15 Million Bales Cotton Crop Forecast By Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department forecasts this year’s cotton crop at 15,159,000 bales, up from last month’s 14,605,000. The estimate includes 23,737,000 harvest acres with 76 percent crop condition on Sept 1, and notes potential production controls if a surplus arises. States show varied abandonment and yields, with Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia listed among others.
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Luxury Liner Liberte Runs Aground In Dense Fog
The 51,840 ton French luxury liner Liberte carrying 1075 passengers including many Americans ran aground in fog while leaving Le Havre. Substituting skipper Commandant Kerharo steered as tugs Ursus Titian and Minotaure stood by. The ship settled deeper as tide fell, expected to free at next high tide.
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France
United States
Europa
French Lines
Southampton
French Line
Kerharo
Jacques Leverque
Liberte
Truman Rallies Democrats Urges Stand Against Eisenhower
Former President Harry S. Truman spoke at an AFL-CIO dinner urging Democrats to oppose the Eisenhower administration. He criticized Humphrey over interest rates and defended the New Deal era while calling for a return to a philosophy of aiding big business. Senators Dirksen and George offered mixed reactions during the Labor Day address and Des Moines remarks.
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R-Ill
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Gillette
Iowa
Des Moines
Ten Residents Missing After Chicago Slum Fire Tragedy
Chicago reports ten residents still unaccounted for after a pre dawn blaze in a South State Street slum tenement killed 18, including six children. Rescue squads continued searches as investigators examine the first floor for causes.
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Earle Downes
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Hope urges strong policy in agriculture at NC farmers meeting
Congressman Clifford R. Hope told about 5,000 attendees at the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association and Farmers Cooperative Exchange meeting that the federal government must furnish leadership to help farmers solve problems and stabilize prices. He warned of price declines despite overall strength, noting upcoming Congress action on farm legislation as price supports expire.
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Two Middle Belt Leaf Markets Open Averaging $54 to $56
Raleigh reports first hour sales at two Middle Belt flue cured markets averaging 54 to 56 dollars per hundredweight. Prices ranged 46 to 69 with highs to 70 and a few baskets offered to government loan programs. Demand remained strong as five markets in Durham Oxford Henderson War renton Louisburg opened with heavy volume noted.
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Federal State Market News Service
Middle Belt
Durham
Oxford
Henderson
Warrenton
Louisburg
Sandhills
Fred Royster
Phil Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Arlington Rites Hold Gen. Wainwright Burial
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright is buried at Arlington National Cemetery with a military funeral attended by top leaders. The former commander who led in Bataan and Corrigedor died in San Antonio, eight years after his Japanese camp ordeal. Committal services followed a service by Columbia Lodge 285 Arlington as family observed private rites.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
West Point
Columbia Lodge
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Adlai Warns Soviet Tactics Persist Despite Stalin
New York UP Adlai E Stevenson touring 30 countries says despite Stalin's death and Soviet domestic turmoil Moscow still seeks world domination. He cites refined tactics to exploit Western weaknesses and warns the free world must stay firm to prevent division and economic pressure. He also cites McCarthyism as harming America more in eight months than Soviet propaganda did in eight years.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Russia
Soviet Union
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Free Nations
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Look Magazine
Free World
Western
Europe
Scientist Advocates Private Development of AtomPower
Nobel laureate Harold C. Urey urged allowing free enterprise to pursue atomic power for Americans. He proposed patent rights for atomic inventions, sale of uranium by government at fair cost, and selective government leadership in certain fields, while stressing peacetime atomic progress may lag if the state dominates. He cited Ford’s private model for speed and cautioned against full-state control of industry.
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Henry Ford
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American Chemical Society
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Carpenters Union Rejoins the AFL
The Carpenters Union rejoined the American Federation of Labor after a conference in Washington. AFL President George Meany and Maurice A. Hutcheson announced the union would continue in the federation, reversing its withdrawal during a Chicago meeting last month over the no-raiding pact with CIO.
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Carpenters Union
American Federation of Labor
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George Meany
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Chicago
Full Scale PW Dispute Builds Over Prisoner Return
A full scale dispute over exchange of war prisoners grew as the Communists accused the Allies of holding captives. The U N Command drafted a demand for the return of Allied POWs still in Communist hands. The UN list to be handed to the Reds after recheck will name missing Americans and demand their return or account.
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Demilitarized Zone
Raleigh Works To Build Up Water Supply
Public Utilities Director E. M. Johnson says Raleigh completes 17,000 feet of 42,000 feet of parallel eight inch lines to bring two million gallons daily from a private lake. Pumps expected to start this weekend. Burlington lines on Haw River to Stoney Creek watershed will take 7 to 12 days. Federal Civil Defense Administration provides pumps and pipe. Raleigh plans about $40,000 and Burlington about $30,000.
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Death of Chief Justice Vinson Shocks Nation
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 63 in his Washington apartment. Appointed by Truman in 1946, Vinson led the court through major cases including the Rosenberg execution and had previously run the Treasury and wartime economic agencies. He is survived by his wife Freda, son Fred Jr., a sister Miss Lou Vinson, and another James R. Vinson Jr.
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Eisenhower
Supreme Court
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Ethel Rosenberg
William O. Douglas
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Franklin D. Velt
House
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Freda
James R. Vinson
James R. Vee Jr
Lou Vinson
Hurricane Carol Rips Coast Leaving Grounded Ships
Hurricane Carol battered the Boston area with 50 mph winds. Three ships grounded including the S S Eugenia on a Cape Cod sandbar. seven sailors remained aboard. Seven crews rescued, and a 75 foot Joyce Marie sank in the Bay of Fundy. Damage to crops estimated at $1,000,000 with four to six fatalities reported.
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Bay of Fundy
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Deliver’s Neck
Gloucester
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Vesse
Lahave Banks
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Coast Guard
Wings
New Jersey
Malcolm S. Forbes
Annapolis Valley
Nova Scotia Agricultural Department
New England
Dog Track Gambling Trial Opens in Currituck
The Carolina Racing Assn. seeks an emergency restraining order in Superior Court to stop three men Frank Aycock E R Woodard and Ray Midgett from allegedly conspiring to block the Moyock dog racing track. Judge Hubbard scheduled a ruling for later with no decision before tomorrow.
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Carolina Racing Assn
Superior Court
Moyock
John Masoni
Frank B. Aycock
E. R. Woodard
Ray Midgett
Four Hubbard
W. J Lucas
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Senator McCarthy to learn if Army will release loyalty names
Senator McCarthy may receive the names of individuals who gave loyalty clearances to government workers deemed tainted with communism. Secretary Stevens planned to call him to arrange a conference after a talk with President Eisenhower. McCarthy had requested Stevens testify in a closed Senate investigations session.
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Sen
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Robert T. Stevens
Eisenhower
Stevens
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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