Western Democracies Position The Berlin Crisis
Western democracies maneuver for leverage as they oppose Bolshevist aggression. The United States and Britain stop train movement to the Russian zone, claim technical issues, while air transport continues to aid western Berlin residents. Western zones governors and German leaders agree on a unified administration for the Reich including the Ruhr, a move Moscow opposes as it seeks to fold Germany into the Soviet bloc.
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Weather report for Carolina with scattered thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and warm with thundershowers in the west today and tonight. For Wednesday temperatures rise with light to moderate rain expected, mainly in the western areas. Temperatures across major cities show highs in the 80s and 90s and rainfall amounts varying, with some locations reporting no rain in the 24 hour period.
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Georgia
25 Year Olds To Be Called First In Draft
Washington reports that Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey announced 25-year-old men will be drafted first. The plan projects about 5,000,000 men processed in six months, starting with 25-year-olds and moving to younger ages. Senators Gurney and Andrews praised the system as fair and in line with the law.
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House
Negroes May Raise Million For Truman
Harlem Democratic leader Herbert L. Bruce announced a nationwide drive to raise one million dollars from Negro Americans to support the Truman civil rights program. Bruce said the plan targets one dollar gifts from one million Negroes to show support and fund civil rights efforts.
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New York
Herbert L. Bruce
Harlem
Bruce
States Rights Meet Set For Houston Texas
Governor Thurmond announces Houston Texas as the site for the states rights Democrats official notification and acceptance of his presidential nomination. The rally date is August 11 with speakers including Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi. Thurmond says Texas will decide on adopting the regular Democratic organization and a national campaign is to be formed soon.
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S. C
Houston
Texas
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Thurmond
Purely Political Debate Breaks Over Truman Housing Plan
Republican congressional leaders called President Truman's housing and cost-of-living message purely political. They vowed a party policy statement by nightfall and discussed adjournment within two weeks of the special session prompted by his recommendations.
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Washington
Truman
Triman
Meteor Showers Light Night Skies Across Carolinas and Virginia
North and South Carolina and Virginia residents reported shooting stars moving westward before 10 pm. Meteors appeared in colors from red to purple at about 4000 feet altitude, with observers hoping for the delta aquariid shower around July 28. Experts cautioned the shower is usually mild but could surprise observers under favorable conditions.
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Virginia
Associated Press
Robert Coles
New York City
Hayden Planetarium
Western powers plan oral Berlin talks with Molotov
Western diplomats from the United States Britain and France will present their governments views orally to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov on Berlin crisis. W Bedell Smith and Sir Maurice Peterson attended a three hour meeting of Western diplomats as Bevin prepares a parliamentary statement and cancels Malta vacation.
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W. Bedell Smith
Maurice Peterson
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Britain
France
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Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
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Bevin
Malta
Red Satellite Nations Sign Alliance Pact
The state department released texts of 22 pacts signed by Moscow and Soviet bloc states as part of a network of treaties against aggression. The compilations show mutual military support and close collaboration, with similar terms to consult on questions and act together against aggression, mostly 20 year treaties.
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Truman Orders FEPC In Effect For Federal Workers
President Truman issues two executive orders creating a fair employment practice board in the civil service and a committee on equality of treatment in the armed services. Southern senators led by Senator Russell denounce the moves as political surrender and vow resistance.
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Truman
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Georgia
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dixiecrat Ticket Set to Carry South in November
Re Williams of Mississippi predicted the southern states rights ticket led by Thurmond and Wright would win the solid south and more electoral votes than Truman. He said the ticket could appear on at least 24 ballots and that southern civil rights Democrats would dominate House Democrats after the election.
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Polio Incidence Seen Peaking in North Carolina
North Carolina health officials report a rising monthly total with 33 new polio cases bringing the year’s count to 960. Dr Roy Norton says cases may begin to decline as several counties already show leveling off and health experts note the epidemic appears to have passed the hump. Mecklenburg leads with six July cases. other counties report smaller totals across Guilford Wake Cleveland Randolph Burke Cabarrus Davidson Gaston Yadkin Johnston New Hanover Union Onslow and Moore.
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Roy Norton
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Charlotte
Kenneth Landauer
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
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Wake
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Ran
Dolph
Burke
Cabarrus
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Gaston
Yadkin
Johnston
New Hanover
Union
Buncombe
State Health Board
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Mecklenburg
Durham
Henderson
Rockingham
Moore
Surry
Clement Resigns As Executive Editor in Greensboro News
Greensboro July 27 executive editor Hunt Clement Jr of the Greensboro Daily News and Greensboro Record resigns effective August 31 after joining the papers last December 1. General Manager P T Hines says Clement's successor is not named and Clement has no comment on his plans.
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Hunt Clement, Jr
Greensboro Daily News
Greensboro Record
P. T. Hines
Clement
Elizabeth City Band Dazzles New York Lions Convention
The Elizabeth City High School band from North Carolina with 100 members led by drum major Charles Armstrong entertained 300,000 New Yorkers. They perform at Madison Square Garden, showcase at the North Carolina exhibit, and headline a Lions Club dinner while defrayed costs total 17000 by North Carolina Lions.
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Charles Armstrong
Sarah Jackson
North Carolina
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Taft
Bennett
North Carolina Lions
Truman seeks limited controls to curb rising living costs
President Truman urged Congress to back price controls and excess profits taxes to avert a great low mood that could threaten peace. He pressed for authority to curb wages, proposed six spending brakes, and warned that communists count on prosperity collapsing. He spoke to a joint session as action loomed on scarce commodities like steel and meat.
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Marie Cabinet Divested Of Communists
Paris July 27 Premier Andre Marie formed a new coalition cabinet that contains no Communists and sent its members to President Vincent Auriol. Robert Schuman will be foreign minister replacing Georges Bidault in a government seen as stable but possibly fragile due to socialist opposition and cautious finance choices by Paul Reynaud.
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Andre Marie
Vincent Auriol
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France
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Robert Schuman
Schuman
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Marie
Socialist Party
Paul Reynaud
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