United States to Name Allen Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Washington reports Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen is the likely choice for the Belgrade post as Washington aims to bolster Tito against Moscow. Allen, formerly Iran envoy, would join a Western push alongside Britain and the United States to ease shipping limits on civilian aviation equipment to Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
George V. Allen
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Allen
Acheson
Cavendish Cannon
Iran
Soviet Russia
Europe
London
Truman
Belgrade
Tito
U. S
Britain
State, Commerce and Defense Departments
Poland
Two House Members Warn Against Military Purges
Washington reports quoted Reps. Short and Sasseer urging restraint amid talk of purges in the Pentagon tied to the unification dispute. Johnson defended action noting Sullivan resigned for not backing unification. Sullivan denied the charge in a sharp rebuttal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Short
R-Mo
Sasseer
Pentagon
Defense Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Johnson
Lasseer
Navy
Armed Services
Cotton Textile Market Surges In New York
A New York market survey shows brisk cotton textile buying this week for print cloths, sheetings, broadcloths and drills. Dealers report over 40 million yards ordered over two days with deliveries planned for early 1950. Prices firm rising as week opens and proceeds, despite lower department store sales and coal and steel strikes. Spot goods remain scarce and mills report selling print cloths into March next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Highway Commission Contends Teer Has No Status In Court
In Wake Superior Court Judge Clawson L. Williams hears a road contractor Nelle L. Teer of Durham seek restraining order to stop using rural road bond funds for road equipment and stabilization. The governor argues funds support a broader program and Teer lacks standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Teer
Commission
Sate
Smaller Potatoes For Pennsylvania Farmers
Farmers in Meadville face a potato sizing dilemma as this year’s crop produced oversized spuds. Ira Sheets suggests planting on poorer ground next year to reduce waste since one potato could feed him and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Ira Sheets
Tobacco's White Blister Findings Held In Secrecy
Raleigh report on a North Carolina State College conference on hard coal tobacco curing remains secret. Dr. W. E. Colwell led the discussion as tobacco buyers recently halted purchases of tobacco cured with hard coal due to white blisters. Hedrick said similar blisters appear on tobacco cured in other curers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C. State College
W. E. Colwell
Phil Hedrick
Bradley Takes Senate to Task on Secret Testimony
Gen. Omar Bradley chastised lawmakers for publicizing his closed door testimony before a Senate committee. He said he was very disturbed by press reports that cited executive session remarks on Russian combat divisions and defense matters. Bradley cited off the record comments and questioned leaks harming national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omar Bradley
Senate
House
Navy
Bradley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Knowland
R-Calif
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Deficit Spending as a Recurrent Washington Theme
James Marlow reviews the return of deficit spending as a political and economic issue. The piece explains the government's practice of financing expenses via revenue, borrowing, and the rising public debt, citing 1930s to 1950s trends and arguments about tax increases versus spending cuts, with references to Truman and the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Istration
Europe
Russia
Roosevelt
New Deal
U S Communists Appeal Sentences to High Court
In New York on October 22, 11 convicted communist leaders were sentenced by Federal Judge Harold R Medina to five years for 10 men and three years for the 11th, with $10,000 fines each. They spent over $500,000 appealing and now seek review by the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Harold R. Medina
U. & Coconos
Wherry Hopes GOP Regain Congress in 1950 Rally
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry Republican of Nebraska was slated to address North Carolina Young Republicans in Lenoir on October 22. He argued Americans face a choice between anti socialist welfare state policies and a return to strong national ideals as Republicans aim to retake Congress in 1950. Other speakers included Sim A. DeLapp Charles R. Richey L Worth Little and Mrs Ann Hickman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
North Carolina
Charlotte
Wherry
Congress
Sim A. DeLapp
Lexington
GOP
Charles R. Richey
Ohio
Young Republican National Federation
L. Worth Little
Albemarle
Young Republicans
Ann Hickman
Winston-Salem
Duke President outlines ten year bold program for Duke
Durham reports President Hollis Edens at Duke University declares a ten year plan to expand faculties with leading young minds, secure funds for growth, and provide fellowships scholarships and research support. He envisions Duke as a nationally prominent university rooted in Southern life.
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Durham
Hollis Edens
Duke University
Duke
Duke Chapel
Edens
Governor Scott delays rent decontrol decision in Asheville
Raleigh reports Governor Scott will not act on Asheville city council’s rent decontrol request until after he talks with local residents. He plans to study the situation early next week during a trip to Asheville for a state board of conservation and development meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Scott
Asheville
State Board of Conservation and Development
Coal and steel strikes drive national crisis
Government pushes to end the steel strike as coal shortages force reduced coal burning passenger service. Cyrus Ching leads talks with U S Steel in New York while White Sulphur Springs miners walk out. ICC orders a 25 percent cut in coal burning passenger trains as railroads face dwindling stocks and losses. Bluefield reports progress toward pension demands with a meeting set for next Tuesday.
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Washington
Truman
Cyrus Ching
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
Ching
Steel Company
New York
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Northern
Western
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of American Railroads
ICC
New York Central Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Roy B. White
B. and O
Bluefield
Lewis
Three Found Dead In Berkeley Home
Police found two women beaten to death and their brother shot in a Berkeley home after neighbors raised concerns from 11 days of missing papers. Mrs. Mamie McKenzie 70 Miss Irene ONeal about 60 and Eugene ONeil 62 were identified. authorities question self inflicted vs. homicide. The last newspaper dated October 11 lay on the porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Mamie McKenzie
Stern Hall
University of California
Irene O'Neil
Southern Pacific
Oakland Tribunes
Hearing Held On Teer Taxpayer Suit Against Highway Board
At Wake County courthouse Friday morning the state highway and public works commission met for the first hearing on Nelle Teer’s suit seeking to block road building machinery purchases funded by rural road bonds. Judge Clawson Williams presided without a jury. highway staff filled the jury box amid light quarrels over procedure. Teer appeared as an individual taxpayer, not a contractor, in a suit aimed at alleged improper acts by commission members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Wake County Court House
State Highway and Public Works Commission
R. E. Earp
Nelle Teer
Durham
Teer
Clawson Williams
Highway Commission
Commission
Nobel winner urges end to atomic secrecy and witch hunts
Nobel laureate Harold Urey warned Americans that the Russians are advancing faster in atomic development. He urged dropping secrecy and ending witch hunts, saying the United States must recognize the situation and stop chasing it. General Groves countered, defending secrecy as necessary for European recovery.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Harold C. Urey
Urey
Leslie R. Groves
United States
Los Alamos
Gen. Groves
Dr. Urey
Congress
North Carolina workers set to gain 75 cent minimum wage
Raleigh report notes about 65 000 Tar Heel workers will see pay boosts as a 75 cent minimum wage becomes effective 90 days after President Truman signs the act. The labor department cites roughly 75 000 workers earning under 75 cents and 55 000 in manufacturing. Most NC workers already earn above the minimum. The new rate covers interstate commerce and directly essential production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Congress
Truman
State Department of Labor
Labor Department
North Carolina
Cautious Wall Street Amid Coal and Steel Strike Tensions
New York stocks opened with a wary mood as coal and steel strike tensions loom. Trading was mixed with small moves. top performers included Douglas Aircraft, Bethlehem Steel, Goodyear, Sears Roebuck, and Union Pacific while losers featured U S Steel, Chrysler, General Electric, and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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New York
Douglas Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Goodyear
Sears Roebuck
Commonwealth Edison
International Nickel
International Paper
Pennsylvania
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Andre Vishinsky
Vladimir Clementis
Czechoslovakia
Jacob Malik
United Na
Mate
Gloria Davis
Robert
Gardena
Defense Establishment
State Highway Commission
Clawson L. Williams
Wake Superior Court
Nelle L. Teer
Williams
Harry McMullan
Tobacco
U.S
U. S. Supreme Court
Yvette Madsen
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Air Force
A. W. Madsen
Oakland
Air Force
Madsen
Rhine-Main Air Base
Friends
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Hunt
H. C. Urey
N.C
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