China Mao-Tse-Tung Arrives in Moscow for Pact Talks
Mao zedong arrives in Moscow amid expectations of a China Soviet pact and new trade and mutual aid deals. He meets Stalin at the Kremlin after traveling from Peiping, praising Stalin and pledging stronger friendship and geo neighborly ties between the two communist nations.
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Moscow
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Peiping
Stalin
Russia
Soviet Union
A. Laverantyev
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Trans- Baikal
Mother Baby Wounded By Same Bullet in Hendersonville
Hendersonville December 17 a mother Mrs Alexander Pope McAllester 39 and her baby daughter remain in extreme critical condition after a 32 caliber bullet pierced the mother and wounded the infant both were found in the home by police with the pistol on the floor the mother had called for an ambulance minutes earlier and was rushed to a local hospital where the baby was delivered by Caesarean section.
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Hendersonville
Alexander Pope McAllester
Fourth Avenue West
McAllester
Ward's Ship Set for Yokohama Monday Morning
The Lakeland Victory steamed from Pusan with all but one member of U S consul general Angus Ward's party aboard. The ship is due in Yokohama Monday morning. Alfred Kristan, a German on Ward's staff, was moved to the U S Embassy in Seoul. Franco Cigogna and his wife refused Seoul posting and planned to continue to Yokohama and then return to Italy.
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Lakeland Victory
Pusan
Korea
U. S
Angus Ward
Yokohama
Japan
Alfred Kristan
Ward
Mukden
Seoul
South Korea
Franco Cigogna
Italy
United Furniture Workers Dropped From CIO Banks
The CIO announced six unions accused of Communist influence were dropped from good standing for non payment of dues. Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Secretary Treasurer Louis Goldblatt said the CIO claim was misleading, noting payments were delayed due to strike costs in Hawaii and on the mainland. The six unions total about 300,000 members and are among ten investigated for alleged influence.
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Washington
CIO
Louis Goldblatt
Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Hawaii
U S Steel to explain steel price boost before Congress
U S Steel president Benjamin F Fairless offers to testify to the congressional economic committee about a $4 per ton price increase. Senator O Mahoney endorses the inquiry and expects hearings after Christmas. He cautions that rising steel costs could affect the U S economy and hopes other producers do not follow.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U. S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Fairless
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Wyoming Democrat
Big Steel
America
Retired Realtor Faces Murder Charge in South Carolina
Robert J. Allen, 76, a retired real estate dealer, is charged with murder in the pistol slaying of his wife, 48, a schoolteacher, at their Union home. Coroner's inquest ruled she died at his hands. witness described Allen claiming she was stealing his money.
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Woodruff
James Kennemore
Ninety Six
Allens
Allen
Mrs. Allen
Hoover’s thinking deemed out of date by critic
Dewey Anderson head of the Public Affairs Institute quits the Citizens committee for the Hoover report claiming Hoover’s principles are out of date and harmful to liberal policy. He cites Hoover’s Monday speech linking rising federal costs to higher taxes and inflation and argues a limited government would imperil roads and Social Security.
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Washington
Citizen Committee
Hoover Commission
Dewey Anderson
Public Affairs Institute
Citizens Committee
Hoover
Anderson
Citizens Committee For
Congress
Bipartisan Commission
California
National Economic Committee
Plane Crashes Claim 24 More Lives in Mexico
A CMA airliner bound from Mexico City to Merida crashed in the Cerro del Borrego mountains near Jalapa Veracruz. All 17 aboard are believed dead. Rescue crews searched rough terrain as reports spread of other crashes in Mexico and the U.S. with several fatalities and injuries.
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Jalapa
Mex
Mexico
CMA
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion
Mexico City
Merida
Yucatan
Veracruz
Nautla
Gulf of Mexico
Cerro del Borrego
Lamb's Peak
Associated Press
United States
Chiconquaico
Tapachula
Roswell
N. M
Reno
Nev
George Dumont
Skehegan
Dumont
No Vote Yet On New President Of The University
CHAPEL HILL December 17 A UNC trustee committee chaired by Victor S Bryant of Durham announced no decision has been made on 12 candidates for the consolidated University of North Carolina presidency. A vote will await completion of interviews after Christmas with Frank P Graham having been named a U S Senator speculation names Gordon Gray James Webb Henry Brandis and W H Stope among possibilities.
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Chapel Hill
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Victor S. Bryant
Durham
Frank P. Graham
U. S
the Army
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
William Devane
Yale
The
Treasury
James E. Webb
Oxford
Henry Brandis
University Law School
W. H. Stope
Louisiana State University
Education Program In Armed Services Recommended In Committee Report
A wartime education and information drive for soldiers, sailors, and airmen is urged by a nine member committee. The panel found the Army’s program strongest, while Navy leadership showed limited support for study courses and discussion groups. Overall, officers often failed to push education initiatives and a shortage of trained personnel hampered efforts.
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Armed Services
Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Department of the Army
Administration Seeks Three Year Extension of Peacetime Draft
The Johnson and Acheson plan to extend the peacetime draft for three more years beyond June 24. They urge Congress to fund the system with 16.7 million dollars annually to register and classify youths aged 18 through 25. They argue extending the draft is essential to national security and support for UN and free nations.
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Washington
Congress
Defense Johnson
State Acheson
Johnson
Congressional
Truman
United States
New Yorkers Cut Water Use During Shortage
New Yorkers reduced daily consumption as eight million residents saved about 11 gallons each. Officials called it a water holiday and a huge success, with an estimated 90 million gallons conserved from 17 hours of the day. Net savings reached 273 million gallons, aiding the city toward its 300 million gallon daily target. If continued, rationing may be avoided through winter.
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New York
Stephen J. Carney
Winston Youth Faces Murder Preliminary Hearing
An 18 year old Winston-Salem youth, John Worth Gambill, is charged with murdering pie salesman Claire L. Brown. Gambill allegedly shot Brown after an argument over money during shared selling trips. The case was called for a preliminary hearing in Elkin.
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Elkin
Winston-Salem
John Worth Gambill
Claire L. Brown
Gambill
Brown
Corbett Hall
Kitty Hawk marks 46th Wright brothers flight anniversary
Kitty Hawk celebrates the 46th anniversary of the Wright brothers first powered flight on the Outer Banks. An Air Force F 84 and helicopter plan a Dayton and back 966 mile trip within three hours. A six cent air mail stamp goes on sale and 300000 first day covers flood the Kitty Hawk post office.
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UPI
North Carolina
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Kitty Hawk
Earby
Elizabeth City
President Truman
Kill Devil Hill
Herbert C. Bonner
Wright Memorial Monument
Tom Lanphier, Jr
South Pacific
Air Force Association
Armed Forces
Post Office Department
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Wright
Navy
Coast Guard
Memorial Association
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Milton Wright
Wright Brothers
Banks
Nags Head
Orvil A. Anderson
Air War College
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph J. Lawler
300 Unit Housing Project Announced in Charlotte
C D Spangler Construction of Charlotte announced a 300 unit housing project on a 33 acre site in the city's west side named Westwood apartments. The $1 750 000 project will house white tenants with rents from 37 50 to 52 50 monthly. Construction to start next year.
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Charlotte
C. D. Spangler Construction Company of
Charlotte's
Westwood Apartments
Air show marks Wright anniversary at Kitty Hawk visit
The piece notes a December 17 air show at Kitty Hawk celebrating the 46th anniversary of the first flight. Charles Parker recalls December 1903, while Carl Sink heads to the coast for the event, highlighting Raleigh weather with light snow and aviation history.
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Kitty Hawk
Charles Parker
Raleigh
Carl Sink
News-Advertising
Kitty Hawk- Manteo-Nag
New World
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Three-State Manhunt Follows Wake Forest Murder Charge
Wake Forest, December 17 A three state manhunt centers on Raleigh area for Raye mond D Hair 23 a Wake Forest College senior charged with murder Hair fled after a dying man Roy W Coble 20 of Oakdale was found in Hair s car with a pistol wound to the head Coble died in a Raleigh hospital Ballistics tied the weapon to the death and Hair s whereabouts remain sought by police as the probe continues
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Wake Forest
Rayemond D. Hair
Wake Forest College
Raleeigh
Hair
Baptist College
Roy W. Coble
Oakdale
Raleigh
Wake County
I. M. Cheek
Coble
C. R. Howard
Howard
J. Wilbur Bunn
Bunn
Fayetteville
W. O. Nuckels
Cable
Nuckels
Durham
W. P. Whitley
County Bureau of Investigation
Governor says Cape Fear pilots form unalterable board monopoly
Raleigh December 17 Governor Scott says he cannot fix complaints that Cape Fear river pilots control entry and fees. He ordered an audit of the Cape Fear River and Bar Navigation and Pilotage Board and concluded legislative action may be needed. The board appoints pilots and enforces a state maximum. officials deny a monopoly while listing board members Louis Hanson chairman R W Cantell clerk M R Sanders H S McGirt and J M Walker.
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Raleigh
Scott
Cape Fear River
Southport
Wilmington
Henry L. Bridges
Board of Commissioners of Navigation
Cape Lear
Bar
Harry McMullan
Cape Fear
Pilotage Commission
Board of Commissioners
Louis Hanson
R. W. Cantell
M. R. Sanders
H. S. McGirt
J. M. Walker
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Ruth
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Okyo
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Free Nations
Acheson
Winston Youth
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Bennie
Lloyd Ray Daniels
Pitt County
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