Price Stabilizer Resigns as Quick Controls End Seen
Washington reports President Truman may end price and wage controls by executive order before Jan 3. Tighe Woods resigns as price stabilizer, criticizing Congress for a weak controls law. Woods plans to decide on beef ceilings and suspend clothing controls before leaving OPS.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Charleston
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
Woods
White House
Tve
AFL Council Will Elect President
The 14 member AFL Executive Council met in Washington to choose a new president for the 8 million member House of Labor. Acting President George Meany is the heavy favorite to succeed the late William F. Green, who died at 82 and was buried in Coshocton, Ohio. The vote results and possible contenders, including Daniel Tobin and George Harrison, are discussed amid expectations delegates will confirm Meany at the September convention.
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Washington
AFL
House of Labor
George Meany
William F. Green
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Allan S. Haywood
Philip Murray
Meany
Mammoth Labor Organization
Green
Coshocton
Samuel Gompers
Executive Council
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
George Harrison
Harrison
Owever
United Mine Workers
Rivalry Over CIO Presidency Looms at Atlantic City
In New York the bitter fight between Walter Reuther and Haywood forces over the CIO presidency threatens to erupt at the Atlantic City convention. Seven CIO leaders failed to resolve the deadlock and plan a Friday meeting to avert a floor battle as the organization mourns Philip Murray.
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New York
CIO
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Allan S. Ha
United Steelworkers
UAW
Steelworkers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lig
Reuther
Haywood
Murray
San Francisco
Los Angeles
N. J
Emil Rieve
Rieve
Newsmen Tidy Up For Ike In Korea Wardrobe Rules
In Seoul the press corps covering Eisenhower must wear ration green uniforms. The memo from Lt. Col. Roswell P. Rengrew bans colorful lumberjack shirts pleated pants Confederate caps and mismatched socks. Gen. Mark W. Clark reportedly inspired the dress code.
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Seoul
Korea
Ike
Roswell P. Rengrew
Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Coast Guardsmen Resume Search For Drowned Man
Coast Guardsmen renewed a search for Norman Leneve 45 of Lagrange who drowned after falling from his motor boat into a creek east of New Bern Sunday. A companion on shore summoned help as the unattended boat circled with its motor running.
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New Bern
Here
Norman Leneve
Lagrange
Lottery Appeal Set For Supreme Court In Raleigh
Defense attorneys will argue tomorrow before the State Supreme Court in the appeals of Francis Duval Smith and four former Greensboro policemen convicted in a lottery case of conspiracy to offer and accept bribes. Smith received a total 10 year sentence and a $25,000 fine. The ex-officers Ferrell Adams Paschal and Money face sentences ranging from 18 months to 3 years.
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Lottery Appeal
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Francis Duval
Crip” Smith
Greensboro
Smith
R. L. Ferrell
James H. Adams
R. L. Paschal
F. B. Money
YMCA meeting highlights Dr Hutson address in Kannapolis
The Carolinas YMCA committee held a one day annual meeting in Kannapolis to elect officers and hear Dr Harold H Hutson president of Greensboro College. A memorial service honored J Wilson Smith longtime Interstate Y committee secretary who died in October in Greenville South Carolina led by Bishop Howard F Roundthaler of Winston Salem.
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Kannapolis
N. C
Harold H. Hutson
Greensboro College
Carolinas
YMCA
J. Wilson Smith
Fee
Greenville
S. C
Howard Fe, Roundthaler
Winston-Salem
Flue-Cured Tobacco Prices Decline on Old and Middle Belts
The trend of flue cured tobacco prices remained generally downward on the Old and Middle Belts. Leaf grades on the Old Belt were off mostly one to two dollars per hundred. Most nondescript grades gained slightly while smoking leaf lugs cutters and primings held steady. Quality was down but volume was heavy.
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Raleigh.p
Federal State Market News Service
Dorothy Falkener 11 dies from burns in Warrenton incident
Dorothy D. Falkener, age 11, died in a hospital here yesterday after flames engulfed her clothing while she played. Her death follows injuries sustained when her attire caught fire.
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Warrenton
Dorothy D. Falkener
Lindley Fatally Injured In Siler City Fall
SILER CITY UP R Jack Lindley 48 of Siler City was fatally injured in a fall near here yesterday Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Siler City
R. Jack Lindley
OPS lifts ban on new commercial slaughtering
Charlotte report says the Office of Price Stabilization ends its ban on new commercial slaughtering. District Director J. Shute states any buyer can slaughter by registering with OPS and stamping the registration number on meat.
Meany Elected AFL President. Pioneers AFL CIO Merger Bid
The American Federation of Labor chose five year old George Meany as president and launched a new bid to merge with the CIO. Meany was elected unanimously by the AFL’s four member Executive Council to succeed the late William Green. William F. Schnitzier of Chicago was selected as secretary treasurer to fill the post Meany vacated.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
George Meany
CIO
Meany
AFL
William Green
William F. Schnitzier
Chicago
Airman Held For Trying To Sell Data To Enemies
Air Force sergeant Giuseppe Cascio of Tucson is in communicado on court martial charges of attempting and conspiring to sell secret F 86 Sabrejet flight data to the enemy in Korea. Accomplice Sgt John P Jones of Manchester was accused of obtaining the secrets. he was later returned to the U S for treatment.
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Tokyo
Korea
Giuseppe Cascio
Tucson
Ariz
Air Force
Cascio
John P. Jones
Manchester
Mass
Jones
U. S
United States
North Korea
South Korea
State Board canvasses election results and considers recounts
The State Board of Elections met to certify winners from the November 4 general election and to hear appeals in two Brunswick County disputes. Republican candidates W. A. Kopp and IC. Cy Robbins sought recounts in the House and county judges races.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
Brunswick County
W. A. Kopp
IC. Cy Robbins
Rejection of Indian Truce Plan Dampens Hopes at UN
At the United Nations General Assembly Russia vetoed the middle road Indian peace proposal. The United States backed the plan with modifications aiming for a timely prisoner repatriation and a UN agency to resettle holdouts after a fixed period.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
India
United Nations General Assembly
Andrei Z. Vishinsky
United States
China
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Asia
Toulin
Dean Acheson
K. K. Krishna Menon
Jawaharlal Nehru
Britain
Anthony Eden
Selwyn Lloyd
Acheson
U. S
U.N
Achesson
Clark Returns to Tokyo After Arranging Eisenhower’s Security
U N commander General Mark Clark flew to Tokyo after confirming concrete security plans for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s forthcoming Korea visit. He met with General James Van Fleet and General Glenn Barcus to ensure bulletproof protection, with Barcus coordinating air guard and Clark noting the arrangements are in place.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clark
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Glenn 0. Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Eisenhower
van Fleet
Barcus
Eisenhower Reveals Cabinet Picks and Staff Plans
President elect Eisenhower announced Ezra Taft Benson as secretary of agriculture and Sher man Adams as assistant to the president. He expected to nominate labor commerce and postmaster general posts soon, with meetings set as he prepares for Korea and builds a near complete White House team led by Adams.
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New York
Eisenhower
Labor
Commerce
Postmaster General
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Gov
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Douglas
Lewis W. Douglas
U. S
Great Britain
Commerce Post
Walter Wiliams
Seattle
Wash
Citizens For Eisenhower Group
Korea
White House
Adams
Tom Stephens
James C. Hagerty
Arthur EB. Vandenberg Jr
al Gd
Superforts Hit Hoechang Depot in Korea Raid
Okinawa based American B 29s bombed an 18 acre Red depot east of Pyongyang, while Royal Fusiliers and Royal Australian Regiment troopers assaulted Chinese positions along the Sami River Valley. Australian forces conducted two pronged attacks and held their ground after repelling counterattacks as British and Australian units pressed along the western front.
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Seoul
Korea
Hoechang
Okinawa
Pyongyang
Royal Fusiliers
Royal Australian Regiment
Sami
Yonchon
Fusiliers
U.S
Ester Dening
John Mathews
Mark
Commonwealth
Saturone Fusiliers
Soldier Returns for Funeral of Young Daughter
Sgt Clyde Gibson, a Korean War veteran from Germanton North Carolina, travels from Japan to attend the funeral of his two year old daughter Wanda Key who died of pneumonia aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad train while the family en route to the West Coast to sail for Japan. The child’s funeral plans awaited the arrival of the father at his Germanton home after a trip from Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Germanton
N.C
North Carolina
Japan
Stokes County
Nannie Jones
Red Cross
Clyde Gibson
Travis Air Force Base
California
Wanda Key
Altoona
Britain Withholds Atomic Data
Chairman Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission said the British have withheld atomic information from the United States citing reciprocity for U S secrecy. He spoke in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and urged a reciprocal agreement while stressing protection for secret information.
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Chicago
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Dean
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Eugen Rabinovitch
John Simpson
England
Dean Rea
Weather note with temperatures and sun times
The forecast shows a low of 14 tonight and a high of 65 tomorrow. Today’s high was 65 with a low of 40 last night. Sunset is at 5 08 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 7 00 a m.
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Weather Bureau
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Arenes
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Hoston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Los Angele
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisc
Washington
Wilmington
Renee
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