Housing row in Thomasville over Negro housing in East End
City hall meetings decry sale or leasing of housing to Negroes in East End near Lake and Tremont streets. C R Reed agrees not to sell his four houses for a time, while Marvin Black seeks to build an apartment for Negroes but no permit has been issued. Officials note Lake Street area zoning bans such apartments.
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Thomasville
East End
Marvin Black
C. R. Reed
Lake Street
Tremont Street
Reed
Lake and
R. M. Cooksey
Black
Wood Uses Run Across Four Thousand Ways
The article notes wood serves over 4000 applications while about 40 percent of the wood crop goes to eel and around 28 percent to fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Een
Uel
Sweet Papa But No Hens
Three hens belonging to a Negro farmer on Route 2 were stolen while the owner was away to buy a rooster. The loss was reported to Deputy Sheriff Burch Payne, who noted the man had left because of loneliness and found a substitute rooster but the hens were gone. Deputy Payne hopes for their recovery.
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Thomasville
Burch Payne
Payne
GOP Leaders See Swing in Midwest Districts
GOP leaders note swing potential in last November races as 42 close districts in Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Wisconsin and Ohio could flip with a 5 per cent shift. Senator Jenner failed to push a farm protection amendment to the Marshall plan bill, defeated 48 to 32 led by Senator Anderson.
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William W. Blackney
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
Midwest
Senate
Jenner
R-Ind
Anderson
D-Nm
Secretary of Agriculture
Japs Offer To Drop Big Claim Against The U S
The Japanese Diet proposed abandoning a 13 million dollar claim against the United States over the sinking of the Awa Maru in 1945. The ship was sunk by an American submarine near Singapore on April 1 1945 with 2003 aboard and one survivor. The move, praised as settling a painful episode, faced Communist opposition.
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Tokyo
United States
Singapore
Diet
William J. Sebald
U. S
Japan
R. J. Reynolds Reports First Quarter Gain
Jersey City April 1 The R J Reynolds Tobacco Company reports better first quarter business in 1949 than 1948. James A Gray chairman of the board says estimated net earnings for the quarter are somewhat above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
James A. Gray
Files Claim Against Smith Over Several Years
The record shows claims of 133205.97 for 1943 120403.20 for 1944 126507.12 for 1945 122735.83 for 1946 and 119310.11 for 1947. Deputies failed to locate Smith to serve the execution. He has been pursued on multiple counts for months and was wanted in New Han over county on a lottery charge during the Greensboro lottery trials.
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Smith
New Hanover County
Greensboro
Army Day Struggles Over Unified Armed Forces Plan
Western Europe strategy favors air power first and favors abandoning ground forces if war comes. Army Day speakers, including Sec Royall and Gen Wedemeyer, highlight achievements while a push toward a single unified Armed Forces day faces study.
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Europe
United States
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Bulgarian and Bulgarian Protestant Leaders Sentenced in Sofia
The Bulgarian court sentenced fifteen Protestant leaders to varying terms amid charges of black market activity and government overthrow plots. A U S reaction cited violations of religious freedom treaty provisions. Assembly debates focused on Dutch Indonesian issues Israeli UN membership and Ceylon veto. Count Sforza to lead Italian colony talks. Secretary Acheson defended the Atlantic pact.
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Garian
Sofia
United States
Russia
Ceylon
Carlo Sforza
Washington
Italy
Acheson
Gromyko
Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville Area
The body of S/Sgt. Howard O. Hayes 21 killed in Germany arrives in Thomasville for funeral with full military honors. Also awaiting burial is Sgt. Dallas Houston Lowder 28 with services at Holly Hills cemetery. Betty Lawson Johnson Ida Grimes York and Gary H. Long remembered in services with military tribute and church rites.
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Thomasville
Howard O. Hayes
Green Funeral Home
Sergeant Hayes
Surry County
Charlie C
Lottie Johnson’ Hayes
Jewel Cotton Mill
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Camp Maxey
Tex
Camp Swift
Ft. Dix
N. J
Co. 1
406Th Infantry
Germany
Evelyn Hartman
Hill Street
Hinkle Street
Holly Hills
William C. Miller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Culbreth - Harris Post
American Legion
Bre. S. L. Elkins
Mt. Gilead
Guy
Montgomery
Ala
K. Hedrick
High Point
N. Wilson
Vivian Lowder
Morris Hawkins
Winston - Salem
R. F. Eagle
Betty L. Johnson
Betty Lawson Johnson
Nora Abbott
Rt. 4
Annie Allen
Washington
Ruth Comer
Reidsville
Abbott
Charlie
Rupert Johnson
William R. Johnson
Tokyo
Jim Lawson
Kernersville
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mechanicsville
Ida Grimes York
Lindsay
Sechrest—Funeral Home
Albert S. Hale
First Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
Oakwood Cemetery
J. M. Lancaster
W. J. Carter
Horace Seward
Jack Dunn
Ray Ralls
J. D. Gordon
Marvin Slate
Dan W. Smith
Jesus
Gary Long
Gary H. Long
Calvary Evangelical and Reformed Church
J. A. Palmer
Heidelberg Reformed Church
Beurtne
Palmer
Hubert Lee Fouts
Flowers
George L. Handley
Paul Green
Willis Mack
Lindsay Russell
Warner Swicegood
Raymond Hiatt
Harold Harrison
Boc Sheaf
Death of Robert D. Kramer in Elizabeth City
Robert D. Kramer age 45 secretary treasurer of the Kramer Brothers Lumber company died this morning at his home after a six week illness. Funeral arrangements not yet set. A legal notice warns creditors to file claims by April 21, 1949 in the Bob Cline Shop Inc receivership, with Ben L. Herman as receiver at the Wachels Bank Building High Point North Carolina.
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Elizabeth City
Robert D. Kramer
Kramer Brothers Lumber Company
Bob Cline Shop, Inc
Ben L. Herman
Wachels Bank
High Paint
N. C
Charlotte
Weath
Asheville
L. Angeles
Atlanta
Memphis
Augusta Ao
Meridian
Brem'gham
Miamis
Hoston
Minn- St. i
Mt. Mitchel
Chicago
Orleans
Columbia
New York
Denver
Raleigh
Etroit
Antonio
Vansville
Freisco
Qaveston
Sparta Borg of
High Point
Jacksonville
Washington
Little Rock
Wilkington
Weather forecast for Carolina region with clearing winds
The forecast calls for clearing and windy conditions to ease, becoming warmer inland after noon. Fair skies expected tonight with mild temperatures. Sunrise at 5 08 and sunset at 2 47 for Thursday April 7, 1060.
No 1 Barber Quits Job at Penitentiary
Ohio State penitentiary officials sought their front office barber Clay Sims 47 of Paden City West Virginia personal barber to Warren R Walvis an honor dere mitory trusty walked away from the institution last night Sims serving a life term for the August 8 1930 slaying of John Convert at Cats Creek near Marietta would have been eligible for parole in June 1951
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Clay Sims
Paden City
W. Va
Warren R. Walvis
Sims
John Convert
Cat's Creek
Marietta
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Chamber OF Commerce
Mrs. Fletcher Welch
Joel Davis
George J. James
G. FF. Kearns
Dorothy Gleasner
Agnes Atkinson
O. BE. Spencer
Waldo BE. Carroll
B. W. Hackney
D. D. Arden
Mere, Mary Ruth Milles
Vernon Ellington
John N. Slay
Ralph Copley
Ardmore Circle
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Finn Street School
N. Hamilton St
Ray Street
Willowbrook
Sherrod St
Cable Street
Lake St
Wisher St
Woodrow Ave
Chandler St
Wilbert
Austin St
Ward St
East Green St
Cor
B. Gunn & Cable
Ennis Street
Cor, Ennis & Tyron
Brentwood School
Cloverdale School
Oak Hill School
National Guard Arm
High Point Municipal Board of Elections
Robert M. Martin
Baker
Everett C. Morris
GOP
R. J. Reynolds
KIT Theatre
High Point High School
Phillips
Enterprise
Byrd
Set
Dallas
Houston Lowder
J. C. Green and Sons
Sergeant Lowder
Ornecule Couny
Thomasville Cher Company
Fort Bragg
Green's
H. O. Hayes
Sgt
Dallas Lowder
Womaswell Road
Red Skelton
Janet Blair
the Fuller Brush Man
Cartoon 4
van Johnson
Loretta Young
Motha
Disney Cartoon
7100
Paramount
Betty Hutton McDonald
Clary “Dream Girl
Joan Garfleld
Rial
Roy
Roy Rogers
Devil Horse
Cecil’s Drug Store
Tan
Eve Arden
Jeffreylynn
Sakall i
PLUTO
High
Barber
Carolina
Joe Mecrea
Geo. Sanders Larine Day
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