Hoey Sees Chance to Ship Tobacco to Europe
Senator Hoey predicts the surplus commodity amendment could enable early tobacco shipments to Europe under winter relief. He notes the measure may be carried into long range foreign aid programs and supports tobacco inclusion in aid efforts and potential export plans.
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Washington
Hoey
Senate
Europe
North Carolina
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Agriculture Anderson
Herter
House
Congressional Tobacco Committee
Special Tobacco Industry Committee
Export-Import Bank
Germany
Adriesson Meawhile
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stranger cashes governor's check at Hong Kong bank
A stranger forged four signature seals of T. V. Soong the governor of Kwangtung and cashed 100000 Hong Kong dollars at a Hong Kong bank. Soong is visiting the city. Bank officials confirmed the loss after the stranger went straight to the manager to collect the funds.
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Hong Kong
Kwangtung
T. V. Soong
Soong
Jailer Allows Wrong Man to Leave on Bond
Oklahoma City November 29 A jail mix up let James A Landers alias James A Lile walk out of the city jail while George Venass bond had freed him on a loitering charge Landers who was held on Kentucky warrants escaped from Kentucky penitentiary while serving a life plus 10 years for armed robbery Venass later realized he had been released and an all points alert was issued for Landers who left behind his own property and assets
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Oklahohma City
James A. Landers
James A. Lile
Landers
Kentucky
Bill Shirley
George Venass
Shirley
Venass
Ae Caetare
Tar Heel Gets Death Sentence
Roy Lee Lathco, 38, from North Carolina, was sentenced to death by two circuit judges in Towson Maryland after being convicted of raping an 11 year old girl. The court denied his plea for mercy and a new trial was rejected.
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Towson
Roy Lee Lathco
Lathco
Weather Bureau Temperature and Rainfall Report
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour readings ending at 3 50 a m across multiple cities. Temperatures and rainfall are listed for Charleston Charlotte Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Evansville High Point Jacksonville Rock Meridian Miami Minneapolis St Paul Mobile Mt Mitchell New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco Spartanburg Washington and others with varying amounts of rainfall.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
High Point
Jacksonville
I Rock
Les
Allililisoo Openelii Soono Fem
Meridian
Fire Destroys Building At Columbia Prison
An early morning blaze at Columbia South Carolina gutted half of a state penitentiary garment factory building. The fire endangered nearby cell blocks but no inmates or staff were harmed. Losses, including equipment and stocks, exceed $30 000 with insured coverage. The incident renews calls for a new penitentiary as officials assess repair timelines and earnings losses from prison labor.
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Columbia
State Penitentiary
State Sinking Fund
Wyndham M. Manning
Manning
A. C. Marsh
Marsh
Julius Love
McH
Herrison
Morehead Lays Cornerstone for University Building
CHAPEL HILL N C November 29 High state educational industrial leaders gathered for the cornerstone laying of the Morehead building at the University of North Carolina The structure will house a planetarium The gift and its equipment were donated by John Motley Morehead a noted engineer industrialist and former minister to Sweden who graduated from the university in 1891 Chancellor Robert B House accepted the gift for the university.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Orehead
University of North Carolina
John Motley
Morehead
Sweden
Robert B. House
Schuman seeks six month power to crack down on agitators
Premier Robert Schuman asked the national assembly for power to suppress strikes and sabotage by speeches and writings for six months. He cited a rising wave of communist inspired strikes and urged revision of sabotage laws while blaming communists and foreign elements for the unrest. The assembly committee approved the bills 26 to 13 and sent them to debate.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
France
Assembly
Shuman
Schuman
U. S. National Guard
Ministers Agree on Chance Of Collapse In German Treaty
London officials report a Big Four peace talks stalemate with no agreement on key points after four days. Molotov pressed for a provisional western German government and a direct yes or no, while Bevin denied such plans. Bidault and Marshall offered cautious positions as talks drift over government form and election rules.
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London
Russia
Germany
Europe
Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Saar
Marshall
U. S
George C. Marshall
United States
Bidault
Republicans Demand Specific Demands From Truman Cabinet
Senate Republicans pressed the Truman administration to specify anti inflation powers to seek from Congress. Senator Taft urged against a blank check and floated limited steel set aside for box cars while warning of broad allocations. Senator Watkins demanded detailed plans to carry out the cost of living program. The hearings continue with currency, export controls, and consumer credit topics on the agenda.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate-House Economic Committee
Ohioan
Watkins
Utah
Joint Committee
Harriman
Tru
Commerce Department
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
General Authority
Economic Committee
Interior Department
Senate Banking Committee
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve System
Advisory Council
Tobey
R-Nh
Winchell Daughter Found At Home After Missing Alert
Walda E Winchell twenty year old daughter of Walter Winchell was found at home in New York after a police search that began Wednesday. Ernest Cuneo attorney for the family asked the missing persons bureau to cancel the alarm stating she had been visiting friends and was back home.
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New York
Walda E. Winchell
Walter Winchell
Ernest Cuneo
Winchell
Cuneo
Missing Persons Bureau of the
Police Department
Miss Winchell
Governor Sets Special Court For R. L. Fritz
Governor Cherry orders a special one week session starting December 15 to try Robert L. Fritz Jr. on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses while he presided over Hudson district schools. Judge Allen Gwyn will preside. Solicitor James G. Farthin leads the prosecution with two assistants.
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Raleigh
Caldwell County
Fritz
North Carolina Education Association
Sam J. Ervin
Morvanton
Max Wilson
Lenoir
Hudson
State Board of Education
Storm sinks boats and ruptures blimp in Florida Keys
A freak post season storm moving through the Florida Keys sank 20 small boats and tore a Navy blimp from its mooring with winds reaching 86 miles per hour. The missing craft and airship were later located about 150 miles southeast of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Keys
Prices and Wages Hit Record Highs in Late 1947 Shopping
Government data show wholesale prices near postwar peak for the week ending Nov 22, with a 59.2 percent rise from 1926 levels. October wages averaged 97 a week for manufacturing workers, while retail stores moved about 10.025 billion dollars in October, up from September and October 1946.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Commerce Department
Man Told to Serve Prison for Fourth Marriage
Lorenzo Brokenbaugh, 59, admitted marrying four times without divorce. Judge Raymond Macneille sentenced him to nine to 18 months in prison, remarking that he would be sent where women can't reach him and that his behavior sets a bad example for those with only one wife.
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Philadelphia
Lorenzo Brokenbaugh
Raymond Macneille
Exhibition Opens Today at Chicago Livestock Show
CHICAGO Nov. 29. The 48th international livestock exposition opened with world hunger as its motif. More than 12 000 cattle horses sheep and swine and 3000 grain and hay samples were on display for the livestock exposition and the international grain and hay show. Farr: boys and girls dominated day one as food producers of tomorrow, with organizers expecting about 300 000 visitors over the eight days.
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Chicago
North America
Farr
Colombia Defers Palestine Partition Vote Delays Action
United Nations session pauses as Colombia defers final action on the Soviet American plan to partition Palestine until spring. Arab-led anti partitionists align with Colombia, while Arab states consider a conciliatory approach as a 24 hour U N recess is approved. Some officials say partition chances rise, others say the move sinks them.
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New York
Palestine
Colombia
United Nations
United Nations Assembly
Alfonso Lopez
Holynet
Flushing Meadow Park
Assembly
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Holy Land
U. S
Warren R. Austin
U. N
Leftists win delay in Milan prefect transfer
In Milan a leftist citizens committee and thousands protested the removal of prefect Ettore Troilo. A Rome protest agreement with Achille Marazza halted Troilo’s transfer and kept Troilo in place for now, replacing the governor with a different appointee.
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Rome
Milan
Ettore Troilo
Achille Marazza
Interior
Marazza
Troilo
Vincenzo Ciotola
Turin
Ansa
Citizens Committee
Aris
Govert
Today's Lesson In Government Veto Power On Capitol Hill
James Marlow explains how the veto works in Congress and with the president. He covers signing, holding for 10 days, pocket vetoes, and the process to override a veto with two thirds in both houses, noting why few vetoed bills are passed over. The piece clarifies declaration of war veto and why political support often shifts after a veto.
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Capitol Hill
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
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