Van Fleet warns Reds can mass 850000 troops in two weeks
Gen James A Van Fleet says Communist forces could commit up to 850000 men and 1000 planes in a new assault within two weeks. Meantime Bloody Ridge battle continues with UN air and ground operations, capturing a hill after eight hours of brutal combat as Allied forces press gains.
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H.Q
Korea
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
North Korea
Reds
U.N
Atrea
van Fleet
United Press
Seetmien
Propa
U.N. Army
United States Seeks Backing for Treaty Rules
The United States sought firm support from 48 nations for rules to curb debate and prevent amendments to speed a Japanese peace treaty. Soviet reactions loom as Gromyko stays private while Western diplomats plan procedures to stop filibusters before the signing set for Saturday.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United States
Russia
Truman
Gromyko
Gam
Andrei Gromyko
Acheson
Dean Acheson
Kenneth Younger
Fae
Five More Tobacco Markets to Open Tuesday
UNITED PRESS reports five additional Middle Belt markets will join five Sandhills markets after a three day halt. Early sales showed inferior quality and lower prices with 2,440,428 pounds at 51.64 per hundred. Flue Cure Stabilization Corp. held 25 percent of sales, up from 3 percent year ago.
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United Press
Middle Belt
Sandhills
North Carolina
Labor Day toll rises in North Carolina fatalities
The holiday death toll across North Carolina climbed to 21 over the long weekend. Victims include James Lester Johnson, 78. Mayo Woodbury, 47. Ernestine Garnt, ?. Willa Whitesell, ?. Henry Leonard, 20. Coachman Bozeman, 21. M-Sgt. Harry Story Jr., 34. an unidentified airman in a B-26 crash. John Cameron Smith, 47. Rudolph Stafford, 22. Numerous traffic and crash incidents are cited.
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United Press
Johnson Gaddy
Mayo Woodbury
James Lester Johnson
Fair Bluff
Cora Geneva Anderson
Charlotte
Henry Leonard
Coachman Bozeman
Harry M. Story Jr
Dallas
Tex
Apex
Greenville
D.C
Clinton
Langley
John Cameron Smith
Duplin County
Rudolph Stafford
Princeton
Smith
Murder charge against Charlotte man in brother’s death
A Charlotte Black man, T. J. Jackson, is charged with murder after admitting to striking his brother Andrew with a brick during a dispute over a gambling game on August 24. Andrew later died of head injuries in a local hospital.
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Charlotte
T. J. Jackson
Andrew
Labor Day Unity and militant union pledges in 1951
On Labor Day 1951 the AFL called for a tough stance against Soviet aggression and praised labor's role in national defense. President Truman and Defense Secretary Marshall lauded labor's contribution while leaders like Meany and Murray urged unified action for workers' aims.
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Associated Press
Russia
Kremlin
George Meany
American Federation of la
Meany
AFL
Truman
San Francisco
Voice
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
State Department
Voice of America
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Hurricane Roars Over Caribbean Threatens Jamaica
Fog-eyed fourth trop storm develops overnight with 100 knot winds near Martinique and in the storm’s northern semi circle. The advisory places the center near 14.3 N 67.3 W about 225 miles north of Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico with Jamaica as the potential landfall, as crews note the fog in the hurricane’s eye.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Martinique
Tress
Sta. Lucia
Caribbean
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Cabo Rojo
Meter St
Bill McGehee
Ashland
Ala
McGehee
Eased Credit To Encourage Construction
The Truman signed a bill relaxing down payments and terms on affordable housing to aid defense worker construction. The Federal Reserve quickly changed Regulation X to 25 year payoffs for homes up to 12 000 dollars, up from 7 000. The National Association of Home Builders says the change helps reach a goal of 850 000 new dwellings that year.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Reserve System
National Association of Home Builders
Association
Labor Day Death Toll Tops 400 With Traffic Drownings
National Safety Council reports 415 deaths from Friday 6 p m to Monday 6 a m EST. Traffic accidents lead with 273 fatalities, drownings 71, plane crashes 11, miscellaneous 60. Last year 568 died during the Labor Day weekend.
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United Press
Aitkin
Minn
Florida
18 Still Missing In Boat Tragedy
MONTAUK NY The Coast and state police hired planes cutters and patrols as they search for 18 missing after a fishing boat sank Saturday near Montauk. Coast Guard and Suffolk County DA pursue separate investigations into one of the area s worst sea disasters.
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Montauk
N. Y
Steen
Saturda
Coast Guard
Suffolk County District Attorney
Winston-Salem Driver Drowns In Lake Olmstead
H. A. Boose of Winston-Salem North Carolina drowned at Lake Olmstead Augusta Georgia on a Saturday night while retrieving a boat that had drifted away. Boose was a bus driver and was on a boating trip when the accident occurred. The incident was reported by UP.
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At Ae
Montauk
N.Y
Augusta
H. A.boose
Winston-Salem
N. C
Lake Olmstead
Here
Boose
Officials confident cease fire talks to resume in Korea
Tokyo reports Vice Adm. C Turner Joy arrives for talks with U N officials as Ridgway signals continuation of the bargaining. 8th Army commander Van Fleet says truce talks should resume with Communist acceptance of a U N cease fire line. Peiping radio accuses U S planes and ships of provocations as propaganda battles continue.
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Robert Vermillion
Tokyo
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Eeee B. Ridgway
U. S
Manchuria
Ridgway
Joy
Korea
8Th Army
James A. van Fleet
Peiping Radio
Peiping
Shantung
United Nations Command
San Francisco
Rhee Sees Korea Could Raise 250000 Troops For UN
President Syngman Rhee told United Press in Pusan that South Korea could raise 250000 troops for the United Nations if weapons and facilities are supplied. He warned of a possible new Communist offensive and urged fighting to win rather than a stalemate to deter Reds globally.
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Frank H. Bartholomew
United Press
Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Republic of
South Korea
United Nations
Rhee
Seoul
Reds
Europe
Near East
America
Miss North Carolina 1951 Heads to Atlantic City
Miss North Carolina 1951 Pretty Ogbu leaves Raleigh by plane for Atlantic City to compete in the Miss America pageant. She plans to register this afternoon at the national pageant headquarters. The contest runs from tomorrow through Saturday night when the winner is named.
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Raleigh
Ogbu
North Carolina
Atlantic City
Two men injured in Light Plane Crash near Lillington
A light aircraft nose-dived into a field near Lillington injuring two men critically. Victims were Cloeamon Coleman 26 a crop duster from Lote and PFC Robert L Estep Bragg. Cause of the crash has not yet been determined.
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Lillington
Tioachas Coleman
Lote
Jeane Nat
Robert L. Estep
Bragg
Prospects for Oct 1 adjournment look good says McFarland
Senate Democratic leader Ernest W. McFarland said the outlook remains favorable for reaching an Oct 1 adjournment. He targeted Sept 15 for main bills including foreign aid, regular appropriations, and the tax bill, with cleanup in the following two weeks.
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Raymond Lahr
United Press
Washington
Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
Congress
McFarland
Copper Firm Nearing Full Production
Kennecott Copper Corp officials said the firm is near full production at the Bingam Utah open pit mine with about 3,400 workers back. The strike cost the nation an estimated 9,000,000 pounds of copper as three other majors remain deadlocked with union demands. Kennecott granted a 15 cent an hour hike, while Anaconda Dodge Phelps and ASARCO hold out.
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Denver
Kennecott Copper Corp
Louis Buckman
Kennecott
Bingham
Utah
International Union of Mine, Mill
Anaconda
Dodge-Phelps
American Smelting and Refining Co
Minling Union
Ex Chaplains Plan Indictment Letter to District Attorney
The Rev William O a Methodist minister and two other ministers plan to ask for indictment in a letter to District Attorney G Hawkins. The letter will be released to the press tonight. Ken Dixon Lake Charles American Press editor and four others were indicted for defaming 16 parish officials and three admitted gamblers.
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William O
W War Tl
G Hawkins
Ken Dixon
Lake Charles
Ury
Byrd
Hawkins — Dixon
Hawkins
Dixon
Washington
Hill
Senate
Contractor Held in Fatal Hit and Run Near Fairmont
A Fair Bluff roofing contractor was held in $10,000 bond today in a hit-and-run that killed two Black preachers on a highway near Fairmont on Saturday. State Patrolman Fred Bowen identified the victims as Mayo Woodberry, 47, of Route 1, Fairmont, and another victim not yet named.
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Fairmont
Fair Bluff
Fred Bowen
Pans
Mayo Woodberry
Route 1
Weather forecast summary
Tomorrow's high reaches 90 degrees with a low around 66 tonight. Last night dropped to 66 and yesterday peaked at 93 degrees.
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