Soviet Delegate Denounces United States At U.N.
White Russia chief Kuzma V. Kiselev urged the U.N. assembly to curb American “war propaganda” as he renewed charges of U.S. warmongering. He attacked Mr. Truman and nine prominent Americans, and urged action to curb world master aims. The debate continued with Russia pressing for the proposal to be added to the agenda.
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New York
United States
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Kuzma V. Kiselev
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Siselev
Jose Arce
Argentina
Arce
Trygve Lie
General Assembly
Andrei Fishinsky
George C. Marshall
UN Assembly
Truman
John Foster Dulles
All
Brazil
Weather forecast for North Carolina period 1947
Considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures with light rain possible today and Saturday. Friday night into Wednesday, September 24, the outlook shows warmer conditions overall with continued warm weather through midweek. Occasional light to moderate precipitation expected, including scattered showers on several days.
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North Carolina
Tuesee
Britain to Sell More Gold to Support Pound
Britain plans to dispose of more gold reserves and likely swap more sterling for dollars, said Chancellor Hugh Dalton. The move follows a worsening August balance of trade and ongoing export efforts amid dollar discussions with Eamon De Valera and British cabinet members.
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London
Britain
Hugh Dalton
Eamon de Valera
Fire
Taft Urges Stabilization of Wages and Prices
Senator Taft urged national action to stabilize wages and prices at 50 to 60 percent above 1939 levels. He argued high wages stem from full employment and productivity, criticized Truman’s inflation policy, and warned that price rises are permanent while calling for gradual adjustment and possible earlier GOP presidential bid. He also faulted the Democratic New Deal wing and PAC influence.
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San Francisco
Taft
Ohio
Nation
Commonwealth Club
Truman
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Los Angeles
Santa Crus
New Deal
Democratic Party
Political Action Committee
Washington
Ted Ring Battles Rare Anemia In Surry County Aid Drive
Nine year old Ted Ring, son of I S Ring, remains hospitalized at Baptist after about 20 transfusions in two weeks. Surry County principals formed a fund raising and blood donor committee and appeal for type B blood to support the Ted Ring blood bank. Doctors seek parental consent for possible surgery to ease his condition as they pursue the cause of the anemia.
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Inston-Salem
Surry
Ted Ring
I. S. Ring
Surry County
Baptist Hospital
Ted
Rev. J. G. Garth Hurt In Automobile Crash
Rev. J. G. Garth, a retired Presbyterian minister, suffered a broken kneecap in an automobile collision in Charlotte last night. Memorial hospital reported he had a good night and was recovering this morning.
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Charlotte
J. G. Garth
Memorial Hospital
Merchants See Slump Risk From Rising Food Prices
New York report notes manufacturers see ongoing strength with high production and income, while retailers warn soaring food costs siphon consumer spending from nonfood goods. Merchants fear a sharp sales drop if price inflation continues, harming department store and small shop sales amid a strong overall economy.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Market Closed By Hurricane
New Orleans reports the cotton market was closed today due to the hurricane hitting the city. No trading activity occurred as the weather disrupted business.
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New Orleans
La Guardia in a Deep Sleep Amid Critical Illness
New York, Sept. 19. Fiorello H. La Guardia, 64, gravely ill from a pancreas condition at his home, remained in deep sleep with no immediate change in pulse or respiration according to Dr. George Bachr. The former mayor collapsed Tuesday night. surgery on June 18 indicated the ailment would not respond to operation.
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New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
George Bachr
UNRRA
More Cotton Consumed In August
The census bureau reports August cotton consumption at 710,601 bales of lint and 81,339 bales of linters, up from July figures. For the 12 months ending July 31, lint, and linters totals reached 10,035,304 and 983,528 bales respectively, with August hand cotton at 1,154,267 lint and 164,636 linters in consuming establishments. Cotton spindles active in August numbered 21,197,000, down slightly from July and last August.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Body Found In Car Near Mooresville
The body of Luther Brevard Morrow, 22, a Mooresville textile worker, was found in a wrecked automobile on highway 150 six miles east of Mooresville. Officers say the car left the road on a curve and struck a group of trees, apparently killing him.
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Mooresville
Luther Brevard Morrow
Highway 150
Here
Grain Prices Fall Sharply Across Markets
Grain prices dropped sharply on the Chicago board of trade marking a second straight day of eight cent limits as concerns over rising food costs influence consumer demand. Wheat and oats also declined while retail sales showed only a slight uptick Dunn and Bradstreet noted resistance to soaring food prices, and cattle and hog markets softened with broader inflation pressures cited by lawmakers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cipal
Chicago Board of Trade
Dunn and
Bradstreet
Washington
San Francisco
Taft
Ohio
Ives
R-Ny
Thomas
D-Okla
Bureau of Faor Statistics
Vishinsky Warmonger label echoed by U S figures
At New York a Russian diplomat was cited as portraying George H. Earle III as a warmonger for supporting atom bomb use on Russia. Earle warned that an atom bomb on Washington would devastate the United States while Rep. Dorn denied calling for bombing Russia.
Truman Back In U S After Rio Cruise
President Truman arrived in Norfolk aboard the battleship Missouri after a 12 day cruise from Rio de Janeiro. He planned to sail to Washington on the yacht Williamsburg with Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret. He is due in the capital tomorrow at 7 a m EST and will face a demanding work schedule.
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Norfolk
Truman
Missouri
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
Williamsburg
Margaret
Capital
White House
State Department
Union man acquitted in knife death case
A Union criminal court jury acquitted Clyde Byrd on charges related to the knife death of George Abernathy on August 2 in Jonesville.
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Union
S. C
Union Criminal Court
Clyde Byrd
George Abernathy
Jonesville
GOP Leader Sees No Need For Session
GOP leaders at Washington express a show me attitude on a special session. Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr says no reason to convene before January 3 to consider Europe aid. Marshall and Lovett warn foreign affairs are critical and need action soon.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
South America
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
Europe
Marshall
Lovett
Hurricane Rides Train Near West Palm Beach Passengers Fearful
A stream lined coach on the Jacksonville to Miami run battled a hurricane and a damaged bridge near West Palm Beach. Passengers endured six hours of darkness and high wind as a wrecker tested the span over the St Lucie canal. A 73 year old postal official and a Florida school girl steadied nerves with quiet words and calm humor.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Jacksonville
Miami
Fort Pierce
Florida
St. Lucie Canal
Manhattan
Frank Gruner
Postal Service
Myre Arlene Vilardi
Myra
Guuner
Wiel
Winds Hit Crescent City at 90 MPH
A tropical hurricane with winds up to 90 mph battered New Orleans causing heavy structural damage and unknown casualties along the Gulf Coast after tearing through Florida two days earlier with five deaths reported.
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Crescent City
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Florida
Destructive hurricane hits New Orleans and Gulf coast
A screaming hurricane passed New Orleans injuring and flooding areas while cyclonic winds swept the Gulf coast from Pensacola to the west. Water three feet deep covered Heron and the Biloxi region suffered snapped timber and torn roofs as 10 foot tides swamped residential zones. Highway 90 became impassable with stalled cars along the sea wall faced by waves.
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New Orleans
Great Sea Wall
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Alabama
Heron
Biloxi
Miss
Stont
New Orleans Struggles as Hurricane Devastates Gulf Coast
The storm center hit New Orleans at 9 40 a m CST with the gulf coast ill prepared for a hurricane. Officials warn of a second blast within an hour. Water pours over the lakefront sea wall and streets run waist deep in some areas. Red Cross appeals for boats and skiffs as authorities order evacuations and state facilities mobilize. Flights and rail traffic halted, communications crippled, and the city isolates with weather bureaus coordinating advisories from Fort Worth.
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Gulf Coast
Florida
New Orleans
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlanta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Capitol
WATE
Red Cross
Lake Ponchartrain
Walter Derrick
Emile Verret
Lake Front
Lester Lautenschlaeger
Red Cross Disaster Committee
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George
Georgia
Thomasville
Toreen Seenge
Tomoo Bey
Kksonvaul
Lvere
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Pensa
Tampa
Clewiston
Lake Okechobee
White Russia
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la Guardia
Vishinsky ‘Warmonger
George H. Earle III
Earle
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West Grove
W. J. Bryan Dorn
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Dorn
Rio
GOP
Hal Boyle
Olympia
Manila
Dewey
Gridley
Ruby Wilson
Fort Lauderdale
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