Dixiecrats Ousted From Party In Democratic Purge
Washington reported the Democratic national committee ousted States Rights members from Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina amid a long running dispute over the States Rights faction. The vote removed Gov. J Strom Thurmond from the membership rolls while Burnet Maybank was approved in his place. Mrs Anne Agnew faced removal for aiding another party, despite SC party objections.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
States Rights
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Wright Morrow
Texas
National Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
Burnet Maybank
Anne Agnew
Idea of U S of Europe Gains Favor
DEWITT MACKENZIE urges that Europe unite to form a federal bloc with a directly elected assembly to merge economies and create a single currency. Paul Reynaud cites dangers from the America Russia rivalry and warns sovereignty must yield for continental survival.
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Paul Reynaud
Consultative Assembly of the Council
Reynaud
Europe
America
Russia
France
Sedan
Leopold
Belgium
Paris
Germany
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Armed Services to Drop 135000 Civilian Workers
Secretary of Defense Johnson announced a civilian layoff of 135,000 workers across the armed services to cut military spending. Navy installations lead with 76,000 cuts, Army 41,000, and Air Force 18,000, affecting 50 installations with immediate effects and large county yard reductions such as Long Beach and Brooklyn shipyards. The move aims to save about 200 million dollars this fiscal year and 500 million annually thereafter.
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Armed Services
Washington
Defense
Johnson
Navy
Army
Air Force
Long Beach
Calif
Brooklyn Naval Shipyard
Atlantic Pact In Effect Now
The historic Atlantic treaty linking the United States with 11 other nations went into effect at a White House ceremony at 11:30 a.m. EST. Formal notice by France that it ratified the treaty prompted top officials and foreign representatives to attend, with early planning for an Atlantic alliance council meeting in Washington likely mid next month.
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Washington
United States
White House
State Department
Council of the Atlantic Alliance
Ashington
Henri Bonnet
France
Elevator Contract Set for Governor's Mansion in North Carolina
RALEIGH August 24 officials announce a two person elevator for the governor's mansion at a total cost of 10 139 with a speed of about 75 feet per minute low bid from Monarch Elevator Company of Greensboro 4994 allocated for the shaft by John L Upchurch Company of Raleigh Fieldcraft Mills Foaksville awarded carpet contract at 1999 52
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Raleigh
Charles Williams
State Division of Purchase and Contract
Tse
Monarch Elevator Company of
Greensboro
John L. Upchurch
More Trouble For Asheville's Vaughn Cannon
Vaughn J. Cannon, of Asheville, is indicted by the Buncombe county grand jury on assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. He faces a Superior Court arrest capias for alleged assault in an August 14 incident at Chez Paul roadhouse. He is docketed for trial next Tuesday and also charged in related cases from the same incident against Hampton Houdeville and Ralph Overton.
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Asheville
Vaughn J. Cannon
Buncombe County
WC. Hampton
Hampton
Cannon
W . McClean
Capias
Paul Houdeville
Chez Paul
Houdeille
Ralph Overton
New Highways Planned Linking Spartanburg and NC Line
A $2,000,000 modern highway project is proposed to connect Spartanburg with the North Carolina border. Chief State Highway Commissioner C. R. McMillion says routes are being surveyed, with a Spartanburg by pass and possible dual lanes if traffic warrants. The project involves Spartanburg and Cherokee counties sharing funds, with 48 percent from federal roads administration.
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Columbia
S. C
Spartanburg
North Carolina
C. R. McMillion
McMillan
Silver Haired Ex-Minister To Lead Klan
The Ku Klux Klan names Lycurgus Spinks as Imperial Emperor to unite Klans across six states. Spinks, 64, with silver hair and a whiskey voice, ran unsuccessfully for Mississippi governor in 1946 and has been a Klansman for over 25 years. About 60 masked Klansmen from five states met in Montgomery, near the state capitol, to elect him.
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Montgomery
Ala
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Lycurgus Spinks
Klan
Spinks
Meridian
Miss
Alabama
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
State Capitol
Legisla
Stock Prices Steadier After Tuesday Setback
New York August 24 The stock market steadied after a sharp Tuesday setback with small mixed changes. Leading shares mostly held Tuesday closes while American Telephone rebounded and several others gained or slipped, including National Distillers Schenley Southern California Edison United Gas Kennecott Dow Chemical and Johns Manville.
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New York
American Telephone
National Distillers
Schenley
Southern California Edison
United Gas Corp
Kennecott Copper
Homestake Mining
Dow Chemical
Santa Fe
Chesapeake and Ohu
Unscrambling Farm Plans Across Congress
Editor note previews competing farm plans Gore Aiken Anderson Brannan. All aim to stabilize farmer income and sustain demand for goods, echoing 1933 AAA quotas and price supports. Explains government buys or loans to ensure parity and maintain employment in a balanced economy. More on page two.
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Congress
Washington
Gore
Aiken
Anderson
Brannan
Chiang Flies To Chungking in Warlord Talks
Chiang Kai-shek flies to Chungking to press secret agreements amid Szechwan warlords and communists. Rumors say Chang Chun may resign as Chiang seeks to stabilize the nationalist regime while Pai Chung-tsi reports two new victories over the communists near Hengyang in Hunan.
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Canton
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Szechwan
Kweichow
Yunnan
Sikang
Chang
Chiang
China
Pai Chung Tsi
Central China
Hengyang
Hunan Province
Canton-Hankow
Feldman Denies Knowing Hunt’s Connections in Inquiry
Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman told senators he would not have admitted Hunt into his office had he known Hunt was a five percenter. Testifying in the Senate inquiry, Feldman denied awareness of Hunt’s claimed White House access through Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan while acknowledging he shared army buying plans with Hunt, though he said the info was not confidential.
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Washington
Herman Feldman
Senators
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Feldman
Quartermaster
Army
Senate
White House
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Truman
Forest Fires Rage Across Three States
Fast moving fires burn unchecked in Idaho California and Montana covering more than 40000 acres this month. An aerial survey reports Idaho flames adding 2000 acres in two days while South Dakota winds push a Black Hills blaze into the plains as crews rush to contain the spread.
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Associated Press
Idaho
California
Montana
National Forest
Black Hills
South Dakota
Plains
Food Price Index Dips for First Time Since Early July
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell to 5.86 this week from 5.89 last week, marking the first decline since the week of July 5. The index sits 15.4 percent below last year’s level, reflecting higher wholesale costs for flour corn rye oats lard cottonseed oil hogs and lower costs for wheat hams bellies cocoa potatoes and steers.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Child's Ravished Body Found in Michigan Marsh
Nine year old Barbara Jean Aberl was found strangled in a marsh near Detroit. Her uncle Arthur Mayer, 30, a house painter, killed himself after scrawling a note claiming he acted to stop her from exposing his sexual advances. Searchers found Mayer in a woods four miles away, aided by Boy Scouts, and Mayer’s rough map led to the girl's body.
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Detroit
Barbara Jean Aberl
Here
Arthur Mayer
Mayer
Young Democrats Council Convention Sparks Presidential Split
The North Carolina Young Democrats hold their state convention in New Bern three weeks hence with candidates for president including George Fountain and Terry Sandford. Gene Gordon may enter. Bedford Black is a declared candidate for national committeeman. Governor Scott’s administration faces internal scrapping as Col Tony Tolar backs Fountain.
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D. C
North Carolina
New Bern
YDC
George Fountain
Tarbors
Second Judicial District
Terry Sandford
Fayetteville
Gene Gordon
Burlington
National
C. R
Tony) Tolar
Highway Patrol
Hurricanes Hitting North Carolina Coasts Amid Twin Storms
A fierce tropical hurricane threatened the North Carolina coast while a second storm grew, with warnings along 45 miles of Cape Hatteras capes and the Diamond Shoals lightship reporting 130 mph winds. Forecaster Grady Norton warned the center hovered near Cape Hatteras and could brush shore before veering offshore, as a second storm moved toward Turk's Island.
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North Carolina
Puerto Rico
Carolina
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoals
Norton
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Turk’s Island
Tomorro
Hurricane lashes North Carolina as first 1930s season storm passes east
A hurricane moves north along the Atlantic coast with center east of Cape Hatteras. Lightship Diamond Shoals reports winds near 130 mph while warnings stretch from Cape Lookout to Manteo and Morehead City to Maryland. Rains and gusts up to 36 mph hit Hatteras as Carolinas see mixed warm sun and cooler air.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Lva
Diamond Shoals
Cape
Carolinas
Coast Guard
Cape Lookout
Manteo
Morehead City
Maryland
Manieo
Hatteras
Winston Sale
Hickory
Asheville
Rocky Mount
Cherry Point
New Bern
Wilmington
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
Mt. Mitchell
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Columbia
Narleston
Florence
Greenville
Anderson
Myrtle Beach
Prices Stay Firm On Eastern Belt Tobacco Markets
Eastern North Carolina flue cured tobacco prices remained firm with gains of 2 to 3 per hundred. The practical top reached 65 dollars as buyers sought better lugs and cutters, though quality slipped with more common leaf and nondescript lots. Auction averages ranged from 64 dollars for fair lemon cutters to 12 dollars for best nondescript leaves while the western border belt saw slight price declines.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Rolinas
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Robert P. Patterson
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Atalyst
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Council of Europe
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Lead Klan
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By James Marlow
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