Brewers Propose Grain Saving Plan For Beer
Washington, Oct. 15. Brewers present a grain conservation program to satisfy the food committee and cut wheat and corn use for beer. Luckman seeks a substantial reduction and hints at policy changes. industry officials promise a definite program within days.
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Washington
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Luckman
United States Brewers’ Foundation
Small Brewers Committee
Dulles Plans Silent Stand Against Vishinsky Attacks
At Lake Success on October 15, U S Secretary of State Dulles intends to ignore Andrei Vishinsky s denunciations of Secretary Marshall s plan to revise UN machinery He will wait for reaction from other delegates and refrain from replying to Vishinsky s charges Meanwhile Arab states press their drive against US support for partition of Palestine and new round of amendments is anticipated within Marshall s framework
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Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Vishinsky
Marshall
Dulles
Russia
U. S
Palestine
All Aboard Flying Boat Rescued
New York dispatch reports all passengers and crew were saved from the Bermuda Sky Queen after a forced landing in the North Atlantic. The Bible rescued 62 passengers and seven crew members, with 17 aboard awaiting daylight rescue. The incident began during a flight from Ireland to Gander Newfoundland.
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New York
Boeing
North Atlantic
Bibb
Coast Guard
Paul B. Cronk
Newfoundland
Martina
Cronk
Coast Guard Office
Ireland
Gander
Nld
Channon
Eiie
Baltimore
Eire
McCarthy Flags FPHA Finances and Calls for Cuts
Sen. Joseph McCarthy R Wis, at a Senate Expenditures subcommittee hearing, called FPHA finances a mess and urged shrinking government bureaus as an accounting firm found 1945 46 books unauditably astray. Witnesses Waterhouse and Co surveyed FPHA accounts for the Comptroller General. Former FPHA head Herbert Emmerich and deputy John Edy denied embezzlement. others described chaos with fiery warnings from Sen. Van Horn.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Lic Housing Authority
Wisconsin
Senate
Herbert Emmerich
PHA
John N. Edy
Emerich
E. B. van Horn
Senate Committee
Churchill says no war if Reds quit the alliance
Win Churchill told a CBS radio audience at the Alfred E Smith memorial foundation dinner in New York he would be worried if Russia and allied nations walked out but does not believe that would trigger war. He dismissed Russia's aggressive propaganda as not the prelude to war.
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York
Churchill
Russia
Rusa
CBS
Alfred E. Smith
Weather summary for Carolina October 15 1947 report
Official weather readings for 24 hours ending 8 30 am show temperatures varying across cities from 42 to 99 degrees with rainfall amounts listed. Charleston cooled to 69 while Columbia reported 66 in Raleigh 42 with Meridian 46 and San Antonio 42. Precipitation amounts range from trace to 1.71 inches in some stations.
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Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit Trom
Evansville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksoneitle
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Menphis Mo Fe Meridian
Miami
Falling Tree Kills Man in Charleston County
A Negro man was crushed to death when a tree blown over by high winds fell in the Jericho section of Charleston County. Police reported they are seeking the victim's identity and verifying accident details.
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Charleston, &. C
Jericho
Charleston County
State Post Relinquished By Clayton
Washington reports William L. Clayton resigns as undersecretary of state for economic affairs effective at end of business today. He will serve as an unpaid adviser while Mrs. Clayton’s health improves. President Truman accepts reluctantly and expresses satisfaction that Clayton will return to public service if possible. Clayton cites Mrs. Clayton’s long health concerns and Houston home wishes.
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Washington
William L. Clayton
Clayton
Truman
Bird named interim head at WCTC in Cullowhee
Dean W. E. Bird, a Jackson county native and former college dean, was appointed yesterday by the WCTC board of trustees to act as president following the death of Dr. H. T. Hunter. Bird spoke at the memorial service calling Hunter a leader who treated employees as fellow workers. The announcement came during Hunter’s memorial in Hoey auditorium ten miles north of Asheville.
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Cullowhee
W. E. Bird
Jackson County
Western Carolina Teachers College
H. T. Hunter
Bird
Hunter
Asheville
Buncombe County
WCTC
University of North Carolina
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
UNC
Duke University
Durham
Hoey Auditorium
Dr. Hunter
CIO Calls for Immediate Congress Action on Price Controls
The CIO urges an immediate congressional session to restore price and rent controls and rationing. Delegates also back a higher income tax exemption, fair employment, veterans’ protections, and federal rental housing programs while seeking curbs on speculative profits and grain exchange margins.
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Boston
CIO
Congress
National Convention
State Accepts 800 Acres of Land for New North Carolina Park
Eight hundred acres near Hiwassee dam in Cherokee county were accepted today by the North Carolina board of conservation and development as the nucleus for a new state park. The area, offered by the Tennessee Valley Authority, was approved during the board's closing session of its three day quarterly meeting.
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Asheville
Hiwassee Dam
Cherokee County
North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tobacco Prices Display Sharp Decline
Tobacco prices on the flue-cured middle belt fell sharply with averages down 2 to 7 dollars per hundred pounds. Losses concentrated in common and low utility leaf and fair and low smoking leaf while eastern belt grades eased 1 to 3 dollars and border market prices dropped 1 to 6 dollars amid weaker demand.
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Raleigh
Lewis Faces Another Big Struggle
In San Francisco on October 15 John L. Lewis faced a new battle over his union holdings in mine workers district 50. After losing a vice presidency in the AFL he could threaten to walk from the AFL with his 600,000 United Mine Workers as anti-Lewis forces push jurisdictional conflicts to a tribunal Lewis cannot control. The fight centers on resolutions from the AFLs resolutions committee led by John P. Frey and a minority led by Thomas Kennedy.
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San Francisco
John L. Lewis
AFL
Saame
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
District 50
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Thomas Kennedy
Tides Set Record At Morehead City
The tropical storm brought the highest tides in Morehead City history. Skiffs ferried residents from water front homes as Rogue Sound rose to three feet near the hospital. Streets flooded and the beach boardwalk suffered seas and debris while sandbagging the causeway to Atlantic Beach was conducted.
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Morehead City
Rogue Sound
Morehead City Hospital
State Highway Department
Atlantic Beach
Savannah
Carteret County
North Carolina
Beaten Woman Testifies in Mee Murder Case
Patricia Schmidt testified in Havana that she was beaten by John Lester Mee of Chicago aboard his yacht in Havana harbor before she fatally shot him through the neck.
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Havana
Patricia Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Havana Harbor
Byrnes Sees Disturbing East West Rift in UN Talks
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes warned that United Nations discussions show growing divergence between eastern and western Europe. He spoke during a Spartanburg book event about Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stalin, Molotov, and U.S. policy, stressing firmness with patience to keep peace and noting room for ideological coexistence.
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Spartanburg
U S. C
James F. Byrnes
United Nations General Assembly
Europe
Byrnes
Alex McCullough
The
Spartanburg Herald
Supreme Court
Stalin
Molotovo
Russia
United States
Savannah Hit By Atlantic Hurricane With 80 to 100 MPH Winds
A hurricane sweeping from the Atlantic struck Savannah and nearby areas with 80 to 100 mph winds causing downed trees and damaged property. Hangars and planes were hit at the national guard airport, Tybee Island tides inundated areas, and several buildings including the Rollinson Engineering front collapsed. Coastal resorts and the shrimp fleet were moved to safety as evacuation proceeded.
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Savannah
Georgia
Carolina-Georgia
National Guard
Chatham
Cain
Rollinson Engineering Company
Bay Street
Florida
Atlantic
Hunterfield
Savannah Beach
Weather Bureau
Tybee Island
Waldo Spence
Savannah Evening Press
Spence
West Savannah
Louis Spott
Fleet Air Service
Brichton
Brunswick
St. Simons
Sea Island
GOP Leaders After Dixie Delegates
Dixie Republicans were notified that about 200 delegates will attend the 1948 GOP convention and that presidential hopefuls will seek their support. Harold Stassen will tour the South in November with stops in Little Rock Dallas New Orleans Gulfport St Petersburg and Orlando, Fla. Taft may follow, as he holds solid backing among southern delegates.
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Washington
Harold FE. Stassen
Little Rock
Ark
Dallas
New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
St. Petersburg
Fla
Orlando Fla
Taft
Ohio
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Clarksville
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Hurchill
Noar
Reds
Carolina
Dean Bird
Athens
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Commission
Greece
Pacific
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