Local Man in Warsaw Returns from Shanghai Refugee Mission
Erling J. Logan acting director of UNRRA displaced persons in China arrived in Warsaw after escorting 700 refugees to Europe from Shanghai. He reported nearly 2,000 displaced Europeans in Harbin including 1,000 Poles and 500 Germans, plus 20,000 White Russians in the Harbin district. He will fly to Berlin en route to Washington via Geneva. His wife Gladys Wade is staying with her mother in Warsaw.
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Erling J. Logan
UNRRA
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Europe
Shanghai
Logan
Walnut Street
High Point
N. C
Harbin
Berlin
Washington
Geneva
Gladys Wade
Annie B. Wade
Orient
North Dakota
Merchandise Stolen From Local Trucking Terminal
Thieves burglarized the Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina Trucking company terminal in Gastonia and loaded $2000 worth of general merchandise on a tractor trailer. The truck was found empty about three hours later three miles west on the Bessemer City highway. Authorities noted marks suggesting the goods were moved to another truck.
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Gastonia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Bessemer City
Britain Announces Ratification Dates for Allied Pacts
The British foreign office said the peace treaties with five former Axis satellites would be formally ratified in Paris and Moscow on September 15. A spokesman noted Russia France and the United States favored the British proposal for simultaneous deposits of instruments of ratification.
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London
Paris
Moscow
Foreign Office
Russia
France
United States
Jeep Collision Fatal Near Concord Highway
Floyd Tucker, 30, of Stanfield, died en route to a hospital after a jeep he rode in collided with a truck six miles from Albemarle on the Concord highway. His brother-in-law Ernest Tucker was hospitalized with head injuries.
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Albemarle
Floyd Tucker
Stanfield
Concord
Ernest Tucker
Explosion Kills Eight in Yorkshire Mine Blast
Eight men died and four were missing in a Thornhill pit explosion at Dewsbury Yorkshire. The incident follows a five weeks long unauthorized strike shutting 44 collieries, marking another deadly mine disaster this year with over 150 killed.
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London
Yorkshire
Thornhill
Dewsbury
Three Probes To Seek Data On Top Issues
Three congressional probes target housing taxes and prices as lawmakers press for data on rising costs. A Senate House housing committee convened a round table with seven experts led by Senator McCarthy to study housing costs. The Magill tax study group led by Roswell Magill will review all tax categories as GOP plans deeper income tax cuts. Senator Flanders calls eastern subcommittee on economics to examine drivers of high prices with regional panels. Speculation grows on a fall special session tied to Europe’s crisis and domestic price controls.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate-House Committee On
McCarthy
R-Wis
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roswell Magill
The
Treasury
Senate-House
Mid-Continent
West
Congress
Mr. Truman
Rep
O'Tolle
D-Ny
O'Toole
Nine Bodies Recovered After Blast on Island Queen
Pittsburgh dispatch reports nine of twenty one dead or missing after the Island Queen excursion steamer exploded and burned on the Monongahela River. Firemen recovered three more bodies today near the wreck as 13 of 18 injured remained hospitalized.
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Monongahela River
Melvin Veiles
Cincinnati
Allard
Tenn
Henry Williams
Mary Jones
David O. Heath
Virginia Yeager
Covington Ky
AFL Hints At Third Postwar Wage Rise Amid Rising Costs
The AFL executive council indicated a third postwar wage increase could come if living costs keep rising. Past boosts totaled 18 percent after V J Day and 11 to 15 percent in spring. Council warns inflation threatens purchasing power and urges price relief and policy actions under the Marshall plan, export revisions, and production expansion.
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Chicago
AFL Executive Council
AFL
William Green
OPA
Congress
CIO
Denver Man Is Commander of Veterans
Hotels moved lobby furniture back and restaurants released extra help as 20,000 delegates and 40,000 guests departed the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Cleveland. Ray H. Brannaman of Denver, 55, World War I veteran, was elected commander in chief, succeeding Louis E. Starr. St. Louis will host next year’s encampment.
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Cleveland
Ray H. Brannaman
Denver
Brannaman
Louis E. Starr
Vand, Ore
St. Louis
Temporary Aid for Europe Faces Congress Decision
Secretary of State Marshall said Europe needs temporary aid this year and only Congress can authorize it. He hinted a special session may be required, while stating data to chart a course will be ready by late October. Britain warned it will exhaust dollars for Germany by year’s end, prompting Anglo American talks next month.
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Marshall
Europe
Congress
State Department
London
United States
Britain
Germany
State and War Departments
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
House Committee
Taft-Hartley Law Settles 31 Labor Disputes
Government conciliators say a Taft-Hartley provision for secret ballot elections on the employer's final offer led to 31 settlements in six weeks. About 80 elections were held. 31 workers accepted, 25 rejected, with remaining results pending from field officers.
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Washington
North Carolina building totals by 26 cities reach 48 million
The North Carolina labor department reports 12,512 building permits in 26 cities with populations over 10,000 for the year ending June 30. Residential permits totaled 5,884 houses and apartments valued at 29,751,560, housing 6,399 families. nonresidential work reached 13,256,112 with 2,125 permits.
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North Carolina
State Labor Department
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Concord
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Greensboro
Greenville
Hickory
High Point
Kinston
Lexington
New Bern
Reidsville
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Shelby
Statesville
Thomasville
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston-Salemay
Plastic Surgery Gives Burned Boy Bright Future
Willie Blanton of Icard Burke county badly burned on his fourth birthday last October. A Duke hospital plastic surgeon says scars may be removed in a series of operations over a year. Valdese civic clubs and Lions are raising funds to cover treatment. Willie spent four months at Valdese General hospital and is described as a fine patient.
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Willie Blanton
Icard
Burke County
Willie
Duke Hospital
Durham
Lions Clubs
Valdese General Hospital
Ligh tenwalter Holds Pa Eighth District Seat
Republican Franklin H. Lightenwalter retains Pennsylvania's eighth district seat in Congress after defeating labor-supported Democrat Phil H. Storch in a special election focused on the Taft Hartley labor law. Lightenwalter, speaker of the state house, represents Lehigh and Bucks counties.
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Franklin H. Lightenwalter
Pennsylvania
Lightenwalter
House of Representatives
Lehigh and
Bucks Counties
Phil H. Storch
CNO
Lehigh Valley
Fifty Jewish Refugees Are Under Arrest in Hamburg
In Hamburg on September 10 1947 a British official said fifty Jewish Exodus refugees were in custody while a manhunt targeted those responsible for placing a bomb on a transport bringing the refugees to Germany. The arrests follow clashes during debarkation aboard the Ocean Vigour and Runnymede Park.
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Germany
Runnymede Park
Palestine
International Refugee Organization
IRO
Britain to Cut Armed Force Below Original Figure
A high level government source said Britain will trim armed forces below the size in Attlee's economic crisis plan. The exact extent is undecided but no strategic concept Revision. Total forces now at 1.3 million, with 1.007 million target by March 1948.
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London
Attlee
John W. Snyder
U. S
Atomic Plan of America Attacked
Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei A. Gromyko charged that the United States is undermining efforts to reach an international atomic control agreement. He told the UN atomic energy commission that U S actions contradict its rhetoric for peace. The commission met to consider its second report, with ten countries agreeing on principles, while Russia and Poland disagreed.
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Lake Success
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
UN Security Council
Russia
Poland
Middle Belt Tobacco Markets Open Monday
Auction sales on the nine flue cured tobacco markets of the middle belt begin Monday and run through mid December. Last season they sold 170,371,048 pounds at 47.20 cents per pound, with expectations to beat 1946 averages. Markets include Aberdeen Carthage Durham Fuquay Varina Henderson Louisburg Oxford Sanford Warrenton. Durham holds three sales daily. Oxford Henderson and Warrenton two. others one.
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Associated Press
Middle Belt
Aberdeen
Carthage
Durham
Fuquay-Varina
Henderson
Louisburg
Oxford
Sanford
Warrenton
Oxford, Henderson
Pes
Facts Bared By Marshall At Meeting
Secretary of State Marshall disclosed that the United States urged Britain to rethink its decision to send the 4400 Exodus Jews back to Germany. He noted American disapproval and that three ships were turned back with disembarkation at Hamburg completed. some refugees hunger struck while Britain offered no housing beyond Germany, though France's offer remained open.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Germany
Palestine
Hamburg
Nehru pledges warlike measures over Delhi massacres
Prime Minister Nehru vowed government steps on a war basis to cope with communal massacres blamed for 1000 Delhi deaths in three days. He said the military were still masters of the situation and would be more so, as rioting continued with gunfire in New and Old Delhi amid Hindu Sikh violence and Muslim casualties. Official sources counted 1000 dead in three days. one official warned deaths and injuries could reach 10,000.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Dominion
India
Delhi
Nehru
Pakistan
New
Old Delhi
Trumans Await Equatorial Ceremony Aboard Missouri
President Truman nears his equatorial crossing aboard the USS Missouri as the ship advances toward the line. He hopes to become a shellback in an event featuring Neptunus Rex and a ceremonial test of seaworthiness. Mrs Truman and Margaret are among about 1600 poliwogs preparing for the rite.
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Truman
Neptunus Rex
Margaret
Weather Summary North Carolina and South Regions
Official weather records show partly cloudy and warm conditions across major cities. Readings include Charleston 84, Charlotte 70, Chicago 91 70, Columbia 90 71, Jacksonville 74, Tampa 85 with varying high and low values. winds light and no significant precipitation reported tonight.
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