Soviet press accuses Tito of treason in Jovanovic death
The Romanian news agency Radar, relayed by Bucharest radio, accuses Premier Marshal Tito and allies of treason over Arso Jovanovic’s death at the border. It repeats Cominform charges claiming Tito and Rankovic ordered the murder of a Yugoslav army chief.
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London
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Hgema
Arso Jovanovic
Gem Ae Ee
Jovanovic
Romania
Communist International Bureau
Cominform
Alexander
Rankovic
Bucharest
Edvard
Kardelj
Milovan
Dijilas
Ranie
Rader
State Reports 16 New Polio Cases Today
Raleigh reports 16 new polio cases including three in Alamance and two each in Avery Caldwell Gaston New Hanover Onslow with one in Chatham McDowell and Watauga. One more death in Wilkes raises the year total to 79 as the nation watches epidemic trends.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Alamance County
Avery
Caldwel Gaston
New Hanover
Onslow
Chatham
cDowell
Watauga
Weather forecast for North Carolina remains unsettled
Partly cloudy and rather warm today with widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon. Nightfall will bring fair skies and cooler air, with humidity easing across the region.
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North Carolina
Ahernoon
Biases
Temperature and Rainfall Readouts Across Cities
The report lists 24 hour temperature highs and lows for multiple cities including Little Rock Memphis Meridian Miami New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio Chicago Detroit Chicago and Tampa. Records show hot highs around the upper 80s to 90s and rainfall amounts near zero in several locations with scattered traces reported.
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Los
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Antonio
U S Car Bought Abroad by Pilot After Waiting Here
Dick Wells, a commercial air lines pilot, says he saved $567 by buying a Studebaker 1948 model through a London dealer and picking up in South Bend. Studebaker officials say the list price was $1,861 in both markets and deny a discount. The tale follows Wells’ yearlong wait for delivery and his discovery of an immediate London purchase.
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Lake Orion
Mich
Dick Wells
London
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Wells
Studebaker
Calcutta
Economist Leaves Berlin Post For Duke Professorship
Dr. Don D. Humphrey disclosed his resignation as assistant economic advisor to the U S military governor in Berlin to join Duke University as a professor of economics in Durham North Carolina. He helped establish the western Germany Bizonal economy and negotiated Bitinia Europe trade pacts before leaving with his family for the United States this weekend.
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Berlin
Don D. Humphrey
U. S
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Humphrey
Columbus
Ohio
Germany
Bitonia
Duke
Soviet Grain Harvest Exceeds Expectations
A rich Soviet grain harvest rolls into state granaries with four key districts in Kuban and Ukraine reporting they surpassed delivery goals to date. Early indications suggest this year's output may exceed last year's abundant returns, according to reports to Prime Minister Stalin.
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Moscow
Kuban
Ukraine
Stalin
Kosenkina Case Highlights U.S Soviet Tensions
The State Department ruled refugee Russian teacher Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina remains under U S protection while in the United States and could influence a habeas corpus case against Soviet Consul Lomakin. President Truman criticized HUAC for infringing the bill of rights amid a broader U S stance on Soviet accusations.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
Washington
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Truman
Joan M. Hightower
Oksana S. Kosenkina
Ernest A. Gross
Marshall
Samuel Dickstein
New York State Supreme Court
Kosenkina
New York
Mer Agen
Gross
Dickstein
Jacob M. Lomakin
Lomakin
Michael McDermott
Department
Kin
McDermott
U. S
Moscow
Atomic Energy Project Hit By Work Stoppage at Los Alamos
The Atomic Energy Commission warned that a Los Alamos work stoppage threatens serious damage to the U S atomic weapons program. Acting Chairman Sumner Pike urged AFL President William Green to persuade idle workers to return to work, noting about 3000 AFL members were off the job. Nonunion labor comprised roughly 115 workers, with no AFL contract for the contractor using them.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos
N. M
OFL
William Green
AFL
Commission
Sumner Pike
Green
Pike
Sweden Protects Red Refugee Lydia Makarova in Sweden
Stockholm reports a Soviet bid to repatriate Lydia Makarova echoes the New York Kosenkina case. The 19 year old, living near Stockholm, refuses return, while Swedish officials warn Russians to stay away. Her concert debut noted for January 29.
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Svanska Dagbladet
New York
Kosenkina
Lydia Makarova
Makarova
Sweden
Soviet Union
Ivanska Dagbladet
Foreign Office
Communist Party
Ny Dag
Communists Burn Police Station in Pahang Ambush
Police of Kuala Tembelang in Pahang state hunted insurgents in the jungle last night. While officers were away the insurgents set fire to the police station in a bold attack.
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Singapore
Kuala Tembelang
Pahang
Berlin Considers City Currency To Untangle Cash Mess
Berlin's anti communist city government debates two plans to solve the east west monetary snarl. One plan would issue an emergency city currency while the other would make the western mark the exclusive currency in western Berlin to bypass Soviet blocked eastern mark accounts. The move aims to ease wage payments where three fourths of salaries were set in car marks.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Russia
Trade Federation
Sovietoe Socialist Unit Party
SED
Erwin Mills Proposes 8 Percent Wage Boost Again
Erwin Mills Corp will grant an eight percent wage increase to workers at its Durham Erwin and Cooleemee plants effective August 2. The move follows a previously rejected proposal by the CIO affiliated Textile Workers Union over fatigue time. Union official W Bob Murray indicated that a special meeting may or may not be called as negotiations resume.
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Erwin Mills Corp
Erwin
Cooleemee
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
W. Bob Murray
Garbo to Return to Screen After Seven Years
Actress Greta Garbo signs with Walter Wanger to star in a European production next spring. Principal scenes will be shot in Paris and Rome with the title yet to be announced.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Walter Wanger
Europe
Paris
Rome
Bernadotte asks UN to intervene in Palestine
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte urged the Security Council to act to halt Arab Jewish fighting in Jerusalem as the Holy City risks a broader war. He warned that further deterioration could resume hostilities and urged warnings or sanctions to enforce the truce and hold each side accountable for violations.
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Folke Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Rnited Nations Security Council
Holy City
Bernadotte
United Nations
Security Council
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Council
Holy Land
Haifa
UN Truce Commission
A. Lundstroem
Eastern tobacco market opens with mixed early prices
Early offerings in the eastern North Carolina belt show averages from 47 to 50 dollars per hundred pounds, with Goldsboro reporting 48.40 for 33 baskets. Border markets sit around 55 dollars. Aberdeen sees 66 top prices after ungraded leaf delays. Rocky Mount posts 53 to 55 with top leaf at 70, as four Middle Belt markets threaten suit over buyer absence. Farmers express satisfaction with prices amid varied demand.
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U. S
N. C
Aberdeen
Clifton Blue
Middle Belt
Fuquay-Varina
Carthage
Sanford
Rocky Mount
E. G. Johnston
Sweden, Kosenkina Case Highlight Soviet Threat to Sovereignty
The piece outlines the Oksana Kosenkina escape in New York and a Swedish parallel with Lydia Makarova. It notes Sweden’s cautious stance toward Russia, the embassy pressure to return, and Washington offering asylum to three teachers. It frames Bolshevism as a broader danger to freedom and state sovereignty.
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Stockholm
Russia
Sweden
America
Washington
Uncle Sam
County elections head cites voter signup in petition drive
Ames checked Gastonia August 19 and County elections board chairman James Mullen reported 2,023 of 2,817 signers on the states rights petition are registered voters.
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Gastonia
County Elections Board
James Mullen
Checkers
Condition Improves For Russian Teacher In Fall From Third Floor
New York reports that the condition of the Russian schoolteacher who leaped from the third floor a week ago showed improvement. Doctors hope for further recovery as observers awaited more medical updates.
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New York
Dewey to Back Strong Price Support Plan Across Nation
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to outline a GOP price support program on a cross country campaign tour. The plan would maintain a floor under farm prices with loans at 90 percent parity and a long range proposal shifting loan floors slightly for livestock and dairy, aiming to contrast Democrats high prices with Republican policy.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Senator Barkley
Springfield
Dll
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Congress
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