Atomic Bomb To Get Test Next Spring
The atomic bomb is slated for an ocean test in a remote Pacific corner next spring. President Truman approved a joint army navy test against warships, with five months of preparations including target ship selection, ion instruments, and extensive logistics. Scientists warn of weather drift and ocean radioactivity, and officials will police a distant test area far from populated coasts and fishing zones.
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Washington
Pacific
White House
Truman
Army
Navy
Coats
South Carolina Man Killed in Auto Accident Near Pineville
Thomas Henry White, 20, of Chester, S C, died in an automobile crash on the outskirts of Pineville. Passenger Albert Gilpin, 20, and driver Midshipman Floyd White, 18, both of Chester, were uninjured. The car left the highway on a curve, crashed through a guard rail and overturned.
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Charlotte
Thomas Henry White
Chester
S. C
Pineville
Pfe
Albert Thomas Gilpin
Midshipman
Floydite
Thomas
Cloverdale School Closes After Stoker Motor Breaks
Students at Cloverdale were dismissed shortly after nine this morning as the stoker motor failed and officials said the building was too cold to keep pupils during the repair.
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Cloverdale School
Carr Resigns to Seek Retirement as U S Attorney
In a White House release dated December 15, 193? the son of James O Carr is named United States attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina. Carr asked to retire due to health reasons.
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Carr
Joe Washington
White House
James O. Carr
United States
North Carolina
Things I Never Knew Till Now About Russia
Walter Winchell presents a collection of curious claims about the USSR. The items mix misstatements and arcane trivia from 1920s journalism, noting Russia’s geography wealth and political figures like Stalin while skewing political history.
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Russia
America
John Paul Jones
Catherine the Great
Savoy
Russia as a polyglot nation with rising factory output
The text notes Russia's linguistic diversity with 125 languages and a female-heavy workforce. It highlights the Kremlin’s historic role, guarded sights, and factory competition where daily production results are publicized. It mentions Soviet party generosity and the allure of American mass advertising.
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Ussr
Russia
Kremlin
Cominyland
Strange Moscow Church Dominates City Skyline
The piece surveys St Basil's Cathedral with nine colored onion domes and a historic Tsar’s platform. It notes Lake Karakul as a possible cradle of humanity and mentions climate diversity from Arctic to subtropical with polar bears and tigers nearby. It also touches on Cold War era appearances of American firms and quirky anecdotes about Stalin and Soviet divorce laws.
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St. Basil's Cathedral
Moscow
Lake Karakul
Chiang Kai-shek rises amid Soviet and Chinese power struggle
The text outlines tension between the Soviet Union and Chiang Kai-shek as Soviet aid aided Chiang's rise in China. It notes that after securing power Chiang established an opposing regime and launched a prolonged, bitter campaign against rivals, highlighting the role of brains money and arms in shaping political dynamics.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
China
Vikings Founding Russia and Soviet Council Lore
A historical note outlines that the first great Russian state was founded by Vikings in the 9th century and the word soviet means council. It mentions Anglo American intervention after World War I as a current source of suspicion, while a government publication titled The Army of the Soviet Union omits the Allied role.
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Army of the
Soviet Union
Russians Withhold Access in Spotlight of Moscow Press
Edgar Snow argues in People on Our Side that Americans misread Moscow as relentlessly hostile. He says Russians protect their own people and deny foreign correspondents the cooperation and access needed to portray Soviet motives and methods.
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Edgar Snow
Random House
Russia
Moscow
Aganda
Ae Sana
Eee
Dnieper Dam Dismantled and Blown Up by Soviets
American engineers under Col Hugh Cooper advised on the Dnieper dam. As Nazi forces closed in the power station was dismantled and shipped east of the Urals. The Soviets then destroyed the dam center to deny use to the enemy.
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Dnieper River
U. S. Army
Hugh Cooper
Urals
Russia and the USSR in trade unions and foreign relations
The passage contrasts Soviet labor and profit ideas with US relations, noting unions and profit aims, state role in costs, and USSR wealth in iron manganese and oil. It recalls Russia’s wartime aid to America and a Holmes poem celebrating friendship amid global tension.
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Russia
Ussr
United States
Soviet Union
America
Bug Population Of S. Carolina is Out Of Hand
Clemson College Professor Franklin Sherman counts 6321 insect species in South Carolina and notes 229 more joined over the last year for a total of 6550. He predicts a continual annual rise of about 200 species, leading to a substantial increase in two decades.
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Clemson
S. C
South Carolina
Franklin Sherman
Clemson College
North Carolina art society rejects Alexander for president
The North Carolina state art society rejected Kathreine Pendleton Alexander of Alleghany Ashe and David Arrington yesterday as president of the society's board of directors in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State Art Society
Kathreine Pendleton Alexander
Alleghany, Ashe
David Arrington
Society
Mechanization Reshapes Southern Cotton Farming Outlook
ATLANTA December reports highlight mechanization transforming cotton culture with mechanical pickers, choppers, and weed control driving potential on larger, fewer farms. Officials forecast higher productivity, expanded farm machinery industries, and shifts to off farm work, alongside better seed, rotation, and marketing for higher grade cotton amid rising rival products like rayon and nylon.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Secret of Agriculture
Clinton P
Anderson
South
U. S. Extension Service
Cotton
Mayflower Cup Awarded To Josephus Daniels
The Mayflower cup literary prize goes to Josephus Daniels for The Era Years of Peace 1910 Dec 15 Raleigh. Daniels ex ambassador to Mexico and editor of the News and Observer received the cup at the North Carolina state literary and historical association meeting. The Mayflower society awards the prize annually to the Tar Heel author judged best for the year by a designated committee.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Mexico
News and Observer
State Literary and Historical Association
Mayflower Society of Descendants
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Cotton research race shapes future textile uses and funds
The text notes rayon and synthetic fabrics cutting across cotton's traditional role. It cites a $2,000,000 National Cotton Council research fund and broad military and civilian applications, from low cost insulated houses to flame proof rot resistant cotton, highlighting ongoing innovation in cotton utilization.
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United States
National Cotton Council
Jim Lalane Becomes Securities Salesman
Lt James F Lalanne, recently out of the navy and former University of North Carolina quarterback and forward pecans star, will sell investment securities in Greensboro and surrounding territory. The announcement is by McDaniel Lewis & Co., securities dealer of Greensboro. He settled in Greensboro after marrying Virginia daughter of the Norm an Karons.
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James F.lalanne
McDaniel Lewis & Co
Greensboro
University of Carolina
Virginia Aughter
Norman Karons
French law limited fourteenth century butchers to one meat type
Under medieval French law butchers in the fourteenth century were restricted to selling a single type of meat and were required to do so under natural light only, with sales by artificial light prohibited.
High Point Joins Expanded Detroit Miami Flight Route
Eastern Air Lines will add a nine and a half hour round trip between Detroit and Miami. The service will include southbound stops at Roanoke Winston Salem Jacksonville and West Palm Beach along with Cleveland Akron and other points. Northbound service will stop at West Palm Beach Jacksonville Charlotte Greensboro High Point Akron and Cleveland. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker announced the plan.
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Detroit
Miami
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Cleveland
Akron
Roanoke
Winston-Salem
Jacksonville
West Palm Beach
Fla
Charlotte
Greensboro
High Point
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