Body Of Woman Found In Abandoned House On Willowbrook Street
Unidentified white woman about 35 was found dead in a one story frame house on Willowbrook Street near the business district. A nylon stocking tied at the throat and a cloth belt fashioned into a noose caused fatal neck injuries. Police face a week-old death with no leads to identity or suspect as reports describe a filthy room and decomposed body.
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Willowbrook Street
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
Joe
Mnd
Stock Market Prices Advance in Quiet Trading
New York March 9 improvement in stock prices accompanied by moderately active trading. The advance moved only a few cents with around 75 cents as the outside limit. Wall Street viewed the inactivity as a breathing spell near the top of the bull market at 20 year highs. Leaders higher included U S Rubber Caterpillar Tractor United Aircraft Schenley Industries Southern California Edison Consolidated Natural Gas Anaconda Copper American Smelting Home stake Mining International Nickel Air Reduction Katy Railroad Johns Manville.
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New York
Wall Street
U. S
U. S. Rubber, Caterpillar Tractor
United Aircraft
Schenley Industries
Southern California Edison
Consolidated Natural Gas
Anaconda Copper
American Smelting
Homestake Mining
International Nickel
Air Reduction
Katy Railroad Common
Johns- Manville
Senate Defers College Men Plan Faces Senate Vote
Washington March 9 The Senate backed a plan to defer college men for doctors scientists and tech aides while a five member commission would choose the beneficiaries The bill would set up universal military training and draft standards but faced opposition from Senators Johnson Bricker and Maybank among others The result reflected partisan support and concerns about exemptions and merit in a high stakes military reform.
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Washington
Senate
Techaid
Selective Service Act
Ofder
Spe
Cial
Senate Se
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Colo
Bricker
Ohio
Maybank
D.-S.c
Tance
Comant Cordon
Burma Surgeon Seagrave Freed by High Court Ruling
In Rangoon on March 9 the Burmese High Court ordered the release of Seagrave known as the Burma Surgeon. The 53 year old doctor had been jailed on high treason charges related to aiding Karen rebels, with his sentence reduced for age and his medical service. He left the central jail after the ruling, expressing a desire to return to aid his patients and hospital.
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Rangoon
Seagrave
Burma
Sur
Namkham
Uing
Rachel
Namkham Hospital
Senators Probe Dry South Liquor Trade
The senate crime investigating committee spotlighted illicit liquor traffic from Cairo Illinois into dry southern areas. Testimony described interstate bootlegging on a very big scale amounting to tens of millions of dollars as state and federal officials testified. Chairman Kefauver said the nationwide inquiry should wrap up by month end despite Republican calls to extend it.
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Washington
Cairo
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
Dtenn
Senate
Pittsburgh
Bevin to Quit Foreign Secretary Post Amid Labors Shakeup
The government plans a major reshuffle with Ernest Bevin expected to resign as foreign secretary. Clement Attlee may replace him with Morrison and keep Bevin in a cabinet adviser role. Officials say timing and duties are still under discussion as Bevin faces ill health and a long tenure in office.
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Ernest Bevin
Irson
Clement Attlee
Bevin
Morrison
Attlee
Kevin
Foreign Office
Foreign Service
Winston Churchill
Britain
Labor
Yugoslavia to file UN complaint over Soviet arm pressure
Yugoslavia accuses the Soviet bloc of armed pressure to topple Marshal Tito's anti-Cominform government. A white paper will be sent to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie via Ivo Vlajkovic, detailing alleged Kremlin and satellite interventions. Yugoslavia says it may take the case to the United Nations if provocation continues.
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Tito
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Mar
Russia
Marshal Tito
Trygve Lie
Ivo Veoe
Asoe
Belgrade
Kremlin
Pan
Eastern Bloc
Australian ban of Reds ruled invalid
Australia’s high court declared the Communist Party Dissolution Act unconstitutional. The federal government plans to appeal to the Privy Council in London. The decision, delivered in Melbourne after a 23 day hearing, involved the Australian Communist party and 10 trade unions. Dr. Herbert Evatt, former U N official, represented the Waterside Workers Federation. Opposition in Canberra accused Evatt of Communist ties as a government uproar followed in Parliament.
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Sydney
Australia
Ralia
Privy Council
London
British Commonwealth
Melbourne
Australian Communist Party
Herbert V. Evatt
United Nations
Payee
Gove
Waterside Workers Federation
Evatt
High
Army officer denies typhus epidemic among Communist troops in Korea
Lt. Col. William Moore of the Eighth Army says rumors of typhus or bubonic plague among Communist prisoners and civilians are unfounded. He notes few typhus cases among UN forces, more among Korean refugees, and attributes illness to typhus-like dysentery or poe fever.
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U. S
Korea
U. S. Solo
Wonsan
William Moore
Eighth Army
Moore
China
Manchuria
Local Referendums Draw Attention In North Carolina
Raleigh reports hearings on local option elections in Greensboro and Winston Salem as part of liquor decontrol debate. Greensboro bill would let city council call an ABC store election and share profits. Winston Salem measure advances. Tax proposals try to preserve current structure with soft drink tax pitched at 5 to 6 million dollars yearly.
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Raleigh
Jasseming
Senate
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Guilford
Joseph Carruthers
ABC
Winston- Salem
General Assembly
John Umstead
Orange
Umstead
State's Last Civil War Vet Bennett Dies at 100
Samuel E Bennett, last Confederate veteran in North Carolina, died aged 100 leaving 16 Civil War veterans. A mountain man who rode 90 plus, he walked a mile and a half to collect his pension and enlisted at 13 in the Black Mountain regiment. He was wounded aiding Richmond earthworks and served there until 1865. He lived with his son Colum Leery, bedridden since last fall.
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Stke
Samuel E. Mountain
Bennett
Carolina
Here
Black Mountain Regiment
The
Home Guards
Richmond
Senator McMahon Denies Hydrogen Bomb Explosion Claim
Senator McMahon, Democrat of Connecticut and chairman of the joint atomic committee, denied reports that a hydrogen bomb exploded during the Nevada tests. He told reporters the claim is not true.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Nevada
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee
Crackles He’s a Welcome Guest Who Can Make You Feel at Home
A brief note highlights Crackles as a hospitable presence described as a welcome guest capable of making people feel at ease in their home setting.
Chinese Lose Heavily In Counterattack Try
Allied troops plowed as much as four miles in a big new Korean offensive. Chinese casualties topped 17 000 in two days as U S Ninth Corps reported enemy withdrawal along the west central front. U S forces crossed river areas, seized terrain, and 25th Division pushed toward the Han river bridges amid heavy artillery and bayonet combat. General MacArthur signaled waning Chinese strength while officers described retreat and surrender trends among Chinese troops.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
U. S. Ninth Corps
U. S. Eighth Army
Ninth Corps
U. S
Han River
25Th Division
Attila
Seventh Division
Mount Taemi
Pangm Ni
New Controversy Flares In Korean Aid Debates
Washington, March 9. A new controversy flared as senators moved to clarify resolutions approving sending US troops to Europe. Senator H. Alexander Smith seeks changes to require congressional approval for any future force additions and to ensure four divisions join Germany’s defense force. Senators George and Hickenlooper will review the proposed changes before voting.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
H. Alexander Smith
R.N.J
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Smith
Germany
Western Europe
Congress
Tors George
D.-Ga
Hickenlooper
Iowa
George
Senate
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Oees
New Jersey
R. Truman
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U. N
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Navy
Marine Corps
South Africa
Ma Arthur
Chinece
U. S. First Cavalry Divi
Aridge Hem
A. P. Te.t
William C. Barnard
First Cavalry
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Jacob Shacter
Rochester
N.Y
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Officeial Weather Bureau
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Los Angeles
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