Fair Trade Law Upheld By Court
The Supreme Court refused to act on the challenge to the federal fair trade law. A New Orleans federal court ruling upholding the law stands unless later ruled against. The law lets manufacturers set resale prices via retailer agreements in 45 states. Schw Brothers challenged its constitutionality in New Orleans.
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Paul M. Yest
Supreme Court
U. S
New Orleans
Schw Brothers Grant
Georgia Supreme Court
Learg
High Tribunal
Three Targets Tempted In Indochina
In Indochina, three potential targets for Vietminh offensives loom as monsoon weather clears. The Red River Delta surrounding Hanoi and Haiphong, Lai Chau, and the Laos kingdom present accessible avenues for invasion with eight Chinese trained divisions available. The French defensive perimeter in the delta faces Vietminh pressure while Sabotage and ambush campaigns disrupt French lines.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Red River
Haiphong
Lai Chau
Laos
Vietminh
Gulf of Tonkin
Phat Diem
Moncay
Leaf Prices Hold Steady To Higher in Tobacco Markets
USDA reports most Carolinas Virginia flue cured prices steady to slightly higher. North Carolina South Carolina Border Belt absent with three markets. Middle Belt shows gains while other grades hold. Poor to medium grades inch up. Eastern Belt prices up despite mixed quality. Old Belt markets show improved quality and heavier volume. declines outweigh increases overall.
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Raleigh
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina - South Carolina
Middle Belt
Virginia- North Carolina
Old Belt
Public Inertia Attacked By PTA Leader in Philadelphia
National PTA president Mrs Newton P Leonard denounced public indifference as the greatest tragedy of the public schools. In a Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers address she said schools belong to citizens and failure to support them jeopardizes democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Parent- Teachers Associations
Newton P. Leonard
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers
Scandalous Divorce Trial Accuses Wayne and Wife
In Los Angeles John Wayne and his estranged wife Esperanza Wayne faced a heated day in court. She alleged drunkenness cruelty and affairs with Gail Russell while Wayne denied the charges and countered with accusations of her drinking and bar-hopping in Mexico and elsewhere.
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James Bacon
Los Angeles
John Wayne
Esperanza Baur Wayne
Gail Russell
Wayne
Miss Russell
Mexico
Encino
Honolulu
Navy Patrol Plane Crashes In Harbor
A two engine U S Navy patrol bomber making an emergency stop in St Georges harbor Bermuda crashed into the water during a landing at Kindley Field. Six of ten crew members were rescued and taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries. Survivors were pulled from the water by Coast Guard cutter Cook Inlet, Canadian frigate Prestonian, a harbor ferry boat, and a Kindley Field crash boat. Navy diving gear was en route to aid in the search for the remaining crew.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S. Navy
St. Georges Harbor
Quonset Point
R. I
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S. Air Force
Kindley Field
First Non-Stop Passenger Flight Inaugurates TWA Service
Trans World Airlines Skyliner completed what it described as the first scheduled non stop transcontinental passenger flight. The Constellation arrived at Idlewild at 6:26 a.m. eight hours and 17 minutes after leaving Los Angeles to inaugurate daily service. Among aboard was Mrs Helen Wright Russell, a niece of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
Los Angeles
Helen Wright Russell
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Mrs Edwards Highlights Eisenhower Appointments to Women
St Louis report notes Mrs India Edwards, DNC vice chair, praised President Eisenhower for appointing women to high government posts. She said his record compares to Roosevelt and Truman and that if he matches this achievement in other areas he will do well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Edwards
California
Boy Lost in Crowd Tells Of Strange Heads
Bobby Hager, 4, wandered from his mother at the Texas State Fair. He described the crowd to police and reported seeing many dresses but not the right heads, prompting concern and a search before he was found and reunited with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Bobby Hager
Army Gives Maj. Gen. William F. Dean Hero Welcome in California
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean arrives at National port to a hero’s welcome with Army band music and a field gun salute. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway hosts the reception as Dean, Medal of Honor recipient and Korea War hero, considers future roles after meeting with Eisenhower.
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Yates McDaniel
Washington
William F. Dean
Korea
Matthew B. Rideway
Army
Army Band
Dean
National Port
U. S
United States
E Bn Paneehoo
Eisenhower
White House
Far East
Walter Reed Medical Center
Cripple recounts fending off bear and killing it
YUBA CITY Calif A crippled man named Bryan Arritt fifty reportedly hid on a hillside and killed a 226 pound black bear after it charged him He fired four times with a .300 rifle first hitting shoulder then eye and finally delivering a killing shot with the last shell amid blood and rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuba City
Calif
California
Bryan Arritt
Arritt
International cosmic ray conference to be held at Duke
Duke University and the National Science Foundation will sponsor an international cosmic ray conference here from November 30 to December 1. Sixty to seventy of the world’s top physicists will discuss latest research as cosmic rays bombard Earth from outer space due to atomic changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Duke University
National Science Foundation
Onieas
Earth
Cartridge blast at Aberdeen Proving Ground kills man
One man died and another was seriously injured when a 120mm cartridge exploded while powder was being removed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Harry M. Jorgenson, 29, of Bel Air was killed and Noble H. Carter, 44, of Elkton suffered serious injuries.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Harry M. Jorgenson
Bel Air
Noble H. Carter
Elkton
Yam Chips: Oklahoma A&M Sees Sweet Potato Crunch
In Stillwater Oklahoma A&M researchers led by Frank Cross envision sweet potato chips from surplus yams. Field days test chips that are golden, crisp, and flavorful with added vitamins. Larger yams, once considered unsuitable for markets, would be processed into chips rather than wasted.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A&m
Frank Cross
Oklahoma
Cross
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John Foster Dulles
London
Trieste
Palestine
Navy
Mrs. Edwards
Eastern Airlines
Queens General Hospital
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Big Bear
Ste A
Monarch al Ms Ltd
Monarch Sewing Center
Greene St
Greensboro
Singer
Seth
Mann's
Eckerd
Ucts
Ad Ge
America
North Carolina Motor Carriers Association, Inc
Wachovia
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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High
Federal Reserve System
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