North Carolina Officials Sign Autographs in New York
Gov Kerr Scott and State Treasurer Brandon Hodges began a five day autograph marathon in New York to sign 7500 times for a $7 500 000 road project. In Atlantic City New Jersey bands from Tarboro and Elizabeth City led a Tar Heel Lions delegation of over 1000 in the Lions International convention parade.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Brandon Hodges
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Tarboro
Elizabeth City
U S Readiness to Strike If Attacked Say O Donnell
General Emmett O'Donnell told Senate hearings the Air Force has streamlined weapons and forces to strike back swiftly if the United States is attacked. He testified amid ongoing inquiries into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur, with debates over calling former adviser W Averell Harriman and references to the Yalta agreements involving Russia and Manchuria.
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Washington
Emmett
Rosie) O'Donnell
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Strategic
Far East
Senate
Douglas McArthur
Senate Armed Services
Fecetown
Truman Says U S Ready For Real Korea Peace Settlement
President Truman announced the United States is ready to join in a real settlement in Korea that ends aggression and restores peace and security. He urged a complete ceasefire, criticized Republican critics, and defended Dean Acheson while addressing supporters at a new Air Force testing center event.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Tullahoma
Tenn
Truman
United States
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Korea
Dean Acheson
Washington
Hammond to stand trial for alleged theft in hospital ER
Whiteville Mrs Sadie J Hammond awaits trial on charges of taking money from Rufus J Bullard’s clothing while he lay in a hospital emergency room after a traffic accident. A separate item from Chapel Hill reports Mrs Phillips Russell announcing a state campaign goal of 1 million dollars for this year.
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Whiteville
Sadie J. Hammond
Rufus J. Bullard
Chapel Hill
Phillips Russell
PTA Congress Institute Opens With 300 Plus Attendees
In Greensboro a gathering of more than 300 state and community teachers and Parent-Teacher Association members kicked off the 24th annual North Carolina PTA Congress Institute.
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Greensboro
Parent-Teacher Association
North Carolina
PTA Congress Institute
Senator and business leader dies of heart attack
Yde Cil, 65, longtime president and treasurer of the Council Tool Company for 30 years and former state Senator, died at his home from a heart attack. He served as president and chairman of the board of the Wac camaw Bank and Trust Company and was a trustee of the University of North Carolina.
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Ydecil
Council Tool Company
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company
University of North Carolina
State Aging Conference Promised For Raleigh
About 300 people from across the state are expected to attend the first annual state wide conference on aging in Raleigh on Thursday and Friday.
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Raleigh
Raleigh man admits hoax about swallowing metal objects
A 38 year old Negro, Leon Burns, confessed to Raleigh police that his tale of being forced to swallow metal objects was a ruse to conceal facts. Detective Captain Robert A. confirmed the admission.
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Raleigh
Leon Burns
Secord
Roberta
Seven Die In North Carolina Weekend Death Toll
A United Press survey shows at least seven people killed over the weekend in North Carolina. Incidents include a Coast Guard guard at Elizabeth City Nags Head crash, a jet crash near Elizabeth City, a drowning at Cole Rain Beach, a car overturn near Zebulon Wendell, a child fatality in Gastonia, a fatal crash in Lenoir Morganton, and a self-inflicted gunshot near Albemarle.
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United Press
North Carolina
Elizabeth City Air Station
Nags Head
Coast Guard
James I. Fiscus
Detroit
Elizabeth City
Jim Perry
Bertie County
Colerain Beach
Chowan
Grace Jones Grantham
Windsor
Zebulon
Wendell
Rickey Cloninger
Reid Cloninger
Gastonia
Ray Clonin
Wade Garron Osborne
Lenoir
Lenoir-Morganton Stanly
M. J. Harsell
Fred Little
Albemarle
Villagers Bury Pan Am Crash Victims in Liberia
Pan American World Airways says forty people died when a Pan Am liner crashed in Africa. Villagers at Sanoghyie Liberia buried the victims after a search party recovered the bodies and held Protestant and Catholic services for the dead.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Africa
Sanoghie
Liberia
Harold R. Harris
Monrovia
Red China backs Malik cease fire bid in UN talks
The Chinese backed Malik’s cease fire proposal while Western powers weighed its sincerity. Malik urged direct talks for an armistice and mutual withdrawal at the 38th parallel, as top diplomats in London Paris and Stockholm signaled cautious engagement.
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England
Washington
West
Robert Schuman
Paris
Malik
Stockholm
Sven Grafstroem
United Nations
New York
U.N
Russia
Mto
38Th Parallel
Trygve Lie
Oslo
Court ruling to dominate NAACP convention debate
Atlanta hosts NAACP delegates for a national meeting opening with a three judge federal ruling upholding the separate but equal school system. The Charleston decision, by a two to one vote, shapes the convention discussions, with sessions at Municipal Auditorium and nonsegregated format.
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Atlanta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Municipal Auditorium
Atlanta University
Charleston
D. C
South
Waites Waring
South Carolina
Iranians Charge British Oil Men With Sabotage
In Tehran the Iranian National Oil Company accuses British oilmen of sabotage for refusing to sign receipts on oil pumped aboard tankers. Abadan loading halted for three days as workers demand receipts showing oil as Iranian property under nationalization. Ambassador Shepherd conveyed Iran's protest to the British manager of AIOC.
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Robert B. Hewett
Tehran
Iran
Iranian National Oil Company
Frances Shepherd
Bers
A. E. C. Drake
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Abadan
Tranian National Oil Company
AIOC
Shepherd
Drake
Destroyers Steam For Persian Gulf
Four U S destroyers left Singapore to join the American Atlantic Fleet and pass through the Persian Gulf. Naval officers did not comment on their visit to waters off Iran amid the oil dispute. The Kennedy, Fiske, Rush, and Hawkins are the ships in transit.
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Singapore
U. S
Persian Gulf
Iran
Washington
Kennedy
Fiske
Rush
Hawkins
Congress Ready to Start $8.5 Billion Foreign Aid Plan
Congress opens hearings on President Truman's $8.5 billion foreign aid request. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Richards warns of substantial reductions. Sen. George favors trimming by 2 to 3 billion. Secretary Acheson to testify as the administration seeks economic and military aid, primarily for NATO nations.
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Barney Livingstone
Washington
Truman
Proram
Congressional
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Allaire Committee
Congress
Sen. George
D-Ga
George
Sen
Taft
Robio
Acheson
House
Europe
Hungarian Court Ends Testimony in Groesz Case
Prosecution wraps up its case against Roman Catholic Archbishop Josef Groesz and eight co defendants in Budapest. Twenty four witnesses testified, 23 under arrest, detailing alleged plots to overthrow the communist government and ties to royalist aims with Archduke Otto of Habsburg as caretaker. One witness, an elderly peasant, spoke of a 13 year old son killed with a pitchfork at a Catholic institution pond. Defense and prosecution arguments follow, with verdict expected Thursday.
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Budapest
Josef Groesz
Legation
Groesz
Otto of Hapsburg
Russian Offer Sends Stocks In Sharp Dive
Wall Street faced a heavy session as Russia proposed a cease fire and peace implications unsettled investors. Trading accelerated with large blocks and prices fell across key names such as Northern Pacific and U.S. Steel amid fears about war impact on markets.
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New York
Russia
Wall Street
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Federal civilian workforce hits 2,444,400 on June 1
The Civilian Service Commission reports the army of federal civilian workers reached 2,444,400 on June 1. The figure reflects ongoing staffing across agencies as part of postwar federal employment trends.
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Washington
On Service Commission
Senate faces showdown over controls bill amid inflation fight
The Senate opens debate on extending price, wage, rent, and related controls beyond Saturday. President Truman criticizes provisions he calls easy relaxations, while Bank committee chair Maybank calls the bill good though internal factions push for eight more months and a year in the House plan. CIO leader Walter Reuther warns of $12 billion yearly price hikes. Herschel Newsom seeks looser farm limits.
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Joan Chadwick Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Barkley
Rayburn
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Nr Amendments , With Mr. Tuman
Mr. Truman
Walter Reuther
CIO Auto Workers Union
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
Teens Drown When Car Plunges From Lake Waccamaw Dock
Three teenagers died in a Lake Waccamaw crash when their car drove off Dupree's Landing and sank in the water. Four others escaped, with 16 year old George Inman credited for rescuing two survivors by swimming to the vehicle, opening a window, and pulling them to safety. The victims were Janet Hughes Whiteville Leon Russ Chadbourn and Bronice Worthington Chadbourn. The surviving teens were Jimmy Walker Whiteville and Betty Jane Hughes Chadbourn. They were treated at Columbus County Hospital in Whiteville.
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Lake Waccamaw
Dupree
Columbus County
Whiteville
Janet Hughes
Leon Russ
Bronice Worthington
Chadbourn
George Inman
Jimmy Walker
Betty Jane Hughes
Inman
UN Retakes Key Height and Downs Jets in Korean War Anniversary
The United Nations recaptured a strategic hill south of Kumsong and stormed another near Pyongyang as the air war intensified with the 13th Communist plane shot down in nine days. Casualty tallies show 1,162,500 Communist losses and 382,500 Allied casualties, with nearly 500,000 South Korean civilians affected.
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United Press Staff
Tokyo
United Nations
Russia
8Th Army
Kumsong
38Th Parallel
Pyongyang
Yanggu
U.N
U. S. 5Th Air Force
Yalu River
James A. van Fleet
Writer Recalls First Hours of Attack in Korea War
United Press correspondent Jack James recalls the sunrise on June 25 1950 in Seoul as the Communist invasion began across the 38th parallel. He details early reporting chaos and the rapid escalation into days of attack, counterattack and flight to the south, with U S divisions later stabilizing the Taegu perimeter.
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Korea
mid-Korea
38Th Parallel
Manchuria
United Press
Jack James
Seoul
United States
Embassy
East Coast
U. S
Taegu
Radio
Temperature Surges to 96 Degrees Tomorrow
Weather report notes tomorrow's high of 96 with tonight's low at 7 and today reaching 96. High heat persists as temperatures hover in the mid to upper 90s across the area.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Escevesecsces
Boston
High Point
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Britain
Stalin
Japan
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London
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