UN Faces Narrow Path to Palestine Settlement
Diplomatic officials said the United Nations faced only a slim chance to craft a settlement acceptable to both Jews and Arabs in Palestine. The Jewish agency signaled reluctant willingness to accept partition if needed, while Arab delegations rejected it and insisted on an independent Arab Palestine. The UN committees planned further debate as global tensions shift to Indonesia and Greece.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Jewish Agency For Palestine
United Nations Special Committee
Mition Commission
Palestine Committee
General Assembly
Security Council
Indonesia
Government weighs direct grain purchases to curb speculation
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said the Agriculture Department may buy grain directly from farmers to suppress inflation and speculation tied to European aid programs. He noted the goal is to buy through normal channels if prices stay stable. Distillers and brewers face talks on reducing grain use as food conservation efforts proceed.
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Washington
Anderson
Agriculture Department
White House
Mr. Truman
Citizens’ Food Committee
Charles Luckman
The
Distilled Spirits Institute
Senator Brewster
Rme
National Restaurant Association
Luckman
Bread And Meat Prices Rise As Hog Costs Move Higher
Hog and pork prices on Chicago's market hit new highs with top quotes around 30.25 per hundred pounds and overall averages near 29 as bread prices rise across several cities. Wheat futures surged to near record levels while corn and other staples faltered or held, signaling continued food cost pressure on households.
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Agriculture Department
Chicago
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Flint
Mich
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Airliner Safe After Trouble on Transworld Flight
A transworld airliner en route from Shannon to Gander sent a distress S O S at 1 37 a m EST after a fuel line bubble was found. The 38 passengers and nine crew landed safely at Gander six hours later at 7 39 a m. The airline called the message precautionary and the pilot later said everything is now okay.
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New York
Transworld
Shannon
Eiie
Gander
Newfoundland
S.O.S
North Carolina Weather Forecast Outlook
The forecast covers North and South Carolina from 7:30 p m Friday to 7:30 p m Wednesday October 4. Temperatures run 2 to 4 degrees above normal with a slow rise into Saturday and Sunday Slightly warmer Monday then rising again Tuesday and Wednesday. Little, if any, rain expected. Sunrise and sunset times listed for Saturday October 4 1947.
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North
Carolina
South
Rolina
Weather data snapshot from multiple cities
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperatures and rainfall ending 8:30 p m across cities including Boston Charleston Charlotte Chicago Houston Denver Detroit Evansville Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Meridian Miami Minnesota New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco Spartanburg Atlanta Tampa Washington Wilmington with highs in the 60s to 80s and rainfall amounts ranging from .00 to .06 inches.
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Charlotte
Official
Weather Bureau
Boston
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Pevansville
Sina
Inlveston
High Point
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
Mt.Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Five Die in Raleigh First State Quintuple Execution
In Raleigh on October 3 a quintuple execution in the central prison gas chamber carried out two White and three Black youths. Jethro Lampkin and Richard McCain died for killing a Charlotte coal dealer, while Robert Messer and Earl O'Dear were convicted in Jackson County for killing a taxi driver and his wife in a robbery. Willie Cherry, a Rich Square Black man, killed a white woman during a home invasion. O'Dear’s attempted lock jam delayed the schedule. Relatives claimed all bodies except Cherry. Times: Lampkin 131 minutes. McCain 72. O'Dear 12. Messer 9. Cherry 9.2.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Jethro Lampkin
Richard McCain
Charlotte
Robert Messer
Earle O'Dear
Jackson County
Willie Cherry
Rich Square
Messer
O’dear
Cherry
Lampkin
McCain
Americans Safe In Japan Says General
Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger told the Asheville Lions Club that American occupation troops in Japan face no danger from the Japanese. He added a soldier on a street corner in Japan at night is as safe as in Asheville, while visiting the city at his wife Emma Gudger’s home.
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Asheville
Japan
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Lions Club
Eichelberger
Emma Gudger
Taft Eyes 1948 Presidential Bid After 12000 Mile Tour
Taft returns to Cincinnati after a 12,000 mile tour critiquing the Truman administration and signaling a possible run for the 1948 Republican nomination. Campaign manager Clarence Brown reports on the trip and Taft drafts speeches outlining a Republican program.
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Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Congress
Casper
Wyo
Truman
Cincinnati
Rep
Clarence Brown
Brown
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
California
Court Orders End to Albany Longshoremen Strike
The Albany longshoremen halted a 10 day strike after a Taft-Hartley act based court order. ILA locals 1294 and 1643 were instructed to return to work at 1 pm. The ex parte federal order halted the strike due to alleged secondary boycott violations and cited grain and oil shipments disrupted since Sept. 23. The restraining order lasts five days with a court appearance set in Syracuse. Louis Waldman condemned the move as government by injunction.
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Albany
C. Testa
International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
Joseph T. Ryan
Association
Testa
Stephen Brennan
New Y
ILA
Charles T. Douds
National Labor Relations Board
Douds
Syracuse
Louis Waldman
Wheat Policy Sparks High Level Dispute Over Exports
Washington editors report a rift among top officials over accelerating wheat exports to shortage areas. The agriculture department favors restraint, while state commerce and war departments urge immediate purchases to 570 million bushels. President Truman may decide after considering the food committee plan to cut domestic grain use by 100 million bushels, plus demand conservation of livestock feed and consumer waste reduction.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
State, Commerce and War Departments
Truman
Anderson
Cabinet Food Committee
United States
State, Commerce and War Department
Citizens Emergency Food Committee
Man Who Killed For Cigarettes Hanged
In Landsberg Germany on October 3, Erhard Wolf a Nazi executioner who reportedly killed 200 inmates for five cigarettes each was hanged today along with seven other Flossenburg concentration camp staff.
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Landsberg
Germany
Erhard Wolf
Flossenberg Concentration Camps
Mercury On Rise Across Nation As Cool Air Recedes
Forecasters predicted higher temperatures across the nation as a mass of cool air retreats. Readings ranged from the mid 70s to the mid 80s with 95 degrees in Ellis Kansas and 27 in Williamsport Pennsylvania. The cool spell ends soon as normal temps return.
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Middle
North Atlantic
New England
Midwest
H. S. Kenny
Chicago
Rockies
Lake Michigan
Mercury
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Ellis
Kans
Phillipsburg
Elkins
W. Va
Bangor
Washington
Oregon
North Central
Many are After AMVETS Top Job
Columbus Ohio October 3 delegates attended the AMVETS third annual convention focused on the national commander race. Actual election is set for Sunday morning. Six members from Massachusetts to California contend openly with more rumored dark horses. Leading candidates include Joseph C. Crespi East Point Georgia William A Burkett San Francisco and Richard D Marks Clarksburg West Virginia.
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Columbus
The
American Veterans of World War II
Amvets
Massachusetts
California
Joseph C. Crespi
East Point
William A. Burkett
San Francisco
Richard D. Marks
Clarksburg
W. Va
Arab strike paralyses Palestine areas over partition plan
Jerusalem reports a general strike by Palestine Arabs beginning at dawn to protest the proposed partition of the Holy Land. Streets were crowded as hundreds of thousands streamed to mosques for morning prayers and Arab sections were effectively paralyzed by the action.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestinians Strike Amid Partition Protests In Palestine
About 1,500,000 Arabs walked off jobs and closed shops across Palestine in a general strike opposing the proposed Holy Land partition. No violence was reported. In Haifa the ship Northlands carried 7,000 Jews lacking immigration certificates. a baby died after tear gas was used by a British boarding party.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Haifa
Palestine Day protests cast by Arab world unity stance
Buses halted and pickets surrounded bus stops to keep Arabs from riding in Jewish buses. Falastin in Jaffa ran a bordered front page with a Palestine Day funeral tone. Emile Ghoury spoke at the Mosque El Aksa urging unity against Jewish political aims. Police and barricades prepared as Arab leaders claimed a peaceful demonstration in Jerusalem.
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Falastin
Jaffa
Emile Ghoury
Arab Higher Executive Committee
el Aksa
Haj Amin el Husseini
Palestine
Jerusalem
Pay Deduction Blamed For Walkout In Detroit Plants
Chrysler Corp blamed a small disciplinary pay deduction for a walkout that idled 1,900 workers and threatened 2,000 more. Local 7 CIO United Auto Workers leader Joseph Hartley disputed that workers walked out, saying they were sent home after a 30 minute deduction followed a heat protest. Production at Kercheval plant resumed after a three day layoff affecting 3,900 workers across Jefferson and Kercheval plants.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Joseph Hartley
CIO
United Auto Workers
Jefferson Avenue
Chrysler
Jefferson
Kercheval
Queen Wilhelmina to Temporarily Relinquish Power
The Netherlands government announced that Queen Wilhelmina would lay down royal power temporarily for health reasons and that Crown Princess Juliana would serve as regent. Legislation would be introduced to permit the transfer, with officials stressing no alarm over the queen’s condition.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Blood running in Managua sparks rumors of revolution
El Imparcial cited letters from Nicaraguan sources via Eva Arguello De Garcia claiming blood in Managua streets and a spreading revolution. It said Gen. Benavides’s forces defeated National Guard patrols in Chontares, with 15 dead, while a nationwide commercial strike was being organized. Somoza said Nicaragua was calm after a raid on La India mine.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
el Imparcial
Managua
Nicaragua
Eva Arguello de Garcia
Leonardo Arguello
Melesio Benavides
Revolutionary Forces
Department of Chontares
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaraguan National Guard
la India
Eisler and Wife Ordered Arrested for Deportation
Hollywood in October reports Hanns Eisler the Hollywood songwriter and his wife were ordered arrested for deportation proceedings following testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Warrants issued by the Justice Department immigration service. no word from U S marshals on service at Malibu residence.
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Hollywood
Hanns Eisler
House Committee On Un-American Activities
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Washington
Justice Department
Immigration Service
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Ejislers
Beach
Malibu
Army Acknowledges Errors In Italian Theater Command
The army admits errors in the Italian theater but calls Scripps-Howard charges of mis treatment and high living an erroneous picture. Wyche’s 12 000 word report finds isolated incidents and Eisenhower Royall note minor faults, with no hint of intent by Lt. Gen. Lee. Lee awaits retirement after 43 years of service.
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Washington
Army High Command
Scripps-Howard
John C. H. Lee
Robert ©. Ruark
Army
Ira T. Wyehe
Oenty
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secretary of the Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Wyche
Ruark
New York
H. Lee
Eisenhower
Lee
State College Praised By Senator Hoey And Forrestal
In Raleigh on October 3 Senator Clyde R. Hoey and Secretary James V. Forrestal lauded North Carolina State College during its 58th anniversary. Forrestal praised the college for aiding navy personnel in World War II while Hoey urged agricultural diversification and broader industrial expansion to raise per capita earnings.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Clyde R. Hoey
Secretary of National Defense
James V. Forrestall
Forrestal
State College
Clifford G. Richardson
USN
Naval District
Hoey
North Carolina
Buenos Aires Film Strike Skews Weekend for Moviegoers
A 48 hour film operators strike begins tomorrow in Buenos Aires causing a weekend without movies. Operators demand higher pay and related benefits. The action threatens shows across cinemas, with unions representing workers asserting the need for better compensation and conditions.
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Buenos Aires
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Eisler
Rovall
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