Barkley and Jane Hadley Wed in Quiet St. Louis Ceremony
Vice President Alban W. Barkley and Jane Hadley married in a small St. Louis ceremony at St. John's Methodist Church. The couple, seen as a public romance for months, were joined by Bishop Ivan Lee Holt with fifty or so guests including newsmen. Best man David Barkley and Hadley’s brother gave away the bride as family friends hosted a brief lunch at Lindell Boulevard.
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ST. Louis
Alban W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Ivan Lee Holt
Missouri
Methodist Church
Hadley
Potomac
Barkley
St. John’s Methodist Church
Alben
Jane
Holt
David M. Barkley
Paducah
William W. Rucker
West Palm Beach
Fla
T. M. Layman
Lindell Boulevard
Carleton
Trousseau
Alben Barkley
Bark
Deans Named New State Conservation Board Member
Dr. A. W. Deans of Battleboro is appointed to the North Carolina state board of conservation and development, replacing A. H. Guion of Charlotte who resigned. Deans has long served as mayor of Rattleboro, Nash County physician, WWI veteran, and WWII draft board member. continuous resignations cited amid controversies over advertising contracts.
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Raleigh
A. W. Deans
Battleboro
State Board of Conservation and Development
A. H. Guion
Charlotte
Scott
Guion
Deans
R. Gregg Cherry
Rattleboro
Nash County
Bull vengeful in rangeland car damage near Pleasonton
In New York Petrie reported his car parked on a rural road to hunt rabbits. A Jersey bull charged the vehicle damaging its sides. Petrie repelled the attack with rocks and drove away. In Oregon a fogbound city hired a pedestrian guide to lead buses. The guide walked ahead as buses crept seven blocks per half hour.
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Pulaski
N. Y
LaFayette Petrie
Petrie
Here
Lebanon
Ore
Ray Johnson
Coal Men Say Emergency Is Already Here
President Truman said he would use the Taft Hartley law only if an emergency arises in the coal dispute. Joseph E Moody of the Southern Coal Producers Association declared a national emergency already exists and criticized Truman for a looming November 30 deadline. Moody saw little chance for new negotiations while Truman opted to wait and not appoint a fact finding board.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lexington
Moody
Mr. Truman
Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
U.S. Seeks Release of Consul General by Diplomatic Means
President Truman condemns the arrest of Consul General Angus Ward in Mukden as an outrage. The United States plans to press Peiping and Moscow via notes to gain Ward and his staff’s release, after Ward and four aides were seized amid a wage dispute dispute claim.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Truman
State Department
Moscow
Peiping
Mukden
Ward
Manchuria
Consulate i
Old Man Winter Grips South With Deep Freeze
The Associated Press reports a Midwest cold blast plunges southern temperatures below 32. Dixie states from Mississippi to the Carolinas see readings near freezing. Talla hassee and Columbia hover near 30 while Atlanta and Memphis register 32 and 10 at Mt. Mitchell. Lows of 26 to 34 in the Carolinas and 26 to 30 in North Carolina expected tonight.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Dixie
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Florida
Tallahassee
Charlotte
High Point
N. C
Columbia
S. C
Atlanta
Arleston
Wilmington
Memphis
Mt. Mitchell
South Carolina
North Carolina
Truman's Health Insurance Plan Faces Likely Setback
Rep. Priest said President Truman's compulsory health insurance program has little chance in the next Congress. He cited opposition over cost and concept, noting no urgent action before 1951, while predicting hopes for two other commerce committee bills and a national science foundation.
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Washington
Rep
Priest
D-Tenn
Truman
Congress
Democratic
House
Commerce
Commerce Committee
National Science Foundation
America
Guam battered but injuries few in heavy storms
A massive typhoon with 115 mph winds struck Guam causing extensive damage across civilian and military property. No deaths, few serious injuries reported as communications were partly restored and repair efforts began. Admiral Edward C. Ewen noted very extensive damage including his headquarters, warehouses, and quonset housing.
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Guam
U. S
Edward C. Ewen
Marianas
Conclave Faces Civil Rights Split At Democratic Young Clubs
In Chattanooga Arkansas Governor Sid McMath urged healing as the National Convention of Young Democratic clubs wrestled a civil rights dispute. A test vote approved bringing the issue to the floor 311 to 156, signaling a likely Saturday decision. William M. Boyle Jr. urged a broad fair deal message.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
National Convention of
Young Democratic Clubs
Arkansas
Sid McMath
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
George Edwards
Michigan
Wayne L. Hayes
Ohio
MacMath
Ground Breaking Ceremony For New YMCA Building
High Point officials break ground using a giant mechanical shovel at the South Main East Russell site for the YMCA project. City leaders, YMCA members, and supporters attend as permits and pledges push the long awaited construction ahead. fund drive to raise about $135000 continues.
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High Point
YMCA
Amos Kearns
Bill Lee
Edgar Hartley
High Point Ymca
Russell Corner
Hartley
E. K. Ingram
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Kearns
Nathan Ayers
Stock Market Opens Strong Then Slows Gains
New York trading opened with an early advance in the stock market that soon stalled as demand faded. Chrysler rose about a point to a yearly high while General Motors and Studebaker posted smaller gains and numerous big names followed with fractional increases.
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New York
Chrysler
General Motors
Studebaker
VU. S. Steel
Woolworth
J. l. Case
Emerson Radio
American Power & Light
Governor backs tuberculosis Christmas seals drive
Governor Scott urged North Carolinians to back the 1949 tuberculosis Christmas seals campaign. The sale runs from November 21 to December 25 to fund education, field work, early diagnosis and immediate treatment plus extended research.
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Ralfigh
Scott
B 29 Crashes In Mud At Tampa Bay Killing Five
A B 29 taking off from MacDill Air Base toward Bermuda search missions crashed into Tampa Bay mud. Five of the nine aboard were killed. four survived with minor injuries. The bomber had been part of a large air and sea search for a missing B 29 off Bermuda. Names of the crew were not announced.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Tampa
Fla
Bermuda
MacDill Air Base
Navy
Cost Guard
MacDill
Tampa Bay
MacDill Field
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell, N. M
North Carolina Buys Morehead City Port Facilities
North Carolina signs a 75 year lease for Morehead City port facilities at 201 800 the Wilmington lease runs 50 years at 1 a year to the U S Maritime Commission. The state plans 7 5 million bond issue to develop both ports with docks for three ocean going ships transit sheds warehouses and tobacco storage space for 25 000 hogsheads at each port. Construction slated to start in March with 4 5 million for Wilmington and 3 0 million for Morehead City.
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State Ports Authority
Morehead City
Wilmington
U. S. Maritime Commission
George W. Gillette
Authority
Port Commission
Virginia Tobacco
North Carolina
Norfolk
Charleston
S. C
Tobacco
Tar Heel
Col. Gillette
Idaho Girl Brisbois Found After Kidnapping and Assault
The body of seven year old Glenda Joyce Brisbois was found in an irrigation canal near Burley Idaho after being abducted from near her home. An autopsy confirmed criminal assault. Police sought leads and questioned two men but released them.
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Burley
Idaho
Glenda Joyce Brisbois
Glenda
Little First Greder
Cassie County
Vern McCulloch
Saul Clark
Utah
Water and drainage issues dominate North Carolina meetings
Discussion at Asheville and state road commission hearings shows water as the State's major resource and nuisance. Mayors from Raleigh and Rocky Mount urge state aid for roads and underpasses to ease flood and traffic problems, with drainage a top municipal priority.
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George Ross
C & D Board
Asheville
North Carolina
State Municipal Road Commission
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Baker Admits Killing Girl
Fred Stroble, 66, a baker, confessed to killing six year old Linda Joyce Glacoft in a Los Angeles home after admitting molestation and strangling the child. He described bludgeoning, stabbing, and hiding the body in an incinerator, claiming drunkenness influenced the act. He had prior molestation charges and was taken for grand jury action.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Stroble
Linda
William Simpson
West
Mexico
Central Police Station
Simpson
Strobleway
Bus Hearing Relocated on Newspaper Parcel Routes
The Utilities commission postponed a hearing on an order for bus lines to show cause why they should not set through routes and rates for carrying newspapers and parcels. A new hearing date will be announced.
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Raleigh
the Utilities Commission
Ease Orf
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New Conservation Board
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The
Bill Bailey
T. E. Hinson
WHPE
WMFR
Seal Sales
Atlantic Ocean
Indianapolis
Stockton
Calif
State
Wilmingtons
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
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