Florida hurricane plows through citrus belt toward east coast
A powerful hurricane sweeps through Florida with 100 mph winds, killing two and injuring many. It lashes the Keys and Miami, drops heavy rain, floods Clewiston, and heads toward Melbourne with warnings from Daytona Beach to Charleston.
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Miami
Fila
Florida
Indian River
Florida Keys
Keys
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
Atlantic
Merritt Island
Daytona Beach
Fort Myers
Everglades City
Six Arrested, Two Missing In Columbia Bank Holdup
In Columbia North Carolina a bank holdup netted about $58,000 with six suspects captured and two missing. Police recovered part of the loot and seized two pistols as officers pursued fugitives through the woods. A Negro suspect, Christopher Ward, was critically wounded after a bloodhound chase.
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Columbia
N. C
East Carolina Bank
Washington-Tyrrell
Christopher C. Ward
Woodly
Williamston
Columbia Hospital
Ward
Jesse Byrum
Wilson
Willie Melkins
Washington
Henry Ward
Greensboro
Harry Morrison
Norfolk
Creswell
Ifiup
Aubrey Whit Tarkington
Salisbury Wins Vet Hospital Plan for Salisbury North Carolina
RICHMOND VA Sept 22 Four bids will open about Feb 1 1949 for a 921 bed Veterans Administration mental hospital at Salisbury NC Construction should start around April 1 1949 and be ready for use about July 1951 The facility will be overseen by VA Richmond and sit on seven land parcels as part of a nationwide program to improve veterans care. A separate item notes Elmore Wilkins a widower from East Lumberton was shot to death yesterday in a home.
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Richmond
Veterans Administration
Salisbury
N.C
James B. Cress
Richa
Toy
Cress
Salisbury Hospital
Cross VA
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Congress
Lumberton
Elmore Wilkins
East Lumberton
Annie Walters
D. W. Biggs
Reds Battle To Retain Veto Power
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky warned at the United Nations steering committee meeting that the UN may become disunited if certain countries’ policies continue. He opposed Argentina’s proposal to admit nations with seven Security Council votes. He stressed the charter must be upheld and said he would fight any move to undermine it.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Andrei A. Vishinsky
United Nations
Argentina
Security Council
Ssia
Debco
Oland
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
Vet's Orphan Gets Pension
In Greensboro a 17 year old Negro girl Bertha Mae Womack becomes eligible for a 6 68 a month pension after her father's World War II death. The NC Veterans Commission says total payments could reach about 24000 over her lifetime as funds are set to be guarded by a legal guardian in Salisbury until she comes of age.
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Greensboro
Pthings
North Carolina Veterans Commission
John W. Clay
Commission
Clay
Salisbury
Bertha Mae Womack
Lexington Textile Manufacturer Joe V. Moffitt Sr Dies
Joe V. Moffitt Sr a Lexington textile manufacturer died at his home after illness. He was president of the Commercial Bank of Lexington and an official of three local cotton mills. He led the Methodist church section and was past president of the Lexington Rotary Club. Funeral services set for Thursday morning.
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Lexington
Joe V. Moffitt
Moffitt
Commercial Bank of
Methodist Church
Highway Patrol Assigns 120 To Football Games
The North Carolina Highway Patrol will deploy about 120 officers to two football games this Saturday. Ninety will staff the UNC Texas game in Chapel Hill with a 50,000 crowd. thirty will cover the N C State Duke match in Raleigh for a 20,000 attendance. Traffic plans include one way roads around Chapel Hill before and after the 2:00 pm kickoff and lane changes near Carrboro.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
R. S. Harris
Durham
Chapel Hill
Carrboro
Hillsboro
Russia Uses Old Shell Game In Korea Debate
Foreign Affairs analyst DeWitt Mackenzie argues Russia’s withdrawal offer is a strategic ploy to lure U S troops from the south. He notes two schools of thought on U S withdrawal with fears of Bolshevik opportunism if forces pull back.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Korea
Uncle Sam
United States
Party rivals clash over development of natural resources
Associated Press reports sharp contrasts between Truman and Dewey on western reclamation and soil conservation policies. Running mates Warren and Barkley trade farm records while campaigning in Missouri, Delaware, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania ahead of November. Dewey criticizes carelessness, while Truman charges lobby influence hobbles the West.
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Associated Press
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Salt Lake City
West
Ress
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Dewey
Denver
America
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Nevada
San Francisco
Middle West
East
Earl Warren
St. Louis
Warren
Farm Record
Alben Barkley
Delaware
Kentuckian
Stingey
Barkley
Bridgett
Pittsburgh U Gets Big Sum For Public Health School
The University of Pittsburgh received 13.6 million dollars from the A. W. Mellon educational and charitable trust to establish a new graduate school of public health headed by Dr. Thomas Parran. The school will focus on occupational and industrial health and basic public health research as a precursor to a larger institute of preventive medicine. Paul Mellon noted the project aims to grow into a major preventive medicine institute.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Paul Mellon
Mellon
VA. 8
Long Calls Special Session of Louisiana Legislature
Governor Earl K. Long summons a one day Louisiana special session to decide restoring Truman to the state ballot for ten electoral votes. The move seeks to allow Truman as the national party nominee if approved by the legislature and national party officials.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Truman
Earl K. Long
Mr. Truman
Democratic State Central Committee
Huey P. Long
National Democratic Party
National Party
State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
National Democratic
J. Howard McGrath
New York
Vernor Long
Legislative Nc
GOP Candidate Seeks Dixiecrat Support in Senate Bid
John A. Wilkinson, Republican nominee for the U S Senate, appeals to States' Rights Democrats. In a radio broadcast he urges Dixieland voters to back his stand against civil rights legislation and for free enterprise.
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Raleigh
John A. Wilkinson
U. S. Senate
Wilkinson
Harry Truman
Colder Weather Front Moves Into Carolinas From North
An unsettled cooler air mass approaches the Carolinas as a colder front moves south from the north bringing increasing clouds and showers. Temperatures ranged in the 60s to 90s across cities including Raleigh, Columbia, Charlotte, and Wilmington with highs around the 90s in many spots and cooler conditions expected tomorrow.
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Carolinas
Florida
South Carolina
Columbia
Palmetto State
North Carolina
Raleigh
Florence
Lumberton
Asheville
Greensville
Winston - Salem
Hickory
Greenville
S. C
Anderson
Elizabeth City
Rocky Mount
Cher Point
New Bern
Wilmington
Myrtle Beach
High Point
Charlotte
Cape Hatteras
Charleston
Spai
Tandburg
Allies United On Next Move In Berlin Talks
The three western powers propose a joint note to Soviet Russia seeking a clear decision on the Berlin currency issue. Bevin says the U.S., Britain, and France are in absolute agreement on policy if Moscow talks fail and will consult further in Paris next week.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
London
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Ernest Bevin
Kremlin
Stalin
Molotov
Bevin
House of Commons
U. S. Strike Picture Is Clearing Up
Nearly 300 Pan American radiomen threaten to strike at 9 a m unless 50 laid off radiomen are reinstated. CIO union claims contract violation and government referee support. Separately AT T offers wage increases up to 6 a week for 25,000 telephone workers in 42 states and D C. union study underway.
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Associated Press
Pan American World Airways
R. S. Taylor
CIO Transport Workers Union
Taylor
Pan Americar
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
District of Columbia
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
Middle Belt tobacco prices rise in flue cured auctions
Raleigh reports gains in Middle Belt flue cured tobacco auctions with leaf and smoking leaf grades up from $1 to $4 per hundred pounds. Old and Eastern Belt markets showed irregularity with overall declines slightly outweighing gains. Eastern Belt and Western Belt price changes reached up to $3 in representative volume.
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Raleigh
Leaf
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Vincent Auriole
United Nations General Assembly
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