Decisive Battle Hints From Yalu Drive Toward Red Fortress
United Nations infantry push into the Chorwon Kumhwa Pyongyang triangle gains up to three miles amid rain and heavy Communist fire. The drive aims to break the iron fortress in central Korea and shape the future of Chinese Communist operations in the war.
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Earnest Hobbrecht
United Press
Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Chorwon- Kumhwa-Pyongyang
Sth Air Force
U.N
Robert Gibson
Ois Eee
Kumhwa
Hwachon
Yonchon
Chorwon
Chail
Week End Violence Kills 17
A United Press survey reports at least seventeen deaths in North Carolina over the weekend from drownings, shootings, car crashes, and a fatal fire. Victims include Beaverdam youths Charles Redman and Thomas Herron, Raleigh drowning Calvin Prince Jr, and area fatalities in Charlotte, Valdese, and other counties.
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United Press
North Carolina
Charles Phillips Redman
Thomas Herron
Beaverdam
Reems Creek Falls
Asheville
Raymond Miller
Charlotte
Preston James Filmore
Hubert A. Hoggard
Windsor
Cashie
Edgar Arthur Webster
Ot Springs
Valdese
Highway Patrol
Jesse Barrman
Aden
Greene County
Fred Blackwood
Cooleemee
Yadkin
Calvin Hugh Prince Jr
Raleigh
Sylvia Larue Hall
Smithfield
James Thomas Overton
Hertford
Laurinburg
Claude Edwards
New Bern
President's Note Mixup May Ease Iran Oil Talks
U S ambassador Grady said Truman notes to Attlee and Mossadegh aimed at a friendly settlement of the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. A misdelivery to Mossadegh sparked no harm he said and was handled with lightheartedness. Tehran reports said rioting near oil fields caused deaths and church attacks, while AICO plans full discussions on nationalization to resolve the dispute.
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Tehran
U.S
Henry F. Grady
Truman
Clement R. Attlee
Mohammed Mossadegh
Grady
Attlee
Mossadegh
Britain
Iran
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Sunken Confederate Craft Sinks Boat Near Frying Pan Shoals
A sunken Confederate vessel near Frying Pan Shoals sank the 38 foot fishing boat Moja, captained by Vic Lance of Southport, after the Moja struck wreckage. Six crew were rescued by Captain James Arnold aboard the Kaibab. The incident followed by Raleigh reports of a $75 million bond sale, part of a $200 million secondary road issue, and the Knights of Columbus convention ending in Greensboro with 200 delegates and 60 candidates receiving major degree exemplifications.
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Southport
Frying Pane Shoals
Vic Lance
Lance
James Arnold
Raleigh
Brandon Hodges
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Knights of Columbus
L. Paul Nobert J
Greensboro
Two Carolinians Face Trial For Gruesome Taxicab Killing
In Conway South Carolina two young men Lander Ray Gantt and John Shelton Gainey stand trial on charges of murdering Myrtle Beach taxi driver Robert Oliver Their alleged crime involved stuffing his body in a taxi trunk and fleeing on a four state tour The case highlights a shocking fatal crime across multiple states.
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Conway
S. C
Lander Ray Gantt
Gastonia
N. C
John Shelton Gainey
Florence and Hartsville
Myrtle Beach
Robert Oliver
North Carolina Colleges Award 1 100 Degrees at Duke Commencement
Duke University granted 1100 degrees at its 99th commencement with about 6000 attendees. Notable speakers included Dr. Robert D. Calkins and Gov. Kerr Scott. Graduates show fewer ex service members this year. The class includes 39 nurses and 74 doctors of medicine among other degrees.
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Duke University
Durham
Robert D. Calkins
General Education Board of New York
Kerr Scott
Duke
Hollis Edens
Jchange
Acheson Defends Yalta Deals On Russia Aid In War
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the Senate MacArthur investigators that concessions to the Russians at Yalta were due to grave danger they would wait to defeat Japan. He said voters faced a bloody battle for Japan and Russia needed to enter the Far East in time. He noted Soviet gains in Sakhalin Port Arthur Dairen Manchuria and two Manchurian railways in return for entering the war. Critics called the agreement a sell-out, but Acheson argued the U.S. could not determine Chinese survival alone and aid supplements but does not replace local efforts. He defended U.S. policy amid questions on Chiang Kai-shek and Formosa.
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Steele Press
United
Washington
Dean Acheson
Yalta
Japan
Acheson
Senate
MacArthur
Far East
Russia
Sakhalin Islands
Port Arthur
Dairen
Manchuria
Gop
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Roosevelt
Formosa
China
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Chiang
UN Ready for Truce Coy Reds Remain Silent
United Nations forces press for a cease fire in Korea as Chance for talks grows. Van Fleet says the enemy is licked and would be defeated if attacked again, while Chinese Communists refuse terms and push broader aims in Asia and at the United Nations. The Allies keep pressure, seek a break, and watch for internal Communist rebellion or a Stalin decision to cut Red weapon supply.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press
United Nations Coalition
Trygve Lie
U.N
Ottawa
Korea
London
Washington
James A. van Fleet
U.S. 8Th Army
van Fleet
Peiping
United Nations
China
Stalin
State Still Sweltering as Rain Helps Some Areas
Washington reports a 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling upholding city employment loyalty oaths in Los Angeles with dissents. The case involved workers who refused the oath and affidavits about Communist Party membership. In North Carolina, a half inch of rain saved tobacco crops while storms knocked out 1,500 telephones and kept furnace heat high across the state. temperatures reached the upper 90s in several cities.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Tom C. Clark
Hugo L.black
Harold H. Burton
Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Frances Schwartz
Ola Ross Pacifico
Winston-Salem
Ray J . B. Addington
Ford
F. A. Fin
North Carolina
Sheville
Wee Salem
Charlotte
Raleigh-Durham Airport
Greensboro
Lamberton
Hickory
Asheville
Elizabeth City
Wilmington
Fuquay Springs
U.S
Trailways
UN Artillery Error Downs Allied Planes in Korea
Two U S cargo planes crashed in Korea after UN artillery failed to cease fire near the drop zone. Seven men were missing, including North Carolinians 1st Lt. David Leon Cook and Staff Sergeant Houston Rich. Three survivors were found as parachutes drifted from the planes. One aircraft received a direct hit and disintegrated. the other pulled up then plunged about 3000 feet after cargo shifted during the descent.
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Tokyo
U.S
Korea
United Nations
U.N
North Carolina
David Leon Cook
Andrew J. Cook
Fayetteville
Houston Rich
Wilmington
Sewart Air Force Base
Smyrna
Leaf Association Conference Opens in Myrtle Beach
The Bright Belt Warehouse Association holds its annual three day convention with tobacco warehousemen from the Carolinas Virginia Georgia and Florida. Proposals seek an earlier opening of the flue cured tobacco auction season and possible sales regulation changes. Final market dates will be set by the board of governors in Raleigh North Carolina later this month.
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Myrtle Beach
Ss. Cr
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
i\Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina-North Carolina
Association
Board of Governors
Raleigh
N. C
Aleo workers return after nine week textile strike
About 800 workers of the Aleo Manufacturing Company in Rockingham returned to work today after a weekend settlement of a nine week old textile strike. Terms of the agreement reached Saturday night by mill officials and the CIO Textile Workers Union of America were not disclosed.
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ALEO
Rockingham
Aleo Manufacturing Company
Lowenstein-owned
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of 11 Communist Leaders
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of 11 Communist party leaders who were sentenced on counts of teaching and advocating the violent overthrow of the government. In Paris, Russia agreed to attend a Western Powers foreign ministers conference in Washington on July 3 if the North Atlantic Pact and U S bases Overseas are discussed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Paris
Russia
U. S
Paratroops Ready For Iran Crisis
The 16th Independent Parachute Brigade left for Cyprus today to be ready for emergency duty in Iran. Field Marshal Montgomery told the troops they should be prepared to evacuate about 1,500 British women and children if a riot or upheaval occurs in the oilfields.
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Independent Land Troops
Cyprus
Viscount Montegomery
Weather report with unusual temperatures and notes
The low tonight is forecast at 62 degrees and the high tomorrow at 46. Today’s high reached 98 degrees and last night’s low was 66.
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Carolina Institute of International Relations
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American Friends Service Committee
Tar Heel
University OF N. C. Chapel Hill
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Chattanooga
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