Ex-Convict Professor Charged in Nurse Assault
In Columbia South Carolina on August 5 Ann Pierce a 35 year old nurse remained critically injured after an attack with a pistol butt Russell B Maxey 45 USC associate engineering professor was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill if she dies the case could become murder He has been jailed since his arrest at Miss Pierces suburban home earlier this week He previously served time in federal prison for mailing obscene matter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell B. Maxey
University of South Carolina
Columbia
Ann Pierce
Maxey
S. C
Miss Pierce
T. Alex Heise
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Federal Correctional Institution
Tallahasses
Fla
Norman M. Smith
Frazier Found Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder
A Redwood City jury convicts Kermit O. Frazier 34 of second degree murder for slaying Mrs. Mary Thompson, mother of his would be wife, and also felonious assault on her twin daughters Doris and Sharle. Sentencing due this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
Kermit O. Frazier
Air Force
Mary Pson
Atherton
Doris
Sharle
California
Frazier
Thompsons
Doris Thompson
Denver
Winston-Salem
N. C
Tito Flags Troop Alert in Yugoslavia Amid Rumors
Premier Marshal Tito warned of provocations from eastern neighbors and ordered Yugoslav troops on alert to safeguard the socialist state. He cited clashes in Macedonia and accused Moscow aligned powers of spreading threats while affirming commitment to Marxism Leninism even against those principles' creators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tanjug
Macedonia
Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Tito
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Red Army
Moscow
Ingrid Bergman Announces Divorce and Retirement
Ingrid Bergman said she will divorce Dr. Peter Lindstrom and quit the movies. She plans to marry Italian director Roberto Rossellini after the divorce and retire from public life, filing in Italy or Sweden as her representative stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Joseph Steele
Roberto Rossellini
Miss Bergman
Italy
Sweden
Steele
Rossellini
Stock Respond To Favorable News
Commonwealth and Southern stocks led the market with blocks up to 80,000 shares trading at 5. Pepsi Cola rose after resumed dividends. National Dairy dividend increase boosted its price. U S Steel Goodrich International Harvester National Distillers Columbia Gas American Smelting General Electric Radio Corp Southern Railway Texas Co gained while Bethlehem Steel Chrysler U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Dow Chemical Du Pont International Paper Union Pacific American Woolen declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commonwealth & Southern
Pepsi- Cola
National Dairy
U. S. Steel
Goodrich
International Harvester
National Distillers
Columbia Gas
American Smelting
General Electric, Radio Corp
Southern Railway
Texas Co
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Dow Chemical
du Pont
International Paper
Union Pacific
American Woolen
Doctor Dies in Henderson After Heart Attack
Henderson Aug 5 The dean of the Henderson medical profession Dr. R. T. Upchurch died last night following a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Henderson Medical Profession
R. T. Upchurch
Marshall Withdraws as Director of State News Bureau
John Marshall of Raleigh withdrew as a candidate to succeed Bill Sharpe as director of the State News Bureau amid conflicting statements after a Morehead City meeting of the advertising committee. Marshall had backed the rural roads and school building bond issues and enjoyed gubernatorial backing for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
John Marshall
Raleigh Today
Bill Sharpe
State News Bureau
Marshall
Better Schools and Roads, Inc
Scott
Jack Riley
Raleigh News and Observer
Morehead City
State Board of Conservation and Development
Sharpe
Former Greensboro Bank Teller Charged With Embezzlement
Charles W. Brown of the Charlotte FBI announced the arrest of Haskell Herman Godfrey a former Greensboro bank teller. He faces embezzlement charges under the Federal Reserve Act for taking 4450 from the Bank of Greensboro July 1. Godfrey was nabbed with 989.09 in cash. he admitted the theft and said he used the rest for clothes travel and an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
FBI
Greensboro
Charles W. Brown
Haskell Herman Godfrey
Godfrey
Bank of
Brown
Lexington Man Buys Publicized Bop City
Former Lexington resident Lloyd Vernon Kirby, 26, has purchased the Bop City in Carolina Beach and plans to run it as a juke-box dance hall selling only soft drinks. Previous owner A W Dugan Jr faced an injunction over beer licenses and sales to minors with liquor openly displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Beach
Lexington
Bop City
Lloyd Vernon Kirby
Kirby
A. W. Dugan, Jr
Changsha Falls to Reds as Nationalist Army Revolt Reported
Cantón dispatch reports Changsha capitulated to the Red Army with credible word of a nationalist revolt in Hunan. Gen Chen Ming jen and Gen Cheng Chien reportedly defected, potentially opening a swift communist advance toward Canton and reshaping southern front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Changsha
Chen Ming-jen
Hunan
Chen
Cheng Chien
Cheng
Reds
Pai Chung-Hsi
Kwangsi Province
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Eastern North Carolina tobacco prospects seen as best in years
A marketing specialist from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture says Eastern North Carolina tobacco prospects are the best in years after a favorable growing season. Eastern belt sales begin August 18 with generally firm prices and strong auction averages for week totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
W. P. Hedrick
Carolinas
U.S
N.C
Blount Serves On A&NC Board Amid Major Rail Talks
Judson H. Blount of Greenville continues as chairman of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad board as governor Scott retains him. Directors and officers to be chosen at Morehead City meeting amid state ownership influence and plans to connect Camp Lejeune with the main line near Havelock and Cherry Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Judson H. Blount
Greenville
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Scott
Morehead City
A&nc
Goldsboro
Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad
Pint Hill
J. T. Kingsley
Norfolk
Major Kingsley
Norfolk-Southern Railroad
M. G. Mann
Preenent
Guy W. Hargett
Richands
R. Mayne Albright
Hilton Smith
L. V. Morrill
Snow Hill
H. L. Joslyn
Beaufort
Thurman Williams
Grifton
Ray Henderson
New Bern
Garland E. Bobbitt
State Ports Authority
Camp Lejune
Havelock
Cherry Point Marine Base
Norfolk Southern
North Carolina Ailroad
Southern System
Charlotte
North Carolina
Cherry Point
Wannc
F. E
Lew) Wallace
Kinston
Guy Hargett
Mayne Albright
Judson Blount
War Contract Scandal Spurs Senate Probe Across Agencies
Comptroller General Lindsay Warren reports fraud and waste in wartime contracts totaling over 11 million dollars in a sample of 1.165 billion, with 2.34 million lost to improper payments and 474 thousand refunded. Senators Mc Clellan and Hoey vow broad investigation into alleged improper conduct by Army officers government personnel and civilian contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lindsay Warren
McClellan
D-Ark
Hoey
D-Nc
Warren
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
New York City
Administration Revises Arms Aid Bill for Europe
The administration sent a rewritten arms for Europe bill to Congress on August 5 removing presidential power to decide when and where aid is given. The $1.45 billion program specifies recipient countries and retains the same overall cost. Secretary Acheson and Defense Chief Johnson endorsed the revised measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Kee
D-Wva
Foreign Affairs Committee
Connally
State Acheson
Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Acheson
Couple Charged After House Fire In Kinston
In Kinston authorities secured warrants for Charles and Grace Burcell after Lloyd Cummings confessed to starting the blaze to fund a fresh start. Cummings is jailed on arson with a $3,000 bond. the Burcell home was insured for $18,000. He claimed he carried a gallon of gasoline from the Burcells, lit a closet with a match, and fled as flames were put out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
Marin Haskins
Charles
Grace Burcell
Lloyd Cummings
Burcell
Haskins
Cummings
Conflicting Accounts On Governor Scott Deep Freeze Unit
Raleigh August 5 conflicting versions emerged over why a state truck delivered a deep freeze unit from Governor Scott's farm to Raleigh The governor said it was for the executive mansion then deemed unsuitable and sold A former state official said the unit was brought to Raleigh to be sold with Betts claiming he helped move it for easier sale The governor's secretary said Scott did not know how it moved and left the disposal to Betts A High Point report said state truck and prison labor moved it for sale to a Selma physician and highway official Dr Earp stored it at a Raleigh GE dealer and service man installed it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Scott
W. Z. Betts
Division of Purchase and Contract
Betts
Haw River
Charles Parker
Parker
High Point
R. E. Earp
Selma
State Highway Commission
President Truman Presses Education Aid Bill With Leaders
President Truman urged Democratic congressional leaders to push the federal aid to education measure through. The proposal faces strong dispute over allowing public funds for private and parochial schools and may affect House floor action. House Education and Labor Chair Lesinski declined to say if the committee will reconvene. Rep. McCormack said Truman pressed for passage to fulfill a 1948 campaign pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
House
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Education and Labor Committee
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Truman Nominates Voorhees for Army Under-Secretary
President Truman names Tracy S. Voorhees to advance from assistant secretary to under secretary of the Army in a formal nomination announced today. The move elevates Voorhees within the Defense Department structure as the administration seeks continuity in wartime management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Tracy S. Voorhees
Army
Turmoil Over State News Bureau Directorship Emerges
Unsettled leadership and advertising agency selection create confusion at the state news bureau. John Marshall requests no longer being considered for director, Jack Riley withdraws from the prospect list, and a Morehead City meeting failed to resolve both issues. Loss of momentum and tourism publicity follows as changes loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
News Bureau
Jack Riley
News and Observer
Riley
Capitol Square
Marshall
New Policy Outlined By Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson outlined a new anti communist policy for the Far East saying the Nationalist government in China failed and the United States should encourage developments to resist Soviet backed communism. He warned Chiang Kai Shek's leadership bore responsibility for the civil war outcome and suggested future UN backed actions if China aggresses neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Acheson
China
State Department
America
Far East
Wedemeyer
Truman
U. S
Russia
United States
United Nations
Chairman Connally
Dtexas
Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
Snowland
nun-Calif
Chiang
10 Cent Bus Fare Okayed
Raleigh August 5 Riders on Duke Power Company street buses will pay a 10 cent cash fare or three tickets for 25 cents starting August 16 The State Utilities Commission approved the increase covering Duke buses in Charlotte Winston Salem Greensboro Durham High Point Salisbury Spencer and East Spencer The rise is expected to yield about 612000 more yearly income for Duke while the company reported losses of 459559 54 last year and 32782132 for the first five months of this year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Duke Power Company
State Utilities Commission
Duke
Charlotte
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Durham
High Point
Salisbury
Spencer
East Spencer
Commission
Fisheries Group In Emergency Meeting
An emergency meeting of the commercial fisheries committee of the board of conservation and development is set for next week in Engelhard North Carolina. Conservation Director George R. Ross says the group will study proposals to regulate shrimping in state waters after coast fishermen warned of many out of state trawlers and heavy fish losses from shrimping operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Board of Conservation and Development
Commercial Fisheries Committee
George R. Ross
Engelhard
Carolina
Ross
Nort Carolina
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French Riviera
Cannes
Paris
Rep
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Eastern Leaf
Comptrollers
Deep Freeze
General Electric
G. E
Dr. Earp
By Lynn Nisbet
Conservation and Development Board
Fisheries Group
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