Drought Shrivels Southern Crops Threatening Harvest
Survey shows millions in crop losses across five Dixie states as drought curtails corn tobacco and pasture. Alabama faces about 100 million dollars in damage with corn one third destroyed. Georgia Alabama North Carolina and Florida hit hard while Virginia sees rain breaks and mid-90s heat looms. Hog producers warn dwindling feed could raise prices and affect year round meat supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Dixie States
Alamo
Carolina
Alabama
Chattahoochee Valley
Georgia
Piedmont
North Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
US Orders Russia To Suspend Soviet Information Bulletin
Washington reports that the United States demands immediate suspension of the Soviet Information Bulletin and all related propaganda in the country. It also halts Amerika, the Russian language magazine, citing obstructionist practices and reduced sales in violation of a 1946 accord. The note warns possible resumption if Moscow grants equivalent freedoms.
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Washington
United States Today
Russia
Soviet Information Bulletin
Moscow
State Department
Amerika
Kremlin
U. S
Oan
Ussr Information Bulletin
United States
CIO Leader Calls Ike Amateur and Prisoner of Advisers
Washington reports CIO vice president Joseph A. Beirne calls Dwight D. Eisenhower a rank amateur in civil government and says he would rely on advisers for domestic policy. Beirne, at the Democratic convention, argues Eisenhower lacks independence on key issues like Taft Hartley, civil rights, and federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph A. Beirne
Chicago
Eisenhower
Beirne
Platform Committee
Philip Murray
Taft
Atlantic City
Emil Mazey
United Auto Workers
Ike
Gen
Mazey
Negotiators Fail To Break Steel Strike Impasse
Pittsburgh report says CIO President Philip Murray and Bethlehem Steel official Joseph Larkin failed to reach a settlement in the 44 day walkout by 590000 steelworkers at a government called meeting. Murray said discussions continued and that they would await word from Acting Defense Mobilizer John Steelman with possible further talks.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
Defense
John R. Steelman
Murray
Arthur Goldberg
Joseph M. Larkin
Neval
John M. Morse
Bethlehem Steel
Iron Workers
USW
Allied Industries
Steelman
Ite
Sey Saan An
Camp ePrice Jilizer
le Arnall
Steel Industry
CIO United Steelworkers
Joseph Larkin
John KR
Larkin
Collins Promises Air Attacks in Korea War Threat
Gen. J. Lawton Collins warned the Communists of tough bombings if armistice talks fail in Korea. He said the U N would strike back with every arsenal against outside powers, except germ warfare, and noted potential atomic artillery readiness in the future. The UN aims to consult before using such weapons and stressed readiness to save forces if needed.
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Tokyo
J. Lawton Collins
Army
U. N
Korea
Collins
United States
Pyongyang
Kins
Train Kills Bladenboro Teen on Trestle
Jack Sellers 17 of Bladenboro died when a Wilmington bound Atlantic Coast Line train struck him on a railroad trestle. Police identified the victim from papers in a billfold. his body was dragged about 140 yards. The engineer said he saw something like a big piece of paper but could not stop.
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Bladenboro
Jack Sellers
Clarence Hester
Merchant Killed in Goldsboro Car Crash
An 81 year old retired merchant, E. F. Pate, was fatally injured when his car collided with another vehicle and spun 66 feet in Goldsboro within city limits. The other driver, Levi Andrews Ivey, 31, of Goldsboro, was held under $1,000 bond for grand jury investigation.
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Goldsboro
E. F. Pate
Levi Andrews Ivey
Beauty pageant entries extended for Miss North Carolina 1952
Young women compete for Miss North Carolina of 1952 with July 24-26 festival dates. The deadline was extended from today to allow late entrants from across the state, with 30 entries already received including three yesterday.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Toll Road Financing Discussed in Greensboro
The State Turnpike Authority planned a meeting in Greensboro this afternoon to evaluate offers from banking firms seeking to finance a toll road to the Midwest.
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Toll Road
Greensboro
State Turnpike Authority
Midwest
Rail hearing set to resume on Southern Railway discontinues train 111 112
The North Carolina State Utilities Commission will resume the hearing on Southern Railway’s bid to discontinue train 111 112 between Goldsboro and Greensboro on October 7. The previous session halted January 17 after railroad attorneys and witnesses presented loss figures, then opponents supplied figures indicating the train’s better performance.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Southern Railway
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Ost
Scottesque Raleigh trip highlights NC rural influence
Gov Kerr Scott says rural workers who commute to towns will swing North Carolina politics. Southern commissioners of agriculture depart Raleigh to visit tobacco regions in Winston-Salem and Asheville, stressing demand for equal schools churches and facilities for rural families.
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Scott
Raleigh
Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Kerr Scott
Commissioners’ Association
North Carolina
Hospital meeting draws 70 administrators to Duke and Burlington
Southern hospital administrators occupied with lectures and field trips during a two day meeting at Duke University. Seventy administrators visited UNC Hospital and Alamance County Hospital in Burlington. The group was hosted by the North Carolina Hospital Association at a barbecue last night.
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Durham
Southern Hospital
Duke University
University of North Carolina Hospital
Alamance County Hospital
Burlington
North Carolina Hospital Association
Creditors Petition Greensboro Hosiery Mills Bankruptcy
Creditors asked that South land Hosiery Mills be declared bankrupt in Middle District Court. The textile firm admits insolvency. Equipment is slated for sale Friday to cover a large income tax assessment. Petitioning creditors include Package Products Co Charlotte Alfred Printing Co Greensboro and Ernest Kiesewetter Asheboro.
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Greensboro
Southland Hosiery Mills, Inc
Textile Corporation
Middle District Court
Charlotte Samers
The
Package Products Co
Charlotte
Alfred Printing Co
Ernest Kiesewetter
Asheboro
Tar Heel utilities expansion cited in state report
A government progress report to Gov. Kerr Scott shows about 500 million dollars invested in North Carolina telephone electric and gas expansion over three and a half years. It notes a 31 percent increase in electric generating capacity and gains in telephones customers and private generating capacity with more projects planned.
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Raleigh
Tar Heel
Kerr Scott
State Utilities Commission
Scott
North Carolina
Allies Hurl Chinese Back On East Coast Hill
Allied forces repelled a sixth Red assault on a hill south of Kosong amid brutal hand to hand fighting. Casualties rose with 827 Communist deaths and 265 wounded in four days, plus 1417 more killed across other sectors. U N troops overran positions near Chorwon in a five hour clash. air power leveled bunkers gun positions dumps and buildings.
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Chorwon
U. N
Fair Trade Law Signed By Truman
President Truman signed a federal fair trade law authorizing price fixing by manufacturers and retailers within states with existing fair trade laws. The measure requires all merchants in such states to honor manufacturer set prices if any retailer signs the agreement, superseding a 1951 Supreme Court ruling. Enforcement rests with 45 states except Missouri Texas Vermont.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Missouri
Texas
Vermont
Lincolnton Prisoners Riot Spurs Hostage Situation
Long term convicts at the Lincolnton prison camp rioted early today and held a guard named Carlos Reynolds as hostage in the barracks. Prisons Director Walter Anderson ordered officials to free the guard and custody the rioters, as superintendent Jake Schrum and W. H. Haywood prepared to respond. The status of the disturbance remained active at 9 a.m. with Haywood en route to Lincolnton.
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Lincolnton
N. C
Carlos Reynolds
Jake Schrum
Walter Anderson
Raleigh
Anderson
W. H. Haywood
Schrum
Seventh
Mt. Gilead
Haywood
United States Docks After Atlantic Speed Run Victory
The United States superliner docked in New York after completing a round trip Atlantic speed record a three days 12 hours 12 minutes. Crowds cheered as brass bands banners and a ticker tape parade welcomed the ship and its crew.
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United States
Atlantic
New York
Hudson River
Battery
46Th Street
New York City
Ambrose
Britain
Europe
Stevenson Foes See Opportunity as He Says No Draft
Chicago dispatch reports Gov. Adlai Stevenson refuses a draft, narrowing the field at the Democratic convention and leaving other candidates optimistic about winning on remaining ballots. Kefauver, Russell, Kerr, Barkley, Harriman and others jockey for support amid civil rights rifts and delegate contests shaping the nominating fight.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
Kerr
Russell
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Alben W. Barkley
Averell Harriman
Truman
Missouri
Thomas J. Gavin
Gavin
White House
Kefauver
Gael Sullivan
Congress
Russell Seen as Strongest Democratic Nominee
W. J. Primm, co-director of Russell headquarters, declares Senator Richard B. Russell the strongest possible candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. He says Southern doubt about Russell has faded as Eisenhower’s nomination and Stevenson’s weakness shift Russell into solid South support. The Russell camp lists numerous senators and governors backing the drive, with Alabama's delegation split between Kefauver and Russell at present.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Russell
Chicago
Richard B. Russell
W. J. Primm
South
Primm
Eisenhower
Adlai E
Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
Nixon
Dick Russell
Edwin Johnson
Colorado
Walter George
Georgia
George Smathers
Spessard Holland
Florida
Lyndon Johnson
Tom Connolly
Texas
Harry F. Byrd
Willis Robertson
Virginia
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Alabama
James Eastland
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Burnet R. Maybank
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Willis Smith
North Carolina
Allen J. Ellender
Russell Long
Louisiana
John J. McClelland
Arkansas
Herman Talmadge
James F. Byrnes
Hugh White
Robert 8. Kennon
John Battle
Alan Shivers
Peter B. Umstead
Stocks Rise Moderately as Steel and Auto Stocks Lead
The market advanced today with gains mainly in steel and automakers. Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Motors and rivals showed activity while most moves were small and many leaders pulled back from intraday highs.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler Motors
U.S. Steel
Republic and
Youngstown
General Motors
Studebaker
Santa Fe
New York Central and Southern Railway
American Cyanamid and
Dow Chemical
Chemical
Kennecott, Anaconda and
Phelps Dodge
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Conrad Hilton
U. S. Weather Bureau
DaiKks
Edwin C. Johnson
Johnson
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Pitt Tyson
United Press
Weather Bureau
Boston
Denver
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
San Antonio
San Francisco
Wilmington
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