Deserters Reveal Russian Views on Life and War
Relman Morin reports from a news conference in Linz Austria where two Russian officers and a flight sergeant described desertion, noting that 70 percent of Russians oppose the communist party and that farmers resist collectivization. They described life in the army as costly to the common people and cited the Soviet military strength of about 3.3 million.
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Relman Morinap
Linz
Austria
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Washington
United States
Three Killed At Unmarked Crossing Near State Fairgrounds
In Raleigh on October 23 a car bound for the State fairgrounds was struck by Seaboard No. 10 Palmland on an unmarked crossing. Victims were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cosper both about 50 and Mrs. J. W. Peele about 75 of Raleigh. The train hit at 60 mph, carrying the car 250 yards. the emergency brake was set but the vehicle stalled. Mrs. Peele was the granddaughter of Albert Johnson, first locomotive engineer for Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Here
State Fairgrounds
I. M. Cheek
W. H. Cosper
J. W. Peele
Seaboard
Palmland
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Cheek
J. L. Neely
Peele
Albert Johnson
Excommunication Threat Extends to Beauty Pageant Parents
Bishop John H. Swint of Wheeling West Virginia says he will excommunicate the parents of Catholic girls who enter beauty contests. An official notes no action against Mari Ruth Ford's parents, excommunicated previously for a state pageant, as the bishop calls these contests public scandal.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John H. Swint
Mari Ruth Ford
Moundsville
Register
Catholic Church
West Virginia
Wheeling Koane
Truman slams GOP plan to crush organized labor in coal regions
President Truman on the campaign trail warned Pennsylvania coal miners that Republicans aim to destroy organized labor and welfare funds. He cited opposition to John L. Lewis and his UMWA, appealing to voters in Scranton and the anthracite region during a day-long Pennsylvania tour ending with a Pittsburgh address.
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Truman
Gop
Ernest B. Vaccaro
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Scranton
Dent
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
Judge Waring reports Klan letter seeks white supremacy ruling
U S District Judge J Waites Waring disclosed a Ku Klux Klan letter urging a favorable decision for white people in a case on Negro participation in South Carolina Democratic primaries. He noted the threat while indicating he would hear the injunction himself.
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U. S
Waring
Ku Klux Klan
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
J. Waites Waring
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Commendation for Legion Delegates Demeanor at Convention
The American Legion received praise from hotel groups in Miami and Miami Beach for the conduct of delegates at its 30th annual national convention. Officials called guests orderly, considerate, and thoughtful, with hotel leaders hailing the overall behavior of attendees as exemplary.
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Miami
Fla
American Legion
Miami Beach
Samuel Rivkind
Burning Vessel Ciudad de Caracas Narrowly Reaches Norfolk
The Venezuelan freighter Ciudad de Caracas, afire after leaving New York for La Guaira, battles 30 to 35 knot winds as it steams to Norfolk at 12 knots escorted by the coast guard cutter Cherokee amid a circling patrol plane. Three cutters responded and nearby merchant ships altered course to aid, but by dawn the blaze remained out of control though no further assistance was requested.
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Norfolk
Venezuela
Ciudad de Caracas
Coast Guard
Cherokee
Coast Ae Air Station
Elizabeth City
N. C
New York
Laguaira
Jonquil
Agassiz
UN Palestine Committee Hears Arab Postponement Move
United Nations political committee approves Arab push to delay Palestine discussion for one week with the United States voting with Arab states. The vote was 19 to 16, fourteen nations abstained including Great Britain as the Security Council awaits Moscow's reply on a neutral plan to Berlin.
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Paris
United Nations
Palestine
United States
Great Britain
Security Council
Moscow
Berlin
Fanta
Australia
Holy Land
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Markos Vafiades
Greece
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Juan Bramuglia
Hodges Cites Teacher Wage Increases At North Carolina Rally
The AP reports last call for voter registration for the November election in North Carolina with registration ending after 5 30 pm Next Saturday is challenge day Republican Ben L Spence attacked Brandon Hodges over school matters noting Hodges opposed a 30 percent teacher raise from the 1947 assembly U S Rep Everett Dirksen urged Tar Heel Republicans to back Dewey Warren rally at Wake County Courthouse in Raleigh praising a united militant national majority behind the United States he spoke of the great moral cause to elect Dewey and Warren.
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Associated Press
Ben L. Spence
GOP
Brandon P. Hodges
Spence
Hodges
America
Dewey
Warren
Dirksen
United States
U S Elections Mean Little to People Abroad
Washington dispatch notes overseas interest in the US midterm politics is low. Foreign readers focus on their own elections as bipartisan foreign policy remains stable, with the Taft Hartley Act and minimum wage shaping debate but little impact abroad.
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U. S
Washington
Republican Congress
France Moves Toward Martial Law in Coal Strike
Paris reports ministers order 50,000 troops and state police to the St Etienne coal fields as strikes intensify. Two miners killed and dozens wounded. Montceau Les Mines sees clashes as police are overrun and miners seize pits. Government labels strike political and orders deportation of foreigners aiding the clashes.
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Paris
St. Etienne
France
Montceau-Les-Mines
Les Alouettes
Dijon
Interior Ministry
Ales
Firming
Montceau- Les-Mines
Amendment Would Ease Bond Issues
North Carolina voters face the November 2 election on amending how bond issues and tax levies are approved. The change would require a majority of those voting to approve, not a majority of all registered voters, easing passage for non-essential bonds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Kasama Villagers Honor Local Timekeeper for 40 Years
In Kasama the village marks its devoted timekeeper who has rung a gong every hour day and night for four decades to signal the time. The self-appointed keeper has become a local symbol of punctuality and tradition in this Japanese town.
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Tokyo
INS
Kasama
Seven Nations Involved In Rearmament
Paris reports United States and Canada plan to draft a military treaty pledging full aid to the Brussels alliance linking with Britain France and Benelux. British sources say ministers will discuss the idea at Brussels consultive council as U S talks continue.
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Arthur Gavshon
Paris
United States
Canada
Brussels Alliance
U. S
Britain
France
Benelux
Belgium
Netherland
Luxembourg
Consultive Council
Brussels Union
Washington
War Department
New Printing Device Uses No Fluids
The Xero graphy system uses static electricity and dry powder to reproduce images and text without inks or liquids. Demonstrated by Dr. R. M. Schaffert and Joseph C. Wilson for the Optical Society of America, it prints on paper, wood, cloth, and more at high speeds with a special dry process.
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Detroit
Optical Society of America
R. M. Schaffert
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph C. Wilson
Haloid Company
Rochester
N. Y
Wilson
Xero
Battelle
Renfrow elected chairman of Guilford elections board
Wade Renfrow of High Point was chosen chairman to replace the late J. Leslie Abbott on the Guilford board of elections. Eugene G. Shaw, a Greensboro attorney, joined the three member panel with Martin Delas, a Republican, remaining as the third member. Both Renfrow and Shaw are Democrats amid factional tensions in county politics.
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Greensboro
Wade Renfrow
High Point
Guilford
County Board of Elections
J. Leslie Abbott
Eugene G. Shaw
Martin Delas
Renfrew
Shaw
Frank R. Hutton
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