Cotton carry-over in U S to reach low since 1902 record
Raleigh reports Dr. Claudius T. Murchison of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute predicts the national cotton carry-over next year will be the smallest in over a century, possibly limiting raw stock for three months of the new crop. He spoke at North Carolina State College on the Gossett Lecture Series.
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Raleigh
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Institute
Claudius T. Murchison
Murchison
Hickory
N. C. State College
School of Textiles
B. B. Gossett
U. S
Bradley optimistic briefing fuels Korea war evacuation talk
Senators report Bradley to the Senate Foreign Relations committee offered more optimistic hints than earlier briefings. No firm denial of plans to evacuate allied forces if Red China overruns the port cities. China’s surface navy is limited but submarines exist. the real threat is its air force capable of striking evacuation beachheads and transports. The air fleet is modern and Soviet‑built, with several hundred planes including jet fighters.
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Severa Revean
Eee
Bradley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pusan
Inchon
Seoul
Red China
China
Korea
Japan
Red China Air Force
Communist
Cigarette Production Rises 6.8 Percent in July September Quarter
United States cigarette manufacturing climbs 6.8 percent from a year earlier in the July September quarter, offsetting a 1.3 percent drop in the first half. Nine month total reaches 298.7 billion cigarettes with domestic use at 276.3 billion and exports at 22.4 billion. If pace continues, 1950 output could top 1949 by 2-3 percent and set a record.
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United States
Tobacco Associates
Billlion
Din of Changjin reservoir fights reported by AP
AP correspondent Tom Stone filed from Koto about marines in a tent city near Changjin reservoir facing heavy losses as bridges and roads were blown. Chinese Reds held hills along the road to the river gorge while Seventh division and Fifth and Seventh marine regiments were cut off. allied air forces bombed and strafed enemy towns and targets from front lines to the Yalu.
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Changjin Reservoir
Tom Stone
Koto
Stone
Col
Lewis (Chesty) Puller
First Marine Division
Hagaru
U. S. Army
Yalu
Manchuria
Fire Air Force
Sinuiju
Korea
Truman Attlee hold talks on Korea war aims and production
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee pressed a vigorous push to increase production and conserve scarce raw materials as they weigh Korea crisis risks. They signaled unity on supporting UN demands to remove Chinese Communists from Korea while cautioning against broad war in the Far East.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
United, States
Britain
White House
Arctic submarine route to Russia proposed by explorer
Sir Hubert Wilkins told the Central Park Methodist Church Men's club that submarines could travel under the Arctic Ocean to strike Russian industrial centers. He claimed the Arctic could serve as an underwater corridor avoiding 300 miles of Arctic terrain for surface troops and suggested radar would not reveal subs.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Hubert Wilkins
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Explorer
Central Park
Weather Alert Guides Small Craft From Florida Up Coast
In Miami on December 6 a flotilla of 7 small craft was ordered to sail from the peninsula and north to Wilmington North Carolina by 9 30 a m EST. Coastal winds from Jacksonville to Wilmington were forecast to rise to 25 to 35 miles per hour as a low pressure area over Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana draws winds east and southeast. Leonard G Pardue a meteorologist attributed the strengthening winds to the low pressure system.
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Miami
Fla
Peninsula
Wilmington
N. C
Jacksonville
Weather Bureau
Leonard G. Pardue
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Man rescues family after house fire in Blodgett Mills
John Kinney, a highway worker in Blodgett Mills New York, ran from his burning home last night with clothes afire. He rolled in snow to extinguish flames and then saved his four children aged three to ten before calling the fire department. Kinney suffered burns to his hands. His wife was away at the time.
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Blodgett Mills
N. Y
John Kinney
Kinney
Twelve fishermen survive flames after burning vessel at sea
Twelve crew members of the Alice 4. Hathaway leaped into the freezing sea to reach rescue lines after their trawler caught fire fourteen miles southeast of the Nantucket lightship. Two other New Bedford vessels, the Elva and the Mary Canash, saved all aboard.
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Boston
Nantucket
Hathaway
New Bedford
U S Collect Tax On Teacher Salary Bonus in 1949
In North Carolina the federal tax will take about 1.25 million from a 7 million contingent pay boost for over 25 000 teachers. Checks go out next Monday from 172 local units after processing by the State Board of Education. The bonus reflects a 1949 legislature promise contingent on sufficient general fund revenues.
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Raleigh
Sam
State Board of Poaucation
State Board
Ces
Britain extends 8.4 million loan to Yugoslavia
London reports Britain will provide a 8.4 million pound loan to Belgrade to ease a winter food crisis while Belgrade circles a longer term 20 million pound loan to support metal and timber resources. Paraguay and California size comparison noted. Labrador retriever described as gentle and friendly.
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London
Coeslavia
Belgrade
Britain
Charlie Ross Dies at Work
Charlie Ross died at his desk where he answered questions for five years. Brig Gen Wallace H. Graham as White House physician said a major heart attack occurred two months earlier. Mrs Ross asked friends to donate to the arthritis and rheumatism foundation at 535 Fifth Ave New York in lieu of flowers.
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Ross
Globe
Wallace H. Graham
Esident
White House
Graham
Americans Call for Cease Fire and Troop Withdrawal
In Hendersonville on December 6 Rep Monroe M Redden urged the United States to withdraw from Korea arguing there was no justification for sending troops. He addressed a letter to John Hyder of Flat Rock whose son serves in Korea and referenced a petition urging President Truman to withdraw or declare all out war on Red China.
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Attlee
di Atic
Red China
So House
National Press Club
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Williamsburg
Ang Ie
U. N
Korea
U. S. Defense Department
Snbie
United Nations
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Britain
Truman
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Far East
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New Delhi
Robert Menzies
Canberra
Australia
Hendersonville
Monroe M. Redden
Redden
John Hyder
Flat Rock
Hyder
Red
China
Baby Grieves Over Loss of Prize Dog
In Los Angeles a 17 month old girl Pamela mourns the disappearance of Ab dullah an Afghan hound a champion valued at 25000 dollars. Father Robert Lord a screenwriter reports the child has not eaten since Thursday and has lost seven pounds despite IV treatments and offers of new dogs and toys. The story centers on a family coping with the loss of a prized pet.
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Los Angeles
Pamela
Lad
Abdullah
Robert Lord
Lord
Medal Copied Plate Saves Soldier In Korea
Pfc. Richard F. Webb of Geneva New York, a forward ground controller with a mosquito drone unit in Korea, wore a silver plate after being wounded in World War II. A Communist rifle bullet struck the plate in the head and glanced off, causing only a superficial scalp wound.
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U. S. Fifth Air Force
Korea
Richard F. Webb
Geneva
N.Y
Webb
Detroit council approves guards for waterworks protection
The Detroit city council authorized hiring additional guards and installing more steel fencing and floodlights to safeguard waterworks. The Belle Isle intake has been under guard since the Korean War start, with Fifth Army security officers urging further precautions.
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Detroit
Belle Isle
Detroit River
Fifth Army
North Korean Civilians Flee Toward Safety Amid Cold Casualties
Civilians escaping Pyongyang area reach Sariwon and face lethal cold, with four frozen to death. Refugees seek rail cars southward, while UN forces withdraw in dusty convoys. At the 38th parallel a path to safety closes, leaving many halted at Kameehon with nowhere to go.
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Sariwon
Pyongyang
United Nations
Gersee
I Mn
Kameehon
Robber Wardwell Held on Bail After Fare to Los Angeles
Robert Wardwell, 26, confessed to planning a string of small business robberies after running out of funds at Santa Barbara College and driving 100 miles to Los Angeles. He appeared before a U S commissioner, pleaded guilty, and was held on $15,000 bail.
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Los Angeles
Robert Wardwell
Santa Barbara College
Los Les
Yeste
U. S
Rat hunt ends in fatal aidless injury in Fort Erie
Paul Babel aged 20 and a companion were hunting rats at the town dump when a large rat charged Babel. The companion fired at the rat, the shot killed the animal but passed through Babel's foot causing injury.
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Fort Erie
Paul Babel
Babel
Ruptured Men Offered $3.50 Gift Trial Truss
An ad promotes a 30 day trial of a new painless truss for ruptures. Recipients who report experience receive a $3.50 special truss gift. Address and request from a Kansas City company, 31 Kochroe Main, Kansas City.
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Aa Company
Kochroe Main
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