Russians Drop Bombs In Control Zone As Neutrals Favor Easing Blockade
Six nonaligned Security Council members China Syria Belgium Canada Argentina and Colombia reportedly backed lifting the Berlin blockade after the US UK and France pressed for relief. The neutrals urged Russia to end the blockade to avert wider danger to world peace. Soviet Ukraine sided with Moscow as the council debated next steps.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
China
Syria
Belgium
Collusa
Argentina
Canada
Ukraine
Security Council
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Council
Food prices fall across nation with meat cuts noted
Prices for meat and other foods drop week by week with cuts from 2 to 20 cents per pound. Porterhouse steak down from 1.15 to about 0.89 a pound in New York. loin lamb chops at 0.79 versus 1.20 three months ago. wholesale index at 6.51, down 19 cents from a week ago.
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Associated Press
New York
Kroger Co
Cleveland
Chicago
Dun and Bradstreet
Agriculture Department
Church to Boost Higher Education Funds by 6 Million
United Lutheran Church in America delegates at the 16th biennial convention consider a 6 million dollar increase for seminaries and colleges by 1950. Allocations include 144000 for Lenoir Rhyne and 138000 for Newberry College. ground for the boosts traces to a 1946 convention.
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Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In America
Board of Education
Cleveland
Town Hall
USCA
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
F. E. Reinartz
New Rochelle
Henry Beisler
Belleville
N. J
Executive Board
Gettysburg
Luhheran Theological School
The
Lutheran Seminary
Columbia
Lenoir Rhyne
Hick- 7
N. C
Newberry Ss
State Corn Yield Record Broken By Union Farmer
In Raleigh on October I P A, Union county farmer J R Simpson of Waxhaw Route 2 harvested a record corn yield from one acre planted to Dixie 17. He produced 9 981 pounds of corn shelled at 83 5 percent moisture 22 66 percent, equating to 136 24 bushels per acre. Simpson surpassed last year’s state championullinax of Henderson by 4 74 bushels.
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Raleigh
Oct
Union County
Dixie 17
J. R. Simpson
Wax- Haw
Route 2
Simpson
Ullinax
Henderson
Dewey Plans 38 Midwest Campaign Talks
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced an eight day Midwest tour covering nine states with 38 talks. The push comes as President Truman expands his post in the South and targets the eastern seaboard with new speeches.
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Dewey
Midwest
Truman
South
Seaboard
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Truman
Dixie
E. H. Crump
Tennessee
Shelby County
Alabama Governor backs Truman and hints at court action
Gov. James E. Folsom announced support for President Truman and suggested possible court steps to compel Alabama's 11 presidential electors to back the Democratic nominee. He called for ballot placement of Truman or independent candidacy and noted prior pledges to Thurmond.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Truman
Alabama
Folfotd
Folsom
Boulder Wreck Takes Two At Bellevue Train Crash
A hundred workers and four wreck trains cleared wreckage in Bellevue after a large boulder toppled a fast Pennsylvania train from the tracks. Two engineers and fireman died: J G Lightburn and R G Rombke of Crestline Ohio. Twelve others were injured.
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Pittsburgh
Bellevue
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. G. Lightburn
R. G. Rombke
Crestline
Presbyterian Moderator N. N. Fleming Dies at Home
Rev. N N Fleming moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina died at his Route 1 home at 7 am after a heart attack. He was 59, longtime pastor of Hawfields church, and former moderator elected in Montreal. Survived by wife three daughters and two sons. Funeral plans not set. He had pastored Pinetops Wilmington and Farmville and mentored W Kerr Scott.
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Mebane
N. N. Fleming
Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina
Hawfields Church
State Synod
Montreal
Christian Rural Overseas Relief Program
North Carolina
Davidson College
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Hawfield Church
Pinetops
Wilmington
Farmville
Russell An
St. Andrews
Bufa
San
Fleming
W. Kerr Scott
Flue-Cured Prices Steady To Lower Across Regions
Raleigh reports flue-cured tobacco auctions showing prices steady to lower. Old belt markets in Virginia and North Carolina trended downward with some eastern North Carolina rows posting losses while others saw gains.
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Raleigh
Virginia-North Carolina
North Carolina
Russia Accuses West Of Blocking World Disarmament
In Paris on October 7, Soviet delegates urged a one third cut in armed forces and ban on atomic bombs within a year. Andrei Vishinsky led the debate in the UN political committee while East West atomic energy controls were moved to a subcommittee. Jacob Malik urged the commission to start from the beginning but did not present a formal proposal.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission
Jacob A. Malik
UN Assembly
Atomic Commission
Security Council
Spanish Republicans and Monarchists Forming Coalition to Unseat Franco
London reports a formal agreement uniting Spain’s Republicans and monarchists to form an exile government aimed at removing General Franco. The coalition seeks Western backing. the move could influence future recognition and strategic bases in Spain.
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Franco
London
Francisco Franco
Paris
U. S. State Department
Britain
United States
France
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Indalecio Prieto
Unifica
Tion
Spain
Europe
Pyrenees
General Assembly
Russia
Washington
Madrid
Nine Killed As B 29 Explodes Over Waycross Georgia
A B 29 Superfortress bomber exploded midair near Waycross Georgia after two engine fires and a third engine failure. Nine crew members died and debris covered about twenty acres of the Zachry farm. Survivors said the blast sounded like a thunderclap and three of four parachuted crew returned to Warner Robins air base.
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Waycross
Robert Zachry
Air Force Base
Warner Robins
Fugitives From North Carolina Captured in Syracuse
Two North Carolina prison escapees James Curtis Marley and Luther Howard Dishman were captured by FBI agents and Syracuse police in Syracuse New York. They faced charges of theft and interstate transportation of an automobile stolen in North Carolina on July 24. Marley and Dishman had escaped from Yadkinville state prison camp and were described as dangerous. They were arrested without incident on Cortland Avenue and had used aliases Carlton Williamson and Clyde Williamson while living separately in the city.
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Syracuse
N. Y
North Carolina
FBI
Arthur Cornelius, Jr
Albany
James Curtis Marley
Luther Howard Dishman
U. S
A. van W. Hancock
Twin Oakes
N. C
Yadkinville
Dobson
Marley
Dishman
Cortland Avenue
Communists Escalate Pressure Across Asia and Europe
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt Mackenzie outlines a dual front struggle as Soviet and Chinese communists press in Asia while Europe remains the decisive theater. He notes China’s turmoil, Manchuria setbacks, and Western limits on aid, urging focus on Europe where gains are at stake.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Asia
China
Moscow
U. S. House of Representatives
Russia
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Nanking
Changchun
Manchuria
Southeast Asia
Europe
Britain
Winston Churchill
Germany
One Polio Death and 15 New Cases Reported Today
One new polio death and 15 additional cases were reported to the state board of health. The October total reached six, with September at 315, August 672, and June 290. The year’s toll rose to 121 deaths and 2,270 cases, with Guilford county reporting a death and Durham, Mecklenburg, Guilford, and others contributing new cases.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Guilford County
Durham County
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Davidson, Forsyth
Iredell
Jones, Rowan and
Rutherford
Woman commits suicide in Brooklyn on fourth floor
Mrs. Viola Carter, 32, a divorcee, leaped from a fourth floor furnished room in Brooklyn and died. She left a note requesting notification of H. H. Sellers in Kannapolis, North Carolina, or Concord, North Carolina, and asked that all her belongings go to her mother.
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New York
Viola Carter
Brooklyn
H. H. Sellers
Kannapolis
N. C
Main St
Concord
Airlines Hold West Coast to Hawaii Passage Amid Strike
San Francisco reports airlines provide the sole commercial routes from the west coast to Hawaii, the Philippines and the Orient as a 36 day maritime strike disrupts the sea lanes and ties up freight and passenger service.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Philippines
da Oifia Tisseum
Reds Stage Maneuvers In Corridor
Berlin reports of Russian air activity in the Soviet occupation zone near Berlin included live bombs, parachute jumps, and formations in the 20 mile control area. U S and British authorities protested lack of notice and warned against bomber flights in the Berlin corridor. Captains Gookin and Carr noted unannounced flights and near collisions with Russian aircraft during the tense air lift operations.
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Berlin
U. S
Allied Control Authority
Vincent H. Xhookin
Quincy
Mass
Air Safety Center
Gookin
U.S. Army
Tempelhof
Benson Carr
Monticello
Miss
British
Gatow
Indians Rally to Lead Braves 3 1 in World Series Game II
Boston October 7 The Cleveland Indians led the Boston Braves 3 to 1 after five innings in the second game of the World Series. Cleveland scored twice in the fourth and once more in the fifth while Boston had a first inning run.
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Boston
Clevelands
Indians
Boston Braves
Braves
Mitchell
Spahn
Elliott
Clark
Boudreau
Holmes
Lemon
Dark
Gordon
Torgeson
Lou Boudreau
Rickert
Keltner
Salkeld
Stanky
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Francis W. Carpenter
Marvin Alvey
Forsythe
Montana
Casper
Wyoming
Alvey
Martin Mitzkus
Wayne Winters
Douglas
Wyo
Denver Post
Mobile
Floyd McCall
Norfolk
Ocean View
Norfolk Area
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Union
Jersey City
National Association of Manufacturers
Gov. Folsom
Presbyterian
Carlton’ Williamson
Clyde Williamson
Greensboro
House
America
Reds
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