Extra Senate Races Spark Speculation Across States
Washington Oct 10 Three added senate contests in New York Connecticut and Idaho reshape 1950 power math with Democrat margins narrowing to eight votes after Idaho Governor Robins appoints a Republican successor to late Senator Miller. Harold Dewey era shifts loom as Dulles Lehman Baldwin and Boothe Luce emerge as key players.
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Washington
Senate
New York
Connecticut
Idaho
Miller
C. A. Robins
Henry Dworshak
Abe Goff
Congress
Baldwin
Chester Bowles
Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
GOP
8th Division Plans Road Work Under Rural Program
Raleigh oct 10 the eighth highway division announced initial plans under the 200 million rural road program allocating 1.9 million to stabilize existing roads and 501.9 miles for hard surfacing in six months paving to start next spring. Commissioner Mark Goforth said priority is to keep school bus routes open and ensure paving candidates receive consideration amidst shifting conditions. A potential plant move from Virginia to North Carolina could impact Surry County road needs.
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Raleigh
Eighth Highway Division
Mark Goforth
Goforth
Chatham Manufacturing Company
Virginia
North Carolina
Surry County
House Prober Demands Reasons for Navy Spending Cuts
Rep Bates R Massi pressed Secretary Johnson for detailed justification of proposed navy and naval air arm cuts amid fears of undermined national security. Hearings will continue with radar expert Lt Cmdr Harrison and specialists on jets night fighters missiles and bombing accuracy.
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Washington
Bates R-Massi
Defense
Louis Johnson
Navy
Bates
House
Johnson
Vinson
D-Ga
Air Force
Cmdr
E. W. Harrison
California sea lion punctures English Channel myth
Pierre Dilion the sea lion swam the English Channel in just over five hours, roughly half the human record, amid rough seas that left many reporters seasick and in some cases without pants. The stunt supported the Truth or Consequences radio show and rewards writer Burt Kennedy for minutes shaved from the record. Pierre, at 18 months old, is the youngest and fastest Channel swimmer this season.
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Dover
Eng
Pierre Dilion
Mos
Fierrce
English
Pierre
United States
Burt Kennedy
Kennedy
Hollywood
Wake Forest College Enrolls Record 1960 Students
Wake Forest College announces a fall enrollment of 1 960 students, the fourth consecutive year of record attendance. Bowman Gray Medical School enrollments are not included. Officials had expected a dip from last year’s 1 907, citing job scarcity and growing interest in teaching and business administration programs.
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Wake Forest
Grady S. Patterson
Wake Forest College
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Patterson
Busiane
Colege
Four Killed In Train Wreck Near Meade Kansas
Meade Kansas October 10 A Rock Island passenger train The Imperial hit a track washout three miles east of Meade killing four of 130 aboard and injuring about 50. Six cars left the rails and three overturned landing in a waterfilled ditch ambulances from Liberal Dodge City and Fowler aided the scene. The eastbound California to Chicago train faced heavy rains the day before. Dr Joe B Greene age 79 a Asheville physician died at his home also on October 10 a laryngeal tuberculosis specialist who retired in 1939.
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Meade
Kas
Rock Island
Here
O. K. Curry
Liberal
Dodge City
Fowler
Kansas
Meade County
Imperial
California
Chicago
Asheville
Joe B. Greene
Greene
Senate May Defeat Truman On Power Post
The Senate may deny President Truman the reappointment of Leland Olds to a third term on the Federal Power Commission. The same session weighs a push to broaden the displaced persons DP admission quota, determining control in next year’s party battles.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Europe
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Ferguson
R-Mich
Lucas
Illinois
Olds
Miller D
Idaho
Oi and Gas
Power Commission
Byrd
D-Va
Democratic National Committee
CSO
CIO
Nnational
William M.boyle Jr
Congress Told Russia Could Stop Army B-36 Rail Talk
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen plans talks with railroad chiefs in Chicago to avert a nationwide strike after rejecting a presidential emergency board report. A union spokesman notes demand for a second fireman on diesels for safety and job protection. rails call it featherbedding.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
Hollywood Stars To Visit State
Fayetteville reports that over 2 000 North Carolina veterans will receive hospital visits from 50 Hollywood personalities coordinated by the Screen Actors Guild. Invited stars include Van Johnson Jeanne Crain Bob Hope Tony Martin Cyd Charisse Andy Devine Mark Stevens and Janis Carter with dates yet to be announced.
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Fayetteville
Veterans Hospitals
North Carolina
USC
Leon M. Gibson
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
van Johnson
Jeanne Crain
Bob Hope
Tony Martin
Cyd Charise
Andy Devine
Mark Stevens
Janis Carter
Congress Adjournment Predicted on Saturday
Democratic leaders told President Truman that Congress would adjourn on Saturday if no complications arise. Speaker Rayburn said the House would be ready to quit on the target date, depending on the Senate. Vice President Barkley and other leaders joined the White House talks.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
Senate
Sinc
House
Barkley
Myers
McCormack
White House
Walkouts Grow Across Nation As Strikes Persist
Pittsburgh reports rising nationwide walkouts may lift the idle workforce to two million this week. Steel and coal strikes keep paychecks cut for about one million, with fabrication plants weighing in on pension and insurance demands led by United Steelworkers and United Mine Workers.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cyrus Ching
Federal
Conoe Service
Philip Murray
Washington
Murray
Aluminum Company of America
Allied Industries
Gary
Ind
Steel” Magazine
U. S. Steel Corporation
UMW
AFL Carpenters and Laborers Reach No-Strike Pact
AFL carpenters and AFL laborers end a long dispute over concrete form work with a split jurisdiction deal. Carpenters remove forms while laborers move lumber and clean sites, and both agree no strikes over these duties. The accord aims to halt costly project delays across industrial, commercial, school, and hospital construction.
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St, Paul, Minn
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Defense
Louis Johnson
William Green
Carpenters and
Laborers Unions
Carpenters Union
Fourth Highway Division Starts Roadway Clearance
SELMA October 10 The fourth highway division launches a road clearance campaign after a fatal Middlesex bus wreck. Dr. R E Earp says the effort will remove obstructions in Nash county and Wash county, pausing other work until dangerous spots are cleared. The Middlesex incidents led to school closures and a coroner's jury blaming roadway right of way.
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Selma
Fourth Highway Division
Middlesex School
Middlesex
R. E. Earp
Wilson
Earp
T. J. McKim
Ferrells School
Nash County
Julian W. O'Neal
State Highway Commission
Relegalize Beer Sway in Two North Carolina Towns
Two towns Valdese and Smithfield in dry counties scheduled December 6 elections to relegalize beer sales within their limits. Valdese with 4500 people saw 525 417 for legal sale. Smithfield sized about 5000 had 579 520 in favor when counties went dry. Both petitions cite substantial citizen support and existing beer outlets or wine considerations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Valdese
Burke County
Smithfield
Johnston County
Italy
Harvard Law School to Admit Women in 1950
Harvard Law School will open its doors to women for the first time in 1950. Dean Erwin N Griswold announced that a small number of women graduates from accredited colleges will be eligible for admission to the 132 year old institution in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Law School
Erwin N. Griswold
AFL blacklist targets Hoey and 12 senators at convention
At the AFL convention in St Paul the labor group announced a blacklist of Hoey and 12 other senators for defeat in 1950 elections. The list includes three southern Democrats Fulbright Tydings and George and nine Republicans Taft Young Gurney Donnell Wiley Millican Capehart Hickenlooper Reed. Hoey a NC Democrat offered no comment.
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Hoey
AFL
Fulbright
Arkansas
Tydings
Maryland
George
Georgia
AYL
Labor
League For Political Action
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Young
North Dakota
Gurney
South Dakota
Donnell
Missouri
Wiley
Wisconsin
Milliken
Colorado
Capehart
Indiana
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Reed
Kansas
Navy experts argue against heavy B 36 funding before Congress
Navy officers told the House Armed Services Committee that Russia already has radar and jet fighters to detect and intercept high flying bombers like the B 36. Pacific Fleet officials warned the six engine bomber is vulnerable to night attack while asserting jet fighters can intercept such aircraft. Radar expert Lt Cmdr E W Harrison noted radar can track rockets and reach the moon, so it can spot a high flying bomber.
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Navy
Committee
National Defense
Air Force
Washington
Congress
Russia
House
Armed Services Committee
Comdr. W. S. Martin
Barbers Point
Hawaii
Martin
Cmdr
W. N. Leonard
Cecil Field
Jacksonville
Fla
Alfred B. Metsger
Pacific Fleet Air Force
Metsger
E. W. Harrison
Editor George B. Parker Sr. Dies at 63 in Washington
George B. Parker Sr., 63, editor in chief of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, died in Washington from an internal hemorrhage after falling ill Wednesday night. He had led the chain since 1927 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1936 for his editorials.
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Washington
George B. Parker, Sr
Scripps-Howard
Parker
Presbyterian Women Meet in Wilmington News
Women of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina will hold their 37th annual meeting at St Andrews Covenant Church in Wilmington October 19 and 20. The organization reports a membership of 41,294 across 483 local societies.
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Wilmington
The
Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina
St Andrews- Convenant Church
Yam Festival Opens Three Day Run in Tabor City
Labor City begins its three day Carolinas Yam festival with a Thursday parade featuring the Columbus county band and floats from local business and civic groups.
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Tabor City
Labor City
Armrch
Columbus County
Hart Mills Management Rejects Union Proposal
Hart Cotton Mills in Tarboro rejects a union plan to end a five month strike. The decision followed a letter to Governor Scott from general manager Marcus W. Carter. A congressional investigation is ordered into the six month strike, with a House subcommittee hearing set for Oct. 20.
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Hart Mills
Raleigh
Hart Cotton Mills
Scott
Tarboro
Marcus W. Carter
Washington
Hart Cotton Mill
Management
Textile Workers Union of America
CLO
House
Carter
Labor and Management
State Department of Labor
Steepest Interstate Grade Found in Marion NC
Marion North Carolina hosts the steepest grade on the interstate system. James I S Bureh of the state highway commission notes the grade is the steepest among interstates, estimated near 20 percent. The US 70 segment east from McDowell County courthouse holds the interstate record.
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United States
Marion
North Carolina
James Is. Bureh
State Highway Commission
Marion I
Municipal Roads Commission
McDowell County
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