Teamsters Strike Shuts Down New York Trucking
A New York truck stoppage began after Local 807 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters rejected a new contract. About 9,400 members stopped work, raising worries of a wider walkout affecting 13,000 in the region. Mediators from city, state, and federal levels planned talks to end the dispute.
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New York
FL International Brotherhood
Division of Labor Relations
New Jersey
807
Chance Radar Signal Saves Boat Captain
In a dramatic rescue off Maryland, a radar signal guided by a ship's radar crew spotted Richard Christy after his 55 foot freighter the Christy sank in heavy seas. Christy clung to a fragment of his vessel for over eight hours and was rescued exhausted and unable to talk. Co survivor Carroll Evans jumped to a life raft and was rescued by a tugboat that notified the coast guard.
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Solomons
S. S
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Annapolis
Richard Christy
Christy
C. A. Christy
Crisfield
Auard
Elizabeth Iy
N. C
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Carroll Clayton Evans
Coast Guard
Auto Inspection Violators Given Another Chance
In Raleigh several thousand motorists who missed the mechanical inspection deadline will be cited to an inspection lane in the next 10 days rather than to court. Col H J Hatcher said the move applies to 1936 and earlier, and 1947 1948 models, with reminders for 1937 and 1946 owners as deadlines approach.
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Raleigh
Col. H. J. Hatcher
Arthur T. Moore
Ltte
Moore
Benes In Serious Condition As Prague Awaits Fate
Prague reports former president Edvard Benes seriously ill in hospital with a death watch under way. The government and public look for a possible recovery or further decline amid wartime strain and official statements from Prague.
Historian Charles A Beard Dies in New Haven
Charles A. Beard, noted historian and author of about 30 books on American history, died today at Grace-New Haven Hospital after a stay since August 2 due to aplastic anemia. His 1941 book, Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, sparked controversy. His wife Mary coauthored five works, including The Rise of American Civilization.
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New Haven
Charles A. Beard
Grace-New Haven Community Hospital
Ashley W. Oughterson
Beard
Roosevelt
United
Japan
Germany
Mary
America
United States
Three Counties Vote Out Beer and Wine Sales
Northhampton county voters considered stopping legal beer and wine sales while drys win in McDowell Cherokee and Cumberland. McDowell shows 9 to 1 dry, Cherokee 6 to 1, Cumberland 5 to 4. Cherokee result awaits Sept. 10 court hearing. McDowell restraining order denied. Cumberland and others continue legal actions.
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Associated Press
Northhampton
North Carolina
Cumberland
Cherokee
McDowell
Superior Court
State Democrats Open Headquarters In Raleigh Today
North Carolina Democrats formally opened their Raleigh campaign headquarters in the Carolina Hotel. The setup mirrors Kerr Scott's gubernatorial campaign HQ with many staff returning, including Capus Ynick as campaign head and Charles J. Parker directing publicity.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina
Kerr Scott
Capus
Ynick
Scott
Charles J. Parker
Mutual Broadcasting to Drop Telephone Prize Programs
Edgar Kobak president of the Mutual Broadcasting system said the network will eliminate prize programs that require listeners to answer a telephone to win a prize.
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New York
Edgar Kobak
Mutual Broadcasting System
Oday
Wallace Campaign Stop In Decatur Brings Mixed Reception
Henry A. Wallace spoke to about 600 at the Morgan County courthouse in Decatur Alabama, urging unity and an end to the cold war. He faced boos and isolated tomatoes with few Black attendees, while officials warned of strict segregation enforcement and some cities banning appearances.
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Decatur
Ala
Henry A. Wallace
Alabama
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Morgan County Court House
Wallace
Greece
Turkey
China
TVA
Deep South
Mississippi
Aransas
Louisiana
Arkansas
James E. Folsom
Malone Quits Democratic Committee
Edwin H. Malone of Louisburg resigns from the North Carolina Democratic state executive committee after Capus Waynick urged him to stay and vote the straight Democratic ticket. Malone represents States Righters in a court case seeking party status and promised support for the party ticket but not for President Truman.
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Raleigh
Democratic State Executive Committee
Capus Waynick
Edwin H. Malone
Louisburg
Malone
Waynick
Truman
North Carolina
Georgia Florida leaf crop averages hit record $47.05
Valdosta Ga Sept 1 The Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco market reported season sales of about 134 094 170 pounds at 47.05 per hundred with 36 pounds sold for 25.79 per hundred. Final sales closed yesterday in Vidalia the last market in operation.
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Valdosta
Department of Agriculture
Vidalia
Zhdanov Dies Shocking Moscow in Mourning
Andrei Zhdanov dies at 52 leaving a leadership void in Cominform and a possible path toward Stalin succession. Tens of thousands view his body in the Hall of Columns as Red Square funeral plans unfold amid flags, Pravda tributes, and party turmoil.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Kremlin
Stalin
Zhdanov
Communist Party
Russia
Red Square
Pravda
Politburo
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Middle Belt Tobacco Markets Open With 1948 Crop
Four Middle Belt markets Aberdeen Carthage Sanford and Fuquay Varina begin selling the 1948 flue cured tobacco with major buyers present. Officials expect lighter sales than 1947 due to a 27.52 percent acreage cut, while Durham Louisburg Henderson and Oxford await their turns.
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Associated Preas
Cargo Department
Middle Belt
Aberdeen
Carthage
Sanford
Fuquay-Varina
Durham
Louisburg
Henderson
Oxford
North Carolina Supreme Court urged to speed ballot ruling
The N C Supreme Court heard the States Rights Democrats bid to place their candidates on the general election ballot. Attorneys pressed for a swift decision as the board of elections warned of dual ballot printing if delayed.
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N. C. Supreme Court
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
States Rights Democrats
State Board of Elections
Harry Mullan
Board of Elections
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Superior Court
W. C. Harris
Wallace Candidate Withdraws From Fourth District Race
L. G. Smith of Raleigh withdraws from the North Carolina congressional race, saying a Durham convention did not nominate him and citing the party's stance on race relations. Harold Murray of Asheboro had already withdrawn from the Eighth district race.
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Raleigh
Progressive Party
North Carolina
L. G. Smith
Mary Price
Durham
Congress
Smith
Harold Murray
Asheboro
Hughes Buried in Riverside Church Ceremony at Woodlawn
Charles Evans Hughes former Chief Justice of the United States was laid to rest after funeral rites attended by about 1500 people at Riverside Church in Woodlawn cemetery.
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Woodlawn
Riverside Ichurch
Polio Cases Rise With 36 New Infections Statewide
The state health board reports 36 new polio cases today raising annual total to 1 844 and the monthly total to 572. Duplin and Johnston counties add a death bringing epidemic toll to 95. In Forsyth county one teen is diagnosed raising local year total to 60.
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State Board of Health
Duplin County
Johnston County
Toady
Caldwell County
Guilford
Lee
Randulph
Rockingham
Catawba
Jackson
Moore
Rowan
Alexander
Carteret
Columbus
Durham
Haywood
Iredell
Mecklenburg
New Hanover
Orange Sampson
Wake
Watauga
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
City Hospital
Billy Nugent
Kirby Nugent
South Poplar Street
Nugent
Defendant Repudiates Murder Confession
Mrs. Robert Howell testified at a Shelby preliminary hearing that her alleged murder confession was coerced by threats from her husband who forced her to sign the statement for Sheriff Hugh A. Logan Jr. She called the confession a lie and said she would be sorry if she did not repeat the coercion.
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Shelby
Robert Howell
Hugh A. Logan, Jr
Communist Offensive In Far East Grows Alarming
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports a widening communist push in the Far East. He cites the North Korean puppet regime threatening South Korea, Chinese newsmen warning of civil war, and uprisings in Burma Malaya Indo China and Indonesia as Moscow shifts weight to Asia in a total war strategy.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Far East
North Korea
United States
South Korea
Nanking
Korea
John R. Hodge
U. S
Hodge
Washington
Honolulu
Burma
Malaya
Indo-China
Indonesia
Amon
Europe
Orient
America
Southeast Asia
India
Russia
Thankin Nu
Malay Peninsula
Moscow
Eastern And Border Belts Show Decline
Eastern and Border belt flue-cured tobacco markets posted mostly $1 to $2 declines on the Eastern Belt with some losses up to $4 per hundred pounds. Monday’s average was $49.60 for 10,743,246 pounds while the season’s sales total 61,458,281 at an average of $48.38. Border belt losses were $1 to $3 with some $4 and $5, as 9,845,288 pounds were sold for a $49.97 average, bringing season totals to 166,428,700 pounds and an average of $52.91.
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Raleigh
Carolinas Border Belt
North Carolina
NC Agriculture Departments
Border Belt
Border Belt Ae
Tropical Storms Diminishing As Third Shuns Coast
In Miami Florida on September 1 1944 two tropical storms weakened. The first hurricane threat near Puerto Rico skirted North Carolina and appears to be fading. Storm warnings for Guadaloupe and St Lucia were lowered as a 50 mph storm moved into the Caribbean. A third system 150 miles off Brownsville Texas showed little promise of development.
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Miami
Fila
Puerto Rico
North Atlantic
North Carolina
Guadaloupe
St. Lucia
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Kennon Leads Long in Tight Senate Race Returns Lag
Russell Long narrowed the gap with Appeals Judge Robert Kennon to 4 078 votes as returns lag in the United States Senate contest in New Orleans Louisiana.
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Kennon
LONG
New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey Long
Robert Kennon
United States Senate
Double Rail Line May Be Opened Soon
Berlin reports from Sept. 1 4 indicate Germanys four military governors reopened Berlin crisis talks with experts to end the blockade. A Magdeburg railway official said the Magdeburg to border line can carry all freight and passenger traffic as Russia blocks the western rail link. The discussions aim at a unified currency and coordinated administration amid the 70 day crisis with continued Moscow meetings expected.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Germany
Anl
Per der Kurier
Magdeburg
Allied Control Council
Grouns -Eperts
Moscow
Allied Control Authority
Es Marters
Bic
Multiple Auto Wreck Kills 1 Injures Eight in Virginia
A man aiding a jackknifed tractor-trailer on U S Route 301 ten miles north of Hanover courthouse was killed and eight others injured in a four-vehicle crash. Thomas Johnson, 25, of Bowling Green, Va., died at the scene. A northbound car carrying four Fort Bragg soldiers struck the stalled truck. An Ohio couple and their daughter were also involved.
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Hanover
Hanover Courthouse
E. R. Collis
Thomas Johnson
Bowling Green
Johnson
Fort Bragg
N. C
Collig
Ohio
Army orders to screen out Communists in peacetime draft
Army commanders were ordered to screen out any Communists and fellow travelers during the peace-time draft, continuing wartime security measures into the peacetime force.
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Washington
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Florida
Mikhail I. Kalinin
Mildred FE. Gillars
U. S. Commissioners Office
Edna May Herrick
Conneaut
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