Jury to Hear Bost Hit and Run Case in Superior Court
Sam C. Bost of 10 Fifth Street faces three charges after a July 17 collision on the High Point Thomasville highway. The jury trial adjourned with a reckless driving verdict while drunk labels linger, and a new trial date set for the drunken driving count. Parrish's wife sustained injuries. Bost allegedly fled the scene before aid arrived. A stray line on propulsion ends the report.
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Thomasville
Sam C. Bost
Fifth Street
County Superior Court
Bost
Howard Steed
Reck
High Point
Pines
Warren H. Parrish
Jewel Street
Parrish
Ford Myers
Myers
Carl C. Wilson
Weather forecast notes no rain and cool temperatures
The weather man admits previous forecasts misfired and now predicts no rain for the next 24 hours with a high of 88 degrees and a low of 63 tonight. He cites charts and uncertainty as he releases the revised outlook.
Smith Tells Molotov of U. S. Stand
The State Department released details of a Moscow meeting where Ambassador Smith protested the alleged kidnapping of two Soviet teachers. Smith denied U.S. involvement and pledged full, public investigations and possible prosecutions if laws were violated. He said the Samaries could return to the Soviet Union if they wish, not forced. Marshall echoed similar assurances of freedom and protection for those not violating U.S. law.
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Lamarine
Kosenkina
New York
State Department
Molotov
Smith
Michael McDermott
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Marshall
Two Choir Members Die After Car Crash During Lost Colony
Sloan and another choir member were fatally injured while driving. The injured were treated at a local funeral home by Dr. W. W. Johnson and nurse Miss Dorothy Drinkwater before being moved to Elizabeth City Hospital. The Lost Colony’s 351st performance continued through intermission as spectators praised the cast for carrying on.
Russia Seeks Strong Influence in North Africa Postwar
The article outlines Moscow's aim for a strong role in Libya and neighboring regions, considering UN trusteeship or British-linked independence while Fezzan would go to France. It notes Soviet support for returning colonies to Italy to bolster Italian communists and Libyan independence leaders led by Grand Senussi seek freedom and aid for development after the war.
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Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Moscow
Communist Party
Libya
Soviet Union
Cairo
Old Age Ends Chapel Hill’s Favorite Dog Dan the Dog
Dan the Dog, longtime campus head dog and peace-maker at the University of North Carolina, has died after years as a beloved figure on campus. He split time between UNC and Hogan’s Lake, winning affection from students and residents who recall his easygoing presence on Franklin Street and campus paths. He belonged to Carolina in the view of the university community, though Dr. Lee Wiley owned him.
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Jim Dickinson
Chapel Hill
Dan
University of North Carolina
John Hogan
Carolina
Hogan's Lake
University
Lee Wiley
Franklin Street
Cuarieaton
Daily Tar Heel
Ing State
Ee Onte
Spy Witness Relates Fear After Russian Abduction Claim
A 52 year old woman, Mrs Kosenkina, reports fear amid alleged espionage background. She told anti Communist friend Zenzinov at Roosevelt hospital that she felt like a bird in a cage and feared return to Russia after her husband was seized by Soviet police in 1937. Security was tight with police and detectives guarding her room and hospital entrances.
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Kosenkina
Vladimir Zenzinov
Roosevelt Hospital
Reef Setzer seeks apartment conversion of East Avenue building
Board of Adjustments will meet at 4 00 p m Thursday August 19 1948 in the Fire Division office to review, examine plans, and hear public comment on the conversion of an industrial building at East Avenue into an apartment building in High Point North Carolina Joseph D Cox chairman signs notice August 13 1948
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Reef. Setzer
East Avenue
Board of Adjustments
E. K. Ingram
Jos. D. Cox
High Point, N. C
Mystery witness Alexander Koral testifies before HUAC
Brooklyn man Alexander Koral, 53, appears on the witness stand before the House Un American Activities Committee as the mystery witness whose possible testimony could break the espionage inquiry.
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Washington
Alexander Koral
Brooklyn
N. Y
House Un-American Activities Committee
House
International
S Sgt Butler Rites Set For Sunday Service And Burial
The body of S Sgt Abraham B Butler 35 arrived from overseas and will lie in state at Sechrest Funeral Home. Funeral services are at 4 30 p m Sunday in the Primitive Baptist church Mechanicsville with Elder W W Willard officiating. Burial with full military honors in the church cemetery. Butler born April 27 1908 in Hampton Ga came to High Point from Belmont. He entered service in October 1942 served at Seymour Johnson Field and Ft Myers then went overseas January 1944. He died March 8 1944 in a mid air collision over England while flying a B 26 Marauder. He married twice first to Gladys Freeman and then to Daisy Fine. Surviving are two children Freddy June and James Barry Butler from the first marriage, a son David Allison Butler from the second, his parents A B and Mattie Mae Butler, a brother James D Butler, and other relatives.
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Abraham B. Butler
Sechrest Funeral Home
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
W. W. Williard
Butler
Hampton
High Point
Belmont
Armed Forces
Seymour Johnson Field
Ft. Myers
Fla
England
Gladys Freeman
Freddy June
James Barry Butler
Daisy Fine
David Allison Butler
A. B
Mattie Mae Autry Butler
Lexington Avenue
James D. Butler
Ipswich
Mass
Quieter Thomasville Hospital Controversy Stalls
Thomasville hospital staff dispute over admitting Dr. R. P. Harris remains unsettled with no staff or trustee meetings planned before August. Dr. W. G. Smith cites a by law requiring one year residency in Thomasville, while Dr. Harris continues practice without hospital staff privileges.
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Thomasville
Thomasville’s Hospital
W. G. Smith
Doak Finch
Smith
Finch
N. C. English
R. P. Harris
Leaksville - Spray
Winston-Salem
Duke Professor Recognized For Far East Scholarship
Durham August 13 Dr Paul H Clyde Duke University history professor receives high praise for recent Far Eastern history writings The American Historical Review June issue extols The Far East A History of the Impact of the West on Eastern Asia with praise from J K Fairbank and Lennox Mills The essay Post War Governments of the Far East is described as provocative and argues democracy may import but be altered by Asiatic life
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Durham
Paul H. Cide
Duke University
American Historical Review
MacMillan Co
Clyde
J. K. Fairbank
China
Haiva
Duke
Far East
Eastern Asia
New York
Prentice- Hall
Lennox A. Mills
Southeastern Asia
University of Minnesota
Journal of Politics
Asia
Local Welfare Office Strains Under Funds Shortage
Miss Gladis Rivett of the Guilford county welfare department says a flood of relief applicants has burdened the local office as mills cut hours. She notes funds are insufficient to meet demand and the department must stretch money while seeking job aid and self help for many cases.
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Gladis Rivett
High Point
Guilford County Welfare Department
Miss Kivett
Diamond production dominated by United Nations in World War II
During World War II the United Nations controlled 99.9 percent of global diamond output, curbing supply and centralizing control amid wartime conditions.
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United Nations
Retracting Rocket Mounts Highlight Thunderjet Upgrade
The Air Force Thunderjet introduces retracting rocket mounts that auto disappear into the wings when fired. Britannica notes the Mormons pioneered large scale irrigation in the United States.
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Air Force
United States
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