Taft Flays President's New Budget
Senator Taft blasted President Truman's budget as a war spending plan during a Providence speech. He urged $3 billion in cuts from a $39.66 billion yearly budget, favored Air Corps funding and a $31 billion foreign aid slash, and accused treasury figures of masking a tax cut. Farley criticized a third party candidate and warned it could become a one man party. Taft stressed domestic over foreign policy, noting proposed payroll and health insurance taxes amid conflicting surplus estimates.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Providence
R. I. Republican Club
Air Corps
Treasury
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grallnce
Lynchburg
Farley
Secretary of the Treasury
Knife Fight Leads to Felonious Assault Charge at Lunch
Two men were treated and released from Holston Valley Community Hospital after a knife fight at Herlan's Lunch on Main Street. Willard Morelock, of Greeneville, is held on felonious assault and public drunkenness charges. Paul Dingus, 29, was stabbed near the heart and survived after 33 stitches. Charles Harlan, owner of the lunch room, suffered back lacerations and was released. Preliminary hearing set for 10 a.m. Saturday before Sessions Judge Sidney Gilbreath.
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Holston Valley Community Hospital
Willard More- Jack
Greeneville
Herlan
Main Street
Paul
Red) Dingus
Gate City
Charles B. Harlan
Arch Street
Harlan
Morelock
New Cold Wave To Hit Area Tonight
A new cold wave is forecast to strike tonight with temperatures near zero, w ind chills and snow flurries. Forecasters warn Saturday will be cloudy and much colder with possible snow as the cold front moves across the region from the Midwest to the South. Sub-freezing readings were reported across Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Florida, and Virginia, with Minnesota and Maine seeing record lows.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Miami
Fla
Tallahasset
Atlanta
Associated
New England
Rockies
North Atlantic
Gulf States
Midwest
Arctic
Dakotas
Tlinois
Minnesota
Illinois
Houston
Calder
North Central
British Warship Sent To Canton
A British warship was sent from Hong Kong to Canton to evacuate Britons if needed amid reports that Chinese mobs burned the British consulate and fired British offices. Protests centered on the expulsion of native residents from Kowloon, with Reuters offices among those damaged.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Kowloon
Reuters
Probers Promise Open Hearings On Thomas Trading
Senator Elmer Thomas faces a possible open hearing as Ferguson's subcommittee probes commodity market dealings. Thomas may attend by invitation or submit information. he has admitted trading in commodities and stocks with Edith Thomas. The committee says hearings will occur after preliminary inquiry.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okts
Thomas
Ferguson
R-Mich
Appropriations ‘Subcommittee
Mra
Edith Thomas
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Edith
Sharp U S Atomic Delegate Attacks Russian Policy Draws Canadian Support
U S deputy Frederick H. Osborn blasted Soviet policy at a Boston speech. He warned the iron curtain must be raised before peace and world atomic control are possible, said Russia pushed plans that were inadequate, and noted no veto on atomic punishments in the Security Council. Canadian Gen. A G L McNaughton backed Osborn, calling the statement forthright as UN delegates met to discuss world control.
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U. S
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
The
Atomic Commission
United States
Russia
Osborn
UN Commission
Boston
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Atomic Control Commission
Security Council
U. S. Clamps Down On All Alien Visas
Washington AP Attorney General Clark approves drastic new controls on visiting aliens to curb subversive activity. Effective about March 16, the ordinary one year visa is abolished and visiting privileges limited to three to six months with possible extensions on justification. The district immigration offices will oversee extensions and monitor visitors for abuses, with six month stays possible for those intending to remain in one place.
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Washington
Clark
United States
Department
Federal Register
Philadelphia
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Canes
Chinese Attack Britons Threaten U S Property
Rioting Chinese mobs injure six Britons burn the British consulate and threaten American property during a Canton demonstration. A British warship evacuates if needed while British families flee Kowloon. US Consul General Boucher reports no Americans injured but threats witnessed. several named Britons and firms hurt or damaged. University students in Shanghai begin two day strike over evictions.
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Hong Kong
U. S
Canton
Britona
Kowloon
HL A Boucher
Texas Company
Boucher
Chartered
Bank of India
Australia
China
Chinese Youth Corps
Shanghai
Downtown bustle and a busy morning misadventure
A street scene recounts a woman carrying a black slip to board an early bus, realizing her mistake after a long ride and a two-block walk. Nearby a well known choir director fatigues during rehearsal and resumes conduct with a high chair as the joke among choir members. A young professional hurrying to the office is asked by a pastor about keeping awake.
Virginia Assembly Moves To Outlaw Communism
Virginia legislators briefed on a draft bill to bar communism and the Communist party from the state. Delegates Moncure and Lecher introduced the measure. a companion resolution attacked Henry A. Wallace. The bill would make it felony to incite or join groups seeking to change government by unlawful means with penalties of 3-5 years and fines to $2000.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Housa
Senate
Tuck
Frank P. Moncure
Baldwin G. Lecher
Rockbridge
Communist Party
Commonwealth of Virginia
House
Henry A. Wallace
John B. Bostwright
Buckingham
Wallace
Boncure
J. Eger Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Committee On UN- American Activities
Josephus Daniels Funeral Services in Raleigh
Funeral services for 85 year old Josephus Daniels editor and publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer and last survivor of the original Woodrow Wilson cabinet will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Edenton Street Methodist Church Raleigh The former pastor W W Peele of Richmond Va will conduct the services Daniels died yesterday.
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Raleigh
N. C
B.S T
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Woodrow Wilson
Edeton Street Methodist Church
Daniela
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Bricker Urges Senate To Lift Rent Control
Senator Bricker of Ohio urged Congress to permit landlords to raise rents for tenants who did not sign leases, arguing it is unfair to protect tenants who did not sign from higher rates. He favored an equalization plan if controls continue. Senator Myers vowed to bolster rent controls in line with President Truman’s anti inflation program as hearings on extending the law begin. The expiration date for current controls is February 29 and a Banking Subcommittee will hear legislation tomorrow.
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Washington
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Myers
D-Pa
Lne
Truman
Senate Banking
Bricker
Court Upholds School Board Site Authority at Lynn Garden
Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a Chancery Court ruling that the Sullivan County Board of Education has sole authority to select a school site and finance construction, ending County Court plans to build a high school at Vermont. The decision clears Lynn Garden work to proceed with Armstrong Construction and architect fees already paid, with completion tentatively set for September.
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Tennessee Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Sullivan County School Board
Lynn Garden
4.B. Neil
County Board of Education
High Court
Robertson
Armstrong Construction Company
Armatrong Construction
Henry Meeks
Meeks
New Delhi
India
Mohandas
Gandhi
Pakistan
jPhysicians
Kingsport
Jerusalem
Haifa
Kashmir
Delhi
Home Ministry
Palestine
Agaik
Na Rathiawar
Thons Assembly
Holy Land
Ruhr area labor strikes idle 73000 German workers
73000 German workers idle as strikes spread across four Ruhr cities amid food shortages in a crisis tied to occupation zone conditions. Estimates claim 50000 in Duisburg and Oberhausen, 25000 elsewhere, with trains disrupted yet some passenger service continuing. Authorities warn hunger-driven unrest may widen amid political splits and Moscow broadcasts.
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Wen Gallagher
Berlin
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Procedor M
Duisburg
Mueblhetra
Dimalnken
Oberhausen
Riine
Ruhr
Dulaburg
Hans. Boeckley
German Federation of Trade Uniona
Boeckler
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
Flaming Robe Fatally Burns Virginia Woman
Pennington Gap, Virginia. Mrs. Violea Flanary, 25, died at Lee General Hospital after a house robe caught fire from embers in an unused flue. A knotted cord prevented immediate removal. Funeral at First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap with burial Cecil Cemetery. Surviving husband, two children, parents, sister, and two brothers. Mrs. Flanary, a 1942 Pennington Gap High School graduate, was a Baptis t member.
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Pennington Gap
Violea Flanary
Benedict
Flanary
Lee General Hospital
Pennington
First Baptist Church of
R. Stubbs
Clinton Green
Cecil Cemetery
Kates
Cecil Funeral Home
Fanny
Linda Lavies
Paren Enta
Dan Wilcox
Mise Stella Ruth Wilcox
Earl
Edward Wilcox
Iery
Flansry
The
Baptist Church
Canada Reimposes Meat and Butter Price Controls
Ottawa acts to curb costs with new price ceilings on meat and butter and seeks extension of rent controls to March 31, 1949. Finance Minister Abbott said butter ceilings will be set on a Montreal wholesale basis soon and meat ceilings will follow, aiming to moderate prices while avoiding a full wartime price central plan.
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Canada
Ottawa
New York City
Douglas ‘Ab
Bott
Montreal
Abbott
Great Britain
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