Recall of Vaughan Likely as Five Percenters Probe Expands
Senate Republicans say Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan may be recalled for questioning as new evidence in the five percenters inquiry emerges. Vaughan admitted aiding friends with government dealings but denied seeking fees. Mundt and McCardy expect another appearance as tips flood in.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Truman
McCardy
RSD
Mundt
White House
Mist Erodes Auto Paints And Clothing On Chesapeake Island
Residents of Tilghman Maryland report a mysterious mist harming auto paint and clothing and discoloring stone houses. Theories include fertilizer lant fumes and water cabbage decay producing hydrogen sulfide that forms sulphurous acid with dew. Dr Henry C Freimuth studied a damaged car in Baltimore. results pending.
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Tilghman
Chesapeake Bay Island
Lewis S. Welty
Talbot County
Welty
Baltimore
Henry C. Freimuth
Li Tsung-jen Orders Mao Arrest In Civil War Turmoil
Acting president Li Tsung-jen orders the arrest of Mao Tze-tung and 18 other Chinese communist leaders. Mao’s forces press toward the refugee Nationalist capital as the order proves difficult to enforce. Li branded Mao and the listed leaders as war criminals and communist bandits.
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Canton
Li Tsung-jen
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Chiang Kai-Shek
Treasury Men May Move On Los Angeles Hoodlums
U S Attorney James M Carter says officials will deploy at least 50 Treasury agents to target Los Angeles gangsters. He cites tax laws and income from bookmaking as key focus, naming Gambler Mickey Cohen and the Guarantee Finance Co as examples of illicit activity needing government action.
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Treasury
Los Angeles
U. S
James M. Carter
Underworld
Carter Iibe
Carter
Guarantee Finance Co
Governor
State Crime Commission
Crime Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Mickey Cohen
Tito Conflict With Kremlin Long Standing
Paris dispatch reports Harvard geologist Kirtley Mather says Tito told him in Yugoslavia that relations with Moscow were not harmonious in 1944. He notes the 1948 Cominform break and Tito's independence, predicting no immediate Soviet attack but readiness if pressed.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Kirtley Mather
Harvard
Tito
Stalin
Mathers
Germany
Moscow
Cominform
Balkans
Mather
Contractors Lose Bid for Supreme Court Advisory Opinion
Raleigh dispatch reports road contractors failed to secure an advisory opinion from the North Carolina Supreme Court on rural road bond spending. Chief Justice Stacy indicated the court would act only via a standard Superior Court appeal, leaving the dispute to ongoing administrative plans by the highway commission.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Highway Commission
Henry W. Jordan
W. P. Stacy
Superior Court
Jordan
Harry McMullan
Stacy
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr
Ral
Devaluation of Pound to Decide Britain's Fate
Diplomatic officials say Britain's economic comeback hinges on a decisive pound devaluation. The move is viewed as the key issue in the upcoming British American Canadian financial talks. If rumors of devaluation linger after the conference, British demand for dollars could lag, slowing purchases of British goods and worsening the crisis.
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Washington
Great Britain
Britain
Planes Race 2010 Miles For Bendix Trophy Start From Mojave Desert
Six fast planes including F-51 Mustangs and a De Havilland Mosquito began the Bendix transcontinental race from Rosamond Day Lake toward Cleveland. The field, led by Paul Mantz and pilots Stan Reaver Herman Salmon and Joe De Bona, aims for $10,000 top prize with checkpoints at Colorado Springs Goodland Peoria and Ft Wayne. Wind forecasts estimate 25 to 30 mph at high altitude and winners receive a structured prize scale down to $500 for seventh place.
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Rosamond Day Lake
Calif
Here
Cleveland
Vince Perron
North Jollywood
Perron
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Paul Mantz
Burbank
Mantz
Stan Reaver
Herman
Fish) Salmon
Joe de Bona
Beverly Hills
Jimmy Stewart
Colorado Springs
Colo
Goodland
Kan
Peoria
Ill
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Don E. Bussart
Hong Kong
Leland Cameron
North Hollywood
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Air Forces
Muroc
Dewey Orders Police Into Peekskill Area
Governor Thomas E. Dewey ordered all available state police into Westchester County to avert disorder at a Paul Robeson concert. The action followed a prior three hour riot and was at the request of Sheriff Fred W. Ruscoe with supervision by State police Superintendent John A. Gaffney.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Peekskill
Tomorow
Paul Robeson
Dewey
Westchester County
Fred W. Ruscoe
John A. Gaffney
Robeson
Free Enterprise Shapes Defense Travel Disputes
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson pushes budget economy by denying air force transport for senators official trips. He cites free enterprise and commercial airlines as cost savers while lawmakers plan world travel funded by government. Many trips abroad are expected as Congress nears session end.
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James Marlow
Washington
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Defense Department
Air Force
Armed Services
Thomas
Congress
Lawmaker Threatens Action Over Defense Plane Travel
Secretary of Defense Johnson sparred with Congress over using military aircraft for senator travel. Sen Elmer Thomas warned the issue could force a policy fix as lawmakers critique executive trips and air travel perks during a Labor Day period.
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Thomas
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate
Europe
Truman
Barkley
Prices Level Off on Middle Belt Tobacco Markets
Raleigh report notes opening day sales 2,983,280 pounds at $47.64 per hundred on five middle belt flue cured markets Durham Henderson Oxford Louisburg Warrenton with total sales 4,143,482 pounds at $47.49 across markets opening last Monday and Thursday. Prices for real grades were steady to lower with cutters most affected. leaf grades mostly fell $1-$3 on eastern North Carolina belt while smoking leaf prices rose slightly. Auction bids for several leaf and cutter grades are listed. State mailed circulars for a $50 million rural road bond sale to bidders on Sept 28 with about 500 notices sent to firms.
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Raleigh
Durham
Henderson
Oxford
Louisburg
Warrenton
Aberdeen
Carthage
Fuquay-Varina
Sanford
Ellerbe
North Carolina
Brandon P Hodges
Pilot and Co Pilot Killed In Flying Boxcar Crash
A crippled C-82 Flying Boxcar crashed near Bird's Landing in Fairfield California killing the pilot and co pilot after six others parachuted to safety. Survivors include T Sgt Charles V Sturdivant T Sgt Kenneth J Biorno Lt Col Robert E Horton Capt Horace G Deston and 2nd Lt Roy W Chamberlain. All injured were treated at Fairfield Suisun Air Force Base hospital. One badly burned body was found near wreckage. The crash followed a report that one engine failed at 5000 feet and flames were spotted ten miles southeast by Marsh Evans, a United Airlines captain.
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Fairfield
Calif
Air Force
Tsgt
Kermit R. Carlson
Fairfield- Suisun Air Force Base
Bird's Landing
Carlson
T-Sget
Charles V. Sturdivant
37Th
Greenville
S. C
Kenneth J. Biorno
Sth
Robert E. Horton
Headquarters Training Command
Barksdale Field
Horace G. Deston
University of Denver
Denver
Colo
Roy W. Chamberlain
Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Fairfield Suisun Air Force Base
Pittsburg
Marsh Evans
United Air Lines
Parimutuel Dog Races Open in Moyock County
Legalized dog racing and parimutuel betting debuted in Curri tuck county with about 8 000 spectators at the Cavalier Kennel club plant near the NC Virginia line. Traffic congestion delayed many as Johnny Messoni reported roughly 6 000 attendees wagering around 57 000 dollars last night.
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Moyock
Currituck County
Cavalier Kennel Club
North Carolina-Virginia Line
Johnny Messoni
Hospital at UNC Will Cost Less
The state expects to save about 1.396 million dollars on the 400 bed teaching hospital at the University of North Carolina. Low bids total 3.664 million with architect fees and incidentals pushing the estimate to 3.947 million. The legislature appropriated 4.344 million for the project and the saving will return to the general fund. J A Jones Construction of Charlotte submitted the low general contract bid of 2.626 million.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
D. S. Coltrane
Coltrane
J. A. Jones Contraction Company of
Charlotte
Teachers cope with staffing in state schools
The report states public school staffing has improved since the war but remains uneven with some districts well manned and others short of competent teachers. Salary remains the main factor. higher pay and fewer industry opportunities attract graduates to teaching, while enlistment pressures and rising enrollment boost demand. More on page eight.
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General Assembly
Ex Sergeant Provoo Arrested for Treason Ties to Japan
John David Provoo a 33 year old ex sergeant and California native, discharged from eight years in the army, was jailed on treason charges for allegedly aiding Japan during World War II. Authorities say he volunteered for Japanese command after capture on Corregidor in 1942 and worked three years as a propagandist and interrogator of Americans, possibly linked to Tokyo Rose. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Edward W McDonald and sent to the Federal House of Detention after signaling his father.
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John David Provoo
U. S
New York
Japan
Provoo
Corregidor
Treaso
California
Tokyo Rose
Edward W McDonald
FBI
J. Frovoo
Sausalito
Calif
San Francisco
Federal House of Detention
U.S
John F. McCohey
Irving H Saypol
Federal Reserve Bank
Medlin Case May Go To Jurors Today
Monroe Medlin faces a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Mrs Esley O Anderson in Myers Park Charlotte on Aug 1. The state rested its case and the defense followed with no testimony as police described the defendant’s statements and ballistics backed the shooting during a struggle over a shotgun. The court heard from the slain woman s widower and included a jury panel of two Black jurors from Moore County.
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Charlotte
Monroe Medlin
Esley O. Anderson
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Anderson Butler
Charlotte Matron
Anderson
Myers Park
Wilford Randleman
Medlin
Butler
Mecklenburg County Superior Court
Moore County
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Michigan State Police
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Johnny Stark Vanderbilt
Lydia Thompson
Pontiac
Mich
GBI
Atlanta
Pound
Arctic
Groton
Conn
England
Charles M. Serio
Buffalo
Mary West
Serio
Richard K. Branson
Waterford
Peekskill Area
House
Appropriations Committee
Puerto Rico
Panama
Mexico
Executive Department
John Maragon
man-about-Washington
UNC
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