Editors predict Stevenson to carry North Carolina in 1952 vote
A Associated Press survey of 75 North Carolina newspapers found editors expect Stevenson to win about 60 percent of the state’s popular vote to Eisenhower’s 40 percent if the election were held then. Counties like Forsyth and Buncombe show Stevenson strength while Mecklenburg leans toward Eisenhower, with several counties still undecided.
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Raleigh
Adlai Stevenson
North Carolina
Dwight Eisenhower
North
Associated Press
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Strom Thurmond
States Rights Democratic
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Organized Labor
Gov
Guilford
Mecklen
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Buncombe
Durham
Wake
UN Rejects Complaint From Reds in Korean DMZ
UN rejected a Red truce officer complaint that the UN pressuring Communist soldiers to surrender. Col McCarthy cited findings from Allied witnesses, noting no incident of leaflet induced surrender occurred. Also a POW on Kose Island was found hanged in a washroom. truce talks recessed until Saturday.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Charles McCarthy
Chang Chun San
Chang
McCarthy
Train Crash Damages Dunn Stores After Collision
A grade crossing crash near Dunn involving Atlantic Coast Line Champion and a heavy tractor trailer caused extensive damage to shops in a half black downtown area. The train, traveling 75 mph, struck the trailer with debris including 800 pound nylon rolls. No casualties reported and track largely undamaged. Estimated damages reach 250000 dollars. Engineer H Arnold cited speed and whistle as the collision triggers.
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Dunn
Atlantic Coast Line
Champion
H. Arnold
Wake Island survivors evacuated after catastrophic typhoon
Rescue planes evacuated the first survivors from Wake Island as damage reached about 10 million dollars. Evacuees described a nightmare with nine hours of winds and rain while seeking shelter in debris. The first plane to Kwajalein carried survivors. six more ferried about 500 residents to Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Wajalein Atoll
Blair Johnson
Flying Tiger Airline
Robert Moore
Flying Tiger Line
Coast Guard
Etty
Maynard Joseph Fontaine
Wilmington
Calif
Fontaine
Weather Bureau
PBM
Kwajalein
Wake
E Navy
Truman blasts “the big lie” on loyalty probes
President Truman condemned the use of the big lie to smear government loyalty and Gen. George C. Marshall. He urged voters to defeat its promoters regardless of party. Senators McCarthy Jenner attacked Marshall and Acheson as liars and traitors while addressing a citizenship conference.
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Washington
Truman
Gen
George C. Marshall
National Conference On Citizenship
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Gen. Marshall
Acheson
Marshall
Russia
America
William E. Jenner
Indiana
United States
What Every Girl Needs Is a Hole and a Bathing Suit
Fragmentary note suggests a humorous or domestic item list for a girl. The readable words reference a hole and bathing suit storage needs, framed as a casual shopper’s aside. Further context incomplete.
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Holane Sa
Stevenson Planned Wisconsin Campaign Against McCarthy
Governor Adlai E Stevenson maneuvers for a Wisconsin stop to attack Senator Joseph R McCarthy with Milwaukee as the rally site while preparing an extensive Eastern tour. Eisenhower at AFL talks backs real amendments to Taft Hartley Law but opposes repeal.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Stevenson
Milwaukee
McCarthy
Connecticut
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Truman
Fulbright
Thomas E. Fairchild
Ing McCarthy
Fairchild
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor Today
AFL
Adlai Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
GOP
Executive Council
Eisenhower
America
United States of America
Kansas
Democratic Party
Army
Pacific
Georgia
Washington
Peters
John H. Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Eg Eisenhower
Coal Talks Face Growing Pressure and Strike Threat
Washington under pressure as John L. Lewis threatens a button strike in coal talks. He plans staged work stoppages by United Mine Workers across Bituminous, Southern, and anthracite sectors, risking idle mines and lost customers as contracts near expiry.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Southern Coal Producers Association
McGrath Denies Blocking 1951 Tax Probe In St Louis
Former Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath testifies before a House subcommittee denying any effort to obstruct the 1951 grand jury inquiry into St Louis tax scandals. He says the department had no authority over Internal Revenue Bureau investigations and that cooperation with the IRS was ordered. More testimony promised as T Lamar Caudle prepares to testify tomorrow.
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Washington
LLP
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
St. Louis
House Judiciary
Justice Department
McGrath
Lee Moore
Missouri
Moore
James P. Finnegan
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
T. Lamar Caudle
High Department
Ellis N. Slack
Tax Division
Slack
Finnegan
Pare eGrath
Drake Watson
U. S
Chicago
Police kill Buncombe County man in drink frenzy clash
Officers Don Poore and John Silvey fired on William Cecil Burgin 33 after he advanced with two eight inch knives at a trailer in Asheville. Burgin died soon after as they pursued him. The officers were suspended pending an inquest. Burgin faced court orders to stay away from his wife and her family.
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Asheville
Buncombe County
William Cecil Burgin
E. A. Green
Don Poore
John Silvey
Burgin
Poore
Silvey
C. C. Waddell
Eisenhower to be introduced in Charlotte appearance
State GOP leaders announced that 10th district congressional candidate Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton will introduce Dwight Eisenhower at his campaign stop in Charlotte. GOP vice chairman Annie Hickman said she recommended Herbert F. Seawell introduce the general in Winston-Salem next.
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Charlotte
Charles R. Jonas
Lincolnton
Dwight Eisenhower
Menen
GOP
Annie Hickman
Winston-Salem
Herbert F. Seawell
Virginia man to face Bladen rape murder trial in November
A 25 year old Virginia man may be tried in November in Bladen County on charges of raping and murdering Mrs. Lewis White of a farm near Elizabethtown. Solicitor Seawell said he would seek a special term of Superior Court for Douglas Grisson of Manassas to be tried for the crime. Sheriff Allen said Grisson admitted the killing and rape.
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Elizabethtown
Virginia
Bladen County
Kcolm B. Seawell
Superior Court
Douglas Grisson
Manassas
Lewis White
Florists Gather for Annual Greensboro Convention
Tar Heel florists opened their annual convention with a School of Design led by C. M. Montgomery of Durham and assistants from four states. A trade exhibition preceded the opening and Mrs. A. L. Parker of Charlotte presided as the first woman elected to lead the group.
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Greensboro
School of Design
C. M. Montgomery
Durham
A. L. Parker
Charlotte
Low bids filed for two Dickenson County schools
The Robert H. Pinnix Construction Co. of Gastonia North Carolina submitted the lowest bids for two new Dickenson County school buildings. The 21 room structure near Clintwood drew a bid of 588 621 dollars and the 24 room building at Hays carried 767 155 dollars.
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LOW
Clintwood
Robert H. Pinnix Construction Co
Gastonia
N. C
Dickenson County
Hays
Woman killed as car plunges off bridge near Halifax
A car plunged from a bridge over a railroad track near Halifax, killing a 20 year old woman identified as Meagg Brooks of Washington DC, formerly of Lumberton NC. Four other people including two children were injured when the vehicle overturned several times. Coroner Rufus Britton disclosed the identity.
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Halifax
Here
Rufus Britton
Meagg Brooks
Washington, D. C
Lumberton
N. C
Inland ports plan discussed in Belhaven meeting
Nearly a dozen representatives from Eastern North Carolina communities gathered in Belhaven to discuss forming an organization to promote inland ports and waterways. The session follows a New Bern conference that urged the state to hire a hydrographic engineer as a ports and waterways adviser for coastal communities.
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Waterways
Belhaven
North Carolina
New Bern
Reds Increase Power Position in Far East Talks
Washington officials say the Moscow talks between Chou En lai and Soviet leaders cemented Soviet influence in the Far East, countering American power. The summit ended after a month with a surprising shift on Port Arthur, lifting the withdrawal obligation from Manchurian naval base.
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Washington
Stalin
Russia
Far East
Moscow
Chou Enlai
Korea
America
Japan
Port Arthur
Red China
Ike Men Will Ask McCarthy To Campaign
Eisenhower's aides plan to invite Sen. Joseph McCarthy to campaign for the GOP ticket on government reform issues. Frank Carlson said McCarthy would speak vigorously after his recovery from surgery, adding he could help counter Truman and boost the ticket with blunt attacks.
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Ike
McCarthy
ST. Paul
Minn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Eisenhower
Carlson
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Weather forecast notes cool tonight and mild day ahead
The forecast shows a low tonight near 62 degrees and a high tomorrow around 64. Today’s high reached 85 with a 66 degree low the previous night.
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