Wallace Pelted in South as CIO Backs Truman
Wallace faces hostile North Carolina crowds with eggs and tomatoes as he tours the South. The CIO officially pledges support to the Truman-Barkley ticket, though internal dissent remains, with 12 unions still free to back Wallace and 30 unions backing the Democrats.
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Henry Wallace
South
Progressive Party
Wallace
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Durham
Burlington
Greensboro
Charlotte
N. C
United States
U. S
Truman
Alabama
Mississippi
CIO
Barkley
National Association of Manufacturers
Philip Murray
E10
Democratic Party
Berlin currency talks ease tension among big four
Sabers rattled in Berlin as the Big Four military governors met to discuss a single currency and the Soviet blockade. Moscow talks had produced partial progress and a plan to use only the Soviet zone mark under four power control. Washington, backed by London and Paris, insisted the blockade be lifted before currency talks. The issue remains complex and hard to grasp for non officials.
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Berlin
Germany
Molotov
Moscow
Washington
U. S. State Department
Great Britain
France
Greece aid program seen as turning point in Cold War
The Truman doctrine’s aid to Greece and Turkey is portrayed as ending the crisis in Greece. Government reports note inflation easing, cost of living falling, roads rebuilt, and the Corinth canal open. About 15,000 to 17,000 guerrillas remain. Rebels may keep fighting if Albania Bulgaria or Yugoslavia provide support.
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U. S
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Truman
Asia
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Corinth Canal
Edible Hat Bets, Fines, and a Dance Divorce Headline
In Garland a hatmaker offered edible candy headgear to voters who promise to eat their hats if their candidate loses. In Rochester Raymond Beaulieu was fined 73 dollars for an unregistered car and sold the vehicle to cover the penalty. In Springfield Robert H. Smith obtained a divorce after testifying his wife slapped and kicked him over dancing the polka, reducing his weight from 165 to 140 pounds.
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Garland
Tex
Rochester
N. H
Raymond Beaulieu
Springfield
Mass
Robert H. Smith
No Relief Tomorrow From High Cost of Living
Economists from labor commerce and agriculture departments predict no price relief before the November 2 election. They warn a higher cost of living will persist through the campaign and into the year end with food costs rising despite record crop forecasts.
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Labor, Commerce and Agriculture Departments
Charles E Hughes Dies at 86 After Long Public Career
Charles Evans Hughes, aged 86, died of congestive heart failure after a long public life. He was a former governor of New York, twice an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, and served as chief justice from 1930 until his retirement in 1941.
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Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Woodrow Wilson
California
Hughes
Charles E. Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
New York
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Harlan Fiske Stone
Charles” Evans Hughes
Timber Top Lumber Output Seen Up Over 1947
The commerce department estimates U S timber production this year will exceed 1947 by at least five percent if demand remains strong. Lumber is flowing to markets in ample quantity to meet record construction activity and avoid slackening demand.
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U. S
Commerce Department
Department
Lumber Survey Committee
Slim Shirtwaist Frock With Panelled Skirt
Fashion pattern description for a slim shirtwaist frock with extended shoulders and a panelled skirt. Pattern No 8356 available in sizes 36 to 52, 45% yardage of 39 inch fabric, 25 cents for Fall and Winter Fashion booklet with free doll pattern.
Life of Samuel Colt Aims and Early Inventions
Samuel Colt left Amherst for sea life where a paddle wheel inspired the revolving pistol cylinder. By 14 he built a working model. He quit his father’s dye plant to pursue wealth as Doctor Coult. He earned a US patent in 1835 for his gun plan and later innovated the submarine mine in his twenties, dying wealthy at 48.
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Amherst
Samuel Colt
Dr. Coult
U. S. Patent Office
Colt
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U.S
Amerne Baking Contest
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