Marshall Wins 1953 Nobel Peace Prize For Aid Leadership
Gen George C Marshall awarded the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize announced by the Norwegian Institute. The 72 year old former Army chief of staff and secretary of state credited for the Marshall Plan and Europe relief stretches, expressed gratitude from Pinehurst North Carolina where he is convalescing.
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Albert Schweitzer
Nobel Institute
Alfred Nobel
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Europe
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N. C
White House
Eisenhower
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Schweitzer
Bunche
Gen
Army
Defense
POWs reject Red rule in tense Panmunjom repatriation
North Korean prisoners marching to repatriation mingled defiance with threats as Indian guards and UN monitors faced crowd protests. Amid two weeks of talks with Lt Gen K S Thimayya, only about 20 of 430 POWs chose to return to Communists.
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K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
U.N. Command
UNC
Repatriation Commission
Army Life Really Is For The Birds
A pigeon became entangled in twine on a radio aerial at Ft. Devon Ayers Mass. during windy rain. The bird hung upside down for hours until a soldier lofted a rope over the aerial and jigged it free. The post veterinarian discharged the bird after treatment.
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Ayer
Mass
Ft. Devon
Indictments in Greenlease kidnapping case filed in Kansas City
Federal grand jury charges Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady with kidnapping in the Bobby Greenlease case. They face arraignment soon and possible death-penalty consideration if the child was not returned unharmed. Witnesses from St. Louis describe ransom and arrest details.
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Kansas City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Bobby Greenlease
Edward L. Scheufler
U. S
Bobby
St. Louis
Hall
St.Louis
John Hager
Tar Heels Asked To Pray For Rain
Governor Umstead urged drought stricken North Carolinians to pray for rain designating Sunday as a day of prayer for rain. He asked worshippers to petition for relief and to express thanksgiving if rain comes. Other state governors face similar drought pleas.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Negotiators Near Agreement in New York Milk Strike
About 20 New Jersey milk dealers gathered as the union signaled contracts were near in the six‑day New York metropolitan milk strike. The walkout affected 13,000 drivers and plant workers and left 12 million residents without their normal daily milk supply.
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New Jersey
Ately
New York-New Jersey
Jersey
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Commodore
City Hall
Ex-Gil Jailed After Posing as Doctor Across States
Harold K. Rain used the alias Dr Samuel P Hall to practice medicine in eight states and to gain Army contracts. He pleaded guilty in Federal District Court to misrepresenting himself as a doctor and will serve three years. He trained at Chicago and Illinois, worked at hospitals in West Virginia and Ohio, and was fined in Texas for practicing without a license.
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Army
Harold K. Rain
Samuel P. Hall
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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University of Illinois School of Medicine
Cook County Hospital
Inland Lime & Stone Co
Manistee, Mich
Mississippi
Arkansas
St. Louis
Camden-Clark Hospital
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Ravenna
Ohio
Portage County Hospital
Stephensville
Tex
State Medical Board
San Antonio
Hall
Ft. Sam Houston
Pentagon examines Communist interrogation tactics and confessions
Dr Charles W Mayo and UN delegates study how starvation and brutality influence prisoners to confess. Films show 15 ex prisoners including Capt William M Preston recounting brutal interrogation and resistance. Maj Gen William F Dean recalls contemplating suicide to avoid disclosures.
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Fay Washington
Ean Pentagon
Charles W. Mayo
United Nations
Defense Department
Pentagon
U. N
Preston
New York
America
Mayo
U. N. Assembly
U. S. Army
Korea
Lodge
Anda
Russia
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Reds
William F. Dean
Terday
National Press B
Dean
Benson Plan To Be Delayed In House Hearings
Washington reports House hearings on Secretary of Agriculture Benson's plan to reorganize the Soil Conservation Service will likely delay the proposal indefinitely. Rep. Bender of Ohio announced the subcommittee will hold public sessions to allow all concerned to present views.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Conservation Service
Rep
Bender
Ohio
House
Two GOP Senators See Improved Cattle Prices
Senators Schoeppel and Aiken report signs of rising cattle prices amid farmer discontent. They note gains in canner and cutter cattle and forecast beef price levels near last year’s. Aiken criticizes the cattlemen caravan while Benson’s handling earns praise.
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GOP
Washington
Sen
Schoeppel
R-Kan
Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Allen Pin
Chicago
Midwest
Kansan
Agriculture Department
Editor to Address CIO Organizational Meeting
Raleigh reports James Carey national CIO secretary treasurer will speak at the three day convention to build a statewide CIO union council replacing the CIO Political Action Committee. Jonathan Daniels News and Observer editor is also a principal speaker as the event proceeds. John Edelman of Washington DC of the Textile Workers Union of America attacks the Eisenhower administration while Emmett Akridge criticizes Gov Umstead as aligned with business interests shaping labor disputes. J R Graham a former CIO lobbyist laments poor access to candidates and House Labor Committee legislation.
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Raleigh
James Carey
CIO
North Carolina
Jonathan Daniels
News and Observer
North Carolina State Industrial Union Council
John Edelman
Washington, D. C
Textile Workers Union of America
Eisenhower
Emmett Akridge
Gov
Umstead
Edelman
South
TVA
Congress
Power Trust
49 Year Old Cadillac Set for $3500 Bid
Washington reports a 1904 Cadillac, bought by Harold Ickes for highway display, is valued at $3500 in government sale. The car, costing $100 in the late 1980s, was restored and kept in running order. Bids were invited a month ago with 65 responses. the high bid came from Mrs. Robert L. Slaughter of Fort Worth.
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Washington
Harold Ickes
Public Roads
Robert L. Slaughter
Fort Worth
Admits Work For Reds and Receives 15 Year Term
Private Robert W. Corey of Somerville Massachusetts admitted aiding Soviet and East German secret police to obtain U S military information in the U S zone of Berlin He pleaded guilty to violating the Smith Act and said cooperation was not voluntary, claiming it endangered his family. He surrendered to Army agents in West Berlin on August 27 after 17 months in the Soviet zone.
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