Hurricane Misses Coast as New Storm Forms South
The Atlantic storm passes 300 miles east of Martinique with winds up to 60 mph and rough seas. Forecasters say a new hurricane is developing south of the current system while the Hatteras coast expects strong winds tonight and through Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Miami
Fra
Atlantic
Martinique
Lesser Antilles
Benjamin Griegson
Weather Bureau
Mwere Sane Hunter Alane
Aavy Meane Reese Prewere
Grady Norton
Caje Hatteras
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Norton
Atlantic Seaboard
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Younger 25 Year Olds Begin Registration in Draft System
Associated Press reports 25 year olds born August 30 to December 31 1922 register as the next class in Selective Service. Officials expect exemptions for many due to prior service or dependency. Inductions planned for November December and ongoing through 1923 with Navy Air Force and Army quotas. Peace protest scenes noted in Columbus and San Juan with groups calling for pacifism.
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Army
Selective Service
Forrestal
Navy
Airorce
Volun
Columbus
Ohio
San Juan
Arto Rico
Rocity
New York
Tito Tightens His Grip On Yugoslavia
Premier Tito restructured Yugoslavia increasing power for Eduard Kardelj and Alexander Rankovic. Stanoje Simic ousted as foreign minister while Kardelj becomes foreign minister and Rankovic rises to vice premier and interior minister. The decree marks a reconstruction and alignment against Moscow.
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London
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Eduard Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
Stanoje Simic
Kardelj
Control Commission
Rankovic
Tito
Eastern Mart Leaf Prices Rising on Border Belt Tobacco
Auction reports from the Border Belt show most tobacco grades gaining 1 to 3 dollars as prices recovered losses from a quiet period. Some inferior qualities still declined by about 1 dollar, according to federal and state agriculture departments.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Border Belt
Peters May Be Held In Contempt
A House Un American Activities subcommittee threatens contempt charges against J Peters for refusing to answer questions about communists. Whittaker Chambers named Peters as director of an underground spy apparatus in 1934, hindering testimony as red spying details remain unrevealed.
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New York
J. Peters
House
Peters
Whittaker Chambers
House un-American Activities
Petes
Omg
House Committee
Washington
Chambers
Time Magazine
Red
McDowell
R-Pa
Rep
Nixon
America
United States
States' Rights ticket favored in Texas counties
In Harris Brazoria and Harrison counties voters backed the States Rights presidential ticket over Truman and Barkley in a referendum. Harris tallied 44 936 for Thurmond Wright and 22 721 for Truman Barkley. Brazoria margin slim Thurmond Wright 933 to Barkley 752. Harrison 3126 to 1533. The vote guides but does not replace Democratic candidates on the ballot. The larger elector instruction fight awaits the Fort Worth convention on September 14.
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Houston
Tex
Harris
Texas
Brazoria
Harrison
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding Wright
Harris County
Truman
Alben Barkley
Highway Commission to Discuss Raises with Governor
A North Carolina state highway commission delegation planned talks with Governor Cherry about pay raises for highway employees. The meeting followed a request from Highway Chairman A. H. Graham and was set for late today in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Cherry
A. H. Graham
Russians Press Berlin as Four-Power Talks Continue
In Berlin the Soviet commandant Kotikov met with a delegation from east Berlin workers who urged withdrawal of occupation troops and a democratic government with Berlin as capital. Moscow said western insistence on technicalities blocks procedural agreement while four powers near accord on Berlin handling. The Ruhr should be under four‑power control, officials say, per Potsdam.
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Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Alexander Kotikov
Westernerlin
Kremlin
Paegliche Rund
Tavy Administration
Ruhr
Bizonia
Molotov
Stalin
Sokni Ivsky
New Pain Killer Reported To Chemical Society
At the American chemical society meeting in Washington on Aug 31, four Smith Kline & French chemists described a new pain-killing compound called SEF A. The drug, 1- (B-dimethylamino-ethoxy) -4butylisoquinoline, showed strong local anesthesia in rabbits lasting over three hours at one hundredth of one percent dilution, beating cocaine and other anesthetics.
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Washington
American Chemical Society
Smith, Kline & French Laboratories
Philadelphia
Bitter Pill Dictatorship Favored Over French Coalition
AP analysis notes the month old French coalition fell over the weekend and sparks worries about stability in a nation pivotal to Europe. Brittany residents express desire for firm leadership while De Gaulle gains support for stronger executive power. Restrictions on democracy emerge amid wartime style urgency.
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Andre Marie
Paris
France
la Belle France
Europe
Preston Grover
A. P
Bureau
Brittany
Charles de Gaulle
Reater
Maine
Paul Reynaud
Great Financial Authority
Reynaud
Marie
Truman condemns egg attack on Wallace in North Carolina tour
Henry Wallace faced eggs tomatoes and boos as he spoke in Charlotte Mecklenberg county crowd of 2500. President Truman called the egging un American and said Wallace may speak like any American. Wallace continues southern tour with more stops and support from the American Labor party.
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Wallace
Henry Wallace
Greensboro
N. C
Progressive Party
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Truman
Charlotte News
Moscow
Henry
Mecklenburg County
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
North Carolina
Charles G. Ross
Burlington
High Point
Ross
Dexter
Iowa
Des Moines
Associated Press
South
North
American Labor Party
New York
Three NC Counties Vote On Beer and Wine Today
Voters in Cherokee Cumberland and Mc Dowell counties cast ballots to decide if their counties may continue selling beer and wine. Northampton votes tomorrow. Dry forces, victorious in the last 14 referendums, expected more wins as nine counties previously gave them large victories.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Cherokee
Cumberland
Mc‘Dowell
Northampton
North Carolina polio total passes 1 800 mark
North Carolina reports 29 new poliomyelitis cases bringing the year's total to 1 808 and August total to 563. Two deaths raise the annual toll to 93. Various counties report new cases and several school openings are postponed.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Cleveland County
Buncombe County
Cleveland
Davidson
Durham
Burke, Cabarrus and
Catawba
Alexander, Craven
Gaston
Harnett
Orange
Rutherford
Sampson
Stanly
Union
Wilkes
Wayne County
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Great Smoky Park Still The No 1 Drawing Card
North Carolina visitors still flock to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as the top drawing card for U S parks despite the polio epidemic. A Raleigh reporter counted license plates near Cherokee and Clingman’s Dome noting cars from 23 states and the District of Columbia. Souvenir shops and tourist courts were quieter nearby, with a higher than usual share of African American visitors seen around Newfound Gap and Clingmans Dome areas.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
United States
Cherokee
Clingman's Dome
Newfound Gap
Illinois
Ohio
Tennessee
North Dakota
California
Kentucky
District of Columbia
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
New Jersey
Kansas
Louisiana
Indiana
New York
Iowa
Virginia
Michigan
Maryland
Clingman
Berlin Talks Begin On Berlin Crisis Settlement
Berlin wartime governance officials from the United States Britain France and Russia met to discuss easing the Berlin blockade and a currency dispute. Gen Lucius D Clay Gen Wassily Sokolovsky Gen Sir Brian Robertson and Gen Pierre Koenig attended with a large advisory group. Negotiations may shift to Moscow if progress continues, with a likely weeklong duration.
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State Department
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Wassily Sokolovsky
Russia
Sir Brian Robertson
Britain
Pierre Koenig
France
Allied Control Authority
Michael McDermott
Berlin
Moscow
Kremlin
Clay
Robert Murphy
Taft-Hartley Act Blasted At North Carolina Labor Meet
Asheville August 31. North Carolina Federation of Labor lectures on the Taft-Hartley act as officers are nominated for tomorrow’s elections. Anthony Valente UFL president and D Yates Heffner federal mediation official headline sessions. Joan O Hare AFL CIO unity noted for Labor Day marches.
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Asheville
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Anthony Valente
Washington D C
United Textile Workers of America
UFL
D. Yates Heffner
Charlotte
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Joan O'Hare
Washington
Rocky Mount Allows Electric Rate Increases
The state utilities commission granted Domestic Electric Co of Rocky Mount permission to raise rates. The change will add about 2500 dollars in annual income and increases the monthly minimums to 1.50 dollars for residential service and 2 dollars for commercial service, affecting roughly 700 customers in Nash Edgecombe and Wilson counties.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Domestic Electric Company of
Rocky Mount
Incoe
Domestic Electric
Nash
Edge
Ecombe
Wilson Counties
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Jacksonvit
Reds
Chemical Society
Dewitt MacKenzie
Labor Party
Detroit
Thomas F. Dewey
Los Angeles
General Hospital
Sidney B. Clark
Corona Naval Hospital
Curtis
Buzzie) Dall Boettiger
Roosevelt
Great Smoky Park
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