Guard Unit Alerted By Gov McCord In Polk County Turmoil
Governor Jim McCord ordered the first battalion of the 278th regimental combat team to stand by in Cleveland Tennessee after Polk County sheriff said disorders were out of control following yesterday's election. Five people were wounded and two others found dead in Polk County amid election day violence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jim McCord
Tennessee
Polk County
Hilton Butler
Cleveland
Bradley County
Polk
Benton
Butler
Dwight McReynolds
McMinn County
Athens
McMinn
Bank Reports Shortage In Teller Account
Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham reported a teller shortage of 2997.40 in Leola Lee’s account. The bank notified the federal authorities and filed a bond-covered claim with assets around 5 million dollars. officials stressed no bank losses beyond the bond.
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Raleigh
Mechanics and Farmers Bank of
Durham
Gurney Hood
Federal District Attorney
John Hall Manning
Federal Bureau of Investigation
C. Taulding
J. H. Wheeler
Hood
Leola Lee
American Surety Company
Mechanics One A Etion
Opera Y News
Carolina Weather Notes For Saturday Forecast
Fair and light winds with slightly cooler east portions today. Tonight clear and cool with increasing cloudiness. Saturday expects fair weather and warmer temperatures. Sunrise and sunset: 6:?? and 7:?? with temperatures around 81.
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Carolina
Lear
Spruce Pine Hotel Burns in Overnight Fire
The 40 room Topliff hotel in Spruce Pine burned early this morning, leaving the two and three story landmark largely destroyed. All guests and staff escaped unharmed except Arnold Grindstaff who was overcome by smoke and is in Williams clinic in unknown condition. Firefighters faced oil storage explosions and smoke and water damage. the three story addition remains standing but smoke and water damaged. Mrs Guffey of Raleigh, connected with the state board of health, was among the guests registered last night.
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Topliff
Arnold Grindstaff
Wing
Williams Clinic
Spruce Pine Volunteer Fire Department
Guffey
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Senate panel drops spy probe blames president
Senate investigators suspend hearings on a communist spy ring citing President Truman and Attorney General Clark. The panel refused to release FBI records on William W. Remington amid claims the probe would reveal a high level espionage network. The House committee pursued its own secret inquiry with minimal public detail.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Truman Administration
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Tom Clark
FBI
William W. Remington
House
American Activities Committee
Hunt
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Clark
Remington
Truman
Congress
License Board Proposed For Shine Boys
Raleigh, Aug. 6 tentative plans aim to ask the next general assembly to set up an examining and licensing board for shoe shine boys. Sponsors say the unregulated workers, mostly young Negroes, threaten public health and morals. The idea began with Leroy Martin and Clarence Stone amid budget inspection talks, with pledges from Kerr Craig Ramsay John Umstead and Larry Moore.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Shine
Leroy Martin
Clarence Stone
Kerr Craig Ramsay
Advisory Budget Commission
John Umstead
Larry Moore
Two Die In Plane Crash Near Miami
A navy transport plane collided with a Stearman trainer 23 miles north of Miami. Ten sailors died. two trainer occupants escaped. Names released include Pilot Lt. Comdr. Walter Bas. Poe Jr. and John Hackett survived. Hackett received hospital treatment for facial cuts. Poe, an Army Air Force veteran, was reportedly at the controls during the collision.
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Miami
Fla
Navy Board of Inquiry
Navy
Stearman
Here
M. Poe Jr
John Hackett
Poe
Army Air Force
Hackett
Navy Today
Comdr
Walter” Bas
Former State Deputy Robbins Hiding Out in Wake Jail
William M. Robbins, 51, sought for six years on embezzlement charges from the state revenue department, remains jailed in Wake county. Robbins allegedly embezzled $744.85 as deputy field collector between 1940 and 1941. Seven other revenue department employees received prison terms from one to 10 years. Robbins, a Charlotte native, surrendered in Richmond, Virginia, and was extradited to Raleigh. The Wake Superior Court term begins September 1.
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Raleigh
William M. Robbins
Revenue Department
Wake County
Robbins
State Revenue Department
Charlotte
Richmond
Wake Superior Court
Tactics Backfire Methods Used by House Un-American Activities Committee
James Marlow reports on how four congressional committees probe wartime spy rings with public accusations and named defendants drawing fire from critics. The piece contrasts private Canadian methods with the House committee's public hearings and quotes The New York Times and The Washington Star criticizing the tactics for risking innocent people.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
James Marlow
Washington
Congressional
Ney
Truman
New York Times
Washington Evening Star
the Times
the Star
House Committee
Royal Commission
Canada
Canadian Commission
Crump Suffers Dual Setbacks in Tennessee Primaries
In Tennessee, Democrat F E H Crump loses both Senate and Governor races as Kefauver Mitchell and Browning lead. Violence reported in Polk county with one death and another wounded. Republican Carroll Reece wins Senate nomination. Roy Acuff secures GOP gubernatorial nod.
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Estes Kefauver
Crump
John A. Mitchell
U. S. Senate
Tom Stewart
Mitchell
Gordon Browning
Jim McCord
Kefauver
Browning
Shelby County
Memphis
Tennessee
Cooper Basin
Benton
Polk County
McAlister
Henry Horton
Stewart
McCord
Carroll Reece
Reaty
Republican National Committee
Roy Acuff
Mill Owners Announce Four Day Week Cutbacks
Consolidated Textile mills in Shelby North Carolina and Lynchburg Virginia will switch to a four day week starting Monday, as part of a temporary change to normalcy. In Boston experts note four day reductions affecting fine cotton plants but expect a quick return to five days by summer’s end.
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Lynchburg
Shelby
N. C
Consolidated Textile Corporation
I. L. Langley
Dan River Mills
Danville
Consolidated
Boston
New England
Child Killed by Backing Truck in Smithfield
Two year old Bobby Gene Moore died when a dry clean truck backed over him in Smithfield North Carolina. Coroner J Durwood Creech ruled the death an accident and absolved driver Radford Munden of Four Oaks.
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Smithfield
N. C
Bobby Gene Moore
J. Durwood Creech
Radford Munden
Four Oaks
Western Envoys Meet Molotov Over Berlin and Four-Power Talks
Western envoys from the United States Britain and France held a three hour interview with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow regarding Berlin questions. The diplomats planned a possible four power communique and a new foreign ministers council meeting. Stalin was not present at the Kremlin conference which began around 5 p m local time.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Berlin
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Kremlin
Stalin
London
Foreign Ministers’ Council
National Zeitung
Eight Per Cent Wage Rise At Pickett Mill
Pickett Cotton Mills in High Point has granted an eight percent wage increase affecting about 425 workers. Similar raises were announced for P. H. Hanes Knitting Company plants in Winston-Salem, covering 625 employees, lifting the minimum hourly rate to 90 cents. Ratifications planned this weekend with Highland Cotton mill officials and union reps are set for next Wednesday at Sheraton hotel.
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Pickett Cotton Mills, Inc
High Point
Robert A. Parker
Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
Parker
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem
Highland Cotton Mill
Sheraton Hotel
Highland Mill
Pickett
Charlotte
Southeastern Textile Mills
Greenwood
Mathews
Still Anti Marxist U S Communists Refuse To Reinstate Browder
The 14th annual Communist party convention rejected Earl Browder's bid for readmission. Delegates found Browder still anti Marxist and active in anti party activity, arguing his return would harm the party. Browder cited Yugoslav tensions and urged unity to protect world socialism.
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U. S
Browder
New York
Communist Party
Earl Browder
America
Senate Passes Non Subsidized Housing Measure
The Senate sent to the House a housing bill without low rent or slum clearance subsidies amid a voice vote. It replaced the Taft Ellender Wagner plan after a 4 to 36 substitute vote, and the chamber overrode a banking committee stance.
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Washington
Senate
House
S & Small
Chamber
Banking
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Truman
Kart
R-Ind
Tobey
R-Nh
McCarthy
R-Wis
Sparkman
D-Ala
Polio totals rise in North Carolina for a day
Raleigh reports 160 new polio cases in five days this week, as the year’s total climbs to 1,253. Health officials note most new cases began in July and flag county by county tallies from Alamance to Yadkin, with Alamance, Catawba, Guilford and Mecklenburg among those reporting multiple cases.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Board of Health
C. P. Stevick
Alamance
Catawba
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Burke
Forsyth
Johnson
New Hanover
Sampson
Avery
Davidson
Gaston
Macon
Wilkes
Buncombe
Cleveland
Duplin
Harnett
Randolph
Stanly
Stokes
Wake
Wayne
Yadkin
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F E. H. Crump
Phis
Cruap
Vivienne Woolley-Hart
Park Avenue
Woolley-Hart
Molotov Center
Pickett Mill
William
Foster
Yugoslavia
World Movement For Socialism
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