Four-Sided Invasion Takes Place In Hyderabad India
Indian troops invaded the princely state of Hyderabad from all four sides to restore order. The drive advanced with tanks and air support, reaching near Hyderabad City with several towns and rail centers captured. The action follows the death of Pakistan founder Mahomed Ali Jinnah and amid tensions over Hyderabad’s status.
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New Delhi
Hyderabad
Dominion
Madras
Hyderabad City
India
Razakars
Mir Osman Ali Khan
Minnesota
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
Jinnah
Sholapur
Naldrug
Hygerabad
Bezwada
Bommakalu
Munajalla
Ballarshahn
Central Provinces Frontier
Big Four Delegates Gather In Paris Over Italian Colonies
Four foreign ministers from Britain France Russia and the United States meet in Paris to decide the fate of Eritrea Libya and Somaliland. With September 15 looming and a UN trusteeship option possible Italy seeks restoration of its prewar colonies and self government pledges.
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Paris
Italy
United Nations
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Robert Schuman
Nee
Hector McNeil
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Lewis W. Douglas
Dor
London
Big Four
Eritrea
Libia
Somaliland
United Nations Assembly
Africa
Giuseppe Brusasca
Lalian
Rome
Girl Rescues Herself by Gripping Deer Antlers
Theresa Rowe a 22 year old switchboard operator was attacked by a buck on a foggy road near Jarrettown Pennsylvania. She clung to the deer's antlers for about thirty minutes calling for help until farmhand Joseph Weller and his employer Russell Megargee arrived. The deer fled as they neared. Rowe sustained cuts and bruises but saved herself from serious injury.
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Jarretown
Theresa Rowe
Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Joseph Weller
Russell Megargee
State Polio Decline Halts Quarantines Across Counties
Polio cases fell to 112 last week from 138, easing quarantines in Catawba, Alexander and Lincoln counties. The year’s total rose to 2004 as officials reported the drop to the state board of health in Raleigh. Dr. FE H Ellinwood announced the changes.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
H. Ellinwood
Catawba
Alexander
Lincoln
Polio Deaths Reach 106 in State Epidemic
Seven additional polio deaths and 21 new cases were reported to the state health board. The toll rises to 106 for the epidemic and 2,025 cases statewide. Mecklenburg county accounts for three deaths, with one each in Burke, Durham, Iredell, and Watauga.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Mecklenburg County
Burke
Durham
Iredell
Watauga
Emergency status lifted as counties brace for school opening
The speaker stated the emergency was over though new cases may arise. Schools in three counties are planned to reopen in September, signaling a shift from crisis management to routine operations.
Negro Admits Fatal Knifing Of White Man
In Weldon North Carolina Gordon Bryant Miles 20 was killed in an argument sparked by a ride refusal. George Terry 20 admitted slashing Miles and was held in an undisclosed jail after the coroner said no inquest would be held following his confession.
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Terry
Miles
Rufus Britton
Royall Urges Protective Armament at Legion Meeting
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall told the 30th annual North Carolina American Legion convention that totalitarianism has expanded beyond Nazi gains since World War II. He warned of a neighboring nation with four million troops and $35 billion annual military costs, urging ready military strength for defense and rights protection.
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Asheville
Kenneth C. Royall
North Carolina
America
Royall
State Department
George C. Marshall
Shek's Son Criticized For Red Talk
Maj. Gen. Ching Kuo Chiang Kai-Shek’s son faced sharp criticism from American and British businessmen in Shanghai after a Sunday speech described as rabble rousing and red flag waving. He labeled unpatriotic business leaders as opponents of a socialist revolutionary movement, with one newspaper calling it a declaration of war against the wealthy.
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Shanghai
Ching Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Full Military Honors For Ali Jinnah Pakistan Chief
Ali Jinnah founder and first governor general of Pakistan was buried with full military honors at 71 after dying of heart disease. London and Karachi sources weighed a successor while British officials said the appointment rests with King George VI on Pakistan's recommendation. Tensions flared over Hyderabad as Indian troops denied reports of entry.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Jinnah
India
London
George VI
Ghulam Hussein Hidayatullah
Sind
Nawabzada Ali Liaquat Khan
Hyderabad
Maine election day casts ballots in first state race
In Portland Maine on September 13 Republican Margaret Chase Smith seeks a Senate seat against Democrat Adrian H Scolten. GOP leaders expect a clean sweep of major offices while Democrats hope labor votes and ballot measures shift odds.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
Adrian H. Scolten
Prairie View
Kan
Smith
Scolten
GOP
Brewster
Horace Hildreth
Three Big Strikes Plague U S Oil Shipping And Trucking
The United States faces ongoing strikes in oil shipping and trucking as CIO oil workers strike against six West Coast oil companies, and port and trucking actions disrupt fuel deliveries and wage talks. Federal conciliators reenter negotiations as unions push for higher pay while employers resist.
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CIO
Communist Party Line
New York
AFL
Teamsters’ Union
Truman Eyes Texas Win To Salvage Ballot Position
President Truman’s supporters count on Texas victory to blunt a Dixie revolt that could keep his name off several ballots. The campaign aims to block states rights backers from seizing party machinery as Louisiana’s ballot decision sparks threats of further action.
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Truman
Leander Perez
Bernard and
Plaquemines Parishes
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
Strom Thurmond
Fielding Right
Texas
Washington
Ens
Dixie
States Rights
States Rights Party
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
State Party Committee
Mr. Truman
National Committee
William Primm, Jr
National
J. Howard McGrath
Louisiana Action
Primm
William H. Talbo
Louisiana National Com
Fire at Park View hospital in Rocky Mount
Fire at Park View hospital in Rocky Mount forced evacuation of Py-All patients from a burned frame building to a rear fire proof structure. Shaw, hospital mechanic, detected the blaze on the third floor. fire spread to the attic and caused water damage to the basement. Fire department contained the fire in about thirty minutes.
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Rocky Mount
Park View
Ll. ¥. Shaw
Bermuda Braces For Intense Hurricane Pass Near City
An intense hurricane with winds up to 140 mph was forecast to pass close to Bermuda around noon, with the Weather Bureau in Miami reporting at 5 45 a m that the storm was about 120 miles away.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Bermuda Threatened By Hurricane Winds Near Island
Hurricane winds near 140 miles per hour threaten Bermuda as the storm center lies 65 miles southwest at 10:15 a.m. Local meteorologists report the system moving north northwestward toward the island.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Bermuda on alert as hurricane-disturbance nears
A weather disturbance tracked about 500 miles east and moved northwest at 18 mph. The weather bureau warned Bermuda of hurricane force winds around 60 miles from the center and gale winds extending 120 miles south. Winds were increasing at Bermuda with hurricane winds expected very soon.
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Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Seizure Of Berlin Seen As Planned By Communists
A Montagsecho report in Berlin claims the date for a communist seizure of Berlin is fixed after US elections. It says the plan involves riots and demonstrations to topple the elected city government and establish a dictatorship, with Moscow guiding delays in talks and airlift disruption.
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United States
Montagsecho
Moscow
Francois Seydoux
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Germany
Seydoux
Montagseco
Montagsedo
SED
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
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