President Truman decries GOP neglect in housing bill signing
President Truman signed the housing bill into law and harshly criticized the Republican controlled Congress for neglecting the nation’s housing needs. He urged consideration of the Taft Ellender Wagner bill offering public housing and slum clearance, accusing GOP leaders of blocking debate on it.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
GOP
House of Representatives
Heavy Voting Expected In S. C. Today
Columbia reports a large turnout as fair weather and a five man U S Senate race draw South Carolina Democrats to polls. Up to 300 000 voters may participate with about 30 000 African Americans. Voting runs 8 am to 4 pm rural and 6 pm in cities. The race centers on Burnett Maybank and Judge J Waites Waring’s ruling on party membership and Negro participation.
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Columbia
S. C
U. S. Senate
South Carolina
U.S House of Representative
General Assembly
J. Waites Waring
Charleston
John H McCray
Waring
Senate
Burnett Maybank
Weather data snapshot for multiple cities in August
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperatures ending 4:59 am across cities including Charleston 85, Charlotte 87, Chicago 68, Columbia 66, Denver 46, Detroit 56, Evansville 88, Galveston 92, Jacksonville 88, Little Rock 78, Los Angeles 88, Mt Mitchell 80, New Orleans 87, New York 82, Raleigh 86, San Antonio 100, San Francisco 65, Washington 62, Wilmington ?
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Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
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Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Ife Angeles
Mt.Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Son
Antonio
S. Fancisco
Sparta
Bura Sé
Amps
Washington i
Wilmington
Danube War And Western Efforts In Communist Bloc
Belgrade August 10. Eastern Europe’s communist bloc rejects a French bid to replace a Russian drafted preamble for a Danube navigation pact with seven to three vote. The bloc vows to preserve Russia’s sovereign rights while France resists limiting shipping on the 1800 mile waterway.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
Danube
Russia
United States
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Romania
Communist Bloc of Seven
France
Dewey May Stage Quiet Vote Drive
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is seen as highly confident about victory and may limit major speeches to fewer than 10, with an Albany meeting planned with Gov. Earl Warren. President Truman plans a broad whistle stop and may rely on informal talks to stretch funds, while highlighting Republican Congress records.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Friends
Albany
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Truman
GOP
Democratic National Committee
White House
J. Howard McGrath
Congress
State Reports 32 Additional Polio Cases
State health officials announced 32 new polio cases, totaling 1,348 for the year and 95 for August with 836 in July. Catawba led with seven cases. Forsyth, Lee, New Hanover, Randolph and Stanly each reported three. other counties added one or two cases. Edgecombe reported its first case. one more death raised the yearly toll to 67.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Roy Norton
Catawba County
Forsyth, Lee
New Hanover
Randolph
Stanly
Rockingham County
Beaufort
Burke
Cleveland
Edgecombe
Gaston
Harnett
Montgomery
Rutherford
Edgecombe County
Norton
MacArthur Official Under Fire Amid Loyalty Inquiry
In Tokyo and Washington reports a General MacArthur HQ official, Harry F. Alber of Los Angeles, was suspended without pay pending a loyalty check. Alber heads the price and distribution division for Japanese food and essentials, insisting on his innocence and readiness to be cleared. He planned to travel to Washington to face the probe as Duncan Lee testified at spy hearings.
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MacArthur
Harry F. Alber
Los Angeles
Army
Washington, D. C
Washington
Alber
TVA
Aeronautics
Duncan Lee
Lee
Plebiscite in Romania Seen as USSR Annexation Prelude
MacKenzie argues a late month referendum in Romania on joining the Soviet Union would signal Moscow’s expansion into eastern Europe. Refugees report surrounding Bucharest with four divisions, raising fears of rapid annexation and troop movements along a Stettin to Adriatic axis.
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Russia
Dewitt MacKenzie
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Soviet Union
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Bucharest
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Europe
Red Armes
Dixiecrats Entitled To Check Books
In North Carolina the States Rights Democrats move to court action to ballot access. The state elections board had not yet checked signer registration but now will return petitions to county chairs to verify voters. The group led by Thurmond supporters offered to pay the verification costs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hubert E. Olive
State Board of Elections
Elections Board
Strom Thurmond
Uth Carolina
Raymond Maxwell
State Elections Board
Maxwell
County Elections Board
Not Politics Says Johnson In Hare Case
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson denied that politics influenced the discharge of Mrs. J. E. Hare from his office. Hare claimed job loss followed her refusal to support Johnson in the Democratic gubernatorial race. Johnson cited concerns about loyalty and satisfaction, while Hare noted she declined to resign on July 26.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
J. E. Hare
MecCullers
Hare
Roanoke Hopes Tar Heels Will Remain At Home
Roanoke officials urged avoiding conventions and meetings attended by North Carolina delegates amid polio concerns. The city health board declined to ban events but expressed clear disapproval of gatherings from epidemic areas as rail unions planned meetings in the coming weeks.
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Roanoke
North Carolina
City Board of Health
Delet
Government Sets Credit Curb Pace
The government plans to raise interest costs on short term securities to curb inflation as private finance is expected to follow with higher loan rates. Treasury Secretary Snyder announced the move, with first effects on September 15 and October 1 when about 10.5 billion in issues fall due and are replaced at higher yields.
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Washington
Treasury
Snyder
Corn and Wheat Harvest May Exceed Expectations
Washington reports the agriculture department foresees a record corn crop potentially surpassing prior estimates and boosting meat, dairy, and poultry prices. A favorable season could lower grain prices and encourage more livestock production, with the 1946 record already surpassed by corn projections.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Refuse Witnesses Can Stand On Constitutional Rights
Washington report explains how two witnesses refuse to answer questions before the House American Activities Committee. One can be cited for contempt, the other cannot, because the second asserts protection against self incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. The piece notes past contempt citations and cites the constitutional basis for the right.
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State Department
House
UN American Activities Committee
New York
American Activities Committee
Mittee
Congress
Congressional Investigation Committee
un-American Activities Committee
Talks Still Being Held In Secrecy
Berlin reports mutter of a possible Russian move to lift the blockade by reopening the rail line. Western envoys meet Molotov in Moscow as talks bog down over a Berlin settlement and currency issues.
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London
Molotov
Svier
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State's ESC Reducing Its Office Force
Raleigh August 10 The state employment security commission cuts 2 100 personnel since July 1 due to drastic congressional funding reductions leaving about 850 workers The agency operates unemployment service offices and administers benefits Itinerant service will replace closed branch offices at Camp Lejeune Belmont and Smithfield and travel and supplies are also reduced in response to the funding shortfall Kendall warned services to citizens will be limited under current fiscal constraints.
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State Employment Security Commission
Henry E. Kendall
Kendall
Congress
Commission
ESC
Cam Lejeune
Belmont
Smithfield
North Carolina
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Food Department
Paul Fuellsack
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