Sea Flood Devastation Duels With Rescue Efforts Across Europe
Floodwaters retreat from the Netherlands as thousands remain at risk from breached dikes on Schouwen Island. Up to 1 770 killed across the Netherlands Britain Belgium Germany and France with final toll likely over 2 000. International rescue forces led by General Ridgway mobilize ships planes and vehicles to save marooned residents amid freezing conditions.
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Netherlands
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
France
North Sea
Holland
Britain
Schouwen
Sible
United States
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eivie
Europe
Paris
Hague
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Joint Congressmen In Prayer at Mayflower Breakfast
President Eisenhower joined over 500 dignitaries including Supreme Court members and cabinet officials at a Mayflower Hotel prayer breakfast. Sen. Frank Carlson chaired the event organized by the International Council for Christian Leadership. Speakers included Rep. Katherine St George and Conrad Hilton with Rev. Edward H. Pruden delivering the closing prayer.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
International Council For Christian Leadership
Carlson
Mayflower Hotel
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Armed Services
Katherine St. George
RN. Y
Abraham Bereide
Christian Leadership Council
Conrad Hilton
Hilton Hotel
Mayflower
Christian Leadership Movement
Re-Shuffle Bill Moves Through Senate Committee
Raleigh notes that the Senate Committee on Conservation and Development unanimously approved a bill giving Gov Umstead power to reorganize the State Board for Conservation and Development. The measure would expire all board terms on June 30 allowing a full or partial board reshuffle.
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Raleigh
Senate ‘Committee On Conservation and Development Today
Umstead
State Board For Conservation and Development
C&d
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dillar Gardner
State Supreme Court
Gardner
Senate
W. H. Potter
Beaufort
Menhaden
C&d Department
Eden and Butler to Visit Washington in March
British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and Chancellor Hugh Butler will visit Washington at the start of March for informal talks with U.S. officials on economic issues. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles extended the invitation after arriving in London. Eden will also attend the United Nations assembly.
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Hugh Butler
State Department
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
London
Secretary of Treasury
Eden
Butler
United States
Churchill
Britain
U.S
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Stassen
Cone Mills to close Asheville yarn spinning plant
Cone Mills Corp plans to shut its Asheville yarn spinning plant within two months. Negotiations with a potential buyer are under way. About 200 employees have been notified. The plant, among Cone’s oldest, produced synthetic yarn for the rayon plant in Greensboro amid ongoing declines.
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Greensboro
Cone Mills Corp
Asheville
Marion W. Heiss
Cone
Cone Organization
Cone Reelected President of Textile Finishers Group
Cone Finishing Co. president Cone Jr. of Greensboro NC was reelected president of the National Association of Finishers of Textile Fabrics at the 39th annual meeting. He predicted a busy 1953 if military demand remains steady and said 1952 finishing volume was reasonably good.
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Cone
New York
Sydney N. Cone, Jr
Cone Finishing Co
Greensboro
N. C
National Association of Finishers
Fairmont Boy Charged in Involuntary Manslaughter
Charles Hardin aged 14 faces involuntary manslaughter charges after confessing to shooting and killing 11 year old Whichard during a target practice gone wrong. Police say Whichard stepped into the line of fire as Hardin fired at a tree, and ballistics tied the bullet to a pistol found with Hardin.
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Fairmont
Charles Hardin
William Guy Whichaaa
J. H. Godfrey
Young Hardin
Whichard
Godfrey
Hardin
Fairley Resigns as U S Attorney for Western District
Francis H. Fairley, assistant U S Attorney for North Carolina Western District, resigns effective February 28 to return to private practice in Charlotte. Possible successors named include Francis Parker, son of Judge John J. Parker, and Charlotte attorneys John West and Marcus Hickman.
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Fairley
Charlotte
Francis H. Fairley
U. S
North Carolina
Herbert Brownell
Francis Parker
John J. Parker
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
John West
Marcus Hickman
Dedicatory Ceremony for Reynolds Tobacco Lab
Leaders from industry agriculture business and research participated in the dedication of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co two million dollar research laboratory. Dr Ernest W Reid president of Corn Products Refining Co delivered the principal address. NBC television hookup will carry the program at 7 45 p m over WBT TV Charlotte and WFMY TV Greensboro.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Ernest W. Reid
Corn Products Reining Co
New York
NBC
Wbt-Tv
Charlotte
Wfmy-Tv
Greensboro
Williamson to Speak in North Carolina Industry Meetings
W F William son president of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers will discuss industry problems with manufacturers at five meetings in North Carolina next week He will speak in Charlotte Monday Hickory Tuesday High Point Wednesday Burlington Thursday and Pinehurst Friday.
Neutrality Patrol Ends Ike's Order On Formosa
Eisenhower's directive to end the Seventh Fleet shielding of Communist China went into effect. Officials say orders to abandon the neutrality patrol were sent after the State of the Union and Radford declines to comment. Senate figures warn de neutralization could invite Formosa based air strikes on rail lines feeding Korea and Indochina.
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Washington
Bkisenhower
China
Formosa
Far East
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Seventh Fleet
James C. Hagerty
White House
Joint Chiefs For Staff
Radford
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Red China Coast
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Alexander Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Indo- China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wiley
Ad- Formosa
North Korea
Mukden
Armed Service Secretaries Take Tests and Sworn In
Washington reports the three armed service secretaries were sworn in at the White House bringing Eisenhower's defense team to full strength. Harold E. Talbott secured Senate confirmation as Air Force Secretary while Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens and Navy Secretary Robert B. Anderson had prior confirmations. Defense Secretary Wilson praised the new team and prepared to begin work at the Pentagon. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee also backed Bedell Smith as undersecretary of state and James Conant as U.S. high commissioner for Germany amid some dissent over his liberal stance.
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Washington
Armed Service
Eisenhower
White House
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Senate
Army
Robert T. B. Stevens
Navy
Robert B. Anderson
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Central Intelligence
Gen
Walter Bedell Smith
James B. Conant
Harvard University
U. S
Germany
Conant
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Agent Testimony Allocates Tax Evasion Funds to Mealey
Federal revenue agents testified that Carroll E. Mealey, former head of the Alcohol Tax Unit, received 40 897 in untaxed income from 1946 to 1950. The subcommittee heard Mealey should have reported 92 094, yielding a 11 930 tax deficiency plus 5 965 in penalties.
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Washington
Federal Revenue
Carroll E. Mealey
The
Treasury
Charles H. Malmesbury
Philadelphia
House
Ways and Means
Malmesbury
Mealey
Bureau
Martin L. Webb
St. Louis
Tax-Collecting Bureau
Webb
Dulles Reaches Germany In His Tour Of Europe
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived in Bonn to urge Western Europe toward a European army with German troops. He warned 75 day progress is needed or U S aid may be cut, and he hoped West Germany would raise its 500000 man contribution before year end. He will proceed to Holland Belgium and Luxembourg, returning to Washington next Monday.
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Bonn
Germany
John Foster Dulles
West Germany
Dulles
Western Europe
NATO
Congress
Winston Churchill
London
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Washington
Navy Lifts Secrecy Ban On Fighter Skyknight Joins Korea Skies
In Seoul the U S Navy ends secrecy on the Skyknight twin jet night fighter and reports it has downed six MIG 15s and a propeller plane in Korea. Capt Carlton Green of Maine damaged a MIG 15 with a Corsair while Skyknight flies 600 mph and two-man crew. Fifth Air Force ships bomb Chinampo Harbor as trench fighting grows quiet on the eastern front and the 15th ROK division enters line. Gen Van Fleet says two more South Korean divisions await equipment.
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Korea
U. S. Navy
Marine
Carlton Green
Presque Isle
Green
Navy
Fifth Air Force Shooting Stars
Chinnampo
U. N
Republic of Korea
15Th
ROK
James A. van Fleet
University seeks 5 million boost in funds
The Consolidated University of North Carolina asked the Joint Appropriations Committee for increases totaling 5,055,442 for the next biennium to strengthen operating funds and permanent improvements across three units. President Gordon Gray and controller W. D. Carmichael Jr. outlined the needs and proposed allocations, including pay raises and emergency improvement projects. They also urged bond-issue inclusion for a combined 6.616 million in permanent improvements across state institutions.
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Raleigh
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Joint Appropriations Committee
Gordon Gray
W. D. Carmichael Jr
Consolidated University
Gray
Advisory Budget Commission
Carmichael
North Carolina State College
Woman's College
University At Chapel Hill
Commissio
State College
Victor Bryant
Durham
University
Division of Health Affairs
The
State Hospitals Board of Control
Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Weather Ledger Daily Temperatures And Sun Times
The forecast lists low tonight at 80 and high tomorrow at 60. High today 53 with last night’s low 26. Sunset today at 5 51 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 7 17 a m.
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Charlotte
Weather ‘Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Renee
Miami
Tenner
ST Io Mobile
Mitchell
New Orleans
York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington
Wilmington
Caceennes
White House faces wage decontrol order amid price moves
Washington plans show wage controls may end within 48 hours if the White House does not veto the stabilization push. Officials say price ceilings will lift on meats textiles clothing and many department store goods by week’s end to align with Eisenhower policy.
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Washington
White House
Joseph Freehill
Fisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Harry Weiss
Wage Stabilization Committee
Sayin
Eisenhower
Bly
Defense Production Administration
Office of Defense Mobilization
Defense
Arthur S. Flemming
National Securities Resources Board
Stocks Decline Irregularly as Market Opens
New York stocks edged lower in thin early trading with modest losses in mainly motion picture and chemical shares. U S Steel fell to 41% and Bethlehem Steel dropped to 55.44, while General Motors and Chrysler held steady.
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New York
ILP
National Theatres
Loews
Warner Bros
Houston Oil
Monsanto Chemical
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
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Sen
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R-Kan
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Pruden Takes
Edward H. Pruden
First Baptist Church of Washington
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R. Grady Rankin
Gaston
Commercial Fisheries Division
Eden. Butler
Assembly of the United Nations
Joseph P. Ryan
American Federation of Labor Executive Board
Ryan
Boy
Ike
Winnie
Mutual Security Administra
Tor Harold Stassen
Lon
Don
Corsair
State Highway Commission
Sam Bason
Caldwell
Senate Roads Committee
George L. Hundley
Davidson
Hundley
Fayetteville
Seaboard
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