Umstead Refuses Clemency in Death Case
Gov. Umstead announced he would not intervene in the death case of Lafayette Miller, 21, convicted of murdering Harvey C. Boyd in Beaufort County. Miller faces execution in Central Prison’s gas chamber after appeals up to the U. S. Supreme Court are certified.
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Raleigh
Central
Umstead
Lafayette Miller
Miller
Beaufort County Superior Court
Harvey C. Boyd
W. Kerr Scott
State Supreme Court
N. F. Ransdell
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. High Court
Raleigh Speller
Bertie
Leroy and
Lloyd Ray Daniels
Pitt County
Greenville
Clyde Brown
Forsyth
Midwest Faces Record Cold As Snow Stirs Dust Storms
A sweeping winter blast left the Midwest below zero with Grantsburg Wisconsin at 17 below and Iowa City eight below as five inches of new snow lingered in Chicago. Dust storms rattled Texas with 35 mile winds, while storms spread from Kansas to New Mexico. The weather pattern brought clearing skies to most areas though rain fell in the Pacific Northwest.
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Midwest
Central States
Mississipi Valley
Grantsburg
Wis
Iowa City
Chicago
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Chicago Board of Trade
Great Lakes
Apalachians
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Ted Williams Resumes Mission After Near Crash
Marine Capt. Ted Williams flew a Panther jet on a raid over Kyompio, Korea, yesterday. His aircraft was hit by fire, he crash landed at 200 miles an hour, and the plane caught fire. He walked away unhurt after a long, wheels-up landing at an Allied base.
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Korea
Ted Williams
Williams
Boston Red Sox
Kyomipo
West Coast
Alaska’s Path to Statehood: From Territory to 1912
The statement notes that Alaska did not achieve organized territory status in the United States until 1912, marking a key milestone in its governance and eventual path toward statehood.
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Alaska
United States
Council proposes ordinance to curb gas blast risk
Fayetteville North Carolina city council acting as a board of inquiry recommended ordinances to prevent gas explosions like the Feb 10 blast that killed Mrs. R. B. John. The measure would require curb line shutoffs on disconnection and map filing for street grading gas taps. CP and L official said crews were sent after a leak was reported before the blast.
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Fayetteville
N. C
J. O. Tally
R. B. John
Henry C. Hammond
Carolina Power and Light Co
John
W. G. Brinkley
Cp&l Co
Ministers Demand Direct Charges in Jones Case at Chapel Hill
A group of seven Chapel Hill ministers asked the Orange Presbytery Judicial Commission to issue direct charges against Rev. Charles M. Jones to ease suspicions surrounding his case. They note the church and pastor face penalties for actions that have distinguished the congregation in the eyes of many. The commission, authorized to act, had asked Jones to resign but he refused, drawing opposition from his congregation during a Sunday meeting described by leaders as unofficial.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Orange Presbytery
Judicial Commission
Charles M. Jones
Jones
Richard L. Jackson
Congregational Christian Church
Presbytery
Daily
Tar Heel
University of North Carolina
Charles W. Perry
High Point
Perry
Robert J. McMullen
McMullen
Columbia University President and World War II era educator
The passage profiles a Jeffersonville-born scholar, born Oct 12, 1903, educated at Miami University and Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, who taught at several colleges before joining Columbia University in 1940. He led international relations work and became president during Eisenhower's NATO command, succeeding to Columbia's presidency.
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Jeffersonville
Miami University
Ohio
Ecole Libre Des Sciences Politiques
Paris
France
Columbia University
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Columbia
New York City
Wellesley College
State Charities Aid Association of
Woman elected to Congress after husband’s death
The article notes a New York City native who moved to Evanston after marriage, then survived her husband’s death to be elected to the 82nd Congress in 1950 and re-elected to the 83rd in 1952 as a Republican. She has three children, two sons and a daughter.
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New York City
Evanston, Ill
U. S
Birthday greetings للأ Dorothy Canfield Fisher circle
Dorothy Canfield Fisher receives birthday wishes from friends including actors Wayne Morris Clifford Evans Kenneth Duncan and baseball pitcher Doyle Lade, as listed.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Wayne Morris
Clifford Evans
Kenneth Duncan
Doyle Lade
Pilgrims Name Standish Plymouth Forces Captain
Historical notes list key events: 1621 Miles Standish chosen as Plymouth forces captain. 1869 Suez Canal opened to ships. 1897 National Congress of Parents and Teachers organized in Washington. 1898 Frances Willard, founder of WCTU, died. 1945 Bataan retaken by American forces in WWII.
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Miles Standish
Plymouth
Suez Canal
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Washington, D. C
Frances Willard
WCTU
Bataan
Be not unwilling in what thou doest quote
Be not unwilling in what thou doest neither selfish nor unad vised nor obstinate let not overs refinement check out thy thought be not wordy nor a busybody.
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Marcus Aurelius
Do Not Fear New Methods In Coming Months
A cautious note invites embracing new and original business methods in the months ahead. It predicts gratifying results as progress is pursued. The forecast highlights a likely energetic and enterprising child today.
Court blocks wage boost for cotton textile workers
A federal judge blocked a plan to raise minimum pay from 7 cents to 1.00 an hour for cotton textile workers on government contracts under the Walsh Healey Act. The injunction, backed by CIO and AFL unions, could affect the entire industry and prompts appeals from federal attorneys. Local considerations favor Southern mills paying up to 25 cents less than the North, with potential North-South shifts in response.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Labor Department Attem
CIO
AFL
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Maurice J. Tobin
Walsh-Healey
Georgia
Schweinhaut
New England
Traditions of Language in Oral Transmission
An entry defining watch your language tradition as the oral delivery of knowledge and beliefs from ancestors without written memorials. It traces origin from Old French tradicion and Latin traditio, through dere to give up and transmit.
Bank Robbers Seize Cash and Kidnap Woman in Sweetwater
Patrolmen hunted two armed bank robbers who took about 10 000 dollars and abducted Mrs. Perfidia Bates a visitor from College Park Georgia. They fled toward the Mississippi border after looting the Sweetwater bank and releasing the hostage unharmed 22 miles away. Cashier E K Lewis said the time locked safe with another 20 000 was not opened due to the bandits hurry.
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Sweetwater
Ala
Perfidia M. Bates
College Park
Mississippi
Butler
Sweetwater Bank
E. K. Lewis
J. W. Flowers
Mrs. Bates
Lewis
Five by Five Belair Fined Over Five Cent Theft
Theophile Belair of Nashua New Hampshire was fined five dollars by the Municipal Court after admitting he stole a five cent newspaper. He said he took the paper to read the holdup story.
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Nashua
N. H
Theophile Belair
Belair
Anti Klan Bills Set for North Carolina Legislature
In Wilmington North Carolina both houses will consider anti Klan legislation this week. Rep Addison Hewlett Jr and Sen Vivian Whitfield will introduce the measure at the urging of District Solicitor Clifton B Moore. The bill requires public disclosure of officers of secret organizations and public notice of meetings five days prior. It covers secret political military and other secret bodies and bans cross burning on private property without owner consent.
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Wilmington
N. C
House
Senate
North Carolina General Assembly
Clifton B. Moore
Addison Hewlett Jr
Vivian Whitfield
Moore
Ginners Association Head Delivers Annual Message
Myres W. Tilghman of Dunn was re elected president of the Carolinas Ginners Association and delivered the annual president s message at Jody s first business session of the convention in Charlotte The 14th annual gathering discussed mechanization of cotton production and its impact on ginners Other speakers included M R Powers T B Upchurch Jr L Y Ballentine and Harry W Clody Officers were re elected for 1953 with Tilghman Franklin M Wannamaker Clyde E Upchurch Jr and Clifford H Hardy in key roles
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Charlotte
Myres W. Tilghman
Dunn
Carolinas Ginners Association
Jody
McDonald Horn
National Cotton Council of America
M. R. Powers
Bennettsville
S. C
T. B. Upchurch Jr
Raeford
L. Y
Ballentine
North Carolina
Harry W. Clody
State Capital Life Insurance Co
Raleigh
Tilghman
Frank M. Wannamaker
St. Matthews
Clyde E. Upchurch Jr
Clifford H. Hardy
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