Administration Maps Job Plan to Target Spending
The Truman administration launched a regional job and business aid plan to pinpoint federal spending in unemployment hard hit areas. Secretary Sawyer led talks in Boston with New England leaders while Whitney and Blaisdell toured Louisville and Atlanta to gather on the spot data. A January economy appraisal deadline was set with a warning of a new pump priming program if conditions worsen.
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Washington
Truman
Sawyer
Boston
New England Council
New England
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Thomas C. Blaisdell
Louisville
Atlanta
Commerce Department
Mid-West
University of Chicago
Round Table
Theodore Yntema
Ford Motor Co
Douglas
D-Ill
State Conservation Board Opens Three Day Session
The State Board of Conservation and Development began a three day summer session in Morehead City with Governor Scott delivering the opening address. The group plans restoration work on Governor yon's palace in New Bern with about 400000 available. A bid shift for the state advertising contract is expected, with Aver and Gillette of Charlotte currently holding a 200000 yearly contract and AG Research led by Roy Parks seeking the job. Bill Sharpe resigns August 1 to lead Carolina Power and Light publicity, and Josh Horne is expected to be elected vice chairman as new committees are formed. The Wildlife Resources Commission will join tomorrow to discuss the striped bass issue.
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Morehead City
State Board of Conservation and Development
Scott
Yon
New Bern
Aver and Gillette
Charlotte
Eastman-Scott
Atlanta
AG Research
Roy Parks
Ithaca
N. Y
Raleigh
Bill Sharpe
Sharpe
Carolina Power and Light Company
Josh Horne
Rocky Mount
Wildfe Resources Commission
Mann Sees Moral Edge in Communism Over Nazism
Frankfort dispatch notes Thomas Mann, visiting Germany after 16 years in exile, stating communism has a moral relation to humanity and a better future, while Nazism was devilish. The 73 year old author says he is not a communist but that today is more Russian than communist and plans to accept a Goethe prize in Weimar.
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Frankfort
Germany
Thomas Mann
America
Mann
Weimar
Attic yields 20000 dollar jewelry hoard in Margate
In Margate Mrs Frank Mackie found a dirty napkin in an old chest containing rings brooches and bracelets studded with rubies emeralds and diamonds worth about 20000. Her husband once a Queen's hotel night porter believed it to be stolen loot from a 1987 robbery and he turned the items over to police after finding them in 1989.
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Margate
Eng
Frank Mackie
Queen's Hotel
Mackie
Communists Endorse Moscow Path Over Rome in Czechoslovakia
Prague reports Premier Antonin Zapotocky told 15,000 union members in Trutnov that Czechoslovakia would choose Moscow Stalin socialism if forced to decide between Catholicism and Communism. He warned the pope’s excommunication of Communists would affect the nation, while Communist officials denounced the Vatican decree as destabilizing. The press tied the Vatican order to U.S. policy as part of Cold War strategies.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mosco
Antonin Zapotocky
Trutnov
East
Rome
Moscow
Europe
Truman Seeks Congress Vote on Armament Aid for Western Europe
President Truman asks Congress to approve funding to arm Western Europe against Russia as part of the Cold War strategy. The Senate already endorsed joining the Atlantic pact, and debate centers on how much aid is required and who bears the defense burden.
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Europe
James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Russia
Congress
Senate
Stocks Stalls Then Rally As Market Closes Higher
New York traders backed away from a dull open then pushed ahead as earnings boosted sentiment. Commonwealth & Southern moved 25 000 shares at 45 8, Studebaker rose to 22, while leaders like U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodyear and Dow Chemical advanced on stronger June quarter profits from 6 517 131 versus 3 874 706 a year earlier.
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Commonwealth & Southern
Studebaker
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Kennecott Cooper
Dow Chemical
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
Santa Fe
N.Y. Central
Uthern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Missouri-Kansas- Texas Preferred
Standard Oil
Eastern Air Lines
Giving A B C Data Away Sparks AEC Hearing
Washington July 25 David F Lilienthal backed a plan to give A bomb know how to Britain by presidential action. this view became a major issue in a congressional probe of the atomic energy commission. Senator Hickenlooper pressed charges of mismanagement while Knowland urged Congress to approve any disclosure to foreign nations.
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Washington
David F. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
AEC
U S Ambassador Douglas to undergo cataract surgery
U S Ambassador Lewis Douglas will have a major cataract removal operation today at Middlesex hospital in London. The cataract stems from an injury when his eye was struck by a fishing hook near Southampton last April. Dr Maurice Whiting will perform the procedure with EB C Zorab assisting at the Southampton eye hospital where he was first treated.
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London
U. S
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
Southampton
Maurice Whiting
Middlesex Hospital
EB. C. Zorab
Southampton Eye Hospital
Okinawa hit by savage typhoon and new threat
Tokyo reports Okinawa battered by a typhoon with winds up to 150 mph. A seven year old American girl was killed and 16 Americans injured on the U S military base. Army and airforce crews aided civilians and set up shelters as damage rose.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Pacific
Army
U. S
Airforce Headquarters
Big Island
Japan
20Th Airforce
Navy
Airforce
Hawaii Dock Strike Deepens Deadlock After Talks
In Honolulu on July 25 the failed employer union conference called by Gov. Stainback intensified the 86 day Hawaii dock strike. The governor plans to seek powers to seize docks and hire civil service stevedores at a special legislative session, a proposal both sides oppose. An informal wage offer from CIO leader Henry Schmidt was rejected by employers.
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Honolulu
Ingram M. Stainback
Hawaii
Iolani Palace
Henry Schmidt
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
State Department Seeks Sweeping Arms Shipping Powers
The Truman administration asks Congress to approve a 1.45 billion foreign arms aid program as a first North Atlantic step. A draft bill would authorize the president to ship guns and other weapons to friendly nations worldwide, except atomic bombs, citing Soviet aggression and international communism as justification.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Russia
State Department
Department
Mr. Truman
Soviet Union
Europe
Greece
Ber
Truman Signs Atlantic Pact Amid Peace Drive
President Truman praised the North Atlantic pact as a step toward a free world and signed the instrument of ratification at a White House ceremony. He urged Congress to fund arms for free nations and warned this is only one step in preserving peace and freedom.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Senate
Congress
Parole Activity Shifts With North Carolina Governors
The article compares parole issuance and terminations under Governors Broughton Cherry and Kerr Scott. It notes fewer paroles and terminations under Scott in his first six months, attributing it to policy changes and a new parole commission. Revocations are largely driven by courts and welfare officers.
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Kerr Scott
Parole Commission
Broughton
Cherry
Scott
Street on Trial Climax Broadcast Tonight by WHPE Stations
Charlies G Streeton was found guilty of murder in the first degree with mercy life imprisonment after last week’s trial for the killing of Carl Davis. WHPE and WHPE FM will air the verdict and jury remarks tonight from 7 to 7 30, using wire recordings and reporters on site. Tune 1070 AM or 95.5 FM for the broadcast and surrounding reactions.
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WHPE
Charlies G. Streeton
Carl Davis
High Point
Whpe-Fm
Court Rules Rent Control Act Unconstitutional in Chicago
Federal Judge Elwyn R. Shaw held the 1949 rent control act invalid due to a local option clause allowing states to end it. Action in Woods v Shoreline Cooperative sought an injunction to stop evictions of 18 tenants but petition was dismissed. The decision urges Congress to date a new expiration rather than extend the act.
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Chicago
Elwyn R. Shaw
Op Lion
Shaw
Congress
Tighe E. Woods
Shoreline Cooperative, Inc
Anti-Poll Tax Bill Faces Fifth House Vote
Washington reports the House administration committee plans a fifth attempt to pass an anti-poll tax bill. Chair Norton predicts insufficient votes with fewer than 100 likely against a late today roll call. The measure would not outlaw poll taxes but would bar voting fees as a prerequisite for presidential and vice presidential elections and primaries.
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Washington
House
Senate
Norton
D-Nj
House Administration Committee
Caeerees
Reds Advance Toward Hunan Capital
Communists pushed closer to Changsha as Nationalists fear loss in Hunan. Reports place Reds five miles east of Changsha and ten miles east of Chuchow with three defense lines described. Government sources confirm capture of Yungan and fighting near Lil ing with Reds within five miles of Changsha. Inspector cleared in Durham investigation, with no change to the Electrical Inspector’s office.
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Canton
China
Hunan
Changsha
Chuchow
Kiangsi
Yengyang
Hunan-Kwangtung
Yungan
Liling
Durham
Durham County
E. J. Dennis
Truman GIs Plans For 1.45 Billion Foreign Armies Aid
President Truman asked Congress to approve a 1.45 billion foreign arms program aimed at eight European nations and others across Europe to Pacific. He said the aid is defensive and essential to counter Soviet aggression and sustain momentum for peace. The State Department released a bill granting the president flexible arms distribution while prohibiting atomic bombs.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Cones
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Bloodshed Box Score Highlights Road Toll
Raleigh report from the state motor vehicles department lists highway accident totals for the 24 hour period ending 10 am today with 4 killed and 61 injured. The year to date toll reaches 422 killed and 4 791 injured, including 361 killed and 3 926 injured in 1948.
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Raleigh
State Motor Vehicles Department
Trial of Smith May Strike 2nd Snag
Trial of Francis Duval Smith on lottery charges is set to begin in Wilmington superior court. Officials expect a postponement due to the absence of State witness Earl Black. Judge Henry Stevens of War Saw will preside over a two week term opening tomorrow.
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Wilmington
Francis Duval
George) Smith
Superior Court
Earl Black
Henry Stevens
Warsaw
English Vampire Killer Haigh Sentenced and Press Fined
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes the John George Haigh case in England where he is slated for the gallows after confessing to multiple murders. The London Daily Mirror faced a $40,000 fine and an editor three months in jail for printing him called a vampire.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
John George Haigh
Haigh
Olive Durant-Deacon
Scotland Yard
London Daily Mirror
Mirror
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