Romania ratifies peace treaty in special session
Bucharest reports the Romanian Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the peace treaty with the Allied nations in a special session. Foreign Minister Gheorghe Tătărescu urged ratification, calling the war a lost effort waged against the will of the people and noting it ends Romania's last beaten war in modern history.
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Bucharest
Romania
Romanian Chamber of Deputies
Gheorghe Tatarescu
Three U S Enlisted Men Held by Russians
Three American enlisted men were seized inside the Soviet occupation zone in North Korea on August 12 and were promised release Sunday. The men are T/5 Tommy F. Pugsiey, Renton Washington PEC John D. Hopfe Seattle and PFC Gerald K. Geffen Port Chester New York. An American intelligence officer questioned the pledge, noting a prior promise to release them had been made before. Lt Gen John R Hodge protested the arrest as an official mission inspecting telephone lines between Seoul and Pyongyang.
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Seoul
North Korea
Pyongyang
Pugsiey
Renton
Wash
John D. Hopfe
Seattle
Gerald K. Geffen
Port Chester
John R. Hodge
Korea
Korotokov
Byrd Hospitalized, Johns Hopkins Treats Explorer
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, famed Antarctic explorer, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore last night for evaluation of a medical condition. The hospital said his condition was satisfactory this morning and he would stay for diagnosis and treatment.
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Baltimore
Richard E. Byrd
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Local Temperature and Rainfall Report Summary
Yesterday high temperatures not fully legible with 69 at noon today 76 degrees. Rainfall reported fourteen hundredths of an inch. Year to date rainfall 1.69 inches. August quota 5.07 inches with a deficiency of 3.38 inches.
Attorney General Rules On Beverage Licenses And Other Laws
Raleigh August 7 Attorney General Harry McMullan issued rulings on beverage licenses court costs deposit boxes income taxes inheritances school property and plumbers A two dollar maintenance cost in criminal cases is separate from a two dollar process tax and both are added in superior court cases The clerk of the superior court must be present when a decedent’s safety deposit box is opened by a co owner or co tenant A foreign corporation may have to include dividends from subsidiaries in its taxable income but cannot determine allocation percentages by using subsidiaries sales costs or receipts if a person dies with a vested real estate remainder subject to inheritance tax
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Raleigh
Harry McMullan
Commissioner of Revenue
British flying boat crashes near Bahrain in Persian Gulf
A four engine Plymouth flying boat of British Overseas Airways crashed early today near Bahrain in the Persian Gulf while en route from Hong Kong to Britain. The spokesman cited no confirmed casualty figures and said passenger and crew counts were not yet known. Bahrain is about 1,100 miles southeast of Cairo.
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London
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Hong Kong
Britain
Babrein
Cairo
Hartley Calls For Probe Of Labor Treaty Evasion
Representative Hartley of New Jersey urged a congressional investigation into any and all efforts to bypass the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. He criticized AFL-CIO proposals to ignore the act as brazen and said the joint committee would study violations of both its spirit and letter. He warned unions and employers about conspiring to circumvent the law.
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Rep. Hartley
Congressional
Washington
Hartley
R-N. J
House Labor Committee
AFL
CIO
National Labor Board
Joint Committee
Reverend Arrested Over Lottery Ticket Sales Scheme
Detroit reporting one arrest on charges of selling number tickets. The Rev Ernest Hall told police he had to do business with the devil to raise money for a new church. He said he spoke with the Lord who urged him to take gamblers money to fund church construction.
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Detroit
Ernest Hall
Alfred Breckosky
Royall Says He Has No Idea About NC Governor Candidacy
Secretary of War Kenneth Royall told reporters he has always wanted to be North Carolina governor but has no idea if he can become a candidate. He remains in Washington through the early stages of postwar unification and did not seek support or name a timeline for a decision.
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Raleigh
Kenneth ©. Rovyall
North Carolina
Washington
Armed Services
Royall
Truman
Army
United States
War Department
National Guard
Armed Forces Reserve
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
Ira T. Wyche
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Royell
Omar N. Bradley
Koyall
Congressman Charles L. Gifford Dies at 76 in Massachusetts
U. S. Representative Charles L. Gifford of Massachusetts died at his Cotuit home. A Republican, he had served in Congress since 1921 and was 76 years old at the time of death.
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Cotuit
Mass
U. S
Charles L. Gifford
Gifford
Congress
After Hanging Of British Troops Arrests In Palestine
In Jerusalem police announced arrests of a number of people connected with the abduction and hanging of British Sergeants Clifford Martin and Mervyn Paice. Their bodies were found July 31 south of Natanya, with Irgun Zvai Leumi claiming reprisal for earlier Jewish executions at Acre prison. The sergeants were kidnapped July 12 from a Natanya coffee house.
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Jerusalem
Clifford Martin
Mervyn Paice
Martin
Paice
Natanya
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Acre
Greek Cabinet Members Quit in Resignation Crisis
In Athens on August 23 the coalition cabinet led by Demetrios Maximos collapsed after ministers of war navy and interior resigned over a cabinet reshuffle dispute. Former premiers Sophocles Venizelos George Papandreou and Panayotis Kanellopoulos pressured changes prompting the fall amid Foreign Minister Tsaldaris opposing the move.
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Athens
Demetrios Maximos
Constantin Tsaldaris
Washington
Maximo
Paul
Maximos
EAM
Sophocles Venizelos
George Papandreou
Panayotis Kanellopoultos
P-4
Settlement Near End Of Four Month Rockingham Strike
RALEIGH Aug 23 There is strong possibility the four month strike at the Safie mill in Rockingham may end today after a conference in Governor Cherry's office The Governor voiced optimism that concessions have been made by both company officials and Textile Workers Union CIO leaders and that differences are being settled.
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Raleigh
Safie
Rockingham
Cherry
Textile Workers
CIO
Argentina Holds Unanimity Veto Stance At Defense Confab
At the Inter-American Defense Conference in Brazil Argentina reaffirms its demand for unanimity in any joint hemispheric action against aggression while signaling possible agreement with majority decisions. Delegation Secretary-General Corominas says Argentina is democratically inclined to follow the majority, denying a shift to two-thirds rule. The issue, not to be discussed until next week, centers on a mutual defense treaty and use of force against internal aggression.
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Philip Clarke Quitandiniva
Brazil
Argentina
Enrique V. Corominas
United States
Belmont Pair Enter Appeal In Belton Robbery Case
James Edgar Waters and William LeMarr Waters of Belmont faced charges of robbery with firearms and related assaults after an attempted holdup of Evan Goins, a taxi driver, near the city show grounds on August 6. Both pleaded not guilty and waived preliminary hearing. James is held on 5000 dollars bond and William on 35000 dollars before Justice J. Robert McNeely, with trial set for the October term. Goins was shot in the knee and hip during the struggle, while James Waters was wounded in the stomach. The suspects were later captured while seeking medical aid.
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Lincolnton
James Edgar Waters
William LeMarr Waters
Belmont
Evan Goins
Justice of the Peace
J. Robert McNeely
James Waters
William Waters
Superior Court
Goins
Oficers
Waters
Ofhers
Miners Die In Morrison North Mine Blast Near Aintfield
The Morrison North mine at Aintfield Plain England suffers a coal mine disaster as nineteen Durban coal miners die in an explosion. Only five men survive with burns and multiple injuries. Officials report difficulties in identifying victims and describe a sudden blast followed by a rush of hot air and dust as rescuers pull out the survivors.
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England
Ainfield Plain
Eng
Durham
Morrison North
William Welch
National Coal Board
William Younger
Britain
William
Whitehaven
Last respects paid to Bilbo in Poplarville service
Mississippi mourns Senator Theo G. Bilbo who died in New Orleans. The body lay in state at his Dream House before services at June iper Grove Baptist Church. Prominent politicians and everyday citizens attended the funeral and the grave will be in a temporary vault until a mausoleum is built behind the church.
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Poplarville
Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
New Orleans
Bilbo
Attempted death by own action with sleeping pills
Virginia Hill, in a 67 hour coma, shows signs of recovery in Miami Beach as Detective Chief Charles W. Pierce calls the incident a death by own action attempt. He vows a confrontation with Virginia, her brother Charlie, and secretary Jerri Mason to extract facts from the household after earlier efforts failed.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Virginia Hill
Charles W. Pierce
Virginia
Charlies
Jerri Mason
Pierce
Miss Hil
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Beverly Tril
Bugsy
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