Reds Launch Savage Infantry Attacks Frontline in Korea
At the central and western front in Korea, Chinese Communist forces launched three platoons in two attacks east of the Pukhan River after a lull. Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor visited the front to acquaint himself with U N forces while fighting restrained by artillery and air cover.
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Seoul
Korea
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. 8Th Army
James A. van Fleet
Pukhan
U. N
Kelly Hill
Bunker Hill
Chorwon
Jackson Heights
Sniper Ridge
Anchor Hill
ROK
Dulles Outlines Europe Defense Alternatives and Timetable
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned Western Europe to end delays in military cooperation or risk World War III and Soviet occupation. He urged progress on the European defense community by early April with a June French debate delay noted, and warned Congress may cut foreign aid if inaction continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Dulles
Relentless Tide Pounds Sea Walls
Britain the Netherlands and Belgium fight the largest tides of the month th rough February storms. Sandbag airlift efforts with aid from the United States and eight countries bolster dikes along the North Sea as coastal areas evacuate and warning systems expand. The British report the sea walls holding in Kent Essex Norfolk Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire as spring tides loom Monday afternoon.
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London
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
North Sea
United States
England
Low Countries
Europe
Kent
Essex
Norfolk
Suffolk
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Umstead Plans Bond Issues for Schools and Mental Hospitals
Gov. William B. Umstead expected next week to propose nearly 88 million dollars in bonds, including 50 million for school buildings and 23 million for mental institutions, with a 15 million catch-all issue to finance hospital construction and higher education needs. The plan may revise sales tax rules to fund the bonds, and school and mental institution bonds would require a statewide referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Medical Care Commission
Umstead
John W. Umstead
Chapel Hill
Cone Mills reports record 1952 sales and earnings
Cone Mills Corp. posted an all time high consolidated net sales of 173,741,868 last year. Ceasar Cone, treasurer, said net earnings after taxes amounted to 9,329,700, or 7,979,908 after taxes and 2.27 a share. Sales totaled 19,729,623 above 154,012,245 in 1951. Earnings per share compared with 3.25 in 1951 and 4.21 in 1950, the lowest since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Cone Mills Corp
Ceasar Cone
Cone
Reynolds Tobacco declares dividends on preferred stock
Directors of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co announce quarterly dividends of 90 cents a share on 3.60 per cent series and 1.214 per share on 4.50 per cent series. Dividends payable April 1 to holders of record March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Four men bound over on liquor charge payoff offer
In Durham, four men linked to an alleged liquor law violation plea deal were bound over to Superior Court on $1,000 bonds each. The defendants include Thomas C. McNeil and Robert H. McNeil, Maurice C. McNeil, and Carl Wesley Mathews. Vera Parker testified they demanded $60 to drop the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Thomas C. McNeil
Smithfield
ABC
Robert H. McNeil
Durham Fce
Maurice C. McNeil
North Carolina
Carl Wesley Mathews
Winston-Salem
McNeil
Vera Parker
Recorder's Court
A. R. Wilson
West Jefferson Father Dies Saving Son From Fire
In West Jefferson Wiley A. Vannoy, 63, reentered a burning home to rescue his 14 year old son thought trapped inside. The house collapsed trapping him. His son escaped with other relatives including Mrs Vannoy and Mrs William Dillard.
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West Jefferson
Wiley A. Vannoy
Trappe
Vannoy
Charlotte insurance exec faces charges in alleged embezzlement
A Charlotte insurance executive, William L. Lumpkin, 49, is to appear for a preliminary hearing February 18 on 18 counts of embezzlement and four counts of forging notes totaling $17,948.13. He was released on $7,500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
William L. Lumpkin
Trucker Duo Die From Carbon Monoxide In Muddy Road Crash
Two Greensboro men Jim Capps aged 52 and Thomas Hartman aged 60 were found dead in a pickup trapped in mud near Pomona. Coroner Dr. W. W. Harvey ruled death from carbon monoxide fumes due to a hole in the floorboard and exhaust system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Jim Capps
Thomas Hartman
Pomona
Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
Coroner's jury delays verdict in mill worker death
A coroner's jury will wait until February 26 to return a verdict in the fatal stabbing of Otis Thanies Newman, 34, of the Flat Rock area. Jurors deliberated 45 minutes Tuesday night and requested a two week recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Airy
Otis Thanies Newman
Flat Rock
Farmer acquitted in Madison County murder case
A 69-year-old farmer was found not guilty by a Madison County Superior Court jury in the fatal shooting of William Gosnell in Asheville. The panel deliberated about two and a half hours before acquitting Sampson R. Roberts, accused of killing Gosnell on September 6.
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Marshall
Asheville
Madison County Superior Court
Sampson R. Roberts
William Gosnell
Car crash kills Tarzan Brown in Walnut Grove
State Highway Patrolman W. C. Blaylock said a car driven by Tarzan Brown overturned yesterday and struck a parked unoccupied vehicle, killing Brown. A passenger, David Caldwell of Winston-Salem, suffered a broken arm.
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Walnut Grove
Tarzan Brown
Winston-Salem
OPS to close Charlotte headquarters in March
The Office of Price Stabilization will close its Charlotte office March 18. District Director Ray Shute said 23 staff will receive dismissal notices Monday. The Richmond regional office said 120 employees in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Baltimore area and DC will also be notified.
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Charlotte
Office of Price Stabilization
Ray Shute
OPS
Richmond
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Baltimoreland
District of Columbia
Negro Woman Dies After Elm Church Crash In High Point
High Point marks its first 1953 traffic casualty as Lena Stokes a 41 year old maid for the Jenkins family dies at Memorial Hospital after a collision at Elm Church Street intersection. Driver Mary Jo Jenkins 21 was cited for a stop sign violation before the death charge dropped. Carl Thompson 27 of High Point Hotel drove the other car. Court set February 27 for manslaughter hearing.
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Lena Stokes
Mary Jo
High Point
Memorial Hospital
Elm-Church Street
Woodbury Street
Miss Jenkins
Church Street
Elm Street
Carl Thompson
High Point Hotel
Thompson
Jenkins
Sabotage Suspected in Powder Plant Blast at Pinole
FBI agents and Army officers hunted for signs of possible sabotage after a dynamite shack explosion at the Hercules Powder Company near San Francisco killed at least 12 and left six injured. A coroner reported 12 missing, with debris scattered over a wide area as investigators weighed foul play and the quake like blast.
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Pinole
Calif
FBI
Army
D. K. Brown
Hercules Powder Company
Bay Area
San Francisco
Richmond
Richard Sheff
Leroy
University of California
Hercules
Senators Seek Clarification Of Policy On War Briefing
Senators pressed Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for clearer positions on China blockade Korea action and U S war policy as Taft urged arms to Nationalist China. Dulles reportedly opposed immediate Red China measures and a broad Korea assault. Congress also balked at farm price supports as disaster insurance and debated tax cuts with a mid year 11 percent personal income tax proposal.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Senate
Far Eastern Affairs
Eisenhower
China
Korea
Republican
Robert A. Taft
America
U.S
Manchuria
James A. van Fleet
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
House
Ways and Means Committee
Veterans bonus bill enters North Carolina House
A state wide vote on paying a bonus to Tar Heel veterans is introduced in the House while governor office signs slow retroactive pay raises for teachers and state workers. Budgets favor bonds for mental hospitals and school construction. a school bond of 50 million and 23 million for mental facilities are floated, with 15 million for other institutions. Rep. William L. Winkler introduces by request and signals no push to pass, seeking GOP help via Amvers leader Del Vescovo amid cool mood on the plan.
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Raleigh
John W. Umstead
Orange Brother
Umstead
Ed Rankin
William L. Winkler
Watauga
Winkler
Andrew del Vescovo
Burlington
Amvers
del Vescovo
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
American Association of University Women
Young Democrats Club
Senate
House
H. M. Moore
Clay
Allied Church League
Judiciary Committee
Recorder’s Courts
Price decontrol lifts caps on gas and more items
Washington reports decontrol removes price lids on gasoline and other goods, with Price Stabilizer Frechil warning sharp gas price increases and probable rises in newsprint, construction services, and scrap metals. Major items still to be decontrolled include dairy products, bread, cereals, autos, appliances, and cosmetics.
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Washington
Joseph Frechill
Freehill
West
Price Agency
White House
North Carolina Education Board seeks 60 million for school construction
The State Board of Education asked the Joint Appropriations Committee for 60 million dollars to fund new school construction and reduce facility inequities. Vice-chairman D Hiden Ramsey of Asheville urged rapid action amid pending Supreme Court cases on school segregation and noted extra requests totaling about 16.5 million beyond the Advisory Budget Commission’s suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Joint Appropriations Committee
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
Ramsey
Supreme Court of the United States
North Carolina
Raleigh
Joint
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
High Court
Umstead
Educcation Board
Advisory Budget Commission
Department of Public Instruction
Appropriations Committee
Budget Commission
State Art Society
J. A. Pritchett
Widsor
Board of Education
Stocks Move Irregularly After Holiday Trading
New York stocks moved irregularly higher in light post holiday activity. Texas Gulf Sulphur fell 3 points to 96 45 after Wednesday's loss on dividend concerns. Oil shares inch higher with Richfield up 1 to 62 while Sinclair, Socony Vacuum and Texas Company eased. Douglas up fractionally to 65, Du Pont rose to 96 5. Rail stocks small gains, Erie 21 1 8, New York Central 23, Southern Pacific 431 5, Southern Railway 79 1 2, U S Steel 40, Bethlehem 53, Chrysler 90 1 2, General Motors 65 1 2.
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New York
Texas Gulf
Richfield Oil
Sinclair, Socony-Vacuum and
Texas Company
Douglas
du Pont
Erie
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Weather outlook and temperatures for tonight and tomorrow
The forecast calls for a low of 8 tonight and a high of 50 tomorrow. Earlier today the high reached 48 with a low of 33 last night. Sunset is at 5 59 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 7 09 a m.
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Mudung-Ni Valley
Seeree
Frayer
Tours
OPS Office
Miss Jen
Kins Nor Thompson
Elm
Church Streets
High
Elm-Church Corner
United Press
Senate Committee On Interstate and Federal Relations
General Assembly
DAR
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
C. A. Fink
American Federation of Labor
I. Feverly Lake
Weather Bureau
Max Min Rofll
Setae
Atlante
Ecsee
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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