Grand Jury Begins Garsson Case Testimony Tomorrow
Government to present Garsson case to federal grand jury starting tomorrow. Attorney General Tom Clark's office assigns two assistants to lead the inquiry led by Chief Justice Bolitha Laws. May faces questions over ties to the Garsson venture as Senate hearings influenced the filing and political campaigns in Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Washington
Garsson
Poe
Brewster
Senate
Mittee
Kentucky
Tom Clark
Bolitha J. Laws
District of Columbia Court
Clark
William A. Paisley
Isaiah Matlock
FBI
Ewster
May
House Military Committee
Brewsters
Maine
Presonsburg
Garsman
Virginia
Harley Kilgore
Tom Sweeney
Kilgore
Truman
White House
Charlies G. Ross
Igore
West Virginia
Garasons
Scare items trigger mob at markets nationwide
In Miami Florida a market advertised a stock of scare items and was mobbed with supplies lasting only an hour. Albuquerque New Mexico store offering soap and shortening closed to a throng. A Brooklyn New York meat market faced ongoing mob action until police arrived. In Logan County West Virginia four coal mines halted as miners protested meat lard and soap shortages.
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Miami
Fla
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Brooklyn, N. Y
Logan County
W. Va
British shifts in East Africa and Middle East bases
The article outlines Britain converting East Africa into a rear area with Haifa and Mombasa as naval hubs. Kenya Tanganyika and Uganda become support links to a wider supply network, while plans to replace Alexandria with Tobruk and Benghazi aim to protect oil interests and maintain Allied desert front lines.
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Cairo
East Africa
Near
Far East
Alexander
Haifa
Mombasa
Kenya
Tanganyika
West Africa
Khartoum
Egypt
British Foreign Office
Uganda
Sudan
Africa
Tobruk
Bengazi
Alexandria
Middle East
Britain
Riots at Italian Palace Endangered Leaders Amid Violence
In Rome, Palmiro Togliatti retreated from a palace balcony as pistol shots rang out to disperse a noisy mob. Pietro Nenni, minor bruises from crowd pushes, aided pacification as veterans and refugees swelled the demonstrators. Doors and furniture were damaged during clashes with police.
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Palmiro Togliatti
Pietro Nenni
Alcide de Gasperi
Meat scarcity fuels national political clash in 1947
Amid debates over meat supply, UNRRA chief says exports are limited to canned horse meat while Ohio and Indiana politicians urge probes into hoarding and price control relief. Officials cite varied industry responses and forecast beef gains but pork and eggs slacken.
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Democratov
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Washington
Democrat
Rep. Halleck
R-Ind
GOP
Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
OPA
Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Jed Johnson
D-Okla
Green
D-Ri
Justice Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Leo Durocher to broadcast Dodgers games on WJZ and NBC
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher will start a regular Sunday program at 1 p.m. on WJZ New York and the NBC network. The report also notes George Bernard Shaw wrote for nine years before earning a living from writing.
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New York
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
WJZ
American Broadcasting Network
George Bernard Shaw
Goering Wills Under Strain Of Sentence
Major Frederick Teich described Hermann Goering as a beaten man in his Nürnberg cell after weeping on seeing his wife and facing execution. Teich said other condemned men lose hope, while Raeder mourns his wife’s absence as Russians note her return travel from Berlin to Nürnberg.
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Goering
Teich
Reichsmarshal
Erich Raeder
Berlin
Nuernberg
Storm Threats Flash Floods in West Virginia
A storm warning warned of high waters and flash floods across West Virginia small streams to surface as waters rise threatening communities and roads. Local officials urged precautions and monitored creek levels while crews prepared sandbags and drainage efforts.
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West Virginia
Carolinas Storm Weakens as Rain Spreads Inland
Weather bureau issues 1 a.m. EST storm warning for the Carolina system near stationary with low pressure around 29.56 inches. Winds stay under 20 mph, with 30 to 40 mph gusts along the Middle Atlantic coast. Heavy rain affects central and western Carolinas, spreading into central and western Virginia and parts of West Virginia and Maryland, raising flood risk along small streams tonight and Thursday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Carolina Storm Center
Middle Atlantic
New England
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Norfolk
Block Island
Virginia Cape
Slow moving tropical storm warns coast from Block Island to Cape Hatteras
The Carolina storm remains nearly stationary west of Columbia South Carolina with low pressure around 29.35 inches. It drifts northward weakening, with winds under 30 mph inland and 30 to 40 mph along the coast from Block Island to Norfolk. Heavy rain spreads from North Carolina into Virginia and eastern West Virginia, prompting high water and flash flood precautions as storm warnings stay in effect from south of Block Island to Cape Hatteras and small craft advisories from Eastport to Block Island and Cape Hatteras to Charleston.
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Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Atlantic States
Block Island
Norfolk
North Carolina
Virinia
Westirginia
Mendenhall Years Outlined in Local Obituary Narrative
Mr. Mendenhall, a Hillsdale native of Guilford County, spent years in High Point merchandising before moving to Greensboro to run a wholesale grocery business for two decades. He later served 20 years as a travelling salesman for a Norfolk chemical company, retiring four years ago. A birthright member of Asheboro Street Friends church, he was prominent in Republican circles.
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Mendenhall
Hillsdale
Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Norfolk Chemical Company
Asheboro Street
Blueprints Of Wake Forest In Nine Months
Preliminary blueprints for the Wake Forest college campus and plant to move to Winston-Salem will be ready in nine months. Architect Jens F. Larson of New York was asked to draft plans for buildings to house 1,500 men and 500 women students, plus streets, campus areas and approaches. Attendees included O. M. Mull, Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin, B. M. Watkins, Andrew J. Hutchins, C. J. Jackson, Irvin Carlyle, Charles Babcock and Gordon Gray.
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College
Jens F. Larson
New York
Baptist Institution
Larson
O. M. Mull
Shelby
Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin
Wake Forest
B. M. Watkins
Durham
Andrew J. Hutchins
Canton
C. J. Jackson
Irvin Carlyle
Charles Babcock
Gordon Gray
Industrial to settle wage hike amid 16-day walkout across unions
Industry seeks a 20 percent wage rise while 2,700 AFL street car operators stay idle blocking power lines. Secretary Schwellenbach and conciliators push for partial settlements on maritime and Mack truck strikes as violence erupts at Hollywood studios and Norwalk plant amid ongoing labor standoffs.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Schwellenbach
East
Gulf
Capt
Co. F. May
West Coast
San Francisco
Washington
Peter J. Manno
Hollywood
Sive-Weers
Norwalk
Cio-Organized
AFL United Mine Workers
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Yugoslavia Criticizes Western Powers Over Treaty Stumbling Block
Kardelj denounces the ruling class of some western powers in Yugoslavia's progress debate. He says neighbors support Yugoslavia while overseas powers vote against. Belgium Poland and Czechoslovakia also criticize the Italian treaty. The draft moves to the big four for final action before signature.
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Yugoslavia
Kardelj
Belgium
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Fatal Car Crash Claims Life Of Asa Thomas
Asa Thomas aged 21 died at Lee County Hospital after injuries from a skid on wet pavement that caused the auto he rode in to strike a truck. Funeral services will be held.
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Sanford
Asa Thomas
Lee County
Everything Is Lovely Between Joe and His Boys In Loveland
NEA Service reports So-Lo Works in Loveland operates as a profit sharing plant with open access to President Joe Marx. Workers share profits, free medical care, and hospitalization funded by the plant. Community feel includes gardens and farm help, with Marx engaging daily and not presiding over meetings. Plant now makes 88 household items.
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Joe
Loveland
NEA
Cliff Lauber
Joe Marx
Lauber
Marx
SoLo Works, Inc
Marz
So-Lo
Joe Connor
So-Lo Works, Inc
Connor
Nature
Carter
Baruch Receives Plaque as Atomic Work Is Discussed
United Nations secretary general Trygve Lie hinted at involvement in atomic energy talks while Bernard Baruch received a Freedom House plaque for his U S role on the UN atomic energy commission. Baruch defended the American plan for peaceful atomic use against Soviet insistence on inspections.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Alions
Bernard M. Baruch
Lie
Baruch
Freedom House
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
America
Atomic Commission
Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Library Reports High Circulation Figures
The High Point public library monthly report shows 4824 books circulated across Main Negro and Highland libraries last month. Purchases added 140 books, 115 for adults and 25 for children. September registrations rose by 170 and fines plus rental fees totaled 101.30 dollars.
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High Point Public Library
Elizabeth Gurley
Walter Johnson Remains in Unchanged Condition
Walter Johnson, former Washington Senators star and American League strikeout ace, stayed in an unchanged condition at Georgetown Hospital. He has been hospitalized since April for a brain tumor and endured a weekend relapse with a sinking spell on Sunday, though officials noted some improvement as he held through the night.
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Washington
Walter Johnson
Georgetown Hospital
Hhe
Washigton Senators
Lexington man named district chairman for USO drive
B C Young Jr of Lexington is named district chairman for the 1946 47 USO campaign by Lt Gov L Y Balentine. The district includes seven counties Davidson Davie Forsyth Iredell Surry Yadkin and others with county chairmen to be announced before the campaign opens.
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USO
Thomasville
B. C. Young, Jr
Lexington
L. Y. Balentine
Young
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Iredell
Stoke Surry
Yadkin
Ballentine
Cerdan to Meet Abrams in Madison Square Garden Bout
European middleweight champion Marcel Cerdan will fight George Abrams of Washington DC in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden on December 6. The New York event showcases top regional boxing talent and advances Cerdan toward a title defense.
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New York
Marcel Cerdan
George Abrams
Washington, D. C
Madison Square Garden
Southern Webbing Mills Employees Reject CIO Union
Greensboro Oct 9 Em boa of the Southern Webbing Mills Inc on Reidsville iron manufacturers of elastics and the largest concern of its kind in the south rejected unionization under the CIO in a plant wide vote conducted yesterday. They voted 28 against and 16 for choosing the Textile Workers Union of America CIO as their bargaining agent. There were 52 employes eligible to vote and 48 ballots were cast in the election held under NLRB supervision.
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NLRB
New Star Rises For Cardinals In World Series
Boston reports that De Rice, a 23 year old third string catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, teams with pitcher Harry Brecheen to star in game two of the World Series, rising from relative obscurity behind stars like Musial and Williams.
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Boston
Eddie Dyer
Harry
the Cat) Brecheen
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Faces Mays In Texas Golf Round
In Fort Worth, Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Denver advances to the second round of the 12th annual Texas Woman's golf tournament. She shot 71 to medalist and 33 on the back nine to win 5 and 4 over Mrs. Harold Weilbach, San Antonio. Zaharias seeks her sixth title this year at Colonial Country Club (6,453 yards par 75). She meets Mrs. John Mays of Fort Worth today in the next round.
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Fort Worth
Tex
George
Babe
Harold Weilbach
San Antonio
Seaman First Class Charles R. Childers on U S S New
Charles R. Childers seaman first class, son of Mrs. Gladys Childers of Thomasville, serves aboard the destroyer U S S New in the Atlantic with the 12th fleet, currently in Athens after calls in Lisbon Naples and Gibraltar during a Mediterranean goodwill tour. Meanwhile North Carolina reports 31 counties with only one to four hospital beds per thousand residents.
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Thomasville
Charles R. Childers
Gladys Childers
Wagstaff Street
U.S.S. New
12Th Fleet
Atlantic
Childers
Athens
Lisbon
Naples
Gibraltar
New
Mediterranean
North Carolina
Banking Commissioner Hood Begins North Carolina Tour
North Carolina state banking commissioner Gurney Hood left Raleigh to visit Oakboro Salisbury Charlotte and Asheville for hearings and meetings. He will review applications by Security Bank and Trust Salisbury to open an Oakboro branch and assume the assets and liabilities of the Oakboro unit of Mutual Bank and Trust Marshville. He will also review City Savings Charlotte deposits authority and First State Hazelwood branch at Fontana while considering Fontana assets from First National Bank Waynesville.
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Raleigh
Ney P. Hood
North Carolina
Oakboro
State Banking Commission
Security Bank and Trust Company
Salisbury
Oake Boro
Mutual Bank and Trust Company
Marshville
Charlotte
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