Communists Seize Key Point North of Hangchow
A Chinese nationalist communique reports Communist troops captured Wuhing, 40 miles north of Hangchow and a vital rail junction on the Shanghai-Hangchow line. The Red drive heads toward Hangchow while a main force advances from Soochow, with Kunshan trains halted.
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Shanghat
Wuhing
Hangchow
Shanghai
Kashing
Shanghai-Hangchow
Soochow
Wuhsien
Kunshan
Shanghai-Nanking
23Rd
Clergyman Charged With Slaying Wife in New York
Rochester reports Rev. George Hetenyi is charged with first degree murder after his wife Jean Gareis Hetenyi’s bullet torn body was pulled from the Genesee River. A mystery witness claims to have seen Hetenyi on a river bridge near the scene. Authorities noted a leather holster with green paint as a clue.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Hetenyi
Genesee River
Clarence J. Henry
Buffalo
Herenyi
Jean Gareis
Oakland
Calif
Brighton
Amherst
Henry
Hetenyi
Wake Forest President Thurman Kitchin Resigns
Trustees accept Dr Thurman Kitchin request to retire as president on June 30 1950 after 19 years in office He will become president emeritus and professor of physiology and hygiene A seven member committee will nominate his successor to the post from Wake Forest College in Wake Forest North Carolina.
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Wake Forest
Wake Forest College
Thurman Kitchin
Kitchin
DAR Festival Marks DAR Chapter House Dedication in Farmville
Assistant Secretary of State John Peurifoy warned the Berlin crisis shows no change in Soviet aims as the DAR observes a daylong festival in Farmville for its new $50,000 chapter house. Speakers include Roscoe OByrne and Gertrude Carraway with Chancellor House praising the holiday.
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Farmville
John FE
Peurifoy
Berlin
Washington
Russia
Daughters of American Revolution
Soviet Union
Peuritoy
DAR
Roscoe O'Byrne
National Society of the Dar
Gertrude Carraway
New Bern
Julius Young Talmadge
Athens
Robert H. House
The
Union of North Carolina
Chapel Farmville
Showdown Nearing On Labor Bill
Washington April 29 A House leader said Truman lost votes by tying the labor bill to patronage in a news conference. Democratic chiefs still expected the administration to win the labor law showdown in the House today as votes hinge on Taft Hartley repeal. The Wood bill would repeal the Taft Hartley law in name while keeping most provisions intact.
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Washington
Truman
House
D-Ga
Wood
Reserve Board Loosens Hold On Borrowing
The Federal Reserve System will release 1.2 billion dollars in lendable funds to 7,000 banks next week by reducing non lendable reserves. The move aims to spur recovery by boosting business lending, though outcomes depend on profit prospects and borrower risk appetite. Chairman Thomas B. McCabe said the action aligns credit rules with evolving economic conditions.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Thomas B. McCabe
Patronage Test Today in Dixie Democrats Vote
Democratic National Chairman J H McGrath plans to urge President Truman to appoint State Circuit Judge J P Coleman US marshal. Senator Stennis favored Coleman, a test of patronage for Dixie Democrats amid civil rights tensions and 1949 election clashes.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Stennis
D.-Miss
Truman
McGrath
J. P. Coleman
Ackerman, Miss
United States Marshall
Coleman
Dr. Truman
Democratic Committee
White House
Mississippi
McGrath Teh Coleman
Stock Market Edges Higher In Thin Trading
The market moved on a narrow price route with minor fractional changes. Some gains appeared in General Motors Studebaker Woolworth Electric Power & Light American Smelting Phelps Dodge GE Du Pont Johns Manville Radio Corp American Tobacco Standard Oil Warner Bros and Loew's while U S Steel Chrysler Sears Roebuck American Telephone Southern California Edison American Can Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak International Paper Pennsylvania RR and Southern Railway saw slight declines.
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New York
General Motors
Studebaker
Woolworth
Electric Power & Light
American Smelting
Phelps Dodge
General Electric
Government cash to farmers tops nine months total
About one tenth of farmers income comes from government aid as Agriculture officials report nine month cash receipts around 25.4 billion dollars with 2.396 billion in loans and payments for soil conservation and sugar programs. The Commodity Credit Corporation shows a long term profit but recent years run losses. Net farmer income fell in purchasing power from 1943 peak, despite high gross receipts in 1948.
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Robert Bk. Geiger
Washington
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Brannon
Agriculture Department
Conference Talks on German Blockade Struggle
Diplomats report heavy obstacles to a full North Atlantic agreement on unifying and jointly controlling Germany as talks between American and Soviet officials focus on lifting the Berlin blockade and arranging a foreign ministers meeting. Secretary Acheson pins the issue on Russia while the Western bloc plans its reconstruction of a Democratic Germany.
North Carolina Congressmen Seek Funds for Inland Waterways
Three NC lawmakers sought about 1 million dollars to improve rivers and harbors. Rep. Barden urged 19 400 dollars for inland waterway from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Harbor and 82 200 dollars for a waterway linking Pamlico Sound and Beaufort Harbor. Army engineers proposed a harbor 12 feet deep 100 feet wide and 00 feet long near Sleepy Creek.
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Washington
North Carolina
Rep
Barden
Army
Sleepy Creek
Marshallberg
Pamlico Sound
Beaufort Harbor
Brice Moore Named N. C. Prison Director
Highway Commission Chairman Dr Henry W Jordan named J Brice Moore as State Prison Director and Joseph P Crawford as Warden of Central Prison Moore will succeed Clyde Robinson while Crawford, a Winston Salem native, will replace Warden Hugh H Wilson
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Raleigh
Highway Commission
Henry W. Jordan
J. Brice Moore
Joseph P. Crawford
Central Prison
Moore
State Department of Public Welfare
Clyde Robinson
Crawford
Winston-Salem
Hugh H. Wilson
Scott Completes Highway And Budget Appointments
Governor Scott filled 14 state roles including highway commission chairman and 10 highway commissioners. Henry W. Jordan was reappointed chairman of the highway commission, D. S. Coltrane named budget director, and George S. Coble retained as sixth district highway commissioner. Deyton resigns July 1. Coltrane to be sworn in Wednesday. Jordan to earn 12000 dollars annually.
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Raleigh
Scott
Highway Commission
ABC Board
New Malt Beverage
State Veterans Commission
D. S. Coltrane
Department of Agriculture
Henry W. Jordan
Cedar Falls
Jordan
A. H. Graham
George S. Coble
Lexington
Coble
Coltrane
Robert
Deyton
Randolph County
Guilford College
N. C. State College
Cherry
Dewey Seeks Another Run at the Presidency
Governor Thomas E. Dewey still harbors a strong desire for the White House and has not ruled out extending his public career beyond December 1950. Friends cite his defeat last year, longing for vindication, love of office, interest in governance, and fighting spirit as motives guiding a possible continuation in public life.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Dewey
Trains Collision Near Johannesburg Kills 74
A three train crash near Johannesburg yesterday left 74 dead and more than 90 injured. Two white Europeans and 14 Indians among the dead. others were natives. The electric trains were stationary on the track when a third train struck them on a curve.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Flames Destroy Baptist Church in Elizabeth City
Calvary Baptist church on Riverside avenue was gutted by fire in the early hours. Discovered near 12:30 a.m. flames consumed the white frame building with the roof caving in and flames leaping to the neighboring house. Origin undetermined though fire and contents were believed insured.
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Elizabeth City
Calvary Baptist Church
Riverside Avenue
Neibor
End of an Era as Highway Commission Nears New List
The North Carolina highway commission held its final session in its current form as eleven members met to approve bids, contracts and transfers. Highlights included two million dollars in road work bids $171,000 below estimates and sales of the Murfreesboro shop site for 5100 and consolidation of land transfers for education and prison uses. Governor Scott will announce a new list in a few days.
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The
Highway Commission
Scott
Murfreesboro
Currituck
County Board of Education
Ashe County
Jessup and Malik Plan Berlin Blockade Talks Today
In New York on April 29 representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union set a late day meeting between U. S. Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob A. Malik. The discussion follows Jessup’s request for a formal Moscow reply on lifting the Berlin blockade, seen as key to possible Four Power talks and a Council of Foreign Ministers meeting on Germany.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Acheson
New York
Philip Jessup
Jakob Malik
Council of Foreign Ministers
American
United States
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Moscow
Jessup
Lake Success
Norwalk
Conn
Frederick Walcott
Dean Acheson
Republicans Aim to Block Any Tax Increase in Budget Clash
GOP senators led by Taft push to slim down President Truman’s spending bill and block tax hikes. A 45 to 35 vote sent the bill back to committee, with 36 Republicans aided by eight Democrats, while 37 Democrats opposed the move.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Raft
Senators Bridge
R-N.h
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Barkle
Seamless Hosiery Wage Hearing Scheduled May 25
NALEIGH April 29 A public hearing set for May 25 to consider raising the minimum wage in the seamless hosiery industry. Commissioner Forrest H Shufol announced the session in Washington D C room 7129 of the Department of Labor Building under the public contracts program.
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Than Naleigh
Labs
Forrest H. Shufol
Washington, D. C
Department Labor
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Gertrude Eby
Granger
Ind
Gladys Saleeby
Brooklyn
U.S
Diachenko
U.S. Navy Auxiliary
Dr. Kitchin
DAR Festival
Gordon Gray
Kenneth Royall
Gray
N. C
Journal and Sentinel
Curtis EF. Calder
By Jack Bell
Uezon
Aurora Quezon
Philippines
Maria
Luzon
Brice Moore
Baptist Church
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
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