British Labor Passes Crisis Powers Bill Amid Storm Over Churchill Plea
In London the Socialist-dominated House of Commons approved a sweeping crisis powers bill by a large margin, enabling the government to direct labor and seize control of failing industries. Churchill denounced the measure as a blank check for totalitarian rule, while Morrison defended it as necessary to meet the economic crisis. The bill heads to further readings before adjournment.
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House of Commons
London
Britain
Winston Churchill
House
Commons
Attlee
Churchill
Herbert Morrison
Tot's Body Found in Surf at Falmouth Mass
The body of Nancy Perini aged four, niece of Lou Perini, was recovered from the ocean in full view of her parents as investigators pursued a kidnapping theory. Police said drowning appeared accidental and firemen continued dragging operations at 3. See Tot's Body on page four.
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Falmouth
Mass
Nancy Perini
Lou Perini
Boston Braves
Frank E. Smith
See Tot
Weather Summary for August and Yesterday
Yesterday high local temperature reached a peak while the low last night was recorded and today noon shows an increase. Rainfall measured at .15 inches current with August rainfall totaling .90 inches and an August quota of 5.07 inches, leaving a deficiency of 4.17 inches.
Uncle Bud and Zeke Tutts clash over garden work rights
In a rural exchange Uncle Bud jokes that Zeke Tutts will not stand up for his rights. Zeke replies that his partner keeps him seated while gardening out of fear of asserting himself. The lighthearted quarrel centers on household roles and neighborhood banter.
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Zeke Tutts
Subpoena Issued Exchange In Hughes Case Very Bitter
Washington Aug 2 A bitter exchange between Senator Ferguson and Howard Hughes led to a subpoena for Hughes private papers. The committee sought Meyer the publicity agent while Hughes refused to produce him claiming he does not remember. The inquiry examines Hughes wartime contracts including 40 million for aircraft and 18 million for a flying boat with aides rushing to enforce orders.
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Washington
Ferguson
Mich
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Aug
John W. Meyer
Meyer
Senate War Investigating Committee
R-Mich
Hughes’ Ventures
Army
Ferguson-Hughes
Mr. Meyer
United States Marshal
Senate
Jesse Jones
RFC
Jones
Hold up foiled by cab driver in Lincolnton
Lincolnton taxi driver Evan Goins was hospitalized after resisting an attempted robbery by James Eagar Waters and William Lamar Waters who hired him to drive to a carnival. James Waters was wounded in the stomach and both suspects surrendered after fleeing the scene. one had a gun, Goins was shot in the leg and hip.
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Lincolnton
Evan Goins
Belmont
James Eagar Waters
William Lamar Waters
Goins
Waters
Gastonia
Truman Enters Budget Battle as Spending Near 37.5 Billion
President Truman moved into the budget clash signaling federal outlays for the current year will likely near 37.5 billion dollars, aligning with his January estimate. He ordered a detailed study of government receipts and outlays, promising a full review of the facts after adjournment and a mid August budget review.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Republican Congress
Congress
Mr. Truman
Seeks To Break 14 Year Round World Flight Record
Pilot William P. Odom, flying solo in a converted A-26 bomber, reached Cairo on the third lap toward Karachi as he aims to best Wiley Post’s 1935 186 hour solo globe record. After Paris layover, he posted 21 hours 51 minutes from Chicago, averaging about 315 miles per hour. Tailwinds were expected to aid the next leg to India.
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Cairo
William P. Odom
Roslyn
Chicago
Wiley Post
Odom
Paris
Gan
Orly Field
Karachi
India
Mount Holly Man Drowns While Swimming at Catawba River
Ralph Mason Rankin a 22 year old Mount Holly resident drowned Friday afternoon while swimming in the Catawba river near the Charlotte Water Works pumping station. Funeral services set for Saturday at 3 pm at either the old Mount Holly Stanley road home or the Presbyterian Church in Stanley. Rankin a World War II Army veteran survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters. He was swimming with Manuel Cherry when Charles Harris said Rankin disappeared in about six feet of water. Police recovered the body and the case is under inquiry with potential military honors undecided.
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Mount Holly
Ralph Mason Rankin
Catawba
Charlotte Water Works
Mount Holly-Stanley Road
Presbyterian
Dennis Rankin
Edgar
Belmont
George
Gastonia
Mary
Louise Allen
Barnsville
N. C
Young Rankin
Germany
Manuel Cherry
Charles Harris
Betty Ann Rhyne 4-H star grows wheat and potatoes
Betty Ann Rhyne a 17 year old 4 H member of Stanley 4 H Club in Dallas township shows top county performance in a wheat field yielding 254 bushels with 36 1/2 bushels per acre and a 5 000 plant potato project on half an acre while upholding family crafts and long standing 4 H wins in food preparation and baked goods.
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Betty Ann Rhyne
Dallas Township
Paul Rhyne
Stanley
Betty Ann
Puerto Rico
Clover
S. C
Jury Convicts Man Second Time in Death Sentence
Tall Angier farmer Charlie Phillips, twice convicted of murdering his wife Etta Mae with a borrowed pistol, was found guilty by a Harnett County jury in 57 minutes and sentenced to die in the gas chamber on September 19. Defense planned an appeal though Phillips is penniless.
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Lillington
Charlie Phillips
Harnett
Angier
Etta Mae
John J. Burney
Neill McK. Salmon
Charlie
Phillips
Will Hayes
Maynard Named Supervising Inspector at Gaston Health Office
F C Maynard of Cookeville Tennessee has been named supervising inspector for the Gaston Health Department succeeding J G Patterson who resigned to become a traveling salesman. Maynard brings more than ten years in sanitation and recently began duties at the local office. He previously served with the War Health Department in Jacksonville North Carolina and later at Seymour Johnson Field Goldsboro before moving to Gaston in 1945.
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F.C. Maynard
Cookeville
Jacksonville
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
See Joins
Dutch To Reject Compulsory Arbitration Indonesia Strife Goes On
Dutch forces report fires at Royal Dutch Shells Treppe oil fields in East Java and say Indonesian Republican troops have caused 39 casualties since a cease fire began. Air reconnaissance shows smoke over the fields but fires not yet serious. Fighting continues in scattered areas with a Dutch outpost attacked near Randegankoelen. The Dutch accuse bands of robbery and cruelty, report rescuing 1300 Chinese held by Republicans, and note coal mines at Boekit Asem and resumed rail links between Leeboekboeja and Padang. The Netherlands government is said ready to reject any arbitration proposal.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands Army
Royal Dutch Shell
Tieppe
East Java
Treppe
Soerabaja
Semarang
Randegankoelen
Cheribon
Banjoemas
Sumatra
Boekit Asem
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Capacitty
Leeboekboeja
Padang
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British Labor Party
Tot
Surf
Uncle Bud
Bill Baldwin
Noah Dietrich
Hughes’ Tool Company
Russell Birdwell
Hollywood
Birdwell
Dietrich
Elliott Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Gaston County
Ennis Atkins
James E. Waters
See Holdup
U. S
Sterling F. Green
MT. Holly
Catawba River
BY Zoe K. Brockman
Federal Reserve Board
Council of Economic Advisers
Harold E. Hirshberg
U. S. Navy
Philippines
Hirshberg
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Maynard
Health Office
Tennessean
J. G. Patterson
Indonesia
Lake Success
Netherlands
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