Jewel Thieves Hunted Across Europe for Windsor Jewelry
An international hunt for the Duchess of Windsor theft targets a cat burglar who stole gems from the Ednam lodge in Surrey. Police say the loot valued by the Duke at about 80 thousand dollars led to a wide investigation across Britain and the continent as detectives pursue possible getaway routes.
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Wally
Duchess of Windsor
Cannes
France
Sunningdale
London
England
Europe
Atlantic
Scotland Yard
R. M. Howe
Britain
Ednam Lodge
Earl of Dudley
Surrey
Windsors
FBI Eyes Alleged Vote Fraud In Truman Home County
FBI agents opened a probe into alleged irregularities in the August Democratic primary that pitted Enos Axtell against Rep. Roger Slaughter in Jackson County Missouri. The case centers on Independence and the Fifth District near President Truman's home, with Kansas City Star reporting and DOJ guidance from Washington.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman
Pendergast Democratica Organization
Roger Slaughter
FBI
Kansas City Star
Enos Axtell
Independence
Department of Justice
Washington
Election Board
Ludwick Graves
J. Raymond Hoy, Jr
Arthur T. Allen
Democratic Committee
Jackson County
Thomasville Celebrates Everybody's Day and Community Spirit
Former Gov J Melville Broughton led a downtown celebration in Thomasville praising community spirit as North Carolina returns to peacetime progress. He urged industrial cooperation to keep the state among leaders in agriculture and industry while noting the ongoing Thomasville Chair strike and 1200 unemployed workers. Local officials welcomed attendees and closed with veterans leaders remarks.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
North Carolina
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Thomasville Chair Company
R. L. Pope
W. Howard Steed
Culbreth-Harris
American Legion
A. L. Elliott
William C. Miller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ie Sant
Lumberton
Retreat From OPA Ceilings To Be Orderly
Washington reports the administration aims to lift most wartime price ceilings by November 1 while keeping rents autos building materials and farm items under controls. Officials emphasize an orderly retreat with no riot or chaos and note flour coffee and handkerchiefs among items already adjusted. The move involves sweeping changes for meat cattle imports and the size of the OPA staff ahead of January congressional action.
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Washington
Hich
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Farina
Chicago
United States
OPA
Stabilization Board
White
Weather summary for North Carolina and Carolinas region
Partly cloudy today and Saturday with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures near normal, with cooler trend and moderate showers by Wednesday. Readings show varied values from 74 to 86 across cities like Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh Charleston and Atlanta with several stations reporting no rainfall in the past 24 hours.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Evanaville Galveston
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis Si
Meridian
Miami
Mini -St.p
Mobile Oe
Fe Mt Mitchell
New Orlas
New York
Raleigh TS
Antonio
S. Francisco
Spartanburg
Ex Republican Chief in S C Is Stricken and Dies
Joseph W. Tolbert, 76, longtime South Carolina GOP boss and former state chairman, died in Greenwood after a two week hospitalization following a truck collision near Ninety Six. Known as Tieless Joe for avoiding neckwear, he dominated state politics for decades and served as national committeeman, with leadership shifts during Hoover era and the Gerald faction realignment in 1940.
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Greenwood
S. C
Joseph W. Tolbert
Republican Party
South Carolina
Tolbert
Joe
Walrus Moustach
GOP
Hoover
Hambright
J. Bates Gerald
Adm Waesches Funeral Rites Set For Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday at Fort Myer Chapel in Arlington Cemetery for Adm. Russell Randolph Waesche wartime commandant of the Coast Guard. He died of heart disease yesterday in the Naval Hospital at Bethesda Md where he had been a patient since his retirement last December.
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Washington
Fort Myer Chapel
Arlington Cemetery
Adm
Russell Randolph Waesche
Coast Guard
Waesche
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Truman Reverses Some Public Works Cutbacks
President Truman, under congressional pressure, restored part of his two month old public works spending cut plan. An additional 35 million for flood control brings the year total to 130 million, with further limited flood control expenditures to be approved project by project by Steelman and Webb.
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Washington
Truman
James E. Webb
John R. Steelman
Webb and
Steelman
AFL Seafarers threaten new national ship strike
In October 1844 the AFL Seafarers International union threatens further disruption to U S maritime operations after talks with eight Atlantic and Gulf Coast ship operators broke off. SIU leader John Hawk and the union delegation walked out, signaling a willingness to keep ships idle until three demands are met.
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New York
AFL Seafarers International Union
Atlantic
L. A. Parks
John Hawk
SIU
GOP Leader Sees Meat Price Controls After Election
Rep. Earl R. Lewis of Obbto argued price ceilings on meat can be restored after the election. He noted the wartime act allows controls on scarce goods and warned President Truman, the agriculture secretary, and the price administrator may reimpose meat ceilings if precedent from the Roosevelt era is followed.
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Washington
Earl R. Lewis
Obbto
House Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Lewis
Reds Slash In Budget Signals Shift In Soviet Postwar Policy
The new Russian budget indicates a more peaceful stance and a potential Red Army reduction of over 40 percent. Observers see it as reducing military presence in occupied European countries and easing Cold War tensions.
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Russia
Red Army
Europe
800000 Vets Enrolled In U S Schools
Cincinnati October 18 reports from Dr Raymond Walters show about 2 000 000 students enrolled in U S higher education including 800 000 World War II veterans. He notes ballooning attendance, with independent teachers colleges posting gains and many veterans using teachers colleges as temporary recourse.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Walters
Teachers
North Carolina
Nebraska
Sharp Decline Hits Livestock at Nation's Markets
Livestock receipts at 12 major markets fell as week end packing plants close and prices dropped across most grades. Hogs topped at 23.50 this morning, cattle and sheep declined, with totals showing a sharp drop from yesterday and year-ago levels.
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Chicago
Packer
American Meat Institute
Alumnus Honored by Navy Chief Chaplain From H P College
Swansboro reports Comdr E C Andrews, a 1936 High Point College alumnus who led chaplains at the U S Naval hospital in Oakland, has two Purple Hearts. A Wake Forest and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate, he served Wisconsin pastorates before naval service and was cited by the USS Colorado skipper.
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Swansboro
E. C. Andrews
I. Oe
U. S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
Calif
High Point College
Wake Forest
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Navy
Colorado
Laundry Strike Shuts Five Winston Laundries
Winston Salem workers strike over representation by SEIU L W expands to five laundries with about 500 workers off the job. Picket lines form as state labor officials seek a settlement while unions demand recognition of the SEI L W as bargaining agent.
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Winston-Salem
Forrest H. Shuford
Frank Crane
International Fur and Leather Workers
CIO
Hardy Scott
The
Se.l.w
Trusteeship Agreements Assured for UN Council
Lake Success New York Oct 18 Definite promises of trusteeship agreements from Great Britain and Australia virtually assure creation of the United Nations trustee ship council at the coming General Assembly session. France has already submitted agreements, fixing the necessary number of trust territories for council establishment. The sole risk is the assembly’s approval of the treaties. An Australian agreement on New Guinea was completed and may be sent to the UN secretary general.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Great Britain
Australia
United Nations Trusteeship Council
General Assembly
France
New Guinea
Tanganyika
Rayon over cotton looms at congressional cotton hearing
A House agricultural subcommittee meeting in Memphis weighs rayon as a rival to cotton. Rep. Stephen Pace notes rayon production nears 870 million pounds this year and could rise to 1.25 million pounds capacity in four to five years as growers back government acreage limits and price supports.
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Memphis
Tenn
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
House
Georgia
United States
Robert B. Snowden
Arkansas
Army Plans to Speed Up Discharges by Year End
The army says 435000 officers and men will be discharged by December 31 to drop strength from 1745000 on September 30 to about 1070000 next year. The plan emphasizes ending drafted 1945 personnel and includes dismissals of wartime officers and those deemed ineffective.
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Washington
Congress
Warin
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Heville
Atlanta
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AFL
Reds
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Dewitt Mackenzie
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