Chambers Hiss case centers on ancient farm records
The House committee clashed over a 1936 Ford title transfer involving Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. Handwriting expert William Rosen testified but refused questions about communist ties. McDowell noted uncertainty over Rosen’s identity among several with the same name.
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Whittaker Chambers
House
American Activities Committee
Hiss
William Rosen
Ford
Rosen
Austria
Rep
McDowell
R-Pa
Chambers
Western Envoys Hold Parley Amid Berlin City Crisis
Western envoys attend a parley over Berlin’s divided capital where the Berlin city hall sits in the Russian zone. The council faces a demand to replace elected members with labor union delegates backed by Communists as police resistance rises amid threat of disruption. Ernst Reuter condemns Soviet pressure while vowing continued resistance.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Ernst Reuter
Russia
Funeral for Mrs Emma Berry in Thomasville church
Mrs Emma Burnette Berry 74 died after an extended illness. Last rites held at Bethel Methodist with Rev D A Oakley and Rev Elgin Doby. Choir and quartet performed. interment in Thomasville City Cemetery with full military honors by High Point Post 619 WFW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Emma _ Burnette Berry
Bethel Methodist Church
D. A. Oakley
Elgin Doby
C. E. Tobin
Willie Myers
Lester Hicks
Robert Rife
Bethel Church
E. E. Bragg
Edd Doby
Virgil Parker
Charlie Myers
Sandy Smith
Roy Pickleheimer
John Pittman
Berry
Lelia Cook
I. A. Grout
First Pilgrim Church
High Point Post
W.F.W. Riat
Floral Garden Park
Funeral rites for Edward Armstrong in Greensboro
Edward Armstrong 75 died yesterday at Wesley Long hospital Greensboro after a long illness. Funeral services Sunday at 11 am at St Marys Episcopal Church High Point with Rev Thomas Smyth officiating. Burial at Guilford Memorial Park. Survived by wife Florence Whittington three daughters Jean Georgia Armstrong and Mrs W P Johnson two sisters Mrs I K Smith Mrs E K Jackson and Mrs B Maule two brothers R K Armstrong and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Armstrong
Wesley Long Hospital
Greensboro
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
High Point
Thomas Smyth
Guilford Memorial Park
Armstrong
Denby
Yorkshire
England
Scotland
Clarence A. MacKay
Europe
United States
Mackay
Jamestown - Guilford College Road
Florence Whittington
Jean
Georgia Armstrong
W. P. Johnson
Durham
I. K. Smith
Hamilton
Ontario
E. K. Jackson
B. Maule
Sheffield
R. K. Armstrong
Fitz— Ga
Polio Patients Move and Return Across North Carolina
Jep E Johnson has been moved from a Greensboro polio hospital to a convalescent facility at Camp Sutton Monroe. Ronald Younts, son of Mr and Mrs John Younts, returns home from Greens boro polio hospital after three and a half weeks. Mrs GC Hensley returns home from High Point Memorial Boulevard unit after two weeks of treatment. Mrs Cora E Yatel and daughter visiting Bedford Pa and Washington DC, staying with Mr and Mrs Robert Reindollar Jr and with Mr and Mrs James Yazel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jep E. Johnson
Phillips Street
Greensboro
Camp Sutton
Monroe
Ronald Younts
John Younts
Route 3
High Point
GC. Hensley
East Green Street
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Cora E. Yatel
C. P. Kirkman, Sr
Bedford
Washington, D. C
Robert Reindollar,Jr
Washington
James V. Yazel
Court Issues Warrants in North Carolina Gambling Case
Court issues warrants and a second bench warrant for Vaughn Cannon amid civil padlocking actions against six of sixteen alleged gambling places. Witnesses link the Cannons to gambling device operations and slot machine proposals. District Solicitor McLean says indictments against gambling establishment figures will go before the grand jury at September term.
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North Carolina
Vaughn Cannon
Cannon
W. K. McLean
Stables Sold at Thomasville to Local Resident
Perkins Pontiac Inc of Salem Street bought Brookdale stables on the Thomasville High Point highway for 7500 dollars from the High Point Lions Club. The club will lease back the stables for five years at 500 dollars annually. About seven acres change hands, with Thomasville Auto Agency buying roughly six more acres. Dave Neill of High Point, a High Point Lions member, is expected to maintain the property as stables.
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Thomasville
Perkins Pontiac, Inc
Salem Street
Brookdale
Thomasville High Point
High Point Lions
Lions Club
Amoun
Thomasville Auto Agency
M. L. Bales
Perkins Pontiac
Iit
Dave Neill
High Int
High Point Club
Writing spree hits Raleigh as pencils vanish from truck
Police report a theft in Raleigh with 50 gross pencils taken from a downtown truck unload. The incident involved about seven thousand two hundred dollars in value and occurred near a city building. A racial note appears in the fragment mentioning the US population.
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Raleigh
Tio Likely To Keep Running His Own Show
The column argues that Moscow’s weakness grows as Yugoslav and other states resist. It notes Ana PuKer’s field appointment signals insecurity. It contends empires built on coercion collapse and praises containment to let Communist revolutions unravel.
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Tio
Russia
Ana Pauker
Moscow
Mooseheart to Be Featured in Sept 4 Post Story
The September 4 issue of Saturday Evening Post will publish a complete Mooseheart story the Child City. Mooseheart sits 35 miles west of Chicago on over 1200 acres along the Fox River in Illinois. Six new homes have opened for boys and girls from infants to Mooseheart high school seniors, says M F Crooks, secretary of the local Loyal Order of Moose lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooseheart
Saturday Evening Post
Olympic Athletes Return Amid Harbor Celebrations
One hundred sixty eight U S Olympic athletes arrived home to cheering harbor celebrations the largest since the first G I contingent. The group included 31 gold medalists led by basketball squad members decathlon champion Bob Mathias of Tulare California and swimmer Ann Curtis of San Francisco.
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New York
U. S
G. I
Bob Mathias
Tulare
Calif
Ann Curtis
San Francisco
City Council Accepts Bid On Shovel
The council approved a contract with North Carolina Equipment Co for a tractor with a bull clamp shovel at 9986 dollars after reviewing bids and delaying action from the August 17 meeting. The low bid for a motor grader was rejected and bids to be reopened after revised specs. The Titanic sinking on April 15, 1912, claimed 1513 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Equipment Company
T. E. Hinson
Public Works
Silas McBee
Weather forecast for Carolinas hints at warmth and dry spell
The extended forecast covers the Carolinas from 7:30 p.m. today to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with temperatures near or above normal in Georgia and South Carolina and several degrees above normal in North Carolina. Rain chances are slight and no major daily changes are expected.
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Carolinas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Refused Entry for 15 Estonian Refugees at Ellis Island
A district immigration board denied entry to 15 Estonian refugees who arrived from Sweden in a small boat and are held at Ellis Island, with a possible appeal to President Truman. The report notes ongoing disaster coverage as a separate line about tornadoes elsewhere.
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New York
Sweden
Ellis Island
Truman
Bigger Ames Store Opens In High Point
Ames, a national ready to wear and children shop, reopens after four weeks of remodeling with nearly double space. An adjoining store was acquired to expand floor space for better service to women in High Point and nearby towns. The chain operates over 80 stores. the local outlet features an 11 color light and color scheme designed for comfort. Mrs Inez Craver to continue as manager.
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Ames
High Point
United States
Inez Craver
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Marlene Dietrich
James Stewart
Chas Winninger
Brian Donlevy
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Raymond Hatton
Judy Canova
Pisgah Baptist Church
Hunt
Cabarrus County
Pentecost Band
Rev
Melvin Howell
Texas
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Donald Duck
Porky Pig
Popeye
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Rocky
Lane “Wild Frontier
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Emma Berry
Rosa Lawrence
Whitener
St. Petersburg
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Elsie Knott
E. H. Lawrence
M. V. Lawrence
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Cecil B. Canipe
Cecil Ben Canipe
Koonce
Bell Canipe
Jay Avenue
South Main Street
Tion
W. Russell ST
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Uncle Ambler
Snuffy
Granny Creeps
Vic FL
Taffy
Jungle Head
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West Broad Street
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E. Awe
Wea
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Chicago
Cena
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Detroit
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Jacksonville
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Guilford Roofing CO
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Buick Care
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
Main Street
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