Warn Cotton Crop Curb Would Cause Low Mood
Rep. Abernethy warned Secretary Benson that a 17 percent million acre cotton allotment for 1954 would cause a low mood in cotton regions. He urged at least a 21 percent million acre planting level and warned four million acre allotments could trigger bankruptcy for farmers and harm handlers, processors, and the industry.
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Washington
Abernethy
D-Miss
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Agriculture Department
Tries To Kill Kin Ex-Miner Fires Then Self
A retired coal miner near Pineville North Carolina? No, Kentucky. Aged 72 Pres ton Valentine shot at his former daughter in law Maude Roger Valentine 37 after a dispute over six children. She fired back after he grazed her. both died? He shot himself twice but survived with a superficial wound after she returned fire.
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Pineville
J. F. Helton
Preston Valentine
Maude Roger Valentine
Valentine
Helton
Blonde model held for first degree murder in Miami slaying
Jean Stratton, 30, a strawberry blonde once connected to Hollywood studios, was ordered held on a first degree murder charge after her husband Charles Zint, 53, was shot. She admitted firing a foreign auto pistol as he allegedly became violent and threatened her.
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Miami
Fla
Jean Stratton
J. P. Berdeaux
Berdeaux
Miss Stratton
Charles Zint
Zint
Atlanta
Elkton
Warner Bros
Paramount
Republic Pictures
Hollywood
John Tyler
The
Criminal Bureau of Investigation
Tyler
Reds Delay Return Of Prisoners
The Communists postponed the handover of more than 300 Allied prisoners in the DMZ including some Americans. Thirteen prisoners were released and said they wanted to go home, while others remained in Red custody near Kaesong. An Indian spokesman said transfers to Indian troops are now expected Thursday.
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SAM &Ummerlin P Jom
Reds
Kim Sang Bong
Red
Kaesong
Lee Choo Bok
Lee
Demilitarized Zone
Panmunjom
Guardian
New Delhi
India
U. N
Korea
Calcutta
Stockades
Ree
Red Rule
Bakertown Boys Escape Injury From TV Show Experiment
13 year old Jerry Smith of Bakertown suffered a neck cut when a science show experiment using baking powder vinegar and water exploded in his yard. His brother Wayne watched and was unhurt. Both boys, sons of W S Smith, live on Suits Rd in Bakertown.
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Jerry Smith
Bakertown
Smith Yard
Jerry
Wayne
W. S. Smith
Suits Rd
Johnston Attacks Eisenhower at Democratic Rally
Sen Olin Johnston from South Carolina assails President Eisenhower and the Republican administration in a Chicago speech echoed in Hagerstown Maryland. He accuses breakable promises, cites tax cuts unkept, Taft Hartley ties, and claims federal sales tax threat while urging Democrats to win in 1954 and beyond.
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Hagerstown
Mad
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Eisenhower
Johnston
Chicago
Truman
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Congress
Taft Hartley
Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson (Secretary of Defense
Bo Peep
Gen. Eisenhower
Little Theater In Thomasville Chooses Play
Thomasville theater guild selects Rosalie Runs Riot as its first fall stage production in three acts. The group held its season kickoff and elected officers and directors. Tentative dates for the show are November 23 and 24 with tryout dates to be announced.
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Thomasville
Rosalie
the Theater Guild
James W. Johnson
Reginald Heiser
Walter Shelton
R.&. Powell
Heiser
Mra
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N. Main ST
Elmer Sensenbach
Sturey
Senator Johnson
Ike
Esenhower
Glenda
High Point
Little Theater
Nash Jewelry & Loan Co
Aioore
Charlotte Reardon
New York
BAYON
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