Army to Strengthen First Division to Full Strength
The Army plans to boost the 1st Armored Division to full strength at Hood, Texas, creating two fully staffed divisions in the United States ready for action in wartime. Only the 82nd Airborne is fully equipped among seven tactical divisions. others range from 40 to 60 percent strength, potentially nine months to ready. The move aligns with restoring general reserve divisions after manpower from the Korean War eased. Brig. Gen. Ward G. Farrand commands the unit.
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Washington
1St Armored
Army
United States
82Nd Airborne
Fort Bragg
N. C
Divi
Ible
Hood, Tex
Ward G. Farrand
Tent and Legion Meetings and Local Death Notice
Tent No 326 will meet Friday at Odd Fellows Hall. American Legion Auxiliary to meet Friday at 7 p.m. at Miss Roberta Robbins home. Mrs Edith Clinton ill at Willard street home. Austin Williamson hospitalized after serious burns. Gospel singers Emmanuel Singers and True Way Light Singers Sunday at 3 p.m. at Fair street Holiness Church. Willard Coffer of 1106 Graves died Sunday at Guilford County Sanitorium. Surviving wife Louise and son Charlie of Stokesdale. Funeral at Oak Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Haizlip's Funeral Home to carry to Greensboro residence.
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Odd Fellows Hall
P . Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
P.m
Roberta Robbins
E. High St
Edith Clinton
Willard Street
Austin Able Williamson
L. Chardson Memorial Hospital
Eensboro
Gospel Singers
Emmanuel 1
True Waying Light Singers
E Way Holiness Church
Korean POW Exchange Reaches Midpoint Pace
The Korean War prisoner exchange neared its halfway point as 60 Americans, 9 British and 300 Koreans were released in day sixteen at Panmunjom. The Reds have freed 1,315 Americans and 809 of 922 promised British, with 16,533 Allied troops freed overall.
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Phhree
Reds
Thur
Koje Island
Korea
America
Hiroshi Miyamura
Gallup
N. M
Red Stockades
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Panmure Jam
Red
China
Peiping
Red Cross
South Korea
Communist Workers
U. S
Britain presses for quick vote on Korea peace at UN
British Minister Selwyn Lloyd urged the United Nations to act fast on three resolutions for Korea peace in a six nation committee. Russia seeks a 16 nation plus two neutrals including India while the U S opposes India's inclusion though backs Russia's action if North Koreans and Chinese Reds approve. Turkey and Czechoslovakia split with the United States on the Russia plan.
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Selwyn Lloyd
Russia
U. N
India
United States
Eee
Lloyd
Britain
Japan Report Indicates Slavery-Like Trade Persists
A Labor Ministry survey shows about 1,500 children were sold into service last year. Among them 326 girls were forced into prostitution, highlighting ongoing exploitative practices in Japan.
Wiley urges high level disarmament moves after hydrogen bomb
United Nations, N Y. Sen Alexander Wiley chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged vigorous U S and Soviet disarmament action following the Soviet hydrogen bomb test. He cautioned the public against laxity while stressing continued free world defense.
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United Nations
N. Y
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Wiley
U. S
U. N. General Assembly
Free World
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Assembly
Vishinsky
U. N
Security Council
Canada
Bell Telephone Strike Hits Six States
CIO Communication Workers in six states walked out against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co after contract talks failed. The strike began at 6 a.m. in St. Louis and spread to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Illinois areas with about 53000 workers involved. No violence reported though some service slowed in places.
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St, Louis
CIO Communication
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Illinois
St.Louis
Highway Pedestrian Jailed By Deputies
Thomasville sheriff reports two officers subdued John Earley Hartley Jr. after he resisted arrest on the Thomasville Lexington bypass on a public drunkenness charge. Hartley, 31, of Lexington, faces two counts of assault on officers and one count of public drunkenness. Deputies Morris and Craven filed the assault warrants. Local complaints described a man lying on the highway.
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Thomasville
Lexington
John Earley Hartley Jr
Wilson St
Keifer Morris
Arnold Craven
Hartley
Mule as a spare Memphis auto sighting
Mrs. Ge Houston spotted a sporty new automobile passing her home with a mule riding beside it. The moment reflects quirky roadside humor as a motorist skepticism toward modern transportation is hinted.
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Memphis
Tom
G E
Houston
Anderson Says Most Differences Reconciled In New Prison Plan
State Prisons Director Walter Anderson said most differences were reconciled in a proposed prison code after talks with Highway Commission representatives. A tentative plan to provide released prisoners a time-served allowance for costs home was presented.
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t\ALEIGH
Walter Anderson
William McGehee
Highway Commission
Commission
A. H. Graham
McGehee
Prisons Advisory Council
Graham
The
Prisons Department
New Group To Promote North Carolina Bond Campaign
Gov Umstead and state boards charter Public Schools and Mental Care Inc to promote 72 million dollars in school and mental hospital bonds set for October 3 election. Branded as campaign leaders Brandon Hodges and John Harden to establish state headquarters with support from state officials. Governor presents a $100 contribution to Nancy Pollock for bond campaign tasks.
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Raleigh
Umstead
State Board of Education
State Board of Hospitals Control
North
Carolina
Public Schools and Mental Care, Inc
Luther Hodges
Board of Education
Hospitals Board of Control
Council of State
Brandon Hodges
John Harden
Nancy Pollock
Cars In State Are Increasing Over Last Year
Raleigh report shows 1,278,196 vehicles registered through Aug. 17, up from 1,274,075 for all of 1952. Average car length 17 feet, trucks 40 feet, with trucks about 10 percent of total. Estimated 4,672 miles of vehicles would span Raleigh to Honolulu, highlighting growing traffic and safety concerns on North Carolina highways.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Honolulu
Edward Scheidt
State Highway Patrol
Hawaiian Islands
Scheidt
Little Change In Nation's Weather Report
The Associated Press notes a mostly pleasant day nationwide with scattered showers along the Gulf Coast and light rain in the northern Plains and parts of Washington and Oregon. Wettest spots include Mobile Alabama and Lamar Colorado, while extreme heat again reaches 100 degrees in the far Southwest and 109 at El Centro California.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Plains
Washington
Oregon
Georgia
Florida
Toexico
Arizona
Rocky Mountain States
Great Plains
Mobile
Ala
Bar- Fla
Lamar
Colo
el Centro
Calif
Frog on Lawn Triggers San Diego Police Prank Tale
A San Diego police prowler responding to a residential call found a woman terrified by a large frog on her lawn. One officer took the frog home to his children, who like them, turning a scare into a family moment.
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San Diego
Calif
Leaf Prices And Demand On Increase On Border Belt
North and South Carolina flue cured tobacco markets show higher demand and rising prices. U S Department of Agriculture sales reach 53.56 average on day. total through Tuesday stands at 9 510 387 pounds. South Carolina sold 3 327 972 pounds at 55.60. North Carolina 1 185 436 pounds at 55.33. Auction bids listed for various qualities with lemon and orange grades in mid 60s to upper 60s for best lemon and lower for others.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Border Belt
U. S. de Og
Aer
Revival Hindrance Talk Marks Crusade at City Church
Rev Don Austin will speak tonight on The Greatest Hindrance to Revival as part of a Crusade for Christ series in the canvas cathedral at Church and Pine streets under Baptist church auspices. A Tibet mission film will be shown at Friday night service. Services run nightly 745 and Saturdays 3 PM. Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in Northern New York has remained in one family for two centuries.
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Crusade For Christ
Church
Pine Streets
Tibet
Otes Fort Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
New York
Fort Ticonderoga
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