Exodus 1947 Jews Claimed By British Troops In Hamburg
At Hamburg on September 8 British soldiers pulled 1206 Jews from The Exodus 1947 offloaded them to Poppendorf detention. The despatches describe heavy clubbing of resistors during disembarkation while refugees shouted protests and called Britain and the act Hitlerian. The Ocean Vigour and another transport were among ships bringing refugees from France to Haifa then to Hamburg for processing.
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Hamburg
Germany
Palestine
Poppendorf
Britain
France
Pans
London
Sete
Haifa
Port de Bouc
Gibraltar
Weather report and temperatures across major cities
North Carolina sees partly cloudy skies with afternoon thundershowers possible today and Tuesday. Warmer today and tonight. Calendar notes show Tuesday September 9, 1947 with sunrise at 5 58 and sunset at 6 57. AP records list high and low temperatures for cities including Charlotte 93 71, Chicago 78 0, Dallas 92 49, Detroit 45 8, High Point 88 88, Jacksonville 90 74, Los Angeles 80 62, Meridan 98 70, Miami 85 81, New York 72 70, Washington 78 41, Wilmington 89 74.
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Charlotte
Sep
Official Weather Bureau
Honjonie
Charleston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
iMvanssilie
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Meridian
Miami
Mini-St. P
Mobile of
N. Orleans
New York
Cotton Crop Estimate Drops Slightly for This Year
The Agriculture Department pegged this year’s cotton harvest at 11 849 000 bales of 500 pounds gross, up from a month ago’s 11 844 000. Last year yielded 8 640 000 bales. ten year average is 12 390 000. Acreage harvested and yield per acre are given with percent abandoned and crop condition percentages.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
RFC May Receive Further Curbs From Congress
Senator Buck indicated Congress may impose new limits on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. His banking subcommittee plans a thorough probe of RFC operations, seeking to curb its wide authority as part of the inquiry.
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Washington
U“P
Buck
D-Del
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking
RFC
Miners Return as Strike Lingers at Yorkshire Pits
Barnsley England Sept 8 UP miners from 18 Yorkshire coal pits began returning to work this week but 19 collieries stayed closed and nine were partly affected in Britain's worst labor dispute in three years. Grimethorpe colliery where the strike began still shows 2500 miners idle in its fifth week with 60 000 taking part at the peak last week.
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Barnsley
England
Yorkshire
Britain
National Coal Board
Grimethorpe
Storm Off Louisiana Moves Inland Near Biloxi and Pascagoula
The U S weather bureau in New Orleans reports a small tropical storm about 100 miles east of New Orleans at 9 a m EST. It is moving northwest at 12 to 15 mph and expected to pass inland between Biloxi Mississippi and Pascagoula Mississippi around noon. Winds near the center are strongest, with warnings issued from Pensacola to Valparaiso Florida and west to Biloxi.
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New Orleans
U.S. Weather Bureau
Biloxi
Miss
Pascagoula
Pensacola
Valparaiso
Fla
Market Retreats On Monday As Stocks Edge Back
New York markets eased on a typical Monday retreat with no heavy selling. In the casualty list U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet Chrysler General Motors Goodrich U S Rubber Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Chesapeake & Ohio American Woolen Loew s Paramount Standard Oil NJ Texas Co Montgomery Ward Deere Caterpillar United Aircraft Consolidated Vultee Westinghouse General Electric Union Carbide Du Pont Owens Illinois were noted among declines while bonds eased and commodities firmed after initial hesitancy.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
Goodrich
U.S. Rubber
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio
American Woolen
Loew's
Paramount Pictures
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Montgomery Ward
Deere
Caterpillar Tractor
United Aircraft
Consolidated Vultee
Western Union
Anaconda
American Smelting
Westinghouse
General Electric
Union Carbide
du Pont
Owens- Illinois
UN Palestine committee urges aid for 250000 European Jews
The United Nations Palestine committee declared unanimously that immediate help for 250 000 distressed European Jews would ease the problem of the Holy Land. It urged the UN assembly to act for Jews in European assembly centers as a vital prerequisite to settlement in Palestine. The committee’s full report followed Geneva and Lake Success releases.
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Lake Success
United Nations Palestine Committee
Holy Land
UN Assembly
European Assembly
Palestine
Palestine Committee
Geneva
CIO Plans PAC to Back Union Candidates in North Carolina
The Charlotte News reports the state CIO intends to form a political action committee to provide financial and voting support to union-backed candidates. The CIO shifts from organizing locals to political action with a conference of CIO officials planned in Greensboro tonight.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte News
CIO
North Carolina
CLO
Greensboro
Chiang Kai-shek Plans Purge In Kuomintang
A high official says the Kuomintang is studying formal complaints for a purge of disloyal or corrupt members. The plan may target top party and government leaders as the central executive committee arranges five plenary sessions to review charges from local units.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Kuomintang
Government Party
President Truman Heads Home Aboard Mighty Mo for 13 Day Voyage
President Truman sails from Brazil aboard the USS Missouri for a 13 day voyage home. The trip follows his Brazil visit and the hemispheric defense treaty signing. The presidential party includes top aides and Fleet Admiral Leahy. Clifford travels separately to Washington.
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President Truman
Truman
Brazil
White House
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Leahy
D. Leahy
Oee
House
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Rio
Gunfire Rips Through Riots in New Delhi
Riot scarred New Delhi sees police and military fire as death tolls climb among Sikhs Hindus and Muslims. Reports cite over 21 dead with rioters looting, buildings burned, and women appearing in violence as troops try to restore order.
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Delhi
Old Delhi
Twin Cities
Old City
India
Knutson Sees Deeper Tax Cut Measure
Rep Knutson of Minnesota expects a deeper tax cut bill to emerge from Congress early next year. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee he sponsored two 4 billion dollar measures vetoed by President Truman last session. He doubts we can hold line at 30 20 and 10 5 percent reductions.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Minnesota
Assoane Press
Rainmaking Experiment Planned By Winston-Salem To Aid Water Supply
Winston-Salem prepared to drop powdered dry ice from an airplane to seed cumulus clouds and boost rain as a one day supply over the weekend. Eastern North Carolina saw torrential rain with Greenville, Raleigh and surrounding towns reporting record totals and flood damage including a tobacco warehouse flood in Greenville causing substantial losses.
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Associated Prayer
North Carolina
Raleigh
Greenville
Winston-Salem
Washington
Beaufort County
Kinston
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Gold Leaf
Dixie Warehouse
Greek Rivals Unite To Form Government
In Athens a liberal populist cabinet led by Themistokles Sophoulis was sworn in after Constantin Tsaldaris resigned. The new government unites rival parties to crush communist guerrillas and offers immediate amnesty to those who surrender within a set period with guarantees against reprisals and jobs.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Royal
Archbishop Damaskinos
Constantin Tsaldaris
Blonde Wins Final Word In Firehouse Talk
A slender blue-eyed blonde climbed a fire escape to chat through a window with a merchant seaman on the fifth floor. Neighbors feared she would jump and police, firemen, and an emergency squad hauled her down. The sailor returned to sleep, declining to speak.
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New York
Labor Chiefs Rally Over Taft Hartley Affidavits
AFL leaders gather in Chicago to decide whether to sign non communist affidavits to access NLRB services under Taft Hartley. William Green plans for all officers to sign, while a single refuser could strip services from AFL and CIO unions, affecting certification and bargaining standing.
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Chicago
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
William Green
Green
John L. Lewis
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
CIO
Woman Fasts Over Rent Agencies Protest In Savannah
A 73 year old Savannah landlady, Mrs. Anna Boyer, has stopped eating to press federal rent agency relief. She says her income cannot cover mortgage, taxes, utilities, and rents for multiple apartments, and she vows to fast to death if needed. She contrasts her plight with Gandhi and European aid programs, lamenting she is a forgotten American.
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Savannah
Anna FE. Boyer
Europe
UN Atomic Energy Report Cleared by 10 Nations Vote
The United Nations atomic energy commission approved the second report in its political committee by a 10 to 2 margin with Russia opposing all sections and Poland voting against one part. The six principal parts saw five pass 10 to 2 as Russia and Poland sparred over the agency’s framework. The panel completed action on proposals to set up and run an international atomic control body, with work since May. The first section on operational and development functions was amended 17 times, yet changes were technical.
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Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Poland
International Atomic Agency
Border Tobacco Markets Enter Final Three Weeks
North Carolina and South Carolina flue cured border tobacco belt enters last three weeks of sales with most markets reporting large quantities on floors. Blocked sales continue per federal and state agriculture reports. Eastern North Carolina belt sales enter third week with an average price about $13 per 100 pounds under last year’s record high. The previous week’s average was $42.71.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Border
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
UN Assembly Meet Opens Next Week
Washington predicts a tougher Russo American phase at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Officials contemplate a possible special session of Congress on a temporary European aid fund as part of the Marshall plan rollout. A plan to boost Ruhr coal production and a joint British American board would aim to spur European recovery while diminishing Soviet influence.
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Washington
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Marshall
Assembly
Truman
Congress
Europe
State Department
United States
Britain
Germany
Ruhr
Joint Board
Food Dealers Open Session In Asheville
John L. Lawrence, president of A-G stores in Asheville, opened the annual North Carolina Food Dealers association convention in Asheville. Morning speakers included Watson Rogers of the National Food Brokers association, Jennings King of Charlotte, Caroling’s manager for California Packing, and Charles Dudley of the Charlotte Merchants association.
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Asheville
John L. Lawrence
A-G
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
Watson Rogers
National Food Brokers Association
Washington, D. C
Jennings King
Charlotte
Carolings
California Packing Corporation
Charles Dudley
Charlotte Merchants Association
Homer N. McConkey
Springfield
Ohio
Honeymoon Trip Interrupted by Auto Crash
Rex Beach and his bride from Statesville were driving west after their wedding when an automobile driven by a 19 year old Lenoir man overturned in a ravine near Newton. Beach sustained chest injuries and was treated at Catawba hospital. his bride was dismissed after treatment.
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Rex Beach
Lenoir
Catawba Hospital
Statesville
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