Truman Signs Housing Bill Amid GOP Blocking Critique
President Truman signed the housing measure into law criticizing the Republican led Congress for deliberate neglect of the needy. He said the Taft Ellender Wagner bill, which included public housing and slum clearance, was blocked, while the current bill offers mainly private construction backing.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
GOP
House of Representatives
Carolinas To Get Mental Health Fund
North and South Carolina will receive more than $150,000 in federal mental health funds for research training personnel and development of local facilities. Allocation announced by Oscar R. Ewing shows a two-to-one federal to state ratio, with North Carolina $191,800 and South Carolina $55,200.
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Washington
North
South Carolina
Oscar R. Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
North Carolina
Local Temperature and Rainfall Snapshot
Yesterday's high and low recorded in local temps. On August rainfall reached 7.17 inches, exceeding the 5.04 inch quota by 2.13 inches. Data reflects total rainfall and excess for the period.
Herbert Hoover Birthday Feature Heralds A Humble Rise
AP News marks Herbert Clark Hoover born August 10 1874 at West Branch Iowa as the 31st U S president and noted G O P elder statesman. The orphaned farm boy rose through college to engineer and humanitarian work including five years unpaid during World War I aiding non combatants.
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Herbert Clark Hoover
West Branch
U.S
More Conferences Likely Westerners Plan Moves In Moscow
Western representatives from the United States Britain and France met at the British embassy in Moscow to map next moves in east west talks with the Soviet Union. Indications pointed to further conferences with Soviet leaders as U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and aide Fay Kohler attended. Moscow radio urged closer Soviet U S collaboration for lasting peace amid a shift in tone from postwar broadcasts. A Berlin source rumor claimed Russia ordered German rail officials to prepare for possible reopening of west bound lines.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Russia
London
Soviet Union
West
Berlin
W. T. Babcock
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Fay D. Kohler
Johnson denies clerk's charge in Raleigh
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson rejected claims that politics influenced the discharge of Mrs. J. E. Hare from his office in McCullers. Hare had alleged she was fired for not supporting his bid against Kerr Scott for the Democratic governor nomination. She wrote to Johnson about risking her job by declining to help at headquarters or wear his button.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
J. E. Hare
McCullers
Johnson
Negroes Vote in South Carolina Primary Race
Fair weather and a five man U S senate race drew an estimated 300000 South Carolina Democrats to primary polls with as many as 30000 Black voters. It marked the first general Black voting in the state since 1876 after federal court rulings led by Judge Waites Waring opened party membership to Negroes. The article lists candidates in the U S Senate and House races, noting unopposed incumbents and key contests in Dorn Taylor and others.
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Columbia
8. C
U. S
Senate
South Carolina
U. S. House of Representatives
General Assembly
Waites Waring
Charleston
John H. McCray
Waring
Burnet R. Maybank
Neville Bennett
Clio Farmer
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
Greenwood
Federal Works Agency
Alan John Stone
Newberry
Marcus A. Stone
Florence Lumberman
L. Mende
Rivers
Joseph R. Bryson
John L. McMillan
John J. Riley
Sumter
Hugo 8. Sims Jr
Orangeburg
Cherokee County
Roy C. Cobb
John P. Richards
Lancaster
Dorn
John C. Taylor
R. L
Buck) Gamble
Leon L. Rice
Anderson
James B. Hare
Saluda
Jaycees Picnic and City Meeting Schedule
Activity calendar lists 6:45 p m Jaycees picnic at Ran kin lake followed by 7 p m city council meeting at city hall and 7 30 p m Disa American Veterans memorial gathering.
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Jaycees
Rankin Lake
City Nl
Disa American Veterans
Rep Cooley named delegate to Rome interparliamentary meeting
Washington August 10 Rep Cooley NC has been designated as congressional representative to the interparliamentary union meeting in Rome on September 6.
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Rep
Cooley
Washington
Rep. Cooley
Rome
Record corn crop seen easing meat and dairy prices
Government progress report sees a record corn harvest likely to exceed prior forecasts. Higher corn output could lower costs for meat milk butter eggs and poultry next year as farmers expand livestock production. Wheat may also reach a new peak while all grains together exceed previous seasons, aiding foreign demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Setback For Western Powers On Danube Pact
Belgrade Aug 10 Eastern Europe communist bloc rejected a French bid to alter the Danube navigation pact draft. By 7 to 3 the conference refused to replace the Russian preamble with France. Yugoslavia Bulgaria Ukraine and Romania insisted on keeping the Russian clause recognizing sovereign rights of Danube states. France opposed only the preamble but pledged to resist limits on Danube shipping. The bloc united likely on terms of the convention while the US proposed that all nations’ interests be protected.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
Danube
Russia
Romania
Bloc of Seven
France
States' Rights Campaign Opens in Texas
States' Rights Democrats in Houston outlined electoral strategy for winning the Solid South as Gov. Strom Thurmond and running mate Fielding Wright arrive to launch the campaign. Texas Dixiecrats retreat after a Texas Democratic committee rejects a referendum on Thurmond Truman issues. Austin leaders clash over authority to hold a referendum in August 28 primary.
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Houston
Tex
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Solid South
Thurmond
Columbia
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Jackson
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
Barkley
Dixie
H. R. Cullen
Austin
Beauford Jester
Federal bonds to pay higher interest to curb costs
Washington announces a government move to raise interest on short term securities to slow inflation. Treasury Secretary Snyder said higher rates will apply when replacements are issued on September 15 and October 1, affecting about 10.5 billion dollars of debt.
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Washington
Treasury
Snyder
Treas
States' Rights Democrats Seek Ballot Access Checks
Raleigh August 10 States Rights Democrats moved toward court action to gain a place on the North Carolina general election ballot. State Elections Board chair Hubert E. Olive said petitions presented August 4 will be checked to verify signer eligibility and voting history in primaries. The board had previously rejected the petitions for lacking voter verification and for failing to meet the 90 day and 10 000 registered signer requirements. Leaders backing Gov Strom Thurmond announced immediate action.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hubert E. Olive
State Board of Elections
Elections Board
Bentley witness denies sharing secret information
Duncan Lee, a former Office of Strategic Services official, testified at the House Un-American Activities Committee spy hearings that he never disclosed classified information. He refuted Elizabeth Bentley’s claim she cut him in on a wartime spy network and denied being a Communist. The hearing also pending on Michael Samarin, a Russian teacher currently in hiding.
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Washington
Duncan Lee
Lee
House Un-American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Here
New York
Office of Strategic Services
Miss Bentley
Helen Grant
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
FBI
Mary Price
Miss Price
War Production
Baad
Walter Lippmann
Lippmann
Greensboro
N. C
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Boy Located for Pasteur Treatment After Rabid Dog Bite
Lewis Binge, a Union youth, sought Pasteur treatment at Gaston County Welfare after a rabid dog bite. Veterinarian Dr. P D Ross confirmed the dog died of rabies and Captain R J Stroup helped locate Binge at his home. Two other children who handled the dog also received care at the welfare office.
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Union Section
Gaston County Welfare Department
Pasteur
Lewis Binge
P. D. Ross
the Gazette
R. J. Stroup
Sheriff's Department
Stroup
Welfare Department
Rumors Denied on Berlin Blockade Lift
Berlin reports dismiss rumors that the Russians planned to reopen the railway to the West ending the blockade. British sources say talks bogged down over how to secure an immediate Berlin settlement as Molotov meets Western envoys in Moscow.
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Berlin
London
Molotov
Partly Cloudy With Warm Spell Expected
The weather prophet calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Wednesday. Al notes a warm spell ahead as electoral talk in the States' Righters remains unclear.
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Aloysius
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