Pact Nations Speeding West Europe Defense Pact
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization proposes an integrated defense force for Western Europe headed by an American as supreme commander. The military committee completed recommendations for defense ministers meeting the weekend, aiming for a European force with a supreme commander to be in place by January, details on size and specifics to follow.
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Elton
Fay
Washington
Western
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Area
Western Hemisphere
Canada
United States
Cotton farmer bears extra expense in fiber exports
Pinehurst Oct 27. Cotton carded sales yarn manufacturers told the Carded Yarn Association that while a sufficient cotton supply is essential to national defense the farmer should not bear the full cost. J Craig Smith of Avondale Mills cited Brannan’s export limits as reducing cotton price before farmers market. He urged government stockpiling costs be shared and noted the current crop is among the smallest and most expensive. Yarn manufacturers at the convention also commented on the export restrictions.
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Pinehurst
J. Craig Smith
Avondale Mills
Sylacauga
Ala
The
Carded Yarn Association
Smith
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
U S Favors Easing Ban On Spain
U S backs a U N move to relax Spain embargoes by restoring ambassadorial links and allowing Madrid to join U N affiliated bodies while stopping short of full membership. Britain abstains, Latin American and Arab states back the plan. Soviet bloc opposition wanes. The measure, tied to broader peace plan debates, seeks to counter Franco without full repeal.
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United Nations
Dean Acheson
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. N
U. S
Britain
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Philippines
Peru
Spain
Special
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
Netherlands
France
Mexico
Lebanon
U.N
Old Drug Furacin Seeks New Use Against Arthritis Cancer
In Boston on October 27 the American College of Surgeons highlighted furacin as a potential new medicine mimicking ACTH to stimulate cortisone via adrenal glands. Early human tests began, noting nausea as the main side effect. Research by Friedgood and Ripstein showed mice with sarcoma lived longer on furacin or cortisone, hinting furacin acts through the adrenal gland, with uncertain lasting impact on cancers.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science
Boston
American College of Surgeons
Charles E. Friedgood
Charles B. Ripstein
Maimonides Hospital
State University Medical Center
New York
Friedgood
Strategic Metals Next To Be Placed Under Controls
Washington reports that the National Production Authority plans to curb non military use of aluminum copper nickel by 20 to 30 percent and may remove cobalt from non defense use as scarce. Manufacturers would have supplies cut to their average past consumption, while product choice remains with them. The plan targets primary forms of metals, affecting radios refrigerators and other durable goods. The NPA also pushed a midnight ban on new amusement construction as part of a broad industry shift.
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Washington
William H. Harrison
National Production Authority
NPA
Harrison
NPR
Market Steadies as Autos and Steel Lift Traders
New York stock market steadied after renewed demand for steel and autos. Bethlehem Steel rose about 1.50 to 46.75 while GM posted strong nine month earnings, aiding sentiment. The market showed no uniform trend with many issues slipping slightly amid overall gains from steel and auto sectors.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Tramp Ship Tamara Returns After Turbulent Eight Months
The Tamara, a Honduran register tramp of 1260 tons with a volatile crew of six nationalities, ended a grim 10 month voyage from Australia toward Macao. On route she suffered boiler damage, in three notable mutinies, a bosun injury, crew desertions, and food shortages, finally dropping anchor in Hong Kong with a bizarre cargo of deportees and exotic animals.
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Stanley Rich
Hong Kong
Tamara
Australia
Thursday Island
Makassar
Celebes
Gulf of Bone
Meat Industry Economist Warns of 1951 Shortage
Washington oct 27 an economist from the Raw Materials National Council warned a 1951 meat shortage and steep prices unless the government enacts incentives. Carl H Wilken says consumers may eat 155 160 pounds next year vs 145 pounds produced now and urges immediate government action to assure profitable prices to farmers, store pork for next summer, and stabilize markets.
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Washington
Carl H. Wilken
Raw Materials National Council
National Independent Meat Packers Association
Agriculture Department
Department
Wilken
French Send Planes Against Communists in Indochina
French warplanes patrolled the north Indochina frontier to disrupt the Vietminh offensive. They strafed and bombed Vietminh concentrations east of a major French post on the frontier and targeted supply dumps and food stocks in Langson and Caohang. Air strikes also hit Vietminh assembly areas north of the new defense line across Dinhlap to Moncay.
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Saigon
Indochina
Lackay
Langson
Caohang
Dinhlap
Moncay
Gulf of Tonkin
Daniels Predicts Re-Election of President Truman
Washington October 27. B J Daniels Raleigh North Carolina publisher and Democratic national committeeman predicts President Truman will be reelected in 1952. He told a luncheon that Mr Truman is with us for some time to come and is the symbol of what we hope to make people feel everywhere in the world. He said Truman is our man our image and he hopes his book The Man of Independence helps Americans understand him better.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Democratic National
Truman
Daniels
Washington Post
Mr. Truman
UNC student council opposes tuition hike
The Greater University of North Carolina student council passed a resolution opposing any tuition increase and sent it to Governor Scott yesterday. The action underscores student opposition amid talks of tuition changes.
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Raleigh
The
Greater
University of North Carolina
Scott
Communists Strike From Rear Across Koreas Front
Allied troops trudged through snow toward Manchuria as Red forces pressed near Unsan and Chosan. U S and ROK units fought 50 miles south of the border while North Koreans roamed behind lines. Marines landed near Won San to trap the Reds. pilots reported strong enemy activity south of Won San with unclear large force claims.
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Manchurian
Red China
Chosan
Yalu River
Onjong
Wonsan
Nivician
Pukchong
Chongju
Associated Press
Seoul
Manchuria
Spiny
Sea of Japan
U. S. 8Th Army
Unsan
United Nations
U. S
Won San
Diamond Mountains
East Coast
Fom Wonsan
Kojo
U. S. 10Th Army
Tri
Woresan
Marine First Air Wing
8Th Army
O. H. P King
North Korea
Yalu
Hal Boyle
Boyle
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Stan Swinton
Armed Services Ease Fast Mobilization Pace
The Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps signal a slowdown in mobilization after the South Korea invasion. Plans aim to release guards and reservists next summer complete mobilization by 1952 while halting new reserve calls and reducing overseas shipments as recall and discharge procedures align with Secretary Marshall’s orderly mobilization directive.
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Washington
South Korea
Pace
Army
Air Force
Navy
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps
Corps
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
California Storm Leaves Death and Destruction
A strong Pacific storm struck the northwest coast causing two deaths and many injuries. Winds up to 75 mph battered California to Oregon, with trees downed, windows smashed, and flooding basements. Harbor shipping was disrupted as boats grounded or sunk and two freighters dragged anchor in San Francisco Bay.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Pacific
California
Plains States
Wichita
Kas
Tulsa
Okla
Santa Barbara
Oregon
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Four Missing In New Orleans Plane Crash
In heavy pre dawn fog a twin engine navigation training plane with four men aboard is presumed to have crashed into Lake Pontchartrain on the northern edge of New Orleans. The search hampered by the fog, with initial reports varying on crew count. Local bases confirmed the four aboard.
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New Orleans
Air Force
Lake Pontcha Train
Craig Airforce Base
Selma
Ala
John Walker
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Nick Stam
Keesler Afb
Walker
Craig Field
Comdr
John Parsons
Naval Air Station
Coast Guard
PBY Amphibious
Civil Air Patrol
Air National Guard
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Korea
Tokyo
Pact
West Europe
U.S
Strategic Metals
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
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Newcastle
Sydney
South
China
Brisbane
Bowen
Donnybrook
North Australian
Armed Services
Fort Lewis, Wash
Department of the Army
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