Communists Are Racing With Time
Editor Fred Hampson reports from aboard the Sir John Franklin off Shanghai on December 10 as Chinese communists press to consolidate police state control and end the civil war. Inflation, high taxes, and food shortages amid rising discontent challenge the Reds while Mao warns there are difficulties yet paths forward.
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Fred Hampson
Associated Press
China
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Japan
Sir John Franklin
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Red
Communist New China News Agency
Peiping
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Red China
Chen Yi
Dixie Solons Warn FHA To Go Slow
Senators Sparkman and Johnson urged the Truman administration to refrain from broadening civil rights housing rules to avoid stalling home-building legislation. A government official said the administration will use executive powers but avoid steps needing congressional approval. New tenant selection covenants restricting race or creed in housing set to take effect Feb. 15. (MORE ON PAGE TWELVE)
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Dixie
Truman
Congress
Sparkman
D-Ala
Johnson
D-S.c
Federal Housing
U. S. Steel hikes prices by four dollars a ton
Pittsburgh reports big U. S. Steel Corp raises prices about four dollars per ton with other major producers likely to follow. Congressional investigators may open a probe after Christmas as the move sparks inflation worries from lawmakers and consumer groups.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corporation
Wake Forest Student Dies After Car Wreck
A former Wake Forest College student died in a Raleigh hospital after being found unconscious in a wrecked car. Police seek Raymond D. Hair of Fayetteville who admitted he was driving. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
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Wake Forest
Wake Forest College
Raleigh
Fayetteville
Wake County
L. M. Cheek
Raleigh Hospital
Coole
Nuchels
W. A. Riggsbee
Dr. R. L. Moore Dies at 79 in Mars Hill
Mars Hill North Carolina obituary notes Dr. R. L. Moore president emeritus of Mars Hill College died at his home at age 79. A Caldwell County native, he joined Mars Hill in 1897, served as president until 1938, overseeing growth to about 1000 students and a near million dollar campus. He studied at Wake Forest and the University of North Carolina.
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Mars Hill
R. L. Moore
Mars Hill College
Caldwell County
Moore
Wake Forest College
University of North Carolina
Cain projects three way race for 1952 GOP nomination
Senator Cain said it will be Eisenhower Stassen and Taft in the run for the 1952 Republican nomination. He noted Rep. Hugh Scott Jr predicted a Taft Eisenhower two man race after a nine day western trip. Eisenhower said he has no political angle and warned against centralizing federal power.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Cain
Taft
Eisenhower
Scott
Ohio
Fort Worth
Texas
Cold grips East and South as Midwest warms briefly
Sub freezing temperatures held the south and east in a cold belt while the upper plains and midwest saw moderating highs after a spell of sub zero weather. Park Falls Wisconsin rose from seven to thirteen above, and others posted single digits or teens as a northern front withdrew.
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Associated Press
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Weather Bureau
H. S. Kenny
Chicago
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Rockies
Canada
Park Falls
Wis
Huron
N. D
Maine
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Concord
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Albany
N. Y
New York
New chemical battles bean beetle with nitro paraffin derivative
Tampa reports entomologists announced a new nitro paraffin insecticide to combat the Mexican bean beetle which has resisted DDT. Dr J G Sanders said the compound, a blend of two derivatives, lasts four times longer than rotenone and could protect bean crops for about two weeks per application during the 1950 season.
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Tampa
Fila
New York
J. G. Sanders
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Sanders
Girl Scout Rescued After Four Nights Lost in Washington Wilderness
Ruth Aberle a 16 year old Kelso girl survived four winter nights in a small cabin after disappearing during a Christmas tree outing. A large search by loggers, businessmen, and residents followed, and rescuer Charles Smith and his son found her near a creek. She was transported to a hospital in Longview in good condition and expected to recover.
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Wash
Ruth Aberle
Kelso
Washington
Ruth
Cowlitz County
Here
Charles
Smith
Philip
Pees
Cowitz County
Congress Not to Oppose Cut In Wartime Taxes
Congressional tax students say President Truman will get strong bipartisan support if he seeks repeal of wartime excise taxes. Lawmakers discuss cutting or removing taxes on cameras furs jewelry cosmetics and light bulbs while Truman weighs overall tax plans and budget balance.
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Washington
Dec
Congressional
Truman
Capitol Hill
Key West
Fla
Treasury
Congress
William Boyle
Kew West
Negro farmer Uzzell Jones executed in gas chamber
Raleigh dispatch reports 36 year old Uzzell Jones executed by gas chamber at 10 A M for murdering Flora Belle Andderson in Hoke County. He sang during death row, father of 11, mother Martha McCain. Another slated killer remains on death row after U S Supreme Court stay.
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Raleigh
Uzzell Jones
Jones
Hoke County
Flora Belle Andderson
John Robert
Jack) Bridges
Georgia
Walter P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
Scott
Lexington Soldiers Disrupt Diplomatic Party in Tokyo
Two U S soldiers Pvt Lawson R Davis 22 of Lexington NC and Pfc Sanford E Shackelford 19 of Newport KY broke into a diplomatic social event in the Gajoen hotel Tokyo on December 2. The incident injured M R Joss Swiss mission and Fijell Renstroem a Stockholm businessman. An army officer and a sergeant were also hurt while restraining the pair.
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Tokyo
U. S
Lawson R. Davis
Lexington
N. C
Sanford E. Shackelford
Newport
D Company
P. A. Eriksson
Stockholm
Gajoen
M. R. Joss
Fijell Renstroem
State Prison Break Foiled By Alert Officials
Raleigh dispatch reports prison authorities foiled a planned mass escape at Central prison. Warden Joseph P. Crawford said investigators recovered a home made shotgun, two shotguns, parts for a homemade pistol, 18 pistol cartridges, several hacksaws, and a key to a cellblock. Several dangerous inmates were implicated. Names withheld pending completion of the inquiry.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Joseph P. Crawford
Crawford
Six Killed as B-29 Crashes at Roswell Windmill
A B-29 returning to Walker Air Force Base struck a windmill near a runway in Roswell New Mexico and crashed in flames killing six of fourteen crew members. Three were seriously injured and five walked away with minor injuries. Rescue teams freed survivors from wreckage as smoke spread across miles of prairie. The crash caused no public engine trouble indication per base officials.
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Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Prairie
Roswell
Stocks Advance Again Slightly
New York December stock report notes oils and rail shares leading gains up to about 3 points, with late-day oil rallies lifting some as high as 7. N Y Central and Pennsylvania rail shares were active while several big names such as Bethlehem Steel, American Telephone, Kodak, Johns Manville and Gulf Oil posted advances. Losses came from General Motors, Chrysler, Montgomery Ward, United Aircraft and International Harvester.
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New York
N. Y
Baltimore & Ohio
Unequal highway divisions drawn for equal road funding
Reporters examine North Carolina highway division maps showing road mileage by division, with no longer equal shapes. Sixth division spans from Blu Ridge foothills to the Atlantic, including Davidson Lee Moore Hoke Scotland counties.
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Capitol Square
Charles Ross
General Assembly
Dividion
Randolph
Chatham
Harnett
Lee
Moore, Hoke
Scotland
Robeson
Bluz Ridge
Atlantic Ocean
Davidson, Lee
President Displeased With Letter on Taft-Hartley Coal Case
President Truman will ignore southern coal operators request to use the Taft Hartley act to prosecute United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. The White House says Lewis’s three day a week digging keeps coal in a national emergency, while operators push a broader counteroffensive as winter demand rises.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producer Association
Mr. Truman
United Mine Workers
Washington
Lewis
Acheson Faces Loss of Three Top Aides
Secretary of State Acheson faces the departure of three senior aides. Philip C. Jessup plans to resign as ambassador at large to return to Columbia for a professorship. George F. Kennan expects to quit next June for writing and research. George V. Allen already resigned as assistant secretary to become Yugoslav ambassador, creating a vacancy.
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Washington
Acheson
Philip C. Jessup
Achesons
Far East
George F. Kennan
State Department
George V. Allen
Yugoslavia
Allen
Jessup
Columbia University
New York City
Fire in Lexington destroys stores and cripples utilities
An early morning blaze in Lexington Virginia caused up to one million dollars in damages. Principal department store Adair Hutton and J Ed Deaver and Son were destroyed. Water damage affected adjacent buildings and a main cable burned disrupted telephone service to about fifteen hundred homes.
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Lexington
Adair Hutton
J. Ed Deaver
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