Communism Targeted by Legion Plan at New York Convention
The American Legion wrapped its 29th annual convention in New York with a militant anti communism stance, electing James F. O'Neill national commander and hearing former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen defend the Marshall plan. Delegates backed a defense report to withhold atomic secrets and urged civilian defense, while O'Neill and others were named to key posts.
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Legion
James F. O'Neil
Manchester
N. H
American Legion
O'Neil
New York
James F. O'Neill
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Europe
Paul H. Griffith
Uniontown
Vention
Stas
National Defense Committee
Ress
Albert A. Cree
Rutland
Richard B. Ott
Ritzville
Wash
Roy Barnes
White Lakes
S. D
Joseph White
College Park
Myron Renick
Fayetteville
W. Va
Frank L. Harrington
Butte
Mont
Nation Sees Clear Skies Across Labor Day
Chicago reports clear skies and mild to warm temperatures nationwide for Labor Day. The Weather Bureau notes thunderstorms and showers may dampen festivities in the upper Mississippi valley and western Great Lakes, while the north stays near normal and the south remains quite warm.
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Chicago
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Veteran Brick Man Dies In 77th Year
Statesville obituary notes Tate Holler, 76, longtime general superintendent of Statesville Brick Co, died at home. Survived by brother A. W. Holler of Columbia. Funeral services set for tomorrow at St Lutheran church.
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Statesville
Tate Holler
Statesville Brick Company
A. W. Holler
Columbia, S
St *S Lutheran Church
Editor Dr C Sylvester Green Addresses Carolina Clothiers
Greensboro Sept 1 Dr C Sylvester Green editor of the Durham Morning Herald spoke at the Carolina clothiers convention at Sedgefield. He said headlines today do not rule out a prosperous tomorrow noting Britain’s economic plight the inter American defense conference price rises and partisan politics as ongoing topics. He praised the basic principles of Americanism as sound.
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Greensboro
C. Sylvester Green
Durham Morning Herald
Carolina Clothiers
Sedgefield
Britain
Labor Will Help Labour Confront Britain’s Economic Strains
The general council of the Trades Union Congress signaled readiness to accept stricter Labor guidance, surpassing prior requests from the labor government. The council warned at the opening of the TUC’s 79th annual congress about the grave nature of Britain’s economic challenges.
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Southport
Eng
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Britain
TUC
Red Tide Menace Prompted Emergency County Commission
Two scientists warned that the red tide threatening St. Petersburg area shores with masses of dead fish could become a public health danger and trigger an epidemic of unlimited proportions. After reports by Dr. R F Nigrelli and Dr. Robert James officials formed a five man commission with emergency powers.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
R. F. Nigrelli
New York Zoological Society
Robert James
Clearwater
Fla
Displaced persons problem looms in US agriculture
Washington reports a preliminary farm program study warns of growing displacement as mechanization and new practices reduce farm labor. The committee cites record crop output with 26 million workers, down 3 million from 1940, and notes cotton and sugar beet regions face acute shifts as hand labor is replaced by machines.
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Washington
United States
House Agriculture Committee
Leukemia Fatal for West Virginia High School Student
Donald Ferguson a 16 year old leukemia patient died at home three days before starting his senior year. His father Willie Ferguson sold a truck saw mill and mules to pay medical expenses after Donald fell ill nearly a year ago and he had undergone more than 24 blood transfusions.
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Lavalette
W. Va
Donald Ferguson
Willie Ferguson
Donald
Speed Mark at Thompson Trophy Races Faces New Record
Speed fans chase a new closed course record at the National Air Races twelfth Thompson trophy classic. Steve Beville of Hammond Indiana set yesterday’s Kendall trophy mark 884.6 mph in a P 5 Mustang and hopes to top it in the 40000 Thompson race on a 15 mile rectangular course around 300 miles.
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Cleveland
Steve Beville
Hammond
Ind
Communists Triumph In Hungary After Election
In Budapest the information ministry announced the Communist led four party coalition won about 63 percent of ballots with 306 854 of 1 339 957 counted and no more totals due. Opponents charged fraud while the regime saw continued control amid talk of civil war in some villages as Soviet forces remained.
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Budapest
Information Ministry
Social Democrats
Democratic Peoples Party
Istvan Barankovics
Hungary
Doris Duke to Wed Dominican Diplomat in Paris
Doris Duke American tobacco heiress and fashion writer for Harper’s Bazaar will marry Porfirio Rubirosa honorary charge d affaires of the Dominican Republic in Paris at the Dominican consulate between 2 and 5 p.m. today. The ceremony follows Duke’s prior marriage to James H. R. Cromwell and Rubirosa’s former wives, including Daniëlle Barrieux and Flor de Oro Trujillo.
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Paris
Doris Duke
Porfirio Rubi-Rosa
Dominican Republic
Harpers Bazaar
James H. R. Cromwell
U.S
Canada
Rubirosa
Danielle Barrieux
Flor de Oro Trujillo
Rafael Trujillo
Truman Reaches Rio After Belem Refueling Stop
President Truman's plane the Independence refueled in Belem on the Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro flight. He will spend a week in Rio for a state visit and to address the inter American defense conference. The president is due to land at Ponta De Galeao and be greeted by President Dutra.
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Belem
Brazil
Truman
The
Independence
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Quitandinha
Wenal
U. S
Santos Dumont
Ponta de Galeao
Guanabara Bay
Furfeo Gaspar Dutra
Truman heads to South America on DC-6 for defense talks
President Truman and family board a sleek DC-6 at dawn amid tropical rain for a trip to the inter American hemisphere defense conference and Brazilian congress. He tours the control room calling the plane with many gadgets like a country store as he crosses the equator for the first time.
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U. S. Army Airforce Base
Henry T. Myers
U. S
Roosevelt
Hoover
South America
Double Talk Used to Save Space on Sign
New Orleans proclaims Labor Day with a shortened banner proclamation. Mayor Lesseps Morrison and city decorator Betty Finnin explain the tactic to fit the message on a banner over the business district streets.
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New Orleans
de Lesseps Morrison
Betty Finnin
Fight Looms In UN Over Division Of Holy Land
United Nations faces a clash as a committee plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states with a two year 150000 Jewish immigration program moves to a General Assembly vote. Arab leagues vow to oppose, while Jewish leaders stay silent.
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Holy Land
Lake Success
N. Y
United Na- Nations General Assembly
Palestine
Britain
Jerusalem
Galilee
Haifa
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Beersheba
Negev
Desail
Samarian
Judean
Isdud
Egypan
Geneva
General Assembly
New York
Arab League
Egypt
Iray
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Newspaper Vendor Killed By Train In Hunt For Bird Food
Chicago report describes 22 year old Robert M. Alsen feeding birds along the Penn railroad tracks. A box car being moved along a siding struck him, his body found cut in half. He rode a bicycle to forage fallen scraps for birds. Police are investigating the incident.
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Chicago
Robert M. Alsen
Penn
Britain to halt US food imports amid dollar shortage
London reports Britain will pause buying food from the United States due to a dollar shortage. Food Minister Strachey said Britain can manage briefly without that supply while 12,000 Yorkshire coal miners vote to end a walkout, though 4,000 kept striking.
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London
Great Britain
United States
John Strachey
Dundee
Scotland
Yorkshire
Emanuel Shinwell
Strachey
Britain
Shinwell
National Union of Mineworkers
Grimethorpe
Approval Of Treaty Means Better Sleep
Dewitt Mackenzie states that the mutual defense treaty agreed by the Conference of American Republics in Quitandinha Brazil promises hemispheric security. He argues it strengthens Pan America, deters aggressors, and complements the United Nations without duplicating its powers, with Nicaragua and Ecuador as future members.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Western Hemisphere
Quitandinha
Brazil
United Nations
Peace Organization
United States
Pan-America
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Canada
Pan- America Union
Europe
Asia
New Bern Beauty Wins Miss Coastal Festival Title
Frances Hadnett, brown haired New Bern beauty, won the Miss North Carolina coast al festival title last night over 16 rivals. Runnerup was Linda Renfrew of Greenville.
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New Bern
Morehead City
Frances Hadnett
Linda Renfrew
Greenville
Prices Hold Spotlight In Controversy
The Labor Day dispute centers on whether rising prices reflect wage gains or other cost factors. NAM President Bunting says workers have higher buying power than eight years ago, while Labor Secretary Schwellenbach argues wages lag behind living costs. Truman urges Congress to raise the minimum wage expand Social Security and push for health coverage.
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Washington
NAM
Earl Bunting
Schwellenbach
National Association of Manufacturers
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
Capitol Hill
Congress
AFL
Ka Ee Green
Cio
Isssear
Schnellenbach
Wainwright Retires to Private Life
Jonathan M. Wainwright, after forty five years in the army, retires from active service at Fort Sam Houston. He becomes chairman of Hammond Food Stores and Alabama stock farm, and vice president of Acme Sash Window Balance in Los Angeles. Governor Jester offers him a post on the Texas good neighbor commission to bolster Latin American goodwill.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Fort Sam Houston
Bataan
Mufti
Fiddler's Green
Hamond Food Stores
Alamo Stock Farm
Acme Sash Window Balance Company
Los Angeles
Beamford
New Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Rio Grande
Wainwright
Arthur McArthurfield
Missing Raleigh girl located after two weeks
Betsy Faye Buffaloe twenty was missing from her Raleigh area home for two weeks after leaving for a medical examination. The state bureau of investigation said she has been located in Charlotte where she had applied to a business college.
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Raleigh
Betsy Faye Buffaloe
Here
Charlotte
State Bureau of Investigation
Weather and temperatures for Tuesday September 2 1947
Partly warm with moderate warmth tonight and sunny conditions forecast. Temperatures across cities range from the mid 30s in Boston to the high 90s in San Antonio and New Orleans with readings near 70s to 80s in many coastal and southern locales.
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