Cotton crop size fixed for 1952 at 15,136,000 bales
The Agriculture Department sets the 1952 cotton crop at 15,136,000 bales based on actual ginnings. Value estimated at about 2.617 billion dollars with season average price 34.6 cents per pound. Texas tops production with 3.808 million bales. Arizona highest yield at 682 pounds per acre.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ces
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Albania
Tennessee
Florida
Arkansas
Texas
Arizona
Tar Heel POWs Return Home in Welcoming Arrivals
Two North Carolina prisoners of the Reds are home with a third to arrive tomorrow. Cpl. William W. Smith lands at Fayetteville after 2½ years as a POW greeted by Gov. Umstead and others. Pfc. John R. Hartman arrives at Greensboro High Point airport with his mother among the crowd. Cpl. James Lee Pinkston expected in Jacksonville after months as a POW with a heart condition previously treated at Valley Forge Army Hospital.
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North Carolina
Tar Heel
William W. Smith
Reds
Fayetteville
John R. Hartman
Granite Quarry
Greensboro High Point
James Lee Pinkston
Jacksonville
Hartman
Momma
Smith
Gov
Umstead
Ray Galloway
Raleigh
The
American Legion
Ft. Bragg
Pinkston
Onslow County
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Washington Studies Plan Allied Truce Talks Panmunjom
Allied negotiators at Panmunjom await Washington guidance on a Korean war armistice proposal from the Reds. The eight point plan creates a five nation repatriation commission to cradle 48,500 prisoners unwilling to return to communism, with hopes for a counter offer. President Eisenhower weighs objections to several provisions and seeks Gen. Mark Clark's advice before instructing delegates.
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Panmunjom
Washington
Korea
Eisenhower
India
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
Adviers
Mark Clark
U. N
Red Forces Regrouping Near Luang Prabang
Reports from Hanoi say Vietminh forces withdrawing from Luang Prabang are regrouping about 50 miles northeast. French pilots estimate strength above a regiment with around 3,000 more troops farther south as attacks on Muong Sai and Mungo Khoa continue. Calm returned to Hong Sing after days of activity.
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Hanoi
Luang Prabang
Muong Sai
Mungo Khoa
Hong Sing
Eisenhower Reiterates POW Stand
President Eisenhower said America will meet moral goals with rights for all including prisoners in Korea. He argued political asylum for prisoners is necessary and that forcing return to terror would violate moral standards. Secretary Dulles warned the UN Command will not endure endless talks with the Communists while seeking a genuine peace.
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New York
Eisenhower
America
Korea
United States
John Foster Dulles
United Nations Command
Deficit May Reach 8 Billion in Government Forecasts
Washington officials warned the 1953 fiscal year could end with a shortfall between 6 and 8 percent, likely $7 to $8 billion. Truman had projected $5.9 billion deficit, while specialists now expect $6.3 to $7.7 billion, driven by farm price support costs and weaker corporate taxes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Bus Driver Delivers Baby on Bus in Haifa
A bus driver halted his route to assist and deliver a baby on board in Haifa. The grateful father named his daughter Eggda, honoring an Israeli bus monopoly, and authorities announced she will receive lifelong free tickets on all Israeli buses.
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Haifa
Israel
Eggda
Canadian Leader Urges Bold US Trade Leadership
Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent told the National Press Club that the United States must take a bold lead to free world trade or risk a bloodless communist victory. He urged low barriers to boost global commerce and cited Congress debates on extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act as pivotal. He also discussed the St Lawrence Seaway project and allied security issues with President Eisenhower during his U S visit.
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Washington
Louis St. Laurent
United States
National Press Club
Free World
Congress
Eisenhower
St. Laurent
Canada
Ime
United Sates
St.wrence Seaway
St. Lawrence
St.Laurent
Major colleges plan break from Southern Conference
Seven large schools including Duke, Wake Forest, North Carolina State, UNC, Maryland, South Carolina, and Clemson move to form a new athletic conference. Virginia is an outside prospect. A three man committee from each side to negotiate schedules and division of roughly 150000 dollars in conference funds.
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Kenalyta Greensboro
Southern Conference
Duke
Eddie Cameron
J. T. Penney
University of South Carolina
H. A. Fisher
North Carolina State
Cameron
Duke University
Wake Forest
N. C. State
University of North Carolina
University of Maryland
Clemson
University of Virginia
Sabres Down Three MIGs in Korea Air Battle
U S Sabre pilots damaged three Communist MIGs over North West Korea near the Yalu River amid renewed Red air activity. Fifth Air Force reports one MIG was shot down in a clash with ten Sabres and sixteen MIGs, with two other MIGs damaged in other dogfights. Marine Corsairs and carrier aircraft hit troop concentrations and billets in western and eastern Korea as ships bombarded ports and supply areas.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Yalu River
U. N
U. S. Seventh Division
Porkchop Hill
Eighth Army
Navy
New Jersey
Valley Forge
Thursay
Hamhung
Bremerton
Colahan
Wonsan
Sey
St. Paul
Nichols
Henderson
Chodo
Tongay Accused of Killing Five Year Old Kathy
Miami homicide investigators announce an autopsy found a ruptured intestine caused by a blow, leading to a second degree murder charge against 36 year old ex Coast Guardsman Tongay. Kathy Tongay, a famed child swimmer, died en route to hospital after convulsions. The 5 year old had trained under her father at Treasure Island Pool.
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Miami
Fla
Russell Tongay
Kathy
Charles A. Sapp
Miami Homicide Bureau
Coast
Tongay
Sapp
Dade County
Mar
Shall C. Wisehart
Edwin Lee Mason
Wise, Hart
Victor Calherine
Chester Eldredge
Homicide Bureau
Bubba
Treasure Island Pool
Cabana Club
Russell Jr
Public Service Gas Co seeks rate cuts for large users in Gastonia
The Public Service Gas Co asks the Utilities Commission for permission to lower rates for Central Division customers using more than 200 000 cubic feet monthly. Rates would fall from eight to 7.5 cents per 1000 feet above 200k and to six cents above 500k. In Asheville the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina proposes a 100000 memorial fund, to be ratified by vestries in two thirds of 19 parishes, plus 50000 for general church and mission work.
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Raleigh
Public Service Gas Co
Aroa Gastonia
The
Utilities Commission
Nap Ee
Asheville
Episcopal Diocese
Western North Carolina
Holy Cross
Damage suit filed over 1952 highway crash in Asheboro
A $99,340 damage suit arises from a 1952 highway wreck and names Akers Motor Lines of Gastonia and Henry A. Reid as co defendants. Richard Clark administrator for the estate of Nancy Geohean of Chase City Va leads the action. Mrs Keen and her husband died in the auto truck collision near Asheboro in February.
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Asheboroa
Akers Motor Lines
Gastonia
Henry A. Reid
Richard Clark
Nancy Geohean
Chase City
Kegan
Two Presler brothers drown in Mountain Island Lake accident
In Mt Holly near Mountain Island Lake on the Catawba River, brothers Roger 10 and Donald 12 Presler drowned after their boat capsized while three youths played in it. A 14-year-old boy named David Harrison survived, stating he and the brothers were fishing when the incident occurred.
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MT. Holly
Mountain Island Lake
Catawba
Roger
Donald Presler
Wayland Presler
Donald
David Harrison
Presser
Harrison
Executives End Conference in Asheville Speakers Lead
Nearly 200 Southern business and industrial executives wrap a two day conference on management problems in Asheville. H. K. Hallett of Charlotte, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, and Henry E. Ford of Wilmington Del a Du Pont executive chaired the speaker lineup.
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Asheville
Society For the Advancement of Management
H. K. Hallett
Charlotte
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Henry E. Ford
Wilmington
Del
du Pont de Nemours and Co
British Labor Gains Roll Up Across England and Wales
Labour party swept local council elections with 751 London borough seats won and conservatives trailing. Large gains cut Communist representation. elections spanned Monday to yesterday across London and provinces.
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British Labor Party
London
Labor Party
Iow
England
Wales
Churchill
Labor
Liberals
Stepney
Hackney
Umstead Accepts Resignation of Motor Vehicles Chief Fisher
Governor Umstead accepted the resignation of Motor Vehicles Commissioner L. R. Fisher submitted Wednesday. Fisher, 51, will stay until a successor is named. Reports name Landon C. Rosser or H. J. Dogg ie Hatcher as potential replacements. Fisher previously led highway safety efforts and shuffled patrol leadership after taking the post last June.
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Raleigh
L. R. Fisher
Umstead
Fisher
Landon C. Rosser
H. J
Doggie) Hatcher
State Highway Patrol
Scott
Mecklenburg County
Rosser
James R. Smith
Highway Patrol
Smith
W. B. Lentz
Greensboro
P Fisher
Hoey
Motor Vehicles Department
ABC Board
Powerful US atomic blast tests at Frenchman Flat Nevada
An enormous atomic explosion was set off above a prepared target array at Frenchman Flat Nevada. Observers included fifteen congressmen and about two thousand soldiers who watched from trenches six miles away as the blast produced a 30,000 foot mushroom cloud and a flash seen from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Frenchman Flat Proving Ground
Air Force
Frenchman Flat
Here
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U.S
Two ex officials testify on dropped mail fraud case
Former Navy official Francis Whitehair and FCC head James Fly told a House subcommittee the Justice Department dropped a $185000 mail fraud case against Kansas City bond dealer Roy E Crummer in 1946 after denouncing it as tommyrot. They said SEC data used by prosecutors was largely incorrect and the case unfair.
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Washington (Lp
House
Justice Department
Kansas City
Roy E. Crummer
Crummer
Francis P. Whitehair
Navy
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Weather outlook with mild tonight and warm tomorrow
The forecast calls for a low of 50 tonight and a high near 80 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 74 with a recent low of 53. Sunset is at 7:13 p m today and sunrise is at 5:20 a m tomorrow.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Sewer
Los Angeles
Memphis Anne Sone
Miami
I Mobile
Sear SL
Orleans
York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington
Wilmington
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Esther Williams
Winston-Salem
Johnson J. Hayes
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