West Coast Ship Strike Tightens Across Ports
San Francisco reports a bitter coastwide maritime strike with 12,000 longshoremen and warehousemen idle and 16,000 seafarers idle as 120 ships are tied up from Canada to Mexico. A Wilming ton clash left two hospitalized and fights over a lumber ship preceded broader picketing with no incidents elsewhere.
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San Francisco
CIO
Wilmington
Los Angeles
AFL
CID
Bridges
Waterfront Employers Association
Canada
Mexico
Schuman Seeks Another Try At Forming Cabinet
Paris Sept 4 Robert Schuman said he withdrew his resignation as premier designate and would try again to form a new French government. President Auriol had not officially accepted his resignation, avoiding another investiture by the National Assembly.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Elysee Palace
Vincent Auriol
National Assembly
Andre Marie
Matignon
Textile Market Dull Yet Prices Stand Firm in New York
The cotton textile market remained dull this week in New York with prices steady, duck cloth eased by some producers, and limited purchases by rubber and surgical dressing makers for certain fabrics. Print cloths and sheetings stayed quiet as the Census Bureau reported broad woven cotton output at 539 million yards in Q2, down about 2 percent from Q1 but slightly above 1947.
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New York
Census Bureau
New Acetate Rayon Plant Opens in South Carolina
The Delliver plant of the Celanese Corporation of America near Rock Hill South Carolina plans limited production this weekend. General Manager Harmon Howorth says output will grow gradually over many months and eventually employ several thousand workers at full operation.
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Rock Hill
S. C
Delliver
Célanese Corporation of America
Harmon Howorth
Queen Wilhelmina Abdicates. Juliana Becomes Queen
Queen Wilhelmina abdicates after fifty years ruling the Netherlands. Her daughter Juliana, 39, becomes queen and is immediately installed as ruler though formal investiture follows Monday. Beatrix becomes heir, Bernhard named prince as the empire of 65 million people transitions smoothly.
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Alton Ben
Nether
Wilaketes
Juliana
Apeldoorn
Wilhelmina
Nieuwe Kerk
Moses
Dam Square
Beatrix
Bernhard
Netherlands
Prices Averaging Better Than $53 on Middle Belt
Middle belt flue cured tobacco markets opened with two days of sales before Labor Day weekend. On opening day 4,089,048 pounds sold at an average of 53.97 per hundred, about 400,000 pounds more than last year and 7.81 higher per hundred. North Carolina oured belt prices weakened for most grades with reaf down 1 to 3 per hundred on Thursday. Carolinas border belt rose slightly after a three day decline with 7,494,121 pounds sold at 46.04 average.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
North Carolina
Carolinas
Fatal blaze in Winston-Salem claims life of 20 year old
John Lewis Thomas, age 20, Negro, died from burns after a fire early today in an upstairs room of his parents' home in Winston-Salem. Fire officials reported the incident occurred about 6 a.m. and the cause was under investigation.
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Winston-Salem
John Lewis Thomas
New York Trucker Walkout Deepens Food Supply Crisis
In New York the AFL teamsters walkout worsens a food shortage as stores face closed plants and dwindling stock. Drivers seek 25 cents more per hour while unions reject a 15 cent offer, prompting further employer union meetings and newspaper print reductions to save ink.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
AFL Teamsters
Rock Bottom
The
Daily Mirror
New York Star
Candidates To Get Names On Both Tickets
Southern congressmen move to place their names on both the Democratic and States Rights ballots. A Dixie senator and William Primm Jr. signaled the plan could extend to several states. Candidates on the States Rights ticket may be required to resign Democratic posts. The maneuver aims to shield incumbents from bolting and guard against GOP gains in border districts.
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Washington
Dixie
House
William Primm
J. Howard McGrath
National Committee
Primm
Democratic National Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Communists push three party bloc in Berlin city politics
In Berlin on September 4 the Communist faction promoted a three party democratic bloc to challenge the anti communist city government. The bloc aims to act as an instrument for Soviet aligned policy while four power talks proceed. The Taegliche Rundschau warns Bonn officials against a western German state and accuses conservatives of selling out Germany under the Marshall Plan. The bloc notes it will still work with the elected city government.
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Berlin
Action Committee
Bonn
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Taegliche Rundschau
Germany
Rundschau
Social Democrats
Democratic Bloc
CIO Oil Workers Strike At 9 California Refineries
Sixteen thousand CIO oil workers walked out at nine major California refineries starting 12:01 a.m. Pacific time. The stoppage risks gasoline shortages across California and neighboring states within days as talks with industry stalled. J Eric Brown signaled willingness to resume negotiations as maintenance staff prepare for orderly plant shut downs. the industry offered a 12 1/2 cent per hour raise, short of the union 21 cent demand.
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San Francisco
CIO
California
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
J. Eric Brown
Brown
Wallace speaks in Tennessee on Southern tour stop
Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace reached Nashville after a Memphis egging incident. He spoke at a Negro church in Knoxville attended by about 1,500 people, praising the Tennessee Valley Authority and power to the people.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry A. Wallace
Tennessee
Progressive Party
Wallace
Emphis
Knoxville
Memphis
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mississippi Delta
Cordell Hall
Little Rock
Ark
Mrs Stassen To Have Final Word On Home
Harold E Stassen visitas Mount Airy house near University of Pennsylvania says he will not commit until his wife sees the residence He notes he likes the neighborhood and the house but deferment to spouse governs the decision for the Pennsylvanian presidency report from Philadelphia dated September 4 1934.
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Mrs. Stassen
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Mount Airy
Minnesota
GOP Accused of Dragging Out Blue-Blooded Herring
Washington dispatch reports a Democratic volley denouncing a GOP claim tying Truman to communists as a distraction from inflation. Senator J Howard McGrath calls the charge a blue blooded herring while Rep Hugh Scott accuses Truman of quelling investigations with red herring cries.
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Gop
Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Hugh D. Scott
Scott
McGrath
Roosevelt
Brannan
Thomas E. Dewey
30 000 Flee As Hibok Hibok Volcano Erupts
On Camiguin island the Hibok Hibok volcano erupted on September 1 drawing 30 000 evacuees to nearby ports while 10 000 sheltered inland. A new crater opened about a mile from the old site as ash showers and landslides prompted government orders restricting Mambajao and surrounding areas.
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Manila
Hibokhibok
Camiguin Island
New Crater
Philippines
Mambajao
Arturo Alcaraz
Weather Bureau
World Church Council Seeks Middle Path on Capitalism
The World Council of Churches meeting in Amsterdam debated capitalism and its limits. US delegate Taft urged term change to laissez faire capitalism, yielding a revised report advocating a middle road not fixed by any single label. Dr. Bennett called the path an “experimentation between certain limits.”
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Washington
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
United States
Church
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
John C. Bennett
Charlotte Store Plans Public Stock Issue
J B Ivey and Company, which runs three Carolinas department stores, applied to the Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to issue 100000 shares of common stock. The move would be the firm’s first public offering and aims to raise capital to buy all outstanding stock of Yowell Drew Ivey, which operates Florida stores in Orlando and Daytona Beach. Ivey interests also own stores in Charlotte Asheville and Greenville.
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Charlotte
J. B. Ivey and Company
Carolinas
Securities and Exchange Commission
W. T. Buice
Ivey
Yowell-Drew-Ivey Company
Florida
Orlando
Daytona Beach
Buice
Asheville
Greensville
S. C
Gales Reach 75 Miles On Gulf Coast
The Atlanta weather bureau issued a hurricane advisory at 9 a.m. noting the storm centered about 30 miles north of New Orleans moving north-northeast at 18 mph with winds 60 to 76 mph. Warnings extended from New Orleans to Apalachicola with heavy squalls in Mississippi and Alabama. No deaths reported. New Orleans saw light damage, seven inches of rain, and some flooding. Evacuation centers opened. the storm eye passed downtown early morning.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Mississippi
Alabama
Apalachicola
Fla
Lake Charles
Burrwood
Louisiana
Misssissippi
U. Weather Bureau
Lake Pontchartrain
Jefferson Parish
Municipal Auditorium
New Jeans
Naval Air Station
Weather Bureau
Seven Polio Cases Reported as State Sees Decline
The North Carolina board of health reported seven new polio cases, the lowest daily total in over two months, bringing this year’s statewide total to 1,892 and a seventh death in Catawba County, lifting the year’s toll to 96. Union County reported four cases. Buncombe and others listed cases as August’s total rose to 618. Opening delays affected school starts with Wake County moved from September 8 to 15, Raleigh schools set for September 13 barring further health advice. Flora MacDonald College Springs will be steadied rather than run, with officials announcing a change in schedule.
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Raleigh
Sta Board of Health
Catawba
Union County
Buncombe
Eno
Sts Oomers
Wa County
Raleig
Flora MacDonald
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