Volume of Business Nears trillion dollar pace
The Commerce Department reports the annual output of goods and services may reach a quarterly rate of about 248 billion dollars, totaling 1.636 trillion for the year. Inflation and higher prices account for much of the rise, while June production dipped. Government spending rose, private investment slowed, and consumer spending increased with a tax cut boosting take home pay.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Ammerce Department
Four Killed In Two U S Planes Crash Near Frankfurt
Two American C-47 planes on the Berlin supply run collided near Ravotzhau sen Germany fourteen miles northeast of Frankfurt. Four U S fliers were killed with post crash fires delaying body recovery as rescuers saw only one body.
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Ravotzhausen
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Frankfurt
Wies
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Weather forecast for today and tonight
The official weather forecast calls for hot and humid conditions today with possible rain by tonight. A continuation of unsettled weather is expected into Wednesday with chances of showers and thunderstorms.
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Lina
Coe Ehoudy
Dulles Sees Communism as Hindrance to World Peace
John Foster Dulles told the World Council of Churches assembly that Communist policies make a universal peace through law impossible. He warned force cannot crush Communism and urged Christian responsibility in analyzing the world situation.
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Amsterdam
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Warren School Fund Audited in Warren County Investigation
An investigation into the handling of Warren county public school funds is underway. Controller Paul Reid of the state board of education said the probe has been underway for some time and referred questions to district solicitor Ernest R. Tyler of Roxobel, who could not be reached for comment.
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Raleigh
Warren County
Paul Reid
State Board of Education
Reid
Ernest R. Tyler
Roxobel
Tyler
U S Protests After Kidnapped American Clerical Aide
In Jerusalem the U S Consul General protested to the Jewish governor after George Paro a Granville New York confidential clerk at the American consulate was seized by stern gang members held for hours and mistreated. Israeli military police later questioned him and released him seeking to clarify the incident.
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Jerusalem
U. S
John J. MacDonald
George Paro
Paro
Palestine
Pine St
Granville N. Y
MacDonald
State Department
Bernard Joseph
East Berlin elections postponed by Soviet commander
Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky announced Germans in the Russian zone will not be allowed to hold community elections this fall and the voting will be postponed for one year. Non communist parties protested as the zone remains under SED control. The plan slated new elections with district and state ballots in fall 1949 after the two year economic plan progresses.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Lin
Germany
Army Worm Infestation Peaks Along Coastal Crops
Norfolk Virginia. August 24. An army worm outbreak described as among the worst in local farming history affects tidewater fields from Norfolk and Newport News to the eastern shore and into North Carolina. Dr. Douglas E. Greenwood reports the fourth brood forming on corn at the Virginia Truck Experiment Station with widespread damage, and entomologists note thousands of eggs on corn. A 5 percent DDT dust remains the best control identified so far.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
Douglas E. Greenwood
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
Norfolk Area
Newport News
Eastern Shore
North Carolina
Textile Plant Proposed for Puerto Rico by U S Manufacturer
Troy Whitehead of Charlotte North Carolina said he seeks financial aid from the development bank to establish a new textile factory in San Juan Puerto Rico costing 1.5 million dollars. The plant would employ about 500 workers and produce goods primarily for the United States.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Troy Whitehead
Charlotte
N. C
Development Bank
United States
Border states could swing election for major parties
Washington dispatch notes seven border states including Missouri Maryland Tennessee West Virginia Oklahoma and New Mexico with 58 electoral votes that could decide the national race between Truman and Dewey. Senate contests in most of these states may also affect control of the next Senate. Republicans plan an intensified campaign in Tennessee led by Carroll Reece as national chairman while New Mexico officials voice confidence for the Democrats.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Republican High Command
Maryland
Tennessee
Kenintend
New Mexico
Oklahoma
West Virginia
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Carroll Reece
Chambers to Confront Hiss in Spy Probe
Former Communist Louis Budenz testified behind closed doors as a surprise witness in the House Un American Activities Committee inquiry. The session aimed to shed light on relations between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss ahead of the anticipated public confrontation between Hiss and Chambers.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
House UN American Activities Committee
Budenz
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Daily Worker
Chambers
Hiss
House Un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Tab Hiss
Committee
New York
Twenty Five New Polio Cases Reported Across State
Twenty five new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state health board raising the year total to 1,670. Counties reporting cases include Durham, Catawba, Guilford, Buncombe, Cleveland, Craven, Duplin, Gaston, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus with several deaths in Catawba and a state total polio death toll of 84. Revisions lowered July’s case total to 852. In Rocky Mount, the school board canceled the Rocky Mount Greensboro grid game set for September 17 due to the polio epidemic, while the September 10 opener with Oxford orphanage remains on.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Durham County
Catawba
Guilford
Buncombe
Cleveland
Craven
Duplin
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
Catawba County
Rocky Mount
N. C
R. M. Wilson
Greensboro
Wilson
Oxford Orphanage
Springs Mills to Build Private Resort at Myrtle Beach
Lancaster S C August 24 The Springs Cotton Mills announced plans to build a private resort at Myrtle Beach for its 11 500 workers in South Carolina as a company perk and retreat option for employees.
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Lancaster
S. C
the Springs Cotton Mills
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Escaped Convict Fatally Wounded By Prison Guard
Raleigh dated report says Robert Spivey a 27 year old Negro convict shot during a pursuit by guards local officers and state patrolmen in Granville county died at Central Prison hospital from internal bleeding after a chest wound. coroner's inquest to be held in Granville county.
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Raleigh
Franklin County
Clyde O. Robinson
Robinson
Robert Spivey
Granville County
Central Prison Hospital
W. G. Cundae
Spiery
Toy
Sweltering Day Expected Across Midwest and Plains
Chicago reports continued heat wave as values rise from the Rockies to the Appalachians. Temperatures forecast in the 90s to over 100 degrees mirror yesterday, with no immediate relief in sight.
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Chicago
Rockies
Appalachians
Red Dean Johnson barred from U S lecture tour
Dr Hewlett Johnson Canterbury cathedral dean once dubbed the Red Dean says he was refused a U S visa for lecture engagements including Madison Square Garden. He told the Daily Worker the embassy opposed the American Soviet Friendship Society tour and noted speech on friendship with the Soviet Union is restricted in the United States. He expressed regret that the denial occurred.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury Cathedral
London
United States
Madison Square Garden
The
London Daily Worker
Dr. Johnson
America
Soviet Union
Allies Meet With Stalin In Kremlin
Western envoys and Soviet leaders held four hour forty minute Kremlin talks with Stalin ending in a hopeful mood. Ambassador Walter Smith and colleagues said progress exists toward lifting the Berlin blockade and easing Germany talks, with new ideas reportedly discussed to avert a diplomatic break.
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Russia
Kremlin
Stalin
U. S
Walter Smith
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Smith
Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Wes Powers
Balkan Reds Target Tito as Yugoslavia Crisis Deepens
Washington reports from diplomatic officials indicate Moscow and Eastern Bloc allies escalate anti Tito rhetoric. They see growing split between Tito and Soviet communism with Italy and France also condemning him. Officials doubt a Soviet invasion, but foresee possible Western courting by Tito amid mounting isolation.
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Washington
Russia
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Europe
Italy
France
Moscow
Belgrade
West
Russian teacher’s fall injury steady at hospital
Oksana Kosenkina a Russian schoolteacher injured by jumping from a third story window at the Soviet consulate remained in good condition at Roosevelt hospital as of today.
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New York
Oksana Kosenkina
Rooselvelt Hospital
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