Chiang Kai-Shek's son outlines new plan for youth corps
Chiang Ching-Kuo, 39, Moscow educated, told 14 000 graduates of Shanghai volunteer youth service corps of a new social order without exploitation or deceit. He pledged harsh action against bankers and business elites and warned he could be shot if corrupted. He said banks and large firms have no role in the task and urged patriotism as economic reform proceeds.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Moscow
Pde
China
Chiang Ching-Kuo
You Chiang
Chiang
Soviet Demands Finnish Rifle Clubs Dissolved
A Soviet note to Helsinki demands dissolution of Finnish rifle clubs alleging former members of an outlawed militia held target practice in violation of the peace treaty. A Foreign Office spokesman said no formal note was delivered though the Russian minister in Helsinki called on the foreign minister to inquire.
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Helsinki
Finland
A. Savonenkov
Carl Enckell
Alled Protective Corps
Asheboro Man Killed in Virginia Non Collision
Ernest Crouch, 28, of Asheboro North Carolina, was killed instantly in a non collision accident on U S Route 1 near Carmel Church Pole Cat Creek in Caroline County Virginia according to state police.
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Asheboro
Bowling Green
Ernest Crouch
N. C
Carmel Church
Pole At Creek
Caroline County
Peron Followers Blame Wall Street Plot
Two day demonstrations in Buenos Aires over police reports of a plot to assassinate President Juan D. Peron and his wife grew into a major anti United States movement in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
U. S
Eva Duarte Peron
Casca Rosada
John Griffith
Montevideo
Uruguay
Peroni
Storm
la Presna
Education Commission Divided Over Major Report
The 18 member North Carolina Education Commission split on its 1949 report to Governor Cherry. A majority report was submitted with a minority version to follow, while Cherry refused publication in book form and urged reconciliation before wider release.
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Raleigh
State Education Commission
General Assembly
Cherry
The
Budget Bureau
Commission
W. H. Plemmons
Royall Sees Democratic Harmony After Barbecue
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall told about 4,500 Democrats at a Scott farm barbecue near Haw River that intraparty conflicts are exaggerated and will be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. He spoke during honoring North Carolina's gubernatorial nominee W Kerr Scott and urged unity for the November election.
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Haw River
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
Allies Brace For Possible War As Communism Seen Not A Bluff
Mackenzie argues the Soviet threat is real not a bluff. He cites US notes to Bulgaria, Bevin on Southeast Asia, and Britain and US rearmament moves as evidence democracies prepare for conflict rather than appease.
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Britain
U. S. State Department
Southeast Asia
America
Moscow
A. V.alexander
House of Commons
Navy
Marines
Air Corps
Stafford Cripps
Exchequer
Russia Proposes Controls To Cut World Armaments
Defense ministers from five Western European states will meet in Paris on Monday to consolidate mutual defense plans in case of war. The talks come amid rising international tension as Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky at the UN denounced the alliance as hostile to Russia and eastern Europe.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Europe
Soviet proposes international control to ban atomic weapons
Paris dispatch notes Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky urges the UN General Assembly to form an international control body to supervise armament reductions and ban atomic weapons. He calls on the five permanent members to cut land, sea, and air forces by one third in one year and singles out U S leaders as opposition figures. The text frames Soviet policy as expansion of national cooperation while criticizing American military strategy.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Britain
France
Russia
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
U. S
James V. Forrestal
Kenneth C. Royall
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
George C. Kenney
Ir Force
Russia Replies to Western Note on Berlin Crisis
American sources report Russia has replied to the western powers note on Berlin. John Foster Dulles said the note text is being transmitted from Washington to Paris. The Soviet ambassador delivered Russia’s reply to the State Department, with British and French foreign ministers having also received it. Dr Herbert Evatt urged the German question be brought to the United Nations if no rapid agreement is reached.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
John Foster Dulles
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Washington
State Department
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
United Nations
Western Europe to discuss arms standards and maneuvers
Erland Belgium and Luxembourg to discuss standardization of arms and possible joint land sea and air maneuvers. A V Alexander Britain's defense minister will go to Paris to meet leaders of dominion delegations at the United Nations assembly sessions. Vishinsky accuses the United States Britain and France of organizing the five power alliance against peace and security.
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Russia
GOP and Democratic Figures Attack Communism in Speech Wars
Republican nominee Dewey and running mate Warren pounded Communism amid a presidential campaign clash. Truman planned a major Oklahoma City address as coverage noted party lines and a growing ideological duel.
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Gop
Progressive Party
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Truman
Oklahoma City
Warren
Detroit
Dewey
Los Angeles
New York
CIO Group Sets W-S Meet Sunday
The CIO food tobacco and agricultural workers union will meet in Winston Salem to discuss its pro Wallace stance against Truman endorsement by the CIO political action committee. The FTA has called its regional council from five Southeastern states with political freedom as a key topic.
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Winston-Salem
CIO Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
Truman
CIO
FTA
Telephone Workers Seek Public Backing For Third Round Pay Rise
U S unions including Communications Workers of America and CTO wage groups launch nationwide parades and meetings to win support for a third round raise. They threaten a walkout after October 15 if talks fail, with contracts open to wage talks and 13 cent postwar targets guiding demands. Negotiations continue with AT and T and Western Electric reports an 11 cent rise recently settled.
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CIO Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Michigan Bell
Southwestern Bell
Western Electric
Point Breeze
Southeastern Bell Telephone Co
Washington
Communications Workers of America
Joseph A. Beirne
CTO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CWA
Illiteracy and the Demand for Plain Language in Democracy
A James Marlow column discusses 2.8 million Americans over 14 who cannot read or write, the need for clear public information, and how education levels shape who can understand political and economic texts. It cautions that democracy hinges on accessible writing for all literacy levels.
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James Marlow Washington
Census Bureau
Ees
Snow Blankets Sections Of United States On Weekend
Snow fell in the mountain and west coast states with a cool belt from the eastern Rockies to the Atlantic. Falls were reported at Great Falls and Butte Montana Reno Nevada Austin Nevada Burns Oregon and temperatures dropped near freezing in midwest and New England. The cold spell was expected to linger into the weekend while southwestern coastal areas remained warm into the 90s in Texas.
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Hicago
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
U. S. Weather Bureau
Great Falls
Butte
Mont
Reno
Austin
Nev
Burns
Ore
Midwest
New England
Cadillac
Mich
Houghton
Pellston
Rumford
Burlington
Mercury
Texas
Thurmond Seeks Public Debate With Truman
Governor Strom Thurmond challenged President Truman to a public debate on States Rights and Civil Rights at any venue. Speaking to about 600 people at Rocky Bottom camp, Thurmond accused Truman of civil rights proposals catering to a minority block and criticized military desegregation as jeopardizing national morale.
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Greenville
S. C
Strom Thurmond
Madisonville
Truman
Rocky Bottom
Thurmond
Missouri
South Carolina
Washington
Civil Rights Committee
Crash Delays Man In Rush To Dying Daughter
A tobacco curer from London Ontario, Lacey Bruneau, hired a taxi to reach his dying daughter in Pilot Mountain North Carolina. The crash delayed him and the wrecked taxi driver was fined 28 dollars for careless driving.
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ST. Catherine's
Ont
London
North Carolina
Lacey Bruneau
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Six Polio Cases Reported In North Carolina
Six new polio cases were reported to the state board of health, the lowest daily total since July. The report brings the national toll in the state to sixty six cases.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Polio Cases Rise as North Carolina Hits 2164 This Year
Raleigh report shows 20 new polio cases increasing the year total to 2 164 with all cases in September. The month totals 220 and the week tally reaches 86 with Guilford leading at six cases and minor counts in Davidson Haywood Madison Cleveland Gaston Mecklenburg Orange Randolph Union Wake and Wayne. No new deaths are recorded keeping the toll at 119.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Guilford County
Davidson
Haywood
Madison
Cleveland
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Orange
Randol
Union
Wake
Wayne
State Board
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Clement Attlee
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Donald R. Heath
Kolarov
Bevin
U.N. General Assembly
Miss Carolinas Press
Hazel Holcombe
Mars Hill, N. C
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Chapel Hill, N. C
Associated Press
Carolinas
Mt. Mitchell
CIO Group
Crash
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