Marshall Urges UN Action to Help Greece Amid Balkan Tensions
Secretary of State George C. Marshall attacked Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria for backing Greek guerrillas and urged the United Nations to act decisively. He proposed a seven point program including veto liberalization, a Greek border commission, a UN partition plan for Palestine, and stronger arms regulation.
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Holy Land
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Atomic Energy Commission
Poland
Commission On Control
America
UN Arms Commission
Prices Tied To Foreign Aid On Capitol Hill
Washington reports rising calls on Congress to weigh the rising cost of foreign aid against domestic prices. Senators Lodge Byrd Bricker McGrath and Lucas link price concerns to aid demands as Italy seeks more assistance under the Marshall plan. Byrd urges full accounting and a clear plan for new funds.
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State Department
Italy
Senator Lodge
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D-Va
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Ohio
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Forrestal Becomes First Defense Chief for Civilian Head
James V. Forrestal is sworn in as the first secretary of defense civilian head of the army navy and air forces. He hands over the Navy post to continue new defense structure with Kenneth Royall becoming secretary of the army and John L. Sullivan moving to navy secretary.
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Weather report and temperature readings across several cities
Partly cloudy with scattered showers expected today tonight and Thursday. Official weather bureau data show temperatures from Boston to Raleigh with highs in the 70s to 90s and notable readings for Charlotte Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit and More. Rainfall amounts varied from trace to .10 inches with cities including Miami Meridian and Charleston reporting measurable amounts.
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Miamist
Large AP team to cover approaching hurricane in Florida
Twenty five Associated Press staffers and photographers plus reporters and editors are marshalled to cover the hurricane threatening the southeast Florida coast. Hurricane desks are operating in Miami Jacksonville and Atlanta with reporter photographer teams sent into the storm zone or strategic points. In Miami seven staffers and two photographers, in Jacksonville six staffers and a photographer, in West Palm Beach five men including two correspondents and two photographers. Additional coverage from Orlando Fort Pierce and Tampa with four other staffers flown in from Washington New York and Charlotte N. C.
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Miami
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West Palm Beach
Bush Case Defendants Set Free
In Warren county North Carolina a grand jury refused to indict two white men in an attempted lynching case involving a 22 year old Black laborer. Joe Cunningham and jailer A W Edwards were released after the decision. Governor Cherry noted no further charges at present.
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Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Bush
Edwards
J. Paul Frizzelle
Woman Given Year For Killing Spouse
Mrs Lavora Wood of Crutchfield Surrey County received a suspended one year term and three years probation after pleading no defense to manslaughter in the pistol slaying of her estranged husband Harvey Wood. Testimony stated he came to her home in January and sparked an argument before she fired.
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Crutchfield
Surry County
William Bobbitt
Harvey Wood
Train Hits Car Injuring One at Greenville Crossing
A northbound Southern freight train struck a wrecked automobile at Taylors crossing in Greenville County. Driver Jacob Willis of Mars Hill North Carolina and a third occupant escaped unhurt. Glenn Ramsey 35 Route 2 Mars Hill NC suffered scalp injuries and was hospitalized in a Wee condition. The car appeared to miss the grade crossing and stalled on the tracks as the train arrived.
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Taft Faces Noisy Welcome in Los Angeles Rally
Senator Taft arrived in Los Angeles amid a 300-member CIO AFL picket line that booed his entrance into the Elks hall. He called the pickets the nosiest session he had and hinted he would decide on campaigning for the 1948 Republican nomination after his Colorado river basin aerial tour.
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Anthony Collins
Crash Blamed On Locked Controls In United Airlines Crash
The civil aeronautics board blamed the May 29 United Airlines takeoff crash in New York on locked controls. The gust lock apparently engaged, preventing the pilot from moving the rudder elevators and ailerons, which left the plane unable to respond to flight conditions.
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Rising Meat Prices Trigger National Protests and Talks
Associated Press reports protests over the rising cost of living as shoppers cut back on purchases and slaughtering slows. In New York Chicago and Washington officials study meatless days to curb prices while D C commissioners urge two voluntary meatless days a week.
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Hickory Council Refuses to Certify ABC Election Results
The Hickory city council refused to certify Monday's ABC liquor stores vote showing drys winning by 85 votes and ordered an investigation into alleged irregularities in wards one and four. Councilmen Donald Menzies and Joe Cilley, wet advocates, reported they had been told of irregularities.
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Red Delegate Calls Off Talk Before U N Assembly
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky withdrew his request to speak at the United Nations assembly after George C Marshall’s policy speech. The move suggested Russia wanted time to study the speech and obtain new instructions from Moscow. No new date for Russia’s opening policy declaration was announced.
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United Nations Assembly
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Hurricane Is Second In Violence In Florida Read by MAX HALL
The hurricane moving toward Florida is described as a large tropical cyclone with winds over 75 mph. The piece explains differences between cyclone types, notes the hurricane season peak in September, and reports evacuations across the state including Miami, Fort Myers, and Okeechobee region as rescue and shelter efforts continue.
Birth of Hurricanes May Be Forecast Weeks Ahead
Weather expert Col. Benjamin Holzman described a polar origin theory for hurricanes. Cool air from polar regions may create a developing front that spins into a hurricane, suggesting a world-wide tracking network could predict storms days to weeks before birth.
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Benjamin G. Holzman
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Dozen Planes Destroyed As Storm Strikes Florida
A hurricane on September 17 battered Florida's east coast, wrecking twelve Latin American service planes at Miami airport and isolating the city. The storm's center hit Fort Lauderdale then Miami, bringing 100 mph winds after a 55 minute lull. Trains carrying refugees were stranded near Palm Beach as beaches emptied and causeways closed.
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Hurricane Rages Across Florida Capitalizing on Resort Coast
A giant hurricane moved inland along Florida s lower east coast and swept through rich farm regions toward the Gulf. In West Palm Beach two houses burned from downed power lines, one housed a firefighter. The Red Cross counted 15,000 to 70,000 people in shelters at West Palm Beach, while contractor Cr C Clausen was severely injured by a live wire in Lake Worth.
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Child dies from burns in Greenville home accident
Jerry Wayne Robinson aged 17 months died in Greenville after reportedly climbing into a sink and turning on hot water yesterday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J W Robinson. The accident occurred at their residence where the child sustained fatal injuries from immersion in hot water today.
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