Purges in Kremlin Seen as Potential Collapse Trigger
Congressmen urged Beria’s firing signals deep Kremlin dissension and could hasten the Soviet regime’s collapse. They warned of increased instability behind the Iron Curtain and urged firm action to exploit unrest among Soviet and satellite states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kremlin
Lavrenti P. Beria
John Sherman
Rky
Theeign Relations Committee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Beria
Russia
John J. Sparkman
Dala
Foeign Relations Committee
John W. McCormack
Mass
Tron
Eisenhower
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
City Seeks Higher Interest on Idle Municipal Cash
City officials consider moving $35,000 of idle funds to higher yielding local or county investments to boost revenue. Current idle cash totals about $165,000 with rates from 1 to 3 percent locally, and two High Point banks decline large investments. City Manager T E Hinson will pursue options with county agencies to secure better returns while keeping near 10,000 dollar increments for investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Hinson
Council
Hinson
Weil
High Point
Stocks Slide as Market Sagas Dull in Early Hour
New York stocks eased at noon amid light volume and uncertainties tied to a Russian leader. Industrials fell about eight cents, rails down 55 cents, utilities six cents, with 170000 shares traded in the hour. Some sectors rose 12 to 25 cents, led by TwentiethFox Film. tax shifts in cinema helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
King of Russia
Twentieth -Fox Film
Central Railroad of Georgia
Missouri Pacific
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Santa Fe
Atlantic Coast
Baltimore & Ohio
Great Northern
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
McMullan Rules on Beer Permits in Raleigh County
Raleigh County commissioners cannot arbitrarily refuse retail beer permits in counties where sales are legal. Atty Gen Harry McMullan ruled that boards must base license decisions on evidence and issue licenses when entitled by law, otherwise suspend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Atty
Harry McMullan
Board of
McMullan
Three Men Dynamite Bus In Augusta
Police seek three men in a green car after a bus was dynamited in Augusta amid a 40 day transportation strike. Three injured when a panel blew open near the front, a hole torn in the can, and a seat hurled into the aisle. The Augusta Coach Co has used non union drivers since the strike began. This attack marks the third bus incident since the strike started, following a July 1 tear gas blast injuring six and a buckshot firing at another bus with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Augusta Coach Co
Fifteen Die in Violent Mendocino Forest Fire
Fifteen men perished in a fierce Mendocino National Forest fire reported by Glenn County sheriff. Eighteen were New Tribes Mission volunteers and two were federal Forest Service personnel. Bulldozers moved in to clear trails as the blaze scorched about 300 acres eight miles east of Alder and 30 miles west of Willows.
Palace Revolution Could Bring Down Malenkov and Beria
London dispatch reports a palace coup toppled Lavrenti Beria as premier Georgi Malenkov's position weakens. Molotov and Bulganin gain influence, purges likely, and a tougher Soviet stance toward the West may follow though a peace offensive remains possible. The account traces how army support and security services shifts reshape Soviet leadership after Stalin's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Ryser
United Press Staff Co
London
Lavrenti P. Beria
Georgi M. Malenkov
Mini
Oeolotov
Nikoal Bulganin
Stalin
Malenkov
Pomenes
Beria
Omats
Molotov
Bulganin
Russia
Ministry of State Security
Vassili Chuikov
Germany
Moscow
McCarthy Faces Matthews Case Backlash From Clergy
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin faced a setback as his aide Matthews drew fire over an article and subversive claims about Protestant clergy. Eisenhower and the National Conference of Christians and Jews condemned broad attacks, prompting McCarthy to accept Matthews resignation.
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McCarthy
J. B. Matthews
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Matthews
Nous
American Mercury
National Conference of Christians and Jews
America
Westerners Drop Plan to Change Cotton Allotment Base
Senate hearings on 1954 cotton legislation feature South Senators opposing the Western shift from a five to three year base. Kuchel says no change now. Farm Bureau favors a 21.5 million acre national allotment plus 500 000 adjustment to cap cuts at 27 percent from 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Egg
Farm Bureau
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Kuchel
Calif
Farm Bureau Federaon i
Junder
Protests Over Military Bombing in Albemarle Sound
Commercial and sports fishermen protested practice bombing in Albemarle Sound at a hearing led by Col. R. C. Brown. State conservation official Kirkpatrick attended for representation.
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Hertford
Albemarle Sound
Col
R. C. Brown
Wilmington
Co. D. Kirkpatrick
Morehead City
State Conservation and Development Commission
Just Couldn't Shoot Reidsville Convicts Escape
A prison guard recounts three convicts who walked off a city street work gang in Reidsville yesterday. The escapees were Ray H 22 of Greensboro Thomas Phillips 17 of Pilot Mountain and Nelson M Ellsworth 27 of Kan napolis. Watt Martin supervised them with a pistol and the guard left before the men fled. It marks Jessup's fifth escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
Watt Martin
Martin
Ray H
Greensboro
Thomas Phillips
Pilot Mountain
Nelson M. Ellsworth
Kannapolis
Jessup
Boy With Broken Arm From Bicycle Crash In City Street
An 11 year old Richard Kelly of 115 North Main suffered a broken arm when his bicycle, lacking a front light, struck the rear of a car driven by James W. Hester 33, backing from a parking space in the 100 block of North Main at 9 40 last night. Hester faces a charge of failing to yield right of way. The boy was admitted to the local hospital. A separate two car crash at Farriss Avenue and North Hamilton Street caused about 450 dollars in damage. Paul D. Clement Jr 32 and Ruth H. Holder 39 were involved. Clement charged with failing to yield right of way and ignoring a stop sign. Mrs Holder experienced slight shock. A third collision at Highland Avenue and Mill Street caused 100 dollars in damage to each car. drivers were Ted Henry Graves 18 and Oscar Tysinger 22 with no injuries. A note on a separate item mentions a sonic fathometer locating many underwater mountains and chasms, challenging chart makers.
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Richard Kelly
North Main Street
North Main
James W. Hester
Marine Avenue
Hester
Farriss Avenue-North Hamilton Street
Paul D. Clement, Jr
Oak View Road
Clements
North Hamilton
Farriss
Ruth H. Holder
Lexington Avenue
Three-Member Paroles Board Named by Governor
Governor Umstead selects a three member Paroles Board. Dr Clarence Patrick of Wake Forest will chair, with Judge W A Brame of Wendell and Johnson Matthews of Raleigh as the others. Henry E Kendall reappointed to a new four year ESC chair term.
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Nest
Clarence Patrick
Wake Forest
W. A. Brame
Wendell Pom
Fuquay-Varina
Advisory Budget Commission
Umstead
Patrick
Wake Forest College
Brame
Wendell Recorder’s Court
Matthews
Payroles Commission
Kendall
Shelby
ESC
Cherry
Scott
Quentin Groy
Halifax
Henry D. Wolf
Chapel Hill
Crayon C. Efird
Collision Kills Woman Injures Five in North Carolina
A two-vehicle crash near Whiteville killed Louise Nordan Biggs 39 of Lumberton and injured five others. The sedan carrying Biggs collided with a pickup driven by Sal Royce Hardin 30 of Chadbourn. Also hurt were Joanee Biggs, Ann Moss Biggs, Lutecia McCausland, and Hardin.
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Whiteville
N. C
Louise Nordan Biggs
Carlyle Bethune Biggs
Lumberton
Biggs
Cpl. T. P. Hofler
State Highway Patrol
Sal Royce Hardin
Chad
Hardin
Joanee Passeanece
Carra Lynn Biggs
Ann Moss Biggs
J. Irvin Biges
Lucetta McCausland
York, S.C
Lumberton Relaves
Singing commercials viewed as here to stay in advertising
At a Cleveland convention of the American Advertising Federation, executives from N W Ayer Campbell Ewald and Fuller Smith Ross argued singing commercials can be effective if well crafted. They noted some listeners find them annoying but many admit clever lyrics and melody improve impact while overuse has diminished in recent years.
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Cleveland
Warner S. Shelly
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
American Advertising Federation
Shelly
Henry G. Little
Detroit
Campbell-Ewald Co
Stanley Paine
Fuller & Smith & Ross
Inner Tubes Stolen From Tire Shop
Daylight theft reported at Welborn's Tire Service on Highway 10A and English Street. Proprietor T. B. Welborn told deputies two new inner tubes were taken from a carton during the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welborn
Highway 10A
T. B. Welborn
Sturiff's
Foresters Conduct Field Meeting in Cherokee North Carolina
The Society of American Foresters opens a two day field meeting in Cherokee North Carolina with guided tours of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cherokee Reservation forests planned for tomorrow. A Meadville Westinghouse plant reportedly operated a furnace as tall as a 13 story building used to treat aluminum, claimed as the world’s tallest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Society of American Foresters
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Meadville
Westinghouse
State Press Association Hear From President at Summer Convention
The North Carolina Press Association opened its three day summer convention with a banquet in New Bern. Weimar Jones Franklin spoke as president, and remarks urged fair reporting, community heritage, and local democracy. Lyle C. Wilson criticized party reliability in Congress amid other sessions and events.
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New Bern
N. C
North Carolina Press Association
Weimar Jones Franklin
Graham x
Cherry Point Marine Base
Trent Pines Club
W. Randall Harris
Asheville
Association
Alcoa Reaches Wage Pacts With Unions
The Aluminum Company of America announces simultaneous wage agreements with the CIO United Steelworkers and two AFL unions covering about 30,000 workers in 18 plants. An 8 cent per hour general increase plus regional adjustments and a future contract with the USW. A wage study targets equalizing lowest rates across sites by July 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
CIO
United Steelworkers
AFL
Alcoa
USW
Tenn
Badin
N. C
Bauxite
Ark
Mobile
Ala
Richmond
Ind
Rockdale
Tex
Bridgeport
New Kensington
Housewives Turn Tables On Salesman in Melbourne
In Melbourne, housewives reversed a salesman campaign by canvassing customers. After a week, one salesman returned with 17 tomato sauce bottles, 23 pickles, 8 chutneys, and 41 bottles of pickled onions, having sampled home made products from local households.
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Melbourne
Australia
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Charles EF. Potter
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
American Car & F
American Sugar
American T & T
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel SK
Boeing Aircraft
Chesapeake & Ohio
Coca Cola
Colgate
Continental
Curtiss-Wright
Douglas Aircraft
duPont
Eastern Air
Kodak
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear
Gulf Oi
I Central
Interchemical Corp
International Harvester
International Nickel
International T & T
Johns-Manville
Kennecott O4
Kroger Co
Myers
Lou & Nash
Monsanto
Packard
Paramount Pictures
Pennsylvania
Cola
P Morris Siu Reynolds Tobacco
Seaboard
Island
Gordon Rainey
Oklahoma City
Tom
An Gordon, Jr
Pinedale
Wyo
Eal Weeden
West Centra
Malenkoy
United Press London
Seckins
Macaoy
Ministry of the Interior
Star
Hoke Safe
Washington A
Hoke County
Senate
Ft. Bragg
Camp Mackall
Congress
Paroles Board
Tire Company
State Press Association
Wagger’s, Inc
Guilford Cid
Boone Upholstery CO
English St
J. KR. Boone
Industrial Supply CO
DU Power Company
Asige
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