Truman Admin Signals Warpolicy Narrowing to Korea
Talk Clearly Indicates Such Course reports that the Truman administration will not widen the Korean War to China even if truce talks fail. Officials say policy aims to confine the conflict to Korea, though domestic pressure could alter decisions.
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America
U.S
Southeast
Marine flyer killed in Belcross crash near Elizabeth City
A Marine Corps flyer died when he bailed out at low altitude near Belcross five miles from Elizabeth City. The body was found by a ground party. parachute partially opened. Naval spokesmen cited the low altitude as the cause of fatal injuries. Name withheld pending kin notification.
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Marine Corps
Belcross
Naval
Norfolk
U S Planes Engage MIGs In Korean Air Battle
U S Sabre jets attacked a flight of MIG-15s near the Yalu River, claiming at least five shot down and possibly one more destroyed. The 30 minute dogfight followed a surprise attack as 28 F-86s faced 1 MIG unit, while ground fighting remained light with 1,500 rounds fired north of the punchbowl. Temperatures ranged from 13 to 33 degrees.
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Korea
Yalu River
Luke the Gook's Castle
U. S. Eighth Army
State Dem Chairman Says Most Counties Submit Three Nominations
Everett Jordan reported that all but 13 county executive committees filed three names for elections board members. He noted some counties sent only two, but warned there is nothing he can do. The State Board of Elections names two Democratic members to each three member board, leaving no option when only two names are submitted.
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Raleigh
Everett Jordan
Elections Board
Jordan
State Board of Elections
Snow resigns as head of state prison identification bureau
Charles P. Snow will resign as director of the identification bureau of the State Prisons Department effective March 15 to join an electrical firm in Wilmington or New Hanover County. He has led the bureau for four years.
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Raleigh
Charles P. Snow
Identification Bureau
State Prisons Department
Snow
Wilmington
Manover County
Negro tenant farmer set for second rape trial in Caswell
The second trial of Ingram, a Negro tenant farmer, is scheduled for March 17 in Caswell Superior Court on a charge of raping Willie Jean Boswell, 17, last June 4. The first trial ended in mistrial after jurors could not agree on intent. The case drew internal attention and was used for propaganda purposes.
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Yanceyville
Ingram
Caswell
Willie ‘Jean Boswell
Indictment of Twelve Negroes in Forsyth County
Twelve Negroes in Forsyth County were indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockingham for failing to purchase $50 federal gambling tax stamps. The group includes three women and a prisoner serving a term. Eleven were arrested, with the final arrest planned after a 30 day disorderly conduct sentence ends.
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Greensboro
Forsyth County
Internal Revenue Enforcement
Rockingham
Winston- Salem
Wage Stabilization Board raises Ecusta paper workers pay
Brevard The Wage Stabilization Board increased Ecusta Paper Corp 2 000 employees wages to 84 5 cents an hour with retroactive effect to October 8 1951 and backdated to March 14 1952. The plant received a prior three cent raise in October.
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Brevard
Wage Stabilization Board
Ecusta Paper Corp
WSB
State College expert forecasts 10 percent drop in beef prices
D. D. Brown, farm management specialist, predicted a 10 percent decline in on the hoof beef prices in Asheville. He said beef production will stay profitable, noting that cattle supply and demand are nearing equality.
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Asheville
State College
D. D. Brown
Brown
Mail Deluge at Raleigh Tax Office May Break Record
Mail deliveries to the State Revenue Department are increasing daily as income tax returns and money orders arrive. Officials caution that by March 17 or 18 the daily load could surpass last year’s 67 sacks record.
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Raleigh
suit seeks equality of Kinston school facilities
A group of Kinston Negroes filed a suit demanding equalization of school facilities. Defendants named are the Kinston Board of Education and the North Carolina State Board of Education. The plaintiffs seek equal facilities without demanding admission to white schools, arguing current white schools are superior and Negro schools require parity.
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Kinston
KKK Crackdown Expands as More Suspects Arrested in Region
North Carolina authorities report 35 Klan arrests in three weeks with new detentions in Columbus and Whiteville. Frank Lewis, former Fair Bluff police chief, surrendered for kidnapping and conspiracy linked to a Ku Klux Klan flogging case. Henry Edwards and Ray Kelly face charges tied to the Dec 8 incident.
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North Carolina
Columbus
Stateau
Whiteville
Frank Lewis
Fair Bluff
N. C
Lewis
South Carolina
SBI
James F. Bradshaw
Cyclops
L. Brooks
Henry Otto Edwards
Ray Kelly
Ing Ww Johnson
Run Off Water From Heavy Rains Swell South Streams
Floodwaters from heavy rains raise Cape Fear Tar and Neuse rivers in North Carolina while Georgia Ocmulgee Oconee and Chattahoochee run high. Alabama Tallapoosa Coosa Ala rivers rise. Nine dead in Midwest storm. Georgia flood threats and evacuations as levees hold Macon.
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Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Georgia
North Carolina
Alabama
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Tar
Neuse
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Chattahoochee
Stachel
Ramn Oconee
Miville
Ee Courve
Macon
Tallapoosa
Coosa
Observer Hikes Price in Charlotte Sunday Combined
The Charlotte Observer will raise the combined Sunday and daily home delivered price to 40 cents a week starting Sunday March 9 due to higher production costs. Without Sunday edition the price stays at 30 cents weekly. Single copy prices remain five cents daily and 15 cents for Sunday.
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The
Charlotte Observer
Observer
State Schools Close Across North Carolina Areas
United Press reports more North Carolina communities closing schools due to influenza and respiratory illnesses. Health officials note rises in influenza measles mumps chickenpox and scarlet fever with about five thousand pupils staying home.
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North Carolina
Rocky
One World Government Idea Fades
New York reports a split in backers of a world federation. United World Federalists push for a supranational authority to prevent war while others fear loss of U S sovereignty. States show mixed support and repudiations in resolutions on world government.
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Virginia
Lawmakers See Universal Military Training Dead This Year
Washington reports grim mood as both chambers conclude UMT is likely dead for the year after House vote to kill the measure. Some hope a Senate move could revive it, but leaders deem that unlikely. Rep Charles Brownson pledges to press a high school ROTC alternative if possible.
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Senate
House
Charles B. Brownson
Rind
Armed Services Committee
Reds Admit To Holding More POWs
In Munsan Korea the Communist side acknowledged holding additional unreported prisoners and pledged to name them later after the Allies provide data. Libby demanded 174 more names and 50 000 ROK prisoners, while stressing an exchange of complete prisoner information.
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Korea
Reds
R. E
Libby
United Nations Command
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Republic of Korear
ROK
U.N
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
Tornado forecasts spark debate on public warning policy
A United Press report notes Air Force forecaster Merle McBratten warned for Alabama days before tornadoes struck, while the Weather Bureau refused to issue public alerts. Officials argue forecasting a tornado to the public risks mass hysteria and fatalities, highlighting the conflict between warnings and public safety.
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Washington
Air Force
Oklahoma City
Alabama
U.S
Ivan R. Tannehill
National Weather Bureau
Bureau
Congress
Merle McBratten
Tinker Air Force Base
Continental United States
McBratten
Georgia
Arkansas
Tinker
Tannehill
Mississippi officers defend in civil rights case over alleged abuse
Five Mississippi law officers go on trial in U S District Court charged with violating Civil Rights in the case of Corporal Murry Gray. Gray testified he was handcuffed to a pine tree and whipped with a leather strap after being removed from jail for a burglary confession. Prosecutors called witnesses denying Gray appeared before justices of the peace for arraignment.
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Miss
Mississippi
U. S. District Court
Cpl
Murry
Sunshine) Gray
Gray
Korea
Magnolia
South
Robert E. Lee
Frank Smith
Andrew Patrol
Nolen Wall
J. J. Montfourt
Menten
Lee
U. S
Joe Brown
Justices of the Peace
Brown
State utilities panel cancels carrier rate hike
The North Carolina Motor Carriers Association won approval from the State Utilities Commission to cancel a 6 percent rate increase for hauling petroleum from Wilmington.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
North Carolina Motor Carriers Association
Wilmington
Weather forecast reads chill with 30F tonight
The forecast shows a low of 30 this evening and a high near 60 tomorrow. Today’s high was 55 with a low around 51 last night.
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