Oil workers in Iran face mass resignations at Anglo-Iranian
About 3,000 fish employees of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. in Iran faced a potential mass departure amid rising tensions. Iranian officials urged workers to stay and operate the nationalized industry while British negotiators warned of possible refinery closure. Evacuation plans and readiness measures were set as fears of violence receded and Tehran quieted after demonstrations.
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Edgar C. Clark
United Press
Tehran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Iran
Abadan
Anthony Eden
London
Tax Boost Victory Predicted By House Leaders
Speaker Sam Rayburn predicted the House will approve a bill boosting taxes by 7.2 billion dollars annually, despite Republican protests. The measure would raise individual income taxes by 12 percent and increase corporate taxes, excises, and cigarette taxes to generate the revenue.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
GOP
Truman
Okinawa Anniversary Marks End of Pacific Battle
Okinawa observers mark six years since the end of the Okinawa campaign after 83 brutal days of combat, remembering the final World War II battle in the Pacific.
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Okinawa
Pacific
Crackles Money He Who Swears To Earn It
A compact citation reflects a proverb on effort and risk, noting that bold claims about earning wealth often fail to translate into rewards. The line emphasizes caution and the gap between oath and outcome.
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M.L.P
Execution Stay Saves Convicted Rapist in Raleigh
In Raleigh, Clyde Brown, a 20 year old convicted rapist, was spared from execution by a federal court order delaying the death sentence to at least July 5. Judge Don S. Gilliam set a habeas corpus hearing for July 5, paralleling the nearby case of Raleigh Speller who remains on death row.
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Raleigh
Negre
Clyde Brown
Don S. Gilliam
Ison
Gilliam
Raleigh Speller
Speller
Water Babes Arrive in London to Swim the Channel
Five year old Bubba Tongay and his four year old sister Kathy, the Miami swim kids, arrived with parents Russell Tongay and wife in London from New York. They plan to try crossing the English Channel to outdo the grown ups in a bold aquarium of grit and speed.
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London
Bubba” Tongay
Kathy
Miami
New York
Florida
Russell Tongay
Nurse Evangeline Larimore Returns After 13 Day Mountain Wanderings
Evangeline Larimore, a 21 year old nurse missing since June 8, trudged out of Great Smoky Mountains near Chilhowell Mountain. Rangers report she kept no food, slept on leaves, and lost about 18 pounds while wearing only jeans and a yellow sweater. She said she left Cade's Cove for a short hike and ended up on Hannah Mountain Trail, expecting to reach Bunker Hill.
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Julian Granger
United Press
Gatlinburg, Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains
Atfae Delaenn
Evangeline Larimore
Chilhowell Mountain
Cincinnati
Jewish Hospital
Larimore
Stumb
Cade’s Cove
Hannah Mountain
Bunker Hill
China Move Supported By Ridgway
Gen. Ridgway backed MacArthur on pressing Washington to permit Nationalist forces to invade mainland South China. Ridgway and MacArthur argued Communist China was vulnerable in the south amid the Korean War. Barr warned against widening the war. Knowland Hickenlooper criticized wartime policy and alleged gag orders hindering investigation. MORE ON PAGE TWO
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John L. Steele
United Press Staff Co
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
South
China
Matthew B. Ridgway
MacArthur
Ridgway
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Senate
William F. Knowland
R-Cal
Barr
Korea
Chiang Kai-Shek
Oscar C. Badger
Chiang
Cal
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Knowland
Red
Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley
State Department
U. S
CIO Radio Operators End Coast Strike With Pacific Coast
The CIO radio operators ended a week-long strike against Pacific Coast ship owners in San Francisco with 37 idled ships to be manned immediately. The ARA won wage increases and working condition improvements under a two-year contract, while East Coast NMU talks remain deadlocked over hours at sea and a 40-hour week.
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NEW York
CIO
American Radio Association
Pacific
San Francisco
Omar Hoskins
ARA
National Maritime Union
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
NMU
Airliner Missing Off West Africa With 46 Aboard
Pan American World Airways Constellation vanished over the West African coast on a Johannesburg to New York flight. The 46 aboard, 31 passengers and nine crew, were overdue at Roberts Field Liberia after leaving Accra. Crews from Dakar and nearby craft searched the area as officials sought the missing airliner.
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Dakar
French West Africa
Pan American World Airways
Johannesburg
New York City
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Liberia
Accra
Gold Coast
Pan American
New York
The
Frank 4. Crawford
Huntington Station
North Carolina College Debate on Negro Admission Stalled
Raleigh reports committees of trustees from North Carolina College in Durham and the University of North Carolina met but failed to reach any conclusions on expanding graduate work to admit Negroes seeking UNC entry. The stalemate keeps the proposal in doubt as talks continue.
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Raleigh
North Carolina College
Durham
University of North Carolina
Kilburn Mills Plans $2 Million Thread Mill at Tryon NC
Kilburn Mills of New Bedford Mass announces construction of a 2 million dollar thread mill at Tryon North Carolina. The plant will employ about 150 workers.
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Spartanburg
N. C
Kilburn Mills
New Bedford
Mass
Tryon
New Bern Man Convicted of First Degree Murder
Craven County jury finds the defendant guilty of first degree murder after a brief deliberation and does not recommend mercy. The case heads to the State Supreme Court on appeal.
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New Bern
State Supreme
Craven County
Asheville Lawyer Claude Love Named to Attorney General Staff
Raleigh reports Claude Lorraine Love of Asheville, recently appointed to Atty Gen staff, fills vacancy created by Hughes J. Rhodes leaving the post May 1. Love succeeds Rhodes as part of MacMullan’s team.
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Raleigh
Claude Lorraine Love
Asheville
Atty
A MacMullan
Dea
Love
Hughes J. Rhodes
Cleveland man held for pretrial on rape charge
John Dolezal Jr. of Cleveland was held for a preliminary hearing on charges of raping a U S teacher last October. The teacher, who had fought extradition to North Carolina, appeared yesterday and surrendered voluntarily. He denied the charge.
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John Dolezal, Jr
Cleveland
North Carolina
North Carolina Earns 3.2 Million From Short Term Securities
Treasurer Brandon announced that North Carolina earned 3.2 million dollars this year from investing state cash in short term government securities. The sum could cover the annual salaries of about 1,100 teachers at current pay rates.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Brandon
Raleigh Highway Board to Wrap Old Business Today
The North Carolina State Highway Commission plans a special meeting in Raleigh to clear old items ahead of the new fiscal year starting July 1. Chairman Henry Jordan convened the session earlier this week to set the agenda.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Henry Jordan
Raleigh Woman Dies After Drunkenness Arrest
A Raleigh woman identified as Mrs. Iola Clifton, 54, died in a hospital after an arrest for drunkenness early yesterday. Her companion, J. Gilchrest, 33, was held without bond as the coroner investigated the incident.
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Raleigh
Irving Cheek
Iola Clifton
J. Gilchrest
Gilchrest
Wolfe Portrait Presented For Asheville Library
A portrait of the late novelist Thomas Wolfe, one of two in existence, was installed at Pack Memorial library in Asheville as a gift from Wolfe’s sister Mrs. Ralph Wheaton. Douglas Gorsline of New York completed the portrait from five sittings. the other portrait resides at Harvard University.
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Asheville
Thomas Wolfe
Pack Memorial Library
Wolfe
Ralph Wheaton
Douglas Gorsline
New York
Harvard University
Texas company to build oil facilities in Greensboro
Texas Company officials announced plans to install about $1,000,000 of wholesale oil facilities in Greensboro on 36.5 acres beside Plantation Pipeline and Atlantic Refining Co. land. They aim to create storage tanks a terminal and offices and pursue a parallel $1,000,000 project in Charlotte, per F A Norton.
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Greensboro
Texas Company
Ficials
Plantation Pipeline
Atlantic Refining Co
Charlotte
F. A. Norton
Texas Realty
Stocks Crack In Moderately Active Trade
New York stocks edged lower in moderate activity led by declines in Chrysler and several specialty issues. Chrysler fell to 67 3 8 after directors delayed dividend action. Cities Service and Standard Oil of New Jersey slipped while Firestone and Goodyear tumbled. Utilities were flat and overall volume rose to 580000 shares in two hours.
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NEW York
Chrysler
Standard Oil
New Jersey
J. I. Case
Firestone
Goodyear
Top Catholic in Hungary Admits Plot
In Budapest Archbishop Joszef Groesz and eight co defendants pleaded guilty to plotting against Hungary’s government and other charges. Judge Vilmos Olti presided in the same courtroom that heard Mindszenty and Vogeler cases, with heavy guards and diplomats among a guarded crowd.
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Budapest
Hungary
Joszef Groesz
Mindszenty
Toxting
Vilmos Olti
Mate
Robert A. Vogeler
Son
Uslavia
Legation
Elajos Pongracz
Fighters Bring Toll To 29 and Mass Near Triangle Front
US Air Force and allied jets claimed a two-battle day over Korea with 29th toll as American Sabres shot down two MiG-15s and damaged others near the Manchurian border. United Nations ground forces reported enemy buildup below the Iron Triangle while Chinese troops held hills south of Pyongyang.
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Occa Aee Peed
Tokyo
Fabeers
Korea
U. S. Sth
Yalu
Manchuria
Red Air Force
United Nations
Kumehon
Pyongyang
Allien
8Th Army
Pyonagang
Sea of Japan
Yanggu
Edward Almond
10Th Corps
South Korea
Sinuiju
Drug Trade Narco Probe Opens With Dope Addict Testimony
Miami reporters describe the Senate Crime Committee examining interstate drug traffic as witnesses recount a seven year dope addiction and street drug flow from New York Chicago Philadelphia and Washington to Florida. They note pressure tactics and a contempt citation threat against Sullivan as discussions touch on gambling figures and political finances.
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Florida Gold Coast
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Jimmy
Fuller Warren
Warren
Church May Lose Negro Members Educator Says
SAN FRANCISCO A leading Southern Baptist educator warns the church may lose many Negro members without improving education and training for Negro ministers. Dr Edward A McDowell Jr cites 500 Negro men in training nationwide, with under 260 college graduates. He notes one ministerial student per 8000 Southern Negro Baptists and urges action. The moment includes opening seminaries to Negro students and a five year crusade for more converts churches and missions. Delegates elected Dr J D Grey as president the youngest in convention history. The convention also named officers and heard chaplains and Home Mission Board reports.
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San Francisco
Edward A. McDowell Jr
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
United States
McDowell
Southern Baptist Convention
J. D. Grey
Ooe
First Baptist Church
New Orleans
Grey
Robert G. Lee
Bellevue Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
Porter Routh
Joe W. Burton
Nashville
Duke K. McCall
Chaplains’ Commission
Home Mission Board
Charles I. Carpenter
Air Force
J. Lawrence
Atlanta
Nauate
Convention
Ridgway appeals for troops to end peace rumors
General Ridgway presents U.N. appeal to 53 nations asking for additional armed forces for Korea amid massive Chinese Communist buildup. Only 15 nations other than the United States and South Korea have sent troops, as Soviet bloc members abstain.
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United Nations
N. Y
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
China
United States
Trygvete
Korea
Lie
Copenhagen
Denmark
Yugoslavia
U.S
South Korea
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