Church section condemns Marxism and capitalism
World Council of Churches advisory section condemns both Communism and capitalism as unable to deliver justice or freedom. The report, drawn up by The Church and Disorder of Society, criticizes capitalism for materialism and inequality while deeming Communism unjust. 125 church members lead the group amid 450 delegates from 40 nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tompkins
Amsterdam
Netherlands
World Council of Churches
Dr. Constantijn Leopold Patijn
Dutch Reformed Church
World Council
Christian Church
Berlin Plea for Voice in Four Power Talks
Berlin's anti Communist city government seeks a seat at the four power talks on the German crisis. Moscow veto looms as the military governors enter their third day of meetings and discuss ending east west strife, unifying administration, and guaranteeing freedom of travel between Berlin and the four occupation zones. Demonstrations by Communists disrupted meetings, with authorities yet to interfere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rman
Father Held For Shooting Small Sons In Mojave Case
In Mojave California on September 2 1948 coroner jury held Master Sgt Samuel R Adams 31 responsible for the fatal shootings of his two sons Richard four and Samuel Adams Jr seven during an argument over Sunday school attendance Mrs Margaret Adams 28 testified in tears that the father shot the boys and that Richard looked at me with his big blue eyes as he did not cry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mojave
Calif
Little Richard
Meggaret Adams
Richard
Samuel Adams Jr
Samuel R. Adams
Polio Cases Rise Across North Carolina Statewide Total Grows
North Carolina reports 21 new infantile paralysis cases today with Alamance Harnett and Mecklenburg leading at two cases each. August onset brings monthly total to 593 and yearly total to 1,865, with Yancey county logging its first case. The U S Public Health Service notes NC as the only epidemic state to decline for the week ending August 28 while California and Texas rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Alamance County
Alamance
Harnett
Mecklenburg
Avery, Buncombe
Carteret
Catawba
Columbus
Craven
Haywood
Iredell
Randolph
Stokes
Yancey
North Carolina
U. S. Public Health Service
California
Texas
Flue-Cured Markets Set to Close for Labor Day
Henderson tobacco markets will shut Monday for the Labor Day holiday. Bright Belt Warehouse Association president Fred S. Royster announced markets will reopen the following day with normal operations resuming after the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Fred S. Royster
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Zhdanov Death Sparks Western Speculation
The death of Colonel General Andrei Zhdanov, a key Soviet leader, prompts Western talk of shifts in Soviet Yugoslav ties and Western relations. Observers note his clashes with Molotov, anti Tito policy, and potential impact on bloc unity and European recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Zhdanov
Molotov
Stalin
Finland
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Europe
Ana Pauker
Moscow
Stassen accuses Brannan of aiming to raise food prices
Harold E. Stassen charged Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan with a deliberate attempt to halt the downward trend in food prices. He spoke after a Dewey-Stassen conference and ahead of a Detroit speech opposing Truman’s Labor Day address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Harold E. Stassen
Charles F. Brannan
Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
Agriculture Department
Bransata
Minnesotan
Dewey
Detroit
Truman
Brannan
Studios Rally Behind Mitchum In Narcotics Case
Hollywood reports Mitchum and three others were arrested in a marijuana party at a hotel room. RKO and Selznick hired attorney Jerry Giesler to defend Mitchum while bail was set at $1000 each. Detective Barr says the probe will widen to implicate others in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Robert Mitchum Pictures
RKO
Selznick Studios
Jerry Giesler
Mitchum
Robin Ford
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Giesler
Charlie Chapin
Errol Flynn
Alva Barr
Miss Leeds
Bob Mitchum
Four Children Burned To Death Near Thomasville
A tragic incident reports four children burned to death near Thomasville in what appears to be a historic line from the era. Local authorities have not released further details about the circumstances or the identities of the victims.
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Thomasville
Middle Belt Leaf Prices Average 52 Dollars Per Hundred
North Carolina flue-cured tobacco markets opened with averages around 52 per hundred pounds at the Durham and other markets. Officials reported most sales in the 43 to 66 range with strong demand and better leaf quality than previous openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
U. S
L. G. Cheek
Durham
Fred S. Royster
Henderson Tobacconist
James Steed
Louisburg
Walter Paramore
Fuquay-Varina
State Departments of Agriculture
Tobacco Stabilization Corporation
Pay Boosts for N C Teachers Studied
Raleigh September 2. Pay boosts for teachers and other public school staff were to be considered by the finance committee of the state board of education as it begins studying the 1949 51 school budget. Recommendations go to the full board and then to the advisory budget commission before final legislative action next year. The full board meets Friday. the committee is not expected to finalize a report by then. Members include A S Brower D Hiden Ramsey A C Edwards Harold Lineberger Graham and Clyde A Erwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Board of Education
Full Board of Education
Advisory Budget Commission
A. S. Brower
Durham
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
A. C. Edwards
Hookerton
Harold Lineberger
Bel“tel
Graham
Clinton
Clyde A. Erwin
State Subiigent of
Public Instruction
Caribbean Storm Diminishes to Easterly Wave over Caribbean
A tropical storm that tracked the Caribbean has weakened to an easterly wave, with center winds under 35 mph, ending Florida hurricane jitters for now. The U S weather bureau in San Juan reported the storm crossed the Lesser Antilles Monday night and no longer posed a threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
Caribbean
Florida
U. S. Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Lesser Antilles
Republicans Claim Broad Labor Support for Dewey-Warren
Republicans announced substantial labor backing for the Dewey Warren ticket across the nation. Barak T. Mattingly of Missouri will head GOP labor campaign efforts, chosen for ties with AFL CIO leaders and mutual respect with labor representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dewey-Warren
Barak T. Mattingly
Truman
Missouri
Mattingly
St. Louis
Republican National Committee
AFL
CIO
GOP
Herbert Brownell, Jr
American Labor Movement
Brownell
Dewey- Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
State to Invest 23 Million More on Short Term
The North Carolina Council of State authorized investing 23 million dollars of general fund surplus into treasury certificates due February 1. Governor Cherry said the 1949 general assembly will have funds available if needed. Certificates yield 1 1/8 percent and will earn about 107 thousand dollars, bringing total surplus invested to 68 million and continuing prior investments of 15 million in April and 30 million earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Council of State
Cherry
General Assembly
Charles M. Johnson
Socialists May Be Left Off Cabinet
Paris reports Premier Robert Schuman plans to form a new French cabinet without the Socialists if needed. The Socialists voted 95 to 5 against joining, though leaders expect a reconsideration as talks with Schuman continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Andre Marie
Marie
Assembly
84 Year-Old Debuts as Singer in Town Hall
An 84 year old former piano seller from Los Angeles will make his concert debut as a singer at Town Hall in New York on September 9. John Taber Fitzgerald says life begins at zero and recalls losing his piano business in 1933 when his wife began teaching him singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
New York
Los Angeles
John Taber Fitzgerald
Employers Prefer Communist Labor Bosses
James B. Carey testified that many anti Reds in the CIO United Electrical Workers Union have been fired and that some employers find it easier to deal with Communists. He cited Bart Enright and Sam Basmajian as examples at Westinghouse Jersey City and RCA Victor Camden plants. The House labor subcommittee probes U K union influence on defense industries. Carey said a Communist shop steward cannot be too aggressive and must compromise.
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Washington
James B. Carey
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Carey
U.K
House
Bart Enright
Westinghouse
Jersey City
N. J
James Matles
Sam Basmajian
Rca-Victor
Camden
Reds
Kersten
R-Wis
Kearns
R-Pa
Farm Home Gutted By Oil Flames
Four children aged three months to eight years died in a Thomasville area farmhouse fire believed caused by an exploding oil stove. Father John Willis Stratton hunted nearby, mother slept upstairs while the other child Peggy and Mrs Pruitt left for work. By noon two bodies were recovered from the ruins as authorities investigated the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Randolph-Davidson County
Paul's Air Park
John Willis Stratton
Highland Cotton Mill
High Point
Bobby Eugene Stratton
Betty Jean Stratton
Jerry Wayne Pruitt
Pruitt
Robert Lee Pruitt
Stratton
Davidson County
Burch Payne
Long Claims Nomination In Louisiana
Russell Long, 29, claimed victory in the Louisiana Democratic primary with 47 of 1883 precincts reporting. He led Judge Robert Kennon by 8,216 votes, vowing to follow his father Huey P Long on pensions and federal aid. Ellender secured nomination as Demengeaux conceded. Feazel's Senate seat remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Mosis
Louisiana
Reoe
Robert F. Kennon
Long
Senate
John Overton
Overton
New Hay Fever Drug Described By Chemists
A new hay fever and allergy drug named Decapryn Succinate was described to the American Chemical Society. Said to have marked advantages over older remedies, the pyridine-derivative can be produced from coke oven gases. Dr. Robert S. Shelton of Williams S Merrill Co said the drug is marketed and targets histamine release in tissues.
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Washington
American Chemical Society
Robert S. Shelton
Williams S. Merrill Co
Cincinnati
Berndry
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Dam Square
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Maryke
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Middle Belt
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