Adenauer Becomes West German Chancellor After Narrow Vote
Catholic conservative Dr. Konrad Adenauer won the needed majority in the 402-member Bundestag by one vote to become Germany’s first postwar chancellor. He will form a cabinet and outline policy next week while West Germany moves toward civilian rule and a controlled occupation status.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West German
Bundestag
Theodor Heuss
Adolf Hitler
Adenauer
High Commission
Associated Press
Europe
United States
England
France
Council of Europe
Old Belt Tobacco Prices Hold Steady in Flue-Cured Belts
Raleigh reports tobacco prices were steady to slightly lower as flue cured belts completed day three of sales. Quality declined with more nondescript grades. lugs led sales and overall averages slipped from Monday. Carolinas border and middle belt prices followed similar softer trend.
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Raleigh
Carolinas Border Belt
North Carolina Belt
Middle Belt
Stock Market Reacts to Labor News and Steel Declines
Disturbing labor developments hit the New York market as steel issues led losses near a point while major groups fell. U S Steel opened 4 1/2 points lower at 23 1/2 after transferring 3 000 shares as Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet also slid about a point amid coal miners talks led by John L. Lewis.
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New York
John L. Lewis
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Hailstorm Sends Romans to Hospital
A brief but violent hailstorm struck Rome last night, sending about six residents to hospitals and clinics for concussion treatment after several were hit on the head. Dozens of cars were dented and windows broken in the panic.
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Rome
Sherman Minton Named to Supreme Court by Truman
President Truman announced the appointment of Sherman Minton of the U S circuit court at Chicago to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Wiley Rutledge. Walter C Lindley will succeed Minton on the appellate court and Casper Platte will replace Lindley. Minton, 58, is a former senator and close ally of Truman who served in World War I and has a Catholic wife.
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Washington
Truman
Sherman Minton
U. S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Supreme Court
Walter C. Lindley
U. S. Court
Illinois
Minton
Casper Platte
Lindley
Supreme Court Ee
Wiley Rutledge
Senate
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Tom Clark
Justice Murphy
Justice Rutledge
Indiana Public Service Commission
Widow Intervenes to Spare Man from Electric Chair
In Kings County Judge Liebowitz lets Anna Falletta decide Petillo's fate after he offered to plead to second degree murder for the May 4 killing of Falletta's husband Frank. The widow, mother of four, says two wrongs do not make a right and pleads for mercy.
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New York
Anna Falletta
Carmine
Charlie) Petillo
Petillo
Kings County
Samuel Liebowitz
Falletta
Frank
Charlie
Commonwealth Hears Gas Supply For Virginia Cities
At a power commission hearing Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp seeks approval to serve about seven Virginia cities. James O. Watts Jr. testifies that the firm can supply adequate gas while Piedmont Natural Gas and Eastern Natural Gas back Piedmont and Virginia city officials back Commonwealth citing earlier delivery. Virginia Natural Gas Co. withdraws its Virginia cities application.
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Washington
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp
Virginia
James O. Watts
Lynchburg
Power Commission
Piedmont Natural Gas Corp
Spartanburg
S. C
Piedmont
North Carolina
South Carolina
Eastern Natural Gas Co
Virginia Gas Transmission Corp
Commonwealth
Virgina Natural Gas Co
Stanardsville
Carolina
Hurricane damage totaling 52 million across four states
The Florida Georgia Carolinas hurricane of August 26 27 caused crop and property losses estimated at 52 million. Grady Norton chief storm forecaster reported to the Weather Bureau that 2 people died and 133 were injured. Florida sustained about 45 million in damage with Georgia 4 million, South Carolina 2.1 million and North Carolina 1.25 million.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Grady Norton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
South Carolina
North Carolina
Waitress Charged in Salem Crossroads Store Robbery
Charlotte waitress Peggy Jean King, 21, faces charges as an accessory before the fact in the $41,500 robbery of a Salem Crossroads, S. C., storekeeper. Police say Pitts and Russell, already in custody, linked King to the holdup and a prior store visit three days earlier.
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Charlotte
Salem Crossroads
S. C
Frank N. Littlejohn
Peggy Jean King
Robert Pitts
Harry Russell
Littlejohn
Miss King
Ladd
Pitts
Girl Forsakes All to Help Prisoner
Peggy Peterson a 22 year old receptionist and typist quit her San Quentin post to aid her convict lover William J. Lansbury 24. Lansbury released on parole after 21 months for burglary faces trial in Baltimore on forged checks. Peggy offered 200 of her 240 dollars to help restitution and seeks a marriage license pending parole board approval. A Baltimore judge deferred ruling pending Maryland probation details. Peggy fears social stigma yet remains determined.
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Baltimore
Peggy Peterson
San Quentin Prison
California
William J. Lansbury
Lansbury
San Quentin
Robert France
Peggy
France
Maryland Probation Department
San Francisco
Welfare Royalties At Stake In Southern Coal Row
W Va Sept 15 John L Lewis presses welfare pension royalty dispute as Island Creek and Pond Creek Pocahontas coal firms withhold July payments. Cleveland Trust says it holds trustee stake only, not control. Pocahontas Fuel and Tierney interests also withholding, threatening 500000 to 1000000 dollars in July funds. Negotiations continue between United Mine Workers and Southern Coal Producers.
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Bluefield
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Cleveland Trust Company
James dDcis
Southern
Francis
Island Creek
Pond Creek Pocahontas
West Virginia
Lewis
Liberty E. Holden
Cleveland Trust Board
I. F. Freiberger
Freiberger
Cleveland Trust
Holden Trust
Island Creek Coal Company
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Pocahontas Fuel Company
O. L. Alexander
New York
Tierney Mining
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Lewis C. Tierney
Miners’ Fund
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Greece Threatens Albania Invasion Over Greek Attacks
Athens signals it would invade Albania in self defense if guerrilla attacks continue from Albanian soil. U S and Britain seek to persuade Greece to soften its stance while Moscow warns of grave consequences and diplomatic fallout from any crossing.
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L. S. Chakales
Athens
Greece
Albania
Washington
London
Moscow
United Nations General Assembly
Constantin Tsaldaris
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Clifford Norton
Britain
Tsaldaris
Russia
Largest Diesel Power Plant In East Explodes
A large diesel generator installation of the Southeastern Indiana Electric company blew up in Rushville Indiana killing at least one worker and demolishing the brick building. Troopers and wrecking crews rushed to the scene as state police recruit labor to dig through rubble.
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Rushville
Ind
Southeastern Indiana Electric Company
Connersville
Indianapolis
U S Opposes Increase in Gold Price at IMF Meeting
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder told the International Monetary Fund that the United States will veto any general rise in the gold price. The move comes as South Africa signals plans to push the issue again before the fund and World Bank governors’ meeting ends. Delegates debate leadership and next year’s meeting location in Paris.
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Washington
Snyder
International Monetary Fund
United States
48-Nation Fund
Union of South Africa
Fund
World Bank
India
Bank
Paris
France
Truman Downplays GOP Victory as Barometer
President Truman dismissed Tuesday's Pennsylvania GOP win as not a reliable barometer for future elections. He noted a new Congress seat in Pennsylvania and expressed optimism that Steel dispute negotiations would move toward a settlement. He stressed differences between bargaining bases and binding recommendations.
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Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
Coffey
U.S. Steel
Philip Murra
CIO Steel Workers
McCarran
Dnev
Europe
Spain
U.S
Printer Strike Nears Settlement in Chicago
The 1500 AFL printers at Chicago’s five daily papers near settlement after 22 months of stoppage. Workers will vote Sunday on terms agreed last night. New pact includes a $10 weekly wage increase, short of the $15 originally demanded. AFL ITU executive council approved provisions. John J. Pilch of local 16 notes officers and scale committee will decide.
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Chicago
AFL
AFL International Typographical Union
John J. Pilch
Afl-Itu
Eastern North Carolina diversifies away from cotton and tobacco
The division of commerce and industry issued two news releases this week on diversification. Eastern North Carolina shows growth in meat packing and milk processing with new plants and expanding federally accredited facilities. The Lundy Packing Company at Clinton plans operation next year, with capacity for 75 hogs hourly and 50 to 60 workers and a six million dollar annual livestock purchase impact.
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Division of Commerce and Industry
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
Lundy Packing Company
Clinton
Carolina
Kinston
Pantego
Smithfield
Wilmington
Murray In Appeal For Settlement
Pittsburgh report shows CIO United Steelworkers chief Philip Murray urging U S Steel President Benjamin F Fairless to accept the presidential board steel peace recommendations to avert a strike. Murray warns a national steel strike could occur by September 25 if talks fail and presses for prompt settlement through board findings as a bargaining basis.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Presidential Board
America
Big Steel
Murray
Steel Industry Board
Fairless
Food Chain Is Defendant In Govt Action
Attorney General J. Howard McGrath filed a federal suit in New York City to break up the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. The action seeks to separate manufacturing from selling and to split seven retail divisions into independent chains, dissolving Atlantic Commerce Company and limiting A P to one division per chain. The case follows a prior Illinois criminal conviction upheld by the appellate court and fines totaling 175 dollars.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Federal District Court
New York City
A. and P. Company
Danville
Illinois
U. S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
New York
A, and P
Justice Department
Atlantic Commission Company
A. and P
McGrath
Home Building In August Shows Gain
The Labor Department reports August housing starts at about 98 000 units, up 2 000 from July and 11 400 over August last year. August marks the fourth straight month near a 100 000 rate, with June July and August at record highs. Through eight months, 647 500 dwelling units started nationwide, up 11 790 from the prior year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Dartment
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Garfield Crouch
Willie M. Bomar
Glenwood
Mayo Clinic
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Minn
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University of Illinois
Dr. Adenauer
Rutledge
Raymond E. Willis
Indiana University
Yale University Law School
John J. Pershing
Georgetown
Indiana
New Albany
New Dealer
Capitol Square
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Food Chain
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