Britain to end Palestine mandate if UN fails to settle
Britain announced it would end its 25 year mandate over Palestine if the United Nations cannot craft a settlement acceptable to Jews and Arabs. Colonial Secretary Creech Jones urged the UN Palestine committee to handle enforcement, and said Britain may relinquish the mandate regardless of the assembly’s decision. A separate question is whether Britain would stay with a different post mandate status.
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Lake Success
Britain
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Arthur Creech-Jones
General Assembly
Palestine Committee
Creech-Jones
League of Nations
Greensboro imposes emergency water rationing citywide
Greensboro enacts emergency water restrictions after Lake Brandt dam spill and heavy rain reduce supplies. Businesses including laundries and factories shut down. water use limited to food processing, drinking, essential sanitation. Public works director Brook says current supply about 26 million tons and rationing may extend through Monday.
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Greensboro
Lake 1
William Ybrook
Brook
Brandt
Cape Fear River Flood Forecast for Fayetteville
The Weather Bureau reports Cape Fear River near Fayetteville rising toward flood stage with 26 feet already. flood stage 35 feet. Roanoke River at Weldon already above flood stage and spreading lowlands, while Neuse River at Neuse sits at 10 feet with flood stage 14. Roanoke rose quickly at Weldon after rapid fall at Danville, Virginia.
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Raleigh
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Roanoke
Weldon
Neuse
Danville
City adopts water emergency rules as reserves run low
City officials warn of possible raw water contamination amid drought. Emergency ordinance bans tub and shower use and limits hotel operations to essential needs. Fire department asks residents not to burn trash while water supplies stabilize. Dr. Frank Harder reports no contamination but advises boiling water if supply becomes intermittent.
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Ben Cone
Frank K. Harder
City Earth
Weather report for North Carolina and other cities
Fair and little change in North Carolina with near normal temperatures today and tonight. Saturday should be fair and warm with readings around the mid 70s to mid 80s in several cities. rainfall was minimal in most areas and the Weather Bureau notes slight to no precipitation across the region. Local readings include Raleigh 72, Charlotte 78, Columbia 55, Memphis 55, Jacksonville 84, Denver 80, New York 62, and Chicago 55.
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Charleston
Charlotte
Studal Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Franaville
Galveston
Sa Ous High Velt
Jacksonville
Little Rock
L. Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Sri
Mt.Mitchell
N. Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Antomsoe
Francisge
Spartanie
Tampa Sh
Four Britishers Killed By Hebrew Speaking Gangsters
In Tel Aviv a crew of Hebrew speaking gunmen killed four British constables during an armored car holdup in Allenby road. They seized 180000 dollars from Barclay's bank, dropped 420000 in a bag during escape, and injured a Jewish police officer and a bank official. Two robbers were said wounded. A bomb at the Palestinian Economic Corporation building preceded the attack.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Barclay’s Bank
Barclay's Bank
Allenby Road
Palestinian Economic Corporation
Reds Submit Proposal on Korea
Seoul report says Col. Gen. T. F. Shukov proposed the simultaneous withdrawal of American and Soviet occupation forces from Korea at the start of 1948. The plan would leave north Korea with a Communist government backed by about 200,000 troops and south Korea with an interim leadership and roughly 50,000 security forces. The move aims to let Koreans form a government with allied help, contingent on foreign troop pullout.
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Seoul
Korea
T. F. Shukov
Joint Commission On
Shtikov
United Nations
United States
Shukov
North Korea
South Korea
Recaptured Escaped Convict Among Five Near Sparta
One of five inmates who escaped the state prison camp at Sparta has been recaptured. Ed Casey, sentenced in Wilkes County for stealing a car, was found about seven miles from the camp. The remaining escapees are Ray Hegler Harold Carlton Oscar Shauskey and Garland Woodlel.
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Sparta
Ed Casey
Wilkes County
Ray Hegler
Harold Carlton
Oscar Shauskey
Garland Woodlel
Taft Struggles for Narrow Delegates Support in West
Taft faces slim odds to gain more than scattered backing from Washington and Oregon’s 31 GOP delegates for the next nominating convention. He speaks at Gearhart tonight and addressed Tacoma’s World Affairs council proposing a United Nations effort without Russia if needed. Picketers in Tacoma joined the event in orderly protest.
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Taft
Portland
Ore
Washington
Oregon
Ohio
Gearhart
Tacoma
United States
United Nations
Russia
Seattle
Tacoma World Affairs Council
Britain's Palestine withdrawal plan signals date for end of mandate
A British spokesman said if the UN stalls, London would fix a date to end British rule in Palestine and offer good offices for settlement, with Arabs and Jews prepared for a mandate termination.
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Lake Success
Britain
United Nations
Palestine
India
General Assembly
Holy Land
Hangdog Look as Thieves Loot Passaic Tavern
Frank Holenko’s watchdog wore a hangdog look as thieves entered his Passaic tavern in the early morning hours and stole more than $400 from a cigar box and an under the bar drawer.
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Passaic
N. J
Frank Holenko
Butter Loses Altitude In Several Of Nation Cities
Prices for butter weakened in multiple cities including Chicago New York Philadelphia Kansas City and Denver as buyer resistance curbed the price rise. Eggs and fresh meats also fell while wholesale markets showed declines. beef lamb and pork saw mixed moves.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Denver
Dun and
Bradstreet
Dun
Sémenes
Eugene G. Schulz
New York City
Boston
U. S. Experts Absent From UN Java Mission
Batavia Java Sept 26 The United States was the only major power without military experts on hand for the United Nations consular mission to enforce the cease fire order between the Dutch and Indonesians. U. S. officers expected to join the mission from Manila by Sunday, delaying the initial report to the UN Security Council due next Thursday.
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Batavia
Java
United States
United Nations
UN Security Council
U U. S
Manila
CIO Criticizes Georgia Mills Over Living Standards
The CIO warned Georgia textile mills to improve living and working conditions. A resolutions committee urged Gov. Thompson to form a commission to study mill village conditions and recommended mills reinvest profits to raise housing, sanitation, and community facilities.
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Macon
CIO
Georgia
Georgia State Industrial Council
M. E. Thompson
Wu Commission of Industry
Homeless Family Moves Into Bridgeton Mayor’s Office
A homeless mother and her two children are moving into the Bridgeton town hall office because they have no other place to go as the mayor says they were evicted to make room for commercial use.
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Bridgeton
N. J
R. B. Aitken
Bank Hold Up In Peachland Nets 98 Cents Wounding Bandit
Two youths Belk and Hammonds robbed the Peachland branch this morning. Belk struck the cashier and Hammonds was wounded, later identified as Walter Hammonds, 16, of Monroe. Belk fled in a blue sedan and Hammonds was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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Peachland
Bank of
Baxter T. McRae
Ole Redfern
McRae
Walter Hammonds
Tete Belk
Monroe
Rt. 6
Hammonds
Belk
Flanders Sees Return Of Controls On Markets
Senator Flanders of Wisconsin says Congress will be asked to apply controls unless commodity exchanges curb what he calls excessive speculation in grains and foods. As chair of a subcommittee on food and clothing prices he urges a 100 percent margin rule and notes price swings show speculative buying. He also says evidence does not show retailers wholesalers or distributors colluding in food pricing.
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Washington
Flanders
Congress
Congressional
Chicago
Pan American Planes Land Safely At Bermuda And San Juan
Two Pan American DC 4 planes landed safely on Sept 26. One arrived in Bermuda with one engine out from San Juan to New York, not in danger. The other, flight 225 from Miami to San Juan, landed in San Juan on schedule after a half hour radio silence due to a dead spot.
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New York
Pan-American World Airways
Bermuda
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pan American
Miami
Pan-American
Verdict Set Aside in Navy Court Martial Case
Federal Judge Clarence G. Galston set aside the navy court martial conviction of Chief Signalman Harold C. Hirshberg for maltreating a fellow prisoner in a Japanese camp. The ruling cites lack of naval jurisdiction since Hirshberg reenlisted after an honorable discharge.
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New York
Clarence G. Galston
Navy
Harold C. Hirshberg
Hirshberg
Half Billion Bushels May Go To Europe
Government plans to export 470 to 570 million bushels of grain abroad this year. Americans could cut 100 million bushels of wheat use through voluntary measures or revived wartime controls. Proposals include smaller bread loaves and gray flour plus rationing, but authority is lacking.
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Cabinet Food Committee
General Rent Increases Not Granted Under New Control Law
Washington reports no general rent increases have been granted since the control law took effect three months ago and few are expected next month. Housing Expeditor Frank R. Creedon says local advisory boards have mainly organized and studied the rental picture. Boards may revise ceilings, decontrol areas, or review hardship cases, while a drop in registered rent increase leases is noted. The law allows increases up to 15 percent if tenants agree to a lease through 1948.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Defense
Creedon
Milk price rise announced by local distributor
Kannapolis reports a price hike effective October 1 with Cabarrus Creamery raising two cents per quart on sweet milk and four cents on lactic buttermilk. Other dealers have not yet announced changes as of September 26.
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Kannapolis
Cabarrus Creamery
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Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
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