Died Bettie Blue of High Point funeral set at Provident church
Mrs Bettie Blue died Sunday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital. She lived with her daughter at 830 Hoover Street. Survived by one daughter Mrs Fred Strickland of High Point and three sons Will Blue Columbia South Carolina Claude Blue Jackson Spring Kansas City Blue High Point. Funeral services from Provident Presbyterian Church Jackson Spring Thursday at 2 30 pm. Body moved from Hoover Funeral Home to her daughters residence Wednesday afternoon. Lodge notice Pride of Guilford Lodge 47 K of P meets at Odd Fellows Hall Wednesday 8 pm. Elder H Anderson returns from Hamlet revival. Church of God revival ongoing on Sherrod Street.
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Bettie Blue
High Point Memorial Hospital
Hoover St
Fred Strickland
High Point
Will Blue
Columbia
S. C
Claude Blue
Jackson Spring
K. C. Blue
Provident Presbyterian
Sixth Convict Is Recaptured
RALEIGH North Carolina August 9 Recapture of the sixth of nine Negro convicts who fled the Edgecombe County prison camp early Sunday morning was reported today by the prison department. William Bryant 33 was caught by state highway patrolmen near Henderson in the same section where two others Herman Hayes 33 and John Ray 22 were taken yesterday. Prison Director J B Moore blamed the mass break on careless guards and said they were sleeping. Other escapees back in custody are Alex Brown 23 Wortham Miller 25 and Marion Foy Still at large are Buster Burgess 47 Anthony R Stone 24 and Ernest Green 47.
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Raleigh
N. C
Edgecombe County
William Bryant
Henderson
Herman Hayes
John Ray
J. B. Moore
Alex Brown
Wortham Miller
Marion Foy
Buster Burgess
Anthony R. Stone
Ernest Green
Flue Cured Price Average Edges Up This Week
Raleigh August 9 Flue cured tobacco prices on the Carolinas belt yesterday climbed slightly from Friday's close with most grades up 1 to 2 per hundred pounds and some low quality items advancing up to 4. The market showed heavy sales as fair to choice lugs low to good leaf and cutters and low and fair primings moved, with prices listed for lemon leaf and cutters and primings and nonspecific top lots.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Chiefs Of Staff Return From Europe Conferences
The joint chiefs of staff return to Washington from ten day talks in Europe with Atlantic pact nations military chiefs. General Omar N Bradley and General Hoyt S Vandenberg along with Admiral Louis Denfeld will brief the Senate armed forces committee tomorrow aboard the Independence.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Europe
Omar N., Bradley
Army
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Louis Denfeld
Truman
Independence
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Truck Driver Training School Opens Today in Raleigh
North Carolina's first truck driver training school held its first sessions today with a 20 student capacity class. The six week course, conducted at NC State College and sponsored by the State Motor Carrier Association, aims to prepare graduates for driver positions. Much of the equipment, including trailer trucks, was donated by state trucking companies.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
N. C. State College
State Motor Carrier Association
Daventry Boy’s Kite Flight Disrupts Power, Broadcasts
Peter Connerty, 14, followed police guidance and flew a kite in Daventry England. It touched 11 000 volt lines causing a power outage and a breakdown of all BBC overseas broadcasts from the Daventry transmitter. The blackout left movie houses closed and electricity cut to 40 villages.
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Daventry
England
Peter Connerty
B.B.C
Leafs Stretch Carolina Lead Over Cards
League-leading Danville increased its Carolina League margin to eight games with a 6-3 win over Winston-Salem. A 4,301 crowd saw a three-run eighth and an unearned ninth to seal the victory as Winston-Salem attendance rose to 120,515. Other results: Burlington 11 Greensboro 2. Reidsville 6 Martinsville 4. Raleigh 14 Durham 6. Don Siegert homered twice and doubled, aiding Raleigh’s 9-run win. Leo Shoals hit his 43rd homer, a new record.
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Winston Salem
Leafs
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Burlington
Reidsville
Martinsville
Raleigh
Durham
Greenie
Bees
Mike Hasenecker
Harry Jordan
Jordan
Tal Abernathy
Leo
Muscle) Shoals
Adams
Schoolover
Don Siegert
Charlie Miller
Caps
Ace Parker
Curbs on Bowl Games Discussed by NCAA Leaders
Nine collegiate athletic leaders from across the nation plan to set sensible restrictions on bowl games. They form the 1949 NCAA bowl game committee and meet in Chicago to draft rules on sponsors management participation and promotion. The proposals will go to the NCAA convention in New York January 13-14 and would apply to all 890 member schools.
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Chicago
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
New York
Ex Butler Indicted For Murder Of Mrs E O Anderson
Mecklenburg county grand jury indicts Monroe Medlin 23 former butler in the death of Charlotte socialite Mrs. E O Anderson 68. Anderson was shot in her Myers Park home on August 1 during a robbery attempt. Police said Medlin admitted the shotgun slaying.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
E. O. Anderson
Charlotte Society
Monroe Medlin
Medlin
Anderson
State's Cotton Crop Hit By Bull Weevil
North Carolina’s 1949 cotton crop is forecast at 570000 bales, down from 678000 last year. Unfavorable weather and heavy boll weevil infestation blamed for the drop. acreage rises to 811000 acres from 718000.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal
Radio Program Airing Times Across Regions
A note explains local time adjustments for broadcasts. Eastern Local Time is used with Central subtracting one hour and Mountain subtracting two hours. Stations may shift relay times to fit local schedules. Last minute changes are not included.
Evening Radio Schedule Listings for CBS NBC and ABC Networks
A dense 24 hour list of network radio programs detailing show titles hosts and times from 6:00 pm through 12:00 am across Abe and mb networks with news music drama and comedy featuring Hogan's Denyner Mr. and Mrs. North The King's Men and Martin and Lewis among others.
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Cbs Network
Abe-Weet
Mit Apace
Cbs
Abe-Basic
Win
Cbs News
Mbs
Cbs Sports
Beautiful Music
Abe Gregory Hood
Me and
Janie
Abe Mr. and
Mrs. North
Abc
We the People
CBS Television
John Steele
Rex Maupin
Nbe
Korn
News
Abc West
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