Concussion Grenades Used To Subdue Prisoner Riot
In Seoul clashes at a prisoner of war camp, concussion grenades were deployed by the Eighth Army to quell violence. The riot involved makeshift weapons. one American guard was injured while a prisoner died at a hospital. UN officers attributed disturbances to Communist groups aiming to portray mistreatment of POWs and planned further provocations.
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Seoul
Raneves
Eighth Army
No. 10
Balt
Weno
Aioe
Anatapa
United Nations Command
U. N
UNC
Rene Pe K
Ene Teal Ees Ree
Wien
Son -Cemipe
Taenday Eit
Nations
Newsprint hits historic high pushing costs up for publishers
New York prices for newsprint rose to $126 a ton, the highest in history, with Canadian producers announcing $10 per ton increases and US mills considering actions. The higher base raises the cost to about $176 per ton delivered, adding roughly $12,000 to $25,000 annually to a typical paper like the High Point Enterprise.
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New York
United States
Consolidated Paper Corporation
Poesaenhsee
Abitibi Power Company
Sabotage Investigations Open on ACL Route
FBI, railroad detectives and Georgia authorities probe two sabotage incidents on the Washington to Miami ACL line. A $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to arrests. Spikes lifted rails near Baxley and a switch box tampered at Hortense. no suspects arrested yet.
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Wilmington
N. C
FBI
Georgia
Washington
9Eal
Spikesere
ACL
Hortense
Jacksonville
CP and Light Co names new VP team to attract industry
In Raleigh CP and Light Co announced changes in its leadership with veteran S Paul Vecker selected to help lure new industries to the CP&L service area. President Louis V Sut ton said Vecker will oversee efforts to expand economic development and attract investments.
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Raleigh
Carolina
Em and Light Co
Cp&l
Louis V. Sutton
S. Paul Vecker
Fereder Industria
Printura
Sate
Local 2598 considers strike at Enka plant near Asheville
Members of Local 2598 United Workers of America authorized a strike as a contract at the large Enka plant near Asheville nears expiration. In Southern Pines, Dr. W H Ross, 43, was indicted on abortion charges involving a white woman, with details unclear in the report.
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Asheville
United Workers of America
AFL
Enka Leona
T& Ti
Southern Pines
W. H. Ross
Mooreee Grand Dary
Precinct count rises to 2018 Statewide with two additions
Raymond Maxwell of the State Board of Elections says the total number of precincts increased by two to 2018. Franklin County adds one precinct bringing its total to 12, and Pontes reports 16 precincts, one more than before.
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Raleigh
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
Maxwell
Franklin County
Pontes
Pickle Exhibit Planned for North Carolina Display
Olive exhibit to show North Caro farm products as part of a national display. Gov. Scott forwarded Washington Gov Langlie’s offer to trade apples for a Tar Heel product and suggested Mt. Olive Chamber of Commerce send a pickle exhibit.
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North Caro May l
Scott
Washington
Arthur B. Langlie
Mt. Olive
Referendum on 10 cent per acre tobacco aid
Tobac co Associates, Inc. directors vote unanimously to call a summer referendum for about 200 000 flue cured tobacco growers to decide on continuing the 10 cent per acre assessment to promote exports for three years. Raleigh Kiwanis Club hosts B Hellman Baltimore Md Kiwanis International president at a dinner with about 350 members expected to attend.
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Pinehurst
Board of Directors of
Tobacco Associates, Inc
Raleigh
Kiwanis Club
Tde B. Hellman
Baltimore
Kiwanis International
Hellman
Welfare Meeting Opens Annual Conference in Raleigh
County welfare superintendents planners begin their annual administrative conference in Raleigh with Dr. Ellen Winston state welfare commissioner and three Federal Security Agency representatives speaking. The North Carolina Association of County Superintendents of Public Welfare will hold its annual business meeting tomorrow night as part of the event.
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Welfare Meeting
Raleigh
Frioho
Ellen Winston
Control Of Property Is Sought In TWUA Split
In Greensboro the CIO Textile Workers Union seeks to seize control of joint boards and locals that bolted to the AFL United Textile Workers. A Salisbury plant with 900 workers voted 607 to 0 to join the AFL. Brooklyn and Philadelphia locals challenge CIO suspensions as secession spreads in the South and Northeast.
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Greensboro
N. C
CIO Textile Workers Union
North Carolina
TWUA
W. H. Abernathy F
Charlotte
Spray
M. C
AFL
United Textile Workers
Durham
North Carolina Finishing Co
Salisbury
CIO
James Bamford
Atlanta
Twua Southern
Robert Cahoon
Greensboro-Burlington Joint Board
Kenneth L. Kramer
Burlington
Brown
Luther Carroll
New York
Rieve
South Virginia
Danville
South Carolina
Georgia
Philadelphia
Editorial Writers Conference in Chapel Hill Opens Friday
Editorial pages across North Carolina face a thorough review as the third annual Editorial Writers Conference begins in Chapel Hill Friday evening and runs through Sunday morning. A full day Saturday session led by Paul Trescott, Vermont Royster, and William Harrison will feature an all-day no holds barred critique.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Paul Trescott
Philadelphia
Vermont
Royster
The
Wall Street Journal
William Harrison
Washington Evening Star
John Garfield Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment
Screen actor John Garfield, 30, was found dead in the Gramercy Park apartment of Iris Whitney in New York. Police cited a cardiac condition as the cause, with Garfield a noted Broadway and film tough guy who testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee last year.
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New York
John Garfield
Manhattan
Accord Garfield
New Yorker
Garfield
Gramercy Park
Iris Whitney
House UN- American Activities Committee
Washington
Communist Party
Red Truce Delegation Attacks UN on Pusan Prison Riot
PANMUNJOM Korea The Red truce delegation seized on the Pusan prisoner of war riot to denounce the United Nations for alleged murder and “crass hypocrisies” while accusing the UN of beating prisoners and manipulating fingerprints. Joy countered that Communists hide 50 000 South Koreans they claim as captives and violated the Geneva convention by refusing exchanges and neutral visits.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Red Truce
Pusan
Nam
U. N
Joy
U. N. Army
Senators Hear General In Testimony
Gen. Matthew Ridgway testified at a closed Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Korea talks and clashes at Koje Do war camp. He described the truce prospects as not optimistic and confirmed prisoner abuses by extreme Communists, while senators pressed for firm control and noted the session drew many senators and photographers.
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Washington
Matthew B. Midewey
Far East
Senate Armed Services Committee
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ridgway
Congress
Rose
Kose Island
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Whoneony
Kose
Com Russell
U. S
McGranery Cleared by Senate to Lead Justice Department
Senate confirmation clears James P. McGranery to become attorney general succeeding J. Howard McGrath. The 56 year old Philadelphia jurist, former House member and federal judge, promised to root out corruption and remove any incompetent or disloyal DOJ staff.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate
James P. McGranery
Justice Department
Truman
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
McGranery
House
Pennsylvania
McGrath
Newbold Morris
MacGranery
Senate Judiciary Committee
Montana Victory Lengthens Taft Delegate Lead
Montana GOP elected an uninstructed eight member delegation for the July 7 Chicago nominating convention. Seven Taft supporters and one Eisenhower backer. Taft leads Eisenhower 386 to 360 in delegate tallies nationwide. Washington and Maryland delegate contests loom this week as Taft and Eisenhower fight for pledged delegates. Taft heads to South Dakota for the June 3 primary while Russell and Harriman campaign in key states. Harriman predicts securing the nomination at a Boston press conference.
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Washington
Montana
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D.eisenhower
Washington State
Chicago
Taft
Isenhower
United Press
Eisenhower
Oregon
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeldin
South Dakota
Ohio
Middle West
Abilene
Kans
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida
Russell
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Mutual Security
W. Averell Harriman
St. Louis
Reesevelle
Panty raid disrupts USC dorms as water, chaos erupt
At the University of South Carolina, about 1000 students joined a panty raid near Hamp Sims dorms. Coeds drenched police and onlookers as windows broke and a false fire alarm drew three fire trucks. One student was struck, and a stolen item was shown off.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
Sims
Rail Labor Relief Plan Inches Toward White House Accord
Unions expect a yes in a White House rail labor dispute settlement after carriers accept President Steelman’s plan. The proposal includes raises for yard and road crews, retroactive to October 1950, with additional pay to drivers and clerks, plus a move to a five day work week. It rejects binding arbitration on interdivisional run disputes and aims to cost railroads about 10 million dollars.
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White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Umstead Gains Backing From Carlyle In NC Campaign
State Sen Irving Carlyle said on radio that no group can hand-pick a governor and attempts to do so fail. The remark followed William B Umstead gaining a new supporter amid charges Olive’s camp dismisses the surprise move as expected.
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Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Hubert E. Olive
Irving Carlyle
T Hissup
Um- Stead
Winston-Selemem
Lyle
Savas Olive
Earp
Bids Sought on Five Buildings for Defense Plant
Bids will be asked this week on five buildings costing about three million dollars for the Oerlikon Tool and Arms Corporation. The company is building a machine tool and munitions plant in the Swannanoa Valley eight miles east of Asheville. The first group of 14 buildings, now being completed, cost about $425,000.
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Asheville
Oerlikon Tool and Arms Corporation
Swannanoa Valley
Guard Kills One Chinese Prisoner at Koje Island Camp
At Koje Island, a Chinese war prisoner was killed after appearing to threaten a United Nations guard at the gate of a Chinese compound. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Roatner, new camp commandant, reported that the death occurred during a tense demonstration by Communist detainees amid efforts to remove prisoners and restore armed peace at the camp.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
Notorious
Pusan
Haydon L. Roatner
Koje
Roatner
U. N
Kid
Francis Tithen
Judd
Eeresuiant
Pharmacists Meet Pinehurst at North Carolina Convention
The first joint session of the North Carolina trial Association and auxiliaries opens in Pinehurst with a welcome by James D. Hobbs Pinehurst Chamber of Commerce president. About 800 delegates attend the three day meeting and the program includes a performance of The Drunkard by Raleigh Little Theater.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina Trial Association
James D. Hobbs
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