Eight Lives Claimed By Violence
Eight lives were claimed by violence in North Carolina over the weekend including four in traffic accidents and three by gunshots. Victims included Nathan Weinstein and family in a Henderson crash and J C Knight near Sanford. Police also listed Dr Ralph Bowers as death by own action after he was found hanging at an Asheville hospital.
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North Carolina
Miami
Fla
Truch
Henderson
Nathan Weinstein
Elsie
Morton
J. C. Knight
Sanford
Cnr
Ramiee Wood Connady
Imother
Dunn
Reid Starbuck
Southern Railway
Hot Springs
Marine
Lawrence Caldwell
Newbdge
Asheville
Nor
Ralph Bowers
Elizabethton
Tenn
Bowers
Asheville Hospital
First Class University Costs About 30 Million
Washington report analyzes the cost of starting a moderately large university with 5,000 students. Space needs and buildings require about 16.65 million, housing about 4 million more, land and equipment roughly 6.88 million, plus 2.5 million for other starts. Total about 27.5 million for the physical plant and 2.5 million for other initial expenses, with ongoing annual costs around 0.5 million to operate.
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Office of Education
Student Killed As Automobile Overturns In Gaffney
A 21 year old Bob Jones University student from Washington D C was killed when his car overturned near Gaffney Cherokee County near U S Highway 29. Mrs Fred Bartz also of Washington suffered a broken arm and a unidentified child escaped serious injury. The car struck an embankment and overturned while returning to Greenville from Washington.
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Gaffney
S. C
Bob Jones University
Greenville
Cherokee County
Roland T. Clary
Charles Johnston
Washington, D. C
Fred Bartz
Washington
Johnston
Bartz
Clary
U. S. Highway 29
Broad River
Firefighters Battle Roof Blaze at Journal Building
Fire trucks clanged up to the roof of a three story Journal building to battle a blaze. The scene involved emergency crews tackling a difficult roof fire as people gathered nearby.
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Portland
Ore
Journal
Problems Of Budget Taken Up At Meeting
North Carolina food dealers gathered in Winston-Salem for the 21st annual convention to discuss easing family budgets. President E. J. Angelo of Winston-Salem reported on the group's efforts as sessions began, with tours of the R J Reynolds Tobacco plant and a motorcade to Lexington for a barbecue at the Coble dairy farm.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Dad
State Food Dealers Association
E. J. Angelo
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Lexington
Coble Dairy Farm
Patrolman Tricks Motorist By Clearing Window For Fine
Kansas City reports a patrolman stopping a motorist over a cracked rear window. The driver offered to clean the glass within two minutes to avoid the $3 ticket. The motorist then struck the window with a crank, knocking it out and driving away. The note mentions this is the third racing season at Atlantic City’s thoroughbred plant.
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Kansas City
Robert McGarvey
Kansas
McGarvey
Atlantic City, N. J
Foundation Seeks Second Million for Textile Education
The North Carolina Textile Foundation, after surpassing the $1 million goal, aims for a second million to support textile education. A new professorship of knitting will begin at NC State College Textile School this fall, named for Chester H. Roth. Prof W Ed Shinn will fill the role, funded by Standard Hosiery Mills and the Chester H Roth Company for a 10 year salary supplement.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Textile Foundation
David Clark
N. C. State College Textile School
W. Ed Shinn
Clark
Chester H. Roth
Standard Hosiery Mills
Burlington
Chester H. Roth Company
New York
Playwright To Teach In High Point
Three new one act plays by graduate students of the University of Dramatic Art will be presented by the Carolina Playmakers in High Point Tuesday night August 24 at 7 30. The works include The Simple Solution It Is the Night and The Word of a Pirate.
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Chapel Hill
Department of Dramatic Art
Carolina Playmakers
Martha Grattan
Durham
Sg Heniford
Loris
S. C
Edna Dooley
Johnson City
Tenn
Erle Hall
Nashville
Vernell Childress
Wodruff
Bryan Smiser
Little Rock
Ark
Murray McCain
Newport
Heriford
High Point
Sound and Fury
South Carolina
Bullet Piercees Head. 15YearOld Self Removable Wound
A 15 year old boy in Mountairy woke to a gunshot and removed a .22 caliber bullet from his head. Gray Baker of Pinnacle recounted that he, his brother, and a friend were sleeping in Floyd Baker's tobacco barn when the shot rang out. The bullet ricocheted and nearly spent its force before hitting him. He received hospital treatment and was released. Sheriff Sam C Patterson confirmed the incident.
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Mountairy
Gray Baker
Pinnacle
Floyd Baker
Gray
Sam C. Patterson
Accused Persons Involved In Theft Will Be Heard
SANFORD Aug 23 A farmer and his wife Lacy and Mary Lloyd face theft charges for allegedly taking 4150 dollars from a cattle trader They were arrested at their home after a weekend trip to Virginia deputies found 3064 12 with them Cattleman Hamp S Yow reported he allowed milking then slept in his truck and woke to find the Lloyds gone with his wallet missing
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Sanford
Lacy
Mary Lloyd
Virginia
Lloyds
Hamp S. Yow
Yow
Eastern North Carolina Flue Cured Market Opens First Full Week
The Eastern North Carolina flue cured belt begins a full sales week after a two day opening week with farmers averaging $50.80 per hundred pounds. Carolinas border belt markets enter their fourth week as the USDA tobacco branch notes a slight drop in prices and quality. Across the border belt, 110,031,978 pounds sold for an average of $54.29 up to Friday. Eastern markets saw gains of $3 to $9 from last year’s opening week with top lemon cutters at $66 and most grades $39 to $65 per hundred. Total sold was 15,474 pounds, yielding an average $7.46 higher than 1947 opening week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolinas Border Belt
U. S. Agriculture Department
Border Belt
Carolina
Lie detectors mislead even experts say critics and police
A humorous examination of lie detectors reveals they measure breathing and blood pressure rather than truth. Critics note tests are not infallible and can be fooled by emotional acting, while some cases show useful results. The article warns detectors fail on chronic criminals drunks insane and extremely fat individuals.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Library of Congress
Paul V. Trovills
Journal of Criminal Law
Criminology
John E. Reid
Reid
Trovillo
Army Chief of Intelligence Tells of Goering's Capture
Army intelligence head Ellis C. Vander Pyl recounts the capture of Hermann Goering after a raid with 18 cars in Goering's party. He describes pulling Goering from a car and handling Emma and Edda, notes Goering's sharp mind and a test score of 149.2, and mentions a cash hoard found in a treasure hideout.
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Army Chief of Intelligence
Goering
Rcon, CO
INS
Ellis C. Vander Pyl
Army
Jomean Goering
Luftwaffe
VanderPy
Emma
Edda
Vander Pyl
France
Chase National Bank
News of Interest to Colored People and Local Meetings
Local African American groups hold meetings at various churches and homes. Delegates will be selected for a Asheville convention Sept 10 to 13. Several church organizations and clubs meet weekly, and personal notices mention visits, illness, and social benefit inquiries.
Officials Silent On Ormond Double Murder Probe
Columbia police declined to comment as two Fernandina youths, 17 and 19, held since Saturday in connection with the August 14 Ormond, Florida, double murder. Arrested in a car with a Florida license, they faced a .22 rifle, an automatic shotgun, and a revolver. Victims Greg Blount of the University of Kentucky and Mary Hucks of Atlanta were killed. the girl was raped.
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Columbia
S. C
Fernandina
Fla
Ormond
William H. Rawlinson
Florida
Greg Blount
University of Kentucky
Mary Hucks
Atlanta, Ga
Hickory Man Wins Franklin Institute Medal
Raleigh J. Wise of Hickory North Carolina named winner of the Franklin Institute Longstreth medal for high speed telegraphy inventions. Wise, a Western Union research engineer, developed a dry electro sensitive recording blank that stores like ordinary paper with minimal deterioration and change, to be awarded in October in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Raleigh J. Wise
Hickory
N. C
Franklin Institute
Longstreth
Wise
Western Union
Contractor Ends Two-Year Hiccup Plague with Glass Trick
In Pasadena, 69-year-old Theodore L. Syvertson, a retired building contractor, survived near-constant hiccups for almost two years despite visits to about 60 doctors. A neighbor from Los Angeles, Jose Wollert, advised bending at the waist and drinking water from the far side of a glass. Syvertson tried it and, midway through the glass, straightened up and the hiccups stopped permanently.
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Pasadena
Calif
Theodore L. Syvertson
Jose Wollert
Los Angeles
Syvertson
Wollert
New Tru-Aid Formula Promises Relief From Rheumatic Pain
A High Point reader reports rapid relief from rheumatic pains after six weeks of immobility, saying she can walk again and has thrown away her cane. The ad promotes Tru-Aid liquid with three medicines that address rheumatic and neuritic aches and urges purchase at local drug stores.
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High High Point
City to solicit records storage building bids in High Point
Sealed proposals for a Records Storage and Locker Room Building for the High Point Utility Department will be received by the City Council at City Hall until 10 00 A M Tuesday September 21 1948. Separate bids are required for General Construction Heating Plumbing Electrical Wiring Fixtures and Freight Elevator. Plans may be secured from Voorhees and Everhart Architects for a fee with refunds to bidders who submit bona fide bids. A 2 percent certified check or cash accompanies each proposal and the city may reject any or all bids. EB Philips Mayor EB Hinson City Manager A R McMullan Purchasing Agent.
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City of
High Point
N. C
High Point City Hall
Utility Department
Voorhees and Everhart
Wachovia Bank
EB. N. Philips
T. EB. Hinson
A. R. McMullan
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New York City
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