Two Men Drown In Snead's Ferry Boat Capsize
In Snead s Ferry North Carolina two men, John M Midgett 35 and Otis G Burrows 50 both drowned when their 16 foot skiff capsized on New River Inlet about noon. The Trudy Ann rescued Midgett Jr 77 and recovered the bodies as searchers used life preservers and patrol aid. Funeral services for Midgett a World War II veteran will be held here tomorrow.
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John M. Midgett
Snead's Ferry
Otis Grows
Greensboro
Trudy Ann
John M. Midgett Jr
B. J. Landry
Landry
Snead
State Highway Patrol
Camp Lejeune
Midgett
Burrows
Bunche To Receive High Honor From APSA
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, UN official and educator, will be installed next week as a head of the American Political Science Association, a post once held by Wilson and Beard. He heads the U N Trusteeship Council since 1948 and is a former head of the political science department at Stanford University. The three day meeting opens Thursday with about 2,000 political scientists expected, featuring awards and a Brookings Institution panel on methods states use to appoint presidential delegates.
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Washington
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
American Politi Science Association
Woodrow Wilson
James Bryce
Charles A. Beard
Bunche
Ard University
Pendleton Herring
Harvard
APSA
Lin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Wilkie
Brookings Institution
President's Son Returning Home from Korea
Maj. John Eisenhower son of the President arrives in Vancouver at 4 50 p m on his way home from the Far East. He has been serving with the Army in Korea and is to make air connections south after snagging in Tokyo on a Canadian Pacific Air flight.
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Vancouver
B. C
John Eisenhower
Far East
Maj
Eisenhower
Korea
Tokyo
Senator Short vows fight against universal military training plan
Washington Sept 5 Senator Short chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he would oppose any move to establish universal military training. He backed the American Legion resolution for a UMT alongside Selective Service but called it a luxury we cannot afford. Eisenhower ordered a review of UMT feasibility, but Short said UMT legislation would be killed in his committee.
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Washington
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
UMIT
POW Release Shows 80 Officers 19 Enlisted in First Group
Bright sun marked the return of 99 POWs including 80 officers and 19 enlisted men. Majors and lieutenants led the group while some were carried by guards to the Allied reception center. Marine Lt. Col. Frank Schwable, linked to a germ warfare claim, rode in a Russian jeep among returning fliers amid contested testimony and press restrictions.
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Frank Schwable
Arlington
Washington
Schwable
Freedom Village
Paul Kniss
Monmouth
Ill
San Antonio
Tex
John Quinn
Altadena
Calif
Kenneth Knochs
Youngstown
Ohio
Floyd O'Neal
Fairfax
Southern governors seek repeal at Chicago pledge meeting
Democratic leaders weigh a pledge repeal at a Chicago rally set for Sept 14 15 aimed at easing Southern dissent over the 1952 national convention oath. Gov Byrnes of South Carolina and Sen Holland of Florida oppose future pledges, while several Southern governors and senators plan limited attendance.
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Washington
Chicago
Mississippi
John Thle
Virginia
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Dixie
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Eisenhower
Itchell
Byrness
Byrnes
Sen. Holland
D-Fla
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sidential
Truman
Associated Press
Dan McCarty
Florida
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
Still Need Veto In UN USSR Says
Moscow reports Izvestia insists five permanent members must retain veto in the United Nations Security Council. It counters U S calls to re examine the UN charter and defends veto as the basis of international collaboration and unity among the five great powers: United States, Soviet Union, China, France, and Britain.
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Moscow
Izvestia
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Jons Foster Dulles
U.N. General Assembly
United Nations
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
China
France
Britain
Security Council
Hungary Cuts Prices Affects Thousands of Goods
Budapest reports a government order cutting prices on about 10 000 foodstuffs and industrial goods. Bread and starches drop 12 20 percent, sugar 5 10 percent, tinned and frozen foods 10 35 percent, beer and liquors cheaper but wine unchanged. Industrial consumer goods fall 10 40 percent, a second round this year, while wages rise 21 percent.
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Budapest
Hungary
Imre Nagy
London’s Tallest Bobbie Weds In Unconventional Tour
Arthur Cook, 26, Britain’s tallest policeman at six feet eight inches, married Margaret Beck at a London register office. They celebrated with a sidewalk toast and plan a cycling honeymoon through Devon and Cornwall, sleeping outdoors due to the groom’s aversion to hotels and his remark that beds are never enough.
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London
Arthur Cook
Margaret Beck
Devon
Cornwall
Weather outlook with highs and sun cadence
The high today is expected at 82 degrees with a low of 56 tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 85 and the overnight low was 58. The sun will set at 6 41 p.m. and rise next morning at 5 46 a.m. in the area.
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Desgrees
Piedmont
Miss Wool 1953 Crowned in San Angelo
Kathryn Gromatzky aged 19 won the title Miss Wool of 1953 in San Angelo Texas. She received a 33 piece all wool wardrobe valued at 5000 dollars.
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San Angelo
Tex
Kathryn Gromatzky
Rain Ends Nine Week Drought in Guilford County
A heavy rain swept Guilford County ending nine weeks of drought. The Friendship Weather Bureau station logged 1.33 inches by 11 PM with area streets flooding and a two inch high water rise at E Commerce and S Main. Cooler air followed with a low around 58 and a high near 82 projected for today.
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Guilford County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Friendship
E. Commerce and
S. Main Sts
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