Mother admits kidnap tale only a fear driven lie
Stella Komorek confessed at a coroner's inquest that her six week old son Stephen was killed when he slipped from her arms and fell. She had claimed the infant was kidnapped to cover the accident. Coroner ruled accidental death. no charges against her.
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Utica
N. Y
Stella Komorek
Stephen
Komorek
Clayville
Preston R. Clark
Stella
Dr. Clark
Ill Woman Slashes Four Children in Sterling Hearing
A 35-year-old mother, Mrs. Moughan, admitted slashing her four children with a kitchen knife after her husband found one child injured. All four youngsters Mary Ellen two months Richard twenty months Michael three James four are expected to recover. she was adjudged insane at a county hearing and committed to East Moline state hospital.
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James Moughan
Mary Ellen
Richard
Michael
James
East Moline State Hospital
Walter J. Stevens
U N Debates Atomic Control After Russia Talks
In Lake Success the United Nations opens a public discussion in its special political committee on Rus sia's nuclear pledges and the Western plan for international control. The session follows six power talks that failed to win Moscow to the majority insistence on peacetime use and international inspections.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Canada
Britain
France
China
Veteran Returns to Army To Keep Promises of War
Walter Konetsco of Connellsville Pennsylvania reenlists at New Cumberland army depot to honor 170 fallen comrades from a 1944 Bulge era march. He has spent two months visiting families of nearly 40 men who died overseas and seeks a transfer closer to the west.
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New Cumberland
Penna
Walter Konetsco
Germany
Konetsco
Connellsville
Western Station
Bank Condition Reports Sought By National and State Boards
The Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board issued calls for bank condition statements as of November 1. The FDIC did not issue a midyear filing requirement. In Raleigh, Commissioner Hood demanded reports from state commercial and industrial banks and industrial loan agencies.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Raleigh
Navy
Gurney P. Hood
Oldest Member Of Congress Rambles In Deep South
Rep. Robert L. Doughton the oldest member of Congress is spending his 86th birthday vacationing somewhere in the south. He left Oct. 28 by car with secretary Mrs. Stella Miller and daughter Reba. A postcard to a nephew said they are rambling around in the deep south and having a good time with no return date.
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Sparta
Robert L. Doughton
Congress
South
Doughton
Stella Miller
Reba
Deep South
Costello Recovers From Major Surgery
Comedian Lou Costello lies convalescing at Cedars of Lebanon hospital after rheumatic fever kept him ill for months. A physician said he underwent major surgery on Friday and is expected to remain hospitalized for about a week.
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Costello
Hollywood
Lou Costello
Cedars of Lebanon
Gandhi Assassins To Hang November Fifteen
New Delhi official confirms N V Godse and N B Apte denied clemency and scheduled to be hanged November 15 at Ambala Jail. Bodies to be cremated inside the jail, ashes to be given to relatives for private immersion in a Holy river.
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New Delhi
Home Ministry
N. V. Godse
N. B. Apte
Mahatma Gandhi
Ambala
New Hopes For Labor Peace Hinge On Steel Settlements
In Chicago the 49 day soft coal strike shifts focus as John L. Lewis and the policy committee plan further steps after reports from negotiating teams. In Detroit GM postpones pension talks with United Electrical workers and CIO UAW, while tensions over jurisdiction rise. In Pittsburgh local fights with expelled UE members and Civil authorities, leading to brawls and a sense of escalating labor unrest. In Cleveland Republic Steel presses for early end to Hod 54,000 worker strike with CIO United Steelworkers.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Electrical Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Pittsburgh
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Sharon
Fairmont
W. Va
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
James D. Cain
Clarence Keener
US Local 627
John Everhart
Everhart
State Cio
John B. Easton
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Cio-United Steelworkers
Hod
Washington
John S. Lewis
Truman
Conflicting Prices Dominate New York Market Trade
Conflicting price currents moved stocks with gains near intraday highs. American & Foreign Power preferred traded around 6 to 7, while other issues like American & Foreign Power 2nd preferred and Standard Gas and Electric 4th preferred rose near yearly highs. Bethlehem Steel General Motors United Aircraft and several others saw higher prices as markets fluctuated.
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New York
Foreign Power
American
Standard Gas & Electric
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
United Aircraft
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
North American Co. McIntyre Porcupine
American Can
Sinclair Oil
Warner Bros
Blarney Stone Vanishes At San Francisco Festival
A 15 pound limestone claimed to be a Blarney Stone disappeared after a St Marys church festival in San Francisco where attendees paid 25 cents to kiss it. Custodian James Cummins defended its authenticity amid police and health officials questioning the stunt as unsanitary. The theft prompts investigations as festival organizers search for the missing stone.
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San Francisco
Ireland
St. Mary's Church
James Cummins
United Irish Society
The
Stone
J London Daily Mail
New York
Cummins
Pat Collins
Cork
Blarney Castle
TWA
J. C. Geiger
Joan Lally
Yugoslav Press Assails Russia Leadership On Revolution Day
Belgrade on the 32nd anniversary of the Russian Revolution sees Borba and Yugoslav media denounce Soviet leadership for jeopardizing liberty and independence in socialist nations. Tito allies warn American imperialism seeks a new war while cominform attacks grow hotter amid border tensions. Blagoje Neshkevic defends Yugoslavia against foreign interference.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Borba
Marshal Tito
Russia
Chares
Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Balkans
Blagoje Neshkevic
Parole Commissioner Urges Law to Bar Freedoms for Insane Parolees
Benson, Nov 7. The state parole commissioner urges a law to prevent freedom for prisoners whose death sentences are commuted to life due to insanity. Dr T C Johnson of Raleigh cites Tom Wood Jr. of Erwin Mill, whose death sentence was commuted to life, as evidence. He warns future governors could parole such inmates, and current law offers no guard against it. Psychiatrists deem Wood dangerously insane.
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Benson
T. C. Johnson
Raleigh
Tom Wood, Jr
Erwin
Scott
Johnson
Wood
Thirteen Die Violently Over Weekend Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports at least thirteen people died in violent incidents in North Carolina over the weekend. Noted deaths include Miss Sara Lee Gifford 27 of Hickory in a Durham auto crash on the way to a Duke Wake Forest game, and UNC graduate student Raymond Leland Knowles 31 of Bronxville NY killed when a bicycle was struck in Chapel Hill.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Sara Lee Gifford
L. C. Gifford
Hickory Daily Record
Lexington
William Horace Chamblee
Hickory
Duke-Wake Forest
Durham
Chamblee
Miss Gifford
Newsper
University of North Carolina
Raymond Leland Knowles
Bronxville
N. Y
Chapel Hill
David Roberts
Guy McDonald Phillips
Toccane
Mitchell County
Roberts
Phillips
Concord
Homer Alonzo Kiser
N. J. Mitchell
Cabarrus County
Raleigh-Durham
Calvin FE. Hackney
Alvin Barbour
William Warren Newman
Pamlico County
Jack Harris
Thomas Erwin Eason
Malcolm Dawson Eason
Edenton
Ditch Collapse Traps Eight Boys. One Dead in Ohio Town
In Lancaster Ohio a shallow open sewer trench eight feet deep collapsed while five boys played nearby. Two were trapped. Edward Crook and Eddie Crook aided Jimmy Smith and David Spung before firemen arrived. David Spung died under heavy soil. Jimmy Smith survived. The coroner identified the family details of the Spung household.
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Lancaster
David Spung
Gary
Dick Smith
Jimmy
Edward Crook
David
Jimmy Smith
Eddie Crook
Joseph A. Geer
Roy Spung
Harmony
R. I. Spung
Geer
Roy, Jr
Seven Childern
State Burns Retired Bonds in Raleigh Ceremony
The state burned about 21 million dollars of retired bonds and interest coupons in Raleigh. Governor Scott and the council of state supervised the ceremony held at the central heating plant with Scott moving the first batch into the furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Scott
Council of State
Rita Hayworth Awaits Stork In Switzerland
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan arrived in Lausanne for the birth of their baby expected in weeks. The couple, married May 27 on the French Riviera, are in seclusion at a hotel as authorities confirm the pregnancy. Prince Aly had announced the news last August.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Aly
Paris
Prince Aly
Hollywood
French Riviera
Steel Takes Lead With Agreements
Government officials expect major steel firms to settle with CIO steelworkers this week. A Bethlehem Steel deal sets a $100 minimum monthly pension with social security benefits, as leaders like Philip Murray push for broader peace terms. The coal strike nears two months, risking further fuel and train disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
Striking Steelworkers Union
Murray
Cleveland
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Page T.vo
Rent Control May Be Ended By Summer
Federal rent controls may end next summer as booming construction adds units. Lawmakers doubt a new bill can pass before the June 30 expiry and questions rise about defense areas and continued need. Administration stance remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Soviet Leader Sees Third World Conflict as End to Capitalism
Moscow marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1917 revolution with top politburo member Malenkov accusing the United States of seeking a world war to create an American colony. Marshal Vasilevsky lauded red square ceremonies as thousands march and a Stalins-era air parade tops the display.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
United States
Communist Politburo
Georgi M. Malenkov
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Red Square
Vasilesky
Nikolai Lenin
North Carolina Fiscal Affinities With National Economy
An analysis notes NC state revenue tracks national income, with state revenue near forty million as national income sits around forty billion and growing to 150 billion. It highlights a five million dollar NC revenue shortfall versus a five and a half billion federal deficit, and states NC’s fiscal health is about one thousandth of the federal level.
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North Carolina
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Roy Culp
Susan
Capitol Square
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State Department of Agriculture
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