Record cold wave grips vast U S with widespread lows
Arctic air blankets two thirds of the nation from Canada to the Gulf. Many areas report subzero readings with Kentucky in the minus range and Southeast near zero. At least 25 deaths blamed on cold and snow as Midwest storms shift eastward. A Maine rail washout disrupts lines with 114 passengers and 6 crew not seriously harmed.
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Associated Press
Arctic
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
South
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Upstate
New York
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
New Jersey
Ohio
Florida
Miami
Rio Grande Valley
Maine
New England
Augusta
Maine Central
Valentine Day Origin and the Lupercalia Festival
The article argues that Valentine Day stems from the ancient Roman festival Lupercalia rather than Saint Valentine. It notes peak marriage seasons from Valentine Day to June, linking nature’s romance to human unions and the broader cycle from Lent to Easter.
Lutheran Eastern Conference meets in Jacksonville
Lutherans across the state gather Tuesday at Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Jacksonville for the Lutheran Eastern Conference of North Carolina. Emmanuel Lutheran of High Point is represented by Rev. Harry D. Hawthorne and a lay delegate. Dr Voight R Cromer of Lenoir Rhyne will deliver the keynote address at 10 am with talks by students and chairmen following.
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Lutheran Eastern Conference
North Carolina
Lutheran Church of Our Savior
Jacksonville
Emmanuel Lutheran
High Point
Harry D. Hawthorne
Lenoir Rhyne
Voight R. Cromer
Lenoir Rhyne Dolge
Wesley Memorial Plans Y all Come Church Emphasis
The Church Attendance Crusade stressed by Methodist churches will be emphasized at Wesley Memorial Church School. The theme Y all Come and a new theme song of the same title will be used across departments. Arthur Utley Jr. leads the program as assistant superintendent of membership and cultivation.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Arthur Utley Jr
Wesley Memorial to Honor Boy Scouts During Week
In observance of National Boy Scout Week Feb 6 12 Wesley Memorial will honor their boy scouts this Sunday. With their troop leader the group sponsored by the church will attend the service in a body. Rev Walter Miller will deliver a sermon on scouting titled How Are You Building.
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Wesley Memorial
Walter Miller
Main St Methodist Sends Off Pastor For South American Voyage
Members of Main St Methodist gave Pastor Dr H G Allen and Mrs Allen a hearty bon voyage as they depart Wednesday on the first leg of a journey to South America. Dr Allen will serve as ship chaplain on the Argentina and, with Mrs Allen, visit Brazil Uruguay Trinidad and Argentina. Appreciation was voiced for Dr C E Rozzelle filling the pulpit at Main St Methodist during the absence.
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Main St. Methodist
H. G. Allen
Lutheran Senior League Hosts Thom asville Visit
The Senior Lutheran League of Emmanuel Lutheran will host fellowship with Thom asville members tomorrow at 4 30 PM. A Valentine party and snack supper follow, then a candlelight devotional in the chapel. Women of the church lead a 7 30 PM service with the theme Man and God in the City discussed by Mrs Don Padgett. Other speakers include David E Cauble and Mrs F M Lambert.
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Lutheran
Lutheran League of Emmanuel Lutheran
Thomasville
Don Padgett
David E. Cauble
F. M. Lambert
Visiting Minister from Mooresville Preaches Here
The Rev. Clarence Mason, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene in Mooresville, will serve as guest minister tomorrow at the local First Church while the regular pastor is away in Indianapolis conducting youth activities.
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Clarence Mason
First Church of the Nazarene
Mooresville
First Church
Indianapolis
Coldest Weather Of Winter Hits North Carolina
The coldest weather of the winter hit North Carolina with lows ranging from 6 degrees in Asheville to 72 degrees at Wilmington and highs near freezing. The forecast predicts mostly fair but very cold conditions today tonight and tomorrow with a dip below freezing again tonight. Record cold air mass from Canada produced subfreezing readings in Hickory New Bern Elizabeth City Charlotte Greensboro and Raleigh.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Asheville
Wilmington
Canada
Hickory
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Chou Favors Lower Tension in Formosa Crisis
United Nations dispatch reports Red Chinese Premier Chou Enlai favors relaxing tension around Formosa while maintaining avenues for Far Eastern crisis talks. He told UN Secretary General Hammarskjold he opposes a Formosa cease fire discussion in the Security Council and insisted Peiping attend only with its regular seat.
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United Nations
N. Y
Choun En Lai
Formosa
Peiping
U. N
Chou
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Red China
Freezing Weather Slaps South Across Southeast
Frigid conditions spread from Virginia where six inches of snow fell in the southwest, through the Carolinas and Georgia to Louisiana and Florida. Near zero readings were common across the Southeast with icy roads and blanket weather threatening crops and travel.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Gulf States
Louisiana
Dixie
Florida
Alabama
Wallburg School enrollment challenges feature
The Sunday Enterprise profiles Wallburg School in Davidson County with a reporter photographer team, presenting five pictures and a comprehensive story on enrollment problems and the Piedmont school needs in tomorrow's issue. The paper also previews tax issues, a new driving class at William Penn High, and local civic features.
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Wallburg
Sunday Enterprise
Davidson County
Piedmont
Uncle Sam
Dri
WM. Penn
William Penn High School
Civic Club
Deadly Fires Claim 22 in Chicago Maine and Texas
In 24 hours fires destroyed a Chicago skid row hotel a Kennebunk cottage and a Brownwood Texas nursing home. At Barton Hotel 18 men perished and over 200 residents fled into subzero weather. In Maine three children died and their father was seriously burned. In Brownwood an outbreak killed three residents and left others severely burned.
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Associated Press
Chicago Skid Row
Kennebunk, Maine
Brownwood, Tex
Chicago
Barton Hotel
Kennebunk
Robert
William Barr
Nancy
Robert G. Barr
Judy
Patty
Barr
Portland
Brownwood
Nurs
Flora Irene Perry
Laura Jane Morris
Worth Abbott
Chicago Fire Rips Through Skid Row Hotel Killing 18
A blaze at the Barton Hotel on West Madison Street in Chicago killed 18 men and injured 14 guests and two firefighters. Firemen fought frigid conditions at near zero temperatures for about four hours, rescuing occupants from upper floors as investigators probed the cause.
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Skid Row
Barton Hotel
Chicago
Near West Side
West
Madison St
Lincoln Day
Mission Houses
Loop
Anthony Dykes
Hurricane Hazel payouts exceed seven percent in North Carolina
Roy G. Bachman of the General Adjustment Bureau said North Carolina paid more than seven percent of Hazel damage claims, with about 89 percent of roughly 35 000 claims settled. He noted 150 000 losses in the state and that wave damage, not covered by policies, remains largely unresolved along the Carolina beaches.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Roy G. Bachman
General Adjustment Bureau
Southeastern States
Bachman
Reau
Capital Stock Property and Casualty Insurance Companies
Carolinas
Morelli Claims He Was Abused
Angelo Morelli 27, jailed as a material witness in NYU coed Ann Yarrow’s murder, writes a letter alleging police punched him during questioning. Police deny mistreatment, noting bruises observed by detective McLaughlin and stating the letter to the press is unverified. The letter claims innocence and accuses police of coercion, with Morelli disputing a date with Yarrow.
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New York
Angelo
Mike) Morelli
New York University
Coedh Ann Yarrow
Morelli
New York Dailyers
Joseph McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Morell
Ann Yarrow
Miss Yarrow
Donn Yarrow
Ventura
Calif
Ominous New Threat Looms Near Formosa
Chinese forces massed armed junks off Matsu and along the Formosa coast amid evacuation of the Tachens. U.S. backed Nationalist troops and 87th Fleet guard the area as towns around the Tachens burn and deserted villages show damage. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces redeploy to camps after a six day operation.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Te Unina
Foochow
Formosa Strait
Tachen Islands
Aevonanal
U. S
Jim Becker
Estes
Yikiangshan
Han
Becker
Fred Waters
Big Sun Hat
U Se
46Th Division
Russia proposes Formosa conference with major powers
London radio bulletin says Moscow called for a conference on Formosa in Shanghai or New Delhi with China the Soviet Union the United States Britain France and Southeast Asia nations. Britain reportedly rejects a conference without Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Shanghai
New Delhi
Formosa
China
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Southeast Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Brighter Prospects for Truce in China Evacuation
Washington officials reported faint hope for a cease fire as Red China avoided an attack during the evacuation of the Tachen Islands. The State Department said the operation was complete and U S forces would stay alert for any Communist movement toward Formosa while the 7th Fleet kept to a nonprovocative stance. Senior lawmakers cautioned that communist aims remain unchanged and may press for Formosa access via diplomacy rather than force.
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Washington
China
Tachen Islands
State Re
State Department
U.S
Formosa
U. S. 7Th Fleet
United States
Sey Baan
Scene
George
D-Ga
Sens
Knowland
Rcalif
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tachens
Little Change Seen In Red Economy Despite Budget Shift
Washington based fiscal experts say the Soviet budget for 1955 shows only a slight increase overall, with a 12 percent rise in four major categories funded by an unmarked surplus. Analysts note continued emphasis on defense and heavy industry while consumer goods targets lag and may be cut this year.
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Washington
State Department
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
U. S
Kremlin
Malenkov
McCarthy Prods GOP Motives in Wisconsin Campaign
Senator McCarthy criticizes the Republican Party for not soul searching while in Wisconsin he denounces party leadership. Roy Cohn speaks in Milwaukee praising McCarthy and references a radar scientist deemed a security risk, with Army and defense matters noted in his remarks.
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Appleton
Wis
Republican Party
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Washington
Cohn
Milwaukee
Logal
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Army
Ave
Carey Bashan
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