McCabe May Get New Board Post
Washington reports the Senate appears ready to confirm Thomas B. McCabe to the Federal Reserve Board, replacing Eccles as chairman. Eight of 13 Banking Committee members oppose no one, with four favoring McCabe and four undecided, while Tobey notes the action as remarkable.
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Whisky Curbs Sparks Johnson City Student Walkout
About 200 Science Hill High School students who walked out yesterday to protest grain and whisky curbs were suspended. Principal Howard McCorkle said the action followed snow and weather related fuel limits, amid inflation law provisions extending through January 31. House Banking Committee members debated the extension with mixed votes.
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Movie Star Madge Meredith Remains in Jail Pending Appeal
Madge Meredith, Hollywood actress, will stay in Los Angeles County jail while appealing her conviction in the kidnapping case involving her former manager. A writ of probable cause sought $200,000 in damages from Warner Brothers over the transfer and related disputes.
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CIO Steps Up Wage Program
The CIO moves to a 1948 round of wage raises with steelworkers in Pittsburgh setting a date for wage demand preparation. A 170 member wage policy committee will meet February 18 as CIO leaders Philip Murray heads the drive for a third postwar raises, including demands by United Auto Workers and United Electrical Workers for substantial increases. Officials foresee possible spring wage talks and general labor compromise ahead of potential strikes.
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Street Scenes: Dog Cushions Snow Yard While Sunlit
A pet dog ends the struggle of cold snow by flattening a pasteboard box to make a cushion in the yard. A young father hauls sleds with a garden tractor, resting in a toy wagon and guiding the tractor. A tot and an office worker braving the morning chill sing loudly about Easter Parade.
Court Starts Hearings In Long Island Shooting Case
Hearings opened in the case of Claude Morelock alias Clyde Carter charged with felonious assault after a Long Island shooting involving N. J. Wolfe who was treated at Holaton Valley Community Hospital. Prosecutor M. H. Witt began testimony as jurors heard details of the incident.
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Folsom Announces Presidential Bid From Alabama
James E. Folsom, 39, a former insurance man from Cullman Alabama, filed to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. He aims for a favorite son status in the May 4 Alabama primary to name delegates to the national convention.
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Scions Move to Bolster U.S. Armies
Senate members disclosed defense cost estimates for the next year could reach 16.5 billion dollars, about half again Truman’s peacetime request, with Gen Eisenhower and top commanders urging rapid modernization. They warned of possible aerial war and atom bomb attacks, stressing a 1,000,000 trained men needed to guard bases and industries.
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Sullivan County official C C Turner dies at 64
C C Turner 64 deputy tax assessor of Sullivan County since 1935 died Wednesday at Helston Valley Community Hospital after a short illness. A Dante Va Mason and Shriner, he moved to Kingsport in 1920 and held posts with City Fuel and Southern Maid Ice Cream before returning in 1935 to serve as deputy tax assessor. Survivors include wife and daughter Mrs Lamar Hercell of Kingsport. Funeral planned Friday at 2 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Chapel.
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Loretta Young Shocks England With Remarks
Loretta Young sparked front page reaction in London with remarks about Britain. Quotes claim workers faint daily from hunger, shoes patched with cardboard, and razors scarce. Newspapers headlined Life In Britain and The Things Some People See, noting her reported aching heart for hunger and shivering.
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Loretta Young defends England remarks amid London scrutiny
Loretta Young says she has no apologies to make for her remarks about conditions in England and rejects authorship of garbled quotations. She praises English courage and unity, laments misquotations, and says London papers will respond once she knows what was said. The piece also notes county schools reopening plans and a royal allowance bill advancing in Parliament.
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GOP May Run Carroll Reece For U S Senate
Tennessee Republicans discuss the possibility of nominating Carroll Reece of Johnson City for the U S Senate this year. Reece, contacted in Washington, said he had not been advised of the development. Nashville Banner noted the plan originated with Guy Smith but said it remains in the discussion stage and depends on further party talks after the Republican National Convention.
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Aliens Increasing Washington at McDowell Charge
Rep McDowell of Pennsylvania, chairman of a House subcommittee on un American activities, reported an astonishing number of undesirable aliens entering the United States. He said personal checks are being made on conditions along the Canadian and Mexican borders as the panel probes wartime figures including a Hungarian consul in Vienna.
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Knox Bus Driver Draws Pistol Amid Snowball Incident
Knoxville Transit Lines driver Harry L. Roth stopped his bus after University of Tennessee students pelted it with snowballs. He fired a pistol to disperse the crowd and warned them that endangering passengers would not be tolerated. Roth stated he exited the vehicle once and warned them, then used the pistol when the second bombardment began.
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Fuel Company Cuts Delivery Hurts Detroit Auto Plants
A winter fuel shortage forced Michigan Consolidated Gas to cut gas deliveries to industrial users for a week, idling about 200,000 Detroit area workers. Ford, GM, and Chrysler faced big shutdowns with plants like Highland Park, River Rouge, and Briggs affected, while Hudson and Cadillac saw limited or ongoing operations amid model changeovers.
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Snowbound Kingsport Faces Bitter Cold Shock
Snowdrifts slowed traffic as Kingsport endures the year’s heaviest fall. Temperatures near 24 at noon with a forecast drop to six above tonight and a high around 32 tomorrow. Most roads passable by noon, buses resuming routes, a single minor crash reported. State oil leaders convene in Nashville to address fuel shortages affecting 400 Tennessee trailer residents and campuses statewide.
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Taft To Campaign Little In Ohio
Senator Taft will do little campaigning in Ohio to defeat Harold Stassen for Ohio 43 Republican National Convention delegates. Taft plans to rely on out of state delegate efforts and the state organization to deliver the delegation intact. Brown, Taft campaign manager, said Taft would speak mainly on weekends in other states.
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Miller predicts MacArthur return around April twenty fifth
Rep A L Miller of Iowa nears a reported return of Gen MacArthur from Tokyo around April 25. He hints at a possible congressional invitation for MacArthur to report on Japan, and speculates a joint session of Congress may be addressed. Speaker Martin says he has heard nothing about such plans.
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