Tugboats Keep Port Open Amid New York Longshore Strike
The World’s busiest port faced a second strike in six months as ILA longshoremen walked out over wages. Tugboats and non longshore staff kept ships docking at Pier 84 and other terminals, but unloading stalled. Police patrolled the waterfront while 19 locals followed the wage-scale plan with no dissent.
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Shoremen’s Association
New York
International Longshoremens Assn
New York Shipping Assn
Steamship Lines
Baltimore
Independence
Pier 84
Hudson River
44Th Street
Cunard
John F. Gehan
Brooklyn
Staten Island
ILA
Anthony
Tony) Anastasia
William V. Bradley
Newark
N.J
Manhattan
Hoboken
Jersey City
Port Newark
New Jersey
Four TV Makers Raise Prices With More Increases Likely
Four manufacturers boosted television set prices, signaling more increases to come. Philco Corp raised $10 to $20 on 15 models, Sylvania on five sets, and Emerson announced Oct 15 increases to take effect. DuMont and Sylvania kept their lowest price leaders unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philco Corp
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
Allen B. DuMont Laboratories
Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp
Philep DuMont
Sylvania
Wiley Sees Swift Senate Backing for West Germany Pact
Senator Wiley predicts quick Senate approval if the administration submits the London nine power agreement to rearm West Germany. The pact would involve NATO entry, revised occupancy terms, and potential steps by other European parliaments, with German sovereignty and its existing freedoms emphasized as the key immediate effect.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
West Germany
Racial Demonstrations Spread In Washington Schools
Demonstrations against racial integration spread to eight of Washington’s 122 public schools. At Anacostia and McKinley high schools students continued defiant actions while Eastern High School drew several hundred protesters. White pupils also staged strikes at five junior highs, with attendance figures unclear. Police reported arrests and large crowds near Eastern and the Anacostia area.
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Washington
National Capital
Anacostia
McKinley
Eastern Ap
Hool
Hobart M. Corning
Eastern
Anacostia Area
John Winters
John Hite
T of Columbia
Armaments Battle Set In UN Meet
At the United Nations the East West clash over disarmament intensified as Russia urged separate consideration for Andrei Vishinsky’s plan. Western powers opposed a standalone vote, preferring the Disarmament Commission report to be debated first and limit debate on the Russian proposal.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Disarmament Commission
Assembly
Registration Opens Saturday for Election Across State
Voters not on the registration books can register starting Saturday as general election registration runs through October 3 around the state except Guilford and Mecklenburg counties. Registrars will be at polling places on Saturdays. Guilford and Mecklenburg use year round registration except for about a month before elections. Secretary Maxwell estimates the rolls hold about 1 800 000 to 1 900 000 names.
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Raleigh
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
Bowles Leads Battle in Baltimore Against School Integration
In Baltimore a Southern-born ex Marine, W. Bryant Bowles, led a rally of about 500 to demand segregation near Baltimore public schools. Police Commissioner Beverly Ober warned enforcement of city codes against disrupting schools as Dr. John H. Fischer denounced sabotage rumors. The conflict began with protests at School No. 34 and grew to Southern High School where white crowds threatened Negro students. one man was fined $100 for striking a Black boy.
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Baltimore
W. Bryant Bowles
National Assn
Milford
Del
Delaware
Bowles
Beverly Ober
Teenlahes
Ober
Polece Department
John H. Fischer
Fisher
Southern High School
Tar Heel Diplomat Nears 20 Years of Service
George Venable Allen, a North Carolina native and diplomat, marks two decades in service and a pending appointment as assistant secretary of state overseeing Near Eastern, South Asian and African affairs. He reunites with family after a North Carolina visit, reflecting on his 20-year marriage to Katharine Martin.
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Washington
North Carolina
George Venable Allen
Ambassa
India
Allen
Katharine Martin
Washington, D. C
Greece
George
Princeton
John
Deerfield Academy
Richard
St. Albans School
State Department
New
Allens
Massachusetts Avenue
Pan - American Union
Thomas E. Allen
Durham
Rainbow Springs
Don Shoemaker
Asheville
North Carolina Mountains
Italy and Yugoslavia Divide Trieste after Nine-Year Dispute
Rome and Belgrade announce a division of the Trieste free territory after talks backed by the United States and Britain. Italy gains the Adriatic port of Trieste. Yugoslavia keeps the postwar zone she has occupied. The accord, drafted in London and signed in London, Rome, and Belgrade, aims to cement postwar defense lines and may pave the way for Italy to join a Balkan anti aggression pact with Greece and Turkey.
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Rome
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste Free
Adriatic
Trieste
London
Belgrade
Europe
Este
Ylavia
Greece
Turkey
Adriatic Sea
Washington
New York
Britain
Manlio Brosio
Vladimir Velebit
Mario Scelba
Brosio
Map
Yugoslavia Sees Trieste Accord Quietly Favourable
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia accepted the Trieste agreement with maximum sacrifices and hope for better relations with Italy. Official Tito stance calls the move realistic and reasonable, though not signaling a major shift in Italian policy. Public reaction lacks October’s demonstrations as appeasement spreads.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Yugo Press
Foreign Office
Ialy
Yugospress
Britain
United States
Zone A
Italy
Marshall Tito
Kaiser To Build Cars In Argentina With Peron Aid
Henry J. Kaiser signed a contract to manufacture cars trucks and jeeps in Argentina in partnership with President Juan D. Peron. He will invest 10 million dollars in machinery and run the plant owned by Kaiser Argentina and private investors as he meets government goals.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Henry J. Kaiser
Juan D. Peron
U.S
Argenteen
Kaiser
United States
Ford
General Motors
Peron
Baltimore Situation Eases Up
Demonstrations over school integration spread in Washington while Baltimore’s protests ease after days of strikes and picketing. At McKinley High School about 1500 strikers formed a committee to press grievances as attendance rose. Anacostia High faced similar action with large banners. Police reported minor injuries in scuffles as white and Negro pupils total numbers showed stark contrasts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baltimore
Anacostia
McKinley High
Yvounesters
Richard E. Bish
McKinley High School
McKinley
Anacostia High
Adenauer Receives Ovation on Return to Bonn
In Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer won an ovation from Parliament after reviewing the nine power conference results. He said West Germany would be a sovereign state. pledged unity with Berlin, unification, and peace, and praised Britain, the United States, and France for backing the process. He noted Dulles's pledge to seek Eisenhower’s approval to station U.S. troops in Europe indefinitely as backing for the Bonn regime. The chamber adjourned to Thursday for his policy statement.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Ae Ee
Berlin
Adenauer
United States
Britain
France
London
U.S
State Dulles
Eisenhower
Europe
Panauer
Johnny Saxton Sentenced to Jail Time Deferred
New York World welterweight Johnny Saxton, 4, faces a jail term after pleading guilty to ignoring twelve traffic tickets. He was fined 600 dollars and given 15 days in jail, but the sentence was postponed at his lawyer’s request pending his boxing match with Kid Gavilan in Philadelphia on October 20.
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New York
Saxton
Kid Gavilan
Philadelphia
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American Export Lines Office Age
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AFL
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Sen. McCarthy
Promatic
Tar Heel
By Margaret Kernodle
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