Voters poised as Democrats confident GOP hopeful for Tuesday
As election eve nears, Democrats feel secure in the national and state races while Republicans hope for regional gains. North Carolina holds close local races with two congressional districts likely to yield smaller Democratic majorities. Observers note key districts and local issues such as school placement and road funding shaping turnout.
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Lynn Nisbet
Wlan m
Aes
General Assembly
National Committee
John Wilkinson
FE. L. Gavin T
Senate
Dewey Launches Full Day Television Marathon
Governor Thomas E. Dewey began a day long television marathon at dawn to support his bid for a third term. He answered questions from callers from a studio in New York and demonstrated voting machine use on an NBC CBS Mutual network telecast.
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New York
iWi
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Stocks Read To War News Shocks New York Markets
Stocks tumbled at the open after weekend wartime developments. General MacArthur’s warning of Communist intervention in Korea spooked traders as Chinese forces clashed with U N troops, with big losses across Chrysler Jones & Laughlin Sinclair Oil Bethlehem Steel U S Steel General Motors American Telephone Radio Boeing and more.
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New York
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Som
Chrysler Jones & Laughlin
Sinclair Oil
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
General Motors
American Telephone
Radio CR On Steel
Goodrich
J. 1
Boeing Aircraft
Modern Cars Too Fast So Farmer Keeps 25 Model T
Zebulon reader report notes a 73 year old farmer, Kerney Phillips, bought a 1950 model car cash near Rocky Mount. His friend Lonnie Williams rode along and took over shifting. About a mile from home Williams left, Phillips steered, and the car wrecked near his farm.
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Zebulon
Route 2
Kerney Phillips
Rockyng
Lonnie Williams
Phillips
Williams
Philli
Penny
American pilot shoots down two Yak fighters near Sinuiju
Captain Howard I. Price of Bra denton Florida credited with destroying two Russian made Yak 3 fighters during a reconnaissance mission near Sinuiju on the Manchurian border. Lt. George N. Olsen and Lt. L. Reynolds assisted as six Yaks approached.
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Tokyo
Sinuiju
Ko— City
Howard I. Price
Bradenton
Fla
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Price
George N. Olsen
Park Ridge
Ill
L. Reynolds
Jackson
Macy
Yalu River
Antung
Olie
Olsen
Bogie
Puerto Rican Guard Ordered Demobilized
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico Nov 6 Puerto Rico s national guard was ordered demobilized at noon today after registration of new voters for next year s constitutional referendum was completed without incident. Thirty five hundred guardsmen were called out last Monday to help quell an abortive but bloody nationalist rebellion. Guard officers said 360 guardsmen will be retained for duty at Fortaleza jail and some others will be kept in reserve.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
National Guard
Fortaleza
GOP Chairman Sees Lost Peace In Shifting U S Policy
North Carolina GOP chair James M. Baley Jr. claimed foreign policy has shifted so far that the nation has lost the peace. Speaking in a radio address before the election, Baley urged a two party system in the South and backed Louis G. Somes in challenging Hamilton C. Jones in the 10th district.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
United States
James M. Baley, Jr
Marshall
Louis G. G. Samees
Noma
Hamilton C. Jones
Avery, Mitchell, Burke
Catawa
Mecklenburg
French Grip in Indochina Shrinks as Hanoi Defense Eases
In Saigon today the French announced withdrawal from Hunghoa and a series of fortifications 30 miles south as Viet Minh forces press from three sides. The Hanoi foothold is narrowing to the Red River delta home to about 800 000 residents while French troops retreat from key posts northwest of Hanoi.
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Saigon
France
Indochina
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Red River
North Vietnam
Hunghoa
Twenty Koreans Executed On Seoul Hill
Seoul report says sixteen men and four women were executed by the South Korean army four miles west of Seoul after death penalty by a military court for aiding the enemy under national defense law. They were brought in a truck guarded by MPs, marched with hands tied, and shot at a seven by seven foot grave. A crying, 30-year-old woman appealed to the correspondent to say hello to her three children.
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Bill Shinn
Seoul
ROK
South Korea
Kim Kwang Chung
People's
Red Army
Belgium accused of arming China with Belgian weapons
Brussels newspaper La Cite reports Belgium exported over 10.9 million dollars in arms to Mao Tse-Tung's China from 1948 to 1950. Figures include 1.6 million dollars in 1948 bullets and 4.58 million in 1949 rifles and cartridges, amid calls to halt the alleged arms traffic.
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Brussels
la Cite
Belgium
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Foreign Trade Official Bulletin
Korea
Red Army
Weaker Demand On Weed Marts
Flue cured tobacco markets open with weaker demand and lower ground prices. On the old belt prices fell $1 to $5 per hundred pounds, with volume near 29.5 million pounds and an average of $51.72. Middle belt grades dropped, eastern belt also at year lows, and regional sales scheduling runs into week end with few finales remaining.
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Raleigh
North Carolina-Virginia
North Carolina
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ahoskie
Goldsboro
Robertsonville
Wendell
Williamston
Kinston
Tarboro
Farm‘ville
Smithfield
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Seagrave Treason Charge Is Reduced
In Rangoon Burma the special tribunal cut treason charges against American Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave to banishment for life or a prison term if convicted. One prior treason count carried death. three new charges for abetting treason by showing sympathy to rebels were added. Maximum penalty remains transportation for life with a 10 year minimum.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon S. Seagrave
Met Opera Opens 1950 51 Season With Don Carlo
The Metropolitan Opera starts its new season in New York with a sold out opening night. The first production features Jussi Bjoerling in the lead role as Verdi's Don Carlo, broadcast by the Decca company for the third year.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Jussi Bjoerling
Aeons Deccatis Company
UN Forces Crack Down As Red China Advances In Korea
UN troops tighten defenses as Chinese Red forces, reportedly 3 to 6 divisions, push toward Pyongyang. MacArthur decries Manchurian intervention and calls for a Security Council special meeting to address China’s role in the Korean War. Diplomatic tension rises as possible U.N. action looms.
Woman from hospital revival after apparent death at birth
In Columbia a 31 year old Negro woman who came to Columbia Hospital for childbirth appeared dead after a cesarean delivery following eclampsia. Doctors say no signs of life lasted about 15 minutes though the exact interval is uncertain. After removing the baby a girl, six pounds eight ounces, was born and both mother and child are reported in good condition.
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Columbia Hospital
Albert W. Kenner
T Hospital
Kenner
Army Medical Corps
Philippine Islands
Columbia
All Because of Woman Ends Meigs County High School Affairs
A dispute over a high school football queen sparked a countywide political clash in Meigs County Tennessee with state funding threatened. Annette Hipps won the beauty contest funding sweaters. teacher D B Powell and principal Culvahouse faced removals amid accusations of accounting discrepancies. The superintendent closed all schools as factions formed around Powell and Culvahouse backing rival candidates Walter Whit and Mary Shadow.
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Decatur
Tenn
Meigs County
Annette Hipps
D. B. Powell
Princr B. Culvahouse
Powell
Robert Culvahouse
Miss Hipps
Culvahouse Brothers
Culsree
Dudley Culvahouse
Culva
Walter Whit
Mary Shadow
UN Told Of China Red Action In Korea War
United Nations security council was briefed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Chinese Communist forces fighting U N troops in Korea. The report, transmitted by Warren R Austin, cites specific units and warns of possible UN action on the Suiho dam power facilities to deter further Chinese intervention.
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U. N
Manchuria
Korea
MacArthur
China
U. N. Security Council
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Seoul
Russia
Unnam
Manchurian
Paince Chie
United
United Nations
Security Council
Palestine
Washington
Vane
Douglas MacArthur
H.ed
Yalu
Korea-Manchuria
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Suiho
Yalu River
U. S
Okinawa
Mamochin
No Hope Seen Of Rescuing Crash Survivors
A French mountaineer said there was absolutely no hope of finding survivors from Air India’s Constellation crash on Mont Blanc. The wreckage stretched across a wide area near the frontier after the 48 aboard were killed. Swiss fliers and a 21 man patrol continued careful assessment and ascent. The article notes the crash at about 15,000 feet on the Alpine peak.
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Chamonix
France
Air India Constellation
Mont Blanc
Jacques Flottard
French Army Mountain School
Europe
Flottard
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