US strength shows through global crises new power stance
A special report outlines U S strategy to show strength against the Soviet Union, with Truman and Acheson pushing decisive actions and dismissing appeasement. It notes Navy redeployments in the Pacific, possible Vietnam ties, and potential U S support to France in Indo China to deter communist advances. Political tensions rise as Europe faces Moscow driven moves and Tito’s Yugoslavia, with talks of retaliation and Berlin airlift threats shaping policy.
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United Nations
Truman
Acheson
Cmlin
Wes Pacific
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Singa
Dutch East Indies
Indo-China
Far East
United
Tes
Em- Bao Dai
Ho Chi Minh
France
Russia
Britain
America
Yugoavia
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Burma
Yugoslav
Germany
Andapan
Fink Faces State Convention Over Membership Cancelation
A North Carolina labor dispute centers on Fink canceling membership in the North Carolina State Federation of Labor. The action, defended by Fink, is set for review at the August convention in Ashe County to determine whether the membership cancellation stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Ashelle
Merchants Plan Dollar Day Event in Thomasville
Thomasville merchants discussed a tentative Dollar Day promotion at a regular dinner. They backed the Red Cross blood bank effort and promoted the February 9 blood mobile visit by distributing program information. Window cards showing store hours were printed for soon distribution.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Merchants Association
Pioneer
Blood Bank
American Red Cross
Bloodmobile
Merchants Association
G. M. Casper
State Merchants Association
Raleigh
Milton Fuller
Dolan Calhoun
Prominent physicists urge ban on all mass weapons
A group led by Bethe calls for outlawing weapons of mass destruction and labels the new hydrogen bomb as a tool for eradicating populations. The signers include Alli son Seitz Bainbridge Brode Rossi Weisskopf Lauritsen Pegram Loomis White Tuve among others from MIT Caltech Los Alamos Kellogg and Carnegie.
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Bethe
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
F. Seitz
University of Illinois
Chicago
Oak Ridge, Tenn
K. T. Bainbridge
Harvard
Los Alamos
R. B. Brode
University of California
B. Rossi
V. F. Weisskope
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. C. Lauritsen
Kellogg Radiation Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
George B. Pegram
Columbia
Atomic Project
F. W. Loomis
Physical Department
M. G. White
Knceton
M. A. Tuve
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Grand Junction Named for Rivers’ Confluence in Colorado
Grand Junction Colorado derives its name from the nearby confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers where they meet. The town’s origin ties to this geographic feature guiding early settlement.
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Grand Junction
Colorado
Gunnison
Rossellini In Tussle Over Birth and Divorces
Report covers Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman amid film location tensions as photographers disrupt clinic grounds. It notes Bergman’s divorce pending in Juarez, a Rome birth registration deadline, and claims about paternity and annulment prospects in Italy and church law.
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Rossellini
Birns
Elio de Angelis
Miss Bergman
Juarez
Mexico
Rome
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Roberto
California
Lindstrom
Sicily
Pier Luigi Guidotti
Marcella de Marchis Rossellini
Felix Morlion
Milan
Tossellini
Hollywood
L'Osservatore Romano
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Miss Hayworth
Yasmin
Osservatore
Welch Harriss Named To Duke Library Group
J. Welch Harriss of High Point was chosen for the executive committee of the Friends of the Duke library. Harriss is president of Harriss Covington hosiery mills, a Duke trustee and a 1927 alumnus.
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Welch Harriss
Duke Library Group
J. Welch Harriss
High Point
Friends of the Duke
Harriss
Harriss- Covington Hosiery Mills
Weather Summary for Cotton Belt and Regions
Weather Bureau report details temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending P.M. in principal cotton growing areas and other regions.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
P. m
AFL Accuses Stalin of War Anism in Russia
The piece alleges a vicious drive to remove Jews from occupations interacting with the public in the USSR and abroad. It claims Jews are excluded from Soviet foreign delegations, diplomatic training, and positions in Soviet ministries and party ranks, framing it as a cultural purge with deadly livelihood consequences. It also notes a 1960 prediction by the Twentieth Century Fund about women outnumbering men and urban families earning roughly twice rural ones.
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Russia
Ussr
Austria
Germany
Communist Party
Repeal of Wartime Excise Taxes Linked to Unemployment Reduction
A subcommittee reports all four respondents agree that repealing wartime excise and luxury taxes would boost demand, sales, and production in affected industries and would help reduce unemployment. Tax items include telephone bills, transportation, tickets, furs, jewelry, cosmetics, and luggage.
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AFT
CIO
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sawyer
Tobin
Ancient Egyptians Made Ice By Freezing Water Pans
The ancient Egyptians filled shallow porous pans with water in the early evening and allowed them to freeze overnight to produce ice.
Dr. George Kidder to Speak at Saint Mary's Thursday
Dr. George S. Kidder of the University of North Carolina School of Religion will address Saint Mary's Episcopal Church Thursday evening under the Public Relations Education Council. Harry Bell serves as council president. A council dinner meeting is planned.
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George S. Kider
University of North Carolina School of Religion
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church
Public Relations Education Council
Harry Bell
Fuchs Had Much Data In Senate Atomic Discussion
Rep. Durham notes session debated action against a foreign source who leaks U S secrets but no decision made. Hinshaw warns Soviet agents and traitors roam U S and Britain. McMahon recalls about 20 British Los Alamos workers and Oppenheimer stresses their integral role. Groves cites Alan Nunn May case and warns even limited leaks could quicken Soviet atomic progress by about a year.
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Rep. Durham
D-Nc
Congresional Atomic Group
United States
U. S
Klaus
Rep
Hinshaw
R-Calif
Britain
McMahon
Fuchs
Los Alamos, N. M
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Los Alamos Project
United Kingdom
Los Alamos
Groves
Alan Nunn May
May
Soviet Union
Coal Miners Vote No Work Yet Strike Looms in Nation
The miners remain on no work as tensions rise over contract talks. President Truman faced pressure to intervene as Lewis hinted at possible actions and industry observers weighed direct appeals or Taft-Hartley injunctions to force a settlement.
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Lewis
Munday
Illinois
Pennsylvania
White House
Truman
Northern and Western
Public meeting opens to all with dinner reservations
The program begins at 7 45 with a 6 30 start time mentioned. Reservations for the dinner can be made with Bell or Mrs Matt Wall. The general meeting is open to the public.
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Bell
Matt Wall
Nine teen Austin Scott Arrested In Lexington Robbery Case
Thomasville police arrested 19 year old Austin Scott of East Sunrise Avenue on a complaint by Lexington police for staging a taxi robbery near Lexington last night. He was taken to Lexington by state patrol for authorities there after his arrest here. Details of the charge were not known locally.
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Thomasville
Austin Scott
East Sunrise Avenue
Scott
Lexington
State Highway Patrol
Motorist jailed on driving while drunk charge
THOMASVILLE Feb 4 State highway patrolmen arrested a High Point man on a charge of driving while drunk along the Thomasville High Point highway. After his arrest Hobart Ray Ashewell 21 of 327 Conner street fought officers with his fists but no one was injured. Ashewell had not posted bond late today.
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Thomasville
Thomasville High Point
High Point
Hobart Ray Ashewell
Conner Street
Ashwell
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