Moscow conference yields hope for peace and UN atomic commission
The Moscow foreign ministers led by Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to create a United Nations commission to eliminate atomic weapons and promote peaceful atomic energy. They acknowledge unsettled issues with Persia and Turkey but foresee progress on European and Far Eastern tensions and a broader Anglo American accord with Bulgaria and Romania.
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London
Moscow
United Nations Organization
Russia
Persia
Turkey
Europe
Orient
United States
England
Mine explosion traps 30 plus miners in Kentucky
Rescue workers in Pineville Kentucky continued efforts to reach more than 30 coal miners entombed after an underground blast at Kentucky Straight Creek Coal's number one mine. A major timber fire hindered progress as crews from nearby counties arrived to relieve exhausted teams amid fallen rock and debris.
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Bill Baker
Woodrow Smith
Flat Lick
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
Pineville
W. L. Pennington
Ange
Cherry to Set Special Election Date in North Carolina
Gov. Cherry plans to designate a date soon for a special election to replace late Congressman Joe F. Ervin of the tenth North Carolina district. Voting may occur early in February, with authorities hoping to resolve the matter within the week. Ervin was found dead in his Washington home on Christmas Day.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Joe FE
Ervin
N. C
Washington
E bond quota rises as North Carolina sales reach target
Winston Salem reports North Carolinians bought 24.7 million dollars in E bonds by December 26, totaling 82 percent of the annual quota. State War Finance Chairman Clarence Leinbach said 5.3 million dollars more must be sold by December 31 to meet the target.
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Winston-Salem
Clarence T. Leinbach
Crew Of Vessel Beaches Shore After Stormy Trip
Four men of the schooner Valmore, missing since Christmas, rowed ashore in a small dory at New River Inlet North Carolina after a 64 mile voyage through stormy seas. The crew had traveled from New York to Florida when the Valmore sank about 25 miles southeast of Southport. Coast guard headquarters confirmed the rescue at dawn.
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Norfolk
New River Inlet
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Valmore
New York
Florida
Southport
N. C
Charleston
William Gubich
Markets Plan Three Day Shutdown Over New Year
Most U S commodity markets will close for three days over the New Year holiday. Securities exchanges and many grain and some livestock markets will stay open Monday December 31. The Chicago board of trade will close at noon CST while Toronto exchange closes at noon.
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New York
London
United States
Toronto Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Jersey City
Savannah
London Bar
New York Foreign Exchange
U. S
New Orleans
Flu Epidemic Subsiding at Eastern Carolina Train School
ROCKY MOUNT December 28 A flu epidemic that struck heavily at Eastern Carolina Train high school for boys last week is subsiding Superintendent William Clark said today Thirty of the 104 boys were in bed at one time A morning check showed only two still confined to beds though many have not yet been outdoors All school assemblies have been cancelled on medical orders
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Rocky Mount
Eastern
Carolina
William Clark
Clark
South Carolina Leaders Die In Auto Crash Near Elloree
Andrew J. Bethea, 66, former South Carolina lieutenant governor, and Arthur A. Arams, 52, Columbia businessman, were killed when their car left a highway near Elloree and plunged into a swamp. Two other Columbians, R. B. McCauley and Wade H. Coker, were injured and treated at Tri County hospital, Orangeburg.
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Elloree
Andrew J. Bethea
South Carolina
Arthur A. Arams
Columbia
Charleston
R. B. McCauley
Wade H. Coker
Tri- County
Orangeburg
Foreign observers may witness sea bomb test
Washington reports the upcoming army navy atomic bomb test at sea raises a military diplomatic question. The United States Britain and Canada hold the bomb secret and did not commit at Moscow to share it with others, though foreign observers may still witness some phases.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
General Motors Withdraws From Wage Board Hearings
General Motors Corporation withdrew from a CIO auto workers wage inquiry over the board considering profits as a pay factor. Walter Gordon Merritt GM attorney said the firm would not participate, while the board insisted it would continue hearings and later reconvened for further statements.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
Truman
GM Automobile
New York
Walter Gordon Merritt
General Motors
Cio-Auto Workers Union
Merritt
Sears
Staneachings
Chanteoanes
Lloyd G. Garrison
Garrison
Cm Seliet
Army Captain Wounded. Husband Arrested in New York
Capt. Eugene Dale 27 of Enid Oklahoma, a Bataan survivor and former Japanese prisoner, was seriously wounded in his apartment by a gunman identified as Capt. Archie B. Miller 25 of Bellevue Texas. Miller, an army signal corps officer and Dale's assailant, was arrested on felonious assault and Sullivan Act charges after disarming him.
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New York
Eugene Dale
Enid
Okla
Bataan
Fay Hancock Miller
Archie B. Miller
Bellevue
Tex
Army Signal Corps
Miller
Dale
Army Air Force
Nine Killed and 11 Wounded in Jerusalem Rioting
British troops impose a tight curfew in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as investigations begin into last night’s bombing of the crime investigation department. Nine people killed and eleven wounded in the violence, with civilians confined to homes and communications disrupted. Parachute troops stand guard in both cities.
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Jerusalem
Hile
Crime Investigation Department
Tel Aviv
Uar
New Drug Paludrine Shown Effective Against Malaria
Australian scientists report paludrine made malaria as mild as a cold. In a study, researchers including pathologists and entomologists remained fit after multiple mosquito bites while taking 1.5 grain tablets. They say a weekly or weekend dose could prevent attacks and control fever.
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Canberra
Russia Hails Moscow Parley Results In Major Papers
Izvestia and Pravda praised the foreign ministers conference ending in Moscow. Izvestia, the government paper, said decisions mark a new step in allied collaboration and that the atomic agreement is solid. Pravda noted the Far East commission formation as highly significant.
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Moscow
Russia
Izvestia
Pravda
Investia
Ence
Communist Party
Far East
Russia Only Big Power Out Of Money Pact
The Soviet Union was the only major power among 16 nations with blank signatures at the founding ceremonies of the international stabilization fund and world bank. Under Bretton Woods terms, the 16 must sign as original members by Monday midnight, with officials hoping Russia may still join.
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Washington
International Stabilization Fund
World Bank
Soviet Union
Bretton Woods
Russia
Judge Parker Leaves Tonight For Nuernberg
Judge John J. Parker departs Charlotte by train to Washington and then flies to Paris before continuing to Nuernberg for the war criminal trials. The return trip follows a Christmas visit with his Charlotte family.
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Charlotte
John J. Parker
Washington
Nuernburg
Germany
Parker
Paris
Neurnberg
North Carolina Welfare Progress Highlighted by Commissioner
Commissioner Ellen Winnsson notes North Carolina's welfare program as among the best as 1945 ends. A two year study on domestic relations laws progresses with a March deadline, while a child welfare survey proposes law changes. The 1945 legislature expanded child protection, school attendance age to 16, and aid funding. The public welfare board shed the charity label, can license private boarding homes, and aims for one licensed home per county as 127 operate statewide.
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Ellen Winsson
Public Welfare
Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
State Department of Public Welfare
Domestic Relations Commission
State Board of Public Welfare
Naval Vessel Endangered by Loose Bombs
The Henry D. Thoreau a Liberty ship outbound from Naples to Cape May reported 5000 tons of bombs breaking loose aboard about 420 miles southwest of the Azores. The navy said the bombs were stowed in a tween decks hatch and could endanger the ship if they shifted.
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New York
Henry D. Thoreau
Naples
Italy
Cape May
N. J
Thoreau
Azores
Navy
United States
Eggs Get 29 Cent Base Support For 1946
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced a 29 cent per dozen base support price for eggs for the next spring production season. The U S average farm price will be 29 cents, with a Midwest average of 27 cents. The department will support the market by purchasing dried frozen and graded shell eggs for export, other government use, or school lunch programs.
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Washington
Anderson
U. S
Midwest
Mar
Wrightsville Headlight Sold to Dyar Massey
Wrightsville Ga December 28 announced sale of the weekly Wrightsville Headlight to Dyar Massey of Greenville South Carolina. Massey former executive director of Greenville community chest will take charge of the newspaper in December 34
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Wrightsville
Dyar Massey
Greenville
S. C
Carl Rountree
Massey
Community Chest
Reds Approve Atomic Energy Control Plan
Washington dispatch reports the United States, Russia, and Britain reaching a plan to place atomic energy controls under United Nations supervision and granting Russia a voice in postwar Japan. The big three also issued a communique backing a unified China under Chiang Kai-shek, a provisional Korean government with eventual independence, and broadened plans for peace treaties with Romania Bulgaria Italy Hungary and Finland.
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Washington
Russia
United Nations
Japan
Moscow
United States
Britain
China
Re Kai-Shek
Korea
Romania
Bulgaria
Italy
Hungary
Finland
Byrnes
Eee Mocain
0Lotov
London
Iran
Dardanelles Straits
Germany
Spain
Coal Shortage Eases A Bit In The West
North Carolina coal supply improves in the western region as 1500 tons of military coal are released at Morris Field. Eastern areas including Rocky Mount suffer delays. further relief of 1000 tons at Morris Field aids Gastonia and Mooresville.
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West
Charlotte
J. Arthur Eagle
North Carolina Coal Dealers Association
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Eagle
Morris Field
Army Air Base
M. L. Burtless
Solid Fuels Administration
Gastonia
Mooresville
Burtless
Democrats Plan Newton Meeting To Nominate House Candidate
Wade Lefler, chairman of the tenth district Democratic Executive Committee, announced a meeting in Newton early next week to select a party candidate for the vacant house seat caused by Joestmas Day's death. He would back a nomination at that gathering if fellow committee members agree. Sim Delapp, state GOP chairman, said the Republican district committee would meet soon to nominate a candidate for the past.
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Charlotte
Wade H. Lefler
Tenth District
Democratic Executive Committee
Newton
Joestmas
Lefler
Lexington
Sim A. Delapp
GOP
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Judge Parker
Nuernberg
Reds
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