Peace Study on Labor Relations Gains National Attention
The Nation Planning Association reports a major study on industrial peace under active bargaining. Fifteen large firms will host Yale Harvard Chicago and California researchers for weeks to produce a practical textbook on harmony between employers and unions.
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Max Hall
Dames Marlow
Ashington
Ins
Nation- Planning Association
NPA
America
Yale
Harid
Chicago
California
Sut
Highway Patrol Reports July Traffic Toll and Activities
The North Carolina highway patrol reported July figures: 494 accidents with 42 deaths and 356 injuries, 42,118 vehicles inspected, 3,868 complaints handled, 4,317 motorists cited, 4,582 arrests including 363 for alleged drunken driving, 48,498 licenses inspected, 727,270 miles traveled, and total collections of 187,362.65 dollars from fines, costs, and recovered property.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
Ex Winston Man Faces Bank Hold-Up Admission
Duluth Georgia police report Capt James T Martin formerly of Winston Salem N C signed a statement admitting he attempted to rob the Duluth bank yesterday He wore an FBI badge and struck cashier Everett Bagwell on the head with a .45 during the incident He was arrested on Gainesville highway with Ocoma Washington plates indicating a possible misidentification by the worker and FBI agents witnessed the admission to the attempted robbery.
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Duluth
A. H. Gravitt
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Winston-Salem
N. C
Gravitt
Bagwell
Martin
Gainesville
Wash
Chief Gravitt
FBI
Police Hunt For Alleged Attacker Near Windsor
Windsor authorities continued the search for a man who attacked 15 year old Lucy Rose White at her home eight miles north of Windsor on Wednesday night. White said a man grabbed her as she exited the back door, struck her, and dragged her to the yard before fleeing as her screams drew attention. She could not identify the attacker.
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Windsor
Lucy Rose White
Here
Tobacco Average Is Going Down
Tobacco average in 17 border belt markets declined as lower quality leaf arrived. Prices fell about 50 cents to 4 dollars per hundred, with the official national average easing from 45.94 dollars. Good lemon leaf dipped while fair varieties fell. low grade primings dropped, and some cutters showed mixed gains.
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Raleigh
Border Belt
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Parole Granted to Richmond Manslaughter Defendant in 3 to 5 Year Sentence
Governor Cherry paroled Carl Reddick, a Negro, who was sentenced in Richmond County last October to three to five years for manslaughter in Willie Leak's death. Also freed were T. S. Crawford II, eight months for receiving stolen property in Gaston, and Curtis Bridges, 18 months for larceny in Wake.
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Raleigh
Carl Reddick
Richmond County
Willie Leak
Cherry
T. S. Crawford
Gaston
Curtis Bridges
Wake
Coroner to Probe Death of Mars Hill Student
Hendersonville August 15 A coroner inquest was set for today into the death of Noah Cecil Rhodes a Mars Hill college student from Wilmington who was fatally shot at the Asheville Hendersonville airport after allegedly threatening a night watchman with a wheel check The watchman J R Dalton is free on 2500 bond in the case Separately unrelated notes mention plant disease bacteria rarely in soil and that watermelons and cantaloupes arrived in the United States in 1818 from Tripoli.
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Hendersonville
Mars Hill College
Asheville- Hendersonville
Noah Cecil Rhodes
Wilmington
J. R. Dalton
Liberty
Pastor and Wife Live in Church in Charlotte
A Charlotte Presbyter ian minister and his wife moved into Seigle Avenue church due to housing shortages. The auditorium serves as living room daily except Sundays while services occur in the same space. They plan a permanent home within a year as fund contributions near three thousand dollars.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Presbyterian
C. A. Harper
Seigle Ave, Presbyterian Church
Radio Program Time Zone Guidance
Eastern standard is used for the broadcast times. Central subtract one hour and mountain subtract two hours for local schedules. Some stations adjust relay times to fit their day. Last minute changes cannot be included.
Radio Schedule Fragment Shows August 15 Programming
A scanned listing outlines a dense August 15 broadcast plan across CBS NBC and ABC with numerous time slots. It includes news reports sports commentary dramas variety shows and serials ranging from The Lone Ranger to Abe Lyman Waltz Time and Dance Music segments.
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Erie Sevareid
Newa
Cbs
United Nations
Lowell Thomas
Nbe World News & Commentary
Nbc Basic
Bob Q. Lewis
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Henry J. Taylor
Kaltenborn
Bob Trout
Dbs Sports
Paul Lavall
Melody
Fanny Brice Sayin Buriives
Aberthur
Cbhs
Briel Heatter
Abe Lyman
Abe Godfrey
Nbet
Cbe
Bill Stern
Eisen Farrell
Marty Drake
Nbe
Mbe
WHPE
Blue Ridge Buddies
Smoky Mountain Norman
WHPRE
Breakfast Patrol
Whee News
Dick Haymes
Eddy Howard
Whpe News
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Phi Moore
Hie
Rearrest Planned For Seven Men In Bush Case
Jackson, Aug. 15. Seven white men freed by a jury last week in the attempted assault on Buddy Bush will likely be rearrested within days. Solicitor Ernest R. Tyler says warrants will charge them with conspiring to break and enter a jail and breaking into a jail with intent to harm Bush under the pe pete anti lynching statute. Governor Cherry plans a hearing with a superior court judge to review evidence. Bush was seized from the jail May 22 and escaped after being confronted by armed men.
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Tyler
North Carolina
Bush
Rich Square
FBI
Grand
College Head And Editor To Make Talks
President Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina and Lenoir Chambers editor of the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch will speak at the threefold University Day celebration linked to The Lost Colony. Chambers speaks at a 1 PM luncheon at the Carolinian Hotel in Nags Head Saturday.
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Chapel Hill
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Lenoir Chambers
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Chambers
Nags Head
The
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Albemarle
Tidewater Virginia
Graham
Welfare Body Is Sworn In By Schenck
associate justice Michael Schenck of the state supreme court swore in a commission to study domestic relations laws and welfare of children. Attending were Attorney General Harry Mc Mullan public welfare commissioner S. E. Leonard commissioner of corrections W E Church and several doctors and judges. Absent were Senator Frank Parker and Larry I Moore. The commission was authorized by the 1945 legislature and continued by the 1947 legislature.
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Raleigh
Chilren
Michael Schenck
State Supreme Court
Harry McMullan
Ellen Winston
S. E. Leonard
W. E. Church
The
Forsyth Superior Court
J. S. Bradway
Durham
Katherine Joeher
Chapel Hill
Escaped convict Willie Bryant captured in Edgecombe County
State police report Willie Bryant a 28 year old Negro who escaped from a chain gang near Rocky Mount Thursday was apprehended late Wednesday in Edgecombe County. Captain W H Stell said the capture followed an intensive search by highway patrol county officers and local police. A second convict Joe Edwards, who escaped with Bryant, remains at large and the search continues.
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Rocky Mount
Willie Bryant
Edgecombe County
W. H. Stell
State Highway Pa
Tarboro
Bryant
Highway Patrol
Stell
Joe Edwards
Raleigh Woman Named Nutritionist for State Extension
Raleigh Miss Rita Dubois of Raleigh has been appointed nutritionist for the State college extension service. She earned a B.S. in home economics from W.C.U.N.C. in 1941, taught at Goldsboro High School for three years, then earned a Masters in Home Economics after returning to Oman’s College.
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College Station
Raleigh
Rita Dubois
State College Extension Service
Verna Stanton
Pennsylvania State College
Presbyterians to Meet Red Springs Leaders in September
The Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina with nine presbyteries will gather at Flora MacDonald College in Red Springs from September 9 to 11 for its annual meeting. The 10th annual PresSynod home missions conference runs September 8 to 9 at the same college.
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Red Springs
Presbyterian Synod of
Justice Schenck Not Planning to Quit Bench
Raleigh Aug 15 Associate Justice Michael Schenck senior on the state supreme court says there is nothing to reports he will retire. Elected by the people to serve until 1950 he will continue to serve until they say otherwise. Born Lincolnton Dec 11 1876 he chaired Hendersonville as mayor 1907 to 1909 and later served as solicitor of the 18th judicial district before becoming associate justice.
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Raleigh
Michael Schenck
State Supreme Court
Justice Schenck
Lincolnton
University of North Carolina
Hendersonville
Practical Driving Combined With Skill Assures Safety
Final article in the series on obtaining a North Carolina driver license. Emphasizes combined sound judgment and knowledge of road rules, courtesy, and vigilance for safe driving. Covers accident reporting, leaving notes, carrying certificates, vehicle equipment, parking, passing, turning, right of way, use of dim lights, and miscellaneous safety rules.
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North Carolina
Coleman W. Roberts
Carolina Motor Club
Highway Safety Division
North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
The
Selling time on border tobacco markets extended
Lumberton, Aug 15. Selling time on Perth and South Carolina border belt flue-cured tobacco markets will rise from four hours to five starting Monday. Daily baskets will increase from 1600 to 2000 per buyer group until further notice. Light early sales render the change of limited immediate impact but it will allow more tobacco to be marketed later as offerings grow.
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Lumberton
Perth
South Carolina
Border Belt
R. C. Rankin
Fred Royster
Henderson
Public Utilities Leader George Womble Dies at 60
George P. Womble, 60, longtime director of public utilities in Rocky Mount since 1929 and noted power plant engineer, died after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at 4 p.m. with burial in Rocky Mount. Survived by widow, two sons Robert Womble of Charlotte and George Womble of Nashville, N C, and one daughter Mrs R L Clark of Rocky Mount. Honeybees have been noted for self sacrificing stings, a line from the clipping follows.
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Rocky Mount
George P. Womble
Louth
Robert Womble
Charlotte
George Womble
Nashville
N. C
R. L. Clark
Winston Will Open Medical Center Monday
Graylyn mansion and eight acres donated in 1946 become a rehabilitation and convalescent center for mild psychiatric cases at Bowman Gray school of medicine. The facility will open Monday with four patients and all 37 beds expected to fill within a month. Formal ceremonies set for Sept. 19 with regional doctors invited.
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Winston-Salem
Baseball season finishes yield 40320 possible orders
The article notes there are 40 320 possible arrangements for the order teams may finish the major league season, illustrating the combinatorial possibilities in standings.
Ex Pointer Dr Johnston Warns on Teaching Nomads at Chapel Hill
Dr L R Johnston former High Point educator now principal of Clifford J Scott High School East Orange N J told Chapel Hill Rotary Club that teaching nomads threaten the education system He cites high turnover and a 1944 education spending of 1 53 percent of national income as factors urging more funding and stable posts Johnston is Alamance County native with degrees from UNC George Peabody and Columbia.
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Chapel Hill
L. R Johnston
High Point
Clifford J. Scott
East Orange
N. J
University of North Carolina
Department of Education
Johnston
Alamance County
The
George Peabody College For Teachers
Columbia University
Soldiers Meet Next Wednesday In Hickory
The S5th annual soldiers reunion opens in Hickory for a week of festivities. The parade draws about 20,000 spectators from Catawba and nearby counties next Thursday with Sen. William B. Umstead set to speak. Events include beauty contests fiddler contest soapbox derby and a dance. Borneo and Australia produce the world's hardest diamonds.
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Hickory
Catawba
William B. Umstead
Administrator's Notice for Mary Bennett Estate in North Carolina
L B Halsup named Administrator for the Mary Bennett estate in Guilford County invites all claimants to present verified claims within one year from first publication. Creditors urged to settle debts promptly. Notice dated August 7 1947 and filed with J P Shore Clerk of Superior Court Guilford County NC.
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Guilford County
North Carolina
L. B. Halsup
Washington Street
High Point
North
Caroline
J. P. Shore
Superior Court of
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