Formosa May Give Chiang Chance To Rally Loyalists
Seymour Topping reports from San Francisco that the Formosa battle could revive Nationalist resistance and renew U S aid hopes. Experts say Chiang Kai shek must inspire will to resist while Washington weighs policy and a possible $75 million China aid release.
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Formosa
Chiang
Seymour
San Francisco
UPI
Chiang Kaishek
Big Island
Far East
South China
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Say Reds Got 1,000 Grams Heavy Water
The House Un American Activities committee said it has proof that the Russians obtained 1,000 grams of heavy water in 1943 for atomic experiments. It also plans to question a Canadian firm head about 1,000 pounds of uranium compounds the Soviets received in spring 1943. The panel notes a fifth shipment reported in mid 1944 was a dud. Defense officials declined comment. Lt Gen Leslie Groves urged continued inquiry into wartime atomic material leakage.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Russia
Contagon
Mexico
Ledger
Curtis Mitchell
Pentagon
Defense Department
William Frye
Public Information
Mitchell
Department
Leslie Groves
House
Hereford Bull Takes Over Waynesville Bank
Officials of the First National bank vacated offices as a $7,000 Hereford bull was placed in the bank during a livestock program. The bull, bought by M. O. Galloway of Gracealden farms, had just returned from Chicago where it won third place.
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Waynesville
First National Bank
M. O. Galloway
Gracealden Farms
Here
Chicago
UN votes to internationalize Jerusalem amid Arab Jewish opposition
United Nations General Assembly voted 38 to 14 with seven abstentions to place Jerusalem under international rule. Israel and Hashemite Jordan govern parts of the city under armed truce lines and vow to resist trusteeship. Britain and the United States faced defeats as regional blocs split on the plan.
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New York
United Nation Assembly
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
U.N
Abullah
United Nations
Holy
Moshe Sharett
Sharett
U.N. Assembly
U.N. Rue
United States
Britain
Abdullah
Russia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
British Commonwealth
Canada
South Africa
Australia
India
Pakistan
1946 State Tax Returns Pour In
Raleigh officials report fast inflow of 1946 income tax returns as a crackdown led by Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw begins. Deputy collectors in Charlotte Asheville Greensboro Winston-Salem and about 40 other offices note hundreds seek to report or obtain help since the drive started November 1 after processing the prior year.
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Raleigh
Tar Heels
Revenue Department
Eugene Shaw
Shaw
Charlotte
Asheville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
History of Speakership Prospects in North Carolina Assembly
The piece recalls past speakership contests in the North Carolina General Assembly. It cites 1929 A H Sandy Graham as speaker after 1928 elections, 1937 race involving R B Morphew, and 1936-37 events with Gregg Cherry, noting political shifts and suspicions of downstate opposition influencing outcomes. It reflects on repeated patterns in leadership contests.
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R. B
Jack
Gregg Cherry
Gaston
Coal Miners Seek New Contracts Amid Wage Talks
United Mine Workers says negotiators push to sign more soft coal contracts. John L. Lewis reports 9,162,900 tons already under UMW terms with a 9.5-cent daily wage rise to 15 dollars and a 20 to 35 cent tonnage fund increase. Anthracite talks paused. industry seeks restraint on price increases to avoid hurting consumers.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
UMW
New York
Huntington
W. Va
J. J. Mitchell
Stevenson Is Still at Large
One convict of six who escaped from a Northhampton county road gang remains free as David FE Stevenson, 32, of Greensboro, eludes capture after the Nov 30 break in a stolen prison truck. Two other fugitives were recaptured near Elizabethown while carrying stolen goods and admitting robberies.
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Elizabethtown
Northhampton
David FE. Stevenson
Greensboro
John B. Allen
John Hookano
Fayetteville
Stanley Wydaszek
Wilmington
Franklin
Glenn Albert Chase
Williamston
Norman Outlaw
Tyner
George Martin Stanley
High Point
Stevenson
Tobacco market reports mixed gains and declines in leaf grades
Raleigh reports show higher prices for most smoking leaf and lower lug grades while non descriptive tobacco weakened. Thursday sales reached 468 514 pounds at an average 32 33 per hundredweight, down 2 09 from the prior day’s average and a new low.
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Raleigh
Departments of Agriculture
Mao Tse Tung Sends Portrait To Stalin
Mao Tse Tung sent a portrait to Generalissimo Stalin. The painting, signed in Chinese, hangs in the museum of the revolution in Moscow and bears the inscription To our leader, Comrade Stalin, from Mao Tse Tung.
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Stalin
Moscow
China
Mao Tse Tung
Mao
Stallin
Congress Divided On Unbalanced Budget In Florida Retreat
President Truman's brain trust relaxes in Key West Florida over a weekend away from the state of the union and fair deal debates. The group splits on leisure plans, with some pilgramaging to Havana while others golf and fish. The president joins in a lighthearted break before resuming work Monday on policy and taxes.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Congress
Havana
Umstead Signals Possible Senate Return in 1948 Race
Former U. S. Senator William B. Umstead behaves as if he will run for the Senate next year against Frank Porter Graham. He spoke in Raleigh and refused to set a date for an announcement, while rumors say he is collecting county campaign managers.
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Raleigh
U. S
William B. Umstead
Senate
Frank Porter Graham
J. Melville Broughton
Graham
Broughton
Scott
Umstead
American Legion
Australia Votes in Landmark Federal Election
London dispatch reports Labor government appears routed as Liberal-Country Coalition nears a majority in the 127 member lower house. In Sydney nearly 5 million Australians cast ballots amid a tight race with polls favoring the opposition, Prime Minister Joseph Chifley leading a government eight years in power.
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London
Australian News and Information Bureau
Liberal-Country ’ Party
Labor Party
Sydney
Australia
Labor
Joseph B. Chifley
New York
Lasbor
21 Men Rescued Off Charleston
Twenty one men aboard the Francis III were rescued after the sightseeing and fishing vessel sprang a leak and grounded off Charleston. A Coast Guard rescue boat evacuated 18 fishermen and three crew members amid heavy seas with no injuries reported. The vessel, used by Grayline Tours for harbor trips and deep sea fishing, grounded at Breech Inlet while bound for Blackfish Banks about 15 miles east of Charleston.
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Charleston
S. C
Coast Guard
Blackfish Banks
Dallas Johnson
Breech Inlet
Co. C. Thompson
Grayline Tours, Inc
Charleston Harbor
Coffee Prices Not Likely to Return Soon to Sept Levels
Brazilian reserves are largely exhausted and drought in south central Brazil crushes the 1950 bumper crop hope. U S diplomat Robert B. Elwood warned Congress that Brazil may not again match early production levels while speculative forces and market rigging were cited by Senator Gillette. Rio reports show prices at retail around 22 cents a pound.
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Washington
Congress
Brazil
Robert B. Elwood
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Senate Agriculture
Elwood
Gillette
Ruy Almeida
Brazilian Coffee Exchange
Two Killed In Car Crash Near Pinehurst
At Pinehurst near the race track on highway 211 about 3 a m two young men died in a single vehicle crash. The victims were Roger Short and Marshall Short both of Eastwood. Injured were Thomas Short Neal Black of Carthage and Gerald Ritter of Southern Pines.
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Pinehurst
Here
Highway 211
Roger
Marshall Short
Eastwood
Thomas Short
Neal Black
Carthage
Gerald Ritter
Southern Pines
Soviet Information Magazine Banned By Schools
Washington and other U S school authorities banned the Soviet Information Bulletin in several districts. Officials cited no approval from Boards of Education or state policy, while Massachusetts and Ohio schools seized copies. The State Department says no law limits Russian publications here and supports free information exchange.
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Washington
Ussr Informatics Bulletin
The
Hobard M. Corning
Board of Education
Corning
Columbus
Ohio
N. G. Fawcett
Massachusetts
Fall River
State Department
U. S
Russia
America
Moscow
Amerika
Vyshinsky
Tito
Reed Asks For Slash In Spending
Washington reports show Rep. Reed of New York demanding big cuts in federal outlays after President Truman declined to submit a balanced budget. Senator Thye of Minnesota supports economy but objects to cutting foreign recovery funds. pace notes taxes likely needed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rep. Reed
Frank Pace
Thye
R-Minn
Europe
Pace
Key West
Fla
Reed
Economic Recovery Administration
Propaganda’s rising role in diplomacy stressed by Allen
Duke University founders day talk by former Assistant Secretary of StateGeorge V. Allen in Durham argues propaganda can aid world government when truthful. He compares mass communications to gunpowder and urges Americans to master information tools for both defense and offense. He previously ran Voice of America before his Yugoslav ambassadorship.
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Durham
U. S
Yugoslavia
George V. Allen
Allen
Duke University
State Department
Voice of America
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Harry Nettles
Buncombe
al Smith
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A. H
Sandy) Graham
Orange
Brain Trust
A. K. Henneker
T. G. Jungerson, Jr
Dimini Island
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Atlantic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Miami
By James Marlow
U. S. State Department
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Sears
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