Second Big Hurricane Brewing in Atlantic Affects Ships
Miami reports a second tropical hurricane, Baker, northwestward 1,100 miles east southeast of the city. Winds up to 135 mph. ships urged to caution. The first hurricane battered the South Carolina coast, flooding Ellicott City, Maryland, with four inches of rain and $500,000 in damage as storms moved north through Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.
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Atlantic
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Baker
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Navy
ISE
Weather Bureau
Air
Bermuda
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Ellicott City
Baltimore
Tiber Creek
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvas
Lie Says Most United Nations Favor Korea Armistice
Secretary-General Trygve Lie told the General Assembly that public opinion in most UN members would welcome an armistice in Korea based on current battle lines. He cited impatience and doubt from truce talks and said approval would likely ease anxiety if negotiations succeed.
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United Nations
Trygve Lie
U.N. General Assembly
Lie
Korea
Hurricane Holds Holiday Death Toll to Thirteen
The Associated Press reports at least 13 people died in North Carolina over Labor Day weekend as a northwest hurricane kept many at home. A total of 201 were injured in 127 accidents, with numerous fatalities linked to car crashes, a drowning, and a tractor accident.
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North Carolina
McCoy Gentry
Charlotte
Gastonia
Elwood Carter
Black Mountain
Asheville
Robert Ward
Swannanoa
Reds Protest New Incident Among POWs
U N notices indicate a new incident involving captured Reds on Kose Island with injuries to 16 prisoners and a hanging death. Gen Nam Il protests alleged Allied killings and calls for responsibility for brutal acts amid stalled POW exchange talks.
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Munsan
U. N
Kose
Nam Il
Red
Navy Air Raids Sink Refineries and Iron Works Near Siberia
U S carrier planes attacked an oil refinery at Aoji eight miles from the Soviet frontier destroying 20 large processing buildings and setting vast stocks of coal and oil ablaze. Simultaneous strikes hit an iron works and hydrogen plant at Musan, with barracks and transformer stations damaged. Additional raids damaged power plants at Chonjin and targets along the northeast Korean coast.
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Korea
U. S S
Aoji
Siberian
Essex
Boxer
Princeton
Rosi
Musan
Chonjin
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Skyraiders
Panther
Korean
Yalu River
Sinchang
United Nations
Labor Day Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 500 Yet Falls Short
More than 500 people died during the Labor Day weekend with 524 deaths overall and 403 in highway crashes. Drowning and other accidents claimed 52 and 69 lives respectively, while forecasts and conditions influenced the toll amid rainy East and Midwest weather.
Large Apple Festival Parade Crowns Local Queens
Hendersonville drew about 25,000 spectators for the Apple Festival parade closing day. Vera Jackson of Hendersonville was crowned festival queen and Toone Livingston of Hendersonville High was named high school queen amid festivities.
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Vera Jackson
Brunette Toone Livingston
Hendersonville High School
Winston-Salem Hennis drivers approve cost of living pact
The Winston-Salem Hennis Freight Line drivers, 169 in number, voted yesterday to approve a three year contract tied to the cost of living index making them the first trucking workers in the area to accept such an agreement. McLean Trucking Company drivers voted Sunday on a similar contract but its ratification awaits a full drivers meeting Saturday.
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Winston-Salem
Hennis Freight Line
McLean Trucking Company
McLean
Schools Open Across North Carolina For New Year
Raleigh reports thousands of students begin classes as schools reopen statewide. Officials estimate more than 900000 students will be back by the end of next week with many districts starting this week and others following on later dates.
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Raleigh
Wil Trewin
State Elections Board to Rule on Two Election Charges
The State Board of Elections meets in Raleigh to decide action on two cases. One concerns Henderson County Registrar Zeb Kilpatrick who allegedly let voters register as May Democrats or after the period closed. The other involves Polk County Board chair amid alleged ballot theft during the primary.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
Henderson County
Zeb Kilpatrick
Polk Coun Board of Elections
Polk
Ferree named Democratic nominee for 24th District
North Wilkesboro attorney Max Ferree was named yesterday by the Senatorial Executive Committee to succeed John Wade Shore in the 24th District. The district includes Wilkes Yadkin and Davie counties comprising the new Democratic state senatorial seat.
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North Wilkesboro
Max Ferree
John Wade Shore
Boonville
Yadkin County
Ferree
Wilkes
Yadkin
Davie
Price stabilizer urges immediate laws to curb living costs
Ellis Arnall, recently retired price stabilizer, urged stronger price control laws at the Carolinas Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers. He warned that the cost of living could rise sharply before Congress reconvenes in January, urging action now.
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Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Carolinas Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Cotton standards criticized at Spinner Breeder Conference
The ninth annual Spinner Breeder Conference in Greenville Mississippi featured more addresses by leading cotton authorities. W A L Sibley president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute criticized the Agriculture Department grade and staple standards saying they do not reflect the cotton actually used by domestic mills.
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Greenville
Miss
Department of Agriculture
W. A. L. Sibley
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Union
S. C
Septic Tank Briefly Handles 565 Gallons of Fuel Oil
Madison resident B F Killian learned his septic tank could not cope with a large spill after a deliveryman dumped 565 gallons of fuel oil into the system. The tank absorbed the oil, creating a serious disposal issue for the homeowner.
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Madison
Wis
B. F. Killian
Stevenson Plans Western Campaign Swing and Labor Reform
Gov. Adlai Stevenson outlined a 10 day Western tour after a five city swing in Michigan. He praised Detroit crowds for supporting labor reform and urged scrapping the Taft Hartley Act in favor of a new law with emergency presidential seizure powers and anti injunction protections. He pressed for anti racketeering and anti communist moves while planning talks with farm leaders ahead of events in Denver and Kasson Minn. A moment of awkwardness arose when he declined to kiss a baby after an auto worker prompted a gesture.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Illinois
Denver
Kasson
Minn
Stevenson
Detroit
Stocks Start Slow as July Gains Edge Higher
New York traders opened the month with a slow session as prices edged up fractions to one or two points. Railroads and housing, motors, copper and chemicals led gains while radio television issues posted limited progress. Volume stayed sub one million shares.
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Reno Steel
Union Pacific
United Met Fine
Allied Chem
Wereinemica Mers
Vanadium
Lowes
Eriaenane Mining
Dome Mines
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Lockheed
Gale 100 MPH Rips Fort Worth Area Damaging Carswell AFB
A 100 mile per hour gale caused about 10 million dollars in damage near Fort Worth Texas striking Carswell Air Force Base. One person was killed and at least nine injured as a tornado like storm toppled a ferris wheel damaged buildings and parked B 36 bombers. Fire crews prevented fuel fires as crews reported widespread destruction including flooded runways and a destroyed skating rink.
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Carswell Air Force Base
Carswell
Here
Casino Park
Indian Oaks
Paul Madder
Carewell Afb
Lake Worth
Barbers Seek Two Dollar Haircuts At NC Convention
Winston-Salem barbers meeting at their 24th annual convention urged raising the haircut price to $2 due to higher living costs. A. C. Jordan of Charlotte led the call, asserting barbers are out front fighting for higher prices. Luther Hodges, Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, spoke at the banquet about leadership needs for North Carolina and the nation.
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Associated Master Barbers of
North Carolina
A. C. Jordan
Charlotte
Jordan
The
Beauty and Barber Shop Institute
Luther Hodges
Truman accuses Eisenhower of using foreign policy to win votes
President Truman on a Parkersburg train platform accuses Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of aiding Republican foreign policy as a vehicle to gain votes. He calls Eisenhower a captive candidate and denounces loose campaign talk about freeing Eastern Europe without force, urging vigilance against the GOP’s special interests.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seman Polluciand Me & Ayconeacman
Parkersburg
W.va
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Parkcame
Milwaukee
Europe
Worie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Boy Falls Through Aquarium Glass Roof in Brighton
In Brighton England a four year old named Victor Craker fell into a ten foot deep fish tank at the aquarium yesterday. Onlookers aided by staff recovered him and he gasped for air as responders worked to stabilize him.
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Brighton
England
Brighton Aquarium
Victor Craker
Eisenhower Opens Southern Campaign With Blistering Charge
General Dwight D. Eisenhower assailed the Truman administration as corrupt and in need of a wholesale cleanout. He warned that Washington’s mess is a top-to-bottom failure and urged honesty and decency in government. He planned a Dixie tour, visiting Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Foley, and Little Rock with no names named in his prepared text.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
New York
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Africa
Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
Tampa
Fila
Ham
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Religious thief refuses to rob praying patron in Port Washington
A tavern thief in Port Washington, New York, chose not to rob a customer who began praying after taking rosary beads. The robber told Jeremiah O Callahan to keep his money but still grabbed $150 from George Hodges’s tavern cash register.
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Port Washington
N.Y
Jeremiah O’callahan
George Hodges
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