Eisenhower urges students to seek opportunity over security
AP columnist Dewitt Mackenzie reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower as Columbia University president urging students to pursue opportunity rather than guaranteed security. He warns against a regimented security that levels individuals, citing a New York Rockefeller Plaza undercity scene with shoeshine shop owner Joseph Suozzi reacting to foreign headlines.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Ike
New York
Rockefeller Plaza
AP Headae
Joseph Suozzi
Shine
Eight Escaped Convicts Ride Out Through Prison Gate
Eight inmates escaped from New Castle county prison after seizing guard Harry Harrington and locking staff in. They obtained weapons from the arsenal and were last seen heading toward the gate with Lynch at the front, a pistol at his back, as road blocks were set and alerts issued.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
Harry Harrington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading
J. L. Elliott
Kennett Square
Harrington
Danny Norris
Thomas Conaty
Arrington
Viets
Harry Beck
Beck
Norris
Charles Lynch
Lynch
Elwood H. Wilson
Parker to be sentenced for tax evasion in Greensboro
Josephus D. Parker a 42 year old Eagle Springs wine manufacturer was convicted by a Greensboro jury on three counts of trying to defraud the federal government of about 114000 for 1943 44 and 45. Judge Hayes set December 19 for sentencing and Parker remains free on a 25000 appearance bond with possible penalties up to 10000 fine and five years imprisonment on each count.
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Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Josephus D. Parker
Eagle Springs
Parker
Coffee Up Five Cents As Fancy Egg Prices Drop
Coffee prices rose sharply as green beans became scarce and droughts floods and political unrest tighten supply. Roasters rationed shipments to stores amid fear of hoarding while large grade a eggs fell up to 16 cents a dozen wholesale as markets shifted.
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Associated Preas
Consumer Food News
Guatemala
Haiti
Colombia
Nationalists Claim Victory Over Reds
Nationalists in Chungking announce their biggest military win since the Yangtze crossing. They say government forces wiped out about 20 000 Communist invaders on Chinmen Island and captured 4 000 more including Gen. Chu Shao ching. Neutral sources doubt the scale but concur some victory occurred. Chinmen serves as a base for defending Formosa, about 120 miles east. Government hints at sending more troops and supplies to frontier armies confronting a Communist push in southwest China.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Chinmen
Amoy
Chu Shao-ching
Formosa
China
Old Hatteras Lighthouse To Be Used Again
CAPE HATTERAS Oct. 27 The Cape Hatteras lighthouse will light again Nov 10 with a 250000 candlepower beacon atop the 192 foot tower. Formal orders set the date as erosion had forced 15 years of abandonment. The automated light will be visible over 50 miles with a 3 second flash every 12 seconds and will operate with a standby generator on power failure. Governor Kerr Scott U S Senator Frank P Graham and Coast Guard Commodore J E Whitbeck expected to attend reactivation.
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Cape Hatteras
U. S. Coast Guard
W. Kerr Scott
U. S
Frank P. Graham
President Not Yet Ready To Intervene In Coal Strikes
Senator Hoey says he telegraphed President Truman urging action if the coal strike cannot be settled by conference. Governors and mayors report acute coal shortages as public officials seek federal intervention to ease suffering.
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Shelby
Hoey
D-Nc
Truman
Raleigh
Scott
Victor Shaw
Charlotte
Washington
Dan K. Edwards
Durham
Edwards
Shaw
Robert A. Collier
Statesville
Olr
Collier
G I Insurance Dividend May Be Whittled Down In VA Action
The Veterans Administration said it may take from the ex G I life insurance dividends to collect up to 30 million dollars owed by about 600000 veterans. Individual dividends will reduce only a portion of the 70 million in debts, mainly from subsistence overpayments under the GI bill.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
G. I
National Service Life
Rescued Paratroopers After Midair Collapse at Air Show
Charles Dye and Arvin Smith were rescued after Dye’s parachute collapsed from a 1000 foot jump during a mass paratroop event at Igin Air Force base. Smith grabbed the shroud line, saving both men as their chutes landed safely in Huntsville, Alabama and Ohio.
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Pie
Charles “Jack” Dye
Barberion
Ohio
Igin Air Force
Ave
FI Sarvin O. Smith
Huntsville
Ala
Dye
Smith
Submarines To Demonstrate Atomic-Delivery Missiles
Pearl Harbor reports the Navy will test atom bomb delivery via submarines using 15,000-pound guided missiles called loons. The two subs Cusk and Carbonero off Hawaii will fire 30-foot missiles at 400 to 500 miles per hour across oceans, with ranges of 100 to 200 miles, part of sea power evolution.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Hawai
John S. McCain, Jr
Point Mugu
San Diego
Calif
Hawaii
Boxer
Vasey Forge
Britain
Fire Balls In Buffalo Area Light Up Sky
Residents across Buffalo and nearby Ontario reported a bright sky phenomenon last night with sightings of a blue glow and green ball of fire. experts at Bell Aircraft suggested test activity could be involved and observers described a fast moving object with varying shapes.
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Buffalo Area
George Davis
Buffalo Science Museum
Ontario
Toronto
Buffalo
Hymers
Ont
Bell Aircraft
Buffalo Courier-Express
Bell
N. Y
Stock Market Reaches New High in 1949 Opening
New York reports a heavy opening demand lifting the market to a 1949 high before momentum softened. Steel and motor shares lagged slightly with declines in U S Steel Youngstown Sheet Chrysler. Strong gains posted for Goodrich Montgomery Ward International Harvester Douglas Emerson Columbia American Smelting McIntyre Porcupine Allied Chemical Dow Eastman Kodak GE International Paper NY Central Southern Railway Southern Pacific Standard Oil Gulf Oil Warner Bros Celotex.
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New York
Steel and Motors
U. S
Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Emerson Radio
Columbia Gas
American Smelting
McIntyre Porcupine
Allied Chemical
Ford Approves 100 Per Month Pension Plan for 115000 Workers
Detroit October 27 Ford's $100 a month pension plan for 115000 production workers gains CIO United Auto Workers rank and file approval. The plan costing about $30 million a year is funded entirely by Ford and follows ferried recommendations of a presidential facts finding panel with retirement at 65 voluntary and 68 compulsory.
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Detroit
Automobile
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uawcio
Big Rouge
Rouge
UAW
Marshal Tito Vows Long Fight Against Kremlin Control
Belgrade Oct 27 Marshal Tito warned against Kremlin dominance declaring Yugoslavia will fight enduringly to avoid subjugation. He cited socialist solidarity yet condemned Moscow policy as unconditional subjugation of small socialist states. Milanov case dismissed as Moscow fiction.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Fito
Moscow
Metropolitan Opera
Zinka Kung Milanov
Moscow Literary Gazette
Kremlin
Russia
Flue-Cured Leaf Prices Hold Firm
Flue-cured tobacco prices on the Middle Old and Eastern North Carolina belts held firm yesterday. The Middle Belt slipped 1.5 to 5 per hundred on low and common leaf, while the belt’s sale totaled 1 040 052 pounds at an average of 49.29 per hundred pounds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal States Market News Service
Striking Hart Workers Face Loss of Company Housing
Hart Cotton Mills may evict striking Textile Workers Union members from company houses in Tarboro as management contends occupancy cannot continue while workers stay off the job. Marcus Carter says rent has not been paid since May and facility bills are being paid by the mill. TWUA representative Howard Parker says Carter refused a housing agreement on August 2.
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Tarboro
Hart Cotton Mills
Marcus Carter
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Carter
Howard E. Parker
TWUA
Western North Carolina groups unite for regional development
A report presented to the Asheville board of conservation and development outlines how western civic groups coordinate efforts. The Western North Carolina Associated Communities spans 21 towns in 11 counties as a regional chamber of commerce, with subsidiary bodies including the Western North Carolina Tourist Association, Cherokee Historical Association, Asheville Industrial Promotion Council, and Asheville Agricultural Development Council focusing on tourism, culture, industry, and farming.
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Board of Conservation and Development
Asheville
Western
Hands Off Policy To Be Pursued
The White House says President Truman will not set a deadline for mediation in the steel coal disputes and is keeping hands off for now. Secretary Ross says reports of planned presidential intervention by weekend are unfounded. Steel and CIO leaders discuss direct talks with U.S. Steel Corp. as mediation continues.
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Truman
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Mediation Service
Ching
Philip Murray
CIO
U. S. Steel Corp
New York
Murray
Cleveland
U. S. Steel
Ransom Brothers Face Return Hearings in Auto Theft Case
From Columbus Ohio two Rockingham North Carolina brothers Benjamin E F Ransom 34 and Burton 26 are in custody on a federal auto theft charge arising from moving a stolen car from Wadesboro North Carolina to Marion South Carolina. A removal hearing will decide if they face North Carolina murder charges in the Shirley case.
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Columbus
North Carolina
U. S
Robert W Newton
Benjamin EF. Ransom
Burton
Rockingham
N. C
Wadesboro
James M. Shirley
Hollis
Queens
N. Y
Shirley
Ohio
Marion
S. C
Newton
Admiral Sherman Recalled From Mediterranean on Navy Shakeup
Washington dispatch reports Vice Admiral Forrest T. Sherman is being called back to the capital this week amid rumors he may become head of naval operations. The Toeingten Post cites Assistant Secretary Paul H. Griffith and notes the move follows a bitter inter service quarrel and potential ousting of Admiral Louis Denfeld. Sherman, commander of the Mediterranean fleet, is aboard maneuvers.
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Washington
Toeingten Post
Adm
Forrest T. Sherman
Naval Operations
Paul H. Griffith
Sherman
Louis Denfeld
Navy High Command
Mediterranean
Grifith
Net Coach Guilty Of mistreating Daughter
Tennis coach Leslie Jahn 41 was found guilty on three morals charges involving his daughter Laura Lou Jahn 16 former national junior girls tennis titlist. The judge ordered a probation hearing and sentence set for November 16. Jahn denied the charges and remains free on $2500 bail.
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Los Angeles
Leslie Jahn
Laura Lou Jahn
William Byrne
Jahn
Lucy Meska
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Irving M. Cheek
Carol Ann Ward
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Adolph Cohn
New York City
Isurance Company
Jefferson Military College
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Cyrus Ching
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