Western powers weigh Berlin move as four power tensions rise
Washington reports Western allies consider adding their zones to West Germany in a bid to counter a potential East German government. The State Department condemns Soviet actions in eastern Germany as tensions flare over Berlin and four power relations.
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Washington
Berlin
Germany
Britain
France
Istern
Russia
United States
Imany
State Department
America
Gorby
Ebb
UNA
East German Republic Proclaimed In Soviet Backed Move
Berlin reports the East German Republic proclaimed under communist leadership. The German Peoples Council, pro Soviet, voted to form the East German state with a manifesto calling all Germans to oppose the West German Republic. A president premier and cabinet will be named next week as both sides seek eventual unification of Germany.
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East
Russia
Gercommunists
German Peoples Council
Iman Democratic Republic
Ich
Binet
Reblic
Red
Peoples
Neil
Communist Central Committee
West Rman
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Aazi
Germany
Okyo Rose Receives Harsh Sentence in Treason Case
In San Francisco on October 7, Mrs. Iva Aquino alias Okyo Rose faced potential penalties of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for treason charges. Judge Michael J. Roche announced the sentence as the former UCLA dancer stood in silence, while defense attorney Wayne Collins urged the minimum term.
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Francisco
Okyo Rose
UCLA
Iva Aquino
Michael J
Mey Wayne Collins
Ching Tries Hand Today At Ending Coal Walkout
The steel strike shows no progress with 500000 workers idle and no talks set. In Washington United Mine Workers leader John S. Lewis and coal operators meet with federal mediators as shares rise on hopes for a quick settlement.
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Ching
Washington
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Wall Street
UMW
Union
Forc
Stock Trading Levels Off As Market Mixed
New York trading opened with a burst of activity but soon settled. Small gains and losses dominated, with several low-priced issues drawing steady support. Delaware Lackawanna & Western rose 3-8 to 8 on 3 100 shares, while Graham-Paige gained 1-4 to 2 1-4 on 6,000 shares. other issues like Bethlehem Steel, Dow Chemical, Du Pont, American Telephone, Santa Fe and Warner Bros showed modest upticks.
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New York
Delaware Lackawanna & Western
Graham-Paige
Bethlehem Steel
Schenley
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Dow Chemical
du Pont
American Woolen
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Sinclair Oil
Warner Bros
Club Federation Leaders Injured in Car Crash
ELIZABETH CITY Oct 7 Mrs Ed M Anderson of West Jefferson president of North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and Mrs Arthur W Greene of Ahoskie second vice president were injured when their car skidded on wet pavement and overturned near Elizabeth City. Mrs Greene suffered a skull injury and had a poor night while Mrs Anderson rested fairly well. They were to address the annual meeting of the sixteenth district of women's clubs today.
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Elizberth City
Ed M. Anderson
West Jefferson
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
Arthur W. Greene
Ahoskie
Elizabeth City
Greene
Anderson
Experts Study Food Surplus And Hunger
Washington reports international experts prepare to address hunger and food surpluses. The FAO, formed after a wartime conference at Hot Springs, will hold its fifth annual meeting November 21 to devise plans to channel surplus food from the United States Canada Argentina and Australia to relieve hunger in poorer nations.
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Washington
United States
Hot Springs
United Nations Food An Agriculture Organization
FAO
Soviet Russia
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Old Belt Tobacco Prices Irregular
Raleigh reports irregular old belt flue cured tobacco prices with gains in most leaf and priming grades while lower logs and smoking leaf fall. Cutters firm as Wednesday gross sales reach 3,634,540 pounds at an average of 45.57. Eastern North Carolina belt prices hold steady with 4,711,132 pounds sold at 52.23 average.
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Departments of Agriculture
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Middle Belt
North Carolina
Yankees Beat Dodgers in Tight World Series Game Three
Big John Mize delivered a two run double as the Yankees rallied to a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers in Brooklyn. Rizzuto Berra and Mapes contributed key plays while Hodges Reese and Campanella starred for Brooklyn in a tense sixth inning.
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Brooklyn
John Mize
New York Yankee
Brooklyn Today
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Rizzuto
M Ksis
Henrich
Hodges
Berra
Dodgers
Reese
Miksis
Yankee
Coleman
Furillo
DiMaggio
Brown
Robinson
Woodling
Olmo
Mapes
Campa- Nella
Byrne
Snider
Campanella
Branca
Di1maggio
Casey Stengel
Joe Page
Vimo
Page
Bianca
Former Whiteville Chief Surrenders
BATON ROUGE La Oct. former Whiteville North Carolina police chief L W Hall surrendered on embezzlement charges. He was released on a $1000 bond after serving as a private detective in Baton Rouge for several months.
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Baton Rouge
L. W. Hall
Whiteville
N. C
J. B. Kling
Hall
Hart Workers Return Under Old Contract Proposal
Hart Iron mills in Tarboro consider a union plan to end a five month strike. Workers could go back to pay under their old contract while a state ballot on the contract is held within 15 to 60 days if the TWUA wins. If the union loses, no bargaining rights remain.
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Hart Iron Mills
Tarboro
Kesman
Mill
Textile Work Union of America, Cio
TWUA
Mariano Shop
New York
State Labor Department
Bishop
Marcus Carter
Scott
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Union
John J. Burney
D. T. Lambert
State Highway Patrol
H. I. Johnson
Lambert
Nine Die In C-47 Crash On Mount Mitchell
Ranger reports all nine aboard the air force C-47 were dead after a crash high on Mount Mitchell near Asheville. Wreckage found six miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway, half a mile east of the peak. one victim crawled clear and was burned. Search teams spanned two days amid fog and timbered terrain.
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Asheville
Tom Huffman
Air Force
Here
Blue Ridge Parkway
Mount Mitchell
Mississippi
Huffman
W. Hall
Hall
Mountain’s First Tragedy Recalled
Ashe ville reports the naming of Mt Mitchell after Dr Elisha Mitchell a Yale graduate and UNC professor who died June 27 1857 in a cliff fall while verifying measurements. Mountaineer guide Tom Wilson found his body at the waterfall pool and the body was buried on the summit.
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Mt. Mitchell
America
Elisha Mitchell
Yale
University of North Carolina
Mitchell
Big Tom Wilson
No Cheap Easy Victory Warned by Admiral Radford
Admiral Arthur W. Radford told the House armed services committee that the air force B 36 bomber program is a billion dollar blunder and a bad gamble for national security. He said strategic bombing cannot ensure victory and urged balanced defense planning amid naval concerns about service friction.
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Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Air Force
Radford
House Armed Services Committee
Matthews
Capt
John G. Crommelin
Navy
Polio Cases Total Expected to Reach Forty-One Thousand
The toll of polio cases in the United States is projected to reach 41,000 by year end. Basil O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, said the estimate, up 1,000 from his prior forecast. Through October, 33,144 cases have been reported, the highest annual total on record.
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New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
N C Expected To Give 150 Carloads Farm Products
Dayton Ohio October seventh The Christian rural overseas program crop announces a goal of 3500 railroad carloads of America's farm products to fill friendship trains for overseas needy The farm to farm campaign will be concentrated in 33 states including North Carolina and 150 car loads It will run during harvest season late October to early November with a dedication climax during Thanksgiving and county organization in the weeks ahead
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Dayton
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Crop
America
Cooperative Church
North Carolina
Municipal road funds under scrutiny at state commission visit
A state municipal road commission led by J A Doggett tours Asheville Morganton and Charlotte area to study street improvement and maintenance costs. The group, joined by highway division engineers and League of Municipalities, aims to provide data for the next general assembly. Mayor Shaw missed the trip due to a fire in Charlotte and Senator Alsbrook faced court commitments.
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State Municipal Road Commission
Scott
General Assembly
J. A. Dog
Julian Alsbrook
Roanoke Rapids
Highway Division
Inquest Moves Forward On North Carolina Bus Crash
Nashville sources report two state highway patrolmen and truck driver Milton Bryant testified as the inquest into seven pupil deaths continues. The crash occurred near Middlesex when a bus struck a bridge ice truck, injuring and killing students from Ferrells Grammar. Funeral services are set for six victims at Union Hope Missionary Baptist church with a seventh to be buried at Rocky Cross Baptist church.
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Nashville
Nash
Middlesex
van B. Matthews
Nash County
D. G. Lewis
Charles Bryant
Bryant
W. C. Jackson
Milton M. Bryant
Little River Ice and Coal Company
Zebulon
North Carolina
Mount and Wilson
Rocky Mount
Calvin Strickland
Young Strickland
Mitton Bryant
Strickland
Bobby Lee Strickland
B. S. Strickland
Union Hope Missionary Baptist Church
J. N. Stancil
Wendell
Rocky Cross Baptist Church
Here
Charles Auten
Paw Creek
Judith Massey
Joanne
Carolyn Debnam
Robert Carter
Carol Julian
Shelby Jean Bryant
E. M. Burris
Ferrells Grammar School
Bride Dies Within Day in Alabama Crash
In Stevenson Alabama a bride of less than a day, Mrs. Curtis J Turner of Camden Tennessee, died when her husband's car skidded on wet pavement and overturned nearby. Her husband Sgt Turner stationed at Cherry Point North Carolina, suffered minor injuries.
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Robert Wilson
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