20 Sep 1947
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1947
Page
1
Market observers report a sharp decline across grain markets as wholesale prices reach new high marks. The Chicago Board of Trade is cited as signaling a potential downward trend with costs cutting in and trade activity showing stress at major stopovers.
Fragments note turkey pricing at a large grocery chain with stated weights and comparison to other staples. Mentions exchange rules and grain market context as part of daily market chatter.
The FBI announced three people were arrested in Charleston and Kingston New York on charges tied to kidnapping a woman witness in an earlier case and transporting her to New York City. John Marrello and James Ferguson are named in reports with bond set at five thousand dollars. Miss Fitzwater escaped from a Kingston hotel room and alerted police, prompting FBI involvement.
The AFL and CIO leaders have not determined policy on the anti red stand. The action delays the showdown as top officers review the Denham ruling and consider Hartley Act interpretations. Union officials express relief while deadlines loom for compliance notices to Teamsters and others.
United Fuel Gas Co and CIQ Oil Workers International union announced a two year contract giving wage boosts from seven to twelve cents per hour plus three to five cent shift differentials and an extra holiday. The raise comes on top of a flat ten percent increase for all gas company employees. Affected locals include 372 428 373 and 581. The agreement covers United Fuel Gas Co and related units in the Columbia Gas system serving Charleston area.
President Truman returned to the White House to tackle high prices aid to Europe and a special session of Congress. He would arrive at 7 0 a m EST tomorrow aboard the Missouri in Norfolk and proceed to the White House by yacht. He plans Saturday work on accumulated documents and Monday White House talks with State Department officials on the international situation. European aid the German recovery and grain shipments to Europe loom large as Congress faces delays.
National warplanes harassed Gen. Liu Po-cheng forces from dawn to dusk as government leaders sought to check the Red raider roving the Yangtze north bank with 56,000 men. Gen. Cheng Chien said infantry detachments and water patrols were deployed between Hankow and Nanking to prevent a southern Yangtze break. Government says Laiyang captured on Shandong Peninsula after a bitter 48 hour fight. Navy bombarded Communist positions at Haiyang and Shihtao as Haiyang’s capture opens path toward Chefoo.
New York September dispatches report Soviet and allied factions clashing over a United Nations veto reform and a push to open the veto to assembly debate. Andrei Gromyko defends the veto while Secretary Marshall proposes liberalizing it. The assembly votes to consider an Australian proposal to give the body greater voice in admitting new members. Meanwhile White Russian Foreign Minister Kuzma Kis e le v touts the antiwar charges against the United States as U.N. debates continue.
More than 50,000 residents evacuated to safety with Americans ferrying many across the Naka river. Col Wayland B Augur, First Cavalry Division chief of staff, reports 2000 dead and 1798 confirmed, 625 injured, 2142 missing with 200,000 homeless. Damaged railways pegged at 400 million yen. flood belt 49 by eight miles. Water receded, but extensive loss across Tochigi to Saitama.
Hurricane left four dead and many missing as it raked the Gulf coast from New Orleans to Biloxi and inland toward Natchez Mississippi. Relief workers reported no confirmed deaths in New Orleans area and a sweeping tidal surge flooded bayous while communities along the coast faced widespread damage and outages.
Harold E. Stassen, campaigning for the Republican nomination, argues that Taft Hartley law, though overall sound, has two infringements on individual liberty. He challenges a National Labor Relations Board ruling requiring AFL and CIO officers to swear they are not Communists before local unions qualify for assistance, and denounces union control of newspapers via political contribution bans as an opening wedge against a free press. He calls for modification of these rulings by NLRB counsel Robert Denham.
For Rent or Wanted to Rent ads promise strong results from this medium. The notice urges readers to place ads in the Sunday Gazette as the best way to secure a place quickly, urging customers to call before 1 PM today.
Greece appealed to the United Nations Assembly for urgent action to block what Athens calls efforts by Soviet satellite neighbors to topple Greece’s government. Ambassador Vassili Dendramis warned that Bulgaria and Yugoslavia are sending arms across borders to destroy Greece’s political integrity, highlighting Balkan tensions before the U.N. Security Council stalemate.
New Orleans residents emerged from hiding as a storm caused a tower to topple from a building and scatter debris. Police officer Hughes described the chaotic streets and a ruined cab with three men rescued and one hurt. A bread truck was crushed by a sign as drivers fled to safety near a drug store.
Descriptive prose recalls a hurricane era scene with wind moaning through streets, downed power lines, blocked avenues, and toppled poles. Stores suffer shattered fronts, barber chairs topple, and police direct traffic as trees uproot and block key corridors.
Washington reports Democratic executive director Gael Sullivan accuses Taft of trying to blackmail the American people into electing him president. Sullivan cites Taft’s Los Angeles seeress remarks claiming a Republican Congress would block social legislation, while Taft would ignore welfare issues. The remark on a west coast tour fuels talk of GOP leadership in 1940s politics.
Taft said high prices would be the central issue, recounting the 1848 campaign. He spoke at the Col club amid strong opposition from unions portrayed by council members as he toured the West to decide whether to run for president next year. He criticized Truman for centralist policies and housing subsidies, noting the cancellation of building materials programs and personnel.
A fragmented note references a December night moment, noting Caprighy and a 1M figure amid competition chatter. Walcott is mentioned as having a chance, with winners hinted but not clearly confirmed. The wording suggests ongoing betting or speculation surrounding a race or event with named individuals in play.
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