Chinese Reds Move On Amoy As Nationalists Lose Ground
Chinese communist forces press toward Amoy seaport as Nationalists retreat northeast of the island. A bridge over the Chinling river is blown near Amoy. In Kiangsi and Hunan provinces Red forces tighten grip, while 700 Red irregulars reportedly surrender near Jucheng. Tang En-Po and Fang Tien face possible dismissal for corruption and inefficiency.
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Canton
Amoy
Chinling River
Southeast China Command
Kwangtung
Yungyun
Hunan
Jucheng
Tang En-Po
Southeast
Fang Tien
Kiangsi
Tang
Fang
National Assembly
U. S. Not Ready To Recognize Mao Regime
United States debates recognition of a Chinese Communist government as Mao Tse-tung asserts control in Peiping. China calls on UN to block spread of communism in the Far East while accusing Russia of directing its rivals. Officials say recognition not yet raised though parallel actions may be discussed with Britain and France.
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New York
China
United Nations Assembly
Far East
Russia
T. F. Tsiang
Europe
East
Washington
United States
Peiping
Mao Tze-Tung
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
John L Nabbed On 2 Traffic Counts
Harrisonburg Va September 22 The United Mine Workers chief John L Lewis faces Rockingham county trial justice court next month over traffic violations. He was nabbed while driving alone near here en route to meetings with coal operators at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. He is charged with speeding well above 50 mph and with passing another car in an illegal zone. He signed a summons for October 4 with possible counsel representation.
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Harrisonburg
John L. Lewis
Rockingham County
United Mine Workers
Alexandria
Four Burned to Death in Philadelphia Rooming House Fire
A Philadelphia fire killed four people including two children in a rooming house blaze. Victims named are Essie Taylor four Carter two Ann Mae Carter thirty six and James Williams thirty seven. The tragedy occurred on September 22 in a fire described as devastating.
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Philadelphia
Essie Taylor
Wis Carter
Ann Mae Carter
James Williams
Coal Strike Settlement Hinge on Steel Pension Dispute
White Sulphur Springs WV Sept 22. Southern mine owners hint back payments to the United Mine Workers welfare fund may be arranged as the coal strike drags on. Northern and western operators meet John L. Lewis while urging delay and seeking public support amid mounting garnishments of miners wages.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Southern
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Northern and Western
John L. Lewis
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Ernest E. Norris
Norris
Virginia
Tennessee
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Lewis
Martin
Steel pension plan stalled amid industry clash
The steel controversy delays action as the industry opposes a pension proposed by a presidential fact finding board funded by employers. The Lewis plan’s fate hinges on the final steel settlement with royalties at 20 cents a ton under dispute and details remain undisclosed by Lewis and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Presbyterians Visit Davidson in Dry State Forecast
The Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina heard a forecast that half the state will be dry by year end as 34 of 100 counties are already dry and liquor votes loom in about 20 more. The synod pledged 500 dollars to the Allied Church League if funds remain. Davidson College reported 1.84 million dollars in gifts toward a 2 million dollar improvement campaign.
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Barium Springs
Presbyterian Synod of
North Carolina
J. B. Ficklen
Charlotte
Allied Church League
Synod
Davidson College
Presbyterian School
J. R. Cunningham
Fabulous Henry M Blackmer Returns From Exile
Denver reports the 80 year old oil tycoon Henry M Blackmer, famed as the child of the gods, returns from 25 years in Europe to face six federal income tax evasion charges. He traveled with his second wife Eide Norena.
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Denver
Child of the Gods
Henry M. Blackmer
Europe
Boston
Chicago
Eide Norena
Teapot Dome
Blackmer
Edward L. Doheny
Harry Sinclair
Continental Trading Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert
Fall
Harding
Doheny
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Stock Market In Slow Walk Today
New York stock prices drifted on a light trading day with gains ranging from fractions to about a point. Higher prices were paid for Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet General Motors Chrysler Santa Fe Nickel Plate St Paul I Case Douglas Aircraft Southern Railway Woolworth J Key Budd Co American Telephone North American Co American and Foreign Power Western Allied Chemical General Electric International Paper Phelps Dodge.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Nickel Plate
St. Paul
I. Case
Douglas Aircraft
Scen- Southern Railway
Woolworth
J. Key
Budd Co
American Telephone
North American Co
American and
Foreign
North Carolina judges face new petition over authority
Robert S. Cahoon, attorney for the Textile Workers Union of America, files with the state supreme court a writ of prohibition against Judge John J. Burney over the Hart cotton mill strike in Tarboro. He contends Burney lacked proper authority to issue orders during special assignment, noting Burney was not president or regular presiding judge in the district at the time.
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North Carolina
Robert S. Cahoon
Greensboro
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
State Supreme Court
John J. Burney
Hart Cotton Mills
Tarboro
Burney
Superior Court
R. Meadows
Clawson Williams
ECTC
Pitt County
Supreme Court
Methodists Open North Carolina Conference Sessions
The western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church opens its annual meeting at Centenary church in Winston-Salem with reports from boards and committees, a Holy Communion Love Feast led by Bishop Costen J. Harrell, and a sermon by Bishop Charles Salecman. Brevard College trustees to announce a new president. ministerial appointments to be read Monday.
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Winston-Salem
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Centenary Church
Costen J. Harrell
Charlotte
Brevard College
Paul F. Evans
Lexington
Three Printers Charged In Counterfeit Plot
Three printing executives, Saul Schackman Philip Schwartz and Nicholas Frasca, were arrested in New York on charges tied to a plan to flood the market with 10,000,000 counterfeit 3 cent stamps. Police say the operation centered at Manhattan Photolith Plates Inc. on Warren Street near U S Secret Service HQ.
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New York
Saul Schackman
West 33Rd St
Bayonne
N. J
Monticello Avenue
Jersey City
Philip Schwartz
Nicholas Frasca
Murray Asks For Early Bargaining
Philip Murray's CIO United Steelworkers delayed the nationwide steel strike for a week and extended the truce to October 1. The union supported direct bargaining and urged early settlements, while wildcat walkouts idled 2400 workers in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Truman
Wildcat
Murray
U. S. Steel) Corporation
International Executive Board
International Policy Committee of the Union
United Steelworkers of America
Parliament to Meet Tuesday Over Pound Devaluation
London Sept 22 The Attlee cabinet agreed to recall parliament next Tuesday for an emergency session on the pound devaluation. A 50 50 chance of an early election looms as labor fears rising living costs. Railway workers planned a slow down while awaiting devaluation news.
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London
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Clement Davies
Communist Party
Mt. Pleasant Approves Legal Beer Sale Vote
Mt. Pleasant voters approved beer sales by an unofficial margin of 209 to 167. The town joins Cabarrus county in legal beer sales though a February election outlawed wine and beer sales countywide. Mt. Pleasant population was 1 107 in 1940.
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MT. Pleasant
Cabarrus County
New Labor Act Unlikely At This Session
Washington reports House leaders will not move on Taft Hartley repeal this year or in January as election politics and strike concerns frame labor policy. Lesinski notes no action planned, Senate has not been acted on, and Truman pledges to fight to repeal the measure.
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Washington
House
Congress
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Senate
Truman
Small Advance In Leaf Prices In North Carolina Belts
Tobacco prices rose slightly on the flue cured middle and eastern North Carolina belts with gains of 1 to 5 per hundred on the middle belt. Tuesday sales totaled 3,239,196 pounds at 44.13 per hundred, while eastern belt sales reached 9,370,018 pounds at 50.03. Old belt offerings were lower due to more common grades, selling 2,301,522 pounds at 46.75. border belt losses ranged 1 to 6 with 1,682,399 pounds at 48.46.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina
Middle Belt
Old Belt
Carolinas Border Belt
Daylight Saving Ends Across New York Area Sunday
Daylight saving ends this Sunday as clocks turn back one hour at 2 a m in most fast time zones. The change affects about 50 million Americans and marks the end of an extra hour of evening daylight.
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New York
Economy Drive Threatens European Arms Program
Senate leaders voiced concern over a fast growing economy drive that could cut $500 million from the foreign arms program. Senators George and Byrd led criticism of government spending, with George seeking to halve the $1 billion earmarked for North Atlantic Pact nations as part of a larger $1.314 billion rearmament plan.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
George
D-Ga
E.S.T
Connally
D-Tex
Byrd
D-Va
George-Byrd
United States
Gillette
Iowa
North Carolinian Killed In Massachusetts Bus Crash
A Greyhound bound for Boston from New York struck a parked road-oiling truck in Rehoboth Massachusetts causing one death and injuries to six others. Leo J Monica 35 of New Bern North Carolina died at Morton Hospital Taunton Mamie Getty 50 of Bay City Michigan was on the danger list. The crash left most of the bus damaged with passengers thrown from their seats.
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Rehoboth
Mass
Greyhound
Leo J. Monica
New Bern
N. C
Morton Hospital
Taunton
New York
Mamie Getty
Bay City
Bie
Why Devaluation Ends Britain’s Pound Popularity
Washington report explains how the British pound lost appeal in world markets as devaluation came to the fore. It details rules on currency exchanges, the need to fix the pound’s real value, and Britain's struggle to restore imports and trade credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Switzerland
Britain
England
Storms Threaten Gulf Coast and Caribbean Areas
Dual tropical systems swirl in Gulf and Caribbean regions. Texas coast on alert as a developing Gulf disturbance nears land while a Caribbean storm weakens east of San Pedro. Hurricane warnings stretch from Corpus Christi to Freeport with storm warnings south to Lake Charles.
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Miami
Fila
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Puerto Rico
San Pedro
Florida
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Corpus Christi
Freeport
Tex
Brownsville
Lake Charles
Law Enforcement Meet Set in Raleigh on October 12
Governor Scott calls sheriffs from all 100 counties and police chiefs from every town to Raleigh for a statewide meeting at 11 a.m. October 12 to discuss a crackdown on bootleggers. The gathering follows a prior conference with Robert W. Winston, ABC board chair, who will provide information on liquor shipments from Maryland and Illinois.
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Raleigh
Scott
Robert W. Winston
ABC Board
Winston
North Carolina
Maryland
Illinois
Frank Morgan Estate Bequest Details In Trust
Los Angeles reports comedian Frank Morgan left a nearly one million dollar estate. His wife Alma receives 90 percent through a trust, while 10 percent goes to his sister Mrs. Zayla W. Cook of Santa Barbara. Morgan died last Sunday at 59.
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Los Angeles
Frank Morgan
Alma
Zayla W. Cook
Santa Barbara
Calif
Morgan
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