Big powers back Mexican proposal to ease Berlin crisis
The five permanent members plus China supported a Mexican resolution urging peaceful settlement of disputes. Dulles pledged renewed effort and the neutrals worked on a Berlin crisis formula. Vishinsky and Couve de Murville sought amendments while Britain urged more than lip service and patience.
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Security Council
Berlin
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France
U.S
Britain
China
John Foster Dulles
United States
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Maurice Couve de Murville
Vishinsky
French Mines Flooded As Pickets and Police Clash
Ten French coal mines have been flooded and a fire started amid clashes between police and pickets. Tear gas and troop deployments followed maintenance orders by Communist union leaders as the strike, begun Oct 4, escalated. The CGT claims 80 percent of 335,000 miners support the strike demanding lower surface-worker layoffs end and a 15 000 franc monthly minimum wage.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Combefort
St. Etienne
la Grandcombe
France
General Confederation of Labor
Rayon Gains Edge Over Cotton in Fiber Market
The agriculture department reports rayon gaining advantages over cotton in strength appearance and dyeing, with dull and mid dull finishes, reduced stretching and shrinking. Per capita cotton use fell by two and two thirds pounds since 1946 while rayon use rose by one pound. Since 1944 rayon prices changed only four times, unlike cotton prices which vary daily.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Red Revolt In Korea Crushed Belief
Seoul reports Korean army units closing in on insurgents in southern mountains with a government source predicting 1300 rebels captured within 48 hours and cities Yasu and Suncheon to fall within four days. Cabinet lifts martial law nationwide except Cholla provinces and rejects new U S material aid.
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Yasu
Suncheon
Syngman Rhee
Cholla
U. S
Dentist Convicted On Six Counts Of Tax Evasion
Dr. R. F. Hunt a Rocky Mount dentist was convicted in federal court on six counts of tax evasion. Judge Don Gilliam fined him 1000 dollars on four counts and 500 dollars on two counts. A government witness said Hunt underreported income for 1941 to 1946, with savings deposits in Atlanta Chicago and Fayetteville.
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Hunt
Garges
Atlanta
Chicago
Fayetteville
Seek Bodies Of Seven In Sunken Barge
Wrecking crews searched today for seven men believed lost after the sunken tug and barge of the Eastern Transportation company collided with the Norwegian freighter Bowgran near Baltimore harbor. Two bodies recovered. five sailors including Maines Williamson Gates Johnson Farus remained missing.
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Eastern Transportation Company
Bowgran
Baltimore Harbor
Thomas Russell
David A. Maines
Baltimore
George N. Williamson
Frank H. Gates
Seaman
Norfolk
James T. Johnson
Cook
Philadelphia
Allan D. Farus
Waterford
Theodore J. Hewitt
Andre Williamson
Dupont Plans Orion Fiber Plant Near Camden South Carolina
DuPont announced its committees approved building a multi million dollar Orion acrylic fiber plant near Camden South Carolina. Construction starts next March with completion in 18 months on an 800 acre Wateree river site. The facility will employ about 800 workers plus construction staff at peak.
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Wilmington
Del
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
Camden
S. C
Wateree River
DuPont Engineering Department
Beersheba Falls to Israeli Forces in Southern Palestine
Israeli forces occupy Beersheba amid heavy fighting as cabinet says troops will quit the Negev cease fire promised by the United Nations. The attack targets Gaza and other southern Egyptian-held towns with air and ground offensives, displacing Arab residents.
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Israel
Beersheba
United Nations
Negev Desert
Palestine
Gaza
Holy Land
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Isaac
Cairo
Beit Eshel
Nevatim
Beit Nattis
Tobacconist Resigns As Dixie Elector
Goldsboro tobacconist W R Taylor resigns as presidential elector for the States Rights Democratic party in the third district to vote Democratic locally. He cites Dixiecrat opposition to state and county tickets and names friends on the ticket. Attorney General says resignation should have been made to the party chairman.
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Goldsboro
W. R
Bill) Taylor
States Rights Democratic Party
E. H. Malone
Louisburg
Taylor
Broughton
Scott
Graham Braden
Raleigh
Harry McMullan
States Rights Democrats
Philip S. Finn
Hendersonville
Soviet Double Foreign Policy Dictates Quietly
AP analyst Relman Morin argues the Soviet regime runs two foreign policies simultaneously. One pursues security and traditional state goals. the other reflects Communist party aims that diverge or conflict, causing abrupt shifts like the 1939 non aggression pact with Germany.
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Relman Morinap
DeWitt MacKenzie
Ion
Fron
Hitler
Germany
Russia
No Isolation for America Dewey Declares in Answer to McGrath
In a postwar clash on foreign policy Dewey tells a New York audience that no withdrawal is possible as freedom and tyranny fight a mortal struggle. McGrath counters isolationism as the top obstacle to U S policy, warning against isolationist danger in high places.
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America
Dewey
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
U. S
Rhode Island
Europe
Tax Refunds Run Into Big Figures
Washington report shows 5,169 firms received 32,036,353 in wartime excess profits refunds over six years. Last year alone 16,672,162 was paid. 51,006 claims filed totaling over 5.58 billion with about half settled. Major refunds include McKesson and Robbins 827,394 and Cannon Mills 289,849.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
New York
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
N. C
Textile Concern
New Bern Specialist Killed In Wreck
Dr. Alexander Stevens a 43 year old ear eye nose and throat specialist was killed instantly in a one car crash three miles east of New Bern shortly after 1 am He was alone en route from his New Bern office to his home on the Morehead City highway the car left the road and overturned The body was taken to St Luke's hospital where x rays were inconclusive and the report stated he died of a broken neck.
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New Bern
Alexander Stevens
Morehead City
Stevens
St. Luke's Hospital
New Ultrafax Device Copies 1000 Pages in Two Minutes
RCA and partners demonstrate Ultrafax technology at the Library of Congress. A special TV camera scans material at 30 frames per second and records on film or paper. a single frame is ready in 45 seconds. Demonstration includes Gone With The Wind and FBI fingerprints.
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Ultrafax
Library of Congress
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Pentagon
Sarnoff
Margaret Mitchell
FBI
Bunker Hill
Thomas Jefferson
Rca’s Laboratories
Eastman Kodak Co
National Broadcasting Co
Elissa Landi Dies of Cancer at 43 in Kingston
Italian born actress and novelist Elissa Landi died of cancer at Kingston Hospital aged 43 after a 10 day stay. Husband Curtiss Thomas, present at her death, had kept the illness private. Landi, born December 6 1904 in Venice, was praised as a multi talented artist across film stage literature music and languages.
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Kingston
N. Y
Elissa Landi
Miss Landi
Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Kingston Hospital
Kenneth Lefever
Curtiss Thomas
Venice
Italy
Zanardi-Landi
Elizabeth of
Austria
Plane crashes in Scotland killing 37 on board
A Lockheed Constellation crashed in a cow pasture near Prestwick Scotland killing 37 of 40 aboard including nine Americans. Survivors were Dutch and one American Matilda Rohrs died soon after. The plane en route from Amsterdam hit a high tension wire in fog and burst into flames.
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KLM
Constellation
Matilda Katherine Rohrs
Amsterdam
Prestwick
Tarbolton
Legion Sets 11 Point Program at National Convention
The American Legion, in Miami, outlined an 11 point preparedness plan headed by universal military training. Resolutions pushed for armed services expansion, stockpiling war materials, energy research, merchant marines, world intelligence, and base maintenance. National commander contenders included S Perry Brown of Beaumon Texas and James F Green of Omaha Nebraska with Geo Craig of Brazil Indiana also mentioned.
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Fia
American Legion Today
Legion
National Security Commission
Universal Military Ting
Gener
Texas
Neraska
James F. O'Neil
Hampshire
S. Perry Brown
Beaumon
Old Guard
James F. Green
Omaha
Geo Craig
Brazil
Ind
Navy exercises set with Admiral Hall on Wednesday
Winston Salem on October 21 reports Rear Admiral Bryan Hall Halon former commander of the battleship U S S North Carolina will be the main speaker at Navy D exercises in the city next Wednesday.
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Bryan Hall H Lon
U. S. S. North Carolin
Navy
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