Editor denies asking for B-36 bomber information
Raleigh editor Jonathan Daniels said he never asked anyone to obtain data on the army B-36 bomber. He testified he did not know Cedric Worth and that documents he saw while considering a navy post did not influence his decision. Worth admitted preparing the memo at Rep. Deane's request and denying prior knowledge of Daniels.
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Raleigh
Jonathan Daniels
Army
Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
House Armed Services Committee
Cedric Worth
Secretary of the Navy
Air Force
Worth
Navy
Rep. Deane
D-Nc
Deane
Truman Opens Door to Southern Bolters on Democratic Terms
President Truman invited southern party bolters to rejoin the Democratic fold only if they accept the 1948 platform. The invitation followed a Democratic National Committee dinner after dismissing five states rights leaders. The move excludes disaffected congressional Democrats while rebels threaten Washington HQ as civil rights anger fuels the split.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
High Command
Congress
Dixiecrat Movement Declared Dead by NC Democrat
Jonathan Daniels, North Carolina member of the Democratic National Committee, said the Dixiecrat movement is dead after a Washington meeting. He supported ousting five southern committeemen who bolted the party last year and noted no sympathy for the Dixiecrats among southern Democrats. Daniels suggested more coverage on page two A.
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Raleigh
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Daniels
National Committee
Washington
Eastern Tobacco Prices Are Firm
The federal state market news service reports tobacco prices steady in the flue cured eastern belt with slightly stronger demand lifting averages $1 to $3 a hundred pounds. Eastern belt prices show orange leaf and lemon leaf grades ranging from $11 to $64 per hundred, while border belt values run from $14.25 to $64 for selected leaf categories.
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Raleigh
Carolina
Carolinas
Storm Threat Written Off
South Florida officials dropped the alert on Harry’s hurricane as a second tropical storm 600 miles east of Florida drew wary scrutiny. Forecaster Grady Norton said the second storm was erratic and influenced by a high pressure system, with a navy hurricane hunter plane collecting data to confirm its movements.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Harry
Florida
Truman
European Recovery Tells Slackening Pace In ERP Year One
The Economic Cooperation Administration reports European recovery slowed in its first year. Europe earned enough to pay only one fifth of Western Hemisphere imports, with progress in production currency stabilization and trade, but export growth showing slackening as the year ended.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Europe
Congress
Military Economy Drive Pressures Congress Nationwide
Washington officials report a military economy drive forcing Congress members to balance fiscal cuts with constituent backlash. Defense Secretary Johnson announced 135000 civilian layoffs, 12073 reserve flag officers shifted to inactive status, and closing about 50 defense sites to save 200 million dollars this year and 500 million annually thereafter, trimming the 1949 budget to 13.4 billion from 14.9. Lawmakers vary in reaction, some angry for districts harmed, others cautious, noting who bears the cost.
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Washington
Congress
Western House
Johnson
Stock Market Keeps Its Balance
New York August 25 The stock market held steady for the second day after a sharp drop on Tuesday. Early gains appeared but a forward push failed to sustain. Leaders showed a slight net gain with higher prices for Bethlehem Steel General Motors Lockheed Consolidated Edison Homestake Mining Du Pont General Electric American Woolen Santa Fe Standard Oil NJ and Pan American Airways. Declines occurred at Republic Steel Montgomery Ward Anaconda Copper Dow Chemical Philip Morris and Texas Co.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Lockheed
Consolidated Edison
Homestake Mining
du Pont
General Electric
American Woolen
Santa Fe
Standard Oil
Pan American Airways
Republic Steel
Montgomery Ward
Anaconda Cooper
Dow Chemical
Philip Morris
Texas Co
East Carolina Teachers College Graduation Aug 25
East Carolina Teachers College will award degrees to 126 graduates today. Dr Clyde A Erwin state superintendent of public instruction will deliver the summer commencement address.
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ECTC
Greenville
East Carolina Teachers College
Tomeon
Clyde A. Erwin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
All Farm Plans Aim to Keep Prices Up in Congress
An editors note surveys four farm plans Gore Aiken Anderson and Brannan now debated in Congress. Each plan seeks to retain parity or near parity for six basic crops and decides how to price perishables and other crops with federal support. The piece traces origins from the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act through the Steagall amendments and the 1948 Aiken plan, outlining key guaranteed ranges and government roles.
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Congress
James Marlow
Washington
Gore
Aiken
Anderson
Brannan
Rep
D-Tenn
R-Vi
D-Nm
Agriculture Brannan
Steagall
Steagal
D-Ala
Gore, Anderson and Brannan
Carolina Beach Mystery Solved by Youth Confession
Wilmington August 25 A 22 year old Wilmington youth now in Florida state prison reportedly confessed to killing Mrs. Lelia Bryan and drowning her four year old daughter Mary Rachel near Carolina Beach in 1941. The suspect Daniel Webster alias Robert Anderson was serving a sentence for burglary when the confession was obtained. Authorities seek his return to North Carolina as they pursue further charges.
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Wilmington
Carolina Beach
Clifton A. More
Florida
Raiford
Moore
Daniel Webster
Robert Anderson
Lelia Bryan
Mary Rachel
Webster
Bryan
Ing
North Carolina
New Hanover County
Moore Saia
House May Circumvent Senate Vote
Speaker Sam Rayburn announces the House will adjourn until September 21 despite the Senate’s refusal to approve an adjournment. Laws say a 26 day recess could be forced, or the House may limit debate and meet informally twice weekly until late September.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
House
Senate
Rayburn
Newton Man Held in Wife's Death
Newton, Aug. 25. Charlotte laboratory experts examined a claw hammer found in an outhouse after the body of Mrs. Annie Isaac was discovered. Sheriff Ray E. Pitts said she was killed by a blow to the head. Her husband, 40-year-old John Isaac, was taken into custody with their three-year-old son, John Marshall Isaac, nearby in the woods.
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Annie Isaac
Ray E. Pitts
Cuse
John Isaac
John Marshall Isaac
Memo shows Truman interest in 1945 Maragon Europe trip
Senate investigators released a Vaughan memo indicating President Truman was personally interested in a 1945 Europe trip for John Maragon tied to the Albert H. Verley Perfume Co. The record notes limited military travel authorization and Maragon’s later customs penalty settlement.
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Washington
Senate
Harry H. Vaughan
State Department
Truman
John Maragon
Vaughan
Maragon
Italy
Albert H. Verley Perfume Co
Chicago
Shipley
Ruth E. Shipley Cnief
State Department Passport Bureau
Maragno
Europe
J. Vaughan
David Bennett
Albert Verley Perfume Company
Army Air Transport
Atial
John F Maragon
White House
ATC
Francis D. Flanagan
Flanagan
JFC
Scanlon
Mundt
R-Sd
Chiang Kai-Shek Says Chongqing Will Be Center of Fight Against Aggression
Chiang Kai-Shek declares Chongqing the wartime capital will again be the center of resistance. He accuses Chinese communists of acting as international agents and urges stronger efforts as communists press near Canton. Observers note forces aim to cut the Canton-Hankow railway, potentially forcing nationalist retreats. Washington diplomats anticipate talks between Acheson and Bevin on forming an anti-communist bloc in Southwest Asia.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
Canton
Chiang
Chiennan
Lungnan
Tingna
Hankow
Washington
Dean Acheson
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Southwest Asia
Scott Seeks Graham Renomination From North Carolina Governor
Governor Scott said he will stay hands off in next year’s elections with one exception Dr Frank P Graham his U S Senate appointee. He avoided campaigning for a friendly legislature and praised Graham a former UNC president who filled the vacancy after J Melville Broughton’s death. He indicated cooperation with the Washington delegation and criticized the 1949 legislature’s speaker Kerr Craige Ramsay for not backing his forward program.
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Raleigh
Scott
Frank P. Graham
U. S. Senate
General Assembly
Graham
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
J. Melville Broughton
Washington
U. S
Clyde R. Hoey
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Price Declines Insignificant Says Economist
Former War Production Board official Robert R. Nathan testified for the CIO Steelworkers union that recent price declines are too small to benefit workers. Nathan heads a Washington economic research group and spoke to President Truman’s steel industry fact finding board. The union seeks a 30 cent hourly package with pension and insurance benefits, while industry reps warn wage gains could reignite inflation.
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New York
CIO Steelworkers Union
Robert R. Nathan
War Production Board
Washington
Truman
Tobacco marketing in eastern North Carolina faces key issues
The piece notes the struggle to find the best marketing system for flue cured tobacco, citing hundreds of conferences among growers, warehousemen, and officials. It highlights 281 warehouses last year with $11,093,000 in selling commissions, growth in markets, and concerns over concentration and rural investment.
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North Carolina
Tractor-Trailer Demolishes Barn. Driver Critical
A 9100-pound trailer truck plowed into a tobacco barn on Highway 421 near Winston-Salem early today destroying both structures and injuring the driver, Frank Thompson of Wheeling, West Virginia, who was identified by a wrist watch. His condition was listed as very critical. Stacks of cured tobacco faced possible total loss.
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Winston-Salem
Here
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R-Ny
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