Long-Term Trade Pact Not Certain
Washington reports British confidence in short term aid to ease the dollar crisis while long term measures remain uncertain. Cripps outlined Britain’s demand for a durable dollar solution via higher exports, with U S proposals tied to Congress action. Proposals include tariff cuts, loan agreement changes, export import bank increases, customs reforms, and looser ECA spending rules for Britain.
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Washington
Britain
Stafford Cripps
National Press Club
India
Canada
Bank
Congress
Dulles May Wage Hard Campaign
President Truman hints he may campaign in New York to back Democrat Herbert Lehman for the unexpired Wag ner seat. Dulles says presidential help would flatter him, while Republicans lean on Ives and the Dewey team. possible aid from Senator Vandenberg is mentioned.
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Washington
Truman
Senator Dulles
New York
Herbert Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
Dulles
Thomas E
Republican Standard
Lehmanne
Roosevelt
Ecotic House
Newark
Ex—S
Senat Ives
Republican College
Chaingang Boss Confesses to Insurance Man Slaying
Richland county chaingang captain Andrew Roberts confessed to killing H. C. Carter a 59 year old Columbia insurance man. Sheriff T. Alex Heise and acting chief J. P. Strom said Roberts admitted during questioning. Carter disappeared August 17 after collecting in Eastover and part of his skeleton was found August 28 four to five miles from the car. Roberts, a former convict, said the murder followed an argument about Carter's familiarity with his home.
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Columbia
S. C
Richland County
T. Alex Heise
J. P. Strom
Tate Constabulary
H. C. Carter
Andrew Roberts
Hesse and Strom
Carter
Eastover
Roberts
Heise and Strom
Deane Sees Korea as Real Democracy Ahead
Rep. Deane visiting Oriental centers in Seoul declared Korea destined to become a real democracy. Rep. Huber, chair of the executive department expenditures subcommittee, called the press and public loyalty to democratic principles crucial to the republics success.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Huber
Ohio
Executive Department
Orient
Deane
Republic
Further Improvement In Employment Predicted
Washington officials expect continued gains in employment this month following August's 400000 drop in jobless numbers. The census bureau reported civilian employment at 59,947,000 in July, the highest for 1949 but about 1.3 million below last year’s peak, while unemployment fell to 3,689,000 as businesses hired workers.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Census Bureau
Une
Little Change In Middle Belt Leaf Prices
Raleigh report shows mid belt flue cured markets were largely steady with slight declines for lower grades and small gains for common leaf. Wednesday’s belt sales totaled 2,531,694 pounds at $45.91 per hundred, season totals 17,556,583 pounds at $46.94, while Tuesday’s activity stood at 11,024,600 pounds averaging $45.23.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
Federal-State Market News Service
North Carolina
Chicago Holds N C Lover Boy
Chicago police detained Jesse Thornton Vaughan a 30 year old from Roxboro North Carolina on a marriage swindle spree. He claimed to have swindled eighteen women in the last two years describing three cases including a ring loan scheme and pawned goods under the aliases J T Vaughan R A Goodman and L E Davison.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Jesse _ Thornton Vaughan
Roxboro
N. C
George Tucker
Vaughan
Tucker
J. T. Vaughan
R. A. Goodman
L. E. Davison
Logging Accident Claims Life Of Lloyd L. Anderson
Greenville Sept 9 A logging accident yesterday killed Lloyd L. Anderson 24 of near Vanceboro. Coroner Griffin H. Rouse said Anderson and three other men were cutting a tree from a swamp boat when the tree fell and struck him.
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Greenville
Lloyd L. Anderson
Vanceboro
Griffin Hl. Rouse
Anderson
Wherry backs civilian control of China arms aid
Senator Wherry urged the Senate to give joint chiefs of staff full control of military aid to non communist China. The plan came as a 25 member Senate group neared final debate on the presidents 1.45 billion arms program. Debate focused on funding for anti communist aid in Asia and whether China should be named in the bill. Admiral Badger proposed a 75 million dollar fund to curb communism in China and the Far East.
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Washington
Sept
Congress
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
George
D-Ga
Asia
Knowland
Korea
Philippines
Oscar C. Badger
U. S
Far East
Clemson Student Lost Leg In Highway 76 Crash
A Clemson student Herman Coker, 23, of Kingstree, suffered the amputation of one leg after a wreck on Highway 76 near Mayesville. G. L. Ivey, 43, of Florence, the driver, also injured with fractures. Florence resident also injured. Both men were freed after the car dangled on a bridge abutment and rushed to Tuomey hospital with satisfactory conditions reported.
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Sumter
S. C
Clemson
Florence
Mayesville
G. L. Ivey
Herman Coker
Kingstree
Ivey
Tuomey Hospital
Typhoon Damage Tops Army Installations at Yokohama
Officials place damage from the Aug. 31 typhoon at Yokohama port at 250000 dollars affecting U S army installations and vessels in the area.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Yokohama
Stockpiling Ties Into British Dollar Crisis Talks
James Marlow explains how stockpiling scarce and strategic materials, run by the Munitions Board and Federal Bureau of Supply, could ease Britain's dollar shortage. The plan envisions buying from sterling bloc nations in dollars, boosting those nations' dollar reserves and reducing pound payments to the United States.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Munitions Board
Army
Navy
Air Force
Federal Bureau of Supply
Gold Coast
Brazil
Chile
Cuba
Mexico
Belgian Congo
Bolivia
Netherlands East Indies
Britih Guiana
U. S
Britain
Witness Links Congressman to B 36 Information Request
Lt. Samuel P. Ingram testified that Rep. Charles B Deane asked Cedric R Worth for information last May, leading to an anonymous document that sparked the B 36 bomber investigation. The court probes who in the Navy aided the memo belittling Air Force claims.
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Washington
Navy
Samuel P. Ingram
Charles B. Deane
D-Nc
Cedric R. Worth
Nationalists Strike Back as Reds Face Blows in China
Canton dispatch reports the Nationalists scored blows on both military and political fronts. Yunnan province declares rebellion, Gov. Lu Han proclaims independence from Nationalists, meets Chiang Kai-shek, and vows to fight to the end. Military offensives widen north of Canton.
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Canton
Central Daily News
Yunnan
China
Lu Han
Chunqing
Szechwan
Chungking
Chiang
Sea-Going Turtle Won't Join Seoul Zoo
President Syngman Rhee announced the sea-going turtle captured off the south coast will not be kept in Seoul. Fisheries experts will relocate the mascot to Cheju Island where milder climate awaits. The turtle measures five by six feet, nearing a record size, and symbolizes longevity amid tensions with North Korea.
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Seoul
South Korea
Seoul Zoo
Syngman Rhee
Cheju Island
Hee
Western Girls Leading For Miss America
Atlantic City reports preliminary results in the 1949 Miss America pageant show western contestants dominating the talent and bathing suit divisions. Only Miss Canada among early winners hints at eastern or southern competition as the final 15 finalists are to be named after tonight’s last preliminary event.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mississippi
Sylvia Canaday
U S Recruit Sentenced Life For Killing Germans
Recruit Russell Jones of Fall River Massachusetts received life imprisonment from a U S military court for killing three Germans in a drunken May 1 incident near Stuttgart Germany. He admitted the shooting and said his drinking may have caused it, with premeditation ruled absent.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Russell Jones
Fall River
Mass
U. S
Jones
Wayne Dairy Cooperative opens new Goldsboro plant
The Wayne Dairy Cooperative plant in Goldsboro was formally opened with band music free milk and ice cream. L Y Ballentine state agriculture commissioner spoke as about 200 attendees braved a rainstorm. The venture arose from 20 cow owners forming a cooperative aided by local business groups with many civic clubs contributing.
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Wayne Dairy Cooperative
Goldsboro
L. Y. Ballentine
Wayne County
Co-Operative Association
Forty Resort Guests Saved From Inferno
Forty vacationists at Tassa Jara Hot Springs in the Kings City region were safe but surrounded by flames that destroyed a two story hotel and about a fraction of the cabins. Actor Phil Terry organized guests into a volunteer brigade and evac plans included possible helicopter evacuation assisted by a forest ranger and a U S fire control officer.
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King City
Calif
Tassa Jara Hot Springs
Scenic Mountain Valley
Here
Henry Branagh
Jack Curran
U. S
Curran
Phil Terry
Terry
Palo Alto
Youngsville Bank Robbery Ends With Suspect Arrest
A tall thin bandit robbed the Youngsville branch of Durham Bank and Trust at 10 40 am. Teller Ada Ward was threatened before the man fled. At 11 45 am Wake County Sheriff Pleasant and Deputy Massey arrested a Raleigh suspect matching the description and found 5040 in his car. The man identified himself as Thomas Wireless, 29, of Inspiration Arizona.
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Youngsville
N. C
Raleigh
Durham Bank and Trust Company
Ada W. Ward
Robert J. Pleasants
Wake County
C. Massey
Thomas Wireless
Inspiration
Ariz
Stock Gains And Losses About Even
New York story reports a flat trading day with mixed results and many tiny swings. International Telephone rose on Argentina's dollar guarantee to ITT for 20 million dollars, while winners included Bethlehem Steel Goodyear Montgomery Ward Du Pont Eastman Kodak GE N Y Central Southern Pacific and Celotex. Losers named include Republic Steel Chrysler US Rubber ITT Admiral American Telephone Anaconda Copper Kennecott Dow Chemical US Tobacco Santa Fe Union Pacific and United Air Lines.
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New York
International Telephone
Argentina
Bethlehem Steel
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Celotex
Republic Steel
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
Anaconda Cooper
Kennecott
Air Reduction
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
United Air Lines
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N.C
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U.S
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