Bulgarian Churchman Pleads Guilty in Treason Trial
In Sofia on February 26 Rev Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov pleaded guilty to treason and espionage charges, becoming the third defendant to admit guilt in two days. As a 48 year old Congregational pastor, he represented United Evangelical churches and was linked to British and American figures. other defendants testified and named foreign educators and churchmen amid charges of black market dealings.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov
Ziapkov
United Evangelical Churches
Yanko Ivanov
Invanov
Nikola Naumov
French Arrest Communist Editor on Security Count
Paris reports police arrested Jacques Friedland editor of Regards on charges of meddling in national defense secrets. Authorities also raided two Communist publications as legal action grows against the party central committee and calls for lifting Marcel Cachin’s parliamentary immunity.
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Paris
4Rowment
Deministry
Communist Party
France
Jacques Friedland
Interior Ministry
National Defense
Friedland
Communist
Central Committee
Defense Ministry
L’humanite
Marcel Cachin
Cachin
Russia
Rents Surge After Decontrol of Greensboro Dwellings
Greensboro rent ceilings were removed for 14 units in the three months ending Jan 31. Rent Director W W Boulineau noted rents rose to 776 dollars per month from 426, an average 105 percent increase, with some units higher even before decontrol as part of a nationwide Housing Expeditor Woods study.
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Greensboro
W. W. Boulineau
Tighe W. Woods
Weekend Weather Turns Crisper Across Carolinas
A Canadian air mass chilled the Carolinas with many cities near freezing. Winston-Salem dropped to 32 degrees and Asheville to 33, while Charleston logged 47 and coastal towns ranged from the mid 30s to low 40s.
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Carolinas
Canada
Winston-Salem
N. C
Asheville
Air Line Stocks Rise as CAB Economic Plan Lifts Air Carriers
New York February 26 demand for air line stocks boosted trade in the market with fractional gains seen in Pan American Airways American United Eastern and Trans Continental & Western. Broad market mixed with higher shares in U S Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Consolidated Edison American Can Radio Corp and Union Pacific. In Robeson County North Carolina voters set March 29 to decide on 5 000 000 in school bonds with allocations including Fairmont 295 000 Red Springs 230 000 Lumberton 200 000 and county schools 2 275 000.
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New York
Air Group
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Ines
Pan American Airways
American
United, Eastern
Transcontinental & Western Air
Curtiss-Wright
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Consolidated Edison
American Can
Radio Corp
N. ¥. Central
Union Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Ilinois Central
Standard Oil
Robeson
Lumberton
Robeson County
Fairmont
Red Springs
Wine Store Proprietor Is Shot to Death
Greensboro report says W L Holbrook a wine merchant died from a head wound after being shot behind the Cole Street Package Store counter last night. Taxi driver Kenneth Buchan found him. police pursue three unidentified Black men suspected in a robbery motive. Holbrook taken to Wesley Long hospital but died hours later.
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Greensboro
W. L. Holbrook
Cole Street
Kenneth Buchanan
Vance Street
Holbrook
Wesley Long Hospital
Buchanan
Clay Williams Dies Suddenly At His Home
Winston Salem report that S Clay Williams 64 chairman of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co dies suddenly at his Willsherr Lodge Davie County home funeral set for 2 p m Sunday burial in Greensboro confirms his passing and location of services.
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Clay Williams
Winston-Salem
S. Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Willsherr Lodge
Davie County
Greensboro
P S Clay Williams Dies a Noted Industrial Leader
Winston Salem report notes the death of P S Clay Williams 64 chairman of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co and former chairman of the National Recovery Administration He led the firm from 1917 rising to top posts and held prominent industry positions Survivors include his widow daughter and son in Philadelphia Greensboro and Mooresville connections and his Mooresville birth referenced.
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Winston-Salem
P.S. Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Here
Williams
Mooresville
Reynolds Company
National Recovery Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
National Industrial Conference
National Association of Manufacturers
LaTelle — Sherrill
Thornton H. Brooks
Greensboro
Clay Williams, Jr
Philadelphia
Senators Threaten Paralyze Senate in Response to Truman stump tour
Republicans pledge vigorous backtalk to defend their record as President Truman campaigns for his congressional program. Senator Brewster of Maine leads a push with National Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr and Senator Taft to expand a national policy committee and consider a fall policy conference. Taft doubts the idea but won’t oppose it if others push ahead.
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Washington
Truman
Brewster
R-Me
Maine
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Scott
Senate Campaign Committee
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Ohio
Filibuster Maneuvers Planned By Southern Senators
Southern senators led by Senator Russell threaten a filibuster to block rule change on debate. The plan would keep senators on the floor and limit committee work as the anti filibuster resolution advances. Connally and George lead the opening speeches with seniority guiding the strategy.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie Group
Truman
George
Mackenzie Views French Communist Ties to Moscow
DeWitt Mackenzie notes that France's clash with the Communist party centers on allegiance to Moscow. He details Ramadier’s legal actions, Thorez’s parliament speech, and the Assembly’s condemnation, linking Western plans to Moscow’s line and the broader cold war stakes.
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Henri Queuille
Thorez
Russia
America
France
Moscow
Final Committee Action on Referendum Bills Scheduled to Be Taken Next Week
Governor Scott faces changes as Senate road committee shrinks rural roads bond from 200 million to 100 million and ties a one cent gas tax to voter approval. Bond election set for June 28 with county allocation chart. governor vows to press for full funding.
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Raleigh
Scott
General Assembly
House
Senate Road Committee
Scott Says Conservatives Are Having Their Day Now
Governor Scott, in Raleigh, praised the emerging liberal and conservative coalition as the 80th Congress comparison, predicting a future where liberals and conservatives work together. He warned the 1949 General Assembly would find its footing once momentum overcomes old-guard brakes, with highway issues and deadlocks easing as reforms take hold.
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Scott
Raleigh
Truman
General Assembly
Togliatti Calls for Italian Aid to Soviet Army
In a Giornale della Sera interview Palmiro Togliatti said Italians would have the duty to aid the Soviet army if needed to pursue an aggressor on Italian soil. He did not specify the form of aid and echoed Maurice Thorez's stance with caution about Soviet intentions.
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Maurice Thorez
Communist Party
Thorez
Red Army
France
Russia
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Rome
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Evacuation Begins of Egyptian Garrison at Faluja
UN sources report the evacuation of about 3,000 Egyptian troops from the coastal Negev village of Faluja has started. The operation follows the Rhodes armistice accord between Israel and Egypt.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Faluja
Negev Desert
Little
Coastal Plain
Rhodes
Iowa Leads U.S. in Cash Farm Income for 1948
Iowa topped national cash farm receipts at 2 354 733 000 in 1948, edging California which totals 2 207 639 000. Texas was third with 1 953 014 000, Illinois fourth at 1 835 897 000, while North Carolina and South Carolina reported 759 670 000 and 334 983 000 respectively, all down from 1947 levels except California which rose.
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Washington
Iowa
California
Agriculture Department
Texas
Illinois
North Carolina
South Carolina
Automobile Accessories Drive Change In Car Purchases
Buyers demand exact orders with added items finding some accessories charged to price. Dealers face pressure as some extras are built in or shipped separately by manufacturers, inflating delivered prices by hundreds of dollars. The trend shows buyers increasingly reject unwanted add ons, shifting market dynamics nationwide.
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David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
Detroit
National
Autmobile Dealers Association
Father Says Child's Body Was Cremated
(A) Asheboro February 26. Laboratory tests began to determine if the bones and ash belong to a missing 2'-year-old deformed child. Clarence Overman 29 says his crippled daughter Mary died and he and his wife Rita burned the body in the rear of their shack. They are held on a charge of abandoning the child. Police traced a claim of taking the child to Chicago and leaving her with a bar room acquaintance named Mike Remenski who could not be located. Sheriff Morgan plans expert analysis of the ashes found yesterday.
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Asheboro
Ben Morgan
Clarence Overman
Mary
Morgan
Overman
Rita
Randolph County
Chicago
Mike” Remenski
Dummy Funds Youth’s College Education in Boston
In Boston on February 26 a ventriloquist and his dummy named Tommy are earning enough from three night engagements weekly to finance Bernice Liberatore’s liberal arts education at Boston University. Bernice, 21, is a third generation ventriloquist whose grandfather practiced velocipede hobbies and whose father pursued ventriloquism professionally.
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Boston
Bernice Liberatore
Bernice
Tommy
Boston University
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Ralph Patridge
The
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Bessie
Mack
AP Wiretos
By Don Whitehead
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Finance and Foreign Relations
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D-Ill
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