Major distillers agree to 60 day shutdown to save grain
A clear majority of 39 major distillers agreed to a 60 day shutdown to conserve grain for Europe. Seventeen firms assented on the spot, with two more wiring in approval. Some leaders warned of unemployment, but key companies including Glenmore Distilleries and subsidiaries planned to suspend operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Citizens Food Committee
Europe
Charles Luckman
Dr. Luckman
Tvo
J. A. Engelhard
Distilled Spirits Institute
Engelhard
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Englehard
Luckman
Schenley Distillers Corp
National Distillers Products Corp
New York
Food Committee
Chicago
Joseph Mackler
Waterfill and
Frazer Distilleries
Anchorve
Bardso
Justifiable homicide in Thomasville pool room shooting
A coroner's jury found justifiable homicide in the pool room shooting of William Jackson, 26, by Thomasville police officer B D Hicks. Jackson was killed around 9 p.m. after threatening Sam Curry. Hicks was shot in the left shoulder and treated at City Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
William Jackson
East End
B. D. Hicks
City Hall
R. K. Farrington
Ner
Hicks
Jackson
R. L. McDonald
City Memorial Hospital
McDonald
Sam Curry
Negro Hospital
Curry
S. W. Embry
Embry
Weather Forecast for Coastal Regions Sunday October 12 1947
Cloudy with light southeast showers in coastal areas today and Sunday. Occasional showers continue in coastal zones with inland areas mostly cloudy. Sunrise 6 24 AM, sunset 5 49 PM. Temperature and wind not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babi
Minesweepers Missing Drift Toward Pacific Fringe
A faint distress call intercepted by a navy patrol pilot indicated four minesweepers missing since September 24 drifted about 490 miles northeast of Palmyra in the Hawaiian sea frontier. Three men aboard were aboard the linked vessels as search planes tracked the last known position from a hand crank radio. The ships had been lashed together after separating from a tug that paused at Palmyra for provisions when en route to Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Palmyrass
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Palmyra Island
Manila
Honolulu
Slavs Break Off Relations With Chile
Belgrade Yugoslavia October 11 Yugoslavia announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with Chile in protest of Santiago expelling two Yugoslav diplomats Dalibor Jakasa and Andres Cunja. The foreign office called Chilean claims a slander and said the action violated basic international principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kile
Foreign Office
Chile
Dalibor Jakasa
Legation
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Andres Cunja
Cunja
Jakasa
United States
Scott Opposed To Consignment Bread
Raleigh October telegram shows Agriculture Secretary Anderson urged ending consignment bread to save untold thousands of bushels of wheat. Kerr Scott said bakers selling on consignment crawl the market and cost about 150000 bushels of wheat annually in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Anderson
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Court Delays Hearing on Two Labor Cases
The North Carolina Supreme Court postponed two Buncombe county labor cases to the week of November 4. The action followed the death of AFL counsel Joseph A. Padway and involved questions over the validity of the anti closed shop law from the last legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Buncombe County
State Supreme Court
Durin
Harry McMullan
Geo. Pannell
American Federation of Labor
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
San Francisco
Ailing Crewman To Be Taken Off Boat Off Southport
A crewman suffering blood poisoning was to be removed from the American tanker Atlantic Dealer at sea off Southport today. The coast guard reported a radio from the ship indicating the stricken man needed hospital attention immediately. His name was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
Coast Guard
Price of Saturday Evening Post Raised to 15 Cents
The Curtis Publishing company announced an increase in the price of the Saturday Evening Post to 15 cents per copy. The move follows other rising costs and marks the latest in a series of price hikes since 1942 when the price doubled from 5 to 10 cents.
Hypnosis Birth in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins
A five pound baby boy was born to 22 year old Margaret K. Petrick at Johns Hopkins Hospital under hypnosis. Dr. Harold Rosen, Hopkins psychiatrist, supervised the delivery and urged careful use of the method only for suitable cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Margaret K. Petrick
Harold Rosen
Hopkins
Rosen
Methodists To Meet In High Point
Delegates of the Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church consider a resolution opposing universal military training. Dr Walter A Stansbury urged adding a United Nations based statement to the report. The conference also laid cornerstone for a home for the aged in Hickory Grove and chose High Point as next years conference city with delegates named from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
Methodist Church
Walter A. Stansry
Gastonia
Conference Committee On World Peace
United States
United Nations
Stansbury
Methodist Home For
Hickory Grove
Here
Clare Purcell
Columbia
S. C
High Point
J. A. Jones
George L. Hackner
Lexington
W. F. Redding, Jr
Asheboro
J. W. Payne
Cherryville
Tom Little
Wadesboro
Robert D. Coleman
Canton
Guy Weaver
Asheville
George D. Finch
Thomasville
Luther L. B. Gobbel
Greensboro
C. N. Clark
Mount Airy
H. G. Allen
Winston-Salem
Garland Stafford
Taylorsville
Charles P. Bowles
Statesville
Lee F. Tuttle
Henry C. Sprinkle, Jr
Officials Hold Conference on Fire Damages
Elizabeth City officials and Pasquotank fire officers met to assess damages at the county home badly burned overnight. One inmate died, identified as John Bembury about 80 years old, found on his bed. Fire officials cited possible boiler room origin but said the cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
Pasquotank
Tegro
A. H. Outlaw
John Bembury
George Koch
Congressmen fail to agree on plan to aid Europe
Congressmen returning from six weeks abroad split over emergency aid for Western Europe. Rep Nixon says Europe suffers from food shortages and requires help this winter. Rep Andresen counters conditions are not as bad as portrayed. Mahon and Case urge continued relief with safeguards, while Richards warns against hysteria over Communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ComiiLc
Abseau
Nixon
Andresen
House
Dionroney Tawala
Snot
D Ea
Wic
Narus
Monroney
Mahon
Italy
Richards
Dea
United States
Case
Germany
Austria
Living Cost Out of Line With Wages, Probers Say
Greensboro report details testimony before a congressional subcommittee on the rising cost of living. Producers blame raw material costs while labor groups call for price controls and new taxes. Several industry and union figures presented views on inflation and possible remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Francis J. Myers
Edward J. Hart
Herman Cone
Proximity Manufacturing Company
Sam Matlock
Small Tropical Disturbance Aims For Florida Straits
A small tropical storm moving from Cuba into the Florida Straits is expected to reach the Florida Keys area this afternoon with gale force winds of 50 to 69 mph. Advisory placed the storm 50 to 60 miles west of Havana with Havana reporting 46 mph winds and 2 inches of rain in six hours. Northeast storm warnings issued from Miami to Fort Myers as small craft are urged to stay in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida Straits
Cuba
Florida Keys
Weather Bureau
Havana
Cuban
Batiata Field
Florida Peninsula
Fort Myers
Tampa
Melbourne
Food Problem Of America Next Issue
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned of a tighter food conservation push for Europe and Americans alike after the September crop report showed no improvement in the grain supply. The report indicated a 54 761 000 bushel rise in corn estimates from a month earlier, offset by a drop in old crop corn stocks and a dim outlook for next year’s wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Anderson
Eat more meat urged to cut grain on farms in U S
Rep. Andresen argues increased meat and poultry consumption will reduce cattle hogs and fowl numbers, cutting grain use. He criticizes President Truman and Secretary Anderson. The Agriculture Department lists yield and production per acre for corn oats peanuts tobacco potatoes and sweet potatoes across North and South Carolina with tobacco at 2 151 356 000 pounds, second to last year’s record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
Truman
Anderson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Arab League Ends Talks Tonight on Palestine Action
The Arab league secretary general Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha announced the council would wind up its Holy Land de liberations tonight with discussions of possible further military measures against Palestine. Delegations from Syria Iraq Trans-Jordan Lebanon Egypt Yemen and Saudi Arabia prepare recommendations for tonight's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
The
Arab League
League Council
Holy Land
Palestine
Jerusalem
Azzam Pasha
Seven Council
Syria
Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Egypt
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
League
Libya
Africa
Italy
London
Aestine
U. S
Kiwanis District Ends First Postwar Convention
About 500 Kiwanis members and guests from 89 clubs in North Carolina and South Carolina concluded a three day convention in Charleston after nearly a war pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kiwanis
United States backs in principle partition of Palestine
The United States endorsed partition in principle at the UN Palestine committee, backing admission of 150000 Jewish immigrants during a two year transition. It urged UN help to preserve internal order, proposed a UN police force, and suggested Jaffa join the Arab state. Johnson avoided committing to outside military aid. Russia and Poland joined a Balkan watch list on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Palestine Committee of the General] Assembly
Herschel V. Johnson
U.S
UN Special Committee On Palestine
Unscop
A. Land
Britain
Palestine
U. S
UN H
Johnson
Arab League Council
Tonticipate
United Nations
Jaffa
Jorge Garcas Granados
Gatemala
Russia
Poland
France
China
Mexico
Brazil
Australia
Pakistan
Netherlands
Andrei A. Gromyko
State Freight Rates Go Up 10 Percent
The North Carolina utilities commission authorized a 10 percent intrastate freight rate increase for railroads, aligning with a recent interstate commerce ruling. Shippers were notified and no hearings were requested, and pulpwood rates are excluded from this rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
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U. S. Air Force
James M. Gillespie
Thomas J. Wells
Wilmington
ABC
Amarillo
Tex
International
Fred Flagler, JR
Enterprise
Scott
Baltimore
Methodists
Food Problem of
America
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