and begin pay.
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Army
State Adjutant General's Office
High Point
National Guard
504Th Field Artillery Battalion
W. I. Fitts
Foreman
Pierce
W. T. Bloxton
Truman loses sugar rationing and price control power
The agriculture department will handle both chores from OPA as wartime controls wind down. An emergency tin extension runs to June 30 for several programs. other wartime powers are reassessed with many remains ending or shifting to postwar agencies. Rent control continues to June 30 while Congress weighs renewal.
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Agriculture Department
OPA
Manila
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Office of Defense Transportation
Frank R. Creedon
CPA
Atomic Control Commission
Baby Saved By Photographer From Tenement Fire
New York reported photographer Henry A. Whitfield, 36, rescued a 17 month old girl, Shelia Petterson, dropped from a third floor fire escape as flames swept a tenement. He darted from his sixth floor apartment, chased down six flights, and caught the child unharmed while the mother, Mattie Petterson, 27, said smoke and fear overwhelmed her.
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New York
Mar
Henry A. Whitfield
Whitfield
Shelia Petterson
Mattie Petterson
Century-long Life of Thomas Parr Chronicle
The Shropshire centenarian Thomas Parr lived from 1483 to 1635, spanning ten monarchs from Edward IV to Charles I. His remarkable lifespan covered the late medieval to early modern period, marking him as a notable historical figure in English royal eras.
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Thomas Parr
Shropshire
England
Edward IV
Edward V
Richard II
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VII
Elizabet
James I
Charles I
Lamb and Lion March Adage Fits High Point Weather
March opened with a lionish storm and cold snaps before a warm glow returns. The forecast shows rising temperatures near 55 at noon with expectations of higher readings as spring arrives and the weather man warns that romance may bloom.
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Poe
High Point-Greensboro
Arch
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs C M Howell In Thomasville
Mrs C M Howell of Thomasville died Thursday in Winston-Salem. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 PM at Thomasville First Baptist Church led by Rev Charles F Leek with Rev G A Martin assisting. Interment followed in Thomasville city cemetery. Pallbearers included A C Jackson Lester Bean Dr Furman P Covington Homer Beck Earl Hansell Woodrow Teague Stuart Stone Jr Russell F Van Landingham. Miss Vera Dixon led flower arrangements with Ladies Aid Society and family friends.
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C. M. Howell
Thomasville
Winston-Salem
Thomasville First Baptist Church
Charles F. Leek
G. A. Martin
Thomasville City Cemetery
A. C. Jackson
Lester Bean
Furman P. Covington
Homer Beck
Earl Hansell
Woodrow Teague
Stuart Stone, Jr
Russell F. van Landingham
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vera Dixon
Rites Held For Wilma Myers Daughter Of Mr And Mrs Myers
Funeral services for Wilma Myers daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Myers were held Sunday afternoon at Union Tabernacle at four led by Rev. C J Childress. A singing trio and solo performed with Effie Patton, Era Smith, Clyde Drye and Sylvia Newton participating. Burial followed at Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Wilma Myers
Lloyd Myers
Union Tabernacle
C. J. Childress
Effie Patton
Era Smith
Clyde Drye
Sylvia Newton
Flowers
Lennie Bumgardner
Floral Garden Cemetery
Coal union crisis and miners' shutdown across states
The article reports UMW leader John L. Lewis pressing total union control as miners stage work stoppages in West Virginia Illinois and Oregon to aid families of Centralia victims. Local unions urge Krug’s ouster while Bend Independent miners suspend work and donate 7800 for Illinois explosion victims.
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Lewis
Portland
Ore
Sidney Woodsbury
Chamber of Commerce
Centralia
Thomas Raney
UMW
Pikeville
Big Sandy
Krug
West Virginia
Bend
Progressive Mine Workers of America Union
Independent
Illinois
John Mitchell
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsbo H
Supreme Court
Golds
Newsprint Lost In Fire At Charlotte Observer
Fire in the Charlotte Observer building basement destroyed over 100 rolls of scarce newsprint delaying the early Sunday edition by more than an hour. Flames origin unclear but caused minimal other damage to the structure.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Bishop Penick Approves New Building Plans
In Thomasville on March 31 the St. Paul Episcopal church members unanimously authorized architect Walter Toy to draft a two unit plan for a parish house and church costing about 25000 dollars. Bishop Edwin A. Penick approved the plans after a conference. The drawings will be reviewed by a church building committee.
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Thomasville
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Meade Hite
Walter Toy
Edwin A. Penick
North Carolina
Salem Street
Episcopal Congregation
Toy
Graves and Toy
Charlotte
Dan W. Allen
St. Paul's
Nick
Grace Lutheran Church
Violence and deaths reported across North Carolina towns
A weekend of fatal incidents is recorded with Angier Smithfield highway crash death of Sherrill Parish 18, Asheville bullet deaths of Thorpe Moore 29 and Charles Moore 29, Mrs Lucy Beard 40 gas suicide in Winston-Salem, two Durham killings and a shotgun linked death in Robersonville. Authorities note homicide and self inflicted wounds as causes.
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Sherrill Parish
Angier
Angier- Smithfield
Asheville
Charles Moore
Rock Hill
Thorpe Moore
P. R. Terry
Moore
W. N. Dalton
Winston-Salem
Lucy Esther Beard
Ernest Barnes
Jack Graves
Asheboro
Randolph County
Alonzo Mathews
Liberty
Irene Johnson
Julian
Allene Stocks
Robersonville
Martin County
Haifa Oil Fire and Detentions Amid Holy Land Tensions
British transports moved oil workers and Jews to Cyprus detention camps as Haifa faced a second major fire at the Iran oil terminal. About 80,000 Jews were placed under curfew before it was lifted. Two explosions sparked the blazes and casualties rose with police and army deaths reported amid fighting near Ramle and Haifa.
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Fatherland
Empire Rival
Ocean
Cyprus
San Felipe
Haifa
Iran Petroleum Company
Holy Land
Ramle
Bevin's Plan Sparks Curb on German Economic Future
United States and allies clash over Bevin's 10 page order to revise Potsdam as talks on a German settlement stall. Western diplomats hope for progress this week while Russia demands 10 billion dollars in reparations. If no principle agreement emerges, U.S. officials say they are prepared to return home without a deal.
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United States
Germany
Europe
Bevin
Council
Russia
U. S
Fire prevented by sprinkler system operation
Report describes a fire in an unspecified location where the spread of flames was halted by the building's sprinkler system. No injuries or exact site details are provided.
Market update shows mixed stock moves amid overall lull
New York stocks advanced slightly while the market paused with a mild sleepiness. Leaders like Bethlehem and Southern Railway improved at intervals, while a broad list including U S Steel and Chrysler lagged. Cotton futures opened lower with noon prices down from prior closes. Textile markets were quiet with sheets in demand but mills sold through the season.
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New York
Norfolk & Western
Union Pacific
Great Northern Railway
U. S. Steel
Chrysler, Texas Co
Goodrich
American Telephone
Union Carbide
American Smelting
Bethlehem
Southern Railway
United Aircraft
North American
du Pont
Johns-Manville
Fidler crabs Convert Coral Islands Into Farmland
Fidler crabs by excavating earth from their burrows have transformed numerous coral islands into arable land, reshaping local ecosystems and coastal usage.
Vandenberg on Monroe Doctrine and American Imperial Reach
Vandenberg argues the Truman Doctrine expands American power across Europe and beyond, placing the empire on Mediterranean shores in a day. He says economic and military interventions invite similar action in the Americas and that global imperialism would nullify the Monroe Doctrine.
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South America
Truman
Mediterranean
Europe
American
Monroe
Plan Oper ation On Infant Boy
Surgeons at Temple University Hospital planned an operation to connect the four day old infant’s esophagus to his stomach to save his life. The unnamed son of Mr and Mrs H P Hanley Greenville South Carolina was flown by C 47 from Greenville army base to Philadelphia. Pilots Capt Thomas E Stewart and Major Orlo L Austin of the Ninth Air Force flew in the boy arrived at 4 30 p m and was taken to the naval base then to the hospital by ambulance. The child is kept alive by intravenous feedings and observers say his chances are very grave. The birth condition is unusual though seen in rare newborns. We cannot see the new moon until about two days after it is new.
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Philadelphia
Temple University Hospital
H. P. Hanley
Greenville
S. C
Army Air Base
Thomas E. Stewart
Orlo L. Austin
Ninth Air Force
Philadelphia Naval Base
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