New Jersey Plane Crash Kills 56 and Cleanup Commission
Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy to lead a non partisan cleanup commission to root out public corruption. President Truman to announce a special panel to pursue honest officials and prosecute wrongdoers, as ongoing inquiries into tax and public misconduct continue in Washington and New York.
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Truman
New York
Thomas F. Murphy
Ato
Hin
United Press
Washington
Insurance rates rise in North Carolina state figures
State Insurance Board announced insurance rate increases effective today. Personal automobile liability up 7.7 percent, property damage 25.2 percent. Commercial auto bodily injury 3 percent, property damage 24.2 percent.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Waldo
Fire destroys Akers Motor Lines office in Gastonia
Fire swept through downtown Gastonia destroying the Akers Motor Lines main office. Nearby reports note the blaze disrupted operations as investigators began handling the scene. The downtown area remained cordoned as crews worked overnight.
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Gastonia
Akers Motor Lines, Inc
Yester
Johnston Dies in Statesville at 70
Dr. Joseph Boudinot Johnston, 70, former head of the Orphans Home at Barium, died at Davis Hospital after a long illness. He had retired and lived with relatives nearby.
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Statesville
Joseph Boudinot Johnston
Bariuma
Davis Hospital
Davis Pital
Tobacco market slips to season low as auctions end
Flue cured Old Belt tobacco prices fell to 41.70 per hundred as the marketing season nears end. Sales wrapped up in South Boston Danville Reidsville on Friday with Mt. Airy closing Tuesday as the season drew to a close.
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Raleigh
South Boston
Danville
Reidsville
Mt. Airy
Hope Fades For Korea Truce By Christmas
At Panmunjom Korea, hopes for a Christmas armistice faded as Communists reportedly sought a 30 day extension of the cease fire line. Subcommittees meet again Tuesday as negotiations stall on policing, prisoner exchange, and time limits. UN spokesman denies any extension while Red delegates push for more time. The U N side holds prisoner lists but progress remains elusive.
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Panmunjom
Korea
P Webinar
Ajay
U.N
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Dorothy Dix dies at 90 first sob sister of journalism
Dorothy Dix also known as Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer died at 90 in New Orleans after a stroke left her semi conscious for 20 months. The pioneer columnist lifelong adviser to the lovelorn wrote seven books and shaped the modern advice column with blunt vernacular and candid truth.
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New Orleans
Dorothy Dix
Journalistic World
Touro Infirmary
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
Dix
Miss Dix
Daily Picayune
Week End Violence Takes Nine Lives Across North Carolina
A United Press survey counts nine deaths from violent and accidental causes during the weekend in North Carolina. Incidents include a Wilmington woman burned in bed, a High Point poolroom shooting, a car crash fatal near Kenansville, and a drowning at Kitty Hawk Bay, among others.
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North Carolina
United Press
Eva Jamerson
Wilmington
Dudley
Eugene Anderson
Mozingo
Capel
High Point
Carter
Walter Nealey
Tabor City
Fred Warren
Kenansville
Gastonia
Odell Graham
Bessemer City
James Carpally
Lawrence FE
Perry
Kitty Hawk Bay
Harvey Lamm
Wilson
Oscar Bailey
Noris Rankin
Jacksonville
United Nations Forces Clashes Over Korea Front
United Nations forces damaged two Communist MiG-15 fighters in air combat as 20 Sabrejets fought 10 enemy jets in a 25 minute dogfight at 25 000 to 35 000 feet. Ground skirmishes followed the first nonfatal day since August. UN raiders struck northwest of Korangpo and repelled three enemy groups in 15 minutes with no fatalities.
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8Th Army
Korea
United Nations
U.N
No-Man’s-Land
Korangpo
Sears to Sell Allstate Auto Across 19 Markets
Sears announces its Allstate automobile to debut in 19 cities across the south southwest and west starting December with production by Balser Frazier Corp The price and specs will be revealed on launch eve and the car will feature Sears Allstate brand components sold exclusively through Sears stores in cities including Fayetteville.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Balser-Frazier Corporation
Sears
Fayetteville
CIO urges higher federal minimum wage to 1.35 an hour
Washington CIO leaders press President Truman to raise the national minimum wage from 75 cents to 1.35 an hour. They call for stronger price controls, standby inflation authority, and subsidies to restrain retail food prices amid rising hardship for low income families.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
CIO Committee On
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Cold linger grips Carolinas with freezing lows
The Associated Press reports continued below freezing temperatures across the Carolinas with Mitchell tying the day’s low at one degree above. Records show lows from 6 in Sha to 18 in Elizabeth City and Greenville, with light snow only at Mitchell.
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Carolinas
Mitchell
Sha
Mtitchell
Hickory Serene
High Point
Raleigh
Durham
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Elizabeth City
Wreyouth Carolina — Columbia
Spartanbur
Greenville
Special Meeting Set on Duke Rate Proposal in Raleigh
A special committee of the North Carolina Merchants Association will meet in Raleigh next month to decide whether to oppose a proposed rate increase by Duke & Co. The Raleigh plans were announced after talks in Charlotte with Duke representatives.
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North Carolina Merchants Association
Raleigh
Duke & Co
Duke Representa
U S Seeks To Have Four Fliers Free By Christmas
United Press reports the U S embassy in Budapest is pressing Hungary to release by Christmas four American fliers forced down by Soviet planes four weeks ago. Negotiations run through embassies in Frankfurt Belgrade and Vienna with no guarantee of release or trial. Families back home fear for loved ones amid rumors of ransom and political pressure while awaiting word.
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United Press
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Frankfurt
Belgrade
Vienna
iChristmas
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Bein
Orre
Former Local Man Among Victims Of Sunday Disaster
A defective heater may have caused the crash of the Miami Airlines plane at Elizabeth with the loss of 56 lives. R. W. Duff, president of the company, said it can only be a surmise but it be that the fuel line of the heater became discon and sprayed raw gasoline into the engine nacelle. The non-scheduled war pus alriner took off from Newark Airport at 3 03 p m yesterday with 52 passengers and crew of four. It was the worst air crash of the year and the second worst in the nation's history. The airliner was operated by Miami Airlines Inc a non scheduled carrier.
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Miami Airlines
Elizabeth
R. W. Duff
Newark Airport
Amarrillo
Tex
Nicholas Bilsky
Elizabeth 1
Pilot Water Works
Robert Kiriakides
N. J
Aeronautics Board
Fillet
Asien County
Poessonton Meansll Cohn
Miami Airlines, Inc
New York
Iami
New England
Tampa
Miami
Soviet Bloc Proposes New U N Disarmament Plan
The Soviet Bloc submitted a new disarmament resolution to the United Nations Political Committee aiming to appoint a new commission and supersede earlier proposals. Poland’s Stefan Wierblower introduced the measure, signaling a push for immediate prohibition of atomic weapons and wide armed force cuts, while the Western Big Three favor staged controlled disarmament.
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Paris
Soviet Bloc
United Nations Political Committee
Ees
Stefan Wierblower
Poland
Andrei Y. Vishninsky
U. N. Assembly
Britain
France
United States
Russia
China
U. S
Photo of Dead Son Returns to Wisconsin Mother
Mrs. Albina Baker of Wisconsin Dells travels to Chicago to view a purse opened at a Loop theater containing a single photograph. The image is her son James Baker, 23, an infantryman killed a year earlier, the only picture she could keep as a memento.
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Chicago
Albina Baker
Wisconsin Dells
Wis
James
Defense Department Identifies 122 More Korean Casualties
The Defense Department identified 122 additional Korean casualties in list No. 460. Of the total, 24 were dead, 86 wounded, two missing, and 10 injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
County officials hand over threatening letters in Mack Ingram case
County officials turned over threatening letters to postal inspectors. The letters referenced the trial hero Caswell County Negro accused of assault on a white girl whom he had not touched. The assault at 75 feet case ended in a hung jury in the November term.
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Yondeyville
Mack Ingram
Casswell County
Weather figures for tonight and tomorrow
The forecast notes a low tonight near 18 degrees and a high tomorrow around 42 degrees. Yesterday's low was 19 with a today’s high near 38 degrees.
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