World Council of Churches ends with call for unity and war rejection
Amsterdam reports the first World Council of Churches assembly concluding no just war exists and rejecting communism and laissez faire capitalism. Willem Hoort says a covenant binds the churches to unify and curb intolerance and war, with scholars improving lay understanding and pathways for guidance rather than formal action. Taft notes capitalism qualifier and urges focus on social conscience amid racial issues.
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Amsterdam
World Council of Churches
Willem Adolfvisser T. Hoort
World Council
Dutch Reformed Church
Council
Assembly
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Episcopal
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
South Africa
Palestine
Parole Being Studied For Mrs Miller
Mrs Mary Edna Currin Miller of Robeson County, convicted of hiring a Negro to shoot her husband, is under parole consideration. She was sentenced to four to eight years and has served a fourth of her term, becoming eligible for parole.
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Raleigh
Mary Edna Currin Miller
Robeson County
State Paroles Commission
Miller
Robeson Superior Court
David Miller
Rowland
U S Bombers Will Stay In Britain Amid Cold War Tension
London reports say American B 29s and Skymasters remain stationed in Britain for the duration of East West tensions. Officials deny a fixed ten year base period and cite aims to bolster Gen Lucius D Clay in Germany and support the Western alliance led by Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg as talks with Bevin proceed.
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London
Britain
Russia
United States
British Isles
U. S
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Europe
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Gladwyn Jebb
Permanent Commission
British Foreign Office
State Department
Ernest Bevin
Jebb
Washington
Paul Mantz Dominates Bendix Plane Race in Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 4 Paul Mantz won his third Bendix cross country race, with an average speed of 447.980 mph over 2045 miles from Long Beach. Carney placed second in 446.112 mph and Jacqueline Cochran finished third at 445.847 mph amid delays from oil pressure and a dramatic finish.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Long Beach
Calif
Carney
Linton B. Carney
Houston
Texas
Mantz
Jacqueline Cochran
Miss Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
New York
Cochran
Tornado kills two in Havana Florida outskirts
A tornado struck the Havana area killing at least two people and injuring six others. Dozens of homes and several tobacco barns were destroyed, with a brick white-family dwelling nearly leveled. Emergency crews and law enforcement quarantined debris and aided victims.
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Havana
Fla
C. C Weil
Florida A
M. College For Negroes
Tallahassee
State Highway Patrol
State Road Department
Ed Bell
Bell
Here
Florida
Two-Year-Old Girl Missing Near Stuart
A 50 man searching party combed the mountains of Patrick county for Madeline Cassell Sowers a two year-old who vanished from her country home near Stuart while her mother went to a rural mailbox. The child’s three-year-old twin sisters were playing outside and offered no clues. Sheriff Richard Fulcher said no hint emerged from the siblings.
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Stuart
Patrick County
Madeline Cassell Sowers
Edward P. Sowers
Richard Fulcher
Madeline
Purge of Polish Communists Deepens Split Within Party
In Warsaw and Budapest reports say Polish communists purge members accused of rightist deviation from cominform lines. Thousands reportedly dropped as Vice Premier Gomulka’s status is disputed. Bierut summoned to lead efforts. Hungarian party also closes ranks and bans new members from Sept 6 to March 6, 1949.
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Warsaw
Cominform
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Boleslav Bierut
Budapest
Hungarian Workers’ Party
Bierut
Dewey Aims for Votes in Solid South
The Republican campaign plans a push into the South for the November election led by Herbert Brownell Jr. The effort includes a southern information office in Washington headed by Bryan Collier and vows to send top speakers to each southern state to win over Dixie voters and promote a two party system.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Solid South
Republican National
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey
Warren
South
Brownell
United States
Ern
GOP
Washington
Bryan Collier
Columbus, Ga
Ledger
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Republican Party
Eduard Benes a Victim of Misplaced Trust in Soviet Russia
Eduard Benes, Czech statesman and two time president, died after a period of disillusionment as Czechoslovakia fell under Communist control. The piece portrays his broken trust in Moscow, his resignation, and the wider perception that Western powers failed to safeguard the republic. Jan Masaryk’s death is noted as part of the turmoil.
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Eduard Benes
Russia
Dewitt MacKenzie
Czechoslovakia
Little
Republic
Moscow
Benes
Jan Masaryk
Thomas Masaryk
Roublic
Foreign Ministry
Sudetenland
Europe
Red Land
Labor Appeal Plays Across White House Campaign
President Truman and Governor Dewey vie for AFL support in a joint AFL magazine feature. Truman targets the Taft Hartley act and GOP congress for rising living costs while Dewey pledges labor support for the ticket, claiming assurances from labor leaders.
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Truman
Dewey
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
American Federation of Labor
Congress
American Federationist
AFL
Publican Party
Textile Deadlock May Be Broken This Week
New York textile market on Worth Street shows signs of revival after Labor Day as buyers and mills eye activity in coming months. The summer slump left prices high and demand thin. buyers wait to see crop report effects and market bottom before purchasing goods.
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New York
Worth Street
Man Dies After Canned Oysters Sickens Wife
A. M. Hair aged 55, grocery owner of Massey Hill, died in a Fayetteville hospital after he and his wife fell ill from a stew made with canned oysters. His wife remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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Fayetteville
A. M. Hair
Massey Hill
More Than 200 Polio Cases Reported In County So Far
Raleigh dispatch lists polio totals by county with Alamance 53 and Buncombe 124, among many others, noting the statewide attack rate at 50.8 per 100000 the highest in North Carolina history. It compares age demographics to 1935 and 1948 patterns and highlights whites' higher rate than Black residents.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dave
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Sur
Runaway U S B 29 May Be Headed for Moscow
Frankfurt report says a crewless B 29 likely took off on a runaway flight toward Moscow after its crew jumped near Vlissingen off the Netherlands coast during a mock air war over Britain. Seen at Hamburg area and Lübeck, officials doubt reaching Russia but note the plane could auto-pilot.
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James Devlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Moscow
Air Force
Vlissingen
Flushing
Netherlands
Britain
Hemburg
Luebeck
Hamburg
Schelde
Russia
Four Power Talks Still Uneventful
Berlin reports say six American soldiers were detained overnight by Soviet backed authorities as four power talks moved toward a possible settlement on Berlin crisis. An American soldier was released with five others to follow as finance and currency issues under Moscow led talks but no decision to end the blockade. Generals Clay Robertson Koenig and Sokolovsky chaired a long session on money and transport while secrecy cloaked the discussions and observers watched for a three party democratic bloc formation by Berlin Communists.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
U. S
Moscow
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Pierre Koenig
Wassily Sokolovsky
Gen. Clay
Schuman Poised to Form Second French Cabinet
Paris reports aid to Premier designate Schuman says a new French cabinet will be formed soon after his coalition effort failed a week earlier. President Auriol did not accept his resignation and advised a second attempt with radical socialist Marie weighing party support. Radical deputies favor Schuman cabinet 21 to 11.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Andre Marie
Popular Republican
Vincent Auriol
National Assembly
Auriol
Marie
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World Church Council
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George Benedict
Mont
Penrose
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