Prairie Fire Devours Thousands of Cattle in South Dakota
A massive prairie blaze across 500 square miles in central South Dakota destroyed at least 3,000 head of cattle with 25,000 more believed affected on 200 ranches. Firefighters battled for hours, homes and haystacks burned, and lines of communication damaged as observers noted danger to livestock and farms along Highway 14.
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Pierrie
Holabird
Harrold
Highmore
U. S. Highway 14
Ty Rensch
Pierre
G. Dirks
Central West Telephone Co
Truman Narrowly Escapes Mishap On Muddy Road
President Truman’s car skidded on a muddy clay mountain road in Rio de Janeiro and became mired. The open limousine rested on a cliff edge with two feet to spare before 20 officers and reporters helped push to free the vehicle.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Truman
Steel Loss Threatens Domestic Industry
Pittsburgh report cites Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp shutting down all basic operations due to a strike by 1800 inter plant railroad workers. Daily loss of 16000 tons of finished steel would equivalent to 8000 autos 1000 freight cars 175000 home refrigerators 250000 washing machines 180 miles of 12 inch pipe and 3392000000 eight penny nails.
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Pittsburgh
C. R. Cox
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Garner Sentenced to Die in Singletree Slaying
Emmett Garner, 35, tenant farmer from Union South Carolina, was sentenced to death for killing his estranged wife Lessie Garner on July 23 at a tobacco farm near Angier. The Harnett County jury deliberated 27 minutes before a death verdict. Judge Luther Hamilton set October 2 for execution, but an automatic stay may follow due to a notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Lillington
Emmett Garner
Garner
Union
S. C
Jack Hooks
Lessie Garner
Angier
Harnett County
Leaf Declines Across Border and Eastern Tobacco Belts
Raleigh reports price averages slipped on the North Carolina South Carolina border belt and the eastern North Carolina flue cured belt as markets closed for the weekend. Border belt sales showed most grades down 50 cents to 8 dollars per 100 pounds with more decreases than increases, while the eastern belt held fairly firm with modest fluctuations. Quality remained heavy but not as good as Thursday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Border Belt
False alarm on reported tidal wave between Luzon and Formosa
The U S Navy Fleet Weather station said a Royal Air Force pilot report of a huge tidal wave moving northeastward between Luzon and Formosa was apparently a false alarm. Navy reconnaissance planes found no sign of an ocean disturbance after searching the area.
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Manila
U. S. Navy
Fleet Weather Station
Royal Air Force
Luzon
Formosa
Cancer Death Rate Lower In South Than In North
AP Science Reporter notes from the fourth International Cancer Research Congress that cancer deaths run higher in the north than the south. Arkansas records the lowest rate while the District of Columbia has the highest. Higher rates cluster with more cities wealth doctors and telephones, but lower infectious disease. Diet and urban pollution are considered possible factors.
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South
ST. Louis
E. Cuyler Hammond
Statistical Research Division
American Cancer Society
Middle West
Far West
Hammond
Seis
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Rev Joe Jeffers Claims Wealth Hidden in Orion
In Los Angeles on September 6 Rev Joe Jeffers of the Yahweh sect testified in an alimony case that wealth is stored in the Orion constellation. He reported only 1.53 in cash and a 1.25 watch, while insisting 400 to 500 billion dollars and untold gems are held in trust by the stars. He won dismissal as a judgment debtor in the 5160 alimony suit but faces contempt charges at a later Oct 7 hearing.
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Los Angeles
Joe Jeffers
Orion
Jeffers
Yahweh
Georgia
Miss America Finals Ready For Tonight In Atlantic City
Miss America 1947 will be crowned tonight after a five day pageant in Atlantic City with 54 entrants. Miss Canada Margaret Marshall and Miss Minnesota Elaine Mary Campbell won the bathing suit and talent preliminaries and join semi finalists to be announced. The winner receives 5000 dollars with 20000 dollars more distributed among semi finalists.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Canada
Margaret Marshall
Toronto
Minneapolis
Elaine Mary Campbell
Minnesota
Miss Canada
United States
Southern Bells
Miss Marshall
Man Found Guilty Of Manslaughter
Greenville dairy route salesman Wiley Van Gorman, 37, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife last June. The jury deliberated five hours in a case that had carried a murder indictment. Judge W. H. Grimball set sentencing for 10 a.m. Monday. the verdict carries a potential three months to three years in prison.
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Greenville
S. C
Wiley van Gorman
W. H. Grimball
Charleston
van Gorman
Missing Duke Student Found Near Hospital
Berton E. Lyle a Duke sophomore from Tupelo Mississippi was found wandering about the University hospital grounds yesterday after being missing for two days and was undergoing examination today in the hospital.
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Durham
Berton E. Lyle
Duke
Tupelo
Miss
University Hospital
Gandhi Still India's Most Powerful Man
Gandhi remains the central figure in India's move to freedom as his leadership and philosophy of non violence guide millions. His hunger strike in Calcutta underscored his immense influence and the danger if he were harmed. Leaders like Mountbatten and Nehru praise his role as architect of freedom and moral guide.
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India
Mohandas Gandhi
Calcutta
Life OF India Ghandi
Owever
Gandhi
Punjab
Ghandi
Indian Subcontinent
Lord Mountbatten
Dominion
Pandit Nehru
British Impose Tight Censorship As Jewish Refugee Ship Enters Germany
Hamburg reports three British transports carrying 4400 European Jews turned back from Palestine arrive at the Elbe estuary. Authorities tighten security for tomorrow’s debarkation with no photographers or news crews allowed near the quay. Exodus 1947 immigrants destined for camps near Luebeck sail from Sete July 10.
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Germany
Hamburg
Palestine
Elbe
Cuxhaven
Luebeck
Sete
France
Port de Bouc
Royal Navy
Voters Default Albright Urges Raleigh Civitans
Democratic governor candidate R Mayne Albright told the Raleigh Civitan Club that many state officeholders are on the payroll by default of voters. He cited a 27 percent turnout in 18 municipalities and only 53 percent of eligible residents on the registration books, warning that non voting concentrates power with a few and enables selfish interests to control elections and offices.
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Raleigh
R. Mayne Albright
Raleigh Civitans Club
Albright
Vast tidal wave sighted between Luzon and Formosa
The U S Navy reported a Royal Air Force pilot flying from Clark Field Luzon to Okinawa sighted a huge tidal wave at 10 15 am Shanghai time between Luzon and Formosa. The wave was estimated capable of overturning a 5 000 ton ship and extended beyond the horizon in both directions as it moved northeastward. The pilot was at 9 000 feet with 75 miles horizon.
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Shanghai
U.S. Navy
Royal Air Force
Clark Field
Luzon
Okinawa
Navy
Formosa
Girl Admits Slaying Dad and Hiding Body
In Laconia New Hampshire a 20 year old woolen mill worker was held on murder charges for shooting her father Sylvester Roberts 52 last December 21. She said she dragged the body to a sheep pen and buried it under loose boards, with discovery following after her brothers grew suspicious.
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Laconia
N. H
Barbara Roberts
Sylvester
Keller
Bevin Proposal Doesn't Change U S Attitude On Gold Plan
Bevin's notion of redistributing Fort Knox gold fails to thaw U S officials. British ideas to raise dollar value of gold could fund Europe without tax hikes, but analysts warn of inflation and likely higher prices. Treasury and Congress would resist any price change, and overvalued European currencies could worsen trade. Experts say real need is greater production, not such schemes.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Fort Knox
U. S
London
Europe
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Bevin
Umstead Says Leaf Prices Are Too Low
U.S. Senator William B. Umstead told a Reidsville Jubilee audience that tobacco prices in eastern North Carolina and border markets are too low. He cited 1946 eastern NC averages at 52.5 cents and recent averages near 43.5 cents per pound, a drop of about 18 percent, and projected a 56 million pound year less in flue cured output. He argued domestic consumption might offset reduced foreign purchases, especially from Great Britain, to keep prices from falling further.
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Reidsville
North Carolina
William B. Umstead
Pecple
Great Britain
Food Prices to Rise as Short Corn Crop Bites
D. S. Coltrane of the North Carolina agriculture department told the N. C. Feed Manufacturing Association that a small corn crop will drive up feed and food prices. He warned of higher prices for beef pork butter and eggs and urged farmers to harvest North Carolina corn, substitute wheat for corn where possible, and maximize roughage and grain crops for 1948.
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Wrightsville Beach
D. S
Coltrane
N. C
North Carolina
Exploding Tank Sparks Inferno At Coal Mine
Flaming gasoline from a ruptured tank on a power shovel set miners ablaze at a stripping operation near Punxsutawney Pennsylvania. Twelve workers were seriously burned and rushed to Adrian Hospital as nurses and doctors were summoned from Pittsburgh and nearby areas.
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Punxsutawney
Here
Adrian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Weather North Carolina Forecast and Sun Data
Partly cloudy and continue hot today with scattered thundershowers mainly north and west. Tonight and Sunday remain hot with similar storm chances. Sunday date is September 7 with sunrise at 5 56 and sunset at 6 39.
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North Carolina
Temperatures and rainfall across major cities report
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperatures and rainfall ending at 8 30 am in several cities including Charleston 92 78 with .08 inches Charlotte 96 73 .66 Chicago 78 63 Columbia 67 4 Denver 9 63 Detroit 75 66 Evansville 45 0 Galveston 47 Jacksonville 94 73 The Rock 108 7 9 Los Angeles 95 Memphis 100 Meridian 74 Miami 88 3 St Paul 88 68 Mobile 93 74 Orleans 93 75 06 Raleigh 8 18 San Francisco 72 55 Spartanburg 95 84 Mitchell 78 56 New:
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NEEL
Charlotte, Or
Bureau Record
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian Inn
Mini-St. P
Fy Mobile
Orleans
Falegh
Aleig
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Venezia-Gieulia
88Th Division
Gorizia
Tom S. Phair
Hollywood
Calif
Jacob D. Conrad
Lexington
Clifford H. Shea
Randolph
Mass
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Colo
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Uniontown
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Mattoon
Ill
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