France Eyes Merging German Zone After November Talks
French officials signal to the United States and Britain that Paris plans to merge its western German zone with their zones after the November foreign ministers meeting. They expect approval for economic incorporation of the Saar into France, contingent on Germany reparations adjustments.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Toco
Foreign Office
Soviet denounces U S Greece policy at United Nations
Russia accuses the United States of justifying armed intervention in Greece and undermining the United Nations. Andrei Gromyko blasts U S interference, warns of UN collapse, and proposes a Soviet backed Balkan commission while Greece border unrest and foreign troops are debated. Constantin Tsaldaris listens as the Greek government faces the charges.
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Gromyko
United States
U. S
Greece
United Tes
Security Council
Assembly
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Poland
Britain
Russia
Constantin Tsaldaris
Italy Socialist Leader Criticizes Government Slide to Right
In Rome on September 27, Giuseppe Saragat moderates socialist leader says Italy's Christian Democratic government is sliding right without an economic plan. He argues workers produce for capitalists, not the country, and notes stalled postwar industrial reform. He rebutts Nenni’s charge of U. S. servility.
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Rome
Giuseppe Saragat
Italy
Constituent Assembly
Saragat
Pietro Nenni
United States
Weather Summary North Carolina and Cotton Belt
Weather report notes fair Sunday in North Carolina with light temperatures. AP data shows temperature and rainfall figures through 8 p.m. for key cotton growing regions and surrounding areas, including Washington.
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North Carolina
Washington
Weather Buy
McGrath Chosen To Succeed Hannegan As Democratic Chair
In Washington on September 27 Robert E. Hannegan announced his resignation as Democratic national chairman to take effect October 29. Sen. P. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island is picked to succeed him and will run the 1948 nominating convention site and timing while re-electing President Truman remains the task. Hannegan will stay as attorney general. Gael Sullivan will also resign from his post as executive director and vice chairman.
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Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
P. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Truman
Hannegan
McGrath
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
Roosevelt
Gael Sullivan
Attlee Attacks Churchill Over Postwar Policy Clash
In Leicester Prime Minister Attlee criticized Winston Churchill for exploiting government difficulties. He contrasted wartime leadership with Churchill’s current stance as crowds protested the end of the basic gasoline ration and government economy measures. Attlee blamed postwar economic upsets and world food shortages, not Labor policies.
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Leicester
Eng
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Britain
German union leaders urge strikes to resist dismantling plan
Hamburg trade union leaders said orders exist across the British zone for strikes as open resistance to Allied plans to dismantle German factories for reparations. Reports from Essen noted 900 to 1,800 factories listed for removal, including Krupp equipment and ball bearing plants, with Holmag Kiel workers already striking over Kiel plant dismantling feared to cripple fishing.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Adolf Kummernus
Trade Union Congress
Essen
Ruhr
Germany
Krupp
Holmag
Kiel
Taber Calls For Action from Greeks
Rep John Taber chairman of the US House Appropriations Committee urged Greece to mobilize its army and curb guerrillas. He said Greece must show life to continue U S aid and noted Russian Communist pressure and slow distribution of aid supplies in both Greece and Turkey.
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Athens
John Taber
U. S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Taber
House
Europe
United States
Turkey
Elderly Man Collapses While Napping At Bus Stop
In Charlotte on September 27 an elderly man at a residential intersection suddenly slumped and lay motionless. police revived him after witnesses said he had dozed off waiting for a bus.
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Charlotte
Life Term for 13 Year Old in Armed Robbery Case
Pikeville Kentucky reports Circuit Judge R Monroe Fields sentenced Crawford Casebolt a 13 year old to life at hard labor for armed robbery. He will be sent to the Greendale reform school until 21 then to the Lagrange penitentiary for life. Accomplices Homer Zimmerman and Mark Smith were already sent to Lagrange.
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Pikeville
R. Monroe Fields
Crawford Casebolt
Reform
Greendale
Lagrange Penitentiary
Casebolt
Homer Zimmerman
Mark Smith
Lagrange
Deep River Coal Mine To Reopen
Raleigh based Raleigh Mining plans to rehabilitate and reopen the Deep River coal field eight miles from Sanford. Walter A. Bledsoe’s Terre Haute firm will install modern mechanized equipment and target 500 tons daily output within seven to eight months. The Deep River field includes Lee Chatham and Moore counties with ties to the Cumnock formation and historical Gulf mine operations.
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Raleigh
Deep River Coal Mine
Sanford
W. S. Webster
Raleigh Mining Corporation
Webster
Walter A. Bledsoe
Lee
Chatham
Moore Counties
Cumnock
Gulf
Division of Mineral Resources
Department of Commerce and Industry
State Department of Conservation
Sixteen Nations Ask U.S. Aid for Europe Marshall Plan
Sixteen European nations released a 20,000 word Marshall Plan report detailing postwar economic devastation and requesting 19.33 billion dollars in U.S. aid over the next four years. The full text adds specifics to a prior summary issued last Monday.
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Paris
United States
Europe faces greater hunger in 1951 despite Marshall aid
A 16 nation conference report in Paris projects hungrier meals in 1951 than 1938 for Europeans. Potatoes and sugar estimates show higher consumption levels, with the report sent to President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall for consideration.
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Paris
Europe
American Congress
Mont .c
Gates
Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Gate City Water Restrictions May End This Weekend
Greensboro officials report potential lifting of water restrictions at midnight Sunday if progress continues and repairs hold. City Manager James R. Townsend urges citizens to stay under limits until emergency is officially ended, following a City Hall conference with public works director M. Lybrook and other city leaders.
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Greensboro
James R. Townsend
Townsend
City Hall
Analyst foresees US opposition to提 Red proposal over Korea
James D. White reports that Moscow’s plan for withdrawal of Soviet and American troops from Korea rests on the assumption the United States will resist. He notes Northern Korea’s 200000 armed forces versus 50000 in the American zone and 50000 in right wing groups, arguing civil war could crown Communist control if troops leave before a stable government.
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James D. White
Russia
Korea
United States
America
Moscow
Korean Youth Movement
Grains Rally at Chicago as Wheat Leads Gains
Grains extended late week advances on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat up 8 percent to around 74 cents a bushel, amid export sales and frost fears. Soybeans rose 5 to 8 cents, with November at 3.34, while oats and corn gained. livestock prices remained mostly steady to lower across markets. In New York and New Orleans cotton futures fell, and cash wheat and grains in Omaha and Kansas City rose modestly.
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Associated Press
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
Southwest
Omaha
Atansas City
Kansas City
New Stress On Holding Down Prices
Washington reports 16 European nations warn that any big price rise will boost a 22.4 billion dollar long range foreign aid estimate. Emergency aid tops talks as Republican and Democratic leaders meet Truman to curb costs and prevent hunger and communism in Western Europe.
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Washington
Europe
White House
Truman
Citizens Committee
Man Scared To Death Asserts SMU President
Springfield mass telecast reports President Umphrey Lee of Southern Methodist University told 500 World-Wide Methodist delegates that modern man is "scared to death" by the bomb risk from Hiroshima. He warned no political program alone can cure wartime ills and urged continued thinking on the Russian problem. The Methodist bishops named Edwin Holt Hughes to head the Wisconsin area.
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Springfield
Mass
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Tex
Hiroshima
Russia
Council of Bishops
The
Methodist Church
Edwin Holt Hughes
Chevy Chase, Md
Wisconsin
Public Faces Mixed Food Price Swing Across the Nation
Prices for meats butter and eggs varied by city as Americans tasted relief from record highs. Seattle pork dropped 18 cents to 75 cents per pound while Denver butter fell to 79 cents. Washington DC sirloin and porterhouse declined. Philadelphia eggs eased to 79–87 cents per dozen. Retail resistance and wholesale trends shaped the changes as some foods still rose.
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Seattle
Denver
Washington
D. C
Philadelphia
Dan and
Bradstreet
Five Slated To Die By Gas Friday
RALEIGH North Carolina five men are set for execution by gas Friday at Central prison unless Governor Cherry grants clemency. The group includes Jethro Lampkin Richard McCain Robert Messer Earl O Dear Willie Cherry and Ralph Vernon Litteral who is to be reprieved pending the U S Supreme Court action on his partner Marvin Claude Bell.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Cherry
North Carolina
Hathaway Cross
Jethro Lampkin
Richard McCain
Mecklenburg
Robert Messer
Earl O'Dear
Jackson
Willie Cherry
Northampton
Ralph Vernon Litteral
Wilkes
Litteral
U. S. Supreme Court
Marvin Claude Bell
Pakistan Appeals to Britain in Effort to End Strife
A British official said Pakistan asked Britain and the commonwealths for help to end Hindu Muslim slaughter in India. The appeal was forwarded to commonwealth capitals and may include a request for military aid, though confirmation was not given.
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Pakistan
London
Britain
British Commonwealths
India
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