Charge Soldier With Assault Upon Girl
Tarboro police report the arrest of a 27 year old soldier from Macon Georgia on charges of assaulting a nine year old Tarboro girl and attempted rape. The man identified as Bart Parkinson said he is on leave from Fort Sam Houston Texas and the incident occurred near the Tarboro ball park yesterday afternoon. He said he had visited his wife in Greenville and was hitchhiking to Rocky Mount. He will be given a hear(s) assessment.
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Tarboro
W. Robert Worsley
Macon
Bart Parkinson
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Tarboro Ball Park
Parkinson
Greenville
Here
Rocky Mount
Affidavit Date May Be Extended
Washington reports NRLB general counsel Robert N. Denham considering a five week extension for filing non-communistic affidavits under the Taft Hartley act. Denham's decision, expected within days, could affect thousands of pending cases and hearings next week. Police later said they responded to screams at a ball park area and saw the suspect Parkinson flee, later apprehended in Tar Dor.
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Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
NRLB
Wham
Ing
Wiley Bullock
Redman Kittman
Ball Park
Parkinson Oe
Iee
Tar- Dor
Stassen urges nationwide voluntary food conservation plan
Harold E. Stassen calls for immediate nationwide voluntary food conservation and a special session of Congress to enact the Marshall plan. He warns that global food shortages this winter could push prices higher and risk boom and bust in the U S economy.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
America
Congress
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce
Mexican veto critique at UN sparks peace debate
Mexican Foreign Minister Jaime Torres Bodet told the United Nations General Assembly that persistent use of the big power veto paralyzes world peace. He warned that abuse of the veto in the Security Council may make peace impossible and urged limits on its use amid claims that selfish interests erode ideals. The speech comes as scientists estimate about 100 lightning flashes occur each second globally.
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New York
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexico
United Nations General Assembly
UN Security Council
Livestock Prices Seen Staying High Through 1947
The commerce department states high feed and labor costs will keep livestock and meat prices elevated for the rest of 1947. Beef and veal production may remain strong, but pork shortages and lamb scarcity support higher prices, with meat exports projected near 500 million pounds. Lightning is noted to produce two million tons of nitric acid from air daily.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Guerrilla Leader Claims Polish Push for Russia War
In Deggendorf Germany on September 18 a bullet scarred guerrilla captain named Walki Juris said Communist police urged Poles to prepare for a Russian war against the United States. He is among 40 Ukrainian fighters entering the U S occupation zone in Germany as the Ukrainians organize with the rebels.
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Germany
United States
Walki Juris
U.S
Press Association Midwinter Institute to Be Held at UNC
The North Carolina Press Association schedules its midwinter institute at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for January 22 and 23. E A Resh of Siler City serves as association president.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Press Association
University of North Carolina
E. A. Resh
Siler City
The
Press Association
Porter beer and chameleon color change mystery
Fragmentary notes describe Porter beer naming and a claim that chameleons change color in minutes during courtship. The text mentions males becoming brighter and others red shaded, with unclear link to laboring classes.
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