East Texas hurricane brings 90 mph winds and scattered damage
A Gulf arising hurricane struck Houston with 90 mile per hour winds causing broken windows and debris. Rice and cotton were heavily damaged while the coastal rice crop suffered. Galveston escaped major damage as the storm moved toward east Texas headed for the Palestine Lufkin area.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf
Texas
Matagorda
Freeport
Here
Port Arthur
Galveston
Palestine-Lufkin
New Orleans
Third Term For Leland Olds Opposed In Senate Panel
A Senate commerce subcommittee voted unanimously to oppose a third term for Leland Olds on the Federal Power Commission. The panel, with four Democrats and three Republicans, may influence action when the full Interstate Commerce Committee meets tomorrow. Olds, 58, has served since 1939 and was renomination by Truman faces Senate approval. Critics cite writings from the 1920s and views on regulation of the natural gas industry. allies blame power and gas interests for the attack.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Interstate Commerce Committee
Olds
Commission
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
Dwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Lydon Johnson
D-Tex
O'Conor
McFarland
D-Ariz
Reed
R-Kan
Capehart
R-Ind
Bricker
R-Ohio
John L. Lewis May Enter Southern Coal Talks This Afternoon
BLUEFIELD W Va Oct 4 Union and operators meet to resume talks on a contract covering 97 00000 tons a year with 400 000 soft coal miners on strike The UMW chief may join negotiations seeking higher pensions and a shorter eight hour day while denying wage concessions Talks renew tomorrow for northern and western operators representing about 300 000000 tons of annual production and a renewed contract offer through March 31 1951 is on the table
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Bluefield
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
UMW
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Lewis
SCPA
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Scott Seeking Better Grass
Gov W Kerr Scott of North Carolina visits Oakton Virginia dairyman C T Rice to learn grass feeding tips. Rice shows 14 pastures on 73 acres and praises Ladino clover while feeding 35 cows with silage and hay for winter and selling surplus. Rice also runs 11 other northern Virginia dairy farms.
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Oakton
W. Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Virginia
C. T. Rice
Scott
Artilleryman Harry Truman Visits Fort Bragg Today
President Truman travels to Fort Bragg where North Carolina officials greet him. The 82nd Airborne will demonstrate airborne tactics and discuss improvements in air base planning and pathfinder teams guiding drops.
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Harry Truman
Fort Bragg
Margaret Truman Appears in Cullowhee Tonight
Margaret Truman performs on a tour at Western North Carolina Teachers College in Cullowhee while President Truman visits nearby Fort Bragg. The duo did not meet by design and she jokes about stealing his thunder.
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Cullowhee
N. C
Margaret Truman
North Carolina
Margaret
Western North Carolina Teachers College
Truman
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Tar Heelia
Prices Hold steady on flue cured tobacco belts
Raleigh October 4 The federal state market news service reported firmness in middle belt prices versus Friday while eastern belt markets were steady to slightly weaker and old belt prices steady to slightly higher. Fairmont N C market inactive Auction bid averages on the middle belt listed good lemon leaf 63 dollars good lemon smoking leaf 65 dollars good orange lugs 62 dollars and best thin nondescript 16 dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Fairmont
N. C
Carolinas
Border Belt
Middle Belt
No Increase In Social Security Benefits This Year
Washington reports no raise in social security benefits before next year at the earliest. The House acts on a broad reform bill, but Senate approval is uncertain before 1950. The outline notes changes to old age survivors insurance, tax rules, coverage, and new disability assistance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Churches
The
Red Cross
Czechs Recall Yugoslav Envoy and Break Cultural Pact
The Czechoslovak government demanded Yugoslav ambassador Marijan Stilinovic’s recall and renounced the cultural treaty with Yugoslavia. Prague cited spies and provocation by Yugoslav staff as justification. In a broader move, Czechoslovakia also recognized the People’s Republic of China and severed relations with the Nationalist regime.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Marijan Stilinovic
Wvith
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Tito
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
Prague Radio
Woman Beaten And Assaulted Near Wilson
A Wendell woman identified as Mrs. A. B. Jones was found beaten in a field two miles northeast of Bailey after a Saturday night assault. Nine suspects are detained in Nashville jail as state and local investigators probe the case.
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Brown
Wendell
Jones
Nash
State Bureau of Investigation
Radio and Television Stocks Rally on Broad Market Rise
Lively demand for radio and television stocks lifted the market with gains led by Admiral Corp Emerson and Gen Motors and Chrysler while many issues posted fractional advances. Admiral Emerson and a few others hit yearly highs as investors chased tech and consumer names amid a generally higher session.
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New York
Steel
Admiral Corp
Emerson Radio
Philco
Zenith
Commonwealth Edison
Kennecott Cooper
du Pont
Fastman Kodak
General Electric
International Paper
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil
UV. S. Gypsum
Congress to Investigate Report on Navy Morale
A cache of secret papers shows deep navy morale concerns from three top admirals Denfeld Bogan and Radford. House Armed Services Committee chairman Vinson pledged a thorough probe as part of ongoing B 36 bomber inquiries. The documents, not officially released, raise questions about propaganda and unification effects on the service.
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Congress
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Gerald F. Bogan
A. W. Radford
Navy
Army
Air Force
Denfeld
Mrs Dehart Goes On Trial Tomorrow
Mrs Louise Dehart 42 of Spray North Carolina will stand trial in Martinsville Virginia tomorrow on charges of shooting her husband Ralph Dehart to death at the State Line Service station near Ridgeway last July. She is free on a 10000 bond since a July preliminary hearing. The grand jury also indicted her for maliciously wounding Mona Houchins of Spray.
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Martinsville
Louise Dehart
Spray
N. C
Henry County Circuit Court
Ralph Dehart
State Line
Ridgeway
Henry County
Baruch Urged as Aid for Atomic Defense Strategy
Senator Knowland proposed the Senate House atomic committee consult Bernard M Baruch on mobilization plans and civilian defense in light of the Russian atomic test. Baruch urged a standby mobilization and firm push for international atomic energy control as the nation reshapes defense policies. Senator McMahon said civilian defense issues will be discussed with the atomic energy commission later this week.
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Washington
Knowland
United States
Baruch
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate
House Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Vandenberg Loses Half A Lung In Surgery
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg underwent a six hour operation at University Hospital in Ann Arbor on Monday and doctors removed half of his left lung. He was reported resting comfortably after the procedure, with a lesion on the lung noted in earlier reports.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
University Hospital
Autumn colors along Blue Ridge Parkway entice many drivers
A Carolina reporter notes pastel autumn shades on the Blue Ridge slopes while driving from Morganton to Winston-Salem. Cars from fifteen states travel the Parkway Sunday morning, with many North Carolina tags reflecting local use of the scenic route funded by several million dollars in right of way. About half of NC’s 253 mile Parkway is open for traffic, with the longest open stretches emphasized.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Morganton
Blowing Rock
Parkway
Deep Gap
Roaring Gap
Elkin
Winston-Salem
Texas
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Kentucky
District of Columbia
North Carolina
Tito vows Yugoslavia will defend itself to last breath
Premier Marshal Tito warned Russia against threatening Yugoslavia and said the country would defend itself to the last breath. He addressed 600 officers after Yugoslavia's biggest troop march of the year, blasting Cominform allies and calling out Western pressure.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Soviet Union
Information Ministry
Nationalists blame Russia over Chinese Communist regime
Canton reports the Nationalist government accuses the Soviet Union of using Chinese communists to make China a Russian vassal state. Acting President Li Tsung Jen says the Chinese Communist bandits are led by the USSR and calls Russia a threat to Far East peace. Yen reads a note ending relations with Moscow. Only Bulgaria and Romania recognize Peiping.
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Canton
Soviet Union
China
Russia
Communist “Peoples Democracy of
Peiping
Far East
Washington
U. S. State Department
Communist Party
Third District Road Projects Selected In North Carolina
Raleigh announces selections of 425.1 miles of secondary roads in the third highway division to be hard-surfaced under a 200 million dollar bond program. Initial mileages: Bladen 52.5, Brunswick 42.0, Columbus 64.1, Cumberland 57.1, Duplin 60.3, New Hanover 26.0, Pender 45.2, Sampson 77.9. Division commissioner A Wilbur Clark notes these roads cover about one third of the district’s bond surface plan and work is underway with more starting later this month.
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Raleigh
Inital
Bladen County
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland
Duplin
New Hanover
Pender
Sampson
A. Wilbur Clark
Fayetteville
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Los Angeles
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Sally
Hayes
Leland Oids
Southern Coal
Pension and Welfare Fund
Council of State
Tar Heel
Pat Taylor
J. van B. Metts
82Nd
Camp Campbell
By James Marlow
Wilson
Vandenberg
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
Moscow
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