Hull Ready With Reply To Gov Dewey Peace Battle
Washington aid file reports Hull is prepared to answer Dewey's worries about postwar status for small nations. The note likely follows Hull's pledge to protect small nations, as talks on peace maintenance among the natives of the American, Russian, Chinese and other governments begin next week. Taft calls it a warning while other lawmakers dismiss it as political talk as Dewey seeks opposition.
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Florida Publisher Lew B. Brown Dies at 83
Major Lew B. Brown longtime publisher of the St. Petersburg Evening Independent died after a long illness at 83. He moved from Kentucky in 1908 and soon owned the paper, once offering 53 free issues when the sun did not shine on publication day.
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Florida
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Lew B. Brown
Man Drowned On Roof Of Building After Storm
In New York on August 17 a man identified as 54 year old Alex Nimmo, a building superintendent, was drowned while attempting to clear a drain on the roof after a violent thunderstorm. A strong suction pulled his arm into the drain and forced his head under water.
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New York
Alex Nimmo
Edict Forcing Jewish Migration From Russia 1890
Under an 1890 edict issued by Alexander III all Jews were compelled to migrate from the interior of Russia to the western provinces.
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Alexander III
Russia
State News Briefs From North Carolina and Washington
The Pamilco Shipyards will launch the first in a fleet of large shrimp boats for General Seafoods in the Gulf of Mexico. Navy officials consider releasing Lonnie James King to face murder charges in Hertford, per Gov. Broughton. North Carolina colleges may delay openings to Sept. 18 due to an infantile paralysis outbreak with 547 cases since June 1. Health officials forecast a surge likely into September or October. Two district FSA offices in High Point Goldsboro and Windsor will close this week, with staff reassigned to Raleigh. Raleigh and Asheville offices stay open.
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Actress Lois Andrews Announces November Wedding Plan
Lois Andrews, age 20, reveals plans to wed Jack Topping in November at his father’s New York home. The former wife of George Jessel says she will bring her two year old son Jerryn to New York and soon star in Atlantic City in Personal Appearance.
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Governor Narrows Patrol Arrest Powers for Highway Offenses
Gov. Broughton announces patrolmen may arrest only when on duty by special assignment from the governor, department of motor vehicles heads, or the patrol commander. Previously arrests were limited to highway violations. The change formalizes arrest authority for traffic enforcement.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
Put in Essential Work Raleigh Aug 17
Fifty per cent of 61,000 North Carolina workers called for essential work are being mobilized in Raleigh as part of state emergency measures. Officials emphasize rapid deployment and continuity of critical services amid mounting shortages.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
More Women Workers Rise in North Carolina June
North Carolina’s industries showed an increase in women employment in June over May with 1,097 plants employing 108,707 women, mainly in the Piedmont region, as reported by Labor Commissioner Forrest Hi Shuford.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Forrest Hi. Shuford
Piedmont
Essential workers referred to state producers during war period
Figures released yesterday by the war manpower commission show essential workers during July to August referred to key producers in the state. The data came from a meeting of the manpower priorities committee.
Col Ollie W Reed Killed in Action in France
The former commanding officer of the 300th Infantry of the 78th Lightning division Col Ollie W Reed was killed in action in France July 30 while his son Lieut Ollie Reed Jr also fell in Italy on July 6. The officer had commanded troops at Camp Butner earlier in the war.
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Durham
300Th Infantry
78Th Lightning Division
Ollie W. Reed
Camp Butner
France
Col. Reed
Ollie Rrced, Jr
Italy
Early American homes used grease soaked reeds for light
Historical note records that households lacking time and materials for candles used grease soaked reeds as a crude lighting method. A second fact states India accounts for about one fifth of the global population.
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India
Portable walkie talkie aids postwar communication
The war era walkie talkie portable radio telephone will offer continuous postwar contact. It enables calling a partner en route home to coordinate errands such as stopping at the grocery store for bread.
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