Tax battle looms as Truman cites record spending
President Truman warned Congress that the government will run a peacetime deficit of about 5.1 billion dollars this year with total outlays near 43.5 billion. He predicts 38.0 billion in revenue, leaving about 5.5 billion in new debt as Congress debates spending and tax policy in an election year.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
81St
Potomac River
Eastern Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
National
New York
Atlanta
New Orleans
Bolivia
Eric Arios Bridoux
Bridoux
United States
Potomac
State Patrol To Recheck School Buses
RALEIGH Nov 2 The highway patrol will re check school buses and ground those with unrepaired prior defects The review covers steering gear horns rear doors brakes and windshield wipers Tolar noted reports from most counties indicate buses in poor condition with overloaded loads and several specific defects Cabarrus and Stanly show good condition Montgomery poor He ordered inspections after the Middlesex wreck that killed seven children.
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Raleigh
Highway Patrol
C. R. Tolar
Tolar
Cabarrus
Stanly County
Montgomery
Middlesex
Anti-Communist Leaders In Full Control of CIO
The CIO convention's right wing gained decisive control announcing new rules to bar communists from top offices and empower expulsion of pro-Communist unions. It raised the per member per month tax from eight to ten cents, adding about one million dollars to the treasury for organizing. Walter Reuther led resolutions to eject United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers, while left-wing delegates walked out in protest as penalties loom for the UE and FE merger.
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Cleveland
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Resolutions Committee
United Electrical Workers
Philip Murray
James B. Carey
Poole
Reuther
Harry Bridges
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers
James Durkin
Office
Congress
Murray
Indonesia Becomes Independent Nation under Dutch- Indonesian Pact
The Hague November 2 Dutch and Indonesian governments sign agreements to end 300 years of Dutch rule creating a 70 million person republic the United States of Indonesia. The pact links the new state to the Dutch crown as an equal partner in a Dutch Indonesian union. Parliament ratifications remain.
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Hague
Netherlands
Holland
East Indies
United States of Indonesia
United Nations
Indonesia
Coal Shortage Prompts Governor Letter to Truman
North Carolina faces an acute coal shortage with towns blacked out at night and supplies exhausted in some areas. Governor Scott pleads for early federal help, noting widespread hardship and urging action to avert a severe winter. He also sent similar appeals to Senators Hoey and Graham.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Scott
Truman
Gospel Revival Sweeps Southern California led by Billy Graham
Los Angeles witnesses a six week revival drawing over 200000 of the city’s 2 10 000 residents to a downtown circus tent nightly. The evangelist is Billy Graham whose eloquence and plain preaching have sparked a broad reawakening. One convert is former USC track star Lou Camperini, an Air Force captain who survived a Pacific raft ordeal.
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Los Angeles
City of
Southern California
Graham
University of Southern California
Lou Camperini
Pacific
Another Cold Wave on Way
A new cold wave spread from the Yukon valley and Mackenzie basin into the northern plains Minnesota and the Lake Superior region. Temperatures fell below freezing in North Dakota and Minnesota with Pembina at 22 above. Light snow and rain fell across Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and New England while the far south west and Pacific coast stayed milder.
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Associated Press
Yukon Valley
Mackenzie Basin
Canada
Plains States
Minnesota
Lake Superior
North Central Region
New England States
Gulf States
North Dakota
Pembina
N D
Wisconsin
Michigan
New England
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Wayne Votes Out Beer and Wine in Special Election
Unofficial returns show Wayne voters outlaw beer 2 647 to 3 533 and wine 2 612 to 3 774, completing a Wayne dry outcome while Sampson also goes dry after 20 of 21 precints report beer 995 to 3 774 with one precinct missing. Wine had already been banned in Sampson by act years ago.
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Wayne
Sampson
Ready To Negotiate Coal Peace Pact Says John L Lewis
John L Lewis pledges readiness to bargain a coal peace amid calls for a broader labor settlement. He spoke as investigators and lawmakers react to the deadly aviation disaster involving an Eastern Airlines DC-4 and a Bolivian P-38 near Washington.
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John L. Lewis
Federal funds boost for North Carolina hospital aid
North Carolina hospital building program gains 50 percent federal boost. Legislated aid raises federal share from 3.21 million to 6.414 million, enabling total annual funding to rise from about 10 million to 15 million. The program extends to 1955, allows flexible use, and may speed projects in larger counties while aiding Buncombe County. Dr. John A. Ferrell notes enhanced capacity to approve nurses homes and health centers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Congress
John A.ferrell
State Medical Care Commission
Ferrell
Buncombe County
Negro Hospital
Charlotte
Most Flue-Cured Leaf Prices Up Across Belts
Raleigh reports several flue cured tobacco grades gained strength on the old belt led by leaf and nondescript types. Federal state market news shows gains of 1 to 2 per hundred pounds with belt sales totaling over 6 million pounds and season totals near 176 million pounds. prices averaged around 46 dollars per hundred.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sherman Named Youngest Chief of Naval Operations
Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman, at 53, becomes the youngest chief of naval operations in history replacing Louis Denfeld. He led unification plans for the armed services and expects smooth cooperation with the joint chiefs, though some bitterness lingers over Denfeld’s ouster.
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Admiral Sherman
Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy
Rman
Louis E. Denfeld
White House
Truman
Sherman
Naval Operations
Arm
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Six Die As Fire Sweeps Apartment in Cincinnati
A three story Elm Street apartment blaze in downtown Cincinnati killed six people early today and sent seven others hurt. Five victims died from burns and one from a fall. the fire was put out quickly with damage about 2000 dollars. An eight year old boy was among the dead.
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Cincinnati
Elm Street
Harry McNay
General Hospital
Charles Dean
State gasoline discount plan cuts cost for state cars
North Carolina may save $5,000 yearly on gasoline for state autos through a two cent plus per gallon discount negotiated by Charles Williams, director of purchase and contract. About five hundred local stations have joined, absorbing the discount to boost business. The plan covers state owned autos and state business purchases, not private employee cars.
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North Carolina
Charles M. Williams
State Gas Tanks Supply Highway Vehicles
The practice lacks a long enough period to estimate savings. the $5,000 figure is speculative. State owned tanks supply gas for highway trucks and many highway cars, plus school buses and patrol cars, with bulk shipments to these central tanks.
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Conservation and Development, Wildlife Resources
Stock Prices Rise Through Mixed Market Session
New York stocks showed an upward tilt amid hesitation, with gains for leaders such as U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Chrysler J I Case Schenley Admiral Coca Cola AT T Alcoa Du Pont Universal American Can International Paper and others. Rails mainly declined with New York Central Pennsylvania Chesapeake and Ohio Gulf Oil and Montgomery Ward among weaker issues.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Chrysler
J. I. Case
Schenley
Admiral Corp
Coca-Cola
American Telephone
American Smelting
Kennecott Copper
Allied Chemical
du Pont
American Can
International
Big Steel Firms Eye Quick Coal Peace and Steel Talks
John L. Lewis urged Indiana to negotiate a coal peace with state operators. Gov Schricker declared an Indiana emergency and urged immediate settlement. Lewis said talks could occur with Indiana operators only, while rationing stockpiles. Meanwhile Jones & Laughlin resumed negotiations and exploratory talks began between Republic Steel and the CIO steelworkers, with Philip Murray leading both groups.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Henry F. Schricker
Lewis
UMW
Cleveland
Jones & Laughlin
Republic Steel Corp
Alion
CIO
Philip Murray
Taking It Easy Is Dangerous Says Physicians
In Philadelphia on November 2 doctors warned that “take it easy” advice harms heart patients. Dr William G Leaman Jr urged families to stop creating invalids and keep patients employed where possible. Dr William D Stroud emphasized rest and reassurance to reduce fear, noting many patients recover well after nonfatal coronary occlusion.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association of North America
William G. Leaman, Jr
Leama
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Heart Association
Leaman
William D. Stroud
University of Pennsylvania
CIO Leftists Aided Motion to Oust Themselves
James Marlow recalls how the 1946 CIO convention in Atlantic City set the stage for anti communist purges. He notes Philip Murray's six member committee divided 3 to 3 and How Ben Gold joined to defend unity. The piece links the 1946 vote to later Taft Hartley and a shift against communist influence.
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CIO
Murray
Gold
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