Western allies press for Berlin talks with Moscow
In Washington on July 31 the United States Britain and France disclosed a preliminary step toward ending the Berlin crisis. Envoys including Bevin Roberts Bedell Smith Cha tan eau and Harrison met Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin in Moscow to press for high level conferences with Soviet leaders likely including Premier Stalin. The State Department did not reveal specifics but urged swift direct talks to defuse the dangerous impasse.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Eee
Moscow
Berlin
State de Deene
Valerian A. Zorin
Russia
Molotov
Zorin
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chat
Stalin
Seven Miners Die in Alabama Gas Explosion
Seven coal miners are dead and 12 injured after a gas explosion at Edgewater mine near Birmingham Alabama. Rescue teams descended into the remote shaft area about four miles from the entrance as workers searched for one unaccounted miner amid the wreckage of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company mine nine miles west of the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edgewater
Here
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Weather outlook for North Carolina on Sunday August 1 1948
Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening, especially in the extreme east. Little change in temperatures, slightly cooler in the west and north Sunday. Official readings show varying highs and lows across the nation, including Charleston 87 and Chicago 99 with mixed precipitation and notable humidity.
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North Carolina
Official
Weather Bureau
Boston
Charleston
Chicago A. Apingham
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
High Point && Tl
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Miami
St. P
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Control Of Bank Credit Is Likely At This Session
Republicans pressed income taxes in the cost of living fight arguing Truman’s special session would double tax payments. Congress paused debates over prices poll tax and blame. Senator Taft of Ohio said the body might adjourn in a week.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
House
Martin (Mass
America
Martin
Mr. Truman
Millikin
R-Cole
Switzerland Celebrates Freedom and Neutrality Centennial
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Switzerland marks its 657th independence anniversary with church services parades yodeling and bonfires. He highlights the 1848 constitution centennial and Switzerland's neutral stance as reasons for its prosperity and humanitarian diplomacy amid world tensions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Switzerland
America
U. S
Ben
Maine
New York City
Community of Nations
Good Prices Predicted For Border Marts
Raleigh July 31 The tobacco quality for North Carolina border belt markets opening next Tuesday appears good according to W P Hedrick state agriculture department marketing specialist. He says quality matches last year and yield per acre is higher than 1947 despite a one fourth cut in acreage by government order. Opening prices may reach 56 50 per hundred pounds with a 4 cent government differential over Georgia-Florida leaf.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Border Belt
W. P. Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Hedrick
Great Britain
South Carolina
Georgia-Florida
Truman Says Lasting Peace Is U S Aim At Idlewild
President Truman dedicates Idlewild International Airport in New York calling it a symbol of American faith in lasting peace. He outlines three musts for world peace with liberty and notes the airport represents confidence, mutual trust, and economic recovery while a massive military air display showcases strength.
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New York
Truman
Idlewild
Thomas F. Dewey
New York International
Washington
German Munitions Maker And Associates Convicted
NUERNBERG Germany July 31 Alffred Krupp Von Bohlen and Halbach and ten other directors of the Krupp munitions works were found guilty of two war crimes counts including exploitation of slave labor and plundering occupied countries. A 50 000 word judgment named Ewald Loeser Eduard Houdremont Erich Mueller Friedrich Janssen Max Ihn Karl Eberhardt Heinrich Korschan Friedrich Von Buelow Werner Lehmann Hans Kupke and others as convicts. Karl Pfirsch was acquitted on all counts. The ruling came from a U S military court with judges H C Anderson Edward J Daly and William J Wilkins.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and
Halbach
U. S
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen
Krupp Munitions Works
Ruhr
Bismarck
Hitler
Karl Heinrich Pfirsch
H. C. Anderson
Jackson, Tenn
Edward J. Daly
Hartford, Conn
William J. Wilkins
Seattle
Wash
Ewald O. Loeser
Eduard Houdremont
Erich Mueller
Stalingrad
Friedrich W. Janssen
Krupp
Berlin
Max Otto Ihn
Karl F. Eberhardt
Heinrich L. Korschan
Bertha
Breslau
Freidrich von Buelow
Gestapo
Werner H. Lehmann
Hans Gustaf Kupke
Hungary may name pro red as president
In Budapest Parliament is to choose a successor to Zoltan Tildy after his resignation following the arrest of his son in law Victor Csornoky on espionage and treason charges. Arpad Szakasits, who led a socialist Communist merger, is expected to become president. Foreign officials deny a political crisis.
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Budapest
Hungary
Zoltan Tildy
Tildy
Interior Ministry
Victor Csornoky
Hungarian
Arpad Szakasits
Szakasits
Unified
Labor Party
Foreign Office
Csornoky
Egypt
Cairo
State reports 31 more polio cases total 1095
The North Carolina State Board of Health announces 31 new polio cases today raising the year’s total to 1 095 with 60 deaths overall. Cumberland leads counties with three outbreaks while Mecklenburg reported no cases yesterday and Asheville prepares tighter public gathering restrictions.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
C. P. Stevick
Cumberland County
Beaufort
Buncombe
Burke
Caldwell
Caswell
Cleveland
Craven
Durham
Gaston
Guilford
Henderson
Lee
Moore
Randolph
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Stanley
Union
Wake
Wayne
Wilkes
Yadkin
Roy Norton
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Asheville
Truman Dewey to Attend Military Air Show Today
President Truman and Governor Dewey will attend the dedication of Idlewild Airport in Queens New York and witness a peacetime air show. About 100000 spectators are expected as 1000 planes from the navy and air force perform a 35 minute sky parade led by jet propelled aircraft.
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Truman
Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
New York International
Idle, Wild
Queens
Mr. Truman
Gov. Dewey
Washington
Pawling
N. Y
la Guardia Field
Navy
Air Force
Testimony Expands Controversy Over Russian Spy Case
Miss Mary Price of Greensboro says legal action may follow accusations by Elizabeth Bent who claims Price dealt with a Communist to obtain information for Russia. Price, 39, heads the North Carolina Progressive party and calls Bent’s charges fantastical and an smear. She has referred the matter to attorney Mathew Silverman for possible recourse.
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Greensboro
Mary Price
Senate
Miss Price
Russia
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Elizabeth T. Bent
Great
New Progressive Party
Mathew Silverman
Pine Street
New York City
Miss Bentley
Pointblank
Greensboro Record
Former Roosevelt aide Currie named as wartime source
Elizabeth Bentley testifies before the House committee naming Lauchlin Currie and Harry Dexter White as sources for Soviet wartime information. She says Currie provided inside policy details and helped convey the U.S. move to break Soviet codes, while White belonged to the so called Silvermaster network and supplied information to Silvermaster.
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Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Harry Dexter
White
The
Treasury
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
House
American Activities Committee
Senate
Vassar
Currie
United States
R. Silvermaster
Thurmond to Speak at Cherryville Gathering in 5000 Crowd
Gov Strom Thurmond will headline the Cherryville watermelon festival tonight with a public speech on states' rights and civil rights. The event is expected to draw about five thousand attendees and will be broadcast by radio stations in North and South Carolina.
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Cherryville
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Columbia
North
Sau Carolina
Alabama
Thurmond
Mississippi
Fielding Wright
North Carolina
Arkansas
Florida
Wildwood
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Tex
Texas
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Channel
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Fla
Gaulden Reed
Coleman
Tommy Vincent
Bobby Brawley
GOP
Senate Finance Committee
Republican Party
Burnet R. Maybank
Willis Robertson
Virginia
Alfried Krupp
Pro-Red
Bentley
N. C
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