Census Bureau Reports Upswing In Employment
The Census Bureau reports August employment rose to 59.747 million while unemployment fell to 3.689 million from July. Non farm employment gained 1.368 million with agricultural jobs down due to midsummer slack. Total civilian employment rose modestly by 227 thousand as many jobseekers left the labor force or found work.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sawyer
Bureau
Commerce Department
Yugoslavia Receives About 20 Million Dollar US Credit
Diplomatic officials said the Export-Import Bank approved a roughly 20 million dollar loan to Yugoslavia to buy machinery for copper lead and zinc mines. The loan marks the first direct US loan to Tito era Yugoslavia since the split with Moscow.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Acheson
Tito
World Bank
United States
Cotton Crop Forecast Up 138000 Bales Amid Revision
The agriculture department projects this year's cotton crop at 14,943,000 bales of 500 pounds, up 135,000 from last month and above last year's 14,868,000. The census bureau notes 1,247,443 bales ginned by Sept 1, vs 1,444,355 a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Roads Reopened After Monroe Flash Flood Lifts Water
Monroe pledges passable routes after Bear Skin Creek floods streets. Water rose up to five feet, flooding the Charlotte Monroe highway 74 overpass. Four year old Cam Miller III was sucked into a storm sewer but saved by bystanders and revived. police report cave-ins cleared and roads opened.
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Monroe
Charlotte-Monroe
Cam Miller III
D. S. Griffin
Scott Fight: Revolution or rebellion in North Carolina politics
Governor Kerr Scott leads a power bloc in North Carolina as supporters call his regime revolutionary while opponents deem it rebellion. Analysts note the contest hinges on permanence of power and possible future leadership realignments with figures like Clyde Hoey and William Umstead as potential rally points. The intra party struggle and lack of a cohesive statewide opposition shape the political horizon into 1950 or 1952.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Scott
Jonathan Daniels
Frank Graham
Clyde Hoey
William B. Umstead
Scott-Daniels-Graham
Scott Rode
Commissioner of Agriculture
Buck
Miss America Contestants Prepare for Second Preliminary Round
Atlantic City reporters describe 52 hopefuls shaping up for the second round with breakfast judges meeting, a convention hall rehearsal for bathing suit talent and evening gown, chaperoned by one helper each. Finalists will be chosen Saturday night with the 1949 Miss America prize of $5,000 and the retiring queen Bebe Shopp of Hopkins in line.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Convention Hall
Bebe Shopp
Hopkins
State Unemployment Fund Tops 154 Million Dollars
North Carolina's unemployment fund, a safeguard against joblessness, stands at over 154 million dollars per the unemployment security commission monthly return. Since creation twelve years ago, employer payments and interest total 155 million with 56.6 million paid to unemployed workers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Unemployment Security Commission
Britain Seeks Free Spending For Polio Aid Drive
New York dispatch reports a polio emergency drive underway as U S funds tallied for an expected 40 000 cases. Basil O Connor of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urged a $14 500 000 goal amid dwindling reserves and record first eight months cases.
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New York
United States
U. S. Post Office Department
National Foundation For
Columbia
Foundation
Basil O'Connor
Public Health Service
Washington
Illinois
O'Connor
Postoffice Department
W. C. Burke
Pravda Jabs Ark Search With Mockery From Moscow
Pravda ridicules an American Ark search in Mount Ararat by accusing spies of biased competition and Turkish border interference. It mocks Noah’s Ark and U S expedition leader Mr Smith, claiming the ark remains unseen and the venture serves intelligence aims.
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Moscow
Sept
Pravda
Mount
Ararat
Communist Party
Noah
Smith
U. S
Washington Psychiatrists Say Unruh Is Insane
Top psychiatrists in Washington say Howard Unruh a 27 year old Camden killer is insane based on newspaper accounts. They cite his Bible reading and claims his victims opposed him as signs of paranoid delusions and a serious mental illness.
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Washington
James Marlow Washington
Howard Unruh
Camden
State Insane Hospital
Jersey Ofogg
Unruh
Threatened Railroad Strikes Endanger 130000 Rail Workers
Three national railroads faced strike action threatening idle labor on 130000 rail and steel workers. Missouri Pacific workers planned a 3 p m Friday walkout, with 282 unsettled claims amounting to about 5 million dollars. Pittsburgh disputes affected US Steel subsidiaries and Monongahela lines.
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Associated Press
Sible
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Pittsburgh
Rail Brotherhood Etpenrage
Washington
Frank Douglas
Mediation Board
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Railroad
Monongahela
Union Line
Union Road
U. S. Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Monogahela
New York
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Hurricane miss narrowly as storm grazes Bermuda
The center of a massive Atlantic hurricane passed 60 miles east of Bermuda at 9 am. Winds on the island’s weaker west side reached heavy gale force with higher gusts and high tides. Forecaster Grady Norton warned ships to avoid the storm as it speeds away from land.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Grady Norton
Norton
North Atlantic
Search On For Asheville Realtor Missing After Blood Found
Asheville officers search for W. T. Rowland Jr., a prominent realtor who disappeared after noon yesterday. A maid found a pool of blood in the basement and an axe with blood on it, but officials say there is no sign of foul play yet. Rowland, in his forties, is a well known civic leader.
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Asheville
W. T
Tom) Rowland Jr
Rowland
Pork and Beef Prices Rise With Expectation of Decline
Cooler weather boosted demand for meat and nudged pork and beef prices higher in many markets this week. Analysts expect retail pork prices to fall within three weeks as spring pig crops reach market and overall beef demand remains strong for higher quality cuts. The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose to 5.82 from 5.78, vs 6.86 a year ago.
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Associated Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Richard Strauss Dies At 85 In Germany
The eminent composer Richard Strauss died in Germany at age 85. His vast output ranged from songs and chamber works to symphonic poems, symphonies and operas including Der Rosenkavalier and Salome. A child prodigy, he began composing at six and published Opus No 1 at age 12. His middle life tone poems sparked debate but later became influential.
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Garmisch Partenkirchen
Germany
Richard Strauss
Strauss
Capitol Leaders Meet To Reduce Highway Accidents
Thirty six state highway patrol officers met at the capitol building onWednesday called by Col Tony Tolar to discuss methods for cutting highway deaths. Governor Scott urged firm courteous policing and warned against loitering at court houses while stressing drunken driving and speeding as key causes and urging restraint from overwork and restoring mechanical inspections.
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State Highway Patrol
Capitol
Tony Tolar
Scott
General Assembly
Three Power Conference Forms Study on British Requests
Washington reports the three nations agreed to form a special committee to study Britain's plea for looser use of ECA dollars abroad. Other groups will examine stockpiling, customs procedures, and overseas investments to boost dollar earnings and open U.S. markets to British goods.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Canada
Amer
Stafford Cripps
Middle Belts Prices Dip on Tuesday Markets
Middle belt tobacco markets showed modest price declines with most grades down 1 to 2 per hundred pounds and common leaf 2.50 to 5. Quality was weak and offerings light. Eastern regions held steady while border belts reported fair sales. Tuesday gross sales totaled 3,759,818 pounds averaging 47.51 dollars.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
North Carolina
Carolinas
Border Belt
Gains Registered By Many Stocks On Wall Street
New York stocks edged higher amid a modest advance across major groups after yesterday's jump. Leaders included American Smelting, Radio Corp, General Motors, Goodyear, Dow Chemical, Du Pont, Standard Oil NJ, U. S. Gypsum, and United Railroads. RKO fell to 7 42 as directors skipped the usual dividend.
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New York
Anasonda Cooper
American Smelting
Philco
Radio Corp
Republic Steel
General Motors
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Schenley
American Telephone
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Westinghouse Electric
International Paper
Baltimore and Ohio
Standard Oil
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