Demand on NC Ballot Spark Court Fight by States' Rights Democrats
In Raleigh the States' Rights Democrats press a Wake County court action to force the state elections board to recognize the party for ballot placement. They seek spots for Gov. J Strom Thurmond and Gov. Fielding Wright as presidential and vice presidential nominees. The board denied recognition Aug 3 citing 10 000 signature threshold and rules requiring 90 days before the general election and verified signer eligibility. The party claims petitions met the law and challenges board regulations as beyond authority. The state counters that the rules are reasonable and enforceable.
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Raleigh
States’ Rights Democrats
North Carolina
W. C. Harris
Wake Superior Court
State Board of Elections
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Elections Board
Harry McMullan
Drag River For Boy Who's Safe At Home
Capt Mat Breeden of the Gastonia Life Saving and First Aid Crew said a two hour search for a McAdenville teen who reportedly fell from a bridge into the pond at McAden Mill ended with the boy found safe at home. A woman reported the fall and rescuers dragged the water.
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Mat Breeden
Gastonia
Evening Calendar Quietly Lists Meetings and Rally
Activity calendar notes a Red Cross meeting at First Presbyterian Church hut at 7 30 p m and a Republican rally at the county courthouse starting at 8 p m. The items reflect local civic and political engagement for the day.
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First Presbyterian Church
Local rainfall totals update and temperature note
Readable weather snippet records yesterday's mild temps and last night’s low. It notes today at noon, rainfall of 0.26 inches, August rainfall to date 7.63 inches, with a quota of 5.04 inches and an excess of 2.59 inches.
Edgar Guest of verse rises from soda jerk to fame
Edgar Guest born August 20 1881 in Birmingham England moved to Detroit at age ten. He began as a soda jerk then a Free Press office boy and reader and later a reporter. The popular verse writer pursued a path from modest jobs to substantial income while his poems sold widely.
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Edgar Albert Guest
Birmingham
Eng
Detroit
Guest
Free Press
Edgar Guest
President Orders Draft Questionnaires To Boards
President Truman instructed selective service boards to mail classification questionnaires to single non veteran draft registrants by September 7. The move aims to accelerate processing as the draft continues.
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Washington
Truman
Selective Service Boards
Jury Refuses Action in Betty Smith Slaying Case
A coroner's jury in Kings Mountain ruled Betty Smith died at the hands of unknown persons and declined to implicate Ray Sellers or Robert Howell. The hearing, labeled preliminary, ended with no change to existing murder warrants as defense attorneys sought release. The article notes outcomes and ongoing custody.
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Betty Smith
Kings Mountain
Ray Sellers
Robert Howell
City Hall
Sellers
Howell
Ollie Harris
Government Tightens Easy Payment Credit Rules
Federal Reserve Board posts new rules to curb easy pay loans and purchases from 50 to 5000 dollars with penalties for violations. Key terms include one third down on autos and 15 to 18 month repayment limits, excluding single payment and housing loans. The order, part of the anti inflation law signed by Truman, takes effect Sept 20. Consumers show mixed views as dealers adapt. CREDIT, P-6
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
New York Consumers Council
New York
Russian MP and German police raid Berlin blockaded area
Russian military police and German police conduct a swift raid in Berlin near Potsdamer Platz arresting about 600 Germans without violence. The operation targets black market activity while tensions rise as residents resist with stoning and jeers as forces move through Soviet guarded zones.
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U.S
Berlin
U. S
Anyn
M.P
S— Andmmunist
Potsdam
Potsdamer Platz
Dewey Eyes GOP Taft Hartley Changes Amid Demands
New Democratic calls to repeal the Taft Hartley Act prompt discussion that Republicans may push amendments. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the GOP nominee, has not ruled out changes.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
School openings set for Sept 8 in Gaston County and Gastonia
Gaston County and Gastonia city schools will open September 8 continuing a one week delay from the original date. Superintendent Hunter Huss and Gastonia superintendent Fred Waters announced the decision, pending polio case trends and local health authority approval. Dr. Rhyne cited as health officer supported proceeding with the September 8 plan, noting possible further delays if polio situation worsens.
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Gaston County
Gastonia City
Hunter Huss
Fred Waters
Huss
R. E. Rhyne
Ray Norton
Gen Vandenberg Escapes Death In Air Transit Incident
General Hoyt Vandenberg Air Force chief of staff narrowly escaped disaster when a B-17 fortress developed engine trouble over the Atlantic and landed safely at National Airport. He was returning from Europe for a joint chiefs conference at Newport Rhode Island, accompanied by Eugene M. Zuckert and Major General W F McKee.
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Washington
Hoyt Vanderberg
Air Force
National
Vandenberg
Europe
Eugene M. Zuckert
W. F. McKee
Atlantic
Germany
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Newport
Greeks Launch New Offensive Against Grammos Guerrillas
Greek army forces opened a new offensive in the Grammos mountains to crush guerrilla strongholds held by Communist Markos Vafiades. The drive used artillery and C-47 bombers dropping 250 and 500 pound bombs across a 100 square mile area along the front.
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Athens
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Vatliades
Security Council warns Jerusalem violators amid Gaza truce
United Nations Security Council urges Arabs and Jews to avoid further breaches of the Palestine truce as Count Bernadotte warns of escalating tension in Jerusalem. The July 20 resolution, drafted by the US Britain France and Canada, passed with abstentions from Soviet Ukraine Syria and Colombia. The council plans a month-long recess, with emergency sessions only possible if needed, before returning to Paris for the General Assembly.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Security Council
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Russia
Ukraine
Syria
Colombia
Jacob A. Malik
General Assembly
Soviet consul stripped of official duties in New York
The United States moves to remove Soviet consul general Jacob M. Lomakin from his post in New York over his conduct in the Kosenkina case. Washington demands Moscow pull him from the United States while rejecting Soviet charges about refugee teachers and asserting U S protection of its laws.
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Washington
United States
New York
Russia
Oksana Kosenkina
Mikhail Samarine
Tolstoy Foundation
State Department
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Molotov
Department
U. S
Jacob M. Lomakin
Truman
Lomakin
Skunk oil business sinks as Aloysius laments luck
Aloysius reports the skunk oil trade has hit rock bottom though touted for croup even as business stays poor. A local man allegedly slapped his wife over shirt buttons while Aloysius quips about his own lip. Weather remains cloudy with little temperature change tonight and Saturday.
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