State Highway Commission campaigns for signs removal
The State Highway Commission advances its voluntary sign removal campaign, earning pledges of cooperation from the advertising industry as it targets rights of way. State Board of Education members will inspect modern school buildings around the state, with business sessions in Raleigh before traveling to Durham Orange Moore Robeson and Cumberland counties.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
State Board of Education
Aes
Lew Durham
Orange
le Moore
Rick Robeson
Cumberland
Plant Razed in Lenoir Fire Strike
The Lenoir Pad Co plant, maker of excelsior padding and cotton batting, was virtually destroyed by a fire yesterday marking its second blaze in 16 years after a 1936 fire and rebuild.
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Lenoir
Lenoir Pad Co
Endowments Listed From Duke Endowment Aid North Carolina Churches
Endowments totaling 26 percent of the organization’s funds amount to 26 429 765 23 dollars. Duke Endowment distributions have aided rural churches and superannuated Methodist ministers in North Carolina with gifts totaling 635 191 50 dollars.
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Sabemarin Mandie Pitals
Duke
North Carolina
Young Republicans Plan Lincoln Day Dinner in Winston‑Salem
Winston Salem North Carolina YRC will hold its Lincoln Day dinner and state convention on February 16. Mrs Anne K Hickman of Winston Salem will serve as general arrangements chair for both events.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Young Republicans
Marshall man killed in Meade crash near highway intersection
State Patrolman O. W. Dean reported Obery Tweed, 21, of Marshall RFD 3, died in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of Highway 25 70 and 280 yesterday. One other person was seriously injured in the accident.
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Marshall
Meade
Here
O. W. Dean
Obery Tweed
RFD
Presbyterians Convene Montreat Leadership Meet
Directors of religious education from Presbyterian churches across the Synod of North Carolina attend a three day Montreat meeting. Principal speakers include Lucy Steele Bible professor at Peace College Raleigh Floy S Hyde associate director leadership vocation of the Board of renewal Education Richmond and Samuel E Howie of the Menland Presbyterian Church Fayetteville.
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Synod of North Carolina
Lucy Steele
Peace College
Raleigh
Floy S. Hyde
Board of Renee Education
Richmond
Samuel E. Howie
Veterans group from 18 nations visits Winston-Salem
Twenty three Korean War veterans from eighteen nations arrive in Winston-Salem as one of two units touring the country to promote United Nations unity and support armed forces blood plasma and defense bonds.
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Winston Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
United Nations Unity
Newspapers protest Western Union rate hike in North Carolina
North Carolina newspapers protested before the State Utilities Commission againstWestern Union telegraph rate increases. The Associated Dailies of North Carolina argued the hikes are discriminatory and excessive while Western Union cited FCC approval as justification. They warned the press rates rise from one sixth to one fourth for night and day press messages, with losses projected to grow due to wage costs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Utilities Commission Today
Western Union
Associated Dailies of
Commission
Federal Communion Commission
William C Lassiter
Rep
State Commission
FCC
Lassiter
Wais
North
Opera Pearea
Pudney
Strike Spread To West As Coast Seamen Plan Ship Walkout
President Truman helped curb the East Coast wildcat strike while West Coast CIO marine engineers prepared to stop work on nearly 100 ships in San Francisco. ILWU and ISTHMIAN tensions surged as rival unions debated moves amid court orders and ongoing dock disruption.
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New York
Truman
CIO Marine Engineers
San Francisco
AFL
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Iruman
International Longshoremen's Association
Devel
Marine Engineers
Washington Gathers as Royal Couple Arrives
President leads a warm welcome for Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in Washington on their first U S visit. A 21 gun salute marks their arrival at National Airport as planes land from Montreal and the event is televised.
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Washington
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
United States
Philip
National Airport
Montreal
Jal
Bgby
Truman
Britain
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Stock Market Prices Rally After Mixed Opening
New York prices rallied after a lower start as trading gained momentum by noon. U S Steel earnings clouded the open but many issues regained ground with Santa Fe and Magma Copper among risers as utilities lagged.
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New York
Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
Santa Fe
Magma
Texas
Atomic Desert Rock tests to show soldiers atom power
Las Vegas reports involve 1200 paratroopers in Desert Rock exercises at Frenchman Flat. General officers accompany the test as scientists monitor radiation and blast effects, with troops observing from safety zones and then entering the area for post detonation observation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Desert Rock
Atomic Commission
Camp Desert Rock
Joseph M. Swing
Sixth Army
San Francisco
A. 5. Smith
Fifth Army
Chicago
Proving Ground
11Th Airborne Division
Sintare
City
Utah
Redlands
Calif
Taft courts Southern coalition in Tennessee speech
Senator Robert Taft addressed Tennessee Republicans marking his first Southern appearance since entering the GOP race. He urged a coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans on a states rights platform, denounced current foreign and domestic policy, and urged conservatives to back his bid to return the White House and Congress in 1952.
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Old Man Winter
United States
Upstate
New York
Upper Midwest
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert A. Taft
Tennessee
Aes
South
Taft
John Mara
White House
Ris
Harry
Congress
CIO Political Action Committee
Democratic National Committee
North Carolina Seen as Key in 1952 Democratic Battle
North Carolina’s early primaries and strong pro Truman leadership position the state as a pivotal arena in 1952. Dem leaders like Kerr Scott and Jonathan Daniels anchor the state, while rumors of outside influence from NAM CIO PAC and others reflect a national struggle between conservative and liberal wings. The stakes touch future party control and national policy direction.
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Lynn Nisbet
National Democratic Party
United States
North Carolina
Confederate States
Joe Blythe
National Democratic Committee
Philadelphia
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
States Rights Party
Kerr Scott
Jonathan Daniels
Truman
South
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
CIO
USCC
NAM
Cio-Pac
NAACP
Democratic Party
Tito Calls for Strong Ties as Yugoslavia Backs West
Belgrade reports Tito saying Yugoslavia will align with the United States and the West to deter Soviet satellites on its borders. He warned war risk exists but can be avoided with strength, and urged closer European ties including Greece, Turkey, and Italy. Colonel Dapcevic said Yugoslavia could counter a satellite drive with more than 30 divisions.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Ugoslavia
United States
West
Ars
Yugoslavia
Vatican
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Europe
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
U. S
Soviet Union
America
Russia
Tito
Peko Dapcevic
UN forces retreat under Communist attack near Kumsong
United Nations troops withdrew to hill positions southeast of Kamsong after a dawn assault by 29th Army units. The Reds bombarded with mortars and machine guns in a company strength offensive aimed at blunting a UN spearhead toward Kumsong, a former base now in no-man's-land.
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8Th Army
Korea
United Nations
Kamsong
U.N
Kumsong
No-Man’s-Land
Communists propose nearer cease fire line in Korea talks
PANMUNJOM Korea Communist truce negotiators offered a compromise battlefront cease fire line close to UN demands. The Red proposal drops the 8th Army pullback idea and calls for a 1.3 mile buffer with possible UN withdrawal of fire near Kaesong and parts of central front.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Lier
U.N. Command
Econ
Seoul
Red Territory
Kaesong
Reds
38Th Parallel
Heartbreak Ridge
Bloody Punchbow Valley
Central Front
Iron Triangle
Grand Dragon to Pay Fine for Postal Card Incident
Hamilton of the Ku Klux Klan faced a $1,000 fine or a year in jail after a Federal District Court found an unsigned postal card libelous. He admitted saying he mailed a card to Wilton E. Hall but claimed no mail left his office without his signature.
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Columbia
Grand Dragon
Hamilton
Caronas
Ku Klux Klan
Federal District Court
O Lerson
Wilton E. Hall
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