U S Warns Danube Will Remain Cut
Belgrade Aug 7 The United States warned the Danube will stay divided for traffic if eastern European communist states deny Austria a seat on the Danube control board. The vote 7 to 1 backed a Soviet plan for a new Danube pact, with control to seven communist states. The river is cut at Lenz Austria with non Soviet shipping blocked since after the war, leaving about 700 Danubian vessels idle in American zones.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Danube
Europe
Austria
Danube Control Board
Cavendish Cannon
Britain
France
Tain
Lenz
Any
New York Firm Likely Won’t Buy A & N C Rail Lease
Morehead City August 7. A New York firm probably will not exercise its option to buy the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad lease by August 21. Officials say the option hinges on a $2 million state spend to improve the line. At a stockholders meeting Governor Cherry and Attorney General McMullan attended as Raymond Maxwell was reelected president and Judson H. Blount chaired the board. Leo H. Harvey was elected vice president. other officers and directors were reelected with one change: Dr. J. H. Harper replacing Leroy Martin on the board nominated by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
Atlantic and North Carolina
New York
Harry P. Edwards
Atlantic and East Carolina
A. W. Benkett Company
New York City
Edwards
Cherry
Harry McMullan
Leo H. Harvey
Kinston
Raymond Maxwell
New Bern
Judson H. Blount
Greenville
F. E. Wallace
William A. Allen, Jr
Meriwether Lewis
T. L. Blow
Goldsboro
J. H. Harper
Snow Hill
Leroy Martin
Raleigh
Davis Held for Grand Jury Probe in Wife’s Death
Asheville correspondent reports Davis, a Mica company employee, held on 5000 bond awaiting grand jury review of his wife Mrs Davis death. A coroner’s jury ruled she died by unknown hands after body found in the French Broad river. Davis arrested Aug 1 after plant moved from here to Newport News. Grand jury convenes Aug 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Drafus Davis
Mica
Weather North Carolina and surrounding area forecast
Official weather report lists temperatures and conditions for cities including Charlotte Raleigh Wilmington and others. Varying highs from the 70s to 100s with humidity and coastal risk. inland points show moderate heat and clear skies in places.
Nixon says subcommittee questions Koral in spy ring probe
Rep. Nixon announced that the House American Activities Committee questioned Alexander Koral in New York as part of its probe into alleged communist spy rings. Hebert said witnesses must be important. Pending witnesses include Earl Browder Whittaker Chambers and Victor Perlo.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
Sogeemen
AnAmerican Activities Committee
Alexander Koral
Nixon
Federal Building
Koral
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
House
Washington
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Victor Perlo
Perlo
Border Mart Leaf Prices Drop Slightly in Carolinas Belt
Prices slipped on the Carolinas border belt flue cured tobacco markets as the first week of sales closed. Reports from the U S and North Carolina departments show losses of $1 to $4 per hundred across many grades, with low quality logs showing small gains. Heavier sale volumes continued, with auctions often wrapping by noon.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Border Belt
U. S
North Carolina
UN Leader Urges Settlement of Berlin Crisis
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie urged the major powers to settle the German problem and end their quarrel over Germany. He warned of a race to stockpile lethal weapons and urged urgent action by the five permanent members to resume negotiations for a broader German settlement. He criticized both U S and Soviet actions and urged a unified UN approach to world peace.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
Germany
United Nations
General Assembly
Lie
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Palestine
Berlin
Tuberculosis Rate In N. C. Is Declining
Raleigh reports the tuberculosis death rate is steadily falling per Dr. H. S. Willis head of the state sanatorium system. The nation has 55 percent beds, the southeast 37 percent, and North Carolina is similar. Food costs push funds to hospital diets. Easom notes equipment and salaries largely used since 1947. Mechanization and irrigation considered for farms. Peeler promotes irrigation for the 100 acre colored unit farm near Raleigh.
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Raleigh
H. S&s. Willis
Southeast
North Carolina
H. F. Easom
Eastern Sanatorium
Wilson
Budget Bureau
Egbert Peeler
School For
Blind and Deaf
Western talks with Russia to continue into next week
Moscow reports ongoing Western power discussions with Russian officials to resolve East West differences. An American air force official warned that clashes could occur if Soviet forces push down U S and British planes supplying Berlin. ANB suggested allied aircraft violated rules 62 times from July 31 to August 4.
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Moscow
George Bria
Berlin
U. S
ANB
Harris Named New Assistant U.S. Attorney in North Carolina
R Kennedy Harris of Greensboro is appointed assistant district attorney for the middle district of North Carolina succeeding Robert S. McNeill who resigned July 25. Harris, 35, Duke graduate and former FBI agent, will take the oath Monday. He helped manage Senator Umstead's Guilford primary campaign.
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Greensboro
Bryce R. Holt
United States
Middle District of
North Carolina
R. Kennedy Harris
Robert S. McNeill
Mocksville
Harris
Tom Clark
Holt
William B. Umstead
Clyde R. Hoey
Ig Ronan
Henry Reynolds
Middle District
John McConnell
Moore County
Duke University
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McNairy and Harris
Guilford
Senator Umstead
Tennessee primary totals shift power as Browning leads Crump
In Tennessee, with about 2,017 of 2,300 precincts counted, Gordon Browning leads Crump-backed Jim McCord for governor 214,465 to 160,142. Estes Kefauver wins the Senate nomination with 152,489 votes to Stewart’s 117,787 and Mitchell’s 78,596. In Polk County violence flared as guards and highway patrols patrol Ducktown Copperhill and nearby towns amid arson and weapon seizures. The Good Government League claims an 18 year bid to end the Biggs organization and restore control, while arrests for concealed weapons and potential murders accompany the tallying.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. H. Crump
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Crump
Jim McCord
Estes Kefauver
Sen
Tom Stewart
John Mitchell
Benton
Polk County
Dwight D. McReynolds
Tennessee National Guard
Ducktown
Copperhill
McReynolds
Syfia Bomar
H. E. Barclay
Good Government League
Burch Biggs
GGL
Biggs
E. H.ump
137th Fighter Squadron Earns U.S. Federal Recognition
The 137th fighter squadron organized at White Plains last week became the 61st national guard fighter group to attain federal recognition. Maj. Gen. Cramer said the 61 guard fighter squadrons and 10 light bomber squadrons form an active protective air umbrella over the United States. Other recognized air units were the 137th utility flight, 37th weather station and 207th air service group at White Plains. Army units include Battery A, 505th Field Artillery Battalion, Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Washington
White Plains
Naw
61St National Guard
Kenneth F. Cramer
Army
National Guard Bureau
National Guard
United States
137Th Utility Flight
37Th Weather Station
207Th Air Serry Group
505Th Field Artillery Battalion
Greensboro
N. C
Polio cases decline in state though daily totals vary
State board of health reports 20 new infantile paralysis cases, total 1,273 for the year. Officials say the epidemic may be past its peak despite daily fluctuations, noting 160 cases in the past five days versus 182 last week.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Health Department
Macon County
Mountain
Clay
Buncombe
Gaston
Guilford
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Madison
Montgomery
Polk
Surry
Wake
C. P. Stevick
Atlanta
Red Cross
Brevard
Chipley
North Carolina Rural Electric Cooperatives Association
Atlantic Beach
Hertford
Portsmouth
South Carolina
Palmetto
Strange Nation’s 26th Special Session Ends With Spy Hunt
Washington dispatch details the odd session called by President Truman to combat inflation while Republicans and southern Democrats fought over anti poll tax. The body rushed to adjourn by nightfall amid clashes over emergency powers and housing and inflation measures.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Cal
Truman
Mr. Truman
Escort Carrier Sicily Reaches Clyde with Jet Fighters
The U S escort carrier Sicily sails up the Clyde bearing 70 Shooting Star jets for the 36th fighter wing. The aircraft will be assembled in Britain and flown to Fuerstenfeldbruck near Munich, part of a 378 member crew en route to Germany.
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Glasgow
Scotland
U. S
Sicily
Clyde River
Germany
U. S. Army Air Force
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Munich
Britain
England
Senate Vote On Inflation Due Today
Washington August 7 Congress sent the GOP housing bill to the president while the anti inflation measure faced final action before adjournment. Democrats urged a more aggressive plan including price and wage controls and material allocations as the Senate prepared to vote at 3 pm EST.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Trum
Truman
Monroney
D-Okla
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
Barkley
D-Ky
Barki
Truman Seeks Additional Funding for Housing Programs and Reclamation Officials
President Truman asked Congress for more funds to administer the housing bill including 400000 for the housing and home finance agency and 3450000 to implement the modified housing bill. He also seeks 10000000 for the treasury department housing purposes and 5000000 for the veterans administration to provide cars for disabled veterans. He urged repeal of a provision barring two reclamation officials from their posts and urged restoration of their positions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
White House
Capitol Hill
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Veterans Administration
Treasury
Federal Housing Administration
Interior Department
Michael W. Straus
Richard L. Boke
California
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Oscar Ewing
Federal Security
John W. Studebaker
N. Y
Davis
Grand Jury
Alendar
Keston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
St. P
Mobile
Red Probers
New Yorker
Mundt
Border Mart
R. K. Harris
U.S. Attorney
Benton, Tenn
Burch E. Biggs
Eran
National Guardsmen
Bols Crump
Patrol
Trolmen
U.S
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Clyde
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