UN Warns Civilians in 78 Towns Before Bombing Campaign
United Nations says North Korean civilians are warned to evacuate 78 towns marked for attack by warplanes. Lt. Gen. Glenn Barcus notes B 29s dropped over 1.5 million leaflets and radio broadcasts name target towns ahead of raids. Two towns, Sinchon and Yonan, already hit last night and midweek.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Glenn O. Barcus
5Th Air Force
United Nations Command
Yonan
Sinchon
Far East Air Force
Pyongyang
Chinnampo
Kyomipo
Sariwon
Sinanju
Chongju
Manchuria
Barcus
Air Force
Wafd Purges 12 Members as Anti-Corruption Push Grows
TheWafd party in Cairo ousted 12 MPs in a self purge as Premier Aly Maher's government launches a broader anti corruption drive. The move, announced in Alexandria, names ex ministers among the expelled and creates an inquiry panel led by Senate President Saki El Orabi. New rules grant investigators broader powers and outline rewards for information leading to convictions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Wafd Party
Aly Maher
Wafd
Senate
National Assembly
Hamed Zaki
Abdel Latif Mahoud
Hussein el Guindi
Farouk
Mohammed
Alexandria
Saki el Orabi
State Audit Department
Senators See Solid South Again
In Washington two Democratic senators predicted the South would stay solid this November despite Dixie dissatisfaction with the party platform. Russell Long of Louisiana and Theodore Green of Rhode Island said Eisenhower won't win a Southern state, while Stevenson defended civil rights terms and urged debate in democracy. The piece notes filibuster fights and FEPC mentions as Southern opposition flares, with Byrnes and Byrd doubts and Georgia's Talmadge's stance referenced as the Chicago meeting echoes.
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Washington
South
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Stevenson
Senate
Congress
Richmond
John Sparkman
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Sparkman
South Carolina
Chicago
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Larry F. Byrd
Virginia
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Nichols
General Eisenhower
America
Eisenhower
Civil Progress
Armistice Text Nearing Completion in Panmunjom Talks
United Nations and Communist staff officers agreed on wording of a proposed Korean armistice document after a 44 minute session at Panmunjom. A key deadlock remains over prisoner exchange numbers. Interpreters will align Korean Chinese and English versions as talks suspend until Monday. Allies received two Red notes on relief packages and shell fragments.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
Reds
U. N
Louisiana and Rhode Island May Join List for Emergency Drought Loans
Federal officials said North Carolina would receive disaster area status for drought and indicated Louisiana and Rhode Island may soon join the list. The move allows emergency loans to farmers suffering crop and livestock losses and unable to secure private credit.
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Louisiana
Rhode Island
Washington (Lp
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
South Carolina
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Arkansas
North Carolina Considered Drought Disaster Area Move
North Carolina agriculture officials prepared for a disaster designation as Washington plans drought relief and emergency loans. Gov't aid would aid hay feed and livestock shortages while cooperatives form hay pools from Midwest suppliers amid $200 million drought losses including $100 million to tobacco.
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Raleigh
Department of Agriculture
Washington
North Carolina
State Farm Home Administration
J D. Slack
Southern Farm
Atlanta
Charles Brannan
Watauga
Davidson
Rowan
Iredell
Midwest
Stock Market Weighed Down by Rail Decline and Mixed Leads
New York traders faced a moderate market dip as rail stocks softened and the broader list showed scattered weakness. Overall volume ran below yesterday, with about 950,000 shares traded. steel and auto sectors traded near unchanged while some leaders steadied the board. Prices fell for Bethlehem Steel Goodyear Boeing Kennecott DuPont American Can Santa Fe Southern Railway B&O Texas Co Johns Manville, while gains appeared in Homestake Mining Allied Chemical American Woolen Standard Oil NJ and Nickel Plate.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Goodyear
Boeing
Kennecott Copper
DuPont
American Can
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Baltimore & Ohio, Texas Co
Johns Manville
Homestake Mining
Allied Chemical
American Woolen
Standard Oil
Nickel Plate
North Carolina State Coliseum runs 118000 deficit in three years
Raleigh four year report by State Auditor Henry Bridges notes Reynolds Coliseum at NC State College faced a total shortfall of about 118000 over its first three years. The six figure gap included a 18000 deficit in the just completed year ending June 30, covered by college loans and veteran housing profits. The college repaid the loan in time.
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Raleigh
Reynolds Coliseum
North Carolina State College
Henry Bridges
College Business Office
Baldwin Dies After 40-Foot Fall at Raleigh School Site
Charles Turner Baldwin, 22, of Asheboro, a construction worker, fell to his death yesterday while moving along a steel beam at a Raleigh school building project. Wake County Coroner T. M. Cheek confirmed the incident.
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Raleigh
Charles Turner Baldwin
Asheboro
Wake County
TI. M. Cheek
Baldwin
BCNS
Eli
North Carolina Firemen Convene in Greensboro with Memorial Service
More than 1000 members of the North Carolina State Firemen's Association open their annual convention in Greensboro with a memorial service. The three day gathering includes a business session and a dinner dance at the Police Clubhouse. New officers for the coming year include Chief C L Burkett of Salisbury elected unanimously. Also in Murfreesboro Addie Mae Cooke, Murphy weekly newspaper publisher, named dean of Chowan College effective Sept 1.
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Greensboro
North Carolina State Firemen’s Association
North Carolina Fire Chiefs
C. L. Burkett
Salisbury Fire Department
Murfreesboro
Addie Mae Cooke
Murphy Weekly
Chowan College
F. Orion Mixon
Miss Cooke
Ahoskie
Chowan
Raleigh
Gates County Index
Gatesville
Murphy
Truman Votes In Missouri Primary at Independence
President Truman voted in Missouri's primary at Memorial Hall in Independence. He and Mrs. Truman entered the booth at 8:01 a.m. EST and handed in their ballots to George Wallace, a Democratic election judge, after a brief photo session.
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Truman
Missouri
Little White House
Mr. Truman
Washington
Fairfax
Kansas City
Kan
Memorial Hall
Delaware Street
George Wallace
Mrs. Truman
Lewis set to shut down major coal industry branches
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis planned a nationwide coal strike at midnight September 30 unless operators grant a sizable wage increase for about 475,000 miners. He canceled current contracts with anthracite and Southern soft coal firms, signaling possible wage demands near or above recent gains in other industries.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal
Northern Soft
Lewis
Whch
Southern
Soft) Coal Producers Association
Moses Group
Northern Steel Companies
CIO
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Moses
Poate
Hghest
Eisenhower to Speak Tonight as VFW Honors Baruch
DENVER AP Dwight D. Eisenhower will fly to Los Angeles for a non political address at the VFW 53rd annual encampment tonight about 9 p.m. EST. He will receive the Bernard M. Baruch medal for unity and world peace, then return to Denver. Meanwhile Stevenson shifts focus to farm policy visiting Brannan and Clifford as he defends his campaign against left wing charges and inches toward a Democratic National Committee lineup.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Eisenhower
Bernard M. Baruch
Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois Executive Mansion
Charles F. Brannan
Stevenson
Congress
Clark Clifford
Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
Safe Cracker Is Slippery
Greenville police hunt James Wilson, a Beckley West Virginia carpenter, who escaped Sunday from a moving train between Gainesville Georgia and Greenville North Carolina. Officer C L Miller, returning the fugitive from Dallas Texas, said Wilson slipped cuffs and fled from a Birmingham Alabama escape two years prior. Wilson received a seven to ten year sentence in 1949 on a safe cracking charge.
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Greenville
North Carolina
Gainesville
C. L. Miller
James Wilson
Miller
Dallas
Texas
Wilson
Birmingham
Ala
Beckley
W. Va
Carpenter
Art Student Patsy Partridge Missing From Veendam
An 18 year old art student Patsy Ann Partridge disappeared from the Veendam in mid Atlantic after leaving a note of despondency. A ship officer said she was seen pacing the deck in a distraught state about three hours before disappearance. She traveled with her father Jesse Partridge London export manager for a U S heating firm mother and younger sister.
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Hoboken
Veendam
Jesse Partridge
London
Harriet
Partridge
Short Hills
Pacific Pact Conferees Move Ahead In ANZUS Talks
In Honolulu US Australia and New Zealand push toward a Pacific mutual defense pact. They adopt a three point agenda approve a security council to meet annually and plan interim aide conferences. officials report no disagreements and outline council organization.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Security Council
Kaneohe Marine Air Station
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
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