Dardanelles Issue Deepens as Powers Clash Over Control
In a worldwide diplomatic dispute, Russia presses Turkey for joint Dardanelles control excluding Britain and the US. Washington and London back Turkey against Moscow's push for full passage, while risk of wider war looms if balance shifts. Meanwhile, Balkan economic talks edge toward navigation freedom and treaty limits for Hungary and Finland are outlined. The debate centers on who governs this strategic waterway and how to safeguard western security.
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Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Britain
America
England
Greece
John Bull
Mediterranean
Middle East
Uncle Sam
United States
Sam
Moscow
Washington
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Ankara
Black Sea
Weather summary for North Carolina and listed cities
Partly cloudy in eastern areas with cooler values. tonight clearing to partly cloudy and cooler. Tuesday October 1, 1946. Official 34 hour temperature and rainfall records ending 8:30 a.m. show Greensboro High Point 81 50, Wilmington 68, Charleston 80 68 0.04, Charlotte 82 62 0.00, Columbia 86 63 0.00, New York 64 1.42, San Francisco 79 50 0.06, Jacksonville 84 67 0.00, Miami 74 47, Los Angeles 105 70 0.00, Dallas 83 42 0.10, Tampa 89 71 0.20.
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LOTTE
Weath- Base
Charleston
Charlotte
Columbia
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian ST Af
Miami
Minn
St. Pah
Mobiles
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Weigh
An Antonio
San Fran
Ttancure
Ampa
Washington
Wilmington
Danube Navigation Guaranteed In Balkan Peace Pact
The Balkan economic commission in Paris with eight to five votes approved broad guarantees for Danube navigation in the Romania peace treaty overriding Russian objections after a lobbying push by U S Senator Arthur H Vandenberg. It also called for a Danubian conference within six months involving the United States Britain France Russia and other Riparian states to set traffic rules for Europe s great inland waterway.
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Balkans Economic Commission
United States
Britain
Romania
Military Commission
Hungary
Finland
Balkan Economic Commission
V. S. Gerachenko
France
Vandenberg
Paris
Balkan
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Balkan Economic Commission Today
U.S
Russia
Europe
Missing Wife Kidnapping Sparks Nationwide Search
Sgt. Glynn F. Kimmey waits for word on his wife Mary 26 who was abducted from their Little Silver New Jersey bed by Chalmers H. Laubaugh, a paroled ex con vict. FBI says Laubaugh forced her at pistol point and drove away as an 11 state search continued on the fourth day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Silver
N. J
Glynn F. Kimmey
Mary
FBI
Chalmers H. Laubaugh
Kimmey
Laubaugh
Virginia
Pittsburgh Strike Reaches Federal Conciliators
Pittsburgh's power strike moved to federal conciliators today as the Conciliation Service in Washington urged Duquesne Light Co and its 3,500 employee union to begin immediate continuous negotiations to resolve the dispute. William Margolis of New York and Lucian Rye of Baltimore headed the process for the labor department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Conciliation Service
Washington
Duquesne Light Co
William Margolis
New York
Lucian Rye
Baltimore
Labor Department
Labor Experts Face Crisis In Sea Strike
Government labor experts work to avert a second major port shutdown as contracts expire for AFL and CIO unions. West coast talks for CIO longshoremen and Pacific stevedores run parallel with wage demands and safety guarantees. A Bridges pact could affect other unions and delay a strike set for midnight local time.
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Washington
San Francisco
AFL
CIO
CIO Marine Engineers
Harry Bridges
Pacific
New York
James Romanoff
Bridges
Mari Time
Federal Conciliation
Edgar L. Warrer
Ohio State Students Die in Suspected Murder Suicide
Two Ohio State University engineering students, Alice Krone Patterson of Columbus and Thomas Thone of Eau Claire Wisconsin, were found shot to death in a Columbus yard. A .22 caliber pistol lay beside them, and police termed it murder and death by own action tied to a troubled romance. Patterson had been living with Dr. Robert Higby at his home since August as her father moved to Lock Haven.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Alice Krone Patterson
Thomas Thone
Eau Claire
Wis
Iluka Ave
MissaPtterson
College of Engineering
Patterson
Thone
Robert Higby
University Radio Station
WOSU
Lock Haven
Bureau of Educational Research
Highy
Westminster Foundation
War Surplus Probe Widens as Committees Cite Profits and Laxity
Washington dispatch reports the House surplus property committee summoning witnesses to accuse the War Assets Administration of neglect and confusion in selling surplus war goods. Rep Wigglesworth accuses profit surges up to 1400 percent in ship contracts, as merchant marine hearings pause for elections. Two firms selling surpluses as government agents are cited with odd expense figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Surplus Property Committee
War Assets Administration
Aard
WAA
Wigglesworth
R-Mass
Merchant Marine Committee
State Budget Board Opens Hearings On Bigger 1947 49 Appropriations
The North Carolina state advisory budget commission led by Governor Cherry began hearings on requests for large increases for the next biennium through October 9. Departments seek about 20 percent raises and operating boosts. key requests include Revenue departments asking for 1 328 420 for 1947 48 and 1 345 880 for 1948 49. Others itemize 1945 47 and 1947 49 figures for tax research auditors treasurers veterans and retirement systems.
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Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
Cherry
Department of Revenue
Confederate Women's Home
Former Wac Captain Convicted in Germany Jewel Theft
Former WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant was found guilty by a military court in Frankfurt of stealing $1.5 million in Hesse family jewels and sentenced to five years at hard labor with dishonorable discharge. Her husband Col. Jack Durant and Maj. David Watson face complicity charges.
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Frankfurt
Germany
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
United States protests Yugoslavia over Trieste incident
Washington reports a formal note accusing Yugoslavia of propagandistic meddling as six Yugoslav soldiers in Venezia Giulia are found with concealed hand grenades while guarding UNRRA supplies in Trieste. An American military board deemed the arrest justified and calls for loyal cooperation in the Anglo American zone.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Will Clayton
Venezia Giula
Zone A
Venezia Giulia
UNRRA
300 Tarboro mill workers strike over wage increase
About 300 Hart cotton mill workers on the first shift and another 300 on the late shift went on strike in Tarboro to demand a 15 percent raise. The Textile Workers Union of America CIO aims higher than the company’s current 10 percent hike since May. Picket lines formed outside the plant, but the action remained peaceful with no trouble reported.
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Tarboro
Hart Cotton Mill
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Tony
Lhce
Six Violent Deaths In North Carolina Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least six North Carolinians died violently over the weekend. Causes included a three car crash near Madison killing Lowell M. Hodges, a 22 year old nurse in Greenville, a highway accident near Pittsboro, a motorcycle crash in Haywood county, a Ramseur hit and run victim, and a drowning in Sanford while fishing. Five others were injured, none seriously.
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Associated Press
Lowell M. Hodges
Madison High School
Madison
Alice Louise Harris
Greenville
Greenville - Falkland
Annie Boone Farrell
Pittsboro
Duke Hospital
Durham
Raleigh
Henry Terrell
Bethel
Haywood County
Waynesville-Brevard
Hurley Isley
Ramseur
Forrest A. Powers
Sanford
Glendon
Price Control Nearing End According To OPA Chief
Washington report quotes Roy L Thompson predicting price controls will be well toward bowing out within six months. He notes nine months remain for OPA and cites rising radio production and home appliance output as signs of easing controls during the American Retail Federation meeting.
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Washington
Roy L.ompson
Price Decontrol
OPA
Thompson
Proveke
American Retail Federation
Former Nazi Party Chiefs Await Verdict
The international tribunal at Nuremberg announced a historic verdict finding some leaders guilty of conspiracy and aggressive war while acquitting the German general staff and Reich cabinet. Key defendants including Goering and Hess faced possible death sentences as the panel prepared final judgments.
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Mernberg
Germany
Internationaltary Tribunal
Nazi Germany
General Staff
High Command
Reich Cabinet
Gestapo
United States
Great Britain
Sia
France
Herman Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim Ribbentrop
Climats
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Hjalmar Schacht
Hess
Britain
Russia
German Staff and Command Acquitted by Tribunal
The international military tribunal at Nuremberg acquitted the German general staff and high command as units while convicting the Nazi leadership system SS SD and Gestapo. The court declared individuals involved in crimes liable despite organizational acquittals and criticized senior officers for millions of deaths and sufferings.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribune
al Today
Germany
Gestapo
Reich Cabinet
Copenina Hows
Hitler
Poland
Old Brown Shirt SA
Notorio General Staff
Bismarck
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Dewitt MacKenzie
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Karen Beth Wenger
Arlene Voekler
Catherine Nelson
Allentown
Leland Wenger
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Tito
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