Allies Tighten Counter-Blockade Cuts Flow Of Goods
Western allies intensify counter blockade to halt eastward freight from western Germany to the Soviet zone. At Helmstedt crossroad police boosted to 100 plus highway checks, and British authorities report similar actions across Bizonia to starve the eastern market of Ruhr and steel supplies.
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Berlin
Germany
Bitonia
Socialist Party
SED
Bohn
Ruhr
Helmstedt
Bizonia
U S Faces Rising Communist Drive in Southeast Asia
The United States warned of a mounting communist campaign in Southeast Asia. The State Department said it is watching a rapid increase in communist activity among Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma's colonial and independent communities as part of a broader drive for power.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
State Department
Indonesia
Iray
Malaya
Rma
Britain Ramps Up Home Defenses To Face Crisis
Britain moves to strengthen defenses as demobilization slows and recruitment rises. The War Office plans to boost auxiliary services to 45 000, recruit 18 to 40 year old women, and call 10 000 men as special constables in London for civil defense duties.
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London
Britain
War Office
Auxiliary Territorial Services
U. S. Army
W. B. Rogers
London Constabulary
Ernest Bevin
Clark Quits as Treasurer of States Rights Party
Dave Clark of Charlotte resigns as treasurer of the States Rights Democratic party in North Carolina. Frank Clark of Fayetteville succeeds him. The group forms a steering committee to meet in Greensboro on Sept. 21 and plans Raleigh headquarters and an aggressive Thurmond Wright campaign for the November election.
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Raleigh
Dave Clark
Charlotte
States Rights Democratic Party
North Carolina
Clark
Greensboro
Frank Clark
Fayetteville
Philip S. Finn, Jr
Hendersonville
Thurmond-Wright
John W. Hinsdale
J. Q. LeGrand
Wilmington
J. E. Baker
Burlington
H. C. Blackwell
R. J. Lovill
Mount Airy
Railroad Wage Hour Negotiations Fail
Negotiations with 1,000,000 non-operating railroad workers collapsed today in Chicago. Talks with five operating unions representing 800,000 workers continue, a carrier spokesman said. Non-operating workers include clerks telegraphers yardmen boilermakers machinists and others not employed in train operation.
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Chicago
Middle Belt Prices Firm in North Carolina Markets
North Carolina markets showed firmer flue cured tobacco prices as most middle belt grades gained 1 to 4 dollars per hundred. Sales reached 2,932,766 pounds in the season’s total, with eastern belt volumes around 7,617,991 pounds and an average of 46.38 dollars. Carolinas border belt volumes declined to 2,801,944 pounds, averaging 43.07 dollars, down 45 cents from yesterday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Old Belt
Carolinas
Young Democrats Table Motion To Certify Clubs
At the North Carolina Young Democrats state convention in Greensboro on Sept 17 14 the group voted to table a motion that would require questionable clubs to be certified by district chairman before representatives could vote on convention issues Theresa Shipp Craven County proposed certification by the district chair and vice chair before the credentials committee A Asheville delegate said district officials could not certify the 1250 member Asheville club in time.
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Greensboro
Young Democrats
North Carolina
Theresa Shipp
Craven County
Asheville
Kasenkina To Be Questioned At Public Hearing
The House Un American Activities Committee announced that Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina will be questioned at a public hearing in New York next Wednesday. The former Russian school teacher, who jumped from the Soviet consulate in New York, is to provide testimony linked to the committee’s espionage investigation. Roosevelt Hospital will host the session as she recovers from injuries. a subcommittee will supervise with three newspaper representatives allowed.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkina
New York
Kasenkina
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
R-Nj) Said A Subcommittee Would Question Mrs. Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Thomas
Japanese Typhoon Toll Nears 2000
Typhoon and floods strike Ichinoseki and northern Honshu causing up to 2000 deaths or missing. Reports cite two feet of rain, 500 homes washed away, 1600 flooded, and the Iwai river breaching dikes. Also affecting Tokyo and nearby prefectures with deaths, missing persons, and widespread flooding.
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Allied
Kyodo
Ichinoeseki
Iwai
Ichimoseki
Honshu
Tokyo
Agricultural Ministry
Torido
Eighth Army
Yokohama
Miyanoshita
Gora
Minges Promises Expanded Dental Health Reach
Dr Clyde E Minges of Rocky Mount North Carolina was installed as president of the American Dental Association pledging to extend dental health care to all including children He succeeds Dr H B Washburn of St Paul Minn Dr Phillip E Adams of Boston named president elect and Dr Percy Phillips of New York elected speaker of the house of delegates The 1949 meeting will be in San Francisco 1950 in Atlantic City and the 1951 convention in Washington DC
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Dental Association
Clyde E. Minges
Rocky Mount
N. C
Minges
North Carolina Dental Society
A.D.A. Board of Trustees
Alert Airline Pilot Prevents Forest Fire Near Phelps Lake
National Airlines Captain B. Naiak alerted Norfolk dispatch after spotting a forest fire near the south shore of Phelps Lake while en route from Norfolk to Wilmington. The forestry service, notified promptly, reported the fire under control about an hour later, marking a successful containment.
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Norfolk
National Airlines
B. Naiak
Phelps Lake
Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina Forestry Service
Forestry Service
Hyderabad Government Ceases War and Calls Cease Fire
The Hyderabad government radio broadcast that Hyderabad yielded after a 100 hour war with India. The Nizam ordered a cease fire at 5 p.m. and said he will form a new government tomorrow. Mir Laik Ali announced the development in Urdu and English.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
Hyderabad
India
Mostem Nizam
Mir Laik Ali
Nagpur
Poona
Madras
Secunderabad
Temperatures Dip In North
Weather across the region shows freezing conditions in parts of the northeast with subfreezing readings in New England and northern New York. A warm weekend is forecast for the area, while the Midwest enjoys late summer heat with 90s in several states and cooler air moving into the mountains.
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Chicago
Rockies
Appalachians
Mercury
New England
New York
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Eleven Poliomyelitis Cases Reported In North Carolina
The state health board said one new death and eleven new polio cases were added to the year's toll, raising the total to 2,070 cases and 110 deaths. Martin county new cases contributed to the update with Guilford reporting five cases and Madison two. four counties—Cleveland New Hanover Pender and Person—each had one case.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Martin County
Guilford County
Madison
Cleveland
New Hanover
Pender
Person
Truman Launches Strenuous 16 Day West Campaign
President Truman begins a 16 day western tour with over 100 addresses across 18 of 21 states on a 9500 mile trip. He vows to fight hard and give them hell as he departs Union Station with running mate Alben Barkley. The Houston Chronicle editorial endorses Dewey Warren ticket urging Democrats to reconsider party loyalty.
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Washington
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Union Station
White House
Pacific Coast
Houston
Tex
South
Dewey
Warren
New York
California
the Chronicle
Ilse Koch Sentence Reduced From Life To Four Years
In Frankfurt on September 17 U.S. officials announced Ilse Koch widow of the Buchewald camp commander had her life sentence commuted to four years. General Lucius D. Clay approved the reduction after officers found evidence did not prove she selected prisoners for execution or made human skin articles.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Ilse Koch
Buchewald
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin
Frau Koch
Fate Turns to Block Hitler's 1938 War Bid
Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt Mackenzie recounts how a misread mood and firm Western diplomacy in September 1938 halted Hitler's plan to invade Czechoslovakia. He notes Kordt's urging for firmness and the silent audience that foreshadowed World War II.
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Chamberlain
Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Czechoslovakia
Trich Kordt
Foreign Office
Edison Wins School Vote Over Babe Ruth in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on September 17 a student election to name a new grade school in the North Creston Hills District ended with Thomas Edison edging Babe Ruth. Principal Mrs. Clara Wade refused to reveal campaigns, noting lingering Bambino sentiment. Humpty Dumpty also received votes from a kindergarten group.
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Oklahoma City
Thomas Edison
Babe Ruth
North Creston Hills
Clara Wade
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty
Cotton Use Rises in August with Higher Lint and Linters
Census figures show August consumption of 728,732 bales of lint and 104,810 bales of linters. July totals were 627,393 lint and 86,468 linters, while August last year stood at 712,864 lint and 80,865 linters. On hand August 31, lint and linters were up from a year ago in consuming establishments and public storage. Spindles active in August reached 21,352,000, up from July and last August.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U S to Get Title To Luxembourg Cemetery
The United States will receive a perpetual lease on Hamm cemetery in Luxembourg within days, turning over ownership free of cost to house about 6,000 American war dead. General George S. Patton is buried there among Battle of the Bulge casualties.
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Luxembourg
Hamm
United States
George S. Patton
Cotton gin accident claims life of Howard Johnson
In Clayton on September 17 an accident at a cotton gin killed Howard H. Johnson, 45. Coroner Durwood Creech said Johnson broke his neck after being drawn into a moving belt during the removal process.
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Clayton
Howard
Johnson
Durwood Creech
Palestine mediator Bernadotte shot down in ambush
Washington reported Jeru salem identified Count Folke Bernadotte as killed in an ambush by four men linked to the Stern gang. Colonel Serot, a UN observer, also died, and UN security officer Frank Begley was wounded. The convoy was near Katamon when a blocking jeep opened fire.
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Washington
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Stern Gang
Stern
John Joseph MacDonald
Serot
United Nations
Government House
Katamon
Jeep
Count
Frank Begley
Army Hiring Stevedores Amid Coast Strike Controversy
Army hiring of stevedores in San Francisco sparks dispute as CIO leaders oppose nonunion labor. Griffiths and Sprague of Seattle offer to handle cargo with CIO labor, while New York truck strikes see Local 282 demanding 25 cents and Local 807 seeking 17 percent raises as thousands stay idle or return to work.
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San Francisco
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Long Short
Pacific Coast
New York
AFL
Local 807
Louis to defend title at Yankee Stadium next June
Joe Louis announced he will defend his world heavyweight title against the winner of the Joe Baksi and Ezzard Charles 15 round bout at Madison Square Garden. The bout is set for a sporting club at Yankee Stadium next June.
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Pather
George H. Bleecker
Binghampton
N. Y
Margeret
Hibbing
Minn
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Binghapton
East
Michael McDermott
Department
Bevin
Derk Udo Stikr
Netherlands
Stikker
Far East
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Ichinoseki City
Sendai
Morioka
Iwate Prefecture
Nizam
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Kyrock
Indianapolis
Ind
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Sudetenland
Thefuehrer
Dr. Kordt
France
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Russia
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Sports Palace
Luxembourg Cemetery
Palestine Mediator
Amman
Trans-Jordan
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