Truman Appoints Decontrol Board Veto Fight Swirls
Congress passes a Senate approved bill granting states title to tidelands and submerged lands along coasts and inland waterways. The House sent the measure to Truman amid calls for a veto. Krug backs a veto while opponents warn of oil reserves loss and defend state title.
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Washington
House
White House
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Interior
Krug
Supreme Court
Congress
Edwin W Uley
Pod
Harold Ickes
Ban Haan
Baptists Meet in Greensboro to Consider Wake Forest Offer
The North Carolina Baptist state convention convenes July 30 at 11 a.m. in Greensboro First Baptist to review a Z Smith Reynolds Foundation proposal to Wake Forest College. The body includes 2 696 churches totalling 583 896 members with messengers apportioned by church size and associations. Messages enroll from 9 30 a.m. credentials determine participation.
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The
Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
Casper C. Warren
First Baptist Church of
the Convention
Z. Smith Reynolds
Weather by temperature and rainfall across regions
July 27 AP weather report lists temperatures and rainfall in major cities including Memphis Miami Norfolk Raleigh Seattle Los Angeles Portland New Orleans New York San Francisco and Richmond. Readings show highs in mid to upper 80s with varying precipitation totals and zero to a few hundredths of an inch in several locales.
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M. TR
Richmond A
Louis
San Fran
Arabs Reject Partition Of Palestine In Jerusalem Talk
The Arab executive in Palestine rejected partition and refused to meet Jews in any conference. British official invites Arabs and Jews to negotiate before the United Nations assembly, while Jewish and Arab leaders warn of perpetual conflict over any partition scheme.
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London
Palestine
Britain
Jerusalem
Foreign Office
United Nations General Assembly
League of Nations
Middle East
Paris
Jewish Agency
Rent ceilings on new units revised to aid housing
The FHA announced new ceiling rules for new construction designed to boost large scale rental housing while aligning with veterans' needs. The $80 monthly top remains under the veterans program. Ceiling rents include land and costs for construction management operation and taxes.
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Washington
Veterans
Federal Housing Administration
Wilson W. Wyatt
National Housing
Raymond M. Foley
FHA
Office of Price Administration
Veterans Emergency Housing Program
Wyatt
Foley
Stage Is Set For Peace Talks At Paris Conference
In Paris at the Luxembourg Palace 21 nations prepare to open talks on peace treaties shaping postwar Europe. U S Secretary Byrnes and Soviet Molotov head a list of delegates as deputies arrive and others prep for deliberations on Italy Romania Finland Hungary and Bulgaria with caps on armed forces and reparations.
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Paris
Luxembourg Palace
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Italy
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Versailles
Germany
U. S
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
H. V. Evatt
Jan Masaryk
New Zealand
Walter Nash
W. L. MacKenzie King
Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Byrnes
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Georges Catroux
Beauford Jester Leads Texas Democratic Primary Early
In Dallas the Texas election bureau reports Beauford Jester ahead of Homer Rainey in the governor race with 13,943 to 9,507 votes from 25 of 254 counties. Grover Sellers and John Lee Smith trail, Duval County blocs boost Sellers and Connally earns 1,735 votes alongside Jester and Rainey totals. Connally leads re election bid with 10,517 votes to 3,178 for rivals.
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Dallas
Beauford Jester
Homer P. Rainey
Texas Election Bureau
Jester
Rainey
Grover Sellers
John Lee Smith
Jerry Sadler
Duval County
Texas
Sellers
Duval
Tom Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Georgia police head laments mob fear in Appalachee massacre
Major William F. Spence said local residents would not talk to aid the investigation of four black men killed near Monroe. He planned to ask the governor to seek federal mob violence legislation. Governor Arnall announced more than 10,000 dollars in rewards. The Southern Regional Council added 500 dollars, urging wider cooperation to solve the killings.
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Monroe
Georgia State Police
Mewsmen
Here
William F. Spence
Atlanta
Spence
J. Loy Harrison
Appalachee
Harrison
Theader
Ellis Arnall
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Walton County
Arnall
Southern Regional Council
Guy D. Johnson
Price Gives 400000 for Greensboro Catholic Church Memorial
Greensboro insurance executive Julian Price donates 400000 for a new Catholic church and rectory in Greensboro to honor the late Mrs. Price. Plans call for immediate construction on West Market Street with a 600 seat church inspired by Our Lady of Refuge in Brooklyn, plus school and parish buildings.
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Raleigh
Julian Price
Greensboro
Our Lady of Refuge
Brooklyn
George W. Kane
Roxboro
Dur
Cathol
Waters
Virgin
Mrs. Price
Lagoon Still Too Radioactive To Permit Survey
Aboard USS Appalachain and USS Fallon off Enyu Island, July 28, two ships from the atom bomb test zone remain ghost ships. No crew dares board them three days after the rain of radioactive fallout, with small boats allowed only briefly within 100 feet.
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Howard W. Blakesler
Appalachian
Hughes
Fallon
Enyu Island
Congress Heads Homeward as Adjournment Nears
The 79th Congress adjourns with unfinished Truman proposals and a planned formal wrap on Friday. House leaders foresee possible quorum issues as members depart for a long vacation, while Senate action remains uncertain. Presidents policies on labor, price controls, and draft law faced mixed success. Britain loan approved amid ongoing wartime legacies.
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Washington
79Th Congress
Truman
House
Senate
McCormack
Mass
Randolph
W.va
Kopplemann
House of Representatives
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Great Britain
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Border Marts All Set For 1946 Opening
Border belt tobacco markets across North and South Carolina prepare for opening next Thursday. 1946 crop projections total 256.3 million pounds with 95k NC and 146k SC acres planted. Towns include Chadbourn Clarkton Fair Bluff Fayetteville Conway Mullins Lake City Timmonsville and more as price ceilings remain undecided.
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Raleigh
Border Tobacco Belt
North Carolina
South Carolina
U. S. Crop Reporting Board
Border Belt
Chadbourn
Clarkton
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Lamberton
Whiteville
Fayetteville
Conway
Darlington
Dillon
Kingstree
Lake City
Loris
Mullins
Pamlico
Timmonsville
Florida Belt
Georgia
United States
Bakker Heads Three Man Price Group
President Truman named Roy S. Thompson George H. Mead and Daniel W. Bell to form the decontrol board under the new price control act. They will set which items stay under ceilings and will be paid 12000 a year. The senate referred nominations to the banking committee for action pending.
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Washington
Truman
Roy S. Thompson
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
George H. Mead
Mead Pulp & Paper Company
Dayton
Ohio
NRA
War Labor Board
Office of War Mobilization
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury Department
Budget
Treasury
Washington Bank
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
OPA
Bell
Hawkes
R-Nj
McClellan
D-Ark
Price
Paul Porter
Office of Price Administration
Stabilization
Congress
Comptroller Asked To Aid Investigators
Senate war profits probes focus on reports of influence in war contracts and a munitions maker’s son shielded during service. Mead chair announces Lindsay Warren summoned to public hearing on improper profits through the General Accounting Office. Detroit firm linked to Washington supplier of influence.
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Washington
Senate
Pat
Mead Committee
War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-Ny
Lindsay C. Warren
General Accounting Office
Ferguson
R-Mich
Detroit
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North Carolina Retail Food Dealers Association
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