Laney Seeks Democratic Nominations with Southern Support
Arkansas Governor Ben Laney builds early convention vote totals and aims to unite Southern delegates. Texas pledges 50 votes with unit rule. Mississippi 22 and South Carolina 20 pledged. Laney vows to back states rights and oppose Truman civil rights policy. Laney remains in the race, insisting on principle.
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Philadelphia
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Ida
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
Virginia
Laney
Texas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Truman
Navy alerts carrier to be prepared over mutinous freighter
The U S Navy said a message claimed the William Carson crew mutinous has been quelled though planes from the carrier Coral Sea were readied to locate the freighter. The Missouri reported the Azores area earlier with the Carson 250 miles west of the Azores en route from Genoa to Nova Scotia.
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London
U. S. Navy
U. S
William Carson
A. J. McLean
Missouri
Azores
Gibraltar
Cuba
Coral Sea
Carson
Genoa
Nova Scotia
U. S. Coast Guard
South Atlantic Steamship Co
Savanah, Ga
E. W. Braithwaite
Savannah
W. A
Hampton Roads
Braithwaite
Campbell
English Channel
Dungeness
Six Added Polio Cases in North Carolina Reported
Raleigh July 13 Six additional polio cases were reported boosting the year total to 544 and the July total to 134 with June at 284 An official from the U S Public Health Service voiced confidence that state and local health workers are taking all necessary measures Guilford County led with six new cases followed by Rowan with four and other counties reporting from one to three cases The year’s spread prompted school openings to be postponed in Cleveland and Mecklenburg and a county camp plan to be reconsidered
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
U. S. Public Health Service
Guilford
Guilford County
Rowan County
Catawba
Davidson
Durham
Cleveland
Craven
Mecklenburg
Orange
Buncombe
Nash
Onslow
Rutherford
Stanly
Cabarrus County
Lenburg
Veland County
T Nor
Norton
A. J. Asel
Weather outlook for Carolina with scattered thundershowers
Partly to mostly cloudy weather with humidity and scattered evening and daytime showers. Hot start to Wednesday July 14 1948 with milder late Thursday through Saturday. Temperature records and precipitation totals across multiple cities show variable rain amounts and highs in the 70s to 90s in Charleston Columbia Chicago Denver Detroit and other listed locales.
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Carolina
Berk
Ore
Charleston
Charlotta
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Galveston
Raceas i
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meri
Mt Mitchell
St . N. Orleans
New York Raleigh
Antonio
Freisco
Sparta Bure
Barkley Named To Notify VP Nomination At Democratic Convention
A Democratic national committee list names Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as chairman of the committee to notify the vice presidential nomine if he is chosen. The notice is tied to Truman's ticket at the Philadelphia convention.
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Barkley
Saul
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alben
Philadelphia
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Battle for Jerusalem Road Escalates in Judean Hills
In the Judean hills near Lydda and Er Ramle artillery duels erupt as Israeli and Arab command posts contest control of routes to Jerusalem. Despite two Arab counterattacks, Israeli forces hold Lydda, with talks for a new Palestine truce led by Count Bernadotte reportedly advancing toward the UN Security Council. Joint Arab League deliberations proceed as leaders convene in Lebanon.
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Cairo
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Lydda
Judean
Er Ramle
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Count Bernadotte
U. N
Security Council
Reuther Walks Out Of Ford Wage Talks
Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers stormed out of Ford Motor Co wage negotiations in Detroit saying the talks pursue theoretical windmills. Ford VP John S Bugas retorted that the union is not yielding on demands and Reuther will return when practical terms are discussed.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Johns. Bugas
Reuther
20000 French Civil Employees Out On Strike
About 20,000 French civil servants walked out today in a move likely to spread and halt government operations for a million workers. The non communist workers force union struck over a flat 12 franc monthly raise as Premier Schuman’s cabinet offered concessions deemed insufficient. Interior justice health veterans ministries and local prefectures affected nationwide.
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Paris
Workers’ Force Union
Robert Schuman
Interior
Justice, Public Health and
Veterans Ministries
France
Tobacco Loan Rates Range To 70 Cents
The agriculture department sets 1948 flue-cured tobacco loan rates from 9 to 70 cents per pound with an average of 43.9 cents under 90 percent parity. Georgia and Florida rates are four cents lower. Top grades show 1947 and 1948 figures such as A1L 68 70 and N1IR 9 9.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Georgia
Florida
Platform Engineers Tone Down Truman Civil Rights Plank
Embattled Democratic platform drafters skipped a direct endorsement of Truman civil rights policy. They crafted a compromise race issue plank while omitting the broader states rights demand, aiming to unite party wings. The draft backs Taft Hartley repeal and a 75 cent minimum wage, with some fearing a floor fight remains possible.
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Philadelphia
Dixie
White House
Truman
Eastern Forest Fire Under Control Near Plymouth
A forest fire burning in the eastern North Carolina marshlands about seven miles south of Plymouth was reported under control today. The blaze burned an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 acres and was threatening peat and canal banks while still along three miles of fire lines.
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Plymouth
John L. Roper Lumber Company
Ledger Dispatch
Hugh Dudley
Convention Will Hear Rayburn This Evening
Tonight's Democratic convention program includes an invocation by Rabbi Max D. Klein and a memorial for President Roosevelt and World War III servicemen. Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas delivers the address as permanent convention chairman, followed by Reps. Helen Gahagan Douglas and Mary T. Norton.
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Senator Barkley
Max D. Klein
Congregation Adath Deshhurun
Philadelphia
Lawrence Tibbett
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Cam Morrison Leads North Carolina Demo for Barkley
Former governor Cameron Morrison carried the North Carolina banner in a Barkley for vice president demonstration. Morrison urged support for Alben Barkley of Kentucky while a large North Carolina delegation watched from chairs as heat curtailed attendance. Governor R Gregg Cherry chaired the delegation but did not participate due to the heat.
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Philadelphia
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Morrison
Roosevelt
R. Gregg Cherry
Showdown Nears in Berlin Clash Over Four-Power Berlin
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes tense talks among the Bolshevists and democracies over Berlin. Editorials warn of potential explosion if the Soviet blockade remains and discuss a possible round table with the four powers to settle the dispute.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Berlin
London Daily Mail
the Mail
Russia
Daily
Graphic
America
Europe
Germany
Moscow
Best Dressed Judge Admits Fund Shortage
Newark Police Judge P James Pellecchia Jr admitted sole responsibility for a 630000 shortage at Columbus Trust company where he was vice president and counsel He confessed to forging fictitious borrowers names on mortgages and payees on checks stating the loss stemmed from gambling on horses The case prompted the bank board to discuss merger with United States Trust Pellecchia born 1909 in Newark and a former family court judge was noted for his famed attire.
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Newark
N. J
P. James Pellecchia, Jr
Columbus Trust Company
John J. Dickerson
Pellecchis
Dickerson
Pellecchia
United States Trust Company
Pellegrino Pellecchia
Editorial Urges Fog Spraying to Fight Pest and Polio
The piece advocates spraying High Point with DDT to reduce flies and pests and possibly prevent infantile paralysis. It cites other cities’ experiences as evidence of benefit, notes costs under three thousand dollars, and asks invitingly for the mayor and city council to approve.
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High Point
Greensboro
Durham
Charlotte
Jamestown
Asheboro
Barkley Emerges as Likeliest Truman VP Pick at Democratic Convention
At Convention Hall Philadelphia July 13 1948 President Truman indicated openness to Barkley as his running mate amid a large Barkley surge. Barkley deflected comment saying he would decide after serving as temporary chairman and awaited convention votes. Democrats press for quick platform and ticket decisions as heat and momentum favor Barkley over younger contenders.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Barkley
Kentucky
McGrath
Washington
Margaret
Ewing
You Can Walk Polio Building Fund Drive
The Enterprise asks readers to donate to the Polio Building Fund for a new emergency hospital in Greensboro. Carriers will deliver envelopes with contributions, checked to Polio Building Fund, Friday or Saturday, encouraging every subscriber to participate.
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Greensboro
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Hal Boyle
Sen
William Barkley
Pine
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Lincoln
New York
South
Democratic Party
Navy
Coast Guard
Judean Hills
Hin
Lebanon
Arab League
Jeru
NEA
Rep
Rayburn
Cam Morrison
Britain
World
British War Office
William H. Draper
Turkey
Editorial
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