Dr Mary Sloop Wins 1951 American Mother Award
Dr Mary Sloop 78 of Crossnore North Carolina named American Mother of 1951 at a noon breakfast ceremony. Peggy Wood presented the citation praising her medical work and charity for mountain neighbors. She credited introducing a seed potato industry and a practical mountain school motto Noblesse Oblige.
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Crossnore
N. C
New York
NEW Ge Prt
Mary T. Sloop
Sloop
Peggy Wood
Pag Vogeler
Hungary
Allies Retake Key Highway Center in Inje Front
Allied forces report recapture of a strategic highway hub near Inje as Central Front fighting intensifies. Chinese loudspeakers urged defenders to hold positions while Allied air and ground units target rear Communist columns. Signals point to renewed spring offensive pressure with mixed advances and redeployments across the sector.
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Yanggu
Dewey denounces MacArthur dismissal policy speech
Governor Thomas E. Dewey attacks the midnight dismissal of Gen Douglas MacArthur. He calls for no appeasement of communism and no retreat, urges a United States of Europe, and seeks stronger ties with NATO allies Turkey Greece and Yugoslavia. He supports resisting communism in Formosa but criticizes the abrupt firing as unwise and shabby.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Dewey
Truman
Far East
Republican State Committee
United States of Europe
Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
North Atlantic Alliance
Formosa
Mr. Truman
MacArthur
Stock Market Dips Slightly in Early Trading
New York markets opened with fractional declines in a moderately active session. E R Squibb stood out with a 2 for 1 stock split, higher dividend and earnings, boosting to 55. Oils fell, led by Superior Oil of California down to 42.5, Amerada Petroleum and Atlantic Refining slipping. Televisions faced pressure as the Fed denied easier credit. Zenith eased to 64. Firestone lost to 96 as steel, rails and autos drifted lower.
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Stock Exchange
E. R. Squibb
Superior Oil
California
Amerada Petroleum
Atlantic Refining
Federal Reserve Board
Zenith
Firestone
Hundreds of posse hunts scar-faced suspect in Florida swamp
In Youngstown Florida hundreds of shotgun carrying men pursue a scar-faced 19 year old Negro alleged to have attempted rape. Sheriff Alva Thomas says the search centers in a swamp described as alive with alligators and snakes. Constable Ted Crooms was wounded and bloodhounds were used, but rain hampered the hunt.
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Hundres
Florida
Alva Thomas
Thomas
Ted Crooms
Will
Moran Sentenced To Five Year Term For Perjury
James J. Moran, longtime ally of former Mayor William O Dwyer, is sentenced to five years in prison and fined 2000 for perjury before the Kefauver committee. Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey imposed the maximum penalty as Moran lied about the Brooklyn “policy king” Weber and Moran’s cities service. Defense plans an appeal.
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NEW York
James J. Moran
William O'Dwyer
Charles A. Dewey
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Joseph L. Delaney
Moran
Kefauver Committee
Brooklyn
Weber
O'Dwyer
Pre War Prices: Johnston Warns Against Rolling Back
Washington economist Eric Johnston told Congress that returning prices to pre Korea levels is impractical and unwise. He outlined a plan to establish a stabilized price line and hold it while rollbacks may occur in many items. The defense act limits farm price ceilings below parity, complicating any cutbacks.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Congress
Johnston
House Banking Committee
Economic Stabilization Agency
Textile workers return to work at Pee Dee and others
About 550 workers at Pee Dee Textile reach a new contract with management and begin returning to work. Durham area mills see 6 000 workers near return after wage freeze conditions. Alco Mill in Rockingham reports continued strike with 750 workers out. A federal mediation panel met Cone Mills officials in Greensboro to explore settlement with 51 mills affected.
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Pee Dee
Joel B. Leighton
TWUA
South Central Joint Board
Alco
Rockingham
Durham
Erwin Mills Corporation
Wage Stabilization Board
Eemee
Erwin
Cooleemee
Neuse
Cone Mills
Greensboro
Clarence Cone
Tables Turned as Pedestrian Wins Suit Backfires
Newark jury findsGeorge Kehm had right of way and orders Louis Bergman to pay 40 dollars for damage to Kehm’s car after Kehm sued for 25 thousand in damages for injuries from a motorist collision.
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Newark
George Kehm
Louis Bergman
Kehm
Fulbright Questions Dawson On RFC Influence and Denials
Senator Fulbright questioned White House aide Donald S. Dawson about denials of using political influence to aid government loans. Dawson and Fulbright clashed over Dawson's power within the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the roles of allies like EF Mer Young and Rex Jacobs in an oil venture linked to RFC loans.
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White House
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Dawson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
William E. Willett
Pre
Pean
Truman
Subcommittee
Mer Young
Young
Lustron Corporation
Columbus
F. L. Jacobs Company
Detroit
Mr. Young
Willett
Dunham
Senate
E. Elmer Harber
Walter Cosgriff
C. Edward Rowe
Five
Gaines County
Texas
William M. Boyle, Jr
Rex Jacobs
F. L. Jacobs Co
Robert L. Chaney
Chaney
Phil Regan
James Co. Windham
Jacobs
Jeach
Dawson and Boyle
Britain backs Formosa return to China amid Korea talks
London reportsBritain remains committed to the Cairo Declaration restoring Formosa to China while seeking a Korean peace settlement. Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison urged proceeding with Japanese peace treaties without waiting for a final Formosan solution, noting UN consideration of the dispute at the appropriate time.
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Britain
Formosa
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Commons
Republic of China
United Nations
Freedom
Korea
Coe Peiping
China
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Isue
Directive Retold By Gen Marshall
President Truman told Gen Douglas MacArthur on January 13 that Korea war policy should safeguard allies we would need in a potential war with Russia. The message, a paraphrase, was read to Senate committees investigating MacArthur's dismissal, with Truman stressing the telegram was not a directive.
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Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Senate
United Nations
Soviet Union
Far East
Western
Europe
Hickenlooper
Geen Gsassia
Red China
Manchuria
Formosa
Ina
Korea
Adams
U. S
Baie
China
Hier
Republicans Slowing On Mac Policy In 1952 Nomination Pick
The GOP weighs Chicago as site for the 1952 convention while shelving public MacArthur war policy talk. Delegates likely meet July 21 in Chicago. Philadelphia factions plan a contest. Marshall warns the Far East risk compared with Europe, as Hickenlooper probes Korea strategy and U S options.
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ILSA
Okla
Chicago
Douglas Togo
GOP
National Committee
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Consi
Republican National Committee
MacArthur
America
China
Truman
Trus
Panama names new president after four days of riots
Panamas police army and public opinion ousted deposed President Arnulfo Arias after a three hour battle around the presidential palace. Alcibiades Arosemena was sworn in as president with plans to include all non Communist groups and cooperate with the United States while Arias claimed a subversive Communist plot drove the upheaval.
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Arnulfo Arias
Arias
Alcibiades Arosemena
Jose Antonio Remon
National Assembly
Arosemena
United States
Panama Canal Zone
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