Repatriated POWs in Inchon Tangle Over Communist Links
U S prisoners returning from a Pyoktong camp along the Yalu River report about 30 men described as Progressives ready to preach communism in America. Cpl. Leslie E. Scales says the group, aged mostly in their 20s, included anti Red and cooperating members, with plans discussed to join groups and reunite in San Francisco. He notes not all were informers and urges Army action.
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Freedom Village
U. S
United States
Cpl
Leslie E. Scales
Folsomville
Ind
Pyoktong
Yalu River
Inchon
Reds
Scales
America
Seales
Expows For Peace
Veterans For Peace
Progressives
Communist Party
San Francisco
Daghter
Eisenhower Receives Dulles Firsthand Korea Report
President Eisenhower received a firsthand briefing from Secretary of State Dulles on Dulles talks with South Korea's President Syngman Rhee. The Eisenhower Dulles conference began soon after Dulles' arrival by plane at the capital.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Dulles
Synghman Rhee
South Korea
Bomb claims do not alter U.S. policy says officials
Washington officials said Malenkov’s hydrogen bomb claims do not trigger a crisis program. They cited no test explosions in Russia since 1951 and noted the U.S. had long warned the Soviets possessed enough A bombs and long range bombers to threaten American cities. President Eisenhower remained on vacation as analysts urged caution.
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Washington
Russia
US S
Eisenhower
North American
Georgi M. Malenkov
United States
Malenkov
U.S
Soviet Union
America
Colorado
Ralph Lapp
Congress
James H. Duff
Klaus Fuchs
Bruno Pontecorvo
Reds
First Estimate of Year 14 605 000 Bale Cotton Crop Forecast
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 14,605,000 bale cotton crop for the year, with 5,200,000 bales from reserves. The estimate compares with 15,136,000 last year and 12,215,000 for the 10 year average. Yield is 291.7 pounds per harvested acre, Aug 1 crop condition 79 percent of normal. The year’s American-Egyptian cotton forecast is 66,500 bales. Census notes 349,072 running bales gained before Aug 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Benson
Census Bureau
North Carolina
First Returning POWs Take Off From Tokyo
TOKYO The first Korean War exchange flight carrying 17 disabled American service members left Tokyo at 7 07 p m for a 30 hour flight likely to land at Travis Air Force Base California Army announced 15 names of the crew among them Pfc William B Sherill Bryson City NC Cpl James B Martin Rt 1 Loris SC Pvt Oscar Wooten 513 Warren St Wilson NC
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Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Army
William B. Sherill
Bryson City
N.C
James
Martin
Rt. 1
Loris
Tobacco Tax Reform Urged By Industry Spokesman
Washington A tobacco industry spokesman urged Congress to scrap stamps and red tape in tobacco tax collection. Robert Lee Boyd of Wheeling West Virginia told the House Ways and Means Committee that updating the tax code could save millions yearly in admin costs and not affect revenues. He called current rules antiquated and unnecessary, proposed quarterly payments, and argued prepaying taxes inflates capital needs for cigarette makers.
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Washington
Congress
Robert Lee Boyd
Wheeling
W. Va
House
Ways and Means Committee
Boyd
Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co
DeWitt Clinton
Leaf price gains on North and South Carolina tobacco markets
In the Border Belts last week flue cured tobacco prices rose from $1 to $7 per 100 pounds on North and South Carolina markets. Most averages surpassed July 30 31 levels across 11 South Carolina markets as quality held steady at top grades while lower grades led gains. Total sales reached 26 181 862 pounds at an average $52 34. season totals 33 547 388 pounds at $52 08. Last year sales were 19 140 185 pounds averaging ?
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Raleighp
North
South Carolina
Church withdraws from state and national Baptist conventions
North Rocky Mount Baptist Church voted 241 to 144 to leave the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist State Convention. The 1,300 member congregation, organized in 1894, becomes an independent missionary church while deciding future affiliation. The pastor Reverend Samuel H. W. Johnson urged withdrawal from cooperative programs over liberal and modernist preaching at Wake Forest College.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
North Rocky Mount
Wake Forest College
Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Collision on Highways 77 Leaves One Dead Six Injured
One person died and six others injured in a two vehicle crash at the intersection of the new and old Highways 77 in Hamlet. Mrs. Bonnie Whitlock of Bennettsville South Carolina was killed in the collision.
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Bonnie Whitlock
Bennettsville
S. C
Dulles Signals Reciprocals If POWs Not Returned
Secretary of State Dulles after a 70 minute talk with President Eisenhower said the United States would pursue reciprocal measures if Communist forces refuse to return American prisoners of war. He stated retaliatory steps could follow if armistice terms are violated. Ambassador Lodge Jr and Assistant Secretary Robertson joined the conference in Korea.
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Denver
Dulles
Eisenhower
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United Nations
Walter 8. Robertson
Korea
Eisenhower in Hawaii for Korea truce assurance talks
President Eisenhower, returning from Honolulu, met at Lowry AFB with Secretary Dulles and allies to review Korea ceasefire status. Dulles said a formal mutual security pact with South Korea exists and warned renewed hostilities would depend on the Communists.
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Farast
Dulles
Honolulu
Rhee
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Administration
Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Administration Building
Washington
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United Nations
Walter S. Robertson
Carl McCardle
South Korea
U. S.south Korea
Hawaii
Moderate Temperatures Persist Across Nation With Showers
The Associated Press reports another day of mild temperatures nationwide with showers in the eastern Great Lakes, southern New England, and coastal Carolina and Florida. The Rockies see additional moisture and heavy storms on Sunday drop hail in Goodland Kansas and Billings Montana. Weather stations log varied rainfall totals from Cape Hatteras to Rochester New York as temperatures rise above 100 in border states. Overnight lows dip to 38 at Grand Marais Michigan.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
New England
Carolinas
Florida
Rocky Mountain
Goodland
Kan
Billings
Mont
Cape Hatteras
Orland
Fla
Akron
Rochester
N. Y
Grand Marais
Mich
Nine North Carolinians Named in POW Exchange List
United Nations Command releases a master list of American prisoners of war freed in the Korea armistice exchange. From North Carolina are Donald Staten, Lewis Fleming, Mark DeBerry, Prestoe Davis, James Brown Jr., Ralph Lile, William Derzern, James Williams, and James Faulkner with family hometowns including Newton Salisbury Durham Kinston Monroe and addresses cited.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Donald R. Staten
Aena E. Staten
S. Davis Ave
Newton
N. C
Lewis C. Fleming
Med. Co
Blanche C. Derzern
W. Markham Ave
Durham
James C. Williams
Della Williams
N. Adkins
Kinston
James Faulkner
Bessie L. Faulkner
Webb St
Monroe, N. C
Weekend Violence Deaths In North Carolina Reach Ten
A coroner's jury reports multiple violent deaths across North Carolina over the weekend. Victims include Robert Sanders 33 near Dunn shot by his sister in law Mary Crenshaw 35 in self defense. William Henry Lindsay 72 Chadbourn killed when a car hit his wagon. Luther Walker 69 of Moc4 lle dies from injuries after a crash west of Godby Bridge.
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North Carolina
Robert Sanders
Dunn
Mary Crenshaw
Sanders
William Henry Lindsay
Luther Walker
Rt. 1
Moc Lle
Statesville
Godby Bridge
Bonnie Whitlock
Bennettsville
S. C
Highway Patrol
Frank Gillians Jr
Clarkton
Gus Andrews
Bethel
Charles Baker
Reidsville Rt
Tom Smith
Sarasota
Fla
Smith
Voters Trek To the Polls In Canada
Canada votes in a general election seen as likely to extend Louis St Laurent’s Liberal government for another term. Opposition Conservatives show limited chance of toppling him as 263 Commons seats are contested with two seats won without opposition.
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Torontop
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Progressive Conservative
Tory
St. Laurent
Uncle Louis
House of Commons
George Drew
Drew
W. L. Mackenzie King
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Liberals
Commons
Sturmm
North Carolina Fair Tax Association urges vote against state bonds
The Novta Carolina Fair Tax Association began a campaign to urge voters to reject a 72 million dollar state bond issue for schools and mental hospitals, set for an October 3 referendum. Executive Secretary J Paul Leonard mailed letters nationwide promising to fight public debt as 14.25 million in bonds already authorized to be sold. The 1953 General Assembly had approved 14.25 million for permanent improvements and placed 50 thousand for schools and 22 million for mental hospital improvements before voters.
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Statesville
Novta Carolina Fair Tax Association
J. Paul Leonard
General Assembly
Williaml. Umstead
Nurse killer mystery deepens in Charlotte case
Police hunted for new leads in the Helen Swink case after a key witness, who had phoned in then vanished, gave a three hour interview saying she saw nothing suspicious as she walked along Elizabeth avenue last Sunday night. Detectives had hoped she witnessed the crime.
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Charlotte
Helen Swink
Elizabeth Avenue
Canton High Student Drowns While Fishing in Davidson River
Jimmy York, 17, a Canton High School student, drowned yesterday afternoon while fishing in the Davidson River. His body was recovered early today from an eight foot pool near Cove Creek mouth by Wayne Williams, Pisgah National Forest refuge manager. York was not a swimmer and reportedly slipped from a rock into the water.
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Brevard
N. C
Jimmy York
Canton High School
Davidson River
Cove Creek
Wayne Williams
Pisgah National Forest
York
New Spiritual Leader Sought By Republicans
The death of Senator Robert A. Taft leaves the GOP without a clear spiritual and intellectual leader for its Midwestern isolationist wing. Senators John Bricker and Everett Dirksen are mentioned as possible heirs, while Knowland notes no single successor may arise, suggesting help from Nixon or Senator Millikin.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Republican Party
Senate
Congress
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
Taft
John W. Bricker
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Bricker
GOP
Midlanders
Dirksen
Old Guard
McKinley
Chicago
William F. Knowland
California
Bob Taft
Knowland
Richard M. Nixon
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Senate Republican Conference
Americans Leave Tokyo for Home After Korean Prisoner Exchange
328 board a Navy transport at Inchon harbor headed for the United States, 1800 Marines aboard the Gen. Nelson M. Walker also returning. A big Air Force plane led the first wave of more than 3000 to be liberated in the prisoner exchange, with 389 Allied soldiers and 189 South Koreans freed Monday.
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Tokyo
United States
Inchon Harbor
U. S
Nelson M. Walker
Haneda
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Pacific
Seattle
Panmunjom
India
R. K. Nehru
Nehru
Neutral Nations Advisory Commission
Reds
U. N
Jay
ABC Chairman to Take Oath State Milk Commission Members Sworn In
Six members of the state's first Milk Commission and a new chairman of the State ABC Board were scheduled to be sworn in. Tom Allen of Creedmoor became ABC head, succeeding Frank Erwin of Durham who joined the board. The Milk Commission will define marketing areas and regulate milk prices and withdrawals by majority vote. Members include H G Strom Ashe ville distributor and John Burn Shelby retailer, with terms ranging from one to four years. The seventh member is Agriculture Commissioner L Ballentine.
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Raleigh
Milk Commission
ABC Board
Tom Allen
Creedmoor
ABC
Gov
Umstead
Frank Erwin
Durham
Commission
H. G. Strom
Asheville
Southern Dairies
John Burn
Shelby
Carolina Dairy, Inc
Strom
Burn
Oliver A. Swaringen
Concord
W. W. Fitzpatrick
Rougemont
Thomas J. Pearsall
Rocky Mount
J. A. Wilson
Albemarle
L. ¥. Ballentine
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