Brooklyn Likely to Start Newcombe in Game Four of World Series
Brooklyn manager Burt Shotton appears inclined to start Don Newcombe against the Yankees lefty Ed Lopat in a must win fourth game as the World Series shifts to Brooklyn. Newcombe, durable and effective, could push the series to 2-2 if he repeats a strong opener. Preacher Roe’s status remains uncertain due to a finger injury.
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Jack Hand
Brooklyn
Burt Shotton
Don Newcombe
Ed Lopat
Dodger
Newk
Shotton
Newcombe
Don
Lopat
Yanks
Preacher Roe
Arkansas Southpaw
Johnny Lindell
Roe
Preacher
Southpaw
Casey Stengel
Allie Reynolds
Vic Raschi
Tommy
Snow Medley: Idaho Hunters Stranded by Early Storm
National Guard six by six trucks from Twin Falls raced into the Cassia division of the Denio/Mindoka National Forest to bring emergency aid to hundreds of deer hunters marooned by a heavy early snowstorm. Frostbite and frozen feet forced hospitalizations in Burley and Twin Falls while several missing persons reports circulated in Idaho and Oregon.
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Boise
Idaho
National
National Guard
Twin Falls
Cassia Division
Minidoka National Forest
Payette
Burley
Lois Schreigost
Rose Lake
Kootenai County
Stanley Basin
Oregon
Timberline Lodge
Mt. Hood
Soft Coal Operators Resume Talks With John Lewis
Washington date: soft coal operators moved to resume contract talks with John L. Lewis to end a 20 day old mine strike. Conciliation Director Cyrus S. Ching warned the nation nears a crisis as coal supplies shrink. Talks set to resume next Tuesday or Wednesday, with Washington hosting after a breakdown in southern meetings at Bluefield West Virginia.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cyrus S. Ching
United Mine Workers
Ching
Lewis
White House
Wis
Bluefield
W. Va
State Deficit May Bring Out In Salaries
Raleigh date Oct 8 assistant budget director E D Coltrane warns utmost conservation of funds to avoid salary reductions. He notes the 20 percent across the board rise this year is the only raise for the fiscal year with merit increases deferred. Authorities expect appropriations to exceed available funds and revenue to fall short. The memo prompted by a Revenue Department report showing September general fund tax income about 16 percent below last September.
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Raleigh
E. D. Coltrane
General Assembly
Coltrane
Revenue Department
Atlantic Deep Waterways Group Chooses Morehead City for 1950 Convention
The Atlantic Deeper Waterways association ends its two day meeting in Philadelphia and selects Morehead City North Carolina as the site for its 1950 convention. Delegates urge rapid congressional and Army Corps action on waterways projects. They call for Cape Fear river depth to 36 feet plus basins and navigational aids, 36 feet to Morehead City, and dredging of Oregon Inlet and Masonboro Inlet to 14 feet.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
Morehead City
N. C
North Carolina
Congress
Army Engineers
Cape Fear
Ocean
Wilmington
Oregon Inlet
Masonboro Inlet
Nationalist Capital To Be Moved By The Associated Press
Chinese forces press toward Canton as front lines tilt. reports say the nationalist capital may shift to Chungking. Hengyang and Kukong fall, Pai Chung Hsi plans headquarters at Kweilin, signaling possible Canton abandonment. Western diplomats weigh recognition of Peiping regime amid U S protest.
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Associated Press
Canton
Chungking
China
Kukong
Hengyang
Pai Chung-Hsi
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Wei Pao
Hong Kong
T’ Re
London
Britain
Peiping
India
Russia
Peoples Republic
Mao Tze- Tung
United States
Stocks Idle Today In Narrow Range
New York October 8 Automobile stocks eased after yesterday’s rise while the market moved in a narrow price path. Higher issues included Youngstown Sheet Goodyear Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Admiral American Telephone Western Union United Gas Santa Fe New York Central Superior Oil of California and U S Gypsum. Losers listed Bethlehem Steel U S Rubber Kennecott Copper Union Carbide Du Pont International Paper Southern Railway Standard Oil NJ Sinclair Oil.
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New York
Youngstown Sheet
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
Western Union
United Gas Corp
Santa Fe
N. Y Central
Superior Oil of California
U. S. Gypsum
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Rubber
Kennecott Copper
Union Carbide
VA says GI education program being abused
VA officials assert the World War II GI education program is being abused by veterans and schools. The program expanded from 1944 to 1949, financing varied courses, with a 1949 tightening later loosened amid protests. VA leadership claims broad eligibility drives extra costs and spurred many new schools seeking tuition funding.
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The
James Marlow Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
H. V. Stirling
Stirling
Highway and school officials charged with negligence
A Nash County jury ruled that the North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission is guilty of failing to clear road right of way and the Nash County Board of Education is negligent for overloading a bus in a Middlesex area crash that killed seven youths. Funeral services for six victims were held near Nashville with a seventh to follow.
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Nashville
N. C
Middlesex
Here
Nash County
North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission
Nash County Board of Education
C. J. Friese
R. E. Earp
Selma
T. J. McKim
Dr. Earp
Union Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Judith Massey
Joanne
Carol Debnam
Robert Carter
Carol Julian
Shelby Jean Bryant
Bobby Lee Strickland
Rocky Cross Baptist Church
Scott Backs Piedmont Gas Company Bid
Raleigh October 8 Piedmont Gas Corporation has state support in seeking authorization from the Federal Power Commission to construct a natural gas pipeline into the Carolinas and Virginia. Governor Scott endorsed Piedmont in a telegram urging approval.
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Raleigh
Piedmont Gas Corporation
Carolinas
Virginia
Federal Power Commission
Piedmont
Commonwealth Natural Gas Company of Virginia
Scott
FPC
Nelson Lee Smith
North Carolina
George R. Ross
State Department of Conservation, and Development
W. P. Conyers, Jr
Spartaneburg, S. C
Moscow Lampoons Atomic Monopoly
The Moscow press mockingly ridicules the U.S. nuclear edge in verses and cartoons. Izvestia shows a balloon labeled atomic monopoly bursting after Tass confirms Soviet atomic capability, with Tass reporting the atom bomb they have too.
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Moscow
Moscow Press
Izvestia
U. S
Tass
Flooded Dart River Turns Dartmouth Streets Into Quicksilver At Night
Patrons of the Local Pub watched as fish swam in flooded streets after a cloudburst backed the river Dart through the town sewer system.
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Dartmouth
Eng
Vinson Probes Reported Navy Air Cut Amid Feud
The House Armed Services Committee opened hearings on alleged defense cuts harming naval aviation. Admiral Hopwood testified as Vinson pressed for details on a possible 300 million dollar navy budget reduction. Rep Bates warned Johnson policy could cripple naval air power and force a drastic plane production drop.
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Washington
Defense
Navy
House Armed Services Committee
Herbert G. Hopwood
Navy Budget
Congress
Naval Aviation
Hopwood
Vinson
D-Ga
Johnson
Rep. Bates
R-Mass
Navy Air Force
Arthur V. Radford
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Radford
Bates
Bureau of Aeronautics
Tobacco Price Averages Firm Across Belts in North Carolina
Old belt line cured tobacco prices fell slightly with most drops one or two bids while middle belt prices climbed one to three bids averaging 48.55. Eastern North Carolina belt saw steady to higher averages with Thursday sales 6.12 million pounds at 53.73. Border belt season ended at Fairmont with 174 thousand pounds at 40.06. preliminary border season totals 281.95 million pounds at 48.86.
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Raleigh
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
North Carolina Belt
Carolinas
Border Belt
Fairmont
N. C
Agriculture Departments
Street Tour Maps North Carolina Towns From Hildebran To Winston Salem
The municipal road commission conducted a three day study tour of western North Carolina towns visiting fourteen municipalities. They found 1397 miles of streets with 570 unpaved and 827 paved, many in need of repair, highlighting the scale of county and statewide street networks.
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Thesemunicipal Road Commission
Greensboro
Hildebran
Winston- Salem
Commission
United States
Manteo
North Carolina
Tennessee
AFL Aims to Garner CIO Members Amid Labor Split
The AFL plans to absorb CIO unions as a CIO rift looms toward its Cleveland convention. Officials expect up to a million new AFL members in 1950 to boost political clout, aligning with a shift from Gompers neutrality to active party involvement.
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ST. Paul
Minn
AFL
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Cleveland
Phillip Murray
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Senate Targets Farm Bill Action After Amendments Split
The Senate paused to consider a new farm bill after accepting a flex price support plan it had rejected. A late-night clash over amendments delayed final action to Monday, with a 45 to 26 defeat of a high 90 percent parity proposal for cotton wheat corn rice and peanuts.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Anderson
D-Nm
Women Electrocuted In Flooded Yard In Sao Paulo
In Sao Paulo six women died after an iron rod struck a high tension wire in a flooded yard. Mrs Isoldina Martine borrowed the rod to clear a drain and was killed when she touched live wires. Her three daughters died while trying to help. Martine’s sister and a neighbor who sent the rod also perished. An unidentified passerby warned others away from the deadly yard.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Isoldina Martine
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Mark Strider
Fairfield
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Dayton
Strider
Robinson Hospital
Ravenna
Robert Strayer
Robert Michael
James Shanley
Gerald Edward
Snow Maroons
Idaho Hunters
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Group
Morehead
Mukden
Shanghai
State Department
Piedmont Gas Company
Capitol Square
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