Guatemalan Envoy Storms Out After Arms Remark at Harmony Meeting
At a inter-American harmony dinner, Guatemala's acting head of mission Alfredo Chocano walked out as Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin warned of a ship from Poland unloading arms in Guatemala. Wiley tied the shipment to a potential plan by world communism and urged hemispheric consultation under the Rio Treaty.
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Alfredo Chocano
Guatemala
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
Poland
Washington
Sen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Stettin
Americas
Rose
W. Cameron Bur~ von
Columbia Bar Assn
Burton
Cewsmen
Central America
Irish Begin Counting Votes in National Election
Officials began counting votes after yesterday's general election to decide if veteran Prime Minister Eamon de Valera remains in power. Final results were expected late tomorrow or Friday with observers estimating about 1.2 million voters participated. The Fianna Fáil party faced a four party opposition led by former Prime Minister John A Costello.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fair Party
John A. Costello
State Labor Chief Dies In Capital
Forrest H. Shuford 56 NC labor commissioner died in Emergency Hospital in Washington after a heart ailment. He was at a migratory labor conference. He served 20 years, appointed 1938 by Gov. Clyde Hoey. Survivors include widow and two sons, with tributes from state officials.
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Washington
Forrest H. Shuford
North Carolina
Shuford
Hnd
Forrest Jr
Rayleigh
Harry
Charlotte
N.C
Clyde R . Hoey
Hoey
U. S
Shuforad
Cleveland County
Berea College
Berea
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
N. C
Duke University
Durham
Rhode Island
Gastonia
Ellenboro
Spindale
Department of Labor
Umstead
Charles Gold
Ellenboro High School
L. Y. Ballentine
State Labor Department
Thad Eure
Council of State
Harry McMullan
Henry Bridges
Segregation Hearing Set For Oct 12
The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments on October 12 the earliest possible date on how final decrees will carry out its ruling ending racial segregation in public schools. Court officials expect arguments to last one day and a possible post hearing conference before decrees.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harold B. Willey
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
South Carolina
Virginia
Eisenhower Warns On Arms Shipments To Guatemala
President Eisenhower voiced alarm at reports of arms shipments from Red Poland to Guatemala and warned it would be terrible if a Communist dictatorship arose in the Americas. He also defended the Army McCarthy hearings and pledged to let the facts emerge, while avoiding disclosure of Jan 21 government deliberations. He spoke on segregation, the Supreme Court decision, TVA board chair, and Clapp’s tenure, noting no outcome yet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Red Poland
Guatemala
High Administration
Army
State Department
Central America
Stettin
Poland
Caracas
Supreme Court
Ternnessee Valley Authority Board of Directors
Gordon R. Clapp
Clapp
American Pvt Johnson faces court martial in Austria over Cold War ties
Pvt. Carlos P. Johnson of High Point North Carolina, 26, is charged under the Smith Act with affiliating with the Free German Youth a group opposing the U S government. He is also charged with desertion and conduct prejudicial to military discipline for urging others to aid the Soviet Union. He disappeared into the Soviet zone from Linz in 1953 and was linked to a Jan 15 in West Berlin restaurant. A British MP testified Johnson and two others were found there. An Anneliese Boobelt testified Johnson asked her to burn papers including a Free German Youth ID card. Seventy officers and enlisted men sit on the court.
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Salzburg
Austria
East
Carlos P. Johnson
High Point
N. C
U. S
Soviet Union
Johnson
West Berlin
Linz
Anneliese Boobelt
Republicans Say the Gains Popularity in Eisenhower Era
A Republican group told President Eisenhower that popularity has increased since the election. Sen. Potter of Michigan and fellow Marching and Chowder Club members reported to newsmen after breakfast at the White House that public reaction in their districts to the administration’s program has improved. The club formed in the late 1940s to oppose a WWII veterans pensions bill and remains composed largely of veterans.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
White House
Potter
Ike Joins List Recognizing Mecklenburg Declaration
President Eisenhower in Charlotte to observe the 179th anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. He praised those who signed the document while noting the historical dispute and urged focus on freedom. Attending were Gov. Umstead, Sen. Lennon, and other state leaders. no reference to Senate bid.
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Charlotte
Eisenhower
Washington
Mecklenburg County
Freedom Park
Ecklenburg
America
Taft
Wilson
Mecklenburg
Army
Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
P-Wis
North Carolina
Leaers
Ray Jennings
Taylorsville
J. E. Broyhill
Lenoir
Charles R. Jonas
Lincolnton
Jonas
Tar Heel
William B. Umstead
Alton A. Lennon
W. Kerr Scott
Senate
Umstead
Naming Senator Put Off Until After Primary
Gov Umstead will not name a replacement for the late Sen Clyde R Hoey until after May 31 and after the May 29 primary. The delay was anticipated by political leaders including State Democrat Chairman R Everett Jordan. The governor's office continues to receive endorsements for potential appointees, now totaling 62 names.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Clyde R. Hoey
R Everett Jordan
Senators push Brownell for explanation of January 21 meeting
Republican senators urged Atty. Gen. Brownell to explain the January 21 administration meeting tied to the McCarthy Army hearings. They sought a statement with limited information about attendees including Brownell Sherman Adams and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. The move clashes with Eisenhower's order restricting talks within the administration about McCarthy Stevens issues.
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Washington
Brownell
Eisenhower
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Investigations
White House
Sherman Adams
Henry Cabott Lodge Jr
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Stevens
James C. Hagerty
North Carolina
Bob
Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Army
Pvt
G. David Schine
John G. Adams
Schine
John Adams
GOP
Eisenhower Seeks Continuation Of McCarthy Army Hearings
President Eisenhower urged the McCarthy Army hearings to proceed and said the administration did not order the Army actions in the dispute. Secretary Stevens asserted the Army acted alone, denying higher up orders, as McCarthy pressed for a quick end if a presidential secrecy order blocks full truth.
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Stevens
Army
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
Senate
80 More Wounded Expected From Dien Bien Phu
As Vietminh forces close on Dien Bien Phu the French hasten evacuations with helicopters and light planes. Reports say five French Union soldiers escaped to a North Laos outpost and high generals brief Paris on the evolving Indochina war strategy.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Lnast
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Geneva
Gene Ile de Galard Terraube
Laos
Isabelle
Paul Ely
Raoul Salan
Re Pelissier
General Air Staff
Paris
Jurors Chosen For Rourk Double Murder Trial
In Wilmington North Carolina ex policeman Luke Rourk faces first degree murder charges for a Feb 13 shooting at a filling station. Jurors selected from 150 names after much of the initial venire was disqualified. Judge W H S Burgwyn presides as selection extends into day three.
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Wilmington
N. C
Luke Rourk
Rourk
E. F. Green
Hilda
W. H. S. Burgwyn. Rourk 2
Leon Williams
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