Truman to Confer With Gen Marshall Saturday
President Truman plans to consult with General Marshall on his return from the four state eastern tour to get a report on United Nations matters. He attacked John L. Lewis calling him malignant and scheming while UMW protests continued in Cincinnati.
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Paris
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Charles G. Ross
U. N
Philadelphia
Dewey
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Earl Warren
GOP
Midwest
West Virginia
Charleston
Navajo Girl Feted By Texas Folks At Tri-State Fair
Miss Florence Iva Begay the Navajo student was honored at the Amarillo fair as Wayland College delegates offered a four year scholarship from Sarah Lawrence College. The incident with a bus seat prompted Begay to return home briefly before pursuing her Bronxville study.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Flagstaff
Arizona
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville
N. Y
Iss Begay
Amarillo Elena
Wayland College
Plainview
Sarah Lawryney College
Harold Taylor
Bronxville School
Iess Begay
Stores Post Lower Retail Meat Prices
Chicago reports show new price tags with lower meat costs after a wholesale hog price drop. Kroger in Chicago cuts over 50 items five to 11 cents, some up to 20. New York and Cleveland chains trim 2 to 18 cents. A and P lowers 23 items two to six cents. Safeway cuts 50 items two to 18 cents.
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New York
Cleveland
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W. C. Bell
Safeway
Kroger Company
Six Polio Cases Reported Today in North Carolina
RALEIGH Oct 6 Six polio cases and one death were reported by the state board of health. Yearly totals reached 2255 cases and 121 deaths with Chatham county contributing two cases and the others Buncombe Cleveland Cumberland and Orange each one. September cases reach 305 and one case began in October raising this month�s tally.
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Western Powers Charge Soviets With Endangering Peace
Cominform held a meeting in Dessau in the Soviet zone of Germany with German SED participation. Attendees included Soviet military administration officers and Communist party reps from Czechoslovakia Poland and Hungary. Western observers note absences of key eastern bloc leaders and speculate on Cominform activity amid rising Cold War tensions.
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Communist International Information Bureau
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Dessau
Germany
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Saxony-Amhalt
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Kelement Gottwald
Ana Pauker
Georgi Dimitrov
Gottwald
Crimea
Columbia Bank Robbers Given Prison Terms
Eight men pleaded guilty to taking part in the daylight robbery of the East Carolina bank in Columbia, netting 68000 dollars. Aubrey Tarkington received 25 years, Harry Morrison 23 years plus five years, while six Black defendants were each sentenced to 20 years plus one year and a day, with all terms running concurrently.
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D. E. Henderson Charlotte
Harry Everett Morrison
Norfolk
William Henry Ward
Jesse Campbell
Jesse Bynum
Willie Milkins
Milton Gary
Christopher C. Ward
Beaves Triumph Over Eodians In Pitchers' Duel
Boston Braves edged Cleveland Indians 1 to 0 in a tight game. Bobby Feller and Johnny Sain each pitched well, with the only run scoring in the eighth inning as Holmes, Dark, Torgeson, and Rickert contributed on offense for the Braves. The Indians left runners stranded, and the Braves defense held firm behind Sain.
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Mitchell
Mike McCormick
Doby
McCormick
Boudreau
Rickert
Holmes
Dark
Robinson
Torgeson
Gordon
Keltner
Elliott
Judnich
Salkeld
Hegan
Feller
Changchun Abandoned Amid Manchuria Crisis
Changchun, capital of Manchuria, was reportedly evacuated by the government amid a yearlong Communist siege. About 100,000 defenders and large numbers of civilians are involved as troops move toward Mukden. Chinese forces repelled a 10,000-strong Red assault near Lintzehhen.
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Manchuria
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Changcehun
Mukden
Shanghai
Claire Channault
Port Arthur-Dairen
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Chinhsien
Great Wall
Szepingkai
Tiehling
Lintzehehen
Chen Yi
Tsinan
Recognition of Spain's Dictator Urges State Dept Shift
U S Senator Chan Gurney after meeting General Franco in Madrid calls for restoring complete relations between Spain and major powers including the United States. James A Farley, visiting Madrid, also urges renewing diplomatic ties without delay, noting Spain's anti-communist stance and potential future alignment with Western Europe.
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Chan Gurney
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Generalissimo Franco
Madrid
Spain
Amerca
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Franco
Iran earthquake kills hundreds and devastates Meshed
A Meshed earthquake last midnight killed hundreds and injured thousands. The quake collapsed the Gowhards Mosque in Meshed, capital of Khurasan province, an eastern Iranian city famed for the Imam Riza Mausoleum. Observatories reported strong tremors across northern Iran lasting about three hours.
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Meshed
Khorasan
Imam Riza
West Bromwich
Eng
Fordham University
New York
Fordham
Fukui
Japan
Okinawa Typhoon Moves Toward Tokyo Area
Typhoon threatens Tokyo with winds up to 60 mph as Okinawa endures $10 million in damage. High tides hit Honshu coasts while U S bases Yokohama Yokosuka and Tokyo Bay take measures to protect shipping. Reports note losses of LST vessels and grounded ships amid the storm.
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Ships Warned as Florida Hurricane Gathers Speed
The weather bureau issued a 10 30 a m advisory placing the hurricane near 28 N 77 4 W about 200 miles east of Melbourne moving northeast at 16 mph with 60 mile hurricane force winds. Further advisories warned shipping to avoid the Atlantic path as the storm neared Cuba and Florida with casualties and damage totals reported.
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Fla
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
Atlantic
Philippine Layman Urges Zeal for World Peace Mission
Mateo F Occena, Philippine purchasing agent in the United States, told 3,000 delegates at the World Mission Assembly in Columbus that Christians must recapture the vitality of the pilgrim fathers to wage a world peace offensive. He and other speakers from abroad urged expanded overseas missionary work as part of a three day gathering designed to inspire individual denominations.
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World Mission Assembly
Mateo F. Occena
United States
Philippine Republic
Foreign Mission Conference of North America
Living costs outpace wages for North Carolina workers
North Carolina industrial workers saw living costs rise 28.8 percent over two years ending last June, while gross weekly earnings increased 27.2 percent. After adjusting for buying power, the average wage fell from 31.05 in 1946 to 30.64 in 1948, with goods costing 1.20 in June this year to buy what cost 1.00 in June 1946.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Department
Britain United States and France push Berlin blockade resolution
Paris report says American British and French UN security council leaders met to hammer out a resolution calling on Russia to end the Berlin blockade. They planned an informal meeting to decide if the vetoed west end would be joint or separate, with a three power affidavit expected.
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UN Security Council
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
U S Britain and France Press Russia at UN Over Berlin Blockade
At the United Nations Security Council Russia faces united charges from the United States Britain and France that its Berlin blockade endangers world peace. Philip C Jessup decries Soviet obstruction while Sir Alexander Cadogan warns of illegal force and Alexandre Parodi briefs on Moscow actions.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
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Berlin
Andrei Vishinsky
Jessup
Security Council
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Philip C. Jessup
Columbia University
West
Soviet Union
Alexander Cadogan
Berelin
Parodi
Alexandre Parodi
Wallace Says Military Coup Over Civil Power in America
San Francisco report quotes Henry Wallace asserting a military coup has overtaken civilian authority, with generals allegedly transferring planes and guns to Chiang Kai-Shek and criticizing U S foreign policy as a drive toward a war economy. He cites Chennault and the Truman doctrine as enabling dictatorial powers.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
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America
George Marshall
Claire Chennault
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