Funeral For Hughes To Be Private
Charles Evans Hughes former chief justice of the United States died at 86 in Washington. Funeral services planned in New York with an escort from the Supreme Court marshal. He twice served on the high court and narrowly lost the 1916 presidential race to Woodrow Wilson.
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Osterville
Mass
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
United States Supreme Court
Vee
Harding
Coolidge
U. S. Supreme Court
Wianna Club
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Hughes
Harlan Fiske Stone
Glen Falls
N. Y
Colgate
Brown University
U. S
Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
California
Wallace Campaign Denied Dining Seats by Baltimore Hotels
The Progressive party’s Henry A. Wallace protested to Maryland Governor Lane that major Baltimore hotels denied dinner reservations for the Wallace group citing a policy of racial discrimination. Wallace said hundreds were blocked from attendance due to Negro attendance. in Durham Wallace’s Sunday reservation at the Washington Duke hotel was canceled and he would stay with a Black host.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Baltimore
Progressive Party
Wallace
Durham
Henry Wallace
Washington Duke
Mary Price
Orth Carolina
Viola Scott
Frank Grantham
Production Up 4.4 Percent During Year
The Factory survey of 1,400,000 workers shows productivity rising 4.4 percent in the year ended August 2, with wages up 9.7 percent in the same period. The findings come from the magazine's second annual survey.
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Washington
Eight Nations Open Talks On Antarctic Control
The United States initiated talks with Argentina Australia Chile France New Zealand Norway and the United Kingdom on an international administration for Antarctica. Britain reportedly agrees in principle to an international regime though Argentina and Chile reportedly object. The United States has made no territorial claims and reserves all rights.
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Aug. W
State Department
United States
Antarctic
Argentina
Australia
Chile
France
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom
London
Britain
U. S.S
Draft Enacted For Protection Says Draft Enacted For Protection
Major General Lewis B. Hershey outlined the national draft on NBC broadcast, urging self preservation through selective service. Registration for men 18 to 25 begins Monday and runs to September 18 with 4,000 draft boards and five centers per board, followed by a 16 question form used to determine classifi cation.
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Greenville
America
Lewis B. Hershey
Washington
NBC
Hershey
Nine Counties Ballot Today On Beer and Wine
Voters across nine North Carolina counties cast ballots on beer and wine sales with several counties delaying or facing legal challenges. Polls open in Alexander Avery Columbus Duplin Gaston Hoke Macon Madison Montgomery. others vote next Tuesday. </s>
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Avery
Columbus
Duplin
Gaston
Hoke
Macon
Madison
Montgomery
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Cumberland
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Northampton County
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Rutherford County
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Lincoln
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Robeson
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Yancey
Clay
Ashe
Lomakin Boards Liner For Home Berlin Controversy Continues
John J. Meehan United Press correspondent and four American soldiers were released by the Russians in Berlin. Three Germans and two correspondents, including Ellen Lintz of the Herald Tribune, were also freed after being seized while entering the Soviet sector to obtain a letter text. Meehan telephoned his office to report he was safe after release.
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John J. Meehan
United Press
New York Herald Tribune
Meehan
Hazelton
Ellen Lintz
Herald Tribune
Theoviet
Chambers Denounces Hiss Again
The bitter feud between Whitaker Chambers and Alger Hiss over truth before the House committee may reach court. Chambers accepted a challenge to repeat Communist charges publicly without libel immunity after a radio exchange. Hiss’s lawyer says he will study the broadcast script for possible suits while Chambers claims he will not expect legal action.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Time Magazine
John F. Davis
A Eee
Lomakin Leaves New York as Soviet Consul General Sails
Soviet consul general Jacob M. Lomakin, stripped of credentials, sails with his two children to Goeteborg Sweden aboard the Stockholm. He says little and hints he may speak in two weeks. Moscow ordered closure of the New York and San Francisco Soviet consulates amid the Kasenkina case.
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New York
Jacob M. Lomakin
Goeteborg
Sweden
Lomakin
Lora
Alexis
Russia
United States
Stockholm
Lomakins
Moscow
Finland
Thrs
Washington
State Department
San Francisco
U. S
Oksana Kasenkina
United Nations
Russians in Berlin Jeep Chase Shootout Over Sector Lines
Four gun brandishing Russians including a red bear lieutenant colonel fled through Berlin's American sector in an amphibious jeep. American MPs pursued for seven miles shooting tires and firing across road blocks but the vehicle crossed into the Soviet sector near downtown Potsdam.
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Berlin
U. S.S
Potsdam
Belvidere Youth Drowns at Harvey Point
Otis Marshall Winslow 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Winslow of Belvidere, drowned Friday afternoon while swimming with friends at Harvey Point. He disappeared in a channel dredged by the navy. his body was recovered by Robert Jordan of Hertford. Sheriff Owens and Acting Coroner Dr. Brinn investigated the accident.
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Otis Marshall Winslow
B. G. Winslow
Belvidere
Harvey Point
Winslow
Navy
Robert Jordan
Perquimans County
M. G. Owens
T. P. Brinn
Prices Unsteady On Eastern Leaf Markets
Raleigh August 28 Prices on the eastern North Carolina tobacco markets were unsteady with few grades showing shakiness on the border belt. Eastern markets posted changes up to four dollars per hundred pounds with more losses than gains. Thursday sales totaled 8 528 201 pounds at 46 42 per hundred, boosting the season’s green to 39 681 451 pounds. The border belt yesterday totaled 9 190 265 pounds at 48 94 bringing the year’s total to 146 964 618 pounds at 53 37.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolinas
Border Belt
States Rights Party Eyes curb service plan in 1952
Sumter South Carolina August 28 The States Rights Democrats promise a strong States Rights plank in 1952 with curb service to the south A Birmingham Alabama leader Judge Horace C Wilkinson spoke at a $25 a plate dinner attended by over 200 people A radio hookup extended the address and more than five thousand dollars was raised for the campaign fund Wilkinson listed aims including forming an electoral bloc to defend states rights and educating the public about constitutional concerns.
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Sumter
S. C
Horace C. Wilkinson
Birmingham
Ala
Wilkinson
Charles L. Cuttino
Alabama
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Hurricane threatens coast as hurricane speeds toward land
At Cherry Point North Carolina about 225 Marine aircraft sit ready for evacuation to inland sites such as Cleveland Youngstown Ohio and Roanoke Virginia if the hurricane off the Florida coast continues toward land. Forecasters note the storm moves northwest with speeds of 18 to 25 mph and may shift, blocking typical curve patterns.
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Marine Air Base
Public Information Office
Florida
Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio
Roanoke
Small tropical hurricane sizes up Atlantic approach
A small tropical hurricane in the Atlantic 670 miles east of Florida gained speed as it churned toward the mainland. Packing winds of 100 to 115 mph, the storm was tracked by weather officials at 5 15 a m EST with potential to threaten the seaboard.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
French Cabinet Resigns Over Wage And Price Issues
Paris reports the month old government of Premier Andre Marie resigns over wages and prices, plunging France into a possible major crisis. President Vincent Auriol calls in leaders and postpones successor selection. Robert Schuman to cover foreign minister duties until a new cabinet forms.
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Andre Marie
France
Vincent Auriol
Marie
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Paul Reynaud
Auriol
Heat Wave Grips Nation as Relief Eludes East
Chicago reports no relief from an intense heat wave blanketing the eastern half of the nation. The prolonged warm spell surrounds the region with record temperatures, delaying plans and stressing daily life.
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Chicago
Navy's Huge Flying Boat Sets New Time Record
The Navy's Caroline Mars, a four engine flying boat, set distance and time records on a Honolulu to Chicago non stop flight. The ship neared Chicago after roughly 4,400 miles with potential 4,500 mile mark from Hawaii, piloted by Lt. Comdr. Robert J. Hunt.
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Chicago
Caroline Mars
South Bend
Ind
Glenview
Ill
Naval Air Station
Honolulu
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan City
Detroit
Grosse Isle
Robert J. Hunt
Trenton
N. J
Hawaii
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Maryland
Natal
Brazil
Moscow's Strong-Arm Methods Draw Abroad to Criticism
Moscow uses direct action and coercion in domestic policy and diplomacy, drawing sharp foreign backlash. Case samples include the Kasenkina incident in New York and protests in Berlin where Soviet‑trained Communists pressure meetings and aim to seize control, per Wes Gallagher's analysis.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Yester
Berlin
Wes Gallagher
A. P
Stalin
Kremlin
North Carolina Polio Cases Rise to 1754 That Year
Twelve new polio cases were reported, elevating the annual total to 1,754 with two new deaths bringing the year’s toll to 89. Forsyth Gaston Guilford counties each reported multiple cases as officials urged parents to confine younger children to curb the spread.
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State Board of Health
Buncombe County
Forsyth County
Gaston
Guilford
Buncombe
Caldwell
Columbus
New Hanover
Surry
Board of Health
Black man Admits confronting two Florida women
Felix Combs, 24, a former carnival worker, signed a statement admitting he hurt two socially prominent white women in Clearwater scheduled to marry. He led officers to the victims’ homes and described the confrontations, saying his aim was robbing for money.
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Fla
Todd Tucker
Tucker
Felix Combs
Combs
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