Wallace eggs tossed in Mecklenburg crowd despite security
Henry Wallace faced a hail of eggs and tomatoes as about 2,500 protested at the Mecklenburg courthouse. Three men Baxter D. Huntley Everett L. Cloninger and Jack Hefner, all of Charlotte, were arrested for disorderly conduct and released on $100 bonds awaiting tomorrow's hearing. Wallace pressed on with his south tour after the incident.
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Charlotte
Henry Wallace
Mecklenburg
Truman
Progressive Party
Wallace
Charlotte News
Moscow
Henry
Mecklenburg County
Baxter D. Huntley
Everett L. Cloninger
Jack Hefner
Hickory
Asheville
Winston- Salem
Burlington
Greensboro
High Point
South
Frank N. Littlejohn
Iowa
Peters Facing House Contempt Charge Over Refusal to Answer
New York August 31 threats of congressional contempt action hung over the mysterious J Peters identified by Whittaker Chambers as the No 1 man in the Communist underground. Peters refused on constitutional grounds to answer questions before the House Un American Activities Sub Committee regarding Communists. The committee recommended contempt charges, making Peters the first witness threatened with contempt for refusing to testify in the spy hearings. Conviction could bring jail time.
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New York
J. Peters
House
Peters
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities
House Committee
Washington
Chambers
Time Magazine
Rep
McDowell
America
United States
Hurricane recurs to sea as wind nears coast
Hatteras reports the tropical hurricane curving away from land while bringing gale and near hurricane force winds to North Carolina shores. Winds rise to 115 mph near the storm center with vast seas and a 140 mile gale radius. Red Cross opens shelters at Morehead City Beaufort as Coast Guard evacuates Atlantic Beach. many beachgoers stay. Armed forces planes relocate inland to escape danger.
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Hatteras
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
U. S
Miami
North Carolina Capes
Coast Guard
Morehead City
North Carolina
Red Cross
Beaufort
Atlantic Beach
Carolinas
Virginia
Washington
Intense Heat Eases Across Northern Regions
Heat relief spread across the Great Lakes and New England while the central plains and West Gulf stayed hot. Readings dropped to 40s and 50s in cooler belts with Cadillac Michigan showing 45, Rumford Maine 51 and Syracuse New York 59. Death toll from the weeklong heat reached 194 across 16 eastern states and Washington D C.
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Chicago
Gerat Lakes
New England States
Seaboard
Central Plains
West Gulf States
Cadillac
Mich
Canada
Great Lakes
New England
Mercury
Rumford
Syracuse
N. Y
Dakotas
Montana
Miles City
Mont
Philips
S. D
Chadron
N D
Bismarck
N. D
Rockies
Washington, D. C
Negro killed fleeing camp in Winston-Salem
Chaplin Davis, 26, inmate at Forsyth County prison camp, was shot and killed by a guard as he and fellow convict Willie W. Archie escaped by jumping from a truck. Archie, 27, also serving eight months, fled and remained at large early today, with residents urged to be vigilant.
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Winston-Salem
Chaplin Davis
Linden Street
North Cherry Street
Willie W. Archie
Archie
Forsyth County
Cherry Street
J. W. Roberson
Roberson
Hecklers Seek Sympathy For Wallace in Winston-Salem
Police Chief John M. Gold said Progressive party members sparked jeering at Henry Wallace in Winston-Salem. He claimed most hecklers were youths, some from out of town, with several identified as Communist party members and a Progressive leader linked to starting the disturbance.
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Winston-Salem
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
John M. Gold
Gold
Wallace
Communist Party
Progressives
Hurricane brewing east of Martinique, storm warning issued
A new hurricane appears to be forming about 300 miles east of Martinique, the Storm Warning Service reported in Miami. The steamship Benjamin Griegson traveling eastward relayed winds observed to the weather bureau as the system develops in the Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Martinique
Lesser Antilles
Benjamin Griegson
Weather Bureau
Thurmond Does Well in Texas Referendum Voters Support States' Rights Ticket
In Harris Brazoria and Harrison counties, Thurmond Wright won a larger share than Truman Barkley in a Saturday refer endum. Harris 44,936 to 22,721. Brazoria 933 to 752. Harrison 3,126 to 1,533. The vote affects electors guidance but does not replace the Democratic ticket. The decisive action comes at the Texas Democratic convention in Fort Worth on September 14.
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Houston
Tex
Harris
Texas
Brazoria
Harrison
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding Wright
Harris County
Truman
Alben Barkley
Brazoria County
Thurmond- Wright
Truman-Barkley
Harrison County
Barkley
Fort Worth
Grocers' Association Picnic and Civitan Club Meeting Notice
Tonight at 6 30 p m the Grocers Association hosts a Rankin picnic. On Wednesday at 12 30 p m the Civitan Club meets at the Armington Hotel.
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Grocers’ Association
Rankin
Civitan Club
Armington Hotel
Peacetime Registration Sets Stage for Draft Lineup
The 24 year olds join the peacetime draft, answering 15 questions as Selective Service prepares the first November call of 10,000. Officials expect most later draftees from the 22 and 23 year old groups and anticipate December inductions rising toward 30,000 monthly. Navy and Air Force rely on volunteers through next June while scattered opposition surfaces.
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Associated Press
Army
Selective Service
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Navy
Air Force
County Board Rejects Beer and Wine Protest in Gastonia
The Gaston County Board of Elections refused a protest by Citizens Committee for the legal control of beer challenging irregularities in last Saturday’s beer and wine referendum. The 4 1 vote stood as the wet forces plan an appeal to the State Board. Attorneys had sought a restraining order to halt certification but Judge Warlick refused. Additional disputes cited include ballot privacy, claims of voter denial, 50 foot law enforcement near booths, and other irregularities at multiple boxes.
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Gaston County Board of Elections
Citizens Committee For the
James Mullen
Harley Gaston
H. W. Bethel
D. A. Warren
P. C. Froneberger
State Board of Elections
O. A. Warren
Newton
Gastonia Box No
Bryant Electric Co
Gastonia Box No. 5
County Election Board
Seea
Forgotten man dies in prison after decades on death row
Archie Herron, who spent 40 years in New Jersey state prison awaiting execution for the 1908 murder of Rev. S. B. D. Prickett, died at age 89. Delays and legal quirks spared him from execution after Justice Bergen and governors repeatedly intervened, leaving him a near hermit in confinement.
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Trenton
N. J
Archie Herron
New Jersey
Herron
S. B. D. Prickett
Metuchen
Prickett
James J. Bergen
Justice Bergen
Franklin Fort
Berlin Four Meet to Plan End of Berlin Strife Talks Start
The U S General Lucius D Clay, Soviet Marshal Sokolovsky, British General Robertson and French General Koenig convened at the Allied Control Authority Building in Berlin to discuss lifting the blockade and resolving currency issues amid the ongoing east west dispute. The talks aim to ease Berlin's dual currency system and may continue for a week before potential move to Moscow.
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State Department
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Wassily Sokolovsky
Russia
Sir Brian Robertson
Britain
Pierre Koenig
France
Allied Control Authority
Control Council
Kremlin
Molotov
Stalin
Sokolovsky
Germany
Berlin
Michael McDermott
Moscow
Fair Cooler At Inspection Lane Prompted Child Tale
Aloysius recalled a past meeting with a clean shaven young man in the West Second avenue inspection line. Today he encountered the same man now with a gray beard asking about the beer and wine election. The man hurried to pass the line to see his five day old son. Al said lanes move as fast as possible and forecast fair, cooler tonight and Wednesday with moderate temperatures.
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Aloysius
West Second Avenue
Local Temperature and Rainfall Report Summary
A brief weather note records today’s low and noon high, with rainfall figures for August. It notes total rainfall to date at 7.90 inches, a quota of 7 inches, and an excess of 2.86 inches.
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Siema
Paso
Gazette
Gastonians
Gastonia Gazette
J. W. Peters
House UN- American Activities Committee
NEA
Cape Hatteras
Southeastern States
Clarence Alburty
Brewster
Camilla
Mary Hucks
Atlanta
Gregory Blount
Lexington
Ormond Beach
W. M. Harris
W. H. Freeman Jr
Daytona Beach
Thurmond
States Rights
County Board of Elections
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