Debutante Ball in Raleigh Hosts 137 Introductions
65 towns send young women to the Raleigh Terpsichorean Club debutante ball at Memorial Auditorium. After formal introductions the 137 debutantes danced to Charlie Spivak and his orchestra, with another dance planned tonight and a tea at the governor’s mansion this afternoon.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Terpsichorean Club
Memorial Auditorium
Charlie Spivak
Governor's Mansion
W. Kerr Scott
Four inmates escape from state hospital building
In Goldsboro four inmates escaped last night from the new criminal insane building at the State Hospital. Superintendent Dr. Ira W. Long said the escape followed supper and the men moved from the recreation room to a linen closet, climbed a ladder to a skylight, slid down a drain pipe to the second story, and slipped away.
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Goldsboro
State Hospital
Ira W. Long
Unstead Addresses School Board Meeting in Chapel Hill
William B. Unstead Democratic nominee for governor closed the North Carolina School Board Association session in Chapel Hill. Amos Abrams of Raleigh spoke, with discussion groups at UNC Cobb Dormitory, and Charles F. Carroll, new state superintendent, pledged to push for more adequate public school funding.
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Chapel Hill
William B. Unstead
North Carolina School Board Association
Amos Abrams
Raleigh
North Carolina Education Association Magazine
University of North Carolina
Cobb
Charles F. Carroll
Umstead urges NC highway workers to welcome tourists
William B. Umstead the Democratic gubernatorial candidate urged North Carolina state highway employees to be courteous to tourists to encourage repeat visits. He called for discussion meetings and suggestion systems similar to private industry as part of the seventh annual State Highway Employes Association convention in Winston-Salem after a banquet.
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Winston-Salem
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
Umstead
State
Durham Bridge Tourney Opens With Pairs Competition
Open pairs competition occupied players in the Durham Raleigh bridge tournament. Two sessions of team-of-four play concluded the three day meet with top honors won by Mrs Frank Whelen Jr and Mrs Paul Elam of Louisburg in the women's pair event. Defending champions Herbert Gerst and C B White of Norfolk defeated Ed Jaffre of Charlotte and Marion Huggins of Durham in the men’s division.
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Durham
Frank Whelens Jr
Paul Elam
Louisburg
Herbert Gerst
C. B. White
Norfolk
Ed Jaffre
Charlotte
Marion Huggins
Forum on Christian Education Ends at Presbyterian Junior College
A panel discussion and alumni luncheon closed the mid century Forum on Christian Education at Presbyterian Junior College Maxton. Activities included panel talks and a speech by Lt. Gov Hoyt P Taylor with participants President John R Cunningham Davidson College Mrs Julian B Hutaff Fayetteville Chancellor Robert B House UNC Mrs John N Belk and Fred J Turner Southern Bell president.
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Maxton
Presbyterian Junior College
Hoyt P. Taylor
John R. Cunningham
Davidson College
Julian B. Hutaff
Fayetteville
Robert B. House
University of North Carolina
John N. Belk
Fred J. Turner
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Carteret County names wrecks commissioner
Gov. Scott appointed Roy Eubanks a Carteret County wrecks commissioner. The Beaufort photographer will oversee disposal of shipwrecked property during a two year term.
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Raleigh
Roy Eubanks
Beaufort
Carteret County
Scott
Weather official cites odd light reflection as salami sighting
A weather bureau official says what appeared to be a flying salami over Miami was likely just light reflecting from a small cloud. Abe Friedman described using binoculars to observe the object.
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Miami
Weather Bureau
Abe Friedman
Bureau
Death of Col. Gen. Vasili Chernishev Reported
The Soviet death of Col. Gen. Vasili Chernishev 56 longtime vice minister of interior and Communist Party member since 1917 was announced today. He held senior posts in Soviet security groups since joining the Cheka in 1920.
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Sovtlet
Moscow
Vasili Chernishev
Communist Party
Cheka
Farmers Demand Full Parity Price Support Nationwide
Agriculture Secretary Brannan cites a department survey showing most American farmers favor full parity price supports. The summary notes 100 percent parity is broadly approved, with few calls to end price supports, triggering criticism from the American Farm Bureau Federation as politically charged.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Theerful American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Senators Probe B 36 Bomber Disaster After Texas Tornado
Senate investigators examine Air Force neglect and base precautions after a Dallas/Fort Worth area tornado damaged 106 B 36 bombers and destroyed one at Carswell AFB. Emergency repairs restore many bombers. total fleet count cited as 107, higher than prior public figures.
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Washington
Senate
Air Force
Texas
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Consolidated Aircraft Plant
Carswell
Weather Bureau
Air Oe
Ridgway Warns Reds as Memorial Ceremony Opens
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told a Paris area crowd the United States has returned to Europe to deter aggression or crush it to earth if needed. The dedication at the American World War II cemetery gathered honored veterans and senior officers, honoring 1,541 known American dead and 24 unknowns from World War I.
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Suresnes
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S
Europe
Russia
Paris
Ridgway
Anne
Pienees
Ike Says Peace Will Be A Tremendous Job For All
Dwight D. Eisenhower told a Citizens for Eisenhower rally that restoring world peace will be a tremendous job for 155,000,000 Americans for years. He urged unity around honesty and integrity in government as the paramount issue and warned against overstatement of their cause. Taft supporters and Eisenhower backers reconfigured the GOP national executive committee, shaping a lineup that includes both camps and several replacements.
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John
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
GOP
National Executive Committee
Friends
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Summerfield
Michigan
National Committee
Summertfield
Ohio
Senators
G. Mason Owlett
Plvania
Rep
Clarence Brown
Brown
Ray Bliss
Walter S. Hallanan
N. M
D. Ray Murdock
Greensburg
Harlan S. Peyton
Spokane
Wash
Margaret A. Ewell
Phoenix
Arna
Horace H. Sayre
Ardmore
Okla
J. Russellle
Mineola
N. Y
John Minor
New Orleans
Truman's Continental Campaign Blends Grit and Plans
President Truman sails on an 8500 mile, 15 day Democratic blitz to 24 states. He will headline whistle stop talks from New York to San Francisco while Adlai Stevenson shapes the party program. The train will cover Maryland to Iowa and beyond with six major speeches lined up and more planned. He will avoid political speeches on Sundays.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Ba D. Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
National Committee
White House
New York
San Francisco
Hungry Horse
Montana
Kalispel
Seattle
Wash
Shenandoah
Iowa
Fale
N. Y
New York City
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Crlorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Ivania
New Jersey
Delaware
Power Plant Targeted as Allied Air Raids Press Manchuria
Allied air strikes from Bon Homme Richard and Princeton hit the Suiho power plant near Manchuria and Siberia, with 35 Superfortresses bombing for over 21 hours. The Fifth Air Force reports 11 MiGs downed, three USAF fighters lost to ground fire, and ongoing clashes at Capitol Hill and Finger Ridge as Korean War fronts shift.
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Seoul
Korea
Suiho
Manchuria
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. N
Capitol Hill
Russell Says Stevenson Losing South
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia warned here that Adlai Stevenson will lose many southern presidential votes if he moves further left. Russell, who backed Stevenson in the Democratic race, said the Illinois governor risks alienating conservative Democrats by current ad vocacy for ADA and the CIOs PAC. He added he will vote for Stevenson but emphasized the risk to Stevenson’s appeal in the South.
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New Orleans
Adlai Stevenson
South
Richard B. Russell
Stevenson
Illinois
Russell
ADA
PAC
Americans For Democratic Action
The
CIO
Political Action Committee
Atlanta
Venezuela
Europe Holds Two Million Soldiers to Russia Four Million
The State Department report compares Western Europe allied forces at over two million with Russia's four million. It notes American manpower around 30 million and cites Soviet front line divisions, while stressing the need to balance North Atlantic defense with limited Western capacity. Spending in NATO allies could reach 11.7 billion dollars this year. Communist party membership in 12 NATO nations declined from 3.9 million in 1946 to 2.6 million in 1951.
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Russia
Congress
Amer
Ican
Australia
Yugoslavia
Spain
Red
China
America
Departmental
Survey of Progress
Europe
State Department
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NATO
Ike Visit Planned For Best Effect In North Carolina
Raleigh Republicans push for General Eisenhower to visit Charlotte and Winston‑Salem on Sept 26 to boost Ike and GOP congressional chances in North Carolina. The plan targets the 10th and 9th districts with Charles Raper Jones and Walter P. Johnson as nominees, seeking a historic GOP congressional win.
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Raleigh
Gen. Eisenhower
Piedmont
North Carolina
Tar
Ike
Congress
Eisenhower
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Winston
Mecklenburg County
Charles Raper Jones
Lincolnton
Hamilton C. Jones
Ninth
Regans
Robert L. Doughton
Hugh Q. Alexander
Kannapolis
Doughton
Walter P. Johnson
Sparta
Gressman
Herbert Hoover
Jonas
Charles A. Jonas
Constitution Considered by North Carolina College Group
Presidents and boards of trustees from 21 church-related colleges met at Salem College in Winston-Salem to discuss the constitution and by laws of the proposed North Carolina Foundation of Church-Related Colleges Inc.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Foundation of Church - Related Colleges, Inc
North Carolina
Salem College
Seven Ku Klux Lawsmen Appeal Detention Dismissal Claim
James R. Nance, attorney for seven convicted men, says the group will appeal to the Fourth Circuit in Richmond Va on January 6. They claim the flogging charges do not violate the Lindbergh Act and should be dismissed.
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Fatetteville
U. S
Fourth Circuit
Somers of Appeals
Richmond
James R. Nance
Stevenson Ends West Tour in Albuquerque Stop
Gov Adlai E Stevenson wrapped up a nine day tour of the West covering 7600 miles in 10 states. He spoke in Phoenix Tucson and Albuquerque and prepares a nine state East tour starting Sept 18. He criticized Republicans and Eisenhower, denounced McCarthy and warned against communism while stressing liberals and socialists are not Communist.
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N.M
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Stevenson
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tuckson
Eisenhower
Robert Raft
America
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
McCarthy
AFL Convention May Endorse a Presidential Candidate
Labor leaders at the AFLs 7th annual convention in New York debate endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time since 1942. Delegates from 8 092 000 members review resolutions as Eisenhower and Stevenson prepare to speak on September 17 and 22 respectively.
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American Federation of Labor
AFL
Executive Council
Robert M. LaFollette
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
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