Balkans Crisis Shapes Postwar Peace Treaty Talks
The big five ministers in London push for closer union to clear the way for peace treaties with Hungary Bulgaria and Romania amid a clash with the United States and Britain over recognizing new communist regimes Washington and London demand fresh elections and representative governments Moscow backs the current governments asserting they are truly democratic.
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Council of Ae
London
Balkans
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Ussia
England
Ple
Washington
Moscow
Russia
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Nia
Aly
Greece
Turkey
Quiet Morning as World Ends Guarded in Pasadena
Reporters and photographers waited outside the Pasadena home of Rev. Charles G. Long at 7:33 a.m. as he warned of apocalyptic dissolution. The front door opened to reveal no sign of the prophet, who urged observers to stay all day.
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Pasadena
Calif
Charles G. Long
the _ press
Associated Press
Mr. Long
War Time Ends September 30 Bill Approved
Congress has voted to end war time at 2 a.m. after a Senate and House approved bill was sent to President Truman for his expected signature. The action comes as the war time regime winds down with formal approval.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
Strike Puts Dodge Plant In Darkness
Oil workers strike expands nationwide slowing gasoline supply and idling tens of thousands. Refineries and plants shut or prepared to close with emergency rationing in Toledo Ohio as CIO unions plan further action in Whiting Indiana and major plants in Detroit Portland and across the Pacific Coast.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Texas Gulf Coast
Chrysler
General Otors
Ford
Portland
Oregon
Claude Ballard
CIO International Woodworkers of
American
Washington
California
Cape Fear Floods Displace Thousands in North Carolina
Fayetteville battles record Cape Fear River flood as 2,269 evacuees seek Red Cross aid. Fort Bragg crews provide trucks tents and food while 171st evacuational hospital runs in Fayetteville and Dunn shelters fill. Highway patrol and M P’s aid traffic.
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Cape Pees
North Carolina
Red Cross
Army
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Fort Bragg
Redross
Dunn
Cape Fear
Richard N. Hart
M.P
Lenoir Man Elected President of North Carolina Sheriff's Association
Sam R. Churchill of Lenoir county was chosen president at the annual meeting in Winston-Salem. John M. Gold, Winston-Salem police chief, named president of the police officers division. Other sheriffs named include Ray Pitts of Cabarrus, Charles J. McDonald of Moore, John R. Morris of Wilmington, and L. P. Mehol of Wilmington. Local officers selected J. R. Thomas, Walter F. Anderson, L. L. Jarvis, and A. T. Moore as officers or representatives.
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Winston - Salem
Sam R. Churchill
Lenoir County
North Carolina
J. R. Thomas
Rocky Mount
Walter F. Anderson
Charlotte
L. L. Jarvis
Greensboro
Lieut
A. T. Moore
State Highway Patrol
Payetteville
Low Grades Of Beef Ration Free Oct
The three lowest grades of beef canner cutter and utility will be sold without ration points on October 1. These grades, about 20 percent of the beef supply, are used in canned meats and hamburger. Top grades commercial good and choice remain rationed.
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Washington
Roosevelt Aides Called To Appear In Inquiry
House committee members prepare for personal appearances in the Roosevelt financial inquiry. Brig. Gen Elliott Roosevelt and associates are eyed as witnesses. Chairman Doughton calls for another closed session while some members push for John Hartford and Jesse Jones to testify first.
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Washington
House and Ways Committee
Elliott Roosevelt
Doughton
D-Nc
Young Roosevelt
John Hartford
Jesse Jones
Lives Of Two Men Saved By Heroic Woman
A farm wife identified as Mrs George Jones dragged unconscious burning men from a water well when a drill touched a 6900-volt line near Climax Randolph county. She beat out flames, saving their lives though both men were severely burned and remained unconscious at Piedmont Memorial hospital.
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Greensboro
Sept. U
Piedmont Memorial Tal
Henry Neather Mangum
Climax
George Jones
Randolph County
World War II peace hinges on Soviet and American influence
London reports indicate the postwar settlement centers on Russian control in Europe versus American reach in the Pacific. Molotov hints Moscow seeks Mediterranean colonies while the U S pushes for mandate islands. ministers debate a Romanian peace treaty as local political contentions threaten progress.
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London
Europe
Pacific
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
United States
Sci
Russia
Amer
Proposal To Revise Draft Bill With Age 21 To 26 Years Dies In Committee
GTON, Sept. 21. The proposal to revise the draft law to ages 21 to 26 was killed by the military committee. The committee approved a voluntary enlistment plan for the armed forces, and Thomas of Utah said revising the draft would delay demobilization. The debate over Marshall's demobilization timetable created further Senate tensions as returns of soldiers beyond two years linger.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
Japan
1St General Army
Manchuria
Korea
Asahi T
Kantaro Suzuki
Ange
Suzuki
Doihara
Lawrence of
Sugiyama
Neveretheless
Neral MacArthur
Sasebo
Kyushu
GTON
Sapo
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Congress
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Wherry
RNY
Explosions Heard Across Norfolk From Fort Monroe Firing
In Norfolk the Ledger-Dispatch received many calls after a string of explosions began exactly at 10 33 am. The blasts were from Fort Monroe where scheduled 155 millimeter gun firing was in progress, prompting fears of the world’s end among subscribers.
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Norfolk
Charles G. Long
Pasadena
Calif
Ledger-Dispatch
Fort Monroe
Testimony on 4500 Jews Sent to Oswiecim Gas Chambers
Lublin born Dr Ada Bimko testifies at the Bel sen case that 4500 of 5000 Jews were moved into the Oswiecim gas chambers on arrival. She cites personal losses including parents and child and notes 750 women and 250 men were spared then. German doctors selected the weakest for gas.
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Luebeneburg
Germany
Ada Bimko
Oswiecim
Josef Kramer
Mit
Belsen
Kramer
Sophia Litwinska
Lublin
Bimko
Strike Strikes Chrysler Dodge Truck Plant Closure
Detroit strike shuts Chrysler Dodge truck plant as 80 000 auto workers endure a week idle. CIO local 140 accuses provocation by pickets halting 800 employees entry and delaying 2 200 Dodge truck workers previously laid off. Chrysler reports no grievance notice from local 140.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge Truck
Chrysler
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Dodge
Walkout Ends in Charlotte Laundry Strike
J S Cherry organizer for the Laundry Workers Union AFL says Charlotte four month strike ends. Local No 267 members voted last Friday to discontinue promotion of the strike and end the walkout.
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Charlotte
J. S. Cherry
Laundry Workers Union of America
AFL
Cherry
Defense Won't Call Witnesses in Lt Epes Murder Trial
Lt Samuel Epes stands trial in Columbia for murdering his wife Mary Lee Epes by sedative overdose. Defense counsel Edward A Brown announces no witnesses after Judge overrules motion for acquittal. State presents that Epes killed his schoolteacher wife for love of another woman and argues the intoxication details via autopsy and pharmacology expert testimony.
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Columbia
8. C
Samuel
Epes
Edward A. Brown
A. L. Gaston
Brown
Virginia
Petite
Mary Lee Epes
Nelson Kingsland
Lake Gearles
Miss Kingsland
Louisiana
R. P. Walton
South Carolina State Medical College
Mary Lee Spes
Roosevelt knew attack came warning before Pearl Harbor
Life magazine editor John Chamberlain says Gov. Thomas Dewey knew Roosevelt was forewarned of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack but did not use the knowledge politically in 1944. Chamberlain cites code cracking and Gen. Marshall’s warning that disclosure could cost lives, while a Dewey spokesman in Albany declined comment.
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New York
John Chamberlain
Life Magazine
Thomas F. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
U.S
Marshall
Chamberlain
White House
Albany
George C. Marshall
America
Pearl Harbor
Washington High Command
Charlotte Club To Help Disabled Pinion Family
The Charlotte Optimist Club launches a campaign to collect money, household goods, and staples for Mrs. D. E. Pinion of Salisbury and her three sons, all disabled by muscular dystrophy. club president E. R. McHenry and campaign chair J. B. Vogler announce plans to donate and travel to Salisbury with items. The Salisbury Lions have given $100 and others plan aid.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Optimist Club Today
D. E. Pinion
Salisbury
E. R. McHenry
J. B. Vogler
WLEB Is Saved From Probable Collapse
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach pledges to keep the War Labor Board functioning through the critical weeks ahead, easing labor unrest and maintaining industrial peace. Conciliators have been sent to Detroit to monitor auto industry developments as talks approach next week.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
WLB
CIO
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
Detroit
George W.taylor
Truman Gran Schwellenbach
Labor Department
No Weddings To Be Permitted by American Zone
Berlin reports the United States group control council states there is no intention to permit marriages between occupation forces and Germans or billeting troops in German homes in the American sector. The stance follows the allied control council's relaxation of non fraternization limits for these privileges.
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Berlin
United States Group Control Council
Allied Control Council
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