Was Officer Kemp Killed or Was It An Accident
Thom asville dec 9 unsolved four year old mystery in Thom asville police department the death of Officer Ige Arnold Kemp 37 found at bottom of an elevator shaft in the First National bank building on dec 7 1942. Jury ruled death by accident or unknown persons. Police chief suspects murder though theory of fatal fall cited.
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Thomas J. Shaw, JR
Omasville
Thomasville
Ige Arnold Kemp
First National Bank
Kemp
Andy
W. G. Smith
C. A.tterson
Grace Lutheran Church
Dewey Loftin
L. C. Bridges
Tom Johnson
R. V. Ritchie
J. L. Perryman
E. R. Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Willie Loftin
R. L. Pope
Marjorie Brown
Richardson
Police Department
Leo Reddick
Danville
Ernest Green
Vance Marrand
Reddick
Artificial Fever Treats St Vitus Dance Says Doctor
Dr Bauer of Pennsylvania advocates induced fever to cure chorea in children. Patients receive morphine before typhoid vaccine injections and are wrapped in blankets to maintain 104 F for two hours daily over eight days, with improvements by day three or four.
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Edward L. Bauer
Pennsylvania
Bauer
Congressional Inquiry Proposed into Labor Unions Power
Senator Lucas proposes a congressional probe of labor organizations to see which are democratic and which are controlled by single leaders. He targets John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers amid the coal mine return to work and hints at possible action if a new UMW contract is not reached by March 1947.
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Washington
Lucas
Congress
Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Train 136 Departs Late From High Point for Washington
Train No. 136 will leave High Point at 10 40 a m instead of 9 35 a m for Washington and intermediate points.
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Southern Railway
High Point
Atlanta
Washington
Our Men And Women In Service Lt Cdr John A Marsh Receives Air Medal
Lt Cdr John A Marsh USNR husband of Mrs Pearl Marsh of 301 Edgedale Drive High Point receives a permanent Air Medal citation from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. He earned the award piloting a torpedo bomber in combat over Palau Harbor and led a flight through heavy anti aircraft fire on March 30 1944 to damage Japanese shipping in the harbor.
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Cdr
John A. Marsh
USNR
Pearl Thompson Marsh
Edgedale Drive
High Point
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Marsh
Palau Harbor
Pfc William R Deaton Arrives in European Air Force Depot
Pfc William R Deaton of 425 Tomlinson Street High Point North Carolina has arrived at a European theater army air forces replacement depot near a Bavarian lake region. After processing he will be assigned to a permanent station with the air force in Europe. Women with children age six months to seven years receive priority for joining husbands overseas and may choose transport by plane or ship.
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Deaton
Germany
Furstenfeldbruck
William R. Deaton
Tomlinson Street
High Point
N. C
Army Air Forces
Occupational Air Force
Europe
Burglars Turn to Tools After No Coal Find in Boise
In Boise Idaho burglars failed to find coal at a fuel yard and then chose a second target stealing an axe a cross cut saw and a log chain.
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Boise
Idaho
Man with time on his hands robs car, clock haul found
In Chicago a thief smashed a car window and took 135 electric clocks from the vehicle of Robert Ellsworth. Police pursue leads as investigators catalog the unusual haul and track clues to identify the suspect.
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Eve Oe Rao
Chicago
Robert Ellsworth
Two Tar Heels Arrested by FBI in Sparta Case
The FBI announced the arrest of Odell Evans, 25, and Johnny Evans, 18, of Alleghany County North Carolina on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in the Sparta robbery and wounding of Kelly Williams and his sister Mae Williams on November 10. They were nabbed in Dublin Virginia and will be returned to Sparta for further action.
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Richmond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
Sparta
Charles W. Brown
FBI
Odell
Johnny Evans
Alleghany County
Kelly Williams
Mae Williams
Brown
Duke Navy Film At Alumni Meeting Shown
Duke alumni plan a Tuesday meeting at 6 30 in Emerywood club with a film recounting the Duke Navy game played in Baltimore this fall. Dr Alan K Manchester an associate history professor will speak. Charles F Carroll urges members to reserve by notifying James Greene at Greene Tire Co on North Main Street.
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Duke Alumni Association
Emerywood Club
Baltimore
Alan K. Manchester
Charles F. Carroll
Alumni Association
James Greene
Greene Tire Company
North Main Street
Runyon II Newsman Damon Runyon Critically Ill
Damon Runyon author and columnist is critically ill at Memorial hospital with a liver ailment. He has been hospitalized for three days. Deliberately set fires caused 27 percent of the forest fire loss in 1945.
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New York
Damon Runyon
Memorial Hospital
Runyon
Inner Aid Promises Quick Relief From Gas
A woman describes severe stomach gas that rose to her throat at night preventing lying flat. After using INNER AID she reports relief, regular bowels, and sound sleep. The ad claims twelve herbs cleanse bowels, clear gas, and improve liver and kidney function, sold at drug stores.
Beryllium Additive Toughens Copper Like Steel
A study shows adding two percent beryllium to copper increases tensile strength and hardness to levels comparable with steel, suggesting a durable copper alloy for engineering use.
General Wage Hike Asked By Textile Folk
The CIO textile workers union seeks a general 15 cent per hour wage increase for about 100000 workers in southern cotton mills. TWUA says workers average 85 cents an hour and costs of living require higher pay, with bargaining conferences planned nationwide.
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Atlanta
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Carolinas
TWUA
Emil Rieve
Twua-Cio
Northern Cotton Mills
Teachers Back Pay Boost Plan Gains Support
A group of about 150 teachers from eastern North Carolina endorses the South Piedmont plan calling for roughly a 40 percent raise for teachers. The informal group represents three eastern districts and backs higher salaries as a key to recruitment and retention.
NCEA Endorses 20 Percent Education Funding Rise
The North Carolina Education Association unanimously adopted a support resolution and proposes a 20 percent funding increase. A note mentions the Adelie Coast in Antarctica named by a French explorer after his wife, and an aboriginal name for the Adelie penguin.
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Tricts
North Carolina Education Association
NCEA
Adelie Coast
Antarestic
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