Two Sides Are Not Far Apart Secretary Says
The AP reports a 42 000 reduction in workers off duty due to a three state textile strike settlement. 418 000 remain idle across industries as coal field strikes threaten 182 000 miners returning to work. Miners by state include 75 600 West Virginia and 58 467 Pennsylvania. Train and harbor disruption continue nationwide.
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Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
New York
Twenties World Peace Moves Meet Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago today Europe pursued peace with Locarno era accords and disarmament talks while the United States faced labor strife and troop redeployments. In Washington soft coal workers and the United Mine Workers chief failed to strike a deal but agreed to renewed talks with the Labor secretary.
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Washington
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Rhineland
Ruhr
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Leghorn
Italy
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Germany
Locarno
Europe
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John Lewis
Labor
Schwellenbach
North Carolina Building Costs Jump in August
Estimated cost of building in NC’s 26 largest cities reached 4.63 million in August, up 123 percent from a year earlier, according to Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford. Construction valued at 395,408 was under way in 19 towns under 10,000 population this year as of August.
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North Carolina
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Truman Approves Army Overhaul For Officers’ Tech Knowledge
President Truman travels from Dyersburg to Gilbertsville to dedicate the Tennessee Valley Authority dam. He flew from Tiptonville after rest at Reelfoot Lake and Caruthersville county fair. He will inspect the dam, then return to Washington tonight and host Chilean President Rios tomorrow.
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Tiptonville
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Caruthersville
Paducah
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Chile
Army Seizes Argentina After Peron Resigns
In Buenos Aires the army takes control after Col Juan Domingo Peron resigns as vice president amid navy demands the government quit. General Edelmiro Farrell remains president, taking orders from the Campo de Mayo commander in suburban Buenos Aires as tensions flare.
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Juan Domingo Peron
Supreme Court
Edelmiro Farrell
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Campo de Mayo
Peron
Darnand Executed by Firing Squad in Paris
Joseph Darnand former chief of the Vichy militia was put to death by a 12 man firing squad at Fort De Chatillon at 9 40 a m He was convicted of treason on Oct 3 by the same court as Laval and witnessed by a Dominican priest his lawyer a doctor and two magistrates The executed man cried Vive la France Farewell my militiamen before the shots.
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Joseph Darnand
Vichy
Paris
Fort de Chatillon
Darnand
Pierre Laval
France
No Error Found in Rape Case Against Negro
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled there was no error in the Burnett Williams case, a Lee county convict labeled as a Negro who raped a white woman and received the death sentence. Williams argued arraignment and plea rights were missing, but the clerk certified proper arraignment. The court’s opinion was by Justice Wallace Winborne. In a separate matter, Associate Justice Seawell affirmed a non-suit in a Mitchell county property damage suit brought by Wessie and Fred English against Harris Clay Company.
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State Supreme Court
Burnett Williams
Lee County
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Bill Williams
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Supreme Court
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A. A. Seawell
William Bobbitt
Mitchell County
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Fred English
Harris Clay Company
Gas Company Crews Work Overtime As Cold Snap Hits South
Heating units turned on as temperatures fell 10 to 12 degrees below normal. Early lows reached 35 in Birmingham and Nashville with frost in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. Other readings included 42 in Atlanta, 35 Blue Ridge, 37 Memphis, and 71 in Miami.
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Parade Of 690 Put On Before Headquarters
A parade of about 600 Japanese with red banners and Korean flags blocked traffic in front of General MacArthur’s headquarters in Tokyo to celebrate the release of 16 political prisoners from Fuchu prison. The crowd shouted Banzai and praised American order while police kept them from the Imperial Palace across the street.
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MacArthur
Japan
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Imperial Palace
Wife Defends Husband At Gas Chamber Trial
Frau Josef Kramer testified that her husband believed the gas chambers at Belsen were very wrong. He and 44 guards face a British court for mass killings amid reports of internees forced to sleep on bare floors.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Frau
Josef Kramer
Thomas Claude Wingood
Fran Kramer
Belsen
T. M. Backhouse
Next Step In Hunt Case Up To Merit Supervisor
The state merit system will decide the next step in the Hunt case after the David son county welfare board failed to remove E Clyde Hunt as superintendent due to political activities. The merit system would audit the county health and welfare payrolls post payment to uncover any discrepancies.
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E. Clyde Hunt
County Welfare Department
O Neene Oe
Merit System
Hunt
Tobacco Prices Rise Slightly on North Carolina Markets
Slightly higher prices were quoted for most grades on North Carolina and Virginia flue cured markets. Increases on eastern North Carolina markets reached up to 4 per hundred with few declines. Good lemon cutters averaged 4 per hundred for the first time this season as many lower qualities rose 1 to 4.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
Stalin Leaves Moscow For Delayed Rest
The Kremlin announced Stalin left Moscow for a vacation and rest after years of continuous duty. It said he departed yesterday but gave no destination or duration of absence.
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Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
United States Sets Far Eastern Advisory Session in Washington
Secretary Byrnes announced a meeting of a proposed far eastern advisory commission for October 23 in Washington. Invitations go to nine governments with India likely included per Britain's suggestion. Russia proposed a control council for Japan first, which could affect General Douglas MacArthur. Byrnes opposed altering MacArthur's status. Invitees include Russia Britain China and others.
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Washington
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Byrnes
India
Britain
Russia
MacArthur
China
Marshall Urges Army of 4,000,000 Be Available
General Marshall calls for a large standing force and a universal training program to deter future attacks. He urges continuous scientific military research, a peacetime citizen army, and a strong national guard, warning that cities like New York and Chicago could face rapid annihilation by advanced weapons.
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Caribbean
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