North Carolinians Brace for Major Hurricane Crossing Tonight
North Carolinians along the coast prepared as a tropical hurricane threatened the region with center near Cape Hatteras tonight. Winds up to 115 mph were reported with warning broadcasts from Hatteras to Virginia Capes and Charleston. Coastal evacuees moved vessels ashore and officials dispatched 35 Red Cross disaster workers while coast guard stations evacuated.
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Hatteras
N. C
Wilmington
Weather Bureau
Here
Virginia Capes
Charleston
Miami Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Atlanta
Atlantic
Oregon Inlet
Cape Hatteras
Subversive Patriotism Probe Targets White House Plot
Westbrook Pegler reports on August 30 that Merriwell Book, policy chief of the state department, leads a tense testimony by the committee against pro-American activities. George Spelvin alleges Mr. Booh acted as a top undercover agent, detailing secret meetings and slips used in Roosevelt speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Merriwell Book
State Department
Committee Against
White House
George Spelvin
Mr. Booh
Commissar
Slupp
Lend-Lease Inquisitor
Kremlin
Roosevelt
Hitler
Chambers Names Peters Spy Chief in Underground Network
Whittaker Chambers identifies J Peters as director of an underground spy apparatus inside the federal government since 1934. The claim follows Peters refusing to answer questions before the House un American Activities Committee about Communist ties. Nixon says new links emerge tying the Chambers underground to wartime Russian activity via Elizabeth Bentley.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
J. Peters
Peters
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
Washington
Congressional
Chambers
House
American Activities Committee
Nixon
Rcalif
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Vassar
Capitol Hill
J. Parnell Thomas
RN. J
Two German Fairs Highlight Berlin Split Across Zones
Aug 30 Berlin reports two German fairs opening in Frankfurt in the American zone and Leipzig in the Russian zone. Farmers from four zones display products and machinery while Soviet blockade effects shrink activity at Leipzig. Trains from western Germany to fairs halted since the Berlin blockade.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Germany
FHA Plans 10 Speed Loans
The National Housing Agency announces new FHA real estate mortgage loan decisions effective September 1. Shreveport office at 205 Milam Street will process loans from multiple parishes with a goal of loans passing in ten days or less. L. J. Dumestre, state director, says the move brings FHA facilities closer to residents.
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National Housing Agency
Milam Street
Shreveport
New Orleans
Avoyelles
Bienville
Bossier
Caddo
Caldwell
Cat
C I O Expected To Back Truman In November
Washington reports the C I O likely to endorse President Truman for the November election while planning to focus more on backing liberal congress candidates. The 51 member executive board met to decide endorsements with earlier top leadership backing Truman and the ADM endorsing liberal slate. The ADA urged votes for liberal candidates and criticized Dewey as lacking leadership while deeming Henry Wallace’s Progressive party dangerous.
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Mr. Truman
Americans For Democratic Action
Chicago
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Dutch Queen in Golden Jubilee in Amsterdam
Queen Wilhelmina arrives in Amsterdam to begin her golden jubilee and a week of festivities before abdicating to Princess Regent Juliana. The city lights up as 800000 people prepare to greet and bid farewell to the monarch after 50 years on the throne.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Holland
Apeldoorn
Hague
Juliana
Venice
Dutch Empire
Picketing at draft boards targets Selective Service director
New York on August 30 reports Col. Candler Cobb touring draft boards as 25-year-olds register. Nine demonstrators including Bayard Austin protested at Haaren High School shouting Stop Jim Crow and urging noncompliance. Cobb denied segregation in the army while noting orderly, smooth peacetime draft progress.
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New York
Col
Candler Cobb
Selective Service
Cobb
Haaren High School
Midtown Manhattan
Bayard Austin
West Chester
United States Army
America
Wallace Struck by Eggs and Tomatoes in Burlington
Henry Wallace Progressive party nominee was struck by eggs and tomatoes while addressing a crowd of about 2,500 on Burlington Main Street. Police surrounded him as he entered his car and he left for Greensboro after the incident.
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Wallace
Burlington
N. C
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Greensboro
Ouachita 25 Year Old Men Begin Draft Registration
Ouachita parish men born after August 30 1922 but before January 1 1923 began registration at 8 a.m. Monday on South Grand Street with 29 volunteers. By 11 a.m. 250 had registered. Registrants receive prompt service as teachers Legion Auxiliary and DAR members assist. Next days cover births through 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 and 1930 in sequence.
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Ouachita
South Grand Street
T. O. Bancroft
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
City of Monroe
American Legion Auxiliary
Louisiana Gubernatorial Echoes Shape Senate Race
In the Democratic primary voters weigh anti Long versus pro Longs as Russell Long and Robert Kennon compete for the vacant two year Senate seat. Allen J. Ellender faces James Domengeaux and Charles Gerth while eight representatives seek re election. The general election in November is routine but governed by Long administration policies.
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Balon Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Senate
John H. Overton
Russell B. Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
Long
Allen J. Ellender
James Domengeaux
Charles S. Gerth
New Orleans
Ellender
Domengeaux
Henry D. Larende
Seventh Congressional District
Kennon
Human chain aids recovery of 36 crash victims
A human chain of ten men works along a steep rocky slope in Wisconsin to retrieve 36 bodies from a Northwest Airlines crash near Winona and Fountain City. Civil Aeronautics Board crews inspect wreckage while storm and rugged terrain hinder access. Bodies moved via farm trails to roads as authorities confirm fatalities and continue searches.
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Winona
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Here
Civil Aeronautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Fountain City
Wis
Herbert F. Stohr
Alma
Berlin Crisis Nears Climax in City Hall Sit-Ins
Berlin authorities struggle as city council votes to postpone meetings awaiting Moscow communique on Kremlin talks and promised police protection. Russian sector police take no action as Communist protests disrupt anti-Communist meetings. Council debt and tax restrictions threaten city finances amid Soviet control.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Assembly
Bonn
Germany
Soviet Decrees Allow Russians to Build and Own Homes
A presidium decree grants every Russian citizen the right to build and own a home while a council of ministers order makes land plots available in perpetual use. With private individual construction illegal, options include self build with state materials, cooperative contracting, or prefabricated houses with erection costs included.
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Moscow
Presidium
The
Supreme Soviet
Council of Ministers
Soviet
Husband Dies and Wife Breaks Leg in Accident
Earnest Beals, 33, died yesterday while repairing a radio in his yard. His wife rushed to help, fell and broke her right leg. Dr. J W Watson said Beals died from electrocution or a heart attack after touching an extension cord.
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Baton Rouge
Earnest Beals
J. W. Watson
East Baton Rouge Parish
Beals
Nationwide draft begins as 9.5 million men register
The first peacetime draft registration opens August 30 for men 18 through 25, with about 4 000 local boards coordinating 20 060 centers. Registration is not a draft, but a census to determine future induction, mostly into the army. Veterans may need discharge papers to verify service.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service System
Munitions Board
Navy
Air Force
Jack Rutledge
America
Aad
Marines
Schuman Seeks Cabinet After Premiers Resignations
Paris Aug 30 Robert Schuman, out of office as French premier for 32 days, said he would try to form a new cabinet. He would examine the situation first and line up a definite policy, while deciding on a foreign minister amid shifting support and coalition tensions.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Alsatian
Vincent Auriol
M. Ramadier
Ramadier
Schumann
France
Andre Marie
Paul Reynaud Marie
Schuman
Auriol
Georges Bidault
Marie
Army sergeant kills two sons and wounds self in Mojave
Sergeant Samuel Ray Adams 31, shot and killed his two young sons Samuel Ray Jr 7 and Richard 4 in a quonset hut after a heated religious dispute. He then shot himself in the chest and was hospitalized in critical condition. His wife Peggy Jo Adams was unharmed and hospitalized for shock. Adams led the photography lab at Muroc Army Air Base.
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Mojave
Calif
Samuel Ray Adams
al Strasner
Adams
Peggy Jo
Strasner
Detroit
Mojave Hospital
Fontana
Muroc Army Air Base
Texas Senate race tightens as Johnson leads Stevenson
In the Texas Democratic runoff for the U S Senate, Lyndon Johnson held a narrowing lead over Coke Stevenson. By 10 a.m. 490,906 voted for Johnson and 490,446 for Stevenson across 190 of 254 counties, a 460 vote margin in favor of Johnson. The official result awaits the Sept 14 Fort Worth convention certification.
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Dallas
Tex
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
United States Senate
S. T
U. S. Senate
Texas Election Bureau
Johnson
Stevenson
Senate
W. Lee
Pappy) O'Daniel
Texas
Fort Worth
Oxnam Elected President of World Council of Churches
Dr G Bromley Oxnam bishop of the New York Methodist Church was unanimously elected one of six presidents of the World Council of Churches. Other presidents named include Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, Pastor Marc Boegner, Archbishop of Thyateira, Dr S Germanos, Archbishop of Upsala, Dr Erling Eidem, and Dr T C Chao. Dr John R Moot named honorary president representing the United States.
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Amsterdam
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
New York
World Council of Churches
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Pasteur Marc Boegner
Reformed Church of
France
Thyateira
Greece
S. Germanos
Upsala
Sweden
Erling Eidem
T. C. Chao
School of
Yenching University
Peiping
China
John R. Moot
Oxnam
United States
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Congressional Probe
Time Magazine
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Truman
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Truman-Barkley
Caroline Mars
Burnham Lagoon
Honolulu
Overton
Supreme Presidium
Church Council
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