Eye for sale to help family of six in Kernersville
Ailing mother of six offers to sell one eye for 7000 in a letter to The Enterprise from Mrs. Gladys Conner of a rented four room shack near Kernersville. She says medical bills and debts trap the family as husband John Conner earns about 50 dollars weekly but loses pay for loan deductions. The family faces hunger, repossessed furniture, and car payments while her tired heart worsens from constant strain. MORE ON PAGE 3-A
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Gladys Conner
Kernersville
Mrs. Conner
Wayne
David
Sue
High Point Furniture
Brother Leads Police To Secret Cache In Bank Robbery Case
Adrill Strickland, 25, led officers to a cache under a railroad trestle in Williamston containing most of about $17,000 stolen from a Williamston bank. The total later recovered was $17,348. The trio's crime spree included a second bank holdup in Garner, near Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Williamston
N. C
D. W. Clayton
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Adrill Strickland
Apopka
Fla
State Highway Patrol
FBI
Martin County
M. W. Holloman
Freed PW Found After 12 Hour Search
The Enterprise and High Point radio stations located Mrs. Bennie Watson step mother of Pfc Joseph Watson last night confirming his release from a North Korean prison camp. Watson 20 joined Marines November 27 1951 and was captured October 26 1952. The family formerly lived in Chadbourne then Gresham Washington D C.
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High Point
Bennie Watson
Pfc
Joseph Watson
Chadbourne
Gresham
Cafc
Watson
Korea
Marines
Western Union
Watsons
Clara Cox Apts
Youth Urged To Return To School In North Carolina
State Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford urged 10 000 North Carolina teen workers to quit summer jobs and go back to school this fall He warned that skipping education risks lower future earnings and advancement and stressed the need for a trained workforce to raise per capita income and living standards in the state.
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Raleigh
N.C
Forrest H. Shuford
North Carolina
Shuford
69 Year Old Man Dies In Cane Duel
In Birmingham Alabama a 69 year old man died after a cane duel over a $3 debt. Isaac Magwood aged 59 was jailed on a murder charge. Police say both men carried canes and fought at a mutual friend's home after Johnson demanded repayment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Will Johnson
Howard Cole
Isaac Magwood
J. C. Butler
Johnson
Magwood
Soviets Seal East German Factories Arrest 100 in Riot
Soviet troops and Communist police occupied several East German factories to end anti-Communist demonstrations and arrested at least 100 workers. In East Berlin 200 protesters clashed over a ban on collecting Eisenhower food packages. 15 were arrested. Reports from Telegraf and NW German radio could not be independently confirmed.
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West Berlin
Telegraf
East Berlin
Erfurt
Dresden
Halle
Potsdam
Leuna Chemical
Merseburg
Buna
Magdeburg
Soviet Zone
East
Water found on farm after long water carting
Perth reports for 20 years W A Jones carted water to his wheat farm near Latham for washing and drinking. His son bored near the house and found an ample supply 80 feet down, ending the long water haul.
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Perth
Australia
W. A. Jones
Latham
Nationwide probe eyed to catch tax dodgers
Washington officials say a New England tax evasion sweep that netted 35 dollars per dollar spent will likely expand nationwide in the coming months. The program found hundreds lacking income tax returns and aims to raise millions while teaching filing basics.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
New England
W. A. Gallaghan
T. Goleman Andrews
UK tobacco imports may dip to 100 million pounds this year
RALEIGH August 29 indications are that United Kingdom purchases of U S flue cured tobacco during the current season will probably be no greater and may be even less than in 1952 The UK imported about 10 million pounds last year and the Tobac co Associates Inc report says purchases may be held to around 100 million pounds this year If true UK stocks would be reduced to a 12 months supply by the start of the 1954 55 marketing year and it would be necessary to buy a year s supply annually to stay above the minimum working level
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Raleigh
United Kingdom
Tobacco Associates Inc
U. S
Germany
West German move to ban Nazi tied Reich Party in election push
Bonn reports the federal Interior Ministry will ask the Supreme Court to declare the German Reich Party unconstitutional as democratic forces seek to curb Nazism in the final week of the Sept 6 election campaign. The party led by Nazi veterans campaigns across six states, aiming to swell Parliament with a rightist bloc. Chancellor Adenauer tours North Germany amid warnings the party could attract other far right factions.
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Germany
Reich
Federal Interior Ministry
Supreme Court
German Reich
Free Democrats
Konrad Adenauer
Hesse
Baden-Wuerttemberg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Hans Rudel
Hitler
Werner Naumann
Rudel
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Air Force
Adenauer
POW Repatriates Arrive as 437 Ex-POWs Land in San Francisco
The Navy transport Gen. William F. Hase docked at Fort Mason with 437 freed American POWs, including an account of a few assaulted by pro-Communist inmates. Returnees, greeted by families and Red Cross, head home on 30-day leaves with back pay and free long-distance calls.
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Navy
William F. Hase
United States
Harry E. Borie
Philadelphia
Pfe
Billy Brown
Houston
Tex
Otis W.,brown
Elsi Norwood
Yalu
Red Cross
Alfred F. Bucher
Richmond
Richmond Red Cross Chapter
Bucher
Golden Gate
Far East
Local Weather Outlook With Temperatures and Sun Times
The forecast calls for a high of 97 degrees and a low of 66 tonight. Last night’s low was 65 and yesterday’s high reached 96. Sunset is set for 6 51 PM and sunrise tomorrow at 5 51 AM.
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