Russia Agrees To Big Four Ministers Meeting In November
London reports Russia accepts November 25 for a big four foreign ministers conference to pursue a German peace treaty. The United States and France indicate willingness to attend. A deputies meeting in London on November 6 will set procedural groundwork.
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Nine Nations Form Bureau in Europe
The British foreign office labeled the creation of an international information bureau by nine European Communist states as a revival of the Comintern. The Poland meeting featured Soviet official A. A Zivanov and drew criticism from Attlee and Bevin. European parties blamed the United States for imperialism and war threats, with Vulko Chervenkov accusing North American imperialists of fueling a new world conflict.
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Politbur
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Communist International Organization
United States
America
Sofia
Vulko Chervenkov
Bulgaria
Meatless Tuesday Begins as Grain Markets Rise
Washington reports a government backed shift to meatless Tuesdays to save food for Europe. Traders at Chicago Kansas City and Minneapolis raise cash down payments to meet new margins while the National Restaurant Association pledges meatless Tuesday and no poultry on Thursdays.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
National Restaurant Association
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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
British Speed Up Palestine Consultations
The British government has hastened consultations to fix a withdrawal date from Palestine. London officials and Palestine military leaders are urgently considering the timing. A date may be announced before the current UN session ends, with withdrawal tied to a UN solution acceptable to Arabs and Jews.
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United Nations Assembly
Britain
Duke of Winds Spends Short Visit at Buckingham Palace
King George and his brother were seen at Buckingham Palace today. The Duke, guest at the Earl of Dudley’s home, enjoyed a brief stay after a season at his Riviera villa. His American-born duchess did not accompany him from France.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Earl of Dudley
Riviera
France
Weather forecast for Carolina period in October 1947
Partly cloudy with mild temperatures for today tonight and Wednesday. Rain expected mainly in western portions with occasional showers tonight and Wednesday. Forecast extends into the late evening hours with variable conditions and fluctuating rainfall intensity.
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New Carolina
Carolina
Temperature Rainfall Readings From Several Cities
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperature and rainfall ending 8:30 a m with highs and lows listed for cities including Chicago Denver Detroit Evansville Galveston Los Angeles New York San Francisco and others. Readings include temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to mid 80s and scattered rainfall amounts across locales.
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Detroit
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Jacksonville
Angeles
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High Waves Pound Georgia Coast After Heavy Storm
A Atlantic born storm battered Georgia coast with 60 mph winds at Brunswick airport. Fences were smashed trees uprooted and streets flooded from the night intrusion. Volunteers rushed sandbags to inland communities as Jacksonville and Flat beaches faced high tides and four and a half inches of rain.
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Atlantic disturbance moves northwest and weakens near Brunswick
The Miami weather bureau released an advisory at 8 15 a m EST noting the Atlantic disturbance moved northwest about 20 mph and passed inland near Brunswick Georgia around 1 a m EST. It remains northwest of Brunswick with heavy rains and squalls forecast over the Carolinas Georgia and adjacent waters as it gradually weakens. Small craft warnings extend from the Virginia Capes to Mayport Florida.
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Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Brunswick
Carolinas
Georgia
Virginia Capes
Mayport
City Flood Worsens as Streets Go Under Water
Water flooded lower city streets after another storm. Unpaved roads, hit hard by the previous storm two weeks ago, were reported in very bad condition.
Three Confess Fatal Beating Of Wilson Man
Deputy Sheriff George Winstead said three Wilson County men admitted robbing and fatally beating W. Robert Gill, 45, on a Wilbanks area road. The suspects Hubert Ferrell, 24, his brother Joseph Jiggs Ferrell, 28, and Thom, 21, were arrested after Gill’s body was found. An autopsy cited skull fracture and concussion as the cause of death.
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Winstead
Wilson
Zack Williford
Wilbanks
Robot Plane Heads West on Return Flight
A U S Army Air Forces skymaster guided by a mechanical brain crossed the Atlantic from Lyneham England heading toward Stephenville Newfoundland on the return leg of a history-making flight. The craft took off at 6 05 am GMT and was expected to reach Newfoundland by late afternoon if weather holds.
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Newfoundland
Attlee sacks Shinwell from cabinet in shakeup
London reports Prime Minister Attlee removed Fuel Minister Emanuel Shinwell from his cabinet in a major government shakeup. Shinwell becomes war minister, a post without cabinet rank under defense minister's supervision. Crown assent and opposition reactions noted.
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London Star
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Emanuel Shinwell
Labor Party
Shinwell
Star
George VI
Nanges
Dr James B Bullitt Retires From UNC Medical School
Dr James B Bullitt a longtime UNC faculty member and former head of the biology department at the medical school has retired from administrative and teaching duties. He reached retirement age last year but stayed on at the university’s request. He will keep an office and lab in the medical school to continue research and writing.
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Chapel Hill
James B. Bullitt
University of North Carolina
Medical School
Bullitt
Obstructionist Tactics Charged to Russians
Sen. William B. Umstead told the Getonia Kiwanis that Russia has hindered efforts to rehabilitate Europe and blocked the United Nations from deciding on key issues. He said Russia promotes propaganda and terror while the United States spends billions on aid and materials for Europe.
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William B. Umstead
Ge Tonia Kiwanis Wiib
Europe
United States
State Prison Head Opposes Capital Punishment Method
Hugh Wilson, warden of North Carolina's state central prison, argues executions should deter crime and favors gas in place of the electric chair. He says public, local executions would better warn communities and notes his 83 executions as context.
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Raleigh
Hugh Wilson
State Central Prison
North Carolina
Wilson
Chancellors Take Over Graham's Work During Absence
In Chapel Hill on October 7 the three chancellors of the consolidated University of North Carolina will run administrative duties during President Frank P. Graham's departure to join President Truman's commission on the Indonesian dispute. Controller W D Carmichael Jr will chair the group with adviser Prof Henry Brandies. Graham travels to Washington to meet with Secretary of State George Marshall before heading to the Dutch East Indies. He spent days at home arranging university matters and spoke at a faculty dinner in Lenoir Hall. The staff discussed the two year survey planned by the North Carolina Education Commission aided by a Knapp Foundation grant of 100000 dollars and 50 thousand state funds.
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Drastic New Order Hits Britishers
London reports a new labor measure requiring workers to report to 1,200 employment exchanges and directing labor into vital industries. Officials expect effects to unfold in weeks as Britons face altered work, living, and eating rhythms amid austerity. About 50,000 jobseekers appeared at exchanges on opening day, a typical turnout.
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Britain
Thieves Leave Major Secker Orders Behind in Santa Monica
Thieves who raided Maj. L. Secker’s Santa Monica home took his briefcase and removed orders from his desk leaving behind a portion of the papers. The incident appears to involve the recovery of sensitive materials and is being investigated after the items were found in the residence.
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Tokyo
Maj
L Secker
Santa Monica
Calif
Major Lecker
Wheat and Corn Futures Rise Sharply in Chicago
Wheat and corn futures moved higher on the Chicago board as traders absorbed margins changes. December wheat reached 2.84 and December corn 2.25 while meatless Tuesday prompts noted weak compliance at restaurants and hotels.
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Chicago
Tho Nnton
Truman
Chicago Board of Trade
Detroit
New York
Holiday meals spared despite eggless week plan
Washington reports that during the food conservation drive Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year meals will not be cut. The Truman administration will exempt those holidays from restrictions though the program urges Americans to skip eggs and poultry on the preceding Mondays.
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Washington
Truman
Food Committee
Farm Policy To Be Unveiled Before Congress Today
Washington reports that the administration will present to four joint sessions of the senate and house agriculture committees its long-range farm policy aiming for organized abundant production. It calls for revisions to the parity price formula to keep farmers’ purchasing power fair and stresses consumption over curtailment as a way to prevent price depressions when large foreign food shipments are no longer required.
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Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Anderson
America
High Court to Be Asked For Cattle Case Ruling
South Carolina man Dave Lovelace faced a North Carolina import health certificate charge after four cows were hauled into Charlotte to a livestock auction. Lovelace was cleared in Mecklenburg County court, and his lawyers say the state supreme court will hear the case next month. The defense argues cattle sold to slaughter houses need no certificates. the state argues certificates or direct consignments are required.
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Lovelace
South Carolina
Charlotte
Showdown Near In Important Labor Dispute
In San Francisco the AFL executive council weighs Hutcheson influence as carpenters and IATSE clash over erection work. About 350 jobs at stake and 690,000 carpenters could be mobilized. council may allow use of the national labor relations board despite John L. Lewis opposition.
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Big Bill Hutcheson
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AFL Executive Council
Hollywood
Labor Federation
AFL
Executive Council
Hutcheson
International Alliance of Theatrical
IATSE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
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Ad Man Resigns Charlotte News Classified Chief
Charles T. Jones of Savannah Georgia 36 today succeeds T K Moore as classified advertising manager of the Charlotte News Moore had served 19 years with the paper and 13 years as classified manager Jones has worked in Albuquerque Miami and Tampa prior to his new post Moore recently resigned leaving a long tenure at the Charlotte newspaper.
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T. K. Moore
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