Marshall signals tough stance at foreign ministers meet
London reports Secretary of State George C. Marshall aims to push for an Austrian independence treaty at the big four conference opening next Tuesday. He arrives with an open mind on Peace treaty issues and may consider Soviet proposals to advance the German problem. In Oxford Marshall says wartime unity now seems harder to sustain as dangers remain.
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London
George C.hall
Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Senate committee urges early action on relief aid for Europe
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a 13-0 vote, calls for swift action on a 597 million dollar relief measure for France Italy and Austria to combat cold hunger and political chaos. Debate to begin Monday with emphasis on fuel food and economic survival.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
Vanden
R-Mich
Connal
D-Tex
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Two Killed One Hurt In Truck Collision Near Anderson
Two men died and one was injured in a truck collision near Anderson South Carolina. Howard Quentin Dover 26 of Anderson and Leon Burke 35 of Millen Georgia were killed. Frank Strong 25 a Black man of Millen was injured.
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Anderson
S. C
Howard Quentin Dover
Leon Burke
Millen
Frank Strong
Weather North Carolina Cool and Cloudy With Winter Ahead
The weather forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions in North Carolina with winter like temperatures today and tonight. Reading from official records at 8:30 a.m. shows varied temperatures across cities including Charleston 54, Charlotte 47, Greensboro 49, Wilmington 88, and other stations reporting rainfall amounts and highs and lows for the 24 hours ending then.
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Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
St Minn.St. P
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Rtco
San Antonio
Ban Fran
Spartanburg
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
Man pays for book after 30 years conscience prompts gift
J W Winslow of a Goldsboro book store received a letter from Asheville with a $3 check. The note says thirty years ago a customer took a book without paying and kept it on his conscience until now.
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Goldsboro
J. W. Winslow
Asheville
James Lambeth Succumbs In Thomasville
James E. Lambeth Sr. 62 president of Standard Chair and WMFR partner dies after a stroke. Born July 5 1885 in Thomasville he held Mason and Rotary offices and church roles. Survivors include wife Helen McAulay three sons a daughter sister and brother. Funeral Sunday at 4 PM Main Street Memorial Methodist Church with entombment in Myers mausoleum City Cemetery.
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Thomasville
James E. Lambeth
Standard Chair Company
WMFR
High Point
Rotary Club
Main Street
Methodist Conference
Americans Not Captives Among Lolos After Long Search
An army announcement says a 15 month expedition with officers living among Lolo tribesmen on the China Tibet border found no American airmen held captive. Maj Alva Smith and team traced every report. earlier claims of five missing Americans were ruled out.
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Nanking
China
Army
Maj
Alva Smith
Major Smith
Svannah
Edward McCallister
Alleghany
John Fox
Tacoma
Wash
China-Tibet
McCallister
Fox
Fritz Faces Backing From Mecklenburg Teachers
Mecklenburg county teachers oppose the North Carolina Education Association board’s demand for the resignation of R. L. Fritz Jr. as president. A meeting adopted a resolution calling the board’s move unwarranted and beyond authority. A. C. Dawson Jr. was named acting president amid Fritz’s refusal to resign.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina Education Association
R. L. Fritz, Jr
NCEA
Mecklenburg County Classroom Teachers Association
Fritz
Raleigh
A. C. Dawson, Jr
Southern Pines
Hudson
Caldwell County
State Board of Education
Lenoir
Mechanic Jailed After Shooting and Cab Theft
Fred Bland aged 32 a Gastonia mechanic is jailed in connection with a taxi driver shooting and cab theft last night Leon Jackson Biggers the driver was treated at Memorial hospital for five bullet wounds with non fatal prognosis
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Charlotte
Fred Bland
East Third St
Gastonia
Leon Jackson Biggers
Memorial Hospital
Electric Shock Fatal to Roy S. Barr in King
Roy S. Barr 28 a World War II veteran of King died from an electric shock while repairing a water pump. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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King
Roy S. Barr
Austria Treaty Talks Stall as Western Powers Clash Over Reparations
The Big Four struggle over postwar Austria as Russia seeks vast German property claims while the others push for exemptions. American concern centers on avoiding economic collapse and loss of sovereignty. Marshall rests after a transatlantic flight and plans to receive an honorary degree at Oxford before renewed talks with French British and Soviet diplomats.
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Ng Bongora
Masset Ani UN
Austria
Russia
Marshall
Truman
Oxford University
General Finds Wilson Guilty of Excess Ration Card Use
Maj. Ernest P. Wilson of Columbia South Carolina was found guilty by a general court martial of illegal use and possession of excess ration cards and was dismissed from the service. Testimony showed Wilson and two civilian agents used the cards to buy goods at the post exchange in Yokohama.
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Yokohama
Ernest P. Wilson
Daly St
Columbia
S. C
Eighth Army
Wilson
Meyers Called Snake By Former Associate In War Probe
Senate war investigating subcommittee ends inquiry into Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers amid accusations from a former associate who called him a snake. Witnesses described wartime dealings and a secret profit scheme tied to Aviation Electric Co. of Dayton, while Meyers denied personal gain and cited a long affair with Mrs. Lamarre.
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Senate
Bennett E. Meyers
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
H. H
Hap) Arnold
Air Force
Meyers
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Aviation Electric Company
Dayton
Ohio
Lamarre
Lamarres
Fear Lamarre
Arnold testifies Meyers probe over wartime investments
Gen. H H Arnold told senate investigators he accepted Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers’s assurance he had divested investments that could profit him due to his air force role. Meyers faced questions about wartime disclosures as his wife’s relatives attacked the general. Meyers had no comment.
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H. H
Arnold
Senate
Bennett BE. Meyers
Air Force
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Lamarre
General Meyers
Mildred Readnover
Cincinnati
Schuman Opens Drive to Form New French Government
Paris Nov 22 Robert Schuman finance minister and MRP member announced he would try to form a new French government after meeting President Vincent Auriol. He prepared to seek a vote of confidence as labor strikes broaden and the chamber debates a premier choice amid leftist pressure.
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Robert Schuman
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Schuman
Vincent Auriol
Finance Ministry
National Assembly
Leon Blum
Premer
Luxembourg
Auriol
Paul Reynaud
Andre Marie
Yvon Delbos
France
Paul Ramadier
Blum
Ramadier
Tobacco Could Shape U.S. Foreign Aid Policy
AP dispatch reports congressmen expect tobacco to be included in U S foreign aid and export plans. European cooperation officials note tobacco’s role in trade and payments, with several European nations seeing a 30 percent rise in manufactured tobacco by four years from now. Industry leaders urge legislation to raise exports, citing potential harm to Southern states if acreage cuts continue.
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Washington
Congressional Tobacco Committee
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Ette
Committee of European Economic Cooperation
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Eire
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Greece
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Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey
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Europe
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Krug
Dixie Tobacco Industry
Burley
North Carolina
Committee On Foreign Aid
Imart
Flivver Fliers Take Rest in Edmonton
Round the world fliers George Truman and Clifford Evans halted in Edmonton Alberta to tune their two light planes for the next leg of their flight. Truman of Los Angeles and Evans of Washington DC plan to stay until Monday and then head to Lethbridge Alberta before returning to Los Angeles. Truman expects a reunion with his brother Russell of Brandon Manitoba whom he has not seen for 30 years.
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Alta
George Truman
Clifford Evans
Truman
Los Angeles
Evans
Washington, D. C
Lethbridge
Alberta
Russell
Brandon
Man
Cold snap drives Wyoming thermometer to 17 below
A brutal cold wave grips the nation with Casper Wyoming recording 17 below as sub-zero temperatures spread from the eastern Rockies to the plains. Nebraska Kansas the Dakotas and Minnesota report snow and rain with cooler weather forecast across the Midwest and into New England regions.
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Republicans Kill Another Grain Control Proposal in Congress
In Washington on November 22 Republicans opposition doomed President Truman’s grain control plan aimed at guiding livestock feeding to curb costs. Senator Taft led criticism of a 100 percent margin measure while Anderson endorsed limited, voluntary conservation and warned price control would be needed to enforce any weights and grades scheme.
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Truman
Congress
Airman
Taft
Ohio
Senate-House Economic Committee
Europe
Anderson
Senate House Committee
Acc
Eight Die in Plane Crash Near Tabor Peak
A Romanian Soviet Airlines plane en route from Bucharest to Prague crashed on 2,000 foot Tabor peak near Jigin Czechoslovakia in bad weather. Eight killed and 18 injured, including Alfred Davidson European director of UN children's fund for Europe and Horia Grigorescu Romanian ambassador to Prague.
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Jigin
Czechoslovakia
Bucharest
Prague
Tabor Peak
Alfred Davidson
United Nations Children’s Fund For Europe
Horia Grigorescu
Man Believed Drowned After Missing From Freighter
OCRACOKE November 22 A man named David Gaskill about 40 is believed drowned after disappearing yesterday from the freighter William Gaskill Dryden en route to Ocracoke from Washington NC Captain Sidney Tolson said the ship turned back and searched for about two hours finding a cap and a coat floating on the water
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David Gaskill
William G. Dryden
Washington, N. C
Sidney Tolson
Gaskill
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