Voluntary Rationing Urged by Agriculture Official
Under Secretary Norris E. Dodd urged voluntary rationing to avert famine abroad and preserve European governments. He proposed two forms: restraint on meat and dairy use and farmers reducing feed for livestock. He warned of harsh winter outcomes if food is not provided and noted the U S government cannot impose formal rationing.
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Washington
Norris E. Dodd
Dodd
Rotary Anderson
Europe
Marshall
New York
United Nations Assembly
Truman
State Department
Lovett
Harrison
United Nations
Tat Lovett
Harriman
Indirect Challenge To Soviet At UN Opening
In New York and Baltimore and at Tarrytown the United States urged Russia to cooperate or face global judgment. Secretary of State Marshall warned against obstruction by veto and urged UN unanimity. Trygve Lie noted colonial peoples may pose future peace threats.
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New York
United States
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
Geo. C. Marshall
United Nations
Tarrytown
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Dulles
Baltimore
Trygve Lie
Lie
Dominican minister withdrawn from Madrid over UN stance
The Dominican Republic announced it had withdrawn its minister from Madrid in compliance with a 1946 United Nations Assembly recommendation aimed at the Franco regime in Spain.
Weather roundup for the Carolinas and across the nation
Partly cloudy and warm with possible thunder tonight in extreme west regions. Tuesday forecast calls for partial clouds and showers in the east. Temperature readings show Charleston 86/74, Charlotte 69/80, Raleigh 68, Wilmington 71 with several locations reporting rainfall amounts ranging from trace to over 3 inches in meridian and coastal areas.
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Carolina
Charlotte
Weath Bureau
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denger
Detroit
Fryansville
Galveston
LOO High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
Mt.Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Raleigh SS
Urges Special Session to Reestablish Price Controls
Frank J. Benti, president of the Rhode Island State COSO, urged an immediate special session of Congress to restore price controls and rationing. He blamed high corporate profits for inflation and said voluntary restraint has failed, insisting government action is the only effective remedy.
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Associated Press
CIO
Congress
Frank J. Benti
Rhode Island
COSO
Tobacco auction opens in North Carolina middle belt
The federal state departments of agriculture report general average prices at 42 to 46 cents per pound for the 18 flue cured tobacco auction, with bulk ranges 40 to 48 cents and extreme ranges from four to 59 cents. Practical top offerings reach 58 cents, while Choice lemon lugs sold mainly 57 to 59 cents. fine lugs 56 to 57 cents and good lugs 55 to 58 cents.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Federal-State Departments of Agriculture
Nine Die As B-01L Bomber Crashes Into Bush River
Aberdeen Maryland officials report a B 01L bomber on routine training crashed into Bush River killing nine people. The incident occurred at the Aberdeen Army proving ground today.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Army Proving Ground
Bush River
Stocks Show Some Resistance After Seven Monday Declines
The New York market slipped to lower ground for many names while others edged higher. General Motors, Goodrich, U S Rubber, Kennecott, Texas Corp, Phelps Dodge, Air Reduction at a new 1947 low, Montgomery Ward, B and O, Johns Manville, J C Penney and United Aircraft fell. U S Steel, American Telephone, Santa Fe, Southern Railway, Owens Illinois, Oliver, Anaconda and Allied Chemical rose at times.
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New York
General Motors
Goodrich
U. S. Rubber
Kennecott, Texas Co
Phelps Dodge
Air Reduction
Montgomery Ward
Baltimore & Ohio
Johns-Manville
J. C. Penney
United Aircraft
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Owens-Illinois
Oliver Corp
Anaconda
Allied Chemical
News First Is Platform of Wilson Man
Herbert D. Brauff publisher of the Wilson Times told the North Carolina chambers of commerce executives that a newspaper run with passion for news and a stable business office will be the most profitable. He said during a downturn advertisers dropped first while subscribers stayed due to necessity. He stressed newspapers must serve readers with news to attract ads and profits would follow.
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Morehead City
Herbert D. Brauff
Wilson Times
North Carolina Chambers of Commerce
90 Degree Temperature Swing Across Nation
The Weather Bureau reports a 90 degree contrast between high and low readings with 103 at Las Vegas and 13 at Big Piney as a cool air mass moves from Canada into the central plains and Great Lakes region. Forecaster Kenny says the Atlantic coast should see cooler temps by Tuesday night lowering eastern readings by about 15 degrees. New England expects another sharp dip toward tomorrow after today’s midrange to low 70s.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Big Piney
Wyo
Weather Bureau
Jorth
Central Plains
Canada
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
H. S. Kenny
Atlantic Coast
New England
Detain Youth After Boy Is Found Slain
In Newark New Jersey on September 15 a 14 year old parochial student was held at his Bayonne home for the slaying of 11 year old John Preston Jr. The FBI said he confessed to garroting the victim with a leather belt in an abandoned warehouse to prove himself not a "sissy."
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Newark
N. J
FBI
Fred Walter Smigelski
Smigelski
Bayonne
John Preston, Jr
Kearny
Harrison
Preston
Hats from SpanishAmerican War era go on sale in Somerville
A dozen army hats of Spanish American War vintage are offered with World War II surplus by the War Assets Administration in Somerville New Jersey. WAR Director Robert W. Allen noted the hats are in perfect condition and wonders how they remained around so long.
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Somerville
N. J
War Assets Administration
Robert W. Allen
Italian Treaty Ratified Amid World War II Peace Moves
Paris reports Britain France Russia and the United States ratified the Italian peace treaty and set midnight GMT 7 p.m. EST as its start. The ceremony lasted five minutes as ambassadors signed a protocol confirming in force. Yugoslavia gains Istrian peninsula areas and a border shift. occupation troops to begin withdrawing tomorrow.
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U. S
Italy
C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Udine
Pola
Istrian
Morgan Line
Venezia Giulia
International
Paris
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Georges Bidault
Jefferson Caffery
Alexander E. Bogomolov
Soviet Union
H. Ashley Clarke
Alfred Duff Cooper
Bidault
Trieste Free Territory
Bus Plunge Injures Six Hart County Students
Six Alford farming community pupils were hurt when a bus carrying them to Hartwell High School veered off a Milton Creek bridge, fallen 60 feet. Two pupils were discharged after treatment at Anderson Hospital. The accident occurred 15 miles west of Anderson at 7 30 a.m. near the Georgia line.
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Anderson
8. C
Alford
Hart County
Anderson Hospital
Hartwell
Milton Creek
Georgia Line
Hartwell High School
Polio Quarantine Hits NC State Football Squad
North Carolina State College football team placed under a 14 day quarantine after Don McCormick 20 blocking back from Greensboro diagnosed with poliomyelitis The quarantine ends after its 14 day period but practice continues ahead of the September 27 opener with Duke in Durham.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Don McCormick
Greensboro
A. C. Bulla
Wake County
Duke
Durham
Bulla
McCormick
Rex Hospital
Truman Observes Target Practice Aboard Missouri
President Truman watches the battleship Missouri fire 12 shells from the 16 inch guns during a training run off the Virgin Islands. Captain Dennison oversaw the firing while a Dyess destroyer escorted at 15 000 yards. The president and family sail toward Norfolk en route to Washington aboard the Williamsburg.
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Charles A. Scott
Egremont
Miss
Norfolk
Missouri
President Truman
Truman
Robert L. Dennison
Dyess
Dennison
129Th Field Artillery
High Prices Spark Debate On Ways To Cope
U S lawmakers propose belt tightening or export cuts as food costs rise. Senator Taft suggests eating less extravagantly while Rep Sabath pushes anti trust probes into meat packing dairy produce exchanges fertilizer trusts and board of trade manipulation. A congressional subcommittee prepares hearings on prices with industry voices warning of a production cost squeeze hitting meat milk and eggs.
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Associated Press
Robert Taft
Ohio
Rep
Sabath
D-Ill
Taft
Clark
Board of Trade
Washington
Providence
Cc. S. Woolman
The
Grain and Feed Dealers Nation Association
St. Louis
New Ground Sought by Two Republican Nomination Prospects
Two 1948 Republican hopefuls move into broader campaigning. Dewey travels to Springfield Massachusetts for the eastern states exposition and meetings with GOP governors as Taft heads to Los Angeles for policy speeches amid open convention talk. Eisenhower remains noncommittal on a draft.
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Associated Press
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
New England
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Los Angeles
Springfield
Mass
Eastern Seaboard
Senator Capper
Kansas
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ball
Minnesota
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
Harold Stassen
Washington
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Army Chief of Staff
Man Discovers Cure For Sneezing While Driving
Charles Brooks had a sudden sneezing attack while driving in Milwaukee on September 15. The car climbed a tele phone pole guy wire ten feet before he got out unhurt and no longer sneezed. He called a wrecker and walked away.
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Milwaukee
Charles Brooks
Brooks
Slovakia Nips Plot To Kill Benes
Prague reports Slovakia nipped a plot to overthrow Eduard Benes government and assassinate him. Eighty ringleaders were arrested amid claims many arrested individuals were in government service. A former Vlasov band operative with German forces aided the confession triggering the break. Officials probe links to last week’s bomb attempts on Jan Masaryk Zenk and Prokop Drtina.
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Prague
Slovakia
Eduard Benes
Interior Ministry
National Ministry of the Interior
Jan Masaryk
Zenk
Prokop Drtina
Father Held On Charge Of Killing Three
Police said 31 year old William Cary is held on an open charge after three of his young children were shot and beaten to death in a farm house north of Oma hl a. Four year old Isola Ward was wounded in the leg and is in a local hospital. Cary's wife described waking to a rifle barrel and a violent attack before fleeing for help.
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Omaha
Wash
Tom Johnson
William Cary
Johnson
Cary
Here
Isola Ward
England Sells 80 Million in Gold to U S
London reports the Bank of England sold gold valued at 80 million dollars to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The move used government reserves after the American loan was frozen Aug 20, with dollar recall limits and sterling convertibility suspended. A cabinet reshuffle and tax hikes were expected to curb inflation.
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London
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
Britain
Attlee
Preliminary hurricane alert issued for Atlantic coast
The weather bureau issued a preliminary hurricane alert for the Atlantic seaboard from Vero Beach Florida to Cape Hatteras North Carolina. No land warnings yet but advisories to stay alert were announced as the storm tracked 12 to 14 mph with winds near 125 to 143 mph and a possible northward turn. A hurricane hunter aircraft reported two concentric cores in the storm's eye during radar observations.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Vero Beach
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Grady Norton
Norton
Nasau
Resent
Land Cay
Bahamas
Cmdr
A. R. Fields
Meterological Squadron Three
Naval Air Station
Fields
Philpot Returns to North Carolina Prison
William Philpot aged 34, once a respected Gilbert West Virginia resident, is back in Central Prison Raleigh after a fugitive warrant. He faces 18 months with parole possible after advancement in honor grade, or six more months for escaping, in addition to a five to eight year Forsyth county armed robbery sentence from 1931.
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Raleigh
Gilbert
W. Va
William Philpot
North Carolina
Philpot
Central Prison
O. F. Adkins
J. S. Braswell
West Virginia
Camp Polk
Cherry
Forsyth County
UN Battle Looms Over Greek Issue
United States seeks to move the Greek question to the United Nations Security Council with a Balkan region focus. Russia opposes the transfer and Andrei Gromyko is to address the session, possibly vetoing the step. Secretary Marshall stressed removing the direct threat of Russia’s Balkan satellites to Greek independence as assembly opens.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
United States
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
George C. Marshall
New York
Flushing Meadow Park
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