Milk Production Reaches Record North Carolina Level
North Carolina's milk production for last month rose to 141 million pounds, the highest for October on record, per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. Cows numbered 386,000, near the 1944 peak, with improved per cow yield due to better breeding and management, while pastures remain stressed from drought. The state's sweet potato crop was estimated at 4.32 million bushels, up from October, and corn at 58.38 million bushels with peanut output at 203 million pounds.
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North Carolina
Federal
Raleigh
Congressional subpoenas spark White House hedging dispute
President Eisenhower denounces un American probes while defending limits on Congress. Senate and House committees issue subpoenas for Truman aides Byrnes Vaughan and Clark amid an intensifying fight over calls to testify. Public sessions loom as leaders weigh rules and potential conflicts with executive privileges.
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Crisp
Eisenhower
Truman
House Un-American Activities Committee
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Congress
New York
Harry Truman
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Velde
House Group
James F. Byrnes
Harry Vaughan
Clark
Senate
T. Lamare
Vaughan
Robert Morris
ABC
Frazier
Brownell
Justice Clark
FBI
White
Ven To
Byrnes
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Sen
Jenner
R—Ind
Senate Committee
T. Lamer Caudle
Wadesboro
N. C
Caudle
House Committee
Rep. Velde
R-—Ill
House
New York Times and Herald Tribune
Lincoln
Capitol Hill
Shuford Addresses High Point Group on Labor Leadership
North Carolina Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford spoke at a High Point Personnel Association luncheon at the YWCA. He urged labor to be part of management and outlined Department of Labor programs including apprentice training, conciliation and arbitration, statistics, and safety.
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Forrest H. Shuford
North Carolina
High Point Personnel Association
YWCA
W. S. Petree
Melrose Hosiery Mill
Shuford
Department of Labor
Division of
UDC Elects New Slate of Officers
Mrs. Belmont Dennis of Covington Georgia was elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy by acclamation at the sixteenth annual convention attended by 1700 delegates from four states and Paris France. Dennis succeeds Mrs. Glenn Long of Newton North Carolina and will serve two years. The convention also chose eight other national officers including Mrs. Claude D. Walker Winter Park Florida vice president general Miss Emma McPheeters Mexico Missouri second vice president general Mrs. John C. Goldsmith Salisbury Maryland third vice president general Mrs. Rebecca H. Smith Philadelphia Pennsylvania recording secretary general Mrs. Henry L. Stevens Warsaw North Carolina a Yr evel Miss Amma Lexiton Ky Saarconan Mrs K Kennedy Tangipahoa Louisiana historian and Mrs L Cary Bittick Forsyth Georgia recorder general of crosses.
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Belmont Dennis
Covington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Dennis
Glenn Long
Newton
N. C
Paris
France
Claude D. Walker
Winter Park
Fla
Emma McPheeters
Mexico
Missouri
John C. Goldsmith
Salisbury
Rebecca H. Smith
Philadelphia
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
L. Cary Bittick
Forsyth, Ga
Crosses
Byrnes Holds Firm Against Congressional Summons
Byrnes refuses to testify and argues Congress cannot compel governors of the 48 states to Washington. He cites states’ duties, such as budgeting and National Guard command, and insists he will answer under oath only if questions relate to the inquiry. He offers to meet in Columbia, South Carolina, if needed.
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Truman
White
Byrnes
Velde
Washington
National Guard
Congress
Senate
Hoover
Edard Hoover
FBI
Harry Dexter White
U.S
J. Edgar Hoover
Jenner
State House
Columbia
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Chief Urges Caution In Brush Burning
Fire in tinder-dry grass near E Burton St yesterday begun at 12 30 pm and spread over nearly a square mile before firefighters stopped it Flames reached 15 to 20 feet high as they moved in Fire Chief Claude Canady warned drought conditions make every field a hazard and urged residents to contact the fire department before burning brushes and avoid tossing cigarettes.
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E. Burton St
Claude Canady
Lipscomb Wins Los Angeles Congressional Race
Republican Glenard P. Lipscomb won the 24th District special election in Los Angeles. He defeated Democrat George Arnold as the GOP expands its House majority to 219 to 215 with an independent also holding the seat. Lipscomb led 42,880 to 34,545 in complete returns from 221 precincts.
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Los Angeles
Glenard P. Lipscomb
George Arnold
Lipscomb
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Arnold
Irving Markheim
John L. E. Collier
Oscomb
Collier
Markheim
Washington
Republican National Committee
California
Red Cross Directors Hear Reports At Monthly Meeting
Local Red Cross directors met to hear committee reports and learn of the new Veterans Hospital auxiliary formed as the Salisbury project prepares for December opening. Mrs. Haas joined the board, the Bloodmobile set for December 7 8 and 9 aiming to collect 750 pints, and 31 Gray Ladies were installed with 17 to restart home visits. Junior Red Cross reported overseas gift packages and holiday support for veterans hospitals.
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Red Cross
Edward Wentz
Robert Haas
Service Groups
Red Cross Council For Veterans Installations
Veterans Hospital
Salisbury
Haas
Glenn Smith
Ralph Rochelle
J. N. Rawleigh Jr
Gray Ladies
Armistice Day Observed and War Casualties Reported
The article contrasts Armistice Day in 1918 with Korea, noting the 37 months of World War I fighting ended without a battlefield defeat for the enemy and 126,000 U.S. deaths in World War I cemeteries. In Korea roughly 22,000 Americans died, and current armistice terms set ground rules for prisoner exchange and a future peace conference.
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Germany
Korea
Communists
United Nations
Arlington Cemetery
United States
Magsaysay Holds Lead in Philippine Election Campaign
Magsaysay maintains a strong lead in the campaign amid charges of Quirino corruption and claims of U.S. intervention. Army troops were sent to Baybay in Leyte to protect ballot boxes as the rivalry intensified. Quirino defended his record of economic improvements and accused Magsaysay of similar U.S. influence.
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Baybay
Leyte
Magsaysay
Quirino
Magsaysays
U.S
Philippines
United States
Uks
Nacionalista Party
Forest Fires In Mountains Under Control In North Carolina
Fire crews in Nantahala National Forest along with state teams controlled multiple mountain fires in Henderson Buncombe and Madison counties. The Nantahala blaze was halted on its southern edge and mop up continued on the northern flank while foresters reduced burned area estimates from 1000 to 600 acres. No rain is forecast this week raising continued fire danger.
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Gipps Creek
Melton K
State Forest Service
Henderson County
Early Mountain
Sandy Mush
Leicester
Buncombe County
Henderson
Mount Olive Church
Tuxedo
Camp Arrowood
Boggs Creek
H. Carpening
Wife Follows Publisher In Death in Columbus
Edith Larkin Page and her husband James Edmond Page, former Ledger and Enquirer publishers, died within hours of each other at their Buena Vista Estates apartment in Columbus. A double funeral is set for 3:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Page, once a World War I veteran, held multiple publisher and executive roles before retiring in 1936, leaving a son, a daughter, two sisters, and a brother as survivors.
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Columbus
Edith Larkin Page
James Edmond Page
Ledger
Enquirer
Buena Vista Estates
First Presbyterian Church
Robert B. McNeill
The
Enquirer-Sun
Page
James Edward Page Jr
Sanford
Fla
Robert Thompson Price
A. H. Chapman Sr
Maynard Ashworth
Columbia
Ee R. B. Page
Wilmington
Thieves Split 50 50 With Parking Lot Money
A thief stole from the College Street Parking Lot office, ransacked the space, and took half of a metal money changer containing $3. The culprits left $1.50 on the desk and took the other half, a split noted by W. W. Raper who reported the theft.
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College St
W. W. Raper
TV Company Sues Over TV Set Repossession and Repair Bill
A civil action filed in Municipal Court seeks repossession of a television set and payment of a $42.12 repair bill. Warren's Radio and Television Service Co. Inc. sues Mrs. T. K. Campbell. Another suit for separate maintenance and child custody was filed by Mrs. Betty T. Johnston against James E. Johnston.
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Warren's Radio and Television Service Co., Inc
T. K. Campbell
Betty T. Johnston
James E. Johnston
Durham Man Appointed to High Point Patrol Post
Y. W. Adcock Jr. of Durham was named to fill a vacancy in the High Point division of the State Highway Patrol. He began with a get acquainted tour alongside another patrolman to succeed D. J. Mount who left the local patrol after seven years. Mount moved to head the license bureau in Thomasville last week.
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Y. W. Adcock Jr
Durham
High Point
State Highway Patrol
Adcock
D. J. Mount
Mount
Oes
Thomasville
Cow Invasion Lawsuit Opens in Superior Court
A Jamestown aunt sues her neighbor in Superior Court over cows invading her land. C W Poston testifies that 20 to 30 cows owned by L R Clark Jr. damaged shrubs and yard across several months in 1952 and early 1953. The couple Evelyn Poston and C W Poston are co plaintiffs and a jury is hearing the case.
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Jamestown
Susie
C. W. Poston
L. R. Clark Jr
Poston
Clark
Evelyn Poston
S. Perry Vail
Robert E. Vail
Winnoe Vail Yow
Millie C. Vail
Vivian L. Vail
Wreck Blamed On Blocked Vision At Tryon and Ennis
A collision at the Tryon and Ennis streets intersection caused nearly 500 dollars in damage and injured Barbara Bennett. The drivers were Fred T Bennett 19 and Murphy H Kaney 47. Bennett’s car sustained 200 dollar damage and Kaney’s 250 dollars. The crash occurred at 4 57 p m.
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Tryon
Ennis Sts
Barbara Bennett
White Oak St
Fred. T Bennett
Murphy H. Kaney
Bencini St
Church Dispute Decision Due Tomorrow
In Nashville North Carolina a judge will decide tomorrow in a factional dispute at North Rocky Mount Baptist Church. Superior Court Judge Malcolm Dc Paul indicated he will not restrain the defendants from using church property and will grant the plaintiffs reasonable access. The case centers on who constitutes the true congregation after a split vote with Pastor Rev Samuel W H Johnston leading one faction. A jury trial on the ultimate issue is set for 30 to 90 days.
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Nashville
N. C
North Rocky Mount Baptist Church
Superior Court
Malcolm Dc. Paul
Samuel W. H. Johnston
Ion
Johnston
Convention
Paul
Train Derailment Near Philadelphia Injures 33
A crowded Pennsylvania Railroad commuter train derailed on a Schuylkill River bridge near the 30th Street station injuring 33 passengers. No deaths were reported as crews treated injuries at hospitals and the scene.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schuylkill River
Chestnut Hill
PRR
30Th Street
Joseph S. Clark
Fashion Show Sponsored By Junior Woman's Club At YMCA
The Junior Woman's Club and Tobias sponsor a fashion show tonight at 8 o'clock at the YMCA. Models will range from sizes 7 to 20. Proceeds go to charity including Greensboro Children's Home Society.
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Tobias
YMCA
Don Padgett
Children’s Home Society of
Greensboro
Weather forecast with temps and sun times
Low temperature tonight expected at 2 degrees with a high of 58 tomorrow. Today's high also 58 and last night's low 28. Sun set today at 5 16 p m and rises tomorrow at 6 53 a m.
Sports standings scattered across multiple cities
A garbled list shows many city names with odd letter runs and inconsistent scores. Entries include Asheville Atlanta Charleston Charlotte Denver Detroit High Point Jacksonville Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Miami New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco Tampa Washington Wilmington and other scattered figures, many with unclear values.
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High Low
Asheville
Atlanta
Charleston
Charlotte
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Seetecce OS
Los Angeles
Seceeseess OO
Memphis
Ssereees
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
UN Declaration Gets Approval In Texas World History Texts
The State Board of Education voted 12 to 3 to keep the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in Texas world history textbooks with no editorial comment. It rejected a teachers’ committee request to delete the declaration and related author opinions from all recommended books. The UN document condemns discrimination based on race color sex language religion or politics. The report notes oil production figures for 1952.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
Texas
U. N
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Lake of the Woods
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Monark Shade Co
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