Trouble as Rome braces for advancing mob
Rome waits as a general strike enters a second day amid reports of 20 000 partisans converging on the city from the north and warnings of neo fascist interference. Security forces are said to number 67000 with Naples riot police included.
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Rome
Chamber of Labor
Interior Ministry
Mussolini
Chamber of Labor Bulletin
L’osservatore Romano
Vatican City
Chamber
Christian Democrat
Alcide de Gasperi
Weather Update With Rainfall and Temperature
Yesterday’s high reached 43 with a 36 degree low last night. Today at noon temperature 40. Rainfall measured at .08 inch. December rainfall to date 0.75 inch with a quota of 3.86 inches and a deficiency of 3.11 inches.
Government opinions fix taxes and traffic rules in North Carolina
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan rules that federal funded automobiles for disabled veterans are tax exempt and that municipalities may not lower state speed limits except at intersections. Also clarified are newspaper legal ads requirements, use of local improvement funds, and publication eligibility. In Washington, Edwin W. Pauley faces Senate inquiry over grain speculation while employed by the Army. He defends his actions as ethical hedge against inflation and says he will exit the market as possible.
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Raleigh
Harry McMullan
North Carolina
Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Congress
Harold Ickes
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pauley
Relief bill in trading stage for Europe and China
Washington reports a stop gap foreign aid program moving into bargaining. Senate favors 597 million for Europe, House trims to 590 million with 60 million for China. Leaders seek compromise by Monday as House and Senate assign five members from each chamber to negotiate.
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China
House
Europe
Washington
France
Italy
Austria
Truman
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Foreign Relations Committee
State Marshall
Smith
Soviets May Concede on Germany to Delay Western Bloc
London reports British and American officials weigh Russian moves to defer a 10 billion reparations claim if all German economic and administrative bodies are set up in the Reich by the U S Britain and France. Molotov reportedly to respond to Marshall on reparations while the Foreign Ministers Conference weighs immediate agency establishment.
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London
Soviet Union
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Reich
V. M. Mostov
Molotov
Sof
Marshall
Middle East Toll Mounts on 13th Day of Violence
Violence across Palestine grips the Holy Land on day thirteen after UN partition vote. Unofficial counts reach 177 dead in Palestine and 295 in the broader Middle East as explosions hit Jerusalem and the Ramle Rehovot Jaffa triangle.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Middle East
Princess Mary Avenue
Ramle-Rehovot-Jaffa
Haifa
Hebron
Beams Buy Gene's Soda Shop on South Street
Announcement states R Excell and Mildred E Beam purchase Gene's Soda Shop from Mrs E J Williams. The price is undisclosed. The Beams will run the shop as before, with Mrs Beam supervising. they have long ties to the business and Williams family.
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South Street
R. Excell
Mildred E. Beam
E. J. Williams
Beam
Williams
Floyd C. Todd
WGNC
Textile Machinery
West
Airline Avenue
Todd
Pat McSwain
Howie Statue Honored in St Lo Public Square
Sculptor William C. Westcott poses with a bust of Maj. Thomas D. Howie of Staunton Virginia, hero of the Normandy St Lo breakthrough. Howie, former The Citadel football star, was killed leading his battalion to seize key high ground. France to place the bust in Place Majeur Thomas D. Howie in St Lo.
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William C. Westcott
New York
Maj
Thomas D. Howie
Staunton
St. Lo
Normandy
Howie
Citadel
Church of the Holy Cross
France
Majeur
New England textile workers win 10 percent pay raise
A CIO negotiated contract covers 32 mills in Fall River New Bedford and nine others including American Thread Company. About 30 000 workers gain minimum wage from 88 to 97 cents an hour and average rate to 1 18 from 1 07. The deal adds a sixth paid holiday and better company paid insurance with ratification set for December 21.
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Boston
New England
CIO
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers Union of America
TUWA
Fall River
New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Rieve
New Bedford
American Thread Company
Democrats Mobilize to Link Economic Bill to Truman Aims
Democrats pressed to attach Truman administration proposals to the Republican stop gap anti inflation bill already under GOP fire. House leaders considered suspending rules to limit amendments while Republicans prepared for a floor gag. Senator Baldwin urged standby power to ration scarce foods in a Clifton N J speech.
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Washington
Dec
Truman
Rayburn
Texas
Wolcott
House
Congress
Walcott
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Baldwin
R-Conn
Clifton
N. J
Reminder on January 15 Tax Deadline for 1947 Returns
James Marlow notes January 15, 1948 is the deadline for 1947 income taxes for taxpayers with no or partial withholding. Those with full withholding owe no Jan 15 return. final returns are due March 15. The date also applies to filing and paying estimated tax for 1947. Some confuse it with December 15, but it is January 15. See TAXPAYERS.
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James Marlow
Washington
Dec
Plane crash near Memphis kills at least 20
An Army C-47 crashed into an open hillside near Memphis after dark killing 20, with possibly 21 dead. The base unit commander said the toll could rise as bodies were scattered along a quarter mile path. The craft, based at Aberdeen Maryland, was returning from the West Coast.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
Donald K. Fargo
468Th Air Forces
Army
Fargo
Aberdeen
el Paso
Texas
G. W. White
Robert Hall
Mississippi-Tennessee State Line
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
A. B. Taylor
The Gazette's Little Merchant C L Waldrop
C L Waldrop son of J A Waldrop started delivering papers on August 13 1945 in Firestone section serving 285 subscribers each afternoon. He maintains prompt delivery and good payment records and uses earnings for clothes schooling and a new car. He is a tenth grader who enjoys photography.
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The
Gazette
J. A. Waldrop
Firestone
C. L
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