Robeson Concert Clashes Leave Dozens Injured in New York Suburb
Scores of people were injured and hundreds of car windows shattered when anti Robeson demonstrators clashed with concertgoers near Peekskill. About 54 treated in hospitals, 14 arrested, 40 held in temporary custody as state police and local officers tried to curb violence. Robeson, protected by heavy guard, performed for 10 000 fans before driving to New York City.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Westchester County
Thomas E
Dewey
Robeson
New York City
Record Crowds Visit Fort Raleigh During Summer 1949
Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island reports a record summer with 48 076 visitors in August 1949 led by international guests. The four year October to August tally reached 116 421, surpassing prior years as autumn arrives on North Carolina’s Dare Coast near America’s beginnings.
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Robert Atkinson
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Spain
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Dare Coast
New World
Potatoes Face New Marketing Rules With Price Supports at Risk
Secretary Brannan announced a nationwide policy shift on potato marketing agreements. Growers must accept regional controls to keep price supports. rejection could end supports in designated areas. He cited past $379 million spent on price supports over three years and projected $50 million to $72.5 million planned for this year. California early potato growers who rejected the program could lose supports next year unless they reverse.
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Washington
Brannan
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
California
Truman Attacks Selfish Interests in Labor Day Speech
President Truman blasted selfish interests opposing his fair deal plans and vowed a fight to enact them. He argued against scare tactics and praised the 81st Congress for reversing backward trends while pledging continued effort in the 160 year fight for progress.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
Pope
Mr. Truman
United States
Allegheny County Free Fair
Pope denounces communism in first public speech
In Castel Grandolfo Italy on September 5 the Pope for the first time by name attacked communism during a German radio address to about half a million German Catholics. He linked the Vatican excommunication to defend religion, liberty, and workers against atheistic communism.
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Castel Grandolfo
Italy
Vatican
Ger
Raleigh Council Weighs Braden Resignation Tuesday
Raleigh city council will consider at its meeting tomorrow the resignation of Roy S. Braden the first Raleigh city manager Braden submitted his resignation to Mayor P D Snipes on Saturday He cited a whispering campaign and ill health as reasons Braden 60 came from High Point to lead Raleigh and earned 13500 annually Walters Coley a 55 year old painting contractor filed a personal complaint alleging Braden was attentive to a woman friend but the council rejected a hearing for lack of specifics Braden had just received a vote of confidence and Braden is a native of Pennsylvania.
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Raleigh
Roy S. Braden Braden
P. D. Snipes
Braden
High Point
Walter S. Coley
Coley
Charge to Jury In Windsor Rape Case Due Late Today
Windsor, Sept. 5. The Bertie Superior Court case of Raleigh Speller, charged with raping a Windsor woman twice, heads to jury with Judge W. S. Halstead to deliver a charge late today or tomorrow. Speller, once sentenced to die, has received new trials each time granted by the State Supreme Court.
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Windsor
W. S. Halstead
Raleigh Speller
Bertie Superior Court
Speller
Aubrey Davis
State Supreme Court
Yunnan Revolt and Fire Shake China Nationalists
The Nationalist government reeled as Gen. Lu Han in Yunnan seizes Nanming in a bloodless revolt while a major fire in Chungking kills about 1000. Communist efforts target the Canton Hengyang railway as Yu Chengwan’s troops close on Kunming.
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Yunnan
Chungking
Hengyang
South China
Lu Han
Himalayas
India
Yu Cheng- Wan
Kunming
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Labor Day Death Toll In U S Reaches 326
The Associated Press reports at least 14 people died in North Carolina during the Labor Day holiday. Victims include Nellie Marr Grant in Gastonia and Glenn Bolick in Caldwell County, with several others killed in traffic wrecks and violent incidents across the state.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Nellie Marr Grant
Gastonia
Cherokee
Glenn Bolick
Caldwell County
Burke County
Alice Marie Gibson
Stony Mills
High Point
Osephus Pitter
Cpl
Maynard R. Cooper
Greenville
S. C
St. Augustine
Fla
Waynesville
J .W. Jackson
New Bern
Wesley Wilson
Lake Lure
Rutherfordton
Clingman Bennett
Clinton
Jeanette Biddings
Greensboro
Willie Lee Robinson
Charlotte
State Highway Patrol
Smithfield
David Quinn
Johnson County
Bobby Smith, Jr
George Holmes Holt
Fayetteville
St. Pauls
Holt
Hendersonville Apple Festival In Progress
The Apple Harvest festival continued with a parade and a ball in Hendersonville. A monument honoring three North Carolina natives who became president Andrew Jackson James K Polk and Andrew Johnson was unveiled in city hall last Saturday.
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Hendersonville
North Carolina
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Andrew Johnson
Canadian Group Heads to Washington for Key Three Power Talks
A Canadian delegation led by Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson travels to Washington for essential three power talks on Britain's dollar shortage. The British plan devaluation faces mixed support while American and Canadian officials seek a flexible six point agenda aimed at resolving the economic slump.
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Washington
Lester B. Pearson
Britain
Bevin
Stafford Cripps
New York
Mauretania
State Department
Anada
Douglas Abbott
Pearson
Cripps
Governor Scott touts North Carolina $750 million works plan
Governor Scott announced a sweeping public works program totaling about 750 million dollars for the next three years. He said funds will reduce service deficits and ease employment, with hundreds of millions already available for roads schools ports hospitals and utilities, boosting labor and local projects statewide.
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Raleigh
Scott
North Carolina
North Carolina to Spend Billions on Public Works
Breakdown shows roughly 750 million dollars in next three years for public roads 450 million schools 100 million state institutions 100 million and local hospitals 30 million. Governor Scott’s aide prepared the projection detailing financing sources including rural and city roads and bonds.
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North Carolina
Scott
Charles Parker
State Advertising News Division
General Assembly
Labor Day death toll reaches 326 nationwide
The Associated Press reports 326 holiday weekend deaths through Monday, including 259 traffic fatalities, 23 drownings, and 44 from other causes. Safety officials predicted 280 traffic deaths by tonight, as California noted a woman killed by two freight trains. States show wide totals with hundreds in some, while others report single figures.
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Wyoming
Hurricane Hangs Off Miami Coast
A tropical hurricane with winds over 100 mph spins east of Miami about 800 miles offshore. Forecasters say it may change course toward the North-Northeast and pass far from the mainland but near Bermuda, with ongoing watchful tracking by Navy and Air Force observers.
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Miami
Fla
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Bermuda
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Alabama
Gulf
Air Force
Shots Exchanged On Czech Border Near Hof
German border police report U S constabulary troops and Czechoslovak border police exchanged over 600 pistol shots near Hof. No injuries reported. officials call the four hour exchange aimless and unresolved with firing spanning late Friday to Saturday night.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Hof
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