Hair Believed To Have Ridden Bus To Fayetteville
Wake Forest police hunted Raymond D. Hair 23 of Fayetteville on a murder charge after a bus driver reported a man matching Hair description to Fayetteville. Hair, a Wake Forest senior, is linked to the slaying of Roy W. Coble 20 of Oakboro found shot in Hair car on campus. Police traced Hair from Raleigh to Fayetteville with checks for cash in his pockets and a .38 pistol found in the car. Hair bolted from his car during a late night search, and authorities noted his card tricks and hypnotist skills while reporting no guard at his Fayetteville home. The investigation continues as bus drivers recall Hair boarding multiple routes toward Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Forest
Raymond D. Hair
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Hair
Roy W. Coble
C. R. Howard
Cable
W. P. Whitley
Wake County Bureau of Investigation
Greyhound
W. H. Nance
Richmond
Nance
Bill Perry
C. A. Garner
Columbia
S. C
Garner
History Makers at Kitty Hawk in 46th Wright Flight Anniversary
On December 17 Kitty Hawk remembered the Wright brothers with ceremonies at Kill Devil Hill. The Air Force and Post Office Department staged airmail trials sending airmail from Dayton to Kitty Hawk and back using a jet fighter, and a new six cent stamp circulated worldwide. President Truman sent a commemorative letter to the Bill Devil Hill Memorial Association, read by Rep. Herbert Bonner. Weather was warm and clear.
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Kitty Hawk
Wright Brothers
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Wrights
Air Force
Truman
Bill Devil Hill
Missing Lad Found In Public Library
Nine year old Philip Cook who had been missing since Thursday after losing a school book was found in the Minneapolis public library. He said he spent Thursday and Friday nights in a neighbor’s front hall closet and asked not to return to school until he brought his reader-speller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Philip Cook
Minneapolis Public Library
Philip
Science Museum
Floyd Cook
Reds Worked Against US During War Says Witness
John J. Huber of Mt. Vernon New York testified before a senate judiciary subcommittee that the Communist high command plotted to sabotage U S production arsenals during any possible war with the United States. He said he joined the party in 1931 at the FBI request to report on communist activities and left in 1947. He described the party as the most dangerous organization and said it takes orders from Moscow to overthrow the government by force.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
America
High Command
John J. Huber
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
FBI
McCarran
D-Nev
Nevada
United States
Huber
Communist Party
WPA
Communist Party of the
Moscow
Federal Agents Round Up Chicago Dope Peddlers
Federal narcotics agents raided Chicago targeting dope peddlers suspected of selling marijuana heroin cocaine and morphine to teens. The roundup netted at least 29 men and five women in the largest city operation to date amid radio directed raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ships Warned To Avoid Port Of Shanghai
The State Department warned all American ships to stay out of Shanghai harbor area held by Chinese communists. Nationalist naval forces blockaded the estuary with gunboats and escorts. two Isbrandtsen Line ships were shelled recently. The U S has not recognized the blockade and seeks to deter further American entries.
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Washington
State Department
Shanghai
United States
Isbrandtsen Steamship Co
New York
Sir John Franklin
Yangtze River
Isgrandtsen Line
State Acheson
Pickpockets Run Loose In Charlotte During Shopping Rush
Pickpockets struck in Charlotte amid pre Christmas crowds, stealing a total of 4995 dollars from two men. Lee Trull of Chesterfield South Carolina lost 4570 dollars and C L Terrell of Warrenton 425 dollars, both listed as lost purses by city police. Trull said he boarded a bus at Pageland District Central around 2 30 p m and arrived near the bus station, missing his wallet on the way. Terrell said he shopped downtown then rode a North Charlotte bus to a department store where his wallet disappeared.
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Charlotte
Wec
Charotte
Lee Trull
Chesterfield
S. C
C. L. Terrell
Warrenton
Frank N. Littlejohn
Hungary arrests Jacobson amid American detainees in Budapest
In Vienna, Hungary detained Israel Jacobson of Chicago a 37 year old AJDC official amid reports he faces trial by a Budapest people s court suspected of aiding Hungarian Jews to Israel. U S officials report denied access to Jacobson and fellow American Robert Vogeler held on spying charges since November.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Israel Jacobson
Chicago
American Joint Distribution Committee
Jacobson
Israel
Budapest
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation of
New York
Europe
Harold Trobe
AJDC
Paris
U. S. State Department
Legation
Foreign Office
Trobe
United States
Gambill Bound Over in Death Of His Friend
John Worth Gambill 18 of Winston-Salem was bound over to the next term of Surry county superior court on murder charges in the death of Claire L. Brown. A preliminary hearing found probable cause. a .32 caliber pistol was sent to SBI labs for examination to check for links to a prior fatal shooting in Yadkin county.
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Winston-Salem
John Worth Gambill
Surry County
Johnson
Brown
SBI Laboratories
Raleigh
Gambill
Isaac Henry Baily
Yadkin County
Baily
Set. Johnson
Seth Beale
Elkin
W. M. Allen
Dodson County
New Stringfield Cantata Attracts Attention in Washington
North Carolina and Georgia pride in the Christmas cantata Peace by Lamar Stringfield and poet Miriam Sims. The work, to be performed by 160 voices, aims to sing of peace for the masses with no solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina
Georgia
Lamar Stringfield
Wake County
N. C
Ashe Ville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Mirian Sims
Frank Sims
Dalton
Stringfield
Civil Rights Trial Ends in Mistrial in Rome Georgia
Ten defendants faced a two count indictment for plotting to deprive seven Negroes of rights by arresting them and handing them to a Ku Klux Klan mob. After 48 hours, jury foreman announced a deadlock seven for conviction and five for acquittal, prompting Judge Frank A. Hooper to declare a mistrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U. S
Frank A. Hooper
Herman D
Casey, Jr
Casey
Frank M. Gleason
Rossville
Ney
J. Ellis
U. S. District Court
13-Year-Old Boy Hangs Himself Accidentally
Fayetteville December 17 A 13 year old boy Charlie Forest Strickland died in a tree near a private school and home run for Cumberland county welfare. He and four other boys played cowboys when he wandered off and tied a rope to a limb and hanged himself. Dexter Lear Edge 12 found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Charlie Forest Strickland
J. H. Averitte
Averitte
Cumberland County Welfare Department
Strickland
Dexter Lear Edge
Employers Told To Consult On Beginners
Raleigh December 17 Employers who plan to hire learners apprentices or handicapped workers in jobs covered by the Federal wage hour law under 75 cents an hour after January 24 1950 should seek the approval of the wage and hour administration North Carolina State Labor commissioner Forrest H Shuford announced in a statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Forrest H. Shuford
Shuford
North Carolina
China Reds And Moscow Face Split
Washington officials believe a developing split between Mao Zedong's China and Moscow over Manchuria could shape new U S policy against Russian led communism in the Far East. They foresee a Sino Russian treaty, extended communist influence beyond China, and strategic moves against Chiang Kai shek in Taiwan and regional rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
UPI
China
Moscow
Manchuria
Mao
Stalin
Far East
State Department
Russia
Europe
Germany
Japan
Burma
Indo-China
Tibet
Kurmosa
Chiang Kaishek
Korea
No Survivors In Mexican Plane Crash
Search parties found 17 bodies in the wreckage of a DC-3 crash near Cerro Del Borrego 20 miles NW of Jalp a Mexico. Five more deaths in traffic accidents occurred as relatives traveled to the site. the plane carried 5,300,000 pesos.
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Jalapa
Mexico
Cerro del Borrego
CMA
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion
Mexico- Merida
Lamb's Peak
Bank of Mexico
Sample resigns as head of North Carolina probation board
Raleigh December 17 J Harris Sample resigns as head of the State Probation Commission effective January 23 The commission accepts and appoints N F Ransdell Varina farmer to the 7920 a year post Sample had faced political pressure from Governor Scott who sought his firing The resignation ends with Sample to become census supervisor for the western district of North Carolina for about six to eight months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
J. Harris Sample
State
Proeve Commission
Sample
N. F. Ransdell
Varina Farmer
Scott
Probation Commission
North Carolina
Prison farming shrinks as seed use climbs in state
The state prison system maintains large crops at Caledonia and Camp Polk near Raleigh with gardens at most camps. The Purchase and Contract Division bought 13 428 13 worth of seed for prison fields and gardens while the Secretary of State handles 28 cent registered notices to 670 corporations for tax and report delinquencies.
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State Prison Department
Caledonia
Camp Polk
Raleigh
Cary Farm
Thad Eure
Revenue Department
Secretary of State
Earthquakes Hit Punta Arenas Chile Causes Property Damage
A series of shocks over nine hours terrorized Punta Arenas Chile with blocked walls and cracked buildings. Rain complicated rescue as thousands sought prayers in churches while authorities ordered closures and evacuations. Seismologists traced epicenter to Beagle Channel near Ushuaia with effects felt across Magellanes and Tierra del Fuego.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Salesian Institute
Beagle Channel
Punta Renas
Straits of Magellan
Magellanes
Argentina
Tierra el Fuego
Ushuaia
Argentine
Penal Colony
Porvenir
Puerto Navarino
Cerro Manantiales
Earthquakes Rattle Punta Arenas Chile After First Shock
A series of strong tremors rocked Punta Arenas with walls toppling at the Dalmera club and high school. No casualties were reported initially as 25,000 residents stayed outdoors amid rain and a sequence of aftershocks throughout the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Punta Arenas
South America
Dalmera Club
Soft Coal Supply Dangerously Low
Pittsburgh report quotes J. Don Horner president of the retail coal merchants association warning the soft coal supply near crisis in the industrial area. He blames government in action and the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis for the desperate fuel shortage and says the current three day mine work week cannot meet normal winter demand.
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Pittsburgh
J. Don Horner
Retail Coal Merchants’ Association
United Mines Workers
John L. Lewis
Horner
Associated
Honer
Prisoners Planned Auto Theft Racket Revealed
Raleigh December report shows Central Prison escape plotters hid more than 50 state auto-title forms in their tool cache. Warden Joe Crawford said the thwarted escape included intercepted inmate mail hinting at home for Christmas plans and potential use of the titles to sell stolen cars.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Joe Crawford
Crawford
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Maureen
Jimmy Radigan
Jimmy
Dorothy Radigan
Federal
United Nations General Assembly
Sims
Hickory
Cripple Creek U
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Charles
Dana Measchler
C. A. Cutler
California
Columbus
Reds
N. C. Probation Board
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
S. America
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