Five poliomyelitis cases reported in city and Archdale
Health officials announced two new poliomyelitis cases within the city and a third in Archdale, bringing total city area cases to five since summer. Patients include Bobby Worley 22 months, Brenda Ferguson two, Bobby Jones 13, Marie Medlin 12, and Paul Conrad, with care at Gastonia Orthopedic Hospital and Winston-Salem Baptist Hospital.
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High Point
Archdale
Bobby Worley
Clara Cox
Gastonia
Edward Worley
Brenda Ferguson
Asheboro Street
Bobby Jones
R. F. Jones
Trinity School
the Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Marie Medlin
Paul Conrad
F. L. Conrad
Conrad
Baptist Hospital
Worley
Medlin
Ferguson
Jones
Randolph County Health Department
James R. Brandon
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Sternberger Hospital
Greensboro
Brandon
Baruch Highlights Wartime Mobilization Failures
Bernard M. Baruch told the Senate war investigating committee that World War I mobilization errors cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars. He blamed repeated missteps, foot dragging, and inadequate controls after Pearl Harbor timing and urged immediate, far reaching action in 1939 industrial mobilization plans.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Senate War Investigating Committee
Armed Services
Baruch
War Industries Board
Roosevelt
Myaungmya Hit by Hurricane Wind Demolitions
Hundreds homeless in Rangoon delta town of Myaungmya after hurricane force winds leveled more than 200 native dwellings yesterday.
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Rangoon
Burma
Rangoon River
Myaungmya
Weather summary for North Carolina and national readings
North Carolina sees considerable cloudiness with showers in western and extreme southern areas and cooler temperatures today. For the 24 hours ending 8:30 am, Charlotte reported 1.01 inches of rain and a high of 82 while Charleston reached 72 and 67 with 0.22 inches. Other cities logged varied temps and precipitation across the nation.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
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Chica
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Detroit
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Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Atte Moble
Mitchell
New York
Nateigh
San Antonio
Asherville
S Francisco
Tlanta
Spartanburg
Taft Enters 1948 Presidential Race for GOP Nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio formally announced his candidacy for the 1948 Republican nomination in a letter to Ohio GOP chairman Fred H. Johnson. He called the race wide open and noted he would limit personal campaigning once the Senate convenes next year. Taft spoke at the Commonwealth Club in Cincinnati after a White House meeting.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Fred H. Johnson
Ohio Republican State Committee
Johnson
Senate
White House
Cincinnati
Commonwealth Club
Woman Hopes to Find Missing Son in China Search
Mrs. Hazel Moore, widow of Harry Moore, Jr., left for China by air to locate her son. She will travel via Seattle Anchorage Tokyo to Shanghai to join Moore’s wife Elsie Lyons and his two young daughters. Moore’s plane reportedly forced down last week in territory now controlled by communists.
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Washington
Hazel Moore
Charlotte
N. C
Syracuse
N. Y
China
Harry Moore
Turks Protest Russian War Propaganda at UN
Turkey formally protested to the United Nations over what it called an aggressive propaganda campaign by Russia to inflame Turkish citizens against their government and allied states. The Turkish delegate was reacting to Soviet charges that the US Greece and Turkey foment war. The US demanded the assembly reject Moscow's anti war monger measures.
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U. S
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Manuilsky
Vishinsky
T.e
George C. Marshall
United States
Russia
Marlene Dietrich Hides Her Legs
New York reports actress Marlene Dietrich arrived from Europe with her famed legs concealed by a 12 inch hemline skirt. She said the hem makes sitting easier and that she no longer needs to wear trousers.
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New York
Marlene Dietrich
United States
America
Europe
Film cited as propaganda example in US senate hearing
Mrs. Lea Rogers of Hollywood told the House Un American Activities Committee that the film None but the lonely heart is a prime example of communist propaganda in movies. She said the project was handled in the Russian manner and she advised against filming it for Gary Cooper under contract to RKO. The testimony noted Odets' alleged communist ties and the committee promised a later record on his activities.
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Peggy Ann Thomas
South Carolina Woman's Penitentiary
Columbia
Charleston
Robert Montgomery
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Screen Actors Guild
Hollywood
Lea Rogers
House
UN American Activities Committee
Ginger Rogers
RKO
Clifford Odets
Gary Cooper
Ronald Reagan
Leo McCarey
George Murphy
Robert Taylor
Montgomery
McCarey
St. Mary
United States
Russia
Stripling
Bing Crosby
Chile Orders Arrest Of Strike Leaders
Chilean authorities say an organized communist plot to wreck the national economy prompted orders to arrest 360 strike leaders in the copper region. Troops were sent to occupy two nitrate plants and military control was tightened across the nitrate and copper provinces declared emergency zones.
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Santiago
Chile
Dewell Pits
Maine Town Evacuates as Fire Ravages Bar Harbor
A devastating forest blaze on Mount Desert Island destroys homes and estates in Bar Harbor, with rescue by air and sea transport. Officials report four known deaths and millions in damages as residents flee by lobster boats, coast guard craft, and navy vessels.
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Kor Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island
Bar Harbor
Seth Libby
George C. Abbott
Ellsworth
Andrew Walls
Walls
Coast Guard
Abbott
Navy
Daniel McClay
Bangor Water
Colorado Teachers Score A 67 On History Exam
About 100 teachers at a Colorado convention took a 25 question American history quiz from a Denver public schools text. The average score was 67 with some teachers scoring as low as two correct answers.
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Colorado
Lincoln
U. S
Ce ES
Denver Public Schools
Northwestern district education association meeting in Greensboro
In Greensboro on October 24 a holiday was declared for students in 15 northwestern North Carolina counties as the Northwestern district of the North Carolina Education Association held its annual one day meeting at Woman's College. About 3,000 teachers and school officials attended and heard speakers including C. Reid Ross R L Weaver Dr Walter A Flick and Clyde A Erwin.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
North Carolina Education Association
Woman's College
C. Reid Ross
Lillington
R. L. Weaver
Chapel Hill
Walter A. Flick
Washington and Lee University
Clyde A. Erwin
Refugees Bestowed Safe Passage Through Island Road Block
Works superintendent on the island described bulldozers clearing a path for the first hundreds of refugees. Boulders toppled from cliff tops with flaming trees, rocks pushed aside. At night the town glowed only from fire and a mobile lighting unit at the first station as 2,000 townspeople gathered on the athletic field.
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Tge
McClay
Bar Harbor Fire Ravages Million Dollar Summer Homes
Bar Harbor Me Oct 24 a massive fire devastates the famous summer colony on Eden Street. Chief George Abbott recalls 50 mansions along a mile long stretch burned or damaged with losses topping 8 5 million plus hidden art and furnishings. evacuees flee by sea and land as residents cling to last stands.
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Bar Harbor
Eden Street
George Abbott
Madame Rothschild
Two Trains Collide Killing 28 in London Crash
In dense fog two suburban electric trains collided near South Croydon. At least 28 are dead and over 100 injured. Croydon Mayday hospital reports 26 deaths by 10:15 a.m. Ambulances rushed more than a hundred casualties to safety as rescuers describe a fogbound, deadly blast and twisted cars along the track.
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London
Croydon
South Croydon
Russia Changes Its Ambassador to United States
Moscow radio announced Nikolai V. Novikov is relieved as Russia’s ambassador to the United States and will be succeeded by Alexander S. Panyushkin. Panyushkin, Order of Lenin recipient, previously served as Soviet ambassador to China from 1943 to 1945.
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London
Moscow Radio
Nikolai V. Novikov
United States
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Novikov
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Panyushkin
Soviet Union
China
Truman calls special session to tackle European crisis
President Truman outlines compelling reasons for Congress to reconvene November 17 to address a billion-dollar European economic emergency and domestic inflation. He cites three actions: curb high prices, approve foreign aid, and advance the Marshall Plan to aid European recovery. Western diplomats view the move as a step toward relief for hard-pressed nations.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Desolation Follows In Wake of Fire
A reporter surveys Desolation in western Maine after days of forest fires. Towns like East Brownfield and Hiram are spared some buildings while Brownfield and surrounding areas suffer widespread destruction. Roads, poles, and fields burn as flames edge toward Limerick and Cornish.
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Limerick
Maine
Fryeburg
Waterboro
Brownfield
Walker
Hiram
Tobacco Sales To End After October 28
Henderson news reports that all flue-cured tobacco markets will suspend sales after Tuesday October 28 for an indefinite period due to Britain's ban on tobacco imports. Chairman Fred Royster of the flue-cured marketing committee announced the halt.
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Henderson
Fred Royster
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