Low Income Families To Be Heard By James Marlow
Washington reports next month public hearings by a joint House Senate Economic Committee subcommittee will air the problem of low income families. A 138 page staff report cites 1948 figures of about 381% million families and 8 million individuals not in families, with many under $2,000.
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James Marlow
Washington
Joint
House-Senate Economic Committee
America
United States
Icoe
Defer Action on British Steel Industry
London reports the Labor government yielding to the Lords defers nationalization of Britain's steel industry delaying the effective date from May 1 1950 to January 1 1951 or within 12 months. Lords wanted July 1 1951 to allow election input. Conservatives pledge repeal if winning. Bill to become law within two or three weeks.
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London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lords
Labor Party
Mt Holly Man Faces Trial for Murder
Mt Holly North Carolina man John Barker is sent to Maryland to face murder charges for beating his wife to death with a hammer. Police say Barker admitted killing his 20 year old wife in Maryland last August.
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Mt. Holly
Baton Rouge
John Barker
N. C
Maryland
Bryan Clemmons
Barker
Clemmons
Gandhi assassins die in ambala jail execution
Narayan V. Godse and Narayan B. Apte were hanged together in Ambala central jail after a two year legal fight. Both smiled as they faced death and carried small packages of Hindu scriptures. They cried religious slogans and saluted the “holy motherland” before the trap opened. Four accomplices drew life terms. one was acquitted.
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Ambala
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ambala Central
Narayan V. Godse
Narayan B. Apte
Gandhi
Dehli Garden
Godse
Panna Daily
Apte
Bridegroom ends life after wife leaves on wedding night
In Lynwood California a 20-year-old junior college student, Thomas Lee Schwader, shot himself in his car after his 16-year-old bride Edna Hamman left him in a motel on the wedding night. A note on his marriage license referenced the act as a cowardly solution. The couple wed in Yuma Aziz on Sunday at 4 am.
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Lynwood
Calif
Thomas Lee Schwader
Los Angeles
Edna Hamman
Yuma Aziz
Jackie
Compton College
Yuma
ICC Approves Another Boost In Rail Fares
The Interstate Commerce Commission votes 6 to 4 to authorize a 12.4 percent increase in basic eastern passenger rates. Coach and sleeping car fares rise to 3.376 and 4.5 cents per mile, respectively, with five days’ notice. Commutation fares unchanged.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern and
Western
Man Dies After Clash With Gastonia Patrolman
John Vernon Burch a 42 year old Gastonia machinist died at a Charlotte hospital after being clubbed by highway patrolman Hugh Grey on Oct. 8 during a drunken driving arrest. Burch was treated and released on $500 bond Oct. 9. Acting coroner W J McLean ordered an autopsy by Dr. R G Miller of Gastonia to determine the cause of death.
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Gastonia
John Vernon Burch
Charlotte
Hugh Grey
Burch
W. J. McLean
R. G. Miller
Missing Girl Linda Glacoft Found Murdered in LA
Los Angeles reports six year old Linda Joyce Glacoft found slain with head crushed by an axe near her home. Police broadcast a pickup order for a 67 year old man linked to a prior child molestation case as a manhunt unfolds. The case echoes earlier brutal incidents in the city and follows a daylong search by neighbors and officers.
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Los Angeles
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Jules
Lillian Glacott
Nina Martin
Mae
Scott C. Stone
Rochelle Gluskoter
Abe Gluskoter
Crescent Heights School
Linda
U S Consul Still Held By Chinese Reds
Secretary of State Acheson returns from Europe to tackle the Ward case with urgency. Angues Ward and four staffers have been imprisoned for three weeks in a Mukden jail. Chinese authorities offer no health or trial details, and telegrams from staff have been intercepted. The U S debates options including pressure through the U N, with Peiping’s regime resisting action.
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Washington
Acheson
Europe
Angus Ward
Mukden
Manchuria
Ward
U. S
State Department
O. Edmund Clubb
Peiping
United States
United Nations
Doctors unveil Banthine as new ulcer treatment
Duke University researchers report a tablet drug Banthine provides lasting relief for duodenal ulcers, matching surgical success. They treated 18 Duke Hospital patients with plans for long term use, noting safety in animals and promising early human results. Further studies needed to confirm lasting effectiveness.
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Cincinnati
Duke University
Duke
Keith S. Grimson
Duke University School of Medicine
Frank H. Longino
C. Keith Lyons
U. S. Public Health Service
Southern Medical Association
Duke Hospital
Grimson
Europe Must Cut Prices to Compete For the American Dollar
President Truman sent to congress a Marshall plan report urging Europe to lower prices to win U S market share. It notes even doubled European sales would be under 1 percent of U S output and calls for reorganization of factories, better machinery, and stronger merchandising and advertising to serve American customers. The plan suggests exporters keep a share of dollars earned to spur entry into the tough American market.
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Europe
Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Council of Marshall Plan
Paris
Two Men Held In Slaying Of An Aged Negro
Two young white men Leroy Parker 22 of Walhalla and James D Lawing 26 of Berkeley county were arrested near Charleston at 1 15 am on charges of murder car theft and armed robbery in the slaying of elderly Negro farmer Michael Rice at High Falls Saturday night. Police traced the killers from Walhalla to Greenville and the suspects confessed no questioning.
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Charleston
S. C
Walhalla
Leroy Parker
James D. Lawing
Berkeley County
al Roth
Oconee County
Eddie Weathers
Weathers
Valhalla
Greenville
Michael Rice
High Falls
Stock Market Stabilizes After Steep Slide
New York traders steadied the market after yesterday's sharp drop with opening rapid trading and swollen volume from large blocks. Fractional gains and losses dominated, rails edging higher on a passenger fare boost for 60 eastern carriers. Notable gainers included New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Goodrich, International Harvester, Schenley, American Cyanamid, Dow Chemical, American Tobacco, Texaco, and Eastman Kodak.
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New York
American Cyanamid
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco, Texas Co
Eastman Koda
Georgia Native Reported No. 1 Choice for UNC Presidency
Raleigh reports Yale English dean Dr. William Clyde De Vane as the leading candidate for the Greater University of North Carolina presidency. A nine member committee traveled to New York for interviews, with other potential names including Gordon Gray and James E Webb. De Vane, 51, from Savannah, education at Furman University, is Episcopalian, married with three children.
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Raleigh
Yale University
University of
Victor Bryant
Durham
Frank Graham
Scott
Graham
Greater University
U. S. Senate
J. Melville Broughton
News and Observer
de Vane
Savannah
New York
Army
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
James E. Webb
Granville County
H.W. Stope
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
The
Chapel Hill
N. C
Mild Weather For Most Of Country
Weather across the nation showed cool conditions in the northern tier with brief snow flurries in Springfield Illinois and the Great Lakes region. Elsewhere temperatures ran slightly above normal with light rain in the Ohio Valley, western New York, southern Florida, and the central Rockies.
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Chicago
Plains
New England
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio Valley
New York
Florida
Rockies
Great Lakes Region
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Asheville
N. C
Carolina
North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers Role Questioned
A North Carolina extension series questions the influence of Foundation Seed Producers Incorporated on seed distribution and farmer costs. The piece notes the charity status, 1945 charter, and aims to supply certified hybrid corn seed via cooperation with the Central Experiment Station and the U S Department of Agriculture.
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North Carolina
Central Experiment Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pressure On Miner Boss Tightening
Washington reports John L. Lewis faced a near ultimatum to secure a coal peace within 24 to 48 hours or face White House action this week. President Truman may invoke Taft Hartley or seek a court injunction to prevent a Dec 1 strike, while Lewis weighs fund and welfare disputes amid stalled talks with Southern Coal Producers over fund expenditures.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
Lewis
Truman
Taft-Hartley
Justice Department
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers Union
Ezra van Horn
North Carolina Baptists Open Annual Meeting
Raleigh two thousand Baptists gathered as the three day state convention began. A Wake Forest move report will be heard along with Christian education council updates and a campus construction fund, with several officer elections in pastors and educational workers groups.
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Raleigh
Baptist State Convention
Wake Forest College
Theodore F. Adams
Richmond
Convention
Council of Christian Education
Winston-Salem
Wake Forest
North Carolina Baptists Pastors’ Conference
North Carolina Educational Workers Conference
M. Dens
First Baptist Church
Marion
Woodrow W. Harris
Second Baptist Church
Shelby
W. W. Finlater, Jr
Elizabeth City
John H. Knight
Tom S. Lawrence
W. Isaac Terrell
Downward Trend In Flue-Cured Prices Persist
Raleigh reports a continued decline in flue-cured old tobacco prices with the old belt selling 14,507,056 pounds at $45.33 per hundred. The middle belt moved 3,698,182 pounds with prices holding firm on quality. Greensboro discontinues sales for the season on the old belt Friday.
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Raleigh
Federal State Market News Service
Greensboro
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Frank P. Graham
American Legion
Cleveland County
ICC
Jean Tixier-Vignancour
Roger Nordman
Marnes-La- Coquette
Versailles
Tixier-Vignancour
Nordman
U.S
Georgia
UNC
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
N. C. Baptists
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