Marseille Oran plane crash leaves many missing
Five dead and 37 missing after a Marseille Oran flight crashed in the Mediterranean near Paris. The Sabre escort vessel picked up five bodies and several survivors, with 39 passengers and five crew aboard, including six children and two babies. Military planes joined the search as officials sought rescue details.
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Paris
Marseille - Oran
Mediterranean
Sabre
Huyghe
France
North Africa
Air Transport Control
Stalin Signals Wary Easing of Cold War Ties
In Warsaw Stalin told eight British MPs he seeks no war and aims to settle differences with the United States and Britain through expanded trade. He said the West should improve relations, or the Soviet Union will proceed alone, waiting for Britain and the United States to regain reason. British and U.S. officials reacted cautiously, noting potential for broader cooperation if Moscow adheres to the path of negotiation.
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Warsaw
Stalin
Russia
United States
Britain
Associated Press
Ronni Zilliacus
America
Sochi
Black Sea
Moscow
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Washington
United Nations
Dangerous storm heads toward Florida reaches hurricane strength
A tropical storm labeled potentially dangerous is moving west northwest toward Florida from the Atlantic passing Turks and Caicos. Winds near the center are 60 to 70 mph with squalls extending 200 miles. hurricane hunter planes will check progress at daybreak as forecasts warn of a blow to Turks Island and the southeastern Bahamas.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Turks and Caicos Islands
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Turks
Turks Island
South Atlantic
South Florida
Gulf Oast
Justice eligibility upheld for UNC grid star
Durham dispatch reports the Southern Conference executive committee upheld the eligibility of Charlie Justice of the University of North Carolina to play football, confirming his status despite ongoing eligibility questions.
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Durham
Southern Conference
Charlie Justice
University of North Carolina Grid
Weather Summary for October 18 19 1947 Carolina Areas
Official weather bureau readings show temperatures across cities from Charlotte to San Antonio. Notable highs include San Antonio 92 and Greensboro 80 while lows vary with Denver 5 to Raleigh 67. rainfall totals are light in most reported locations with a few sites recording trace amounts.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Cnarionion
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Hranaville
Galveston
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Loa Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
St. P
Mobile
Lee Mt. Mitchell
New Orleanses
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Fran
Spartanburg
Hunt Underway for Missing DC-3 Cargo Plane
Army air force and civil aviation officials join to search for a Strato Freight DC-3 missing after departing Charlotte for Gainesville Florida with three crew members Saul E. Kornish pilot Robert Piper co pilot and Dwight Coulter company executive. Greenville Army Air Base and other airports assist in the search along a busy route.
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Charlotte
Army Air Force
Civil Aeronautics
Strato Freight, Inc
Gainesville
Saul E. Kornish
Otis
Mass
Robert Piper
Pittsfield
Osawatomie
Kansas City
Dwight Coulter
R. PD. Beaumont
Here
Gainessville
Beaumont
K. W. Lindemann
Civil Aeronautics Inspector
Greenville Army Air Base
Greenville
Anderson
S. C
Dr. E. C. Brooks Dies at 75 Former State Education Leader
Raleigh obituary announces the death of Dr. E. C. Brooks 75 former president of State College 1923 1934 and educator who helped rewrite elementary history courses and served on the National Finance Inquiry commission He is survived by a widow a son and two daughters with funeral set for Edenton Street Methodist Church and burial in Maplewood Durham
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Raleigh
E. C. Brooks
N. C
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Durham
E. C. Brooks, Jr
Travis Vallum
E. T. Pullen, Jr
Winston-Salem
Brooks
Kernersville
Forsyth County
Goldsboro
Test Vote On Marshall Plan Today
The first test vote on George C. Marshall's plan to overhaul United Nations machinery is set for today in the 7 nation political committee at 11 a.m. EST. Britain France and China are among those optimistic about broad support while Russia calls the plan illegal and plans to boycott the little assembly if formed.
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Little Assembly
Britain
France
China
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Pla
Soviet Union
Gromyko
United States
Satellies mi
Poland
General Assembly
Flushing Meadow
Better Ports Are Urged By Broughton
Former Governor J Melville Broughton urged full cooperation to develop North Carolina ports and attract processing plants for peanuts soybeans corn and wheat. He cited the state ports authority led by R B Page and a maritime commission lease of shipyard space for port terminal and industrial sites in Wilmington. The remarks came at a Wilmington Star News luncheon with a Rockefeller foundation survey on newspapers shaping public opinion also highlighted.
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Wilmington
J. Melville Broughton
Eastern Carolina Press Association
North Carolina
North Carolina State Ports Authority
R. B. Page
Broughton
Maritime Commission
Wilmington Star-News Company
Page
Star- News
Rockefeller Foundation
Robert G. Anderson
Institute of Research and Social Science
The
University of North Carolina
Cholera Toll Reaches 1602 in Nile Valley Epidemic
The Egyptian health ministry says cholera has killed 1,602 people in the Nile valley since the outbreak began September 23. In the 24 hours ending yesterday, 308 deaths were recorded, a new daily high.
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Cairo
Nile Valley
Prospect Of Higher Bread Helpful To Saving Drive
The prospect of bread price rises may spur eastern housewives to join President Truman’s save a slice of bread a day campaign. Bakers in New York and Baltimore plan a one cent per loaf increase beginning Monday as wheat nears 3.05 a bushel. The Luckman committee urged bakers to cut loaves and adopt a wheat saving program to help cut costs.
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Washington
Truman
New York
Baltimore
American Bakers Association
Baltimore Evening Sun
Philadelphia
C. P. Binner
Bakers Association
Luckman Committee
Luckman
Johnston elected president of North Carolina Forestry Association
Don P. Johnston of Wake Forest was elected to succeed Dean C. F. Korstian of Duke University as president at the association’s annual convention in Asheville. The convention opened yesterday and ends today.
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Asheville
Don P. Johnston
Wake Forest
North Carolina Forestry Association
Dean C. F. Korstian
Duke University School of Forestry
Doe crashes through bars in wild beer run across town
A 170-pound doe roamed Brophy's bar and two nearby businesses, smashing windows and bars before fleeing. Six men and a woman sheltered inside as the deer barreled through, then collapsed after a baseball bat struck it and a patrolman shot it. The venison will be served at St. Joseph's hospital.
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Wonkers
N. Y
Brophy's
John Moss
St. Joseph's Hospital
Galax Flood Ravages Town Agencies Seek Shelter Help
A flash flood along Chestnut Creek in Galax Virginia swept away seven houses and displaced about 150 residents. Mayor Rose C. Penney estimates losses at two to three million dollars with furniture factories suffering the heaviest damage. Red Cross teams established temporary headquarters to aid housing and feeding the homeless as water receded into the creek banks by midmorning.
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Galax
Chestnut Creek
Rose C. Penney
American Red Cross
Roanoke Rapids Man Is Killed In Auto Accident
Union South Carolina October 18 UP two white men and two negroes were killed when a car failed to negotiate a 45 degree curve at Carlisle south of Union. Dead were Dwight Wardlow Jack Palmer John Henry Jones and Henry Cornice. Several injured were taken to Hendersonville North Carolina awaiting coroner confirmation. The car a Pontiac 1947 license 151792 belonged to Fiske Carter Construction Company with Greenville offices.
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Union
S. C
Carlisle
Here
George Noland
Union County
Dwight Wardlow
Jack Palmer
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
John Henry Jones
William Glover
White
Hendersonville
Noland
Glover
Fiske Carter Construction Company
Greenville
Armed Guards Move 150 Of Army's Worst Prisoners
A military prison train moves from Greenhaven New York toward Camp Cooke California with 150 wrangled inmates. Seven escapes across three states left one prisoner critically wounded and another still at large James D Anders 21 Jamestown New York is pursued by Kansas police. Lt Col H F Ames reports the group as the Army’s most dangerous and includes three German POWs serving life terms.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
California
Kansas
James D. Anders
Jamestown
N. Y
Greenhaven
Camp Cooke
Calif
Camp Carson
Colo
Colorado Rockies
H. F. Ames
Ames
Calf Takes Trolley Ride Lands In Jail Cell
Chicago motor man William Elwood stopped the street car on Ashland avenue and picked up a stray calf. The heifer rode seven miles to a street car barn where it was moved to a patrol wagon and jailed at Shakespeare avenue station awaiting owner claim or transfer to an anti cruelty society.
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Chicago
William Elwood
Ashland Avenue
40Th Street
Elwood
Shakespeare Avenue
Anti-Cruelty Society
Rescue Ship Battling Rough Sea
The coast guard cutter Bibb rescued 69 aboard from the Bermuda Sky Queen and heads to Boston at 20 knots through heavy seas. A welcome by city officials and Red Cross aid is planned, with passengers described as in fine shape though emotionally strained after the incident. Tina Lewin praised the calm during the crash and landing.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Bibb
Bermuda
John B. Hynes
American Red Cross
Tina Lewin
North Atlantic
Union Curbed Under Order of Jurist
Thomasville daily dispatch reports judge H Hoyle Sink issued a temporary restraining order against the Textile Workers union and 95 Local 633 leaders to appear in Greensboro on October 30 to show cause why the order should not be made permanent. The action cites rock throwing dynamiting arson and threats at the Amazon Cotton Mill in Thomasville and bars further union activity toward the mill and its customers. Named leaders include H D Lisk R L Harris Robert A Parker and Local 633 officers from Thomasville with formal court summons set.
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Thomasville
H. Hoyle Sink
Greensboro
12Th Judicial District of Superior Court
Amazon Cotton Mill Company
Textile Workers of America-Cio
Amazon
H. D. Lisk
Twua-Cio
R. L. Harris
Winston-Salem
Twuacio
Robert A. Parker
High Point
The
Robert Preston
Marion G. Garrett
H. G. Gibson
Philip O. Hargett
Matthew P. Cooper
Lexington
Davidson County
W. G. Fritts
Cooper
Paren Amazon
A.alser
Russell K. Van @andingham
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Ringling Mothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Panacea
Mable Ringling
Circus
Uncle Sam
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Silver Lake
Ocracoke Island
Carolina Coast
University
University of the Sea
Orehead City
Knapp Foundation
Vo Wmwilms
Villa
London
Foreign Office
Bulletin
Carolina
Sipely Pi
Bunter
Heads Forestry Body
Ervin Patterson
Cutter Bibb
ITU
National Labor Relations Board
William R .Ringer
NDRB
U. S
International Typographical Union
Earle K. Shawe
League
NLRB
Sidney J. Barban
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