Submarine Floats Stored for Emergency Use
A British naval party intercepted the refugee ship with 450 Jews off the Palestine coast at dawn. One Jew was killed and nine injured in a 20 minute clash. A British sailor was wounded and a Jew shot by a government spokesman said. The incident followed earlier Exodus 1947 events and Britain planned to detain passengers on Cyprus camps.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Germany
France
Holy Land
Cyprus
Slave Labor By Children Denied By Mrs Roosevelt
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt challenged a Soviet Ukraine charge before the United Nations social committee about European merchants recruiting children for slave labor. She asked the Ukrainian legate for names of agents or organizations and doubted children could be brought into the United States under U.S. law, noting unions are alert to the issue.
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Lake Success
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ukraine
United Nations Assembly
Europe
S. P. Demchen
Federal State Tax Readjustment Urged
A joint conference of 30 U S congressmen and governors urged immediate readjustment of the federal state tax relationship and adoption of a five point program to let states and local governments assume functions they can administer better than the federal government. The group said states must stop relying on federal help for duties they can perform themselves.
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Chicago
U. S
Sister Of Local Women Dies At Greensboro Home
Mrs. Bessie Dean Moore died suddenly at her Greensboro home 2309 Vine Street this afternoon. She was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W H Dean of Worthington and is survived by her husband M S Moore Sr two sons Hannibal and M S Jr and two sisters Mrs Lelia French and Mrs Carrie Burton of High Point. Funeral arrangements were incomplete tonight.
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Greensboro
Bessie Dean Moore
W. H
Worthington
Vine Street
M. S. Moore
Hannibal
M. S. Jr
Lelia French
Callie Burton
High Point
Dominicans Ready to Repulse Armed Invasion Threat
In Ciudad Trujillo on September 27 the Dominican Republic announced it is prepared to fight in the air and at sea. President Trujillo's aide Telesford R. Calderon said about 1,500 armed men from Latin American countries are stationed in Cuba for an attack, while Cuban leaders call the reports fantastical. The navy and air forces have patrolled Cuban waters and skies, warning against foreign incursions by the International Brigade training in Cuba.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Telesford R. Calderon
Cuba
Calderon
International Brigade
School Boycott Hearing Date Set
A hearing on the Wheat Swamp school controversy will be held at the courthouse in Kinston at 2 30 p m on Wednesday October. The state board of education members J A Pritchett R S Ferguson and A Graham McLean are expected to attend along with district committee members county board of education and Wheat Swamp protesting patrons.
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Kinston
Wheat Swamp
Court House
State Board of Education
J. A. Pritchett
Windsor
R. S. Ferguson
Taylorsville
A. Graham McLean
Clinton
County Boad
Wheat Swamp Committee
Policeman Injured in Verdur Sugar Barge Unloading Incident
In Verdun on September 27, police report a single officer slightly injured as demonstrators tried to block the unloading of 400 tons of sugar bound for Germany. Authorities estimated 2000 to 4000 demonstrators were involved in the confrontation.
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Verdun
France
Germany
Conciliation Chief Outlines His Program
Cyrus S. Ching head of the federal mediation and conciliation service says he will focus on large disputes with federal stakes and stay out of small local quarrels. He envisions the service facilitating settlements through collective bargaining.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ching
Truman
Standard Time Returns Worldwide For Extra Hour Sleep
Communities at home and abroad shift back to standard time this Sunday at 2 a.m. yielding an extra hour of sleep for millions. About 650 cities in the United States Canada and 19 foreign countries observed daylight time and will adjust schedules for railroads bus lines and radio stations accordingly.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
Pentecostal Revival Opens at local Holiness Church
The Pentecostal Holiness church will start a revival today with morning worship. The Elliott evangelist party from Danville Virginia will lead as Rev A C Elliott speaks. Rev Mr Elliott and Rev Mrs Herndon will direct the youth program. Evening services begin at 7 30 with youth services at 7.
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Pentecostal Holiness Church
Elliott Evangelist Party
Danville, Va
A. C. Elliott
W. C. Herndon, Jr
Elliott
Historian Hafen to Lecture on American History at Glasgow
Dr. Leroy R. Hafen executive director of the Colorado State Historical Society will lecture on American history at the University of Glasgow this year. He is noted as a leading authority on western U.S. history and intends further research into British contributions to western development.
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Denver
Ins
Leroy R. Hafen
Colorado State Historical Society
Colorado State
University of Glasgow
Hafen
United States
West
Russian-Chosen Government Rules Dairen
Seoul reports that Dairen now operates under a Russian-chosen Chinese government, controlled by Russian military forces. Consul General Benninghoff and his wife, in Seoul for medical care, described the city as a postwar pawn with limited outside contact since March. He declined to confirm if the Russian-supported regime is Communist.
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Seoul
Korea
Dairen
U. S
Benninghoff
Pyongyang
Vladivostok
Ford Estate Settles With Government
The Edsel B. Ford estate reached a settlement with the government over a remaining tax claim of 50.1 million dollars. The final payment is 8.81 million dollars, about 17 cents on the dollar, after the government conceded overvaluation of Ford Motor Company stock. Eleanor Clay Ford, widow and executrix, secured the accord last month and the agreement is on record in the U S tax court.
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Washington
Edsel B. Ford
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Eleanor Clay Ford
Edsel
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States Tax Court
16 Nations seek postwar aid via loans and US dollars
The report outlines 16 Western European and Germany needs for food, fuel, and productive goods from 1948 to 1951 totaling about 35 billion dollars. It requests US dollars to procure items, with most loans expected from the World Bank and the remainder from the United States.
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Truman
Congress
Europe
London Daily Mail
Paris
France
Germany
U. S
North
South America
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
Vu, S
Railway bill to seize all cars for state transport
Sofia report says Bulgaria’s railway minister introduced a bill making all cars and motor vehicles state property, creating a government monopoly over automobile transport. The Narod newspaper carried the report on September 27.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
iNarod
Taft Nearing Final Lap Of Vital Journey
Senator Taft travels eastward on the final leg of a candid and articulate presidential trip. He leaves the Pacific coast with materials that could shape the 1948 Republican platform. He remains tight lipped on timing for formal declaration after returning to Cincinnati. Gannett signals support for Dewey as Taft’s path crosses him in Washington.
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Portland
Ore
Taft
Ohio
Pacific
Los Angeles
Seattle
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Cincinnati
Gannett
Thomas F. Dewey
Bellingham
Wash
Tacoma
New Stress Urges Voluntary Rationing To Feed Europe
Senator Cooper argues for voluntary rationing as essential to help feed Europe without domestic price hikes. He doubts OBP revival solves the issue and warns compulsory rationing may come if prices keep rising. Flanders says voluntary rationing cannot reach at least one third of New York’s population.
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Europe
Cooper
Aer
Senatory Finders
Chester Davis
President
Committee On
Foreign Air
Flanders
New York
East
Reds Capture Valuable Mines In Manchuria
Peiping reports the government uses planes to defend the Southwest Manchurian railway town of Chinhsi against Communist assaults while the Communists seize the large government molybdenum mines fifteen miles north. Chinhsi lies near the Great Wall, close to Hulutao port, as the attack persists.
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Peiping
Chinhsi
Great Wall
Hulutao
Three Americans Return From Yugoslav Captivity in Trieste
Three United States soldiers reported by the U S 88th division intelligence section to have returned to the free territory in Trieste tonight. First Lt William Van Atten East Orange New Jersey Pfc Earl G Hendrick Jr Arlington Virginia and Pfc Glen A Meyer Edgeley North Dakota were held captive since Monday and arrived at 9 20 p m local time 2 20 p m eastern standard time.
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Trieste
United States
Free Territory
William van Atten
East Orange
N. J
Earl G. Hendrick, Jr
Arlington
Glen A. Meyer
Edgeley
N. D
U. S. 88Th Division
British expect last chance for joint German Austrian peace
Government officials fear no miraculous change and that east west gaps over German and Austrian settlements will harden. Britain hopes for a joint peace with the United States and France at a November 25 foreign ministers meeting in London.
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Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
London
Neill Motors Promises Fine Pontiac At Honest Value
When your Pontiac is delivered you will be doubly glad for your patience. You will receive an outstandingly fine and beautiful automobile at a price that represents sound and honest value from Neill Motors.
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