Steel Allocated To Aid New Type Housing Effort
A steel allocation plan would set aside 59,000 tons for six months to aid the infant prefabricated housing industry led by Lustron. The plan awaits attorney general approval and relies on voluntary cooperation with the steel industry, aiming to produce better houses at lower prices and ease the housing shortage. Lustron, Columbus, is the leading plant with capacity for over 150 homes daily, though it has no prior steel contracts. The outcome depends on anti trust rulings and final allocation details.
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Washington
Sisema
Ral
Steel Industry Jary of Commerce Sawyer
SAAN
Uywtimus
Tighe E. Woods
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Lustron
U S Maritime Labor Strife Tests National Emergency Powers
Washington reports escalating tug of war in the American maritime sector as President Truman uses the Taft Hartley emergency provisions to avert a looming International Longshoremen's Association strike set for Saturday midnight. An inquiry board is named to report by Friday. A separate 60 000 CIO seamen threat was settled with a wage deal offering boosts for boat swains and other ratings.
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Washington
America
Truman
International Longshoremen's Association
Portland
Maine
Hampton Roads
Europe
Arshall
J. Truman
Saul Wallen
Boston
Joseph Miller
Julius Cass
Newark
Riday
CIO
National Maritime Union
New York
Weather Outlook for North Carolina August First
Partly cloudy in the afternoon and tonight with warm conditions and a few thundershowers. Mountains may see late day activity. Calendar notes indicate Thursday August 1 with a 7:05 time reference.
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North Carolina
Right Hand of Cactus Jack Garner Dies at Home
In Uvalde Texas Mrs John Nance Garner known as Ettie died at her home. She was the wife and confidante of former Vice President John Nance Garner who served as his personal secretary. Funeral services were set for 4 pm CST in Uvalde with burial there.
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Uvalde
Tex
John Nance Garner
Cactus Jack
United States
Ettie
South Texas
Garner
Ily
John J. Currie
Amarillo
John” Garner
Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner
Sabinas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Tropical Disturbance Of Season Reported
A possible tropical disturbance in the West Indies prompted a U.S. hurricane hunting flight. Located near St. Lucia about 250 miles north of Trinidad, it formed late yesterday with limited data and no official forecast yet. A British station broadcast warnings to ships in the area.
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Miami
Fila
West Indies
Navy
U. S
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Kingston
Jamaica
Tension Grows as U S Troops Move in Berlin and Russia Protests
United States and Soviet tensions escalate over refugee teachers as U S officials prepare a formal note in Washington. Soviet consul Lomakin seeks permission to visit Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, hospitalized after leaping from a consulate window, while Moscow demands clarification on US handling of the cases.
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New York
Yakov M. Lomakin
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Zot I L. Chepurnykh
Lomakin
Washington
Marshall
United States
New York City
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Jacob M. Lomakin
State Department
No Peace In Cold War Says Writer
United Nations arms commission concludes world not ready for arms reduction as nine of eleven support delaying disarmament until tension eases. Western and Soviet blocs clash over path, while Montgomery warns a fragile truce dominates global affairs and arms control hinges on atomic oversight and postwar treaties.
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United Nations Arms Commission
Russia
Ukraine
Nyet
Lake Success
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
England
Montgomery
Czech Olympic Leader Not To Return Home
Mrs. Mariéa Provaznikova, head of the Czechoslovakian women’s Olympic team, cancelled her return flight to Prague and planned to go to the United States for a year as a gymnastics instructor after being approached by a U.S. university. Two Czech teammates had already defected for political reasons.
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London
Mariéa Provaznikova
Prague
United States
Provaznikova
15 Year Old Girl Shot Dead in Cherryville
Betty Smith, 15, was found shot to death in a house near Cherryville North Carolina. Robert Howell, 36, was wounded beside her. Coroner Ollie Harris said the incident occurred at Ray Sellers’ home, with both shootings likely between midnight and 2:30 a.m. Sellers held for investigation. deputies assigned.
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Cherryville
N. C
Betty Smith
Robert Howell
Ollie Harris
Cleveland County
Ray Sellers
Howell
Sellers
S. B. Cooper
Shelby
France backs western Europe unity plan and charter draft
Paris report says France supports uniting western European nations under a federal constitution. French cabinet backs convening an international constituent assembly to draft a charter. Foreign Minister Schuman urged compliance.
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Paris
France
Europe
Francois Mitterand
Robert Schuman
Estonian refugees reach U S after perilous Atlantic voyage
Fifteen Estonians three families sailed from Sweden on a 45 foot boat arriving off Southport North Carolina. They sought a new life in America saying they would rather die than return to Soviet controlled Estonia. Quarantined aboard their vessel, the group was assisted by skipper Thomas Watts and a local fishing party while immigration officials studied their case. The women included a pregnant traveler. provisions remained adequate though supplies grew scarce.
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Southport
N. C
United States
Atlantic
Estonia
North Carolina
Sweden
America
Cape Fear
Thomas W. Watts
Immigration and Customs
Watts
Hiss Admits Knowing Chambers as Crosley in Probe
In New York the House committee and Whittaker Chambers press Hiss to identity. Hiss acknowledges knowing Chambers years ago as George Crosley while denying Communist ties. Committee members say admission strengthens their case against Hiss amid ongoing testimony.
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Washington
de Ent
Whittaker Chambers
Red Underground
Hiss
Chambers
George Crosley
New York
House
American Activities Committee
S C Electors to Vote For Dixie Ticket
South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee set Aug 31 to name eight presidential electors pledged to the States Rights ticket. The panel backed Thurmond for president and Wright for vice president, despite objections about party integrity and impact on SC members of Congress.
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Capitol States
W. Austin Seay
Washington
States Rights’ Democratic Party
Thurmond-Wright
Minnesota
Columbia
S. C
State
Democratic Executive Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
W. P. Vance
Edgefield
Thurmond
J. M. Moorer
Walterboro
Congress
William P. Baskin
Democratic National Committee
State Dairy Industry Rapidly Grows as Farm Income Source
A bulletin from the North Carolina dairy division shows dairying rising into the top farm income sources from 1924 to 1946. Cash income from dairy products grew from 7.5 million to 29.5 million dollars while gross dairy income rose from 31 million to 70 million dollars. Evaporated milk and other dairy products such as ice cream butter and cheese continued steady growth.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
N. C. Department of Agriculture
Taxicab Taken From Driver Near Greensboro
Burlington reports a maroon 1942 Plymouth taxicab missing after driver Tom Simmons says he was robbed and dropped near Greensboro. Braden Farrell notes two youths hired Simmons to take them from Burlington to Thomasville around 11 p.m. Yesterday. Simmons phoned at 3:30 a.m. from near Greensboro to report the incident. Details of the robbery and exact location four miles west of Greensboro remain unavailable.
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Burlington
Greensboro
Braden Farrell
Tommy Simmons
Simmons
Thomasville
Farrell
Hosiery Worker Murder Trial Postponed
Leonard Miller a 23 year old hosiery mill worker faces a postponed murder trial in Wilkes superior court. The case concerns poisoning his wife with strychnine after she complained of a headache on February 22. The court plans to clear smaller cases Monday before the murder trial proceeds.
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North Wilkesboro
Leonard Miller
Wilkes Superior Court
Venice
Miller
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Temperance Tornado Sweeps Kansas to Save Prohibition
In Dodge City Kansas the temperance tornado launches a 12 day auto tour to oppose repeal of the states anti liquor laws. Willard Mayberry leads the 15 000 mile caravan with 75 members including Glenn Cunningham and John Yust. They plan marches rallies and a statewide push ahead of November vote on repeal.
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Dodge City
Kas
Kansas
Willard Maybery
Elkhart
Glenn Cunningham
Mayberry
Missouri River
Big Muddy
John Yust
Soviets Also Engaging In War Games
American and allied maneuvers near Berlin and Heidelberg show renewed joint drills with French units along the Rhine. In Berlin the Grunewald forest exercise involved American, British, and German observers amid Soviet blockade, while Marshal Sokolovsky offered western Berlin 60 000 tons of coal as a winter provision.
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Berlin
Grunewald
Hamburg
Gatow
Rhine
Heidelberg
U. S
Altussheim
U. S. Constabulary
Theodore T
North Little Rock
Ark
U. S. Air Force
86Th
Michael Ingelido
New Britain
Conn
Grunewald Forest
Eral
Associated Press Bureau
D. B. Miller
San Antonio
Tex
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Polio Case Surge Reported In North Carolina
Raleigh reports 35 new infantile paralysis cases today raising the yearly total to 1,555. Catawba accounts for six cases with Randolph and Sampson four each and multiple counties contributing one to two cases. Authorities note continued school openings postponements due to the epidemic.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Catawba Ameaty
Randolph
Sampson
Johnston
Alexander
Craven
Gaston
Haywood
Mecklenburg
Cleveland
Durham
Guilford
Lee
Pitt
Rutherford
Wilkes
Wilson
Ammunition Explodes Near Swiss Village Goeschenen
Swiss villagers 800 evacuated as fire in a mountain redoubt detonates stored ammo. Police report no casualties, telephone lines broken, rail traffic rerouted through the Simplon tunnel near the St Gotthard corridor.
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Altdorf
Switzerland
Goeschenen
St. Gotthard
Simplon
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