Kanhsien Holds Against Reds as Siege Tightens
Canton dispatches report Kanhsien, gateway to Canton, resisting massive Communist assault with 50 000 to 60 000 Reds unable to crack defenses. Gen Fang Tien directs Kiangsi forces as fighting swirls around Foochow and surrounding stream towns along the Min river.
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Kanh Sien
Kiangsi
Kanhsien
Fang Tien
Min River
Mintsing
Shuikow
Foochow
South China Front
Can
Farm bill compromise may cut price supports for grains
Washington reports a proposed farm bill would lower price supports for wheat corn cotton and most grains while raising floors for beef hogs lambs milk butterfat wool and other commodities under a new parity formula. Senator Anderson pilots the measure with subcommittee approval ahead of full committee action.
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Washington
Nators
Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Ireland Partition Debate Rejected by Council of Europe
In Strasbourg on August 13 the Council of Europe assembly overwhelmingly rejected Ireland’s bid to debate partition and unite Northern Ireland with the Republic. Churchill led pro debate critics while ministers retain veto power over agenda items.
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Strasbourg
France
Council of Europe
Assembly Today
Ireland
Assembly
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Committee of Ministers
Britain
Winston Churchill
First Assembly
Council
Marshall Plan Organization
European Patent Office
Churchill
V J Memorial Parade Opens NC Amvets Convention
Raleigh Aug 13 A V J memorial parade opened the NC Amvets convention on its third day Brig Gen R M Cannon of the 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg spoke at a memorial service Delegates planned to discuss a NC veterans bonus a state Amvets publication and the 1950 convention site Miss Lions International Janice Harvell attended the parade Units from 82nd Airborne and 2nd Marine Division held a retreat on capitol grounds Col Rosengreen spoke at a banquet Officers to be elected tomorrow
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North Carolina Amvets
R. M. Cannon
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Harold Cooley
R. F. Perry
N. C. Military District
Roswell P. Rosengreen
Army
Public Information Office
General Cannon
Janice Harvell
Carolina Beach
Lions International
New York
2Nd Marine Division
Capitol Grounds
Col. Rosengreen
The
Amvets
Gen Collins Named Army Chief of Staff in 1950s Portrait
Hal Boyle profiles Gen J Lawton Collins as the new Army Chief of Staff, nicknamed Lightning Joe for his drive and leadership. The piece traces his World War II feats from Guadalcanal to Aachen and the Rhine, highlighting his strategy, courage, and key roles with Seventh Corps and counterblow actions.
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New York
J. Lawton Collins
Joe
Omar Bradley
Guadalcanal
Elbe
Collins
Europe
New Guinea
Utah Beach
Normandy
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Aachen
Cologne
Rhine
Remagen
Lightning Joe
Belgium
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Monty
Road Contractors Oppose Bond Fund Equipment Purchase
North Carolina road builders petition Governor and highway commission to drop plans using 5 million dollars of bond money for highway equipment. They warn state purchases could reduce private contracting and seek Supreme Court guidance before spending.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Highway Commission
Carolina
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
Carolina Road Builders Asociation
Supreme Court
One Atomic Bomb Per Target Is Usually Enough
James Marlow reports from Washington on the tension of the nuclear age. Officials in Washington and Moscow discuss atomic possibilities as jet fighters fly overhead while ordinary life continues. The B 36 is described as capable of crossing oceans with atomic payloads, underscoring the era's strategic threat.
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Washington
Moscow
Airforce
Committee of Congress
Congress
Paris
Stage Set To Explore Ocean Depths
Smuggler's Cove California August 13 The attempt aims to reach 6000 feet dipping into near ice water with Otis Barton Boston sea explorer and a 5744 inch steel sphere vessel lowered from a 100 foot barge. The mission funded by the Allan Hancock Foundation seeks new data on ocean floors resources and life with deep dive tech including a 6 hour stay and surface communications.
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Calif
Otis Barton
Boston
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara
Barton
William Beebe
New York
Bermuda
University of Southern California
Allan Hancock Foundation For Scientific Research
Capt
Allan Hancock
USC Trustees
Marine Laboratory
Conferees Approve $7.62 Billion Money Bill in Logjam Break
Washington August 13 conferees from the House and Senate approve a $7,617,739,361 money bill financing independent agencies. The measure exceeds the House bill by $514,232,808 but falls $45,689,962 short of the Senate version. The budget bureau had requested $433,604,469 more. Funds cover agencies including the Atomic Energy Commission the Maritime Commission the Veterans Administration and the Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
Appropriations
Congress
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Budget Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Commission
Veterans Administration and Civil Service Commission
Nearly Million Cars Registered In North Carolina
Raleigh August 13 1947 950 575 motor vehicles are registered in North Carolina just 8 000 below last year’s peak. If daily registrations stay between 800 and 1 300 the 1948 record of 958 542 should be topped in about ten days the motor vehicle department said.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Motor Vehicle Department
Truman Urges Quick Action on Government Reorganization Bills
President Truman pressed Congress to approve two reorganization plans the welfare department and moving two agencies to the Labor Department. He said Senate objections were ill founded warning failure to act would imperil the broader government reorganization effort. Senate Leader Lucas said he would set aside the money bill for action.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Conress
Barkley
Department of Welfare
Federal Security Agency
Labor Department
Senate Expenditures Committee
Lucas
Mitchell Gains Ground in Death Battle
Margaret Mitchell wife of John R. Marsh remains semi conscious after injuries from a speeding car in Atlanta. Marsh reports she is better and no longer under oxygen as nurses note her partial responses. The couple were crossing Peachtree Street when the auto struck them.
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Margaret Mitchell
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Tas
Hugh D. Gravett
John R. Marsh
Marsh
Mullen Quits State Utilities Commission
Joe H. Mullen director of the state utilities commission utilities division will resign August 20 to enter private business. He joined the commission in October 1945 after leaving the navy and has headed the utilities division for one year. Before his naval service in 1942 he worked for Wilson town utilities.
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Raleigh
Joe H. Mullen
State Utilities Commission
Utilities Division
Mullen
Commission
Navy
Town of Wilson
Dunhams To Stay On Ground After Crash Landing
EASTON Md Aug 13 The Dunhams Harvey and his wife suffered minor cuts in a light plane crash near Smithfield Va on a Baltimore to Richmond flight. A rescue plane struck by lightning damaged its wing during recovery but no one was hurt and they finished the trip by car to Easton Md.
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Easton
Harvey Dunham
Baltimore
Richmond
Dunham
Smithfield
Bill Newman
Newman
Dunhams
Cambridge
Governor Scott backs study commission on court reform
Governor Scott proposes a study commission to advise the next general assembly on modernizing court procedure. He names Willis Smith to lead the group, noting Smith’s prior national role with the American Bar Association and past NC efforts on solicitorial district alignment.
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Sion
Congress
Scott
General Assembly
Willis Smith
Smith
American Bar Association
North Carolina
Advertising Man Testimony Sought In Truman Freezer Probe
Senate investigators pursued motive behind unasked shipments of home freezers to Mrs. Truman and other Washington notables. Milwaukee advertiser Harry Hoffman emerged as a figure tied to invoices dated 1945 46 listing freezers sent to Vaughan Vinson Vardaman and Connelly among others.
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Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Senate
Washington
Harry Vaughan
Truman
Albert Verle Company
Chicago
San
Harry S. Truman
William P. Rogers
Special Investigations
Harry Hoffman
Mrs. Truman
Treasury
Vardaman
Vaughan
Albert Verley Co
John Maragon
Maragon
White House
Gross
Hoey
D-Nc
Former Marine Embezzler Held in $33895 Bank Theft
Chester Josh Olzinski twenty four former Marine and Commercial National Bank employee in Kinston North Carolina is held on federal charges of embezzling three dozen thousand dollars from the bank over two years ending July 10 He was arrested at home by FBI agents after waiving preliminary hearing and failing to post a five thousand dollar bond Olzinski a Nanticoke Pennsylvania native recently settled in Kinston married locally and even worked as a department store Santa Claus two years ago
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Kinston
N. C
The
Commercial National Bank
Chester Josh Olzinski
Nanticoke
Frank O. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Olzinski
F.B.I
U. S
Walter F. Harding
Irregular Prices On Border Belt Tobacco Markets
Raleigh August 13 IR regular prices on border belt flue cured tobacco fell by 1 to 3 per hundred pounds from Thursday quotes across most grades due to poorer leaf quality. Demand remained strong with heavy sales on most markets and Thursday’s sales totaled 9 925 116 pounds averaging 49 97 per hundred.
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Raleigh
Carolinas Border Belt
U. S
N. C
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