UN Abandons Palestine Partition Plans and Georgia Murder Case
News wires from Atlanta report UN plans for Palestine abandoned amid civil rights tensions. In Cleveland Ohio store owner Robert Mallard is killed by robed white men. Joseph M Goldwasser travels from Savannah to discuss the case with Georgia authorities and civil rights leaders. Goldwasser threatens federal action if state warrants are not issued. Mallard’s widow Amy James Mallard identifies two white attackers. authorities cite insufficient evidence.
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Atlanta
Gavan Talmadge
Joseph M. Goldwasser
Cleveland
Ohio
Negros
Savannah
Robert Mallard
Laverner
Geora
Hern
Congress
Waseer
Amy James Mallard
Goldwasser
Nan
Georgian of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investtion
GBI
Toombs County
R. E. Gray
Peerless Department Store
Peerless Rubber Company
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Malferd
Rocky Mount Amends Anti Noise Law With Soft Edges
Rocky Mount officials pass a milder anti noise ordinance after public pressure. The rules ban loud radios and devices heard on streets or directed at streets and prohibit loudspeakers for advertising while exempting church music. The measure is a stop gap pending further study.
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Rocky Mount
Rocky Mounts
Board of Aldermen
Dison
Chinese Admit Giving Up Important Suchow Base
Chinese government sources confirm the Communist capture of Suchow 211 miles northwest of Nanking after a large Nationalist evacuation. About 250,000 troops pulled out to relieve trapped forces, while observers estimate a 110,000-strong garrison faced Red columns.
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Nanking
Suchow
Red Radio
12Th
Suhsien
13Th
Hwai River
Hwa
Paichungshi Central
Shanghai
China
Automobiles Versus Births Study by Johns Hopkins Scientist
Dr. Low ell J. Reed of Johns Hopkins University says wealth from cars and industry can drive population growth. He notes industrial progress in Japan and India may raise births before wealth reduces them, and that wars barely alter long term birth trends.
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Baltimore
Deepay
Lowell J. Reed
Johns Hopkins University
Reed
India
Japan
Five Wounded In Gun Battle Aboard Bus
Five white passengers were shot on a crowded bus near Cleveland Tennessee in a clash between a white man and a Black man. Jack Bennett of Calhoun and James A Phillips of Charleston were arrested and charged with assault with intent to murder. Both held on $5 000 bonds. Bennett and Phillips were identified as the shooter and the suspect by county officials. two other injured passengers were listed as seriously wounded.
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Cleveland
Tenn
Bradley County
Bud Cash
E. K. McKenzie
Sheriff Cash
Jack Bennett
Calhoun
James A. Phillips
Charleston
Bend
Justice of the Peace
W. L Ledford
Bennett
Phillips
Edward Thomas
Taeualand
Grady Duggan
D. L. Stansbery
J. M. Creaseman
Duke Hibben
Lenoir Rhyne Students Seek Nau for President
In Hickory North Carolina students at Lenoir Rhyne College urge professor Walter T. Nau of the romance language department as the next president. President Monroe resigned last September 24 but remains until a successor is chosen as Amond Bost leads a student body resolution to be sent to the college board of trustees.
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Hickory. der
Walter T. Nau
Lenoires College
R P. FE
Monroe
Amond Bost
Trouble Looms in Near East as Arab States Clash
AP reports mounting turmoil in Syria with martial law, curfews, and deadly clashes as protests surge against Arab defeats in the war with Israel. Abdullah of Trans-Jordan eyes Palestine, while Lebanon and Egypt fear spillover. Syria’s government collapses and the Hashimites’ broader ambitions loom.
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Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Britain
Arab Legion
Jamil Mardam Beys
Middle East
Iraq
Berlin Election Set Despite Soviet Backing
Berlin faces a scheduled election day in western sectors despite Moscow recognizing the Communist city government as the rightful authority. Reporting notes clashes between anti Communist and Communist factions, with heckling at rallies and heavy Russian control of media from Berlin radio.
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Berlin
Berin
ADN
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Hele
Radio
Hans Jakubowski
Americas Line Up for Mutual Protection
The Americas move to back a hemisphere defense pact drafted by 19 nations at Rio de Janeiro. Costa Rica deposits ratification, signaling full force of the inter American treaty for immediate military aid and regional security from pole to pole.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Mario Esquivel
Americas
Truman
United States
Canada
North
South Pole
North American
Greenland
Truman In No Hurry To Reorganize His Cabinet
President Truman shows no cabinet changes for now but keeps right to shuffle later. He fielded questions at a lively White House news conference with 225 reporters. Topics included election results, Southern votes, potential China policy, and quips about Dewey while stressing Democrats benefited from the public receiving factual information.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Trumph
M. Truman
New York
States Rights Party
Bia Kai-shek
Gov
Thom
E. Dewey
Bradley Dewey
Bikini Atomic Tests Evaluation Board
Dewey
Mr. Truman
Highway Commission Delays Action on Mass Resignation
The North Carolina Highway Commission, meeting with Governor Cherry, discussed Kerr Scott’s criticism and a possible mass resignation. They plan to decide at the next meeting on December and may keep their posts until May or resign earlier amid Scott’s campaign promises.
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Highway Commission
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Cherry
Kerr Scott
Scott
Scott Stamper
Highway Notissior
W. Vance Baise
Baise
On News and Observer
Commission
Cold war diplomacy in Berlin tests old rules
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes that two years of Russian violations have pushed democracies to seek time rather than perfect pacts. Negotiations slow both sides as Soviets push revolutions and rearm while aiming to outlast Western talks in Berlin and beyond.
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Berlin
Dewitt MacKenzie
Celenel Frank Howley
Love
Europe
China
South East Asia
Ten Children Hurt as School Bus Overturns
State Highway Patrol reports ten children injured when a school bus left the road near here, overturning into a ditch. Five were discharged after initial care. five remain hospitalized with painful but non life threatening injuries.
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A. H Lynch
Conciliation Board Given Wide Power in Palestine Talks
The United Nations approved a US drafted amend ment for broad Arab and Jewish boundary conciliation in Palestine without Bernadotte or 1947 partition references. The 42 to two vote left 12 Arab and Soviet bloc states absent. The commission would aid Arabs and Jews in settling outstanding issues while dropping Bernadotte and partition emphasis.
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Paris
United Nations
Palestine
Dean Rusk
United States
Count Folke Bernadotte
WU. N. General Assembly
Rusk
Conciliation Commission
Als
Bernadottes
Trans-Jordan
Ilan
Counterfeit Bills Loosed On Country
New York reports a wave of counterfeit ten and twenty dollar notes flooding the country. Secret Service and Federal Reserve officials say the scam originated in New York City with a large influx hitting the metropolitan area. Bank staff noted many bills with a G in a section marking Chicago issues, and experts confirmed the fakes.
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New York
Secret Service
Federal Reserve Bank
New York City
Trey
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
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