Man Surrenders After Escape From Ohio Penitentiary
A well dressed man, claiming to be W H Bucksburg, walked into the Ohio penitentiary and surrendered. He had escaped in September 1922 while serving a term for grand larceny and, during 26 years on the run, used the name W H Dern, married, and raised four children with five grandchildren. The warden will add an extra year to his sentence and set parole eligibility after 18 months.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
R. W. Alvis
W. H. Bucksburg
Bucksburg
Pittsburgh
W. H. Dern
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Alvis
Compensation Law Changes Advocated by Workers Union
Governor elect Kerr Scott was asked to propose major reforms to the State Unemployment Compensation law in January. CIO union regional director Karl Korstad released a letter and six Wilson resolutions urging redefining suitable work to 75 cents per hour for a 40 hour week and removing seasonal employment exemptions.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Karl Korstad
CIO Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
Korstad
Scott
Wilson
Weather Summary for North Carolina and Selected Cities
Partly cloudy and mild in North Carolina with warmer conditions this afternoon and lingering clouds tonight. Tuesday brings mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain followed by a drop in temperatures. Highlights include Charlotte at 42 53 and Wilmington 76 68 with several other cities showing mild readings and trace to light rainfall according to official records.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
L Angeles
Asheville
Memphis
Meridian
Augusta
Miami
Biringham
Mini-St
Boston
Mobile
Charleston
Coal stockpiles press Householders as exports plunge
Industry leaders warn of a 20 million ton drop in coal exports and advise households to delay filling bins. Some mines run four to six days weekly while demand remains brisk for high quality soft coal. A Herrin Daily Journal check found many unsold coal cars, yet officials say this is not unusual. The industry hopes to delay disruptions to avoid cutting the 20 cent per ton royalty aiding the United Mine Workers welfare fund, worth about 100 million dollars this contract year.
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Herrin
Ill
Daily Journal
Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Welfare Fund
Thomasville Stores Extend Hours Through Christmas
Thomasville merchants announce extended hours for the holiday period. Stores will stay open later on December 22 23 and 24 and will close December 25 for Christmas, reopening the following Tuesday. January 1 maintains regular hours.
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Thomasville
Clyde Smith
The
Merchants Association
Driving Drunk Charge Against D. D. Huffman
Thomasville police arrested D. D. Huffman on the national highway for driving drunk. He posted a $300 bond and faces trial Friday in recorder's court. Over the weekend local police also arrested 16 men for drunkenness.
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Thomasville
D. D. Huffman
Huffman
Recorder's Court
North Carolina Electors Vote for Truman and Barkley
North Carolina electors met in Raleigh to cast 14 electoral votes for President Harry S Truman and Senator Alben Barkley. The Democratic slate, sworn in by Justice Emery B. Denny, included Higgins as chairman and 13 other electors.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alben Barkey
Democratic Party
Emery B. Denny
State Supreme Court
State House of Representatives
Hugh Horton
H. Gregory
John D. Robinson
James Poole
H. O. Waltz
Amos R. Barns
Nathan Haskett
Fred J. Coxe
R. S. Ferguson
Russell W. Whitener
Dover R. Footes
John M. Queen
John J. Dawson
Carlyle W. Higgins
Higgins
Robinson
Truman
Poole
Senator Barkley
Chinese communists claim sixth army halted near Pengpu
The sixth arm of the Red forces moved north from the Hwai river and was within 22 miles of linking with the 12th army group before being stopped. Neutral observers say eliminating the 12th could free about 80,000 Red troops for action against other units. Rail lines near Pengpu face threats as traffic resumes after repairs. Also noted, 20 percent of US schoolchildren suffer defective vision.
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Hwai River
Pengpu
12Th
Suhsien
Nanking
Red Radio
12Th Army Group
Hwai
Pukow
Yangtze
Ho Ying-Chin
Koomintang Political Council
Eight North Carolinians Die In Accidents Over Week end
At least eight people died in North Carolina accidents last weekend including four children. Details include a Statesville woman burned in her home and a Morganton girl fatally burned after an incident involving kerosene. Other fatalities occurred in Hendersonville Kannapolis Aberdeen Charlotte Gibsonville and Reidsville.
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North Carolina
Sally Loftin
Statesville
Kay Loftin
Betty Lee Roper
Morganton
Lloyd Ross
Betty Lee
Roper
Ross
Hendersonville
C. Green
Linda Allen Beach
Kannapolis
George Brigman, Jr
Aberdeen
Frank Briggs Carpenter
Schenectary
N. Y
Charlotte
Russell Walter
Gibsonville
Reidsville
Curbing the Spy Inquiry Faces Senate Debate
Filibuster seeks stricter rules to guarantee witnesses a chance to respond before committee reports. Nixon calls for tightening espionage laws as the committee probes the spy ring. Key witnesses include Chambers and Alger Hiss, with microfilms shown to the grand jury.
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Holifield
Nixon
Congress
Justice Department
New York
Grand
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
State Department
Alger Hiss
Infor
Ohio Governor Lausche A Long Road From Lamplighter To Leader
Gov elect Frank Lausche of Ohio rose from street lamplighter and law clerk to Cleveland Municipal Court judge. He served as mayor of Cleveland, won the 1944 Ohio governorship, lost in 1946, then regained the office in 1948 defeating Herbert. Novelist Marcia Davenport is a New York City native and Bryn Mawr Wellesley alumna who studied at Friends School Philadelphia.
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Frank John Lausche
Ohio
Cleveland
Lawrence
Mass
Ono
Thomas Herbert
Herbert
Marcia Davenport
New York City
The
Friends School
Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr
Wellesley
Davenport biographer and author noted in Central Press
The article notes Mrs Davenport has written a life of Mozart and the novel Valley of Decision among others. It also mentions birthday greetings today for Marc Connally a dramatist and Van Heflin a motion picture actor.
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Sorial
Metropolitan Opera
Davenport
Mozart
Marc Connally
van Heflin
December 18 events span Guam seizure and early militia orders
On December 18, 1941 the Japanese seized Guam and attacked Midway and Wake islands. Also on that date in 1636 the Massachusetts Bay court ordered formation of three militia regiments. Donatello died in 1466 and Heinrich Heine was born in 1797.
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Guam
Midway
Wake Islands
Massachusetts Bay Court
Donatello
Donati di Betto Bardo
Heinrich Heine
Horace on accepting each new day as it arrives
A reflective note prompts readers to cease forecasting the future and embrace the gifts of the present day with calm acceptance.
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Horace
Printer's Hen Lays Big Egg For Its Owner
A Jamestown Route 1 resident Frank Howard, an Enterprise type compositor, reports his hen laid an unusually large egg yesterday. The egg measures about four and a half inches long and over two and a half inches wide, comparable to three normal eggs.
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Frank Howard
Enterprise Type
Jamestown Route 1
40 and 8 Will Hold Meeting Tomorrow
Members of the local 40 and 8 will hold their monthly meeting tomorrow night at 7 oclock in the Legion Home at 409 West High Street announced today. A successor to the late Sam to per Chef de Gare will be elected.
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Legion Home
West High Street
James V. Morgan
Sam
Forecast of a favorable year with health and finance gains
A positive outlook suggests a good time for financial actions with potential bonuses or raises. Health and family welfare are advised, with caution against pessimism as fortunes revive. The year may shape a strong willed, affectionate child.
How'd You Make Out
A compact quiz item lists four prompts covering U S government designations, animal classifications, a Bosporus crescent, and Brooklyn N Y, ending with John Marshall as a named figure.
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Bosporus
Istanbul
Constantinople
Brooklyn
John Marshall
County Officials Seek Annual Highway Fund Reports
North Carolina county commissioners pressed for annual reports from the State Highway Commission detailing highway funds. They want county by county allocations for primary and secondary roads, year end spending breakdowns, and explanations of entitlements, as a key 1949 General Assembly request.
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Raleigh
North Carolina County Commissioners
State Highway Commission
State Association of County Commissioners
General Assembly
U N Actions Split World On Human Rights Yugoslav Balkans
The assembly tackled six major questions including a Palestine conciliation commission replacing the U N mediator, a world declaration of human rights with Russia abstaining, and a treaty to outlaw genocide. It approved Korea’s government under U N supervision, trimmed the Korean commission, and urged continued world arms and atomic energy talks. The U N staff faced a long technical pause until after an unspecified date.
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Palestine Conciliation Commission
U. S
France
Turkey
U.N
U. N
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
U. N. Special Committee
Balkans
Republic of Korea
U. N. Korean Commission
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Commission
E U. N
$3,000 Donated By Citizens Of Thomasville
Thomasville community drive raises about $3000 toward civic improvements. Funds from the south annual fund drive will be used for projects by the Thomasville Community Foundation. Campaign began a week ago with a Wednesday closing date. Harry B. Finch and Russell Van Landingham lead the effort.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Community Foundation
R. *. Pope
Harry B. Finch
Russell van Landingham
God the Preserver of Man Sunday Lesson
Christian Science churches studied the theme God the Preserver of Man for the December 12 services. The Golden Text from Isaiah 41:13 urged fearlessness and aid from the Lord. Psalm verses affirmed trust in God as the confidence and portion of life. Eddy’s Science and Health quoted the divine Mind maintaining man’s image and likeness.
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God
Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
New Rush Is On for Uranium and New Settlements
The National Geographic Society reports a global uranium rush reviving ghost towns of the gold era. Hand to pan gives way to Geiger counters as new settlements form in Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Arkansas Alaska Canada Belgium Congo Czechia and South Africa and Latin America joins the hunt after atomic energy developments spurred the surge.
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Washington
California
America
National Geographic Society
Belgian Congo
Great Bear Lake
Canada
Europe
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Arkansas
United States
Society
Alaska
South Africa
Pan American and American Overseas Plan Major Merger
New York December 13 Pan American World Airways and American Overseas Airlines announce a consolidation of routes and assets. American Overseas will be dissolved after its stock transfers to Pan American subject to stockholder and Civil Aeronautics Board approval. The merger leaves Trans World as the only U S flag carrier to offer trans Atlantic service.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
American Overseas Airlines
Planar
Ameger Overseas
Euro
Pan American
trans-Atlantic
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines
U. S
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airline
North State Telephone requests $250000 stock issue
The North State Telephone Company of High Point applied to the State Utilities Commission for permission to issue 250000 dollars in common stock to fund expansion of its system serving High Point Thomasville and Randleman. More than 25000 people in India died from snake bites in a single year despite district dispensary treatment.
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Raleigh
North State Telephone Company
High Point
State Utilities Commission
Thomasville
Randleman
India
What To Do For A Cold At First Sign
At the first sign of a cold the advice is to rest warm and stay hydrated. The text then touts Calo tough dependable laxative intestinal antiseptic and diuretic claiming it cleanses the intestinal tract flushes kidneys and rids the system of toxins claiming to speed recovery.
Radio Schedule for Monday December 13
A dense listing of radio programs across networks from 6:00 pm to midnight including news, sports, music, drama, and variety shows. Notable entries feature Abe network lineups, Lowell Thomas repeats, Beulah Skit, Van Damme Quintet, Bob Crosby Club, Cavalcade of America, Inner Sanctum, The Falcon Adventure, Godfrey Talent Scout, Shadowed dramas, Crusade on Incurable, and Radio City Playhouse.
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Abe
Cb Network
Abc-East
Abc-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Abe You
Cbs
Abe Lowell Thomas
Cbe
Abe Basic
Beulah
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
van Damme
Abe Bob Crosby
Jone Ranger
Abe Henry Taylor
Cebs
Mbs
Cavalcade of America
Cbba
Gordon McRae
Abe Hollywood
Irma
Cbs Ews
Abe Fish
Variety
Abe-Wegs
Two Held In Dynamiting In Lincolnton
Lincoln county officers hold Claude Franklin 26 of Bessemer City and Take Keener 40 of Lincoln County on secret assault with intent to kill charges after a dynamite blast under a Lincolnton home Saturday night blew out beds and damaged three rooms. The Hullenders occupied the house and an earlier dispute between Hullender and Keener was not explained.
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Lincolnton
Lincoln County
George Rudisill
Claude Franklin
Bessemer City
Keener
Odell Hullender
Hullender
Crater Lake National Park Established in 1902
Crater Lake sits in a volcanic crater in southwestern Oregon and is famed for its deep blue water. The area was designated a national park in 1902, preserving the lake and surrounding landscape.
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Crater Lake
Oregon
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