President Truman bids farmers unite against GOP price attack
President Truman warned that a Republican victory would threaten farmer prosperity with "great danger" and "man-made disasters" as he canvassed for farm voters during a national plowing contest. He accused Republicans of Wall Street money and of slashing farm prices, urging farmers to vote to protect their livelihoods.
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Dexter
Truman
Wall Street
Sreman
Congress
Blicans
Irregular Leaf Prices Reported Across NC Tobacco Belts
Raleigh reports fluctuating leaf prices with most changes within 2 dollars of Thursday. Eastern North Carolina markets showed gains up to 3 dollars while middle belt losses reached 3 dollars. Overall weekly sales through Thursday reached 8,665,060 pounds at 45.53 per hundred. border belt season total 24,055,271 pounds at 50.73.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
U. S
Eport
North Corona
Border Belt
Weekend Weather Promises Warm, Cooler Early Week
The forecast predicts continued fair weather with comfortable temperatures through the weekend in the Carolinas. Farmers seek more rain while football crowds enjoy the mild conditions as morning lows hovered around 49 to 59 degrees and temperatures rise later in the day.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Ashelle
Charleston
Air Force Marks Birthday With Peacetime Display
The United States Air Force celebrates its first anniversary with a nationwide peacetime show. B-29s and B-36s flew long routes from around the world while 50 air races staged from bases in Japan and elsewhere reached 25 U.S. cities. Secretary Forrestal called air power peace power and warned against war suspicions while stressing defense.
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Washington
U. S. Air Force
Air Arm
Army
Navy
National Defense
Forrestal
United States
Japan
Germany
Alaska
Hawaii
Azores
Labrador
Allies Confer With Molotov
Three western envoys from the United States Britain and France met again with Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov in Moscow on a dreary rainy day. The talks mark the 11th conversation in 51 days of East West German differences with no result yet. A reported crucial answer may be given.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
U. S
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Molotov
Germany
Plane Disintegrates During Public Air Race
Capt. R. M. Barnes of Shaw AFB flew an F-84 Thunderjet in a simulated race with an F-80 at San Bernardino. At 570 mph near 800 feet over 8,000 spectators his plane broke apart, pieces falling two miles away, yet he parachuted to earth unhurt aside from a scratch.
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San Bernardino
Calif
R. M. Barnes
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
S. C
San Bernardino Air Base
Barnes
Princess Elizabeth to have baby at Buckingham Palace in November
Authoritative sources say Princess Elizabeth will give birth at Buckingham Palace about mid November. Earlier guesses pegged the birth for October. The princess last appeared publicly on June 28.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Question Placed Palestine Before UN Assembly Today
Jerusalem's Jews were placed under virtual house arrest by an Israeli army curfew after the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte. Six military policemen guarded the U S consulate and armed escorts were sent with U N cars as roadblocks and sound trucks urged residents to stay home. The event triggered international condemnation and heightened tensions in the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Bernadotte
U.N
Paris
Holy Land
Ralph Bunche
Bernadette
Arab Legion
Sweden
Hyderabad Surrenders Its Forces
New Delhi reports Indian troops entered Secunderabad and Hyderabad at noon completing a five day campaign. The Nizam's cease-fire order followed an ultimatum and the Raza Kars were outlawed. India agreed to station troops in Hyderabad and the Nizam directed withdrawal of a UN complaint.
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New Delhi
Hyderabad
Indianrmy
Sederabad
Secunderabad
Haharraiah
Rajendrasinhji
Poona
Nizam of
India
Pakistan
Maharajah
Shri Rajendrasinhra
Niazm
Sycee
Nizam
Razakars
United Nations
Paris
Security Council
Young Democrats To Elect New Officers Today
Greensboro NC September 18 delegates at the young Democrats convention elect officers to lead the group with a focus on choosing candidates and organizers. Governor Nominate W Kerr Scott urged delegates to run their own convention and pick their own people. Speakers Capus Waynick and Senator W B Umstead encouraged active participation in the campaign.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
E. Hoover Taft
Greenville
Capus Waynick
Democratic Executive Committee
Rivers Subside as Flood Toll Rises in Japan
Central and northern Honshu rivers receded after torrential rains from Wednesday's typhoon. Estimated deaths reach 858 with 700 missing as floodwaters inundate towns and cut off areas.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Ferguson Clark clash over indicting American Communists
A heated dispute erupts between Senator Ferguson and Attorney General Clark over indicting Communists. Ferguson presses for prompt indictments and headlines while Clark urges the end of political posturing and emphasizes serious federal prosecutions. The clash coincides with possible indictments of former government workers linked to Communist ties.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Clark
FBI
Department of Justice
Senate
Justice Department
Truman
Capital Hill
House
UN American Activities Committee
Nine New Polio Cases Reported In State Today
Nine new polio cases were reported to the state board of health. The yearly total rose to 2,079 after a corrected Cleveland county case was removed. Counties reporting cases include Cleveland and Mecklenburg with two each, and Chatham Forsyth Iredell Pender and Union with one each. Quarantines ease as cases decline.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
C. P. Stevick
Cleveland County
Cleveland
Mecklenburg
Chatham
Forsyth
Iredell
Pender
Union
Newton
E. H. Ellinwood
Catawba-Lincoln-Alexander County
Charlotte
Mecklenbur County
Allies Realized Too Late Futility of Appeasement
A wartime observer recounts Chamberlain era events, detailing Hitler’s annexation of the Sudetenland and the frailty of appeasement. He recalls Prague 1918 and Masaryk, travels through Poland and the Balkans, and notes a shift in English and French attitudes upon returning to London.
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Thomas Masaryk
Prague
Hitler
Eger
Poland
Hungary
Balkans
Lutheridge Named for Lutheran Assembly Grounds
The Lutheran summer assembly grounds between Asheville and Hendersonville will be called Lutheridge. The name was approved by the board of directors from the North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia Alabama synods at Asheville. A High Point firm Abee and Tashiro was commissioned to draw plans and limited construction is planned next summer.
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Asheville
Lutheran Summer Assembly
Hendersonville
Lutheridge
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia-Alabama
High Point Architectural
Abee and Tashiro
Trygve Lie Shocked as Bernadotte Assassination Stuns UN
Secretary General Trygve Lie faces a UN crisis after Count Folke Bernadotte and observer Col. Serrot are killed in Jerusalem. Israel pledges swift action to punish the assassins and Lie places the Palestine question on the 58 nation assembly agenda. The Security Council meets this afternoon to address the shock.
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Paris
Gve Lie
Palestine
United Nations
Lie
Norway
Count Folke Bernadotte
Moshe Shertok
Count Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Stockholm
Bernadotte
Security Council
Alexander Cadogan
Emil Ludwig Dies at 67 World-Famed Biographer and Essayist
Emil Ludwig, 67, noted biographer and essayist, died at his home in Ascona Switzerland. His works include Life of Napoleon and biographies of Jesus Goethe Bismarck Beethoven Lincoln Wilhelm II and Hohenzollern. Born in Breslau January 25 1888 he became a Swiss citizen after exile from Germany.
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Ascona
Switzerland
Emil Ludwig
Pogel
Ludwig
Napoleon
Hollywood
Jesus
Goethe
Bismarck
Beethoven
William II
Lincoln
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Breslau
Germany
Hitler
Heidelberg
Rutgers University
Berlin Tageblatt
Talatt Bey
Istanbul
Italy
Berlin Air Lift Planes Set New Flight Record
Berlin reports a record airlift with 895 flights into the blockaded city. U S airmen carried 5,572 tons of coal in 651 flights during a 24 hour period ending at noon. Royal Air Force cargo planes contributed 244 flights as the effort topped wartime records.
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Berlin
U. S
Royal Air Force
India
China
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