Tropical storm moves up Carolina coast with heavy rain
A tropical storm moving up the Carolina coast brought heavy rain to Charleston and coastal cities, with 4.68 inches in 24 hours. Winds 30 to 35 mph, gusts to 45, expected to weaken and blow out near Cape Hatteras. Storm warnings remained from Hatteras to Brunswick as rains extended inland.
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Gold From Nazi Loot To Be Split For Europe Aid
A tripartite gold pot of 330 million dollars seized from Germany during World War II will be distributed promptly to European nations. The United States Britain and France aim to release about half immediately to ease financial pressures while retaining funds to cover claims and future aid.
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Robert Lovett
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France
Lovett
Europe
Paris
Treasury Snyder
Commission
Germany
U S and Russia join to block UN debate on trusteeship report
The United States and Russia united to delay debate on the United Nations Trusteeship Council report, viewed as a conciliatory move after Lie's appeal for cooperation. Russia boycott continues with 10 members present, debate pushed to next week as other UN developments unfold.
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Francis B. Sayre
Trusteeship Council
Russia
Flushing Meadow Park
New York
Balkans
Assembly
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Manhattan
Union of South Africa
South West Africa
South Africa
Ussia
United Nations
Weather report outlines rain then clearing for North Carolina
North Carolina faces tight to moderate rain today and tonight with cooler air. Clearing expected Thursday as conditions warm slightly. City readings show varied temperatures and rainfall across several towns including Charlotte Raleigh Wilmington and Asheville with several stations recording measurable rain.
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State Patrol Alerts Ahead of Southeast Storm
Raleigh note says Troops A and B of the state highway patrol were alerted for possible duty as a storm was expected off the southeast coast tonight. Col L C Rosser issued the alert to units in Columbus and Robeson counties. Weather bureau reports winds to 45 mph, not hurricane strength.
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Taft Hurt On Tour Of West Coast
Senator Taft was injured when a car door caught his left hand amid a protest at a West Coast stop. He blamed communists for the disruption and urged tax cuts to ease the high cost of living while defending the Taft Hartley Act.
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Jack Bell
Seattle
Taft
Ohio
Milbur Zandel
Young Men's Republican Club
Donald T. Hall
Mrs Miller to Enter Nolo Contendere Plea
Attorneys for Mrs David Miller 24 charged with secret assault in the shooting of her husband a Rowland farmer and merchant said she would plead nolo contendere when her case is called for trial Thursday afternoon This would mean only evidence asked by Judge Burgwyn and Solicitor Carlyle would be introduced before sentence is passed
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David Miller
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W. H. S. Burgwyn
F. Ertel Carlyle
Yugoslavia Urged to Halt Trieste Ultimatums
United States officials condemned Yugoslav ultimatums to British and American troops in the Trieste area as dangerous. Under Secretary of State Lovett cited a Belgrade protest delivered by Ambassador Cavendish Cannon, condemning Tito regime actions demanding changes to the provisional boundary between the British United States zone and Yugoslavia.
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United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Robert Lovett
Cavendish Cannon
Belgrade
Marshall Tito
Free Territory of
12000 Workers Leave Jobs In Free Trieste
In Trieste free territory on Sept 24 about 12 000 workers abandoned work in a general strike ordered by the Communist dominated Sindicati Union Union in protest of allied military government suspending six members. The action met partial success with half the stores open and half the street cars running under armed police guard. The military government called the strike the first Communist attempt to disrupt essential life and arrested nine union members for assaulting workers who refused to strike.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Sindicati Union Union
Venezia Giulia
Probers Blame Speculation For Rising Cost Of Living
A congressional subcommittee in New York blamed speculation for high living costs and urged President Truman to curb it. It called for higher margin requirements on grain exchanges and studied Gov't food purchases. Prices on Chicago exchanges showed declines in butter and egg futures while grain prices fell early. Preston Delano urged bankers to curb postwar inflation and prevent excessive credit growth. Representative Robert F. Rich pressed exchanges to curb speculation, calling profiteering a crime against civilization.
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Chicago
Preston Delano
Delano
Washington
Robert F. Rich
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Hatcher Honored By Police Body
Col H Hatcher of Raleigh N C named chairman of the Eastern section of the international association of chiefs of police. Delegates to the 54th annual conference open with a session on traffic problems and disaster control in Duluth.
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Charles H. Schoeffel
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
International Association of Chief of Police
Col. H. Hatcher
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
Association
Cherryville police report brief snow flurry and rain
Police Chief Karl Warlick said two night policemen and a fireman observed snow in Cherryville for about 15 minutes starting near 1:30 a.m. today. The flurry was then followed by heavy rain.
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Karl Warlick
Nurses case prompts no comment on discharge
Durham Sept 24 Superintendent Sample B Forbus Watts hospital declined to discuss the discharge of Miss Ellen Nuckols supervisor of nurses. Mrs Mare B Noell Raleigh executive secretary of the NC Nurses association said the action would be protested and reinstatement sought. Forbus said there are private reasons and no public business.
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Sample B. Forbus
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Mare B. Noell
Raleigh
WN. C. Nurses Association
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State Nurses Association
Tragic Fire Claims 9-Year-Old Girl in Stantonsburg
Willa Whitley aged 9, a Black child, died when a fire destroyed her parents home at Stantonsburg late last night. Authorities investigate cause as neighbors aid in recovery and mourning.
Eisler Reveals Early Communist Application Before HUAC Hearing
Hollywood composer Hanns Eisler testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that he once applied for membership in the German Communist Party in 1926 but was never active and had dropped out to focus on art. He said he is not now a communist and criticized the inquiry as sinister and ridiculous while noting officials were alleged to have tolerated Communist presence in the U.S.
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House Committee On UN- American Activities
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Robert E. Stripling
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George Messersmith
Argentina
Thomas
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Mussolini
Gray Kiddies See Father Take Office
Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem will be sworn in as assistant secretary of the army this afternoon in Washington. His wife Jane Craig and children Gordon Jr Burton Boyton accompany him by train. infant Bernard stays home. Gray, publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel, is a former state senator and Army veteran.
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Gordon Gray
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N. C
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Goldsboro
Gray
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Alice S. Gray
Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem Journal
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Mrs Roosevelt to Join UN Debate Over War Propaganda
Secretary of State Marshall approved placing Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt in the United Nations Assembly debates with Warren R Austin to respond to Andrei Vishinsky charges of U S war mongering. The move follows Marshall’s talks with President Truman and designates Mrs Roosevelt to assist Ambassador Austin on the Russia measures to curb propaganda and inciters of a new war.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marshall
White House
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
United Nations Assembly
Truman
U. S
General Food Situation Discussed by Cabinet
President Truman convened a special cabinet meeting at 2 p m EST to review the general food situation. The meeting aims to address Western Europe relief appeals and potential impacts on America s high cost of living. Eben Ayers said a White House statement on the European emergency aid program would not be forthcoming.
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Truman
Europe
Eben Ayers
White House
Forthcom
Taft Says Truman Invites Leaders to Discuss World Food Problems
Senator Taft disclosed that President Truman invited congressional leaders to meet in Washington next Monday to discuss world food problems related to proposed Marshall Plan exports. Taft, head of the Republican policy committee, said he cannot attend and has discussed the meeting with Senator Vandenberg, Senate president.
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Taft
Ohio
Truman
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Senate
Vandenburg
Michigan
Europe
Truman considers action on high prices amid Europe aid push
President Truman holds a 9:30 a.m. press conference as he weighs measures to curb rising costs. He plans to meet with Secretary Anderson and Dr. Nourse before cabinet sessions, while Marshall presses for funds and a special session to finance postwar European recovery. French and Belgian ambassadors urge more food aid as a new group studies Paris aid totals.
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