Rules Committee Power Attacked in Congress
The article reports on moves by House Democratic leaders to empower a discharge petition to force action on bills bypassing the Rules Committee. It notes plans discussed with Speaker-designate Sam Rayburn and President Truman, plus a push to limit Rankin’s role on the Un American Activities Committee and to reshape committee influence dating from Roosevelt era concerns.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Truman
Rules Committee
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
Un-American Activities Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Truman seeks to hold 1949 military costs in check
President Truman aims to keep next year’s military outlays at a safe low level to avoid domestic rationing and price controls. He plans to ask Congress for standby controls, hoping no new home front curbs are needed. Defense chief Forrestal notes Europe’s needs and U S defense, with Nourse warning that army navy and air force funding near 15 billion could avert controls but a 3 to 5 billion rise risks rationing.
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M. Mightower
Eton
Truman
Congress
France
Forrestall
Centsis
Europe
America
Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse
Counterfeit Bill Affects Auto Tag Payment
In Detroit a counterfeit $10 bill was used to pay for a car license. Police seized the note at the cashier’s cage in headquarters. The fake bill matches a design recently reported circulating in New York and Chicago.
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Detroit
New York
Chicago
Gift of sight for two and a half year old girl in Asheville
Margaretina Caldwell of Burke County, born blind from cataracts, regained vision after surgery at Asheville Eye Clinic. Lions Club heard details at George Vanderbilt Hotel meeting led by C Glenn Self. Welfare and authorities noted the potential lifetime darkness if untreated. In Raleigh, NC, legislative committee of League of Municipalities to meet Tuesday to plan requests to 149th General Assembly for municipal aid.
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Asheville
C. Glenn Self
Lions ‘Club
George Vanderbilt Hotel
Margaretina Caldwell
Burke County
Clini
League
Raleigh
The
N.C. League of Municipalities
149
General Assembly
Local Temperature Wich Yesterday by Ken Reynolds
Weather brief by Ken Reynolds notes yesterday's temperatures in Wich with highs near seasonal norms and a risk of brief showers in the afternoon. Minute-by-minute details are unavailable in the readable text.
President Truman Lands Safely After Foggy Talk-Down
President Truman’s DC-6 Independence descended through dense fog to National Airport after circling in mist for minutes. Pilot Lt Col Francis Williams and tower controller Stanley Seltzer guided the aircraft to a safe, routine landing as officials watched in rain and concern.
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Jerry Korn
Washington
Congress
Truman
Independence
Mt. Vernon
Francis (French) Willliams
Cinnantics
Indience
Stanley Seltzer
Williams
Key West
Fla
Mr. Truman
Secretary Forrestal seeks more authority over U S armed services
Defense Secretary Forrestal urged Congress to amend the unification act for direct control over the Army Navy and Air Force. He warned of hard economic choices to rearm non Communist Europe and noted ongoing service disagreements while hinting at an earth satellite vehicle program. He said he would order unified action if needed to restore coordination.
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Elton
Fay Washington
Forrestal
Congress
Reater
Europe
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
White House
Defense Secretary
Indian mother shot to death in North Carolina farm home
In Lumberton on December 30 an Indian mother, Mrs. Ula May Hunt, was fatally shot in the face while nursing her baby at a tenant farm home. Her husband Edessel Hunt claimed the shotgun fired accidentally during rabbit hunting prep. he was briefly detained and released after investigation. An eyewitness, Rufus Cummings, corroborated the accident account.
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Lumberton
Yesterd
Ula May Hunt
Baker Hospital
D. W. Biggs
Edessel ‘Hunt
Hunt
Hoke Smith
Fairmont
E. D. Rice
Rufus Cummings
Roanoke Rapids Editor Resigns for Roanoke Power Company
William A. McClung, 1, resigns as editor of the Roanoke Rapids paper to join Appalachian Electric Power Company in Roanoke Virginia. He moved to Roanoke Rapids last June from Radford Virginia where he led The News Journal as managing editor. Previously he was city editor of The Daily Advance in Elizabeth City after transferring from The Associated Press Bluefield bureau in August 1946.
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Roanoke Rapids
William A. McClung
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Roanoke
Economic Military Aid To Western Europe Key To Stop Russia Policy
Washington officials move to complete final plans for a broad Stop Russia program including a multi billion dollar military aid package to Western Europe. The proposals aim to form the backbone of President Truman’s forthcoming foreign policy address to Congress next month.
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Western Europe
U. S
Russia
John M. Hightower
Washington
America
Europe
Truman
Congress
Britain
France
Bel‘gium
Netherlands
Luxemas
Dutch Capture Big Oil Fields in Sumatra
Batavia, Java dispatch reports the Dutch seized the Djambi oil fields in Southern Sumatra, the last major economically valuable area held by the Indonesian Republic. The communique says installations were undamaged and resistance minimal as the Dutch race to complete campaigns before ceasefire orders.
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Batavia
Java
Djambi
Sumatra
Security Council
Daanjaja
Siliwang Divsion
West Java
Robbers Take $35,000 From Aulander Bank
Early today in Aulander robbers used a wrecking truck and a derrick to break into the Bank of Aulander and haul away about $35,000 from the vault. A stolen wrecking truck owned by Charles H. Jenkins was used, a nearby resident heard a rumble around 3 am, and the crime was found two hours later. Police and the FBI were alerted. The town of 1,300 serves tobacco, peanut and cotton farming.
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Aulander
Bank of
Charles H. Jenkins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
R. L. Wilson
Bank of Aboskie
Reds Awaiting Chiang Verdict in Nanking
In Nanking on December 30, a government spokesman denied Chiang Kai-shek convened a war council, saying leaders were in consultations with him individually. China awaits Chiang’s forthcoming year end statement as reports note a quiet front and Communist pressures around Tientsin Taiyuan and approaches to Nanking.
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Nanking
Eace
Chiang Kaishek
China
Shen Chang-Chuan
Chiang
Sun Yat Sen
Ing
Tientsin
Taiyuan
Legislators Take Trip On A Yacht
Forty members of the new general assembly joined the Cumberland county delegation for a yacht trip on the Cape Fear river in Fayetteville. Hosts included W. C. Huske of Fayetteville, a state ports authority member, as lawmakers discussed legislation affecting North Carolina.
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Fayetteville
New General Assembly
Cumberland County
Cape Pear River
North Carolina
Cat Development
W. C. Huske
State Ports Authority
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