Ex-Convicts Tour NC Schools With Mock Electric Chair Exhibit
In Selma North Carolina two ex convicts with 20 years combined serve a grim lesson in crime prevention They built a home made electric chair to tour public schools The device includes a helmet electrode chair and control panel They plan to show the death cell process and split proceeds with schools to deter youth
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Selma
N. C
North Carolina
Ernest Strickland
Hubert Tew
Strickland
Lectures On Cyanogen Chamber Debated At Local School
Strickland promised to explain in lectures how the cyanogen chamber operates. The first engagement occurred last week at a Negro high school near Smithfield, drawing attention to the subject.
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Strickland
Smithfield
Thanksgiving grace and blessings in a old verse
A short rhymed meditation on gratitude for Thanksgiving. It lists blessings and a light verse about ascribing thanks for gifts, table grace, and a playful note on who gets the wishbone and who prefers dark meat.
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Old Solomon
Potatoes Trade Forged by Tiny Salt Spoon Barter
In the south sea islands a single tea spoon of salt is exchanged for a peck of potatoes. The small scale barter highlights local trading customs and valued staples. This brief note documents an exchange reflecting resource priorities and price perception in island economies.
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South Sea Islands
CIO Upholds Marshall Aid Program at Portland Convention
At the CIO meeting in Portland about 30 of 600 delegates opposed the foreign policy resolution. The plank backed the Marshall plan, urged UN reform, disarmament and independence for colonized nations, while condemning Franco Spain and leftist influence. President Murray accused left wingers of exploiting the convention for communism in a Cold War battleground.
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Portland
U.N
Russia
Germany
Japan
Franco
Spain
Philip Murray
CIO
Housing Drive Mapped by Government Plan
Washington AP reports the Truman administration will seek congressional and private sector aid to boost housing production and reduce prices. Key features include renewed federal aid for low rent housing for veterans, loans and grants for slum clearance, support for farmers to obtain adequate housing and repairs, and a joint research program with private industry.
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Washington
Congress
Raymond M. Foley
Truman
Foley
Farmme Ee
Czech Spy Ring Sought G I Data
The army disclosed that a Czech spy ring in Germany was gathering information on American occupation troops and regional activities. More than 20 spies were rounded up November 9 in the American and British zones, mostly natives or Sudeten Germans.
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Frankfurt
United States Army
Germany
United States
V F W Crimson Corps Names 1949 Officers
Benjamin P. Dvorak announced the 1949 Crimson corps officers for the Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788. Milton Chase is drum major, Richard Diehl drum sergeant, Dick Brague bugle sergeant, and Jack Fromm is instructor. The corps holds state and national titles and seeks new drummers buglers and cymbal players.
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Benjamin P. Dvorak
Crimson Corps of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 788
Milton Chase
Richard Diehl
Dick Brague
Jack Fromm
Crimson Corps
V.F.W
Dvorak
Tito Switch West Denied In Belgrade
Reports from Belgrade dismiss rumors that Marshal Tito seeks Western economic aid or alignment. Authorities say no accelerated talks with the West are under way and Yugoslavia continues its Moscow trade talks despite delays. Tito criticizes Soviet bloc countries for harsher treatment of Yugoslavia than the Capitalists.
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Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Slovene Communist Congress
Russia
Cominform
Moscow
Russian
Soviet Union
Industrial plans shift as Yugoslavia seeks machinery
The report notes strained access to new machinery for Yugoslavia's five year industrialization program. It mentions efforts to obtain oil from Britain and pressure on existing industrial plants and enterprises.
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
Osaaa
Yugoslav Economy Faces Shortages and Village Wealth Claim
The article notes targets met for the year but laments manpower shortages and transport issues hindering industry. It states living standards for workers, state employees, and city residents are low while Boris Kidrich, head of the state planning commission, says 80 percent of Yugoslav farmers are getting rich from food and monetary surpluses.
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Boris Kidrich
State Planning Commission
Yugoslavia
Thanksgiving Service at Christian Science Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist at 1242 Second Avenue SE holds its regular Thanksgiving service Thursday at 10 45 am. Christian Scientists will give testimonies appropriate to the occasion. The service is open to the public.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Second Avenue SE
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Associated Transport, Inc
Burlington
Tommie
American Trucking Associations
Washington, D. C
ATA
Ford
America
Tanck Ke Sqrendins
Peroce
Ge Coustry
Ike Wildie
Hearn-Stevenson Motor
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G.I. Data
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Martin
Virginia
First Avenue
Optical Service
M. E. Garmoe
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Third Street
Conoco
Maron
Continental Oil Company
Christian Science Church
State of
Iowa
Linn Coun
Towa
Linn County
L. W
Carl Hendrickson
Dean
Doan
Zemo
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