Brewers Start Three Months Grain Saving
Washington reports a voluntary three month program by about 450 brewers to cut grain use by 25 percent and avoid wheat and rice products to conserve corn. The move aims to save 1,000,000 bushels monthly, with luckman and Oliver Jacobson announcing cooperation and a drive to aid grocers with substitute foods.
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United States Brewers Foundation
Small Brewers Committee
Luckman
Charles Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
Kentucky
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc
Bardstown, Ky
Heaven Hill Distributing Corporation of
Los Angeles
Oliver Jacobson
Washington
High Profits From Arabian Oil Concessions
Senate war investigating committee heard that American backed foreign corporations earned 117 million dollars in profits from an Arabian oil concession without paying US taxes. H M Herron testified profits but denied overcharges on 60 million dollars of Arabian oil supplied to the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate War Investigating Committee
H. M. Herron
Herron
Brewster
R-Me
PCA Rally Ends In Virtual Riot At Independence Hall
A PCA rally protesting the House un-American Activities Committee investigation of Hollywood drew about 2,000 to Independence Square Philadelphia. Police ejected hecklers after scuffles and a near riot as 30 officers patrolled the crowd. The event, held under federal court sanction, demanded the investigation be abolished and featured speakers who did not appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
House Committee On un-American Activities
Hollywood
Independence Hall
Russia
Progressive Citizens of America
PCA
Independence Square
Placid Square
Washington
House Committee
Hollywood Group
Francis Fisher Kane
U. S
Joseph Myerson
Eastern Pennsylvania
Marshall to Decide on Further Aid to China
Secretary of State Marshall is poised to decide soon on expanding U S aid to China's central government to combat Communist expansion. Washington sources note urgency as a possible year end decision precedes a London trip for a foreign ministers' conference on the German peace treaty.
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Washington
Marshall
London
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
China After Serving There As President Truman
United States
Richardson Arraigned Again on Mill Strike Charge
Thomasville police arrest Glenn Richardson 25 of 505 Ba singer street for igniting a firecracker near the Amazon Cotton mills office. He faces trial November 10 on the strike related charge, and additional counts including assault with a deadly weapon and rock throwing at a company bus. No damage occurred.
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Thomasville
Glenn Richardson
Basinger Street
Amazon Cotton Mills
Grady Linsicomb
Linsicomb
Paul M. Shore
Richardson
Lima earthquake kills at least three people
An earthquake in Peru killed at least three people with reports of higher losses possible. Lima felt the tremor at 10 a m while interior areas suffered heavy damage including a cathedral tower collapse in Huancayo injuring several and killing two children. one death occurred at Huancavelica.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
Interior Ministry
Huancayo
Huancavelica
Installment Buying Easier as Control Ends
In a New York report dated Nov 1 Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Montgomery Ward announce down payments of 10 percent and 18 months to pay on all installment merchandise, contrasting with former higher terms under Regulation W. The Fed notes inflation risks and urges restraint, warning easier credit won’t boost supply but may amplify demand.
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New York
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Montgomery Ward and Co
Federal Reserve Board
Mississippi Senate Race Shaped by Civil Rights Debate
Mississippi voters prepare to elect a U S Senator to replace the late Theodore Bilbo amid reactions to President Truman’s civil rights committee report. Candidates like Forrest Butler Jackson and John Cornelius Stennis respond to the charge of federal interference while Rankin defends white supremacy norms during a tardy campaign nearing the finish.
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Sen
Bilbo
Theodore G. Bilbo
United States
Mississippi
John E. Rankin
Tupelo
Forrest Jackson
Jackson
William Colmer
Pascagoula
John Stennis
DeKalb
Paul B. Johnson, Jr
Hattiesburg
L. R. Collins
Jedleck
Romney Wheeler
Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Truman
South
Forrest Butler Jackson
William Meyers Colmers
Sixth
John Cornelius Stennis
John Elliott Rankin
Paul Burney Johnson, Jr
Marine Corps
Gov. Johnson
Collins
Acreage Cut Described As Too Drastic
Raleigh November first. North Carolina tobacco growers face a potential 101 million dollar loss in next year's gross income if a 30 percent acreage cut is adopted. Hedrick, tobacco marketing specialist, notes many authorities oppose such a drastic reduction and favor 20 percent. Current 1947 yields show an 18 percent drop from 1946, with projected total gross around 270 million if trends continue.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Hedrick
Henderson
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Sugar plentiful despite termination of controls
After price controls ended at midnight, surveys found no US shortages or price hikes. Brokers in Chicago reported ample supply and a one month refined sugar stock in city warehouses. Some expect prices to rise modestly, while others foresee a strong next year crop and surplus in New York.
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United States
Chicago
Lamborn and Co
New York
Cuba
Europe
Hurricane death toll rises in Florida
Joseph Evans, 49, who suffered a fractured spine from a tree fall during the Sept. 17 hurricane, died today in a Miami hospital. The death brings the storm toll to 23 fatalities directly or indirectly attributed to the hurricane.
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Miami
Fla
Joseph Evans
Britain objects to interim rule in Palestine at UN session
London officials say Britain will not accept sole or major enforcement duties during the six month interim before Arab and Jewish states gain independence on July 1. John Martin told the UN committee Britain would not relinquish all responsibilities while supporting the U S partition plan.
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Lake Success
Britain
U. S
Palestine
United Nations Assembly
London
Holy Land
John Martin
Martin
Arthur Creech Jones
Assembly
Palestine Committee
Creech Jones
United Nations
Court To Hear Closed Shop Cases Soon
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear two appeals next week challenging the 1947 anti closed shop law. The cases from Buncombe County involve a worker required to join a union and a contract among employers and union officials. A separate case concerns Asa Dove Lovelace charged with violating cattle slaughter regulations and transporting cattle for slaughter without health certificates.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Harry McMullan
George Pennell
Asheville
Herbert Thatcher
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Thomas P. Bishop
Asa Dove Lovelace
Clover
L S. C
State Department of Agriculture
Lovelace
Morris Livestock Marker
Charlotte
Economic council urges continued taxes for Europe aid
President Truman's economic advisers call for maintaining current taxes to fund long-range European assistance. They favor wartime inflation controls to support Marshall Plan funding, curb grain and food price inflation, and avoid industrial paralysis abroad. The report outlines measures on allocation, hoarding curbs, export controls, penalties, and credit controls, with no full wartime price ceiling recommendations.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
United States
Economic Council
Deat
Council of Economic Advisers
U. S
Council
Congress
Voting Machines Click Nationwide In Off Year Elections
Off year voting Tuesday will span many states with limited impact on the 1948 presidential outlook. Kentucky governor race pits D Earle Clements against Republican Eldon Dummit while Mississippi voters pick a new U.S. senator among six Democrats. New York and Ohio consider WW II veterans bonuses, and special elections fill Ohio 4th, Indiana 10th, and New York 14th districts.
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Washington
Kentucky
Earle C. Clements
Eldon S. Dummit
Simeon S. Willis
Tradition Willis
Blue Grass
Clements
Mississippi
New York
Ohio
Indiana
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State Department
Democratic League
Deep South
Associated Press
Buncombe Superior Court
Marshall Aid To
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Sareee Pieniga
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
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Western Hemisphere
Winston-Salem Journal- Sentinel
Charlotte News
Charlotte Observer
Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
New Hampshire
MacArthur
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