Eisenhower Welcomed by Canada at Border on Ottawa Visit
President Eisenhower arrived at the border near Rouses Point New York greeted by Canadian officials and RCMP as his Eisenhower special train halted. An Ottawa delegation led by Foreign Secretary L B Pearson joined at the boundary. The president waved from the Ferdinand Magellan while wearing pajamas and a burgundy robe amid chilly air.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rouses Point
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Canada
War Mae Piyaear
Ferdinand Magellan
L. B. Pearson
R. Douglas Stuart
Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
A. D. P. Heeney
United States
White House
Dominion
Washington
Fires Rage Across Southeast Amid Suspected Arson
Fires scorched thousands of acres in five Southeastern states with smoke hindering view as volunteers and state crews aid exhausted firefighters. One Kentucky boy died when a burning stump toppled onto him. Officials report arson in several sites and tighten hunting bans across states to curb blazes.
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Associated Press
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Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Prentiss Little
Pike County
D. J. Morriss
National Forests
William B. Umstead
Seer Hills
Georgia Forestry Commission
Herman Talmadge
North Georgia
Father Seeks Draft Deferment To Save Son From War
A Columbus County father pleads in Raleigh after losing two sons in World War I asking how an only surviving son might be defered from the draft. Col Hugh T Upton notes the law allows deferment when a brother was killed and faces a married son with one child.
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Son
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Columbus County
Jane
North Carolina
Selective Service
United States
Hugh T. Upton
Secret negotiators set to meet as staff advisers work
In Panmunjom top U S and Red negotiators plan to reconvene tomorrow after a weeklong recess while staff advisers completed six secret sessions without disclosure. General Hull said the UN would press for release of all unrepatriated prisoners by Jan 22 if the political conference remains unsettled. The stalemate over the conference agenda persisted as interviews stalled and Red demands for POWs continued.
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Red
John E. Hull
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Far East
Korea
Hull
UNC
Army tests turnip greens in Korea delight soldiers
Maj. R. C. Benson staged a meal test for officers and soldiers at a Korean base to gauge dining monotony relief. About 70 percent of the 30 per cent Southerners who ate greens reported liking them, while 20 percent were indifferent and 10 percent disliked the idea. Benson notes non Southerners also enjoy turnip greens.
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Korea
R. C. Benson
Little Falls
Minn
Benson
Erest
Vishinsky blames US actions for world disarmament strain
At the United Nations Vishinsky charged American plots threaten disarmament. He cited air bases surrounding Russia, remilitarization of Western Germany, and blocking a Korean peace conference as proof of hostile U.S. policy. He urged UN intervention to curb Panmunjom negotiations and pressed for neutral inclusion of Russia in talks.
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Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Germany
Ishinsky
United States
U.N
Adenauer
East
West Germany
Vishinsky
Syngman Rhee
U.N. Assembly
Panmunjom
Assembly
Korea
Mrs Proctor Cleared Of Murder In North Carolina Trial
In Wentworth North Carolina a Rockingham County jury after a 35 minute deliberation found Frances Carter Proctor 32 a widow not guilty of murdering her husband Lawrence Proctor 52 a tobacco dealer and taxi operator The trial lasted three days with Judge Allen H Gwyn delivering a 70 minute charge The state pursued second degree murder for the Sept 2 death cited as self defense by Mrs Proctor who testified her husband came home drunk and advanced toward her with threats The defense said she had been abused and the husband was volatile
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Wentworth
N. C
Rockingham County
Frances Carter Proctor
Reidsville
Allen H. Gwyn
Lawrence Proctor
Ralph J. Scott
Proctor
Tobacco Holiday Updates From North Carolina Belts
Armistice Day closures halted markets across the flue cured Old Middle and Eastern North Carolina belts. Re drying congestion kept plants closed with sales resuming Monday. Old Belt sold 84,402 pounds at 41.33 per cwt, down 1.94. Middle Belt 1,696,953 pounds at 42.11, down .66. One market closed and three more plan final sales on November 20.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Supreme CourtJustice Clark Refuses Subpoena Testimony
Justice Tom Clark declined to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee on the Harry Dexter White case, offering to answer written questions instead. He argued the judiciary is independent of the legislative branch, aligning with Truman’s stance. The committee postponed, with Byrnes slated to answer if summoned to Columbia. Jerome Blumauer’s appearance was postponed indefinitely.
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Supreme Court
Tom Clark
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harry Dexter White
Clark
The
Ernsep
Legislave
Justice Clark
Welde
R-Ill
House
Velde
Truman
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Columbia
S. C. Velde
Jerome Blumauer
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Blumauer
Committee
Truman Taken Off Spot After White House Pressure
Republicans on the House Un American Activities Committee dropped a plan to require former President Truman as a witness in the Harry Dexter White case probe. The move followed pressure from the White House and GOP leadership, with Eisenhower indicating he would not have subpoenaed Truman or Justice Tom Clark.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
White House
House Un-American Activities Committee
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
James C. Hagerty
Cabs Deliver Missed Papers Speed Up Home Delivery
The Enterprise teams with City Cab Co to rush missed papers to subscribers. Circulation manager Charles Loflin said cabs will respond to calls at 408 or 5643 after office hours to deliver papers within minutes from cab depots citywide.
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City Cab Co
Enterprise
Charles Loflin
Loflin
Latin Refugee Haya de la Torre to Face Tribunal Hearing
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, a Peruvian-based Latin American political figure and former refugee, will have his case heard by a five nation tribunal next week. He sought asylum at the Colombian Embassy in Lima on January 3, 1949 after fleeing Peru’s authorities who sought his arrest for involvement in a 1948 uprising. The Inter-American Peace Committee will review the matter, with Colombia recognizing his asylum as a political refuge rather than a criminal extradition.
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Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Lima
Peru
Aslyam
Haya
Colombia
Latin America
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
Evaristo Lourdis
Inter-American Peace Committee
United States
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Brazil
13 Year Old Girl Is Found After Manhattan Kidnapping
A 13 year old girl Dorothea del Longo was abducted from her Manhattan home in the early hours and held for about four hours in a scar faced man’s car. She was found unharmed in front of the Woodside office in Queens wearing pajamas and a coat. Police questioned her at Elmhurst station and broadcast a lookout for a green two tone sedan used by the kidnapper. The stepfather James Botticelli reported the incident, detailing the break in, threats and the forced abduction before the girl was released.
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New York
Sisi
Manhattan
Dorothea del Longo
Woodside
Queens
Helen Doyle
Elmhurst Station
James Botticelli
95Th St
Botticelli
Bertha
Dorothea
Thomas
Meer Intennen
Case expects Eisenhower farm plan to help GOP gains
Senator Case of South Dakota predicts the Eisenhower administration will propose a farm program in January that would help the Republicans maintain control after next year’s elections. He notes a beef price recovery and ongoing strong hog and corn prices while acknowledging farmer dissatisfaction with prices and incomes. Case praised Benson’s soil Conservation Service reorganization as placing authority closer to farmers.
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Washington
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Congress
Case
Agriculture Department
Benson
Soil Conservation Service
The
Conservation Service
Truman mulls response to congressional subpoena
Former President Harry S. Truman suggested his refusal to honor a congressional subpoena might not keep him from speaking on the Harry Dexter White controversy. He spoke during a pre-breakfast walk and did not elaborate. The day prior Truman renewed the subpoena battle with the House Un American Activities Committee, saying the executive and legislative branches are separate. The committee sought to question Truman about Herbert Brownell Jr. and Harry White, a Treasury aide later dead, named as American director of the IMF despite a Soviet spy connection.
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Atty
Gen
Brownell
White
Treasury
FBI
New York
Harry S. Truman
Harry Dexter White
House Un-American Activities Committee
Herbert Brownell Jr
Harry White
International Monetary Fund
Dewey Under Fire Over Luciano Case from Wicks
Gov Thomas E Dewey faces GOP backlash as Lt Gov Arthur H Wicks accuses him of favoritism and questions the Charles Luciano sentence commute. The state executive committee calls for Wicks removal and a special session in Albany next Tuesday to review the governor’s conduct amid Luciano’s deportation controversy.
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Arthur H. Wicks
Thomas E. Dewey
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
GOP
Wick
Senate
Joseph Fay
Sing Sing
Wicks
Gov
Italy
Albany
N P
Ings
Dewey
Luciano
Armed Services
Feelers Put Out On Trade With Red China
Chrysler executive C. B. Thomas says U S government policy, not the firm, would govern any sales to Communist China and notes Dulles raised the possibility of recognition if Red China changes anti Western policies The comments came as Chrysler displayed new models at a news conference in Detroitилей
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Chrysler
China
C. B. Thomas
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Thomas
Dulles
Red China
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