Republicans Snap Back At Truman
Republicans clash with former president Truman over foreign policy and his Labor Day call for Democrats to oppose Eisenhower programs. Dirksen and McCarthy label Truman’s push as political. Stevenson rebukes U.S. policy shifts and warns allies. Democratic leaders offer cautious support while eyeing midterm votes.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Sen
Dirksen
Detroit
Missouri
Herbert Hoover
McCarthy
Stevenson
Newsweek Magazine
United States
Hardrock Begins 39 Mile Jog From Burlington
Burlington mail carrier Paul Simpson 49 starts a 39 mile run to Durham on his day off. He left Burlington Times News at 9 a.m. aiming for about 5 hours 50 minutes, routing via Graham Haw River and Hillsboro. Past attempts show 6 plus hours and a truck follows with refreshments.
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Burlington
Paul
Hardrock) Simpson
Durham
Burlington Times-News
Simpson
Pyle
Farmers Hear Talks By Leaders At State Meeting
About 5 000 farmers attended the annual meeting of the State Cotton Growers Association and the Farmers Cooperative Exchange in Raleigh. New FCX directors elected were W W Eagles Macclesfield Lambert Lewis Pembroke Fred Cochrane Charlotte and C P Key Lodge D C Cotton Growers Association directors named were R H Pope Enfield Paul Drady Kenly and T B Upehar en Jr Raeford. Rep Clifford R Hope outlined permanent tobacco price supports at 90 percent of parity and urged federal leadership as farm prices fell since 1951. Panelists included Sen Clyde R Hoey Rep Harold D Cooley Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine and Dean D W Colvard. Gov William B Umstead welcomed diversification efforts. Hope cautioned against prehension about the cotton support program as declines reflect peacetime adjustments and large farm product reserves.
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W.W. Eagles
Macclesfield
Lambert Lewis
Pembroke
Fred Cochrane
Charlotte
C.P. Key
Lodge
D.C
FCX
R.H. Pope
Enfield
Paul Drady
Kenly
T.B. Upeharen Jr
Raeford
Direc
Cotton Growers Association
Clifford R. Hope
R-Kan
House Agriculture Committee
North
Congress
Hope
Clyde R. Hoey
Harold D. Cooley
L. Y. Ballentine
State College Agriculture School
D. W. Colvard
William B. Umstead
Cooley
Graham commits full time to television evangelism
Billy Graham announces he will devote all his time to evangelism focusing on television. He is taking a two week rest at his Montreal home and disclosed he has dropped interest in Glen Eyrie near Colorado Springs, where he had resigned as honorary chairman of a group planning to buy the property for a retreat.
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Asheville
Billy Graham
Graham
Montreal
Glen Eyrie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cancer Viewed as Infectious Disease by Microbiology Group
An American research team at the sixth International Congress of Microbiology presented papers arguing cancer is an infectious disease caused by a microscopic organism. They claim to have isolated microbes and produced an anti serum from infected animals that weakens or destroys the cancer agent.
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RCME
International Congress of Microbiology
Virginia Wuerthele-Case
Bie
Alexander
Thomas Named Chaplain as Greensboro Convention Chosen
Tar Heel barbers will hold their 1954 convention in Greensboro after the Associated Master Barbers for North Carolina picked the site during the closing session. Officers elected include A. F. Teague president C. B. Phifer first vice president W. F. Thomas chaplain and J. S. Brumble Jr secretary treasurer.
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Asheville
Greensboro
Associated Master Barbers
North Carolina
A. F. Teague
Wilmington
C. B. Phifer
Charlotte
W. F. Thomas
High Point
J. S. Brumbeloe Jr
Eisenhower Must Name Chief Justice as Term Opens
President Eisenhower has just over three weeks to name a successor to the late Chief Justice Vinson. If named by Oct 5, the appointee could be on the bench when the Supreme Court opens for its new term. Black will preside if no appointment is made by then. Rumors link Earl Warren and John J. Parker to the vacancy amid a field of possible candidates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Vinson
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
Nf Eisenhower
Black
Ee Black
Harlan Fiske Stone
Charlotte
Jonas
John J. Parker
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Recenaries
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Arthur V. Vanderbilt
New Jersey Supreme Court
N. C
U. S. Circuit
Washington Episcopal Cathedral
Angus Dunell
Umstead Seeks Disaster Aid for Nine More NC Counties
Governor Umstead asked President Eisenhower to designate nine more North Carolina counties—Chatham Halifax Lee Iredell Mecklenburg Moore Hoke Randolph and Surry—as disaster areas due to a severe drought. He said the drought has produced disastrous results and urged prompt action.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Eisenhower
North Carolina
Chatham
Halifax
Lee
Iredell
Mecklenburg
Moore
Hoke
Randolph
Surry
Gambling Case Facts Are Probed at Moyock Dog Track
A Currituck Superior Court judge examines the Moyock dog track gambling dispute as three Portsmouth men face trial for gambling. The Carolina Virginia Racing Association seeks to block alleged conspirators from challenging the law while the track continues pari mutuel betting.
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Currituck
N.C
Moyock
Portsmouth
JG. D. Stewart
W. E. Felton
S. M. Truitt
North Carolina
Bey
Morehead City
Currituck County
Carolina-Virginia Racing Assn
Moyock Track
Racing Association
The
Howard Hubbard
New Bern
Superior Art
Frank B. Aycock
E. R. Woodard
Ray Midgett
Aycock
Woodard
Midgett
Hubbard
Law Bars Handling Of Poison Snakes In City
Greenville city council approved an ordinance prohibiting handling of poison snakes after Earl Eugene Canada, 27, was severely bitten by a rattlesnake during religious cult services. The action follows the incident and aims to prevent future attacks.
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Greenville
Earl Eugene Canada
Dolly Emerges as Fast-Developing Florida Threat
A hurricane with 95 mph winds formed southeast of the Bahamas and moved toward Florida, 780 miles east-southeast of Miami. Forecaster Grady Norton warned Dolly is in an embryo stage but developing quickly and could threaten Florida as it tracks west-northwest at 15 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Turks Island
Bahamas
Florida Peninsula
Florida
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Dolly
Norton
British Ship Fired On At Hong Kong
The Admiralty said a British naval launch in Hong Kong waters was fired on and casualties occurred. H. M. S. Concord was ordered to embark the wounded. H. R. Motor Launch 1323 of the Hong Kong local defense reports the attack. Next of kin will be informed.
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London
Admiralty
Hong Kong
H. R
H. M. S. Concord
Loyalty pledge debate looms at Democratic meeting in Chicago
Southern Democratic leaders led by Mississippi Governor Hugh White indicate opposition to the loyalty oath. They plan to urge the party Executive Committee to discard the pledge ahead of the coming congressional elections. Chicago hosts the national party leaders for meetings Monday and Tuesday with a public session on Tuesday afternoon.
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Chicago
Hugh White
Mississippi
White
Joseph Clark
Philadelphia
Bay Area flight attendant loses arm and leg finds cheer in visitors
Boni Buehler 23 a speedboat accident survivor moves with a rolling walker fitted with a horn and license plate while greeting visitors at Santa Anita Hospital She laughs at her fate and says she anticipated no great sadness despite losing an arm and a leg and even guided her companion to help save her life on the way to the hospital
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Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Boni Buehler
Miss Buehler
Korea
Alice Buehler
Scottsbluff, Neb
Marjie Millar
Santa Anita Hospital
Los Angeles
Geary Steffan
Jane Powell
Steffan
Boni
Middle Belt Leaf Price Hits 54 68 Per Hundred
The Federal State Market News Service reports five Middle Belt markets opened their 1953 auction season with 2,358,724 pounds sold at an average of 54.68 per 100 pounds. This beat last season’s first day by 2.72 per hundred and reflects broader Carolina market activity as sales extend across belts.
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Federal State Market News Service
Five Belt
Durham
Oxford
Henderson
Louisburg
Warrenton
Middle Belt
Sandhills
Carolina
North Carolina
South Carolina
U N Command cites 3444 missing captives in Korea talks
Maj. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan presented a list of 3444 missing prisoners to the Communists at Panmunjom, including 944 Americans. The UN demanded prompt accounting or return of all listed individuals, while warning the Reds about non returnees and noting the list reflects only those confirmed as captives. The Communists countered, insisting on the return of 27000 Koreans previously released.
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Panmunjom
U.N. Command
Blackshear M. Bryan
Reds
Commission
Far East Command
Washington
Allied
South Korea
Syngman Hee
Bryan
Red
Armitice Commission
Speciataies
U.N
Eisenhower to Attend Vinson Funeral in Washington
President Eisenhower flies to Washington from Denver to attend funeral services for Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. He will meet with Vice President Nixon and staff before the rites and return to Denver by late tomorrow night. The talks on Vinson's successor were deferred pending the funeral.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
White House
Lowry Air Force Base
Capital
Nixon
Murray Snyder
Thomas E. Stephens
Ann Whitman
John Archibald
Snyder
Vinson
Five Medals of Honor To Be Awarded in Washington
Relatives of five Marines killed in Korea travel to Washington for a Medal of Honor ceremony with Vice President Nixon. Recipients include Second Lt. Sherrod Emerson Skinner and others who died heroically while aiding comrades and retaking positions under heavy fire.
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Elton
Fay Washington
Korea
Washington
Nixon
Clay
Marine Corps
Lemuel C Shepherd
Marine Barracks
Army
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Sherrod Emerson Skin
William E. Shuck Jr
Ridgley
W.va
Victoria L. Shuck
Waukegan
Ill
S.set
Lewis G. Watkins
Seneca
S. C
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Farmers Cooperative Exchange
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Thomas
NMN
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Air Line
Florida Highway
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Watkins
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Homestead
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