Export Control Hinted Foreign Aid Committee Gathers Data
Washington reports show the Harriman committee pursuing tighter export controls to ensure Marshall Plan supplies reach Europe. Officials warn some steel products and machinery may strain the U S economy while stressing minimal government interference with business.
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Foreign Aid Committee
Washington
Truman
Commerce Harriman
Harriman
Europe
United States
Chester C. Davis
Secretary of Commerce
State Department
Britain Proposes UN Manpower Data Step
Britain calls for UN member states to report total armed forces manpower as an interim measure toward Soviet led arms reduction. Sir Alexander Cadogan presented the proposal to the commission for conventional armaments, noting obstacles but urging preliminary confidence building.
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Lake Success
Britain
United Nations
Alexander
Cadogan
Commission For
Senators Seek State of Emergency in Winston-Salem
Senators Hoey and Umstead of North Carolina asked President Truman to declare a state of emergency in Winston-Salem due to a severe water shortage. They sent the request via aides in Washington and said it would be forwarded to Truman aboard the battleship Missouri on his return from South America. The move aims to speed up obtaining equipment to boost the water supply.
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Washington
Hoey
D-Nc
Umstead
Truman
Winston-Salem
N. C
North Carolina
White House
Ington
South America
Missouri
Rate Increase Inadequate Says Railroad Official
Walter S. Franklin vice president of Pennsylvania railroad told the Interstate Commerce Commission the proposed 10 percent emergency freight rate hike is inadequate and that further boosts will be needed if operating costs keep rising. He testified on the long term request for a 77 percent rate increase.
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Washington
Walter S. Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Franklin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Demand for Immediate Release of Nine Captured Personnel
The United States demanded the immediate release by Yugoslavia of nine British and American service members seized near Trieste. The protest cites unwarranted detention and maltreatment of 14 personnel, with five already released. among those held are two Americans and seven Britons.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
State Department
Foreign Office
Wallace Hits Wall Street In Address
Henry A. Wallace addressed about 18 000 people at Madison Square Garden New York criticizing Wall Street dominance under Republicans and accusing the present administration of letting bankers and military men steer world policy He attacked bi partisan foreign policy and cited Hoover and Truman regarding German industry revival and European reconstruction plans
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Wall Street
America
Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Forrestal
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert ‘Hoover
White House
Hoover
Truman
Lingle to Speak at 150th Stone Church Anniversary
Walter L. Lingle former Davidson College president will speak Sunday at 4 p.m. in Greenville South Carolina marking the 150th anniversary of the old stone church between Pendleton and Clemson College.
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Greenville
S. C
Walter L. Lingle
Davidson College
Pendleton
Clemson College
Murder Counts Put Against 2 Epileptics
Two epileptic patients Claude C. Sally and J E Reinhart at the State hospital for the Insane in Raleigh were ordered held without bond on a murder warrant for the death of Rufus Robinson aged 51 of Pamlico county. Robinson died from injuries after an alleged beating in a crowded ward. Sally came from Stokes county in 1936 and Reinhart from Catawba in 1940. Reinhart uses a wheelchair.
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Raleigh
Claude C. Sally
J. E. Reinthart
State Hospital For
Wake County
Irving M. Cheek
Rufus Robinson
Cheek
State
Robinson
Pamlico County
Sally
Reinhart
Kirby
Stokes County
Catawba County
Additional Cuts In Britain Crisis Measures Approved
Sir Stafford Cripps announced new cuts in Britain's armed forces and capital investments as crisis measures. The labor minister urged a one third export rise and said investments must be slashed to enable growth, with possible government compulsion of industry and labor to hit targets.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Britain
Legal to Take Hubby's Money Ruling Shocks Court
In St Louis judge Eugene Sartorious ruled a wife who is short of cash has a legal and moral right to rifle her sleeping husband’s pockets. The decision came as the court dismissed a divorce cross bill by Ransom M. Robinson 25 alleging his wife robbed him and gave the money to her mother. The judge reserved ruling on Mrs Robinson’s divorce action.
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ST. Louis
Eugene J. Sartorious
Ransom M. Robinson
Mrs. Robinson
U S seeks early commanding role at United Nations
The United States delegation under Secretary Marshall aims to lead the general assembly opening plans in New York. Marshall expected to speak second in the general debate after Mexico as the 55 chief delegates convene. Past years saw Byrnes, Vandenberg, Connally, and Warren Austin carry the burden with limited U S speeches.
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U.S
United Nations
Oecat Cc
Marshall
General Assembly
Assembly
Mexico
James F. Byrnes
Foreign Ministers Council
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Warren Austin
Truman
V. M. Molotov
Austin
Tar Heel fugitive Philpot held in West Virginia jail
William Philpot a 34 year old mine foreman who escaped a North Carolina prison 13 years ago remains in Mingo county jail Williamson West Virginia. He waives extradition and NC officials await his return to serve an 18 month combined sentence for armed robbery and prison escape. Philpot formerly used the alias William Phillips and had worked for Gay Mining Co for five years.
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Williamson
W. Va
William Philpot
North Carolina
Mingo County
Tar Heel
Philpot
Raleigh
William Phillips
Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
The
Gay Mining Co
New XB-47 Bomber Rolled Out At Boeing Seattle Plant
The Army Air Forces announced the XB-47 is ready for ground and taxi tests at the Boeing Aircraft Company plant in Seattle. Described as a radical new experimental bomber, the craft features sharply sweptback wings and tail surfaces and may reach speeds surpassing present jet fighters.
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Washington
Seattle
Army Air Forces
Boeing Aircraft Company
Rider dies from motorcycle crash near Raleigh
Alton Wagstaff Jr., 21, of Fuquay Springs Rt 1, died from injuries suffered when thrown from his motorcycle near Raleigh today.
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Raleigh
Alton Wagstaff, Jr
Rt. 1
Fuquay Springs
Here
Cottonseed production and stocks rise in August
The census bureau reported that cottonseed output for August rose to 102,148 tons from 88,033 tons a year earlier. On hand at mills at the end of August totaled 163,231 tons, up from 137,506 tons in the prior August period.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Nationalization threat voiced by Senator in steel talks
Senator Martin warned that a public be damned attitude by steel executives could invite government policing or nationalization as he opened a committee session with industry leaders. Benjamin F. Fairless, head of U S Steel, countered that the industry is meeting extraordinary demand and investing heavily to expand capacity.
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Washington
Martin
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Fairless
U. S. Steel
John L. Lewis Holds Key In Anti Red Controversy
Chicago report says John L. Lewis could force the AFL either to sign non communist affidavits under Taft Hartley or boycott the National Labor Relations Board. The AFL delays its Boston convention decision until October 18 and faces possible union wide signatory conflict if Lewis opposes.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
CLO
Boston
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
San Francisco
NURB
Robert N. Denham
Threat of Cholera Epidemic Hangs Over India Pakistan
New Delhi reports a cholera threat across India and Pakistan as serum supplies rush to refugee camps. Kasur near Lahore records 400 cases with about 40 deaths, while camps in Delhi remain without confirmed cases but face water and food shortages amid continuing violence and curfew relaxations.
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India
Pakistan
New Delhi
Dominions
Kasur
Lahore
Punjab
Delhi
Twin Cities
Rent Control Extension Forecast from Four Senators
Four senators predicted Congress will likely extend federal rent controls beyond February 29. McCarthy Flanders Sparkman and Myers weighed in in separate interviews noting possible state and local advisory boards under the current law and the need to address rising living costs and inflation. Myers urged a November special session to tackle cost pressures, while Sparkman called extending controls a last resort and McCarthy expected gradual improvement in housing conditions.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Congress
McCarthy
R-Wis
Flanders
R-Vi
Sparkman
Dala
Myers
Congressional Housing Investigation
Federal Rent Control Headquarters
OPA
Eighteen Dead Land Ashore From Reina del Pacifico Blast
Eighteen dead or dying seamen and more than 50 injured were landed after the British liner Reina del Pacifico, newly refitted for peacetime service, was torn by an engine room explosion off Copeland island near Belfast. An inquiry opened as doctors warned some may die. fifteen killed outright and three dying in hospital.
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Northern Ireland
Reina del Pacifico
Copeland Island
Belfast Bay
An Sos
Bangor
Donaghadee
Newtownards
Liverpool
United States
Chile
Bermuda
Panama Canal
Texas Co Announces Gasoline Price Cut
Texas Co authorized effective yesterday a price reduction for gasoline and fuel oil by local dealers in a nine state area to meet Jersey Standard prices. The cut ranges up to a half cent a gallon for gasoline and about four tenths of a cent for light fuel oil, varying by locality across Virginia and the Carolinas.
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New York
Texas Co
Jersey Standard
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Atlantic hurricane threatens Caribbean and U S shores
A full fledged Atlantic hurricane with 143 mph winds moves west northwest toward Puerto Rico as warnings spread through the Lesser Antilles. The Missouri, returning President Truman from Rio, lies far away while Navy efforts test ideas to disrupt hurricanes with dry ice.
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Miami
Fla
Lesser Antilles
Barbuda
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
Centr
Latit
Florida
Miami River
Navy
Comdr
Daniel Rex
Relief Likely In Mounting Food Prices
New York news reports retail food prices holding or rising while wholesale prices ease for some items. Eggs reach $1 a dozen in Philadelphia and New York stores. Choice steaks stay at $1 a pound or more. Butter around $1.05 in both cities, chain butter at 92 cents. Wholesale butter drops a cent. Cheaper meat cuts rise as demand shifts to substitutes. futures for food commodities decline, sparking hope for price relief.
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New York
Philadelphia
Weather outlook for North Carolina with showers and heat
Considerable cloudiness and warmth with scattered showers and thunder showers today tonight and Saturday. Extended Carolinas forecast shows high Sunday and Monday cooling Tuesday and Wednesday with rainfall and thunder across coast and interior. Sunrise 6 01 Sets 6 31 Saturday September 18 1947.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Faeva
Newlay
Temperature Rainfall Readings Across Cities
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour data ending 8:30 a m with city highs and lows. The table lists values for Boston Houston Charlotte Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Evansville Galveston High Point Jacksonville Meridian New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio Asheville Spartanburg and Washington with varied rainfall amounts and notable a.m. temperatures.
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Sept
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Gharveston
Chicago
Columbie
Denver
Detroit
Hvansville
Galveston
High Point
Jac Ville
Hille Hock
Meridien
Mt.Mitchell
Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Antonio
Prancison
Asheville
Spartanburg
Aguste OF
Washington
Birmgham
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Lyons
Ingle
Hubby
U. S
NLRB
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