Bulgaria undergoes spy purge amid Titoism fears
The Yugoslav paper Borba reports Bulgaria is sweeping arrests to halt Titoism spread, targeting officials, workers, peasants, and professionals, including three ex ministers and a central committee member. Yugoslavia rejects Russia’s demand to recall its ambassador. Border clashes with Hungary alleged by Yugoslavia follow eight hours of shelling last Thursday.
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Borba
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Belgrade
Yugoslav Interior Ministry
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Deputy Kills Bandit Suspect In Gun Fight
Boissevain Virginia October gun battle ends with the deputy Ed McGlothlin mortally wounding one suspect and wounding another. The wounded officer faced multiple shots before killing the bandit. Suspects tied to a liquor-store robbery in Anawalt West Virginia.
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Boissevain
Ed McGlothlin
Anawalt
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
McGlothin
Geose McGuire
Jenkin Jones
Monty Jones
Roscoe
McGlothlin
Bluefield
Retail Food Prices To Ease Off Soon
The Agriculture Department forecast a slight drop in retail food prices next year amid fairly high economic activity. Americans will eat as much or more with plentiful supplies. Prices for lard pork cheese canned foods frozen foods and fresh vegetables expected to rise. declines in ice cream fluid milk cream canned citrus juice lamb and mutton possible as milk butter poultry and eggs stay higher than last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chinese Communists Detain American Consul General in Mukden
Chinese Communists seized the American consul general at Mukden and four staff members, accusing them of beating a former Chinese employee. The case will be heard by the Mukden People’s Court as the State Department seeks intervention with top Red authorities.
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Washington
Mukden
State Department
Angus Ward
Captain Joseph Jordan Buried in Greensboro After England Crash
The body of Captain Joseph Jordon a 39 year old Superior Oil pilot killed with five others in a London airport crash will be returned to Greensboro for burial. Funeral service planned at Forest Lawn cemetery where his parents are buried. Jordan a Greensboro native trained in aviation in Wisconsin and California before serving as a naval air instructor.
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Joseph Jordan
Superior Oil Company
London
England
Bural
Greensboro Brothers
Jordan
Ail Company
Forest Lawn Cemetery
A Jordan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Navy
Glenview Air Base
Glenview
Ills
Naval Air Transport Service
San Fernando
California
Bodies Of Azores Crash Victims To Be Sent To Paris
In the Azores 49 victims including French boxer Marcel Cerdan were killed when an Air France Constellation crashed. A special plane will collect the bodies at Santa Maria and fly them to Paris, with arrival expected Monday. A French technical mission led by Civil Aviation Inspector Louis Mirepoix reported at the scene.
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Cerdan
Marcel Cerdan
Orly Field
Paris
U. S
Sao Miguel Island
Azores
Ginette Neveu
J. P. Neveu
Algarvia
Sao Miguel
Air France Constellation
New York
Santa Maria
Ponta Delgada
Sao Miel
Air France
Louis Mirepoix
Ex-Klansman Lollar Acquitted In Florida Case
A former special sheriff's deputy Cole man A Brownie Lollar was acquitted of masked group assault in the beating and cross burning of Mrs Hugh McDanal. The verdict drew applause as Lollar was surrounded by supporters. He was the first of 18 men indicted after a wave of flogging and cross burnings in Alabama hills west of Birmingham.
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Ala
Fee
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Brownie
Lollar
Perry
George Rogers
TWC
Left Wing Unions Face Expulsion at CIO Convention
At Cleveland a tense CIO meeting centers on punishing left wing leaders led by Harry Bridges. Philip Murray faces floor actions over World Federation of Trade Unions ties and plans to eject United Electrical Workers and other allied unions amid a power struggle within the CIO.
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Cleveland
Harry Bridges
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Bridges
Monay
As Men
World Federation of Trade Unions
Hugh Druso
United Electrical Workers
U. S
Soviet Union
Resolutions Committee
Walter P. Reuther
Constitution Committee
Frank Rosenblum
CTO
Migst
Circuit Judge and Two Die in Charlottesville Plane Crash
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed into the 391 foot WCHV radio tower in Charlottesville while en route to a WVU UVA football game. Killings identified as Circuit Judge Thomas H. S. Curd of Welch West Virginia his son J C Curd and secretary Elizabeth Ellen Hicks. Witnesses said thick fog kept plane at 250 300 feet before impact tearing the craft and occupants apart.
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Red Cross
Thomas H. S. Curd
Welch
W. Va
J. C. Curd
Well County
Elizabeth Ellen Hicks
Curd
West Virginia University
University of Virginia
WCHV
T. A. Elliott
Jean Lindsay
Recall move on steel fact finder in CIO talks
Pittsburgh report on the steel and coal strike stalemate notes a recall request by small producers to clarify the presidents fact finding board peace formula. CIO United Steelworkers and United Mine Workers show broad suspensions and wage issues while meditating talks continue without progress.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
Truman
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
William H. Jr
Crucible Steel Company
Pitts
U. S
Cyrus H. Ching
Murray
Cleveland
CIO
David J. McDonald
Colvin
Ching
Carroll R. Daugherty
More Liberal Divorce Laws Demanded in Britain
London reports a leading lawyer warns 100,000 couples living together out of wedlock may seek divorce reform. Robert S. W. Pollard, chair of the marriage reform committee, says current laws block divorce and leaves couples in sin.
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London
Robert S. W. Pollard
Elizabeth
Britain
Pollard
Jefferson College Rejects 50 Million Endowment Offer
Jefferson Military College in Natchez Mississippi described its finances as desperate and rejected a conditional endowment offer of 50 million from Texas businessman George Armstrong. Trustees stated a complete misunderstanding with Armstrong and refused his proposal, including his plan to fund the school’s 5000 bank note this year, amid nationwide attention and editorial comment.
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Natchez, Miss
Jefferson Military College
Texas
George Armstrong
Armstrong
W. Armstrong
New York
Natchez Democrat
Flein
D-Ny
Truman signs largest peacetime arms bill with air force limits
President Truman vetoed expansion of the air force beyond 48 groups while approving a 15.59 billion military appropriation. He ordered $615 million impounded and pointed to higher ongoing costs to maintain a larger force, planning for about 1,400 new planes instead of 1,800.
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Truman
Congress
Secretary of Defense
United States
House
Senate
Byrd
Dva
Brewster
R-Me
Bangor
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Nationl Security Council
National Resources Board
Spe
Air Force
White House
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E Trom
Moyer A
Taare
Governor Silent On Special Session For School Buses
North Carolina Governor Scott offered no comment on a proposed special session to fund more school buses. State Rep. Ronald Hocutt urged an emergency session to authorize about 1.4 million dollars for additional buses after a probe into bus overloads.
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Raleigh
Scott
General Assembly
Ronald Hocutt
Johnston County
North Carolina
Alamance County
Haw River
Hocutt
College Student Falls To Death On Mount Hood
A 20-year-old college student, Don Welk of Portland, plunged 1500 feet to his death on Mount Hood while ice and rock conditions hampered his ascent. His 17-year-old sister witnessed the fall as a climbing party from Timberline Lodge arrived to recover the body near the base of a south cliff.
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Portland
Ore
Mount Hood
Don Welk
Buscho
Line Lodge
Ill Rock
Welk
Alice
States Brace for Cigarette Tax Grab Across 38 States
Tax collectors in 38 states prepare to pursue unpaid cigarette taxes as new interstate distribution rules take effect. The Associated Press survey shows states targeting mail order buyers and distributors to recover about 20 million dollars in owed taxes.
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Associated Press
California
Colorado
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Oregon
Virginia
Wyoming
Illinois
Nevada
New York
Nois
Idaho
Connecticut
Michigan
Ohio
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