Metals to Be Controlled Sparks World War II Warning
H E Foreman managing director of the contractors organization told Harrison the proposed NPR policy to limit or prohibit construction of new projects not aiding defense endangers all building. He urged quick guidance to secure favorable rulings so ongoing and future undertakings remain safe amid material shortages.
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H. E. ‘Oreman
E Contractors’ Organization
Harrison
Foreman
NPR
Cotton carryover sustains industry into new crop year
A cotton farmer explains that carryover is not a surplus but the necessary supply for early operation of the new crop year. The portion of the new crop harvested in July to September needs three to five months for ginning, distribution, and processing.
North Carolina 4-H Congress to convene in Raleigh
Boys and girls from 49 counties will attend the North Carolina 4-H club farm and home electric congress in Raleigh on Monday and Tuesday. The event showcases youth programs and farm home electric demonstrations across the state.
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Raleigh
UPI
North Carolina
4-H Club Farm
Home Electric Congress
Pact Nations Plan for Supreme Commander in Europe
The military committee and defense ministers discuss a supreme commander to lead an integrated European defense force. Eisenhower is a leading speculation, with a grand plan tied to North Atlantic Council approval. A regional consolidation of Western Europe and other groups is noted, but US and Canada remain outside the command.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Truman
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Council
White House
North Atlantic
U. S
Western Europe
United States
Canada
Mrs Laura MacGill Holt Dies at Burlington Home
Laura MacGill Holt wife of Erwin A Holt retired cotton manufacturer died at her Burlington home. After the 1910 death of her first husband Charles Richard MacGill of Pulaski Va she established MacGill Sanitarium in Greensboro and operated it for 30 years. She remarried Holt in 1944.
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Burlington
Laura MacGill Holt
Erwin A. Holt
Charles Richard MacGill
Pulaski
MacGill
Greensboro
Holt
Allied Troops Clash With Reds Across Korea Front
Allied forces battled Red bands from company to battalion size foraging for food and supplies. A gang of 1,500 Red Koreans looted Ichon on the Sea of Japan coast. ROK divisions pressed toward Manchuria as snow slowed advance. U S Marine air losses included two Corsairs. one pilot saved. A Red plane dropped bombs near the U S 24th division. About 14,000 Communists still roamed southwest Korea.
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Ichon
Sea of Japan
ROK
Capital
Bem Frice
Hamhung
U. S. Marine First Air Wing
Price
East Coast
Koro
Chosen Reservoir
Fusan
Chosen
South Korea
Seoul
Singjin
Jack MacBeth
First Corps
Yalu
North Korea
MacBeth
U. S
Korea
Storm Rakes California Rail Roundhouse Roof and Power Lines
Storms lash the San Francisco peninsula dumping a railway roundhouse roof and causing devastation. Widespread outages hit Sacramento Eureka Ukiah and other communities as lines failed and streets emptied. Strong winds also pound Nevada and Idaho while temps stay above normal elsewhere.
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San Francisco Peninsula
Sacramento
Eureka
Ukiah
California
Nevada
Idaho
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Negro Sentenced To Gas Chamber In Woman's Death
In Clinton a white woman was beaten to death after being dragged from her store. John W. Rogers, 26, was convicted of murder by a superior court jury with no mercy recommendation, and he was sentenced to die on December 8. His lawyers filed for a new trial.
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Clinton
John W. Rogers
Rogers
L. B. Kornegay
Suttontown
Perry Lockerman
Goodness Pays Off Park Fine in Korean Currency
Oswego police record show Police Chief J J Reed received 2500 won from Lee R Goodness a GI in Korea to settle a 1 dollar parking fine. His car was tagged last July during furlough and Goodness enclosed a U S army certificate valid for one dollar to clear the debt.
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Oswego
N. Y
Goodness
Korea
J. J. Reed
Lee R. Goodness
Pearl Tomlinson Re-elected NCEA Classroom Teachers Leader
Mrs. Pearl Tomlinson, dismissed from Hickory schools last spring, was re-elected president of the Classroom Teachers Division, South Piedmont District, North Carolina Education Association, at a meeting in Charlotte last night.
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Charlotte
Pearl Tomlinson
Hickory
South Piedmont District
North Carolina Education Association
Long Beach Teacher Held for Murder of 10 Year Old Pupil
Accordion teacher Violet Berling, 32, must stand trial on a charge of murdering her pupil Kay Frances Erickson, 10. After a three day preliminary hearing she was ordered held to answer, arraignment set for November 9, and she was jailed without bail.
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Long Beach
Calif
Violet Berling
Kay Frances Erickson
Four Die In Fire At Cass County Home
Fire swept a Cass county residence in Harrisonville killing four elderly residents. Sheriff Temple Forrest said others were removed or escaped, with about 20 people living at the home at the time.
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Harrisonville
Cass County
Temple Forrest
Tamara Tramp Ship Arrives After Ten Months at Sea
The Tamara endured a long voyage to Manila after loading coal water and provisions at Samarinda then carrying dogs cats monkeys and a gorilla to Borneo. Two typhoons and a near mutiny delayed arrival and port authorities kept crew ashore until authorities cleared the ship and crew.
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Borneo
Samarida
Manila
Hong Kong
Asia
Tamara
Father and sons overcome in Willis Gap well tragedy
In Willis Gap Virginia seven miles from Mt Airy a dynamited well collapsed. Frank Sawyer a Black man died after being removed from the well apparently suffocated. His two sons Raymond and Laymon entered after him and were knocked unconscious. They were revived with oxygen.
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MT. Airy
Frank Sawyer
Raymond
Laymon
Sawyer
Willis Gap
Mobilization plans affect 12000 reservists across services
Services base mobilization lists reservists in a broad push affecting about 12 000 personnel with 3 000 en route to Fort Lewis from the Fifth Army area. Pace cautioned possible flow to Europe but denied any National Guard overseas deployment. Each service outlined advance-notice rules: Army four months for enlisted before active duty. officers notified in advance. Navy four months for reserves next spring and uncertain size. Marine Corps individual notices by end of December for June enlistments. Air Force ends enlisted recall and limits recall to officers with critical skills.
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Fort Lewis
Fifth Army
Pace
Europe
Army
Defense Secretary
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Air Reserve
Air National Guard
Air Guard
Clement Wood Dies at 62 in New York Hospital
Clement Wood biographer historian and poet died last night at Ellis Hospital Schenectady aged 62. His works include Greenwich Village Blues 1926 The Outline of Man's Knowledge 1927 The White Peacock 1928 The Man Who Killed Kitchener 1932 Warren G. Harding An American Comedy 1932 and Herbert Clark Hoover An American Tragedy 1932 Ripe Olives Poems 1941.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Clement Wood
Ellis Hospital
Greenwich Village
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