Mrs. Roosevelt Leads Fight Against Drive
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spearheads the American defense against the Soviet effort to label the United States as anti Russian. Speaking before the U N Social Committee she stresses that free criticism and democratic documents uphold rights against totalitarianism in a clash over press freedom and principle.
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United States
Roosevelt
United Nation Social Committee
U. N
U. N. Committee
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
E.S.T
Maryland Senator Seeks Relief From Overlapping Taxes
Senator O Conor of Maryland urged relief from overlapping federal state and local taxes after a Chicago conference with governors and tax committees. He proposed federal withdrawal from four tax areas and urged agreements to reduce the tax burden, noting California and other states show uneven levies and incentives for residency shifts.
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Washington
O’conor
D-Md
Maryland
Congress
Chicago
O'Conor
California
Hawkes
Martin
R-Pa
Thye
R-Minn
Bricker
Rohio
Distillers Agree To Halt Wheat Use In War Planned Cut
Washington reports the Distilled Spirits Institute pledged to stop using wheat and cut corn barley and rye by 50 percent to aid Truman's self rationing plan. Luckman said 60 percent of the industry is aboard with 40 percent to follow, Publicker wants more, and a meeting with brewers is arranged to boost grain conservation.
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Distilled Spirits Institute
Charles Luckman
Voluntaily
Luckman
Publicker Industries, Inc
Bi Beverage
Commercaal Alcoho
Tol
Luckman Usue
Distillers
White House
Truman
Stern Europe
Institute
U.S. Brewers Foundation
Food Committee
San Francisco
Robert J. Wilson
National Restaurant Association
Chaos in Mukden as Maoist offensive cuts rail outlets
Peiping dispatches report Mukden under martial law with rail links to Peiping cut and key ports Hulutao and Yingkow nearly blocked. Army optimism persists though fighting grows near Changchun as government trains face mines and delays.
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Peiping
Mukden
Peiping-Mukden
Hulutao
Yingkow
Gulf of
Liao-Tunk
Changchun
Manchuria
Tientsin
Social Welfare
Chang- Chun
Szepingkai
Liao-Tung Gulf
Funeral Rites Planned For C. F. Cates Tomorrow
Charles F. Cates 75 pickle manufacturer and state milk products association leader dies after a July stroke in Washington. Services Sunday at 4 p.m. in Phillips Chapel near Graham with burial in the church cemetery. He chaired the Faison pickle company board and served on the state agriculture board and UNC trustee.
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Mebane
Charles F. Cates
Pickle Maufacturer
State Milk Proucts Association
North Carolina
Washington
Capitol
Phillips Chapel
Highway 64
Graham
Church
Cates
Pickle
Faison
State Board of Agriculture
University of North Carolina
Weather Report North Carolina Fair Warmer Day
Official weather bureau records show fair conditions in North Carolina with slightly warmer readings today and little change in temperature tonight. The report covers the 24 hours ending at 4 39 a m with temperature and rainfall measurements summarized.
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North Carolina
Otte
Official Weather Bureau
Negro Held In Hex Case In Henderson
James Wester, a Black man, is bound over for trial on practicing medicine without a license after Belmont Allen, convicted in a slaying, claimed to have been hexed. Allen said a head ointment Wester gave him was to lift a spell. Allen is jailed to testify before Wester’s trial and to begin a 10 year sentence in Raleigh Central Prison.
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Henderson
U~p
James Wester
Belmont Allen
Wester
Allen
Manley Baseball
Central Prison
Raleigh
North Carolina Reports First Polio Fatality Of Week
At least five new infantile paralysis cases were confirmed across North Carolina in Jacksonville Asheboro and Newton. A 20 month old girl and Clyde Elmore Shook II died and other cases included a two year old marine’s daughter and a five year old girl near Ramseur. Richmond county reported nineteen cases since July prompting school closures and reopening.
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North Carolina
Jacksonville
Asheboro
Partne
Newton
Steeds
Moore County
Richmond County
Raleigh
State Board of Health
C. P. Stevick
Division of Epidemiology
United States weighs Balkan compromise at UN
The United States said it would explore a French proposed Balkan compromise and asked Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria their views on the plan. France urges the UN to refrain from blaming the Soviet satellites in seeking a settlement of the Balkan issue.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations
Balkan
France
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Danish Regime Collapses in Danish Crisis
Premier Knud Kristensen’s minority government fell after an 80 to 66 no confidence vote over speaking on the South Schleswig issue. King Frederik IX granted new elections with an anticipated October 30 date. The king dissolved the lower chamber and Kristensen’s government will stay on a trusteeship basis until results are announced and a formal resignation follows.
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Copenhagen
Knud Kristensen
Frederik IX
Kristensen
Schleswig
Churchill warns of possible general election this year or next
In Brighton Churchill told the Conservative conference to be ready for a national election at any time this year or next. He spoke as party leader amid a campaign for a 1 million pound fighting fund and urged election of a new parliament to tackle Britain's economic crisis. Conservative leaders forecast Prime Minister Attlee may call an election within six months.
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Brighton
England
Winston Churchill
Conservative Party
Churchill
Britain
Attlee
Troops Begin Leaving Mediterranean Monday
American occupation forces in Italy will start withdrawal with Leghorn announcing the move. Final units sail December 2 as the occupation ends within 90 days from Italy’s peace treaty ratification on September 15.
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Rome
Italy
U. S. Mediterranean
Leghorn
Jury Still Deliberating In Overell Gollum Yacht Murder Case
The Santa Ana jury weighing the Mary FE yacht blast deaths of Walter and Louise Overell and her daughter Louise Overell and George Bud Gollum continued deliberations after a lengthy trial. Jurors twice requested exhibits and instructions and questioned grand jury testimony while the case, begun May 26, stretched to 74 trial days.
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Overell
Santa Ana
Calif
Beulah Louise Overell
George “Bud” Gollum
Otto Jacobs
Eugene Williams
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Kenneth Morrison
Walter E. Overell
Los Angeles
Jay A. Porter
Orange Calif
Morrison
John J Montanus
Montanius
Noted German Physicist Max Planck Dies at 89
Berlin reports that Dr. Max Planck, 89, renowned German physicist and Nobel laureate, died last night at Göttingen university clinic. Planck, a pioneer of quantum theory since 1900, ranked with Einstein as a world leading scientist. His work on radiation and energy packets helped shape modern physics.
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Berlin
Max Planck
Gottingen
Planck
Albert Einstein
Chicago Murder Victim Buried At Belhaven
Mrs. Gracelyn Bush, murdered in Chicago on September 24, is laid to rest at Belhaven near Washington. The suspect, 15 year old James Hartman, confessed to stabbing during a purse snatching attempt. Her husband, a Seventh Day Adventist minister, returns to Chicago with their two year old adopted son and vows to fight juvenile delinquency.
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Chicago
Belhaven
Washington, N. C
Gracelyn Bush
James Hartman
Wholesale price rise offset by whisky pledge boosts grain demand
The AP wholesale index for 35 commodities rose to 192.60, reversing a two week drop as food costs edged up and livestock prices held firm. A pledge by over half the whisky industry to cut grain use helped push prices higher, while meat markets showed mixed gains and butter faced consumer resistance to higher prices.
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Associated Press
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Toledo Scales Co
State Buys Camp Butner From War Assets Admin
The War Assets administration sold a major portion of Camp Butner, a wartime training center near Durham, to North Carolina. The sale was announced yesterday as the state acquired the property for future use.
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STATE
Camp
Washington
War Assets Administration
Camp Butner
Durham
N. C
North Carolina
Mock Rites At High Point College Protest Administration
Several hundred High Point College students in mourning black staged a mock funeral before the administration building to lament the passing of the college's inspiration. A crowd of about 500 students and faculty watched as last rites were read by Dorothy Cress and sincere vows pledged to ensure the college spirit shall not go in vain.
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High Point College
Dorothy Cress
Former Tenant Farmer Becomes Landowner in Georgia
AMERICUS Ga Oct 4. Robert A Hale a 39 year old Georgian has gained possession of 150 acres with his wife and two children after receiving a government farm ownership loan. At a ball park ceremony he declared himself the most happiest man in the world and pledged to fix gullies and soil wash erosion that plagued him during years of tenancy.
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Americus
Robert A. Hale
Ball Park
Dodgers Rally Ends No Hit Bid. Series Stays On Edge
Brooklyn fans return to Ebbets Field as the Dodgers even the World Series at 2 2 after Cookie Lavagetto delivers a two run double off Bill Bevens with two out in the ninth to break up a possible no hitter. Spec Shea starts for the Yankees as the series moves to Yankee Stadium tomorrow.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodger
Ebbetsfield
New York Yankees
Bill Bevens
Cookie Lavagetto
Dodgers
Bucky Harris
Yankees
Spec Shea
Vic Lombardi
Dodger
Seria
Mammoth
Yankee Stadium
Babysitting Course Offered by Asheville YWCA
The YWCA in Asheville sponsors a baby sitter training course starting Wednesday with a registry of trained sitters available to patients and families.
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Asheville
Y.W.C.A
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Henry A. Dietz
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Citizens’ Food Committee
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China
C. F. Cates
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Tiention
Mediterranean
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