Brilliant Violin Recital Delights Community Audience
Paul Makovsky delivered a polished violin concert at the Senior High School before 700 to 800 attendees. He performed works by Cassanea Szymanowski Saint-Saens and Wieniawski with vigorous rhythm and fine intonation assisted by Jerzy Witas. Encores included Brahms Hungarian Dances and Tchaikovsky None But The Lonely Heart. Next up is the Robert Shaw Chorale on March 20.
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Paul Makovsky
Makovsky
Jean Joseph Cassanea
Igor Strawinsky
Karol Szymanowski
Camille Saint-Saens
Mr. Makovsky
Theodore Chanter
Friedrich Smetana
Saint-Saens
Frederic Chopin
Jerzy Vitas
Ear 1
Pablo Sarasate
Henri Wieniawski
Jerzy Witas
Witas
Shostakovitch
Szymanowski
Braham
Tschiakowsky
Robert Shaw
Aide to Donaldson Resigns Amid Stamp Scheme Turmoil
Ambrose resigns from the postoffice after fallout from a scheme promising 50 percent profits on special stamp issues. About $400,000 was invested, with some losses over $200,000. Ambrose faced no charges. his name remains on personnel rolls while criticism cited past private newsletters. He is from Winchester, Massachusetts, now living in a Virginia suburb with wife and five children.
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House
Ambrose
Donaldson
Winchester
Mass
Virginia
Washington
Missionaries Reported Missing in Moravia under Arrest
Two American Mormon missionaries were reported missing in Moravia Czech province. reliable sources say they were arrested and held on unspecified charges as Czech authorities clamp down on faith groups. In Paris, Marshall Plan delegates warn Western Europe will need about five billion dollars in private capital after 1952 as U S aid declines.
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Mormon Church
Czech
Moravia
U. S
Paris
Western Europe
York Sees 1000 Attend Greensboro Rally
Arthur York, chairman of the Young Democratic club of North Carolina, expects over 1,000 YDC members from across the state to attend the first statewide rally in Greensboro this Saturday. Senator Estes Kefauver will be the principal speaker and Terry Sanford is the state YDC president.
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Arthur York
Young Democratic Club of
North Carolina
YDC
Young Democrats
Greensboro
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Terry Sanford
Fayetteville
Oscar the Beer Drinking Cat Killed by Auto in Jamestown
The well known Jamestown cat Oscar age 11 is killed while chasing rats in front of the Stown Drug Company. Oscar lived with Betts family and Betts Drug, was fond of beer in earlier years and enjoyed naps in shops and on the street.
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Oscar
North Carolina
Stown Drug Company
Jamestown
Betts Drug Company
North Main Street
R. F E. Betts
A. E. Galloway
Mr. Betts
M. Betts
Invite Investors Aid In Recovery
A congressional briefing notes that British elections on February 23 could sway the Marshall Plan funding. Republican Senator Smith argues a Churchill victory would ease congressional approval, while a Labour policy doubt remains. Marjolin warns Europe must cut imports or risk reduced American aid and exports.
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Congress
Washington
Smith
New Jersey
Winston Churchill
Marjolin
Europe
America
Mayor Awaits Decision On Police Force Survey
Mayor W F Bailey awaits word from the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill on a fall study of the local police department. City Manager T E Hinson said he hopes Albert Coates can come for a conference soon. The State Bureau of Investigation aided the survey with SBI Chief Walter Anderson visiting to assess possibilities.
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W. F. Bailey
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill
T. E. Hinson
Hinson
Albert Coates
Institute
State Bureau of Investigation
SBI
Walter Anderson
Film at Emmanuel Lutheran Premier Opens Lutheran Campaign
The film The Difference screens at 7:30 p m Sunday at Emmanuel Lutheran church in a community premier announced by Rev Harry D Hawthorne The showing supports a national drive by the United Lutheran Church in America to raise six million dollars for its 14 colleges and nine seminaries in the United States and Canada Emmanuel church a North Carolina synod member backs Lenoir Rhyne College and Lutheran Theological Seminary with a local campaign target of three thousand seven hundred sixty seven dollars per Cauble as chairman.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Harry D. Hawthorne
United Lutheran Church In America
United States
Canada
Emmanuel Church
North Carolina Synod
Lenoir Rhyne College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
David E. Cauble
Fire Loss In High Point Hits 87 Cents Per Capita
Fire loss in High Point for January reached 87 cents per person, far above January 1949 when no loss was reported. January buildings and contents loss totaled about 33 607 dollars, with a per capita figure of 1.91 for the fiscal year starting July 1. There were no major fires in January and 47 alarms included four from alarm boxrs. five alarms were false. Most fires stemmed from personal hazards and heating system faults.
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High Point
Miners Won't Budge Says AFL Leader on Taft-Hartley
Miami Beach Fla Feb 8 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor says coal miners will disobey any court injunction under Taft-Hartley to end the mine strike. He cites John L Lewis fines and warns injunctions likely won't resume mining. The AFL council accuses Taft-Hartley of failure and vows to push repeal as a major campaign issue in fall elections.
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American Federation of Labor
Green
UMW
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
CIO Communications
Bell System
Ching
CIO United Auto
Chrysler
Detroit
Miami Beach
Fla
Willliam Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
AFL
Executive Council
Congress
Truman
Council
Comptroller Attacks Shipping Subsidy Practices
Comptroller Warren denounced the commissions spend ing policies as beyond law in deals where ship owners traded obsolete vessels for newer war built craft. He warned that illegal expenditures will be recovered by the general accounting office, with potential losses in the millions. He called for major overhauls of subsidy payments and current income tax benefits for shipping companies. Present Pribilof Island natives are Aleuts descended from Russian seal hunters.
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Commission
Warren
General Accounting Office
New York businessman inherits vast Powers estate
Hollis Powers Gale, a 58 year old New York carton executive, is declared sole heir to the late Mary Bullock Powers estate after a long claim process. The 72 year old recluse died without a will, igniting a trans Atlantic race among 173 claimants. Gale’s inheritance tax may total at least two million dollars.
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New York
Hollis Powers Gale
Gale
Mary Bullock Powers
Miss Powers
Carton
Red Cross
Hong Kong
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
Virginia Linderking
Pasadena
Calif
Earth shock rocks Lebanon Missouri early in the morning
An earthquake jolted Lebanon Missouri for about ten seconds around 5 35 a m. Residents felt beds furniture and light fixtures swing as a heavy rumble similar to thunder accompanied the tremor.
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Lebanon
Missouri City
Oil production in twenty six states noted
The article reports oil is produced in 26 U S states and mentions a cultural belief among some tribes that a man must kill another in combat before likely fathering a child.
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U. S. States
Morgenthau Arrives From Israel at LaGuardia Airport
General chairman Henry Morgenthau Jr. returns from Israel where he met with President Weizmann and Israeli leaders to discuss financial problems facing 1950s United Jewish Appeal.
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United Jewish Appeal
Henry Morgenthau Jr
LaGuardia Airport
New York
Israel
Chaim Weizmann
Mrs Simeon Becomes President Of Double M Club
Mrs Tony Simeon was elected and seated as president at a luncheon held in the Adams Memorial YWCA building. Welcome guests included Mrs R W Whitlock of Charlotte, sister of Mrs James A Kidd, with several members readmitted. Kathryn Taylor was named assistant treasurer and the 1950 budget was adopted.
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Tony Simeon
Adams Memorial Ywca
Paul Godfrey
R. W. Whitlock
Charlotte
James A. Kidd
J. K. Stephens
Page Marshall
Kathryn Taylor
C. R. Lloyd
P. W. Waller
C. B. Boylen
B. G. Shivers
Earl Womble
C. W. Dedmon
J. W. Younts
Ann Johnson
Bloodmobile Returns to Thom asville for Blood Drive
The American Red Cross bloodmobile from Charlotte returns to Thom asville Thursday to collect blood donations. It will operate 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Memorial Methodist Church basement under the Thomasville Jaycees sponsorship. A 100 pint quota is set with Merchants Association support and Mayor Finch urging participation.
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Thomasville
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Charlotte
Memorial Methodist Church
The
Merchants Association
Harry B. Finch
Red Cross
Jaycee
Twelve Dollars Stolen From First Presbyterian Church
Police report a theft at the First Presbyterian Church with twelve dollars missing after a general ransacking last night. Authorities say the thief may have been locked inside, and clues on entry remain unclear.
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First Presbyterian Church
Children Cause Fire At Broad Street Frame House
Fire at 902 W Broad Street in a frame house occupied by R L Gates was caused by children playing with matches. Curtains ignited and minor damage occurred. no injuries reported.
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W. Broad Street
R. L. Gates
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