Twelve Are Killed Over Week End
Twelve people died in North Carolina over the weekend in a mix of road crashes drownings burns gunshots and a knife attack. Victims include Hugh Hill Patterson 6 of Maxton Roy J Beach 57 of Hildebran Norman Suttles East Flat Rock and others in Lexington Hendersonville Kinston Yadkinville Forest City Ra adkin county and Oxford. A playmate’s gun discharge killed 15 year old Bobby Ray Holder and Goldie Grainger 23 was knifed in Columbus county with his father Ruffin Grainger 47 charged with murder.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Hugh Hill Patterson
Maxton
Roy J. Beach
Hildebran
Burke County
Nathan J
Pete) Bailey
Lexington
Norman Suttles
East Flat Rock
Hendersonville
A. R. Gilmore
Marshville
Daniel Thomas Royall
Kinston
E Tice
Yadkinville
Minnie Parker White
Forest City
Koyed Smith
Oxford
Bobby Ray Holder
Adkin County
Jake F. Brown
Herby Saunders
East Bend
Herman D. Stanley
Goldie Grainger
Columbus
Ruffin Grainger
Swamp Root Claim For Sleep and Urinary Relief
Generations ago Dr. Kilmer touted Swamp Root a 16 herb medicine to flush kidneys ease excess acidity and improve urine flow. The ad promises better sleep after early doses and offers a free trial from Kilmer Co. Stamford Connecticut or full bottles at drugstores.
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Kilmer
Dept. R. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Peanut Voting Comes Tues
North Carolina peanut producers are urged to vote yes in the Tuesday referendum on acreage and quotas for the crop. North Carolina Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell calls farmers in 44 counties to back the government program to safeguard price support. a two thirds favorable vote would secure ten and one tenth cents per pound and loans at ninety percent parity under the 1948 plan.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Harry B. Caldwell
State Farmers Watch Taxes Go Skyward
North Carolina farmers paid 33 cents more per acre in real estate taxes than 37 years earlier while South Carolina rose 10 cents. Tar Heel taxes climbed from 8 to 41 cents per acre from 1909 to 1946, ranking second highest nationally. Florida saw the biggest increase at 804 percent. A tax expert notes rising taxes without naming himself. A German magnet product called Oerstit 400 contains metals including 8 percent aluminum and 16 percent nickel.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Florida
Bureau
Tobacco Sales Near Final Stage In North Carolina Belts
Tobacco sales in North Carolina near season end with only two belts active. Eastern belt auctions closed earlier. middle and old beds remained with mixed price trends and minor gains in prices for some leaf grades. The season’s average fell to 28.69 for last week and to 43.02 for the eastern belt with 183 572 005 pounds sold.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Border Belt
Eaker
Two Kill Each Other in Gun Battle at Party
In Pemberton West Virginia a 50 year old coal miner Robert Lee Aliff and his 26 year old nephew Lewis Fannon shot each other during a drinking party. Witnesses say Fannon fired a shotgun into Aliff's stomach and Aliff shot back, both dying at Beckley hospital.
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Pemberton
W. Va
Cpl. C. A. Thompson
Lewis Fannon
Robert Lee Aliff
Fannon
Beckley
Thompson
Thieves Take $300 In Easy Fashion
Baltimore readers recount a church burglary at St. Matthew's Evangelical Church where thieves entered through a hole cut from the pastor's study into the vault. They escaped with about $300, finding a steel door and tile and lathing wall no obstacle for an easy entry.
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Baltimore
St. Matthew's Evangelical Church
Thomasville Man Injured In Motorcycle Crash
Red Saintsing, 21, of near Thomasville, suffers a broken arm and dislocated shoulder after his motorcycle collides with another ridden by G. W. Ensley on the Winston-Salem road. Ensley escapes injury by jumping from his bike as a car ahead slows. Deputy Sheriff Burch Payne investigates the crash.
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Thomasville
Red" Saintsing
City Memorial Hospital
G. W. Ensley
Winston-Salem Road
Ensley
Burch Payne
Raleigh Photographer Heads State Press Photographers Association
The Raleigh News and Observer chief photographer R. W. Stephens was elected president of the Carolinas Press Photographers Association at its annual Greensboro meeting. Other officers include Hugh Morton first vice president Don Martin second vice president John Havlicek recording secretary and Richard Minor treasurer.
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Greensboro
Raleigh News and Observer
R. W. Stephens
Carolinas Press
Stephens
June Glenn, Jr
Asherville Citizen-Times
Hugh Morton
Wilmington
Don Martin
Charlotte News
John Havlicek
Greensboro Daily News
Richard Minor
Burlington Times- News
WHPE Radio Schedule and News Lineup
The listing shows WHPE and WHPR broadcasts from morning through sign off with programs including D'Amico Quartet El Harem Show Tune Time Nat Brandkynne and regional news blocks The lineup features musical variety segments Morning Devotional Morning Matinee and Afternoon Musicale plus sports and fashion segments and a note that all programs may be interrupted for important news developments.
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D'Amico Quartet
Nat Brandkynne
WHPR
Bing Crosby
Frank Graham Key Figure In Dutch-Indonesia Conference
In Batavia Java on the transport Renville Dutch and Indonesian reps opened UN good offices talks to settle the Indonesia dispute by direct negotiation. The session lasted about an hour with speeches urging good faith and will.
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Frank Graham
Batavia
Java
Renville
United Nations
Indonesia
UN Good Offices Commission
Netherlands East Indies
Woman to Bring Snakes to Meeting in Chester
Mrs. W. C. Whitworth of Charlotte says she will bring two of her own snakes to a Sunday demonstration at the Church of Jesus Christ Baldwin Station. A copperhead and a rattler, large and poisonous, were handled yesterday by Whitworth and others under guard. Sheriff Peden says leaders of the effort include Rev. W. R. Tinker and Rev. J. S. Shackelford and plans to seek a law banning snake handling at services.
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Chester
S. C
W. C. Whitworth
Charlotte
Whitworth
W. R. Tinker
J. S. Shackelford
Rock Hill
Peden
Sorority Honors High Point Girl Initiates at UNC
Ten new members were initiated into Chi Delta Phi at the University of North Carolina. Named initiates include Sally Woodhull Bethlehem Priscilla Moore Virginia Forward Elizabeth Hazlett Mary Louise Kelly Shirley Moore Joyce Peterson Elizabeth Savage Anne Wells Elinor Woltz.
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Chapel Hill
Chi Delta Phi
University of North Carolina
Sally Woodhull
Bethlehem
Priscilla Moore
Tryon
Virginia Forward
High Point
Elizabeth Hazlett
Mary Louise Kelly
Boyd's Creek
Tenn
Shirley Moore
Gastonia
Joyce Peterson
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Savage
Henderson
Anne Wells
Milledgeville
Elinor Woltz
Raleigh
Wildlife meeting weighs sport and commercial fish interests
A state wildlife resources commission panel and the commercial fisheries committee of the state board of conservation and development met in Edenton to study conflicts between sport and commercial fishermen and search for solutions.
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Edenton
State Wildlife Resources Commission
State Board of Conservation and Development
Mrs. Lettie Stigall Found Dead in Kernersville
Mrs Lettie Everett Stigall 56 of Kernersville was found dead in bed at home. Widow of Cal Stigall she had lived in Kernersville nine years and was a Union Grove Baptist Church member. Surviving are five daughters and three sons, plus her father and siblings. Funeral at Union Grove Baptist Church with burial in Bethel cemetery.
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Kernersville
Lettie Everett Stigall
Union Grove
W. V. Tilley
Alvin Taylor
C. M. Bull
Robert Joyce
Arnold Johnson
Grahar
John, Everett
Russell Stigall
William Everett
Stokesdale
Jewell Cook
Brown Summit
Clara Allison
Reidsville
Hallie Bowers
High Point
Albert
Gilmer
Ezra Everett
Greensboro
C. S. Everett
Carl
Jass
Winon-Salem
Stigall
Unioun Grove Baptist Church
M. E. Manuel
H. L. Isley
Bethel Church Cemetery
Oysters Easier to Shuck After Five Minutes in Carbonated Water
Immersing oysters in carbonated water for five minutes makes them easier to shuck by relaxing the shells. The method suggests a quick prep tip for seafood lovers seeking smoother opening without damage to the meat.
Bartending Trade Schools Opposed by League
The Anti-Saloon League of America condemned U S educational benefits used to teach bartending. Superintendent George W Crabbe called it a government funded training for veterans and urged opposition to military training while alcohol sales continue on reservations. He warned brewery claims that the government acts as their salesman.
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Baltimore
Anti-Saloon League of America
U. L
George W. Crabbe
Crabbe
Harlem Parkethodist Church
G. I
Two Virginians Injured in Light Plane Crash
Two Virginians were hurt when their light plane crashed during an attempted landing in West Jefferson. Robert Douglas Osborne, 22, suffered a fractured skull and broken collarbone, while Allen Sborne, 23, sustained a fractured knee and bruises. both remained at Ashe Memorial Hospital.
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West Jefferson
Dee
Ashe Memorial Hospital
Robert Douglas Osborne
Allen S.borne
North Holston
Robert
Allen
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