Western Allies Reconsider German Reparations Policy
The piece notes a shift in Western views on German postwar repair, with France and Britain signaling readiness to halt further German dismantling while reviewing the reparations framework. It cites French Foreign Minister Schuman and U S administrator Hoffman as key players and warns world peace hinges on how the review influences Germany's economic revival and European stability.
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Gering
Reich
Rman
Hitler
Gerny
Europe
Marshall Plan
Bolshevists
Western Europe
Germany
France
Tain
Belgium
Brit
Rob Schuman
Hoffman
U. S
European Recovery Tream
Hoffman Hade
London
Ernest ‘In
Wood Industries Conference opens in city with 15 states
Engineers manufacturers and top wood products researchers from 15 states and the District of Columbia gather in High Point for a two day Wood Industries Conference hosted by ASME at the Sheraton hotel. Early registration shows 55 attendees as sessions address wood uses education research and private laboratories.
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District of Columbia
High Point
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Missouri
Alabama
Wisconsin
Indiana
Kentucky
Georgia
South Carolina
Connecticut
Virginia
Michigan
D. E. Henderson
N. C. State College
Raleigh
South
F. J. Hanrahan
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Washington, D. C
Wood Industries Division
ASME
J. T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
H. A. Foscue
North Carolina Weather Forecast Cites Mild Temperatures
The Associated Press notes fair and slightly warmer conditions across most of the Carolinas tomorrow. Western North Carolina may be cooler with Seville at 34 degrees and Mount Mitchell around icebox levels. Local low temperatures include Florence 50, Winston-Salem 51, Raleigh 41, Charlotte 50, Wilmington 52, Cape Hatteras 32.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Seville
Mount Mitchell
Carolinas
Florence
Lamberton
Winn-Salem
Hickory
Greenec
8. C
Anderson
Elizah City
Rocky Mount
Bern
Wilmington
Kle Beach
Raleigh
Sensboro
Charlotte
Arleston
Spartanburg
Jumbia
Cape Hatteras
King Gustaf V Quiet Night Amid Influenza Illness
Stockholm report says King Gustaf V aged 90 has had influenza for three days and a quiet night with his physicians attending.
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Stockholm
Ng Gustaf V
State's REA Program Is Fast Growing
Washington report notes North Carolina reduced farms without electricity from 3 percent in 1935 to under 32 percent remaining without power. It lists REA progress across the South, compares state loan totals, and cites North Carolina’s $8.19 million repaid on loans with a current fiscal-year allocation of $9. The article also states Ohio leads with 97.6 percent electrified and mentions 21,900 miles of REA lines in North Carolina.
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Washington
North Carolina
Rural Electrification Administration
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Texas
Ohio
REA
Missouri
Hoey Predicts Truman Victory in North Carolina
Senator Clyde Hoey asserted that President Truman will receive North Carolina’s electoral vote with definite assurance after a statewide campaign swing. Hoey said he has daily speaking engagements through the November 2 election.
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Shelby
Clyde Hoey
Truman
North Carolina
Hoey
State Department weighs keeping Martinique consulate
The State Department hinted it may reverse plans to close the Martinique consulate amid military objections. Officials said the listing was premature and more meetings will address protests against the padlocking of the consulate, seen as a weak link in Caribbean defenses.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Martinique
Caribbean
Department
Robert C. Wilson
Paris
France
Eisenhower Painting Sells for 2600 at Benefit Auction
A Dwight D. Eisenhower painting sold for 2600 at a New York benefit auction last night, the highest price among 190 celebrity paintings for the Urban League. The work features an Indian subject with a landscape on the reverse, Eisenhower’s first painting for fund aid. The winning bidder was William S. Wassell, Philadelphia banker.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Urban League
William S. Wassell
Philadelphia
Britain Plans Refits to Standardize Power for US Radar
The Daily Express reported Britain will refit all battleships to standardize power plants with the United States Navy to allow use of American radar and secret devices. The admiralty did not confirm or deny the plan, citing 60 cycle US generators versus 50 cycle British machinery.
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London
The
Daily Express
United States Navy
Express
Royal Navy
U. S. Navy
Admiralty
Stage Set For Truman Visit Next Tuesday
About 300 highway patrolmen will be stationed around Raleigh for President Truman's Tuesday visit. He will dedicate a monument to three Tar Heels who became president and attend the North Carolina State Fair opening. Mrs. Truman and Margaret Truman accompany him.
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Raleigh
Truman
H. J. Hatcher
Raleigh-Durham
N. C
Democratic
Margaret
Fairgrounds
Capus Waynick
Tl. S
Clyde R. Hoey
William B. Umstead
J. Melville Broughton
Kerr Scott
Cherry
Nation Leaders Plan Pacific Defenses and Coop
Airforce Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining and Vice Admiral John L. McCrea met Gen. MacArthur near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for three days to discuss precautions against surprise attack and to solidify army navy air force cooperation. They outlined a vast defense arc from northern Japan to American Samoa and beyond, with next February’s amphibious exercise in the Alaska area and Twining set to fly to Adak then Anchorage.
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Airforce
Nathan F. Twining
Alaska
John L. McCrea
MacArthur
Japan
Imperial Palace
Allied
U. S. Pacific
Army
Navy
Pacific
Defense Forrestal
Tokyo
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Korea
China
Philippines
American Samoa
Equator
U. S
Netherlands
British Commonwealth
U. S. Navy
Admiral McCrea
Tsingtao
U. S. Naval Forces
Western Pacific
Shantung Peninsula
Twining
Adak
Anchorage
Truman and Dewey Rally in Midwest Campaign Tour
Governor Thomas E. Dewey heads a Republican caravan toward Kansas City after attacking foreign policy and urging good government. President Truman campaigns through Minnesota and Wisconsin with a unity message for peace and prosperity, citing past isolationism and urging bipartisan foreign policy.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Kansas City
Truman
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Dewey
New York
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Crawford Clothes Cuts Prices Twenty Percent
New York reports Crawford Clothes slashed men's wear prices by 20 percent to curb rising costs. President Joseph Levy says wool and labor costs keep rising and relief is unlikely, noting a bold postwar move echoing early 1930s actions to adjust prices downward.
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New York
Crawford Clothes
Joseph Levy
Amendment Would Allow Counties to Boost Levy
North Carolina voters face a November referendum on allowing counties to raise property tax levies beyond the 15 cent limit. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow up to 25 cents for counties while preserving a five cent state tax. It targets county general purposes and does not alter state taxing power.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Corn Belt May Cut Its Meat Production
Washington reports from October 1948 indicate optimistic forecasts of rising meat supplies and falling prices by late 1949 may be overstated. Farmers in the corn belt fear price drops before new meat animals are fattened and marketed, despite favorable feed to livestock price relations. Iowa State College economist Carl C. Malone and colleagues from western states voiced the caution during an agriculture department outlook conference.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Carl C. Malone
Iowa State College
Six Polio Deaths and New Cases Reported Across Counties
One more polio death and six new cases were reported to the state board of health. The Buncombe resident's death brings the year’s toll to 123. Yearly cases reach 2,314 with Ashe Cleveland Hertford New Hanover Person and Sampson counties each reporting one case.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Buncombe
Ashe
Cleveland
Hertford
New Hanover
Person
Sampson
Western powers pursue action on Berlin crisis and Bernadotte inquiry
Western delegates pressed for Security Council action to lift the Soviet blockade as Berlin tensions persist. Britain and China urged Israel to report progress on Count Folke Bernadotte’s assassination and criticized Jewish authorities for failing to safeguard the mediator.
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Paris
Berlin
Security Council
Russia
Britain
China
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
ITU Held in Contempt by Judge Swygert in Indiana
Federal Judge Luther Swygert ruled the International Typographical Union in contempt for insisting on a closed shop in newspaper contracts. He ordered the ITU to prove within 10 days it complies with the injunction under Taft Hartley while outlining four prohibitions against local unions and instructions not to support contract terms discriminating against nonmembers. The ruling could impact nationwide newspaper negotiations and the Chicago strike, with possible appeals to higher courts.
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Indianapolis
Luther M. Swygert
International Typographical Union
National Labor Relations Board
International
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
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Nelson C. Brown
Syracuse University
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Louisville
Charles M. Kreeder
Kenneth Redman
Thomas D. Perry
Moorestown
N. J
Issam Fidler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Foregin
Engineering Society
U.S. Forest Products Laboratory
Wisc
Forest Products Laboratory
Hunt
Armin Elmendorf
Elmendorf Corp
Cominform
Lorraine
Artois-Flanders
Waldemar Schmidt
Schmidt
Maron
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United States
Corn Belt
Bunche
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Stern Gang
ITU
Swygert
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